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Questions mount over what an AI 'slowdown' would look likehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyzp47py48o

While pacing AI development might sound like a quick fix, it is far from an easy solution.

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Stop wasting your Wi-Fi router's USB port β€” try this insteadhttps://www.engadget.com/2252851/wifi-router-usb-port-explained

If you have a USB port on the back of your router and don't know what to do with it, try some of these straightforward options.

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Show HN: Below the Root (1984 game) ported to JavaScripthttps://below-the-root.saul.pw

As a kid, I loved this relatively unknown game, Below the Root. The world-building of the original trilogy of novels from the 1970s, is lovingly carried through into this side-scrolling "platform-adventure". You can play the IBM PC port of this game online fairly easily, but the quality of the C64 version is much better (non-dithered graphics, better colors, polyphonic sound). However I found there was a lot of friction to just play the C64 version. So back in 2013, I tried restoring and packaging the C64 version of the game to make it just one step to play. I made a bootable x86 ISO with a L…

Show HN: A mecha game where you and your friends pilot the SAME giant robothttps://www.mecharoyale.com

2 months and 3,000 prompts later, we have Mecha Royale (mecharoyale.com) It’s a browser-based battle royale with 100 mechas fighting across one massive map. But the part I’ve been having the most fun with is squad mode where you and your friends climb into the same mecha. One person can pilot it while your teammates control different weapons. So you’re basically yelling at your friends while trying to operate one giant war machine together as 99 other mechas are trying to kill you. I built most of the game with Claude Code, including a lot of the multiplayer infrastructure behind it. St…

Will record donations to Reform go down as a moment of political change?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr7dl593k8yo

Andy Burnham is likely to face fresh pressure to further change the rules on party donations, writes Jack Fenwick.

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Show HN: Plainoldanalytics: Analytics Middlware for Gohttps://github.com/poundifdef/plainoldanalytics

I built a middleware that gives you posthog-style analytics in go. It is all first-party. It logs every HTTP request, lets you track users, and lets you record screen sessions. The thing uses DuckDB as the underlying data store. All of my side projects are now Golang + SQLite. I wanted an easy way to just add basic traffic analysis without needing to sign up for or integrate a third party option. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686582 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Wisconsin congressman survives emergency plane landing, swims to safetyhttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/13/nx-s1-5968081/wisconsin-congressman-survives-emergency-plane-landing-swims-to-safety

Wisconsin Congressman Tom Tiffany escaped a sinking plane and swam to shallow water after an emergency landing in a lake. Tiffany and the pilot called 911 from on top of the plane.

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Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?https://www.atomic14.com/2026/09/13/why-is-google-still-serving-dodgy-ads

Article URL: https://www.atomic14.com/2026/09/13/why-is-google-still-serving-dodgy-ads Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686445 Points: 27 # Comments: 9

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The Units’ Digital Stimulation is synthpunk perfectionhttps://www.theverge.com/entertainment/994415/the-units-digital-stimulation-synthpunk-review

The Units are a band I discovered in part thanks to No Dogs in Space. During their miniseries on The Screamers (another incredible band worth checking out), they mention synthpunk.org as one of their sources. And there's no better way to get my attention than to combine two of my favorite things - punk rock […]

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Car manufacturers are ditching CarPlay in 2026: Here's whyhttps://www.engadget.com/2252850/why-car-manufacturers-ditching-carplay-explained

CarPlay lets you bypass your car's lousy infotainment system, but some manufacturers have decided they don't want you doing that anymore.

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Google illegally retains customer data,and I am taking legal action against themhttps://medium.com/@istokovicsgyorgy79/google-illegally-retains-customer-data-and-i-am-taking-legal-action-against-them-7da0cf95941c

Article URL: https://medium.com/@istokovicsgyorgy79/google-illegally-retains-customer-data-and-i-am-taking-legal-action-against-them-7da0cf95941c Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686293 Points: 18 # Comments: 3

Meghan shares glimpse of family life after Sussexes return to UKhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62ml4lp6jlo

It's the first time the Duchess of Sussex had posted her family on her Instagram grid since they return to the UK last month.

