You Donβt Need to Pay for Distraction-Blocking Softwarehttps://www.wired.com/story/you-dont-need-to-pay-for-distraction-blocking-software
These free iOS and Android apps create the physical friction you need to put down your phone.
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These Democrats are running for Congress on Christian faith. Will it pay off?https://www.npr.org/2026/09/27/nx-s1-5979946/these-democrats-are-running-for-congress-on-christian-faith-will-it-pay-off
It's rare for Democrats to make religion a centerpiece of their campaigns. But this midterm election cycle, a number of candidates for Congress are doing just that.
The Data Center Backlash Should Also Be a Climate Reckoning. It Isnβt Yethttps://www.wired.com/story/data-center-backlash-climate-reckoning
Climate groups are latching onto the data center opposition movement, but it remains to be seen if they can get people to care about the facilitiesβ impact on the atmosphere.
Yemen government forces widen attacks against Houthis: What we knowhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/27/yemen-government-forces-widen-attacks-against-houthis-what-we-know
Yemeni government forces have claimed multiple air and ground operations across Taiz in the last 24 hours.
'Broken social care will in the end break the NHS,' says Burnhamhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c6ge4lyy9x0no
Andy Burnham said the proposed care service would be laid out in detail and put on the ballot at the next general election.
Plane carrying DR Congo military delegation crasheshttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/27/plane-carrying-dr-congo-military-delegation-crashes
A plane carrying a Congolese military delegation crashed in DR Congo, killing 17 people, including four civilians.
Big AI's content problem: Take the work, keep the moneyhttps://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/09/27/big-ais-content-problem-take-the-work-keep-the-money/5299007
The more we learn about how AI does business, the more unfair it looks
Nicotine Is Mounting a Comeback in the Wellness Movementhttps://www.wired.com/story/nicotine-is-mounting-a-comeback-in-the-wellness-movement
Improving mood and increasing longevity are just some of the unfounded claims about this substance circling around the βnaturalβ medicine corners of the internet.
Show HN: Gigantua β A Black Hole in your Browserhttps://claude.ai/artifact/XmWGFtQPgn8aJvU193Ksf8
Article URL: https://claude.ai/artifact/XmWGFtQPgn8aJvU193Ksf8 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49864907 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Malaysiaβs Ng, Subramaniam book LA28 Olympics berth with Asian Games goldhttps://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/9/27/malaysias-ng-subramaniam-book-la28-olympics-berth-with-asian-games-gold
The top squash seeds successfully defended their Asian Games titles and became the first players to qualify for LA 2028.
Show HN: I built an AR App that overlays makeup tutorials live on your facehttps://urartist.app
Hi Hacker News, I built UR Artist: AR Makeup Studio after seeing my girlfriend struggling to apply makeup outside with her tiny mirror and bad lighting. I thought to myself, that it would be really cool to have the mirror tell her exactly where and how to apply the makeup she wants. So the app was born ;). I would really love to get some feedback on how you guys see the app's functionality and where I could improve it Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49864877 Points: 2 # Comments: 3
Show HN: Chuks v0.2.0-RC.2: 45 bugs a test suite didn't find, real programs didhttps://chuks.org/blog/chuks-v020-rc2-what-the-candidate-found
Article URL: https://chuks.org/blog/chuks-v020-rc2-what-the-candidate-found/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49864832 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Microsoft wants Copilot to become an "OS" that writes your documents and manages your workhttps://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1wrfdmw/microsoft_wants_copilot_to_become_an_os_that
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As A.I. Accelerates, Governments Are Increasingly Being Left Behind
The gap between technology and policymaking has gotten wider than ever with artificial intelligence, leaving a global policy vacuum as A.I. models rapidly advance.
Some Pancreatic Cells Are Just One Genetic Tweak Away From Treating Diabeteshttps://www.wired.com/story/pancreatic-cells-just-one-genetic-tweak-away-from-treating-diabetes
By deactivating a gene, researchers were able to cause cells in the pancreatic ducts to produce insulin to regulate blood sugar.
UK police evacuate homes near airbase used by UShttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/27/uk-police-evacuate-homes-near-air-base-used-by-us
Police say they have arrested several men on suspicion of explosives-related offences.