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Romania soccer introduces black card to 'combat abusive behaviour' from parentshttps://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7586821/2026/09/12/football-black-card-referee

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7586821/2026/09/12/football-black-card-referee/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686134 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: 1Baton – a no-code tool for chaining API callshttps://1baton.com

Hi HN! I've been building a no-code tool for authoring and running API integration tests called 1Baton. I work with APIs on a daily basis, building and testing them. In the services I work on, a single API endpoint often represents only a small action in a larger process, so testing a complete flow usually means calling several endpoints in sequence. When I started testing these flows, I found myself spending too much time setting up and reusing the same multi-step processes across different tests. I wanted to define a flow once, reuse it as a building block, and avoid having to manually main…

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β€˜Too little, too late’: Critics perplexed and suspicious of AI leaders’ call for a slowdownhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/13/too-little-too-late-critics-perplexed-and-suspicious-of-ai-leaders-call-for-a-slowdown

From the Trump administration to AI experts, plans by the Anthropic boss to boost safety have spawned a largely negative response OpenAI boss and Elon Musk back slowdown on β€˜reckless’ AI development Editorial: controlling AI – humanity cannot outsource its survival The safety debate that ignited when whistleblowers last week warned that the most advanced AI poses an existential threat to humanity should come with a health warning: side effects include whiplash. It was only seven days ago that AI enthusiasts were cheerily toying with OpenAI’s newest model GPT-6 Astra which was marketed…

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David Sacks: OpenAI and Anthropic Don't Need Regulations to Pace Frontier Modelshttps://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/2098973625252708460

Article URL: https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/2098973625252708460 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49685991 Points: 24 # Comments: 2

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Foden dismissed in derby - but did he deserve it?https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c5ym9ky3rzxo

After Phil Foden is sent off in Sunday's Manchester derby, pundits give their reaction. What do you think?

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How to become good at writing code without having access to any resource?https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1wfcpby/how_to_become_good_at_writing_code_without_having

This is a follow up post to the one I posted recently (and is in the link). I am pretty bad at memorizing code and apparrently that's a requirement in today's interviews. How can I become good at writing code without having access to any resource? Any help is greatly appreciated. submitted by /u/International-Bath-2 [link] [comments]

Show HN: "Am I GPU Poor?" Check how your GPU stacks against PC Gamers Worldwidehttps://gpupoor.sykah.com

Article URL: https://gpupoor.sykah.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49685819 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Obama urges Democrats to have a β€˜clear plan’ for AI safeguardshttps://techcrunch.com/2026/09/13/obama-urges-democrats-to-have-a-clear-plan-for-ai-safeguards

Obama recently said that Democrats need to make artificial intelligence one of their β€œcentral agendas” and β€œhave a very clear plan” to address concerns around the technology’s economic impact and safety.

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What is the point of having to write code without any resource during interviews?https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1wfbtd8/what_is_the_point_of_having_to_write_code_without

While working, I have full access to the Internet and all its resources. So why do companies ask prospective employees to write code without having access to any resource during interviews? submitted by /u/International-Bath-2 [link] [comments]

Russia struck train near Poland border shortly after Boris Johnson and top European officials passed throughhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy5zg41dkqwo

The former UK PM said "I don't know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning".

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TechCrunch Mobility: Lyft has entered the robotaxi chathttps://techcrunch.com/2026/09/13/techcrunch-mobility-lyft-has-entered-the-robotaxi-chat

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation, and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

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What was the PSX? The souped-up PS2 rarely sold outside of Japanhttps://www.engadget.com/2252840/psx-ps2-console-history-rarely-sold-outside-japan

The PSX isn't just an alternative name for the first PlayStation. It was also a failed Sony console that never got a release outside Japan.

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What Anthropic’s C.E.O. Argued in His Call for Slower A.I. Development

Dario Amodei, the chief executive of Anthropic, at a summit this year. His letter also called for cooperation from A.I. companies from other democratic countries.

Show HN: USSR Unified Shell Script REPLhttps://github.com/notlibrary/USSR

Article URL: https://github.com/notlibrary/USSR Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49685391 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Europe's big names shine in Solheim Cup win over UShttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/articles/c0m3pnlyl9vo

Charley Hull gets the ball rolling as Europe's big guns finally came to the fore in Sunday's singles as they wrestled the Solheim Cup back from the United States with a 15Β½-12Β½ victory at Bernardus Golf Club in the Netherlands.

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Show HN: Simpleboot and Easyboothttps://gitlab.com/bztsrc/easyboot

These are FLOSS boot loaders and disk utilities which follow the suckless philosophy ( https://suckless.org/philosophy/ ). Despite being totally dependency-free, they come with a fully featured single command to create bootable disk images out of a directory (utility is available on Windows, Linux and other POSIX systems). Usage is as simple as it gets. There are two repositories, depending on the desired use case: Simpleboot is the little brother, an embeddable boot loader: https://gitlab.com/bztsrc/simpleboot - multiplatform (BIOS, UEFI, RPi, coreboot) - very small (less than 64k), single b…

Obama reportedly urges Democrats to prioritize safety plan for AIhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/13/obama-democrats-ai-safety

Ex-president urged party at closed-door fundraiser to create sweeping framework, from safety β€˜slow-down’ to job losses Barack Obama urged Democrats to prioritize a β€œpublic conversation” about AI management and safety in a closed-door Manhattan fundraiser last week. The comments by the former US president reportedly urged the party to create a sweeping framework for everything from a safety β€œslow-down” to domestic job losses and children’s wellbeing. Continue reading...

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Garry Tan wants US open-weight AI labs to 'distill' frontier models, toohttps://techcrunch.com/2026/09/11/y-combinators-garry-tan-wants-u-s-open-weight-ai-labs-to-distill-frontier-models-too

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/11/y-combinators-garry-tan-wants-u-s-open-weight-ai-labs-to-distill-frontier-models-too/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49685253 Points: 12 # Comments: 3

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Show HN: OSS Modal Alternativehttps://github.com/beam-cloud/beta9

Our control plane has been public for a while, but I don't think I ever posted it here. We've been working on AI infra for a few years, and have built a highly optimized set of primitives for GPU inference and sandboxes. This includes all sorts of bells and whistles like embedded CAS, a custom image format, multiple container runtimes supported (gVisor/runc), and an opinionated python SDK. Totally self-hostable (of course, you'll need to find some GPUs) on any k8s cluster with a helm chart. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49685152 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: Directory of 28 AI crawlers – robots.txt rules, IP ranges, open datahttps://geoprompttracker.com/bots

Article URL: https://geoprompttracker.com/bots Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49685136 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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If your laptop trackpad is popping out, stop using it immediatelyhttps://www.engadget.com/2252834/laptop-trackpad-popping-out-stop-using-immediately-battery-swelling

Your trackpad probably covers a part of your laptop that can become a fire hazard in a hurry, so if your trackpad is shifting, it needs immediate attention.

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Show HN: TripWave – A Native HDR MilkDrop Visualizer for Apple TVhttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/tripwave-music-visualizer/id6807892925

Article URL: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tripwave-music-visualizer/id6807892925 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49685040 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Libraries Run Rust Inside Python (With PyO3)https://belderbos.dev/blog/how-libraries-run-rust-inside-python

Article URL: https://belderbos.dev/blog/how-libraries-run-rust-inside-python/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49685037 Points: 5 # Comments: 2

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Predictive intelligence to anticipate anything.https://prior.chat

Article URL: https://prior.chat/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49684879 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: I built my own knowledge graph from the code AI writeshttps://github.com/aeroscissorz/learnlance

Article URL: https://github.com/aeroscissorz/learnlance/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49684835 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Antonelli wins as Norris loses out under virtual safety carhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/articles/c5yeln1j175o

Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli wins the Spanish Grand Prix after McLaren's Lando Norris loses out because of the bad timing of a virtual safety car.

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Police searching for six men over anti-migrant protest in Portsmouthhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c158p587w4no

Force releases images of individuals it wants to speak to after disorder at Eastney Marina on 6 September.

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Cpak – OCI application package format for Linux desktops, servers and deviceshttps://cpak.it

Article URL: https://cpak.it/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49684778 Points: 3 # Comments: 1

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Are Apple's wired EarPods still worth buying?https://www.engadget.com/2251050/apple-wired-earpods-still-worth-buying

Wired earbuds like EarPods might seem like a relic of the past, but they still have their place (and come at a great price).

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Show HN: Hop – project sessions beyond tmuxhttps://github.com/artemave/hop

hop started from a frustration: every project I work on accumulates browser tabs, while tmux sessions can only contain terminals. This really started getting out of hand once coding agents took hold, as more things are now going on at the same time. On top of that, I've started doing more work in sandboxed environments, and tmux isn't great at managing sessions across different environments - it wants a tmux server everywhere. So hop moves the project session up to the window-manager level: terminals and GUI apps live together, while shells and the editor can run locally, in a container, or o…

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Show HN: Scriptlet – a native macOS app for package.json scriptshttps://scriptlet.app

I built Scriptlet because I kept losing track of dev servers and other processes while working with coding agents. Just easy start/stop controls that I prefer but wanted to build it natively for mac so I did =) https://scriptlet.app . Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49684444 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Here's what you can use instead of a docking stationhttps://www.engadget.com/2252831/what-use-instead-of-docking-station

If you only need ports for a few low-power peripherals or a single external monitor, you may not need a docking station at all.

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Astra and Fable still hack on simple variants of alignment evals from 2025https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/munJKF7iWMsWJLAH2/astra-and-fable-still-hack-on-simple-variants-of-alignment

Article URL: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/munJKF7iWMsWJLAH2/astra-and-fable-still-hack-on-simple-variants-of-alignment Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49684393 Points: 10 # Comments: 0

Waymo pulls over, calls cops on riders with a ghost gunhttps://www.theverge.com/transportation/994405/waymo-pulls-over-calls-cops-on-riders-with-a-ghost-gun

Two people were arrested in San Fransico while riding around in a Waymo robotaxi after the cab pulled over and called the cops on them. The riders were juveniles in possession of a loaded AR-style ghost gun and were taken to a juvenile hall. While the police report did not specify who was operating the […]

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Turkish police detain dozens in raids on gay bars and homes of LGBTQ+ activistshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpve191wy47o

Human rights groups in Turkey have accused the government of using a family- values campaign to target the LGBTQ+ community.

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CUDA for AMD on Windowshttps://github.com/Speedstu/CUDA-for-AMD-Windows

Article URL: https://github.com/Speedstu/CUDA-for-AMD-Windows Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49684356 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

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In pictures: Thousands flock to Radio 2 in the Park in Stirlinghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c23x1j420keo

The event, featuring a host of bands, singers and Radio 2 DJs is taking place at the foot of Stirling Castle.

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Show HN: Deeplearning from Scratch in 1400 Lineshttps://github.com/NoSavedDATA/Neve_benchmarks

Article URL: https://github.com/NoSavedDATA/Neve_benchmarks Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49684291 Points: 2 # Comments: 1

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Houthis Used Claude Code to Develop Missile Guidance Software: Anthropichttps://clashreport.com/world/articles/houthis-used-claude-code-to-develop-missile-guidance-software-anthropic-s52mnx4pwpo

Article URL: https://clashreport.com/world/articles/houthis-used-claude-code-to-develop-missile-guidance-software-anthropic-s52mnx4pwpo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49684266 Points: 4 # Comments: 2

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Making Startups Powerfulhttps://paulgraham.com/powerful.html

Article URL: https://paulgraham.com/powerful.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49684196 Points: 7 # Comments: 0

OpenAI boss and Elon Musk back calls to put brakes on β€˜reckless’ AI developmenthttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/13/openai-sam-altman-elon-musk-back-anthropic-calls-brakes-ai-development

Rare show of unity from rival developers after safety warnings from Anthropic boss and AI researchers The Guardian view on controlling AI: humanity cannot outsource its survival Sam Altman and Elon Musk have backed a call from the head of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, to β€œslow the pace” of AI development after he warned that an AI swarm could otherwise become capable of β€œtaking over the entire internet” within a year. In a rare show of unity, the rival technology leaders threw their weight behind the appeal from the founder and chief executive of the artificial intelligence company Anthrop…

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Key symbols we lost to time, pt. 1: The PC sidehttps://unsung.aresluna.org/key-symbols-we-lost-to-time-pt-1-the-pc-side

Article URL: https://unsung.aresluna.org/key-symbols-we-lost-to-time-pt-1-the-pc-side/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49684101 Points: 7 # Comments: 0

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Trump says Northern Ireland joining Ireland only naturalhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2z79n0eeno

The US president was speaking at the Irish Open on Sunday and said "many people agree" with his comments.

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How to set up HDMI-CEC on your Samsung TVhttps://www.engadget.com/2252825/how-to-set-up-hdmi-cec-samsung-tv

HDMI-CEC, or Anynet+ on Samsung TVs, lets you control all your devices with fewer remotes and button presses. It's well worth setting up properly.

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Actor Tatyana Ali advocating for Black and Indigenous maternal healthhttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/13/nx-s1-5966885/birth-black-and-indigenous-maternal-health

Actor Tatyana Ali says her healing journey after a traumatic childbirth has inspired her advocacy for Black maternal health, including support for midwives, doulas and other birth workers.

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Andy Burnham among Great North Run finishershttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cew9n2j47ygo

This year's event sees 63,000 people take on the half marathon - including the prime minister.

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Show HN: Notula for Google Meethttps://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/notula-for-google-meet/egpbmkbnahnhjggmeemnkbblnpedcfkj

Hi HN. I built this because quite often all these tools that transcribe save it somewhere in their own storage, so you have to pay for it. And if not the payment, another bigger issue is that this storage is in another place, where I need to copy from. And of course I don't want to pay for storage that I'm not going to use, because I have my own place for such documents and transcriptions. Once I met a nice tool that just records the transcription and does nothing else. You copy the transcription and paste it wherever you want. But at some point it stopped working properly. Then there's anoth…

Your car is selling your datahttps://www.theverge.com/column/994172/your-car-is-selling-your-data

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/column/994172/your-car-is-selling-your-data Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683953 Points: 7 # Comments: 1

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Flock worker calls police on reporter filming public camera installationhttps://www.investigatetv.com/2026/09/08/flock-worker-calls-police-investigatetv-reporter-filming-public-camera-installation

Article URL: https://www.investigatetv.com/2026/09/08/flock-worker-calls-police-investigatetv-reporter-filming-public-camera-installation/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683853 Points: 8 # Comments: 0

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Mars astronauts could live in houses made of yeast and jello, say scientistshttps://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/09/11/mars-astronauts-could-live-in-houses-made-of-yeast-and-jello-say-scientists/5295931

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/09/11/mars-astronauts-could-live-in-houses-made-of-yeast-and-jello-say-scientists/5295931 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683844 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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AI models don't kill people – people kill peoplehttps://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/09/ai-models-dont-kill-people-people-kill-people/5295368

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/09/ai-models-dont-kill-people-people-kill-people/5295368 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683834 Points: 7 # Comments: 0

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RevenueOS – open-source revenue automation that waits for your approvalhttps://github.com/unempyd/revenueos

Article URL: https://github.com/unempyd/revenueos Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683832 Points: 5 # Comments: 2

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US embassy child abuse images suspect flown from UK before police interviewhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gjw1j1eq7o

The individual worked at the US embassy in Vauxhall, south London, had diplomatic protection, despite not being a diplomat.

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Show HN: I built a day-by-day timeline of the AI boom (2017–2026, 437 events)https://www.aihistory.live

Article URL: https://www.aihistory.live/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683798 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

US Customs supervisor busted for stealing hardware from Homeland Security PCshttps://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/us-customs-supervisor-busted-for-stealing-core-i7-cpus-ram-and-hard-drives-from-homeland-security-pcs-stolen-tech-swapped-with-inferior-hardware-and-cashed-out-on-newegg

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/us-customs-supervisor-busted-for-stealing-core-i7-cpus-ram-and-hard-drives-from-homeland-security-pcs-stolen-tech-swapped-with-inferior-hardware-and-cashed-out-on-newegg Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683729 Points: 8 # Comments: 4

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Fusion power startups find new partners in the defense worldhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/09/13/fusion-power-startups-find-new-partners-in-the-defense-world

Fusion startups are inking defense-related deals, reigniting the relationship between fusion and national security that might have gone dormant, but never completely disappeared.

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Show HN: Starter.pagehttps://starter.page/guest/start

Article URL: https://starter.page/guest/start Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683589 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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