Show HN: Maniac Mansion Reconstructed in 3D from Its Original Screenshttps://github.com/s-macke/maniac-mansion-3d
I originally started experimenting with reconstructing real world objects from images with GPT-6 Astra and Blender. One of those experiments was this chair: https://simulationcorner.net/chair/chair-evolution.gif That made me wonder what would happen if I tried the same idea with old computer game graphics instead. Maniac Mansion seemed like a perfect test case. The DOS EGA version consists of a set of very recognizable rooms, shown from fixed viewpoints. So I started feeding the original screens into Astra and asking it to turn them into 3D scenes. This eventually grew into a reconstruction oβ¦
Before BTS and Blackpink, there was Big Bang: Now the Kings of K-pop are backhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq39me84zrkdo
Big Bang played London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, marking a long-awaited return for the group that helped build the blueprint for modern K-pop.
Massive Attack singer arrested over pro-Palestine protest in UKhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/27/massive-attack-singer-arrested-over-pro-palestine-protest-in-uk
Massive Attack singer arrested over pro-Palestine protest in UK
Can Iran shift trade north to Caspian Sea as war impairs Strait of Hormuz?https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/9/27/can-iran-shift-trade-north-to-caspian-sea-as-war-impairs-strait-of-hormuz
Iran is looking for alternatives to export its oil as the US blockades its southern ports.
Meta Blocks President Lula's Facebook Page, Campaign Ads 2 Weeks from Electionhttps://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1wr3id3/meta_blocks_president_lulas_facebook_page_and
Article URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1wr3id3/meta_blocks_president_lulas_facebook_page_and/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49864642 Points: 12 # Comments: 4
Show HN: AI SVG Generatorhttps://imgstyler.com/ai-svg-generator
Make vector logos, icons and illustrations from text, or convert an existing image to SVG, with a free preview before you sign in. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49864635 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Two mass shootings in South Africa leave 27 deadhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck5ywnp075d1o
The two attacks hours apart come as the country struggles to stop high levels of gang-related armed violence.
Djibouti urges world to help as Yemen war drives refugee influxhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/27/djibouti-urges-world-to-help-as-yemen-war-drives-refugee-influx
Djibouti urges world to help as Yemen war drives refugee influx
Suicide bombing in northwest Pakistan kills at least 12https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/27/suicide-bombing-in-northwest-pakistan-kills-at-least-12
A vehicle laden with explosives rammed into a roadside checkpoint in Pakistan, killing at least a dozen people.
Photos: Pope Leo draws hundreds of thousands for open-air Mass in Parishttps://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2026/9/27/photos-pope-leo-draws-hundreds-of-thousands-for-open-air-mass-in-paris
Pope Leo XIV celebrates an open-air mass for hundreds of thousands of believers on the Champs-Elysees.
Dog rescued from cliff ledge at landmark waterfallhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crn4554kxwdlo
Eight-year-old Labrador Penny was stranded on a narrow ledge in Ingleton, rescue services say.
Israelβs Netanyahu criticises opposition uniting against him for electionhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/27/israels-netanyahu-criticises-opposition-uniting-against-him-for-election
Five opposition leaders agree to cooperate to boost voter turnout to secure a majority in the October 27 elections.
Show HN: A Simple GPU Job Schedulerhttps://github.com/ceruleane/gpusched
Hi guys, A few months ago, I've been training several simple models as a side hobby. I tried training N models at once on a single GPU, but OOM spikes kept crashing my runs. So I built my own simple way to manage this kind of training. At the time, I also wanted to make some sort of interface that AI agents could use to dynamically allocate GPU resources and train models on their own. It's been quite fun working on this, so I wanted to share it in case any of you are looking for something similar. Claude helped me write most of the code, but I've made sure that the stuff works as described (Iβ¦
Iceland FM hits back at Netanyahu over βmoral cowardsβ UNGA remarkhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/27/iceland-fm-hits-back-at-netanyahu-over-moral-cowards-unga-remark
Icelandβs FM hit back at Netanyahu after he called diplomats who walked out of his UN address βmoral cowardsβ.
Show HN: An interactive debugger for the Mornington Crescent esolanghttps://codeberg.org/Two9A/mcresc
Originally put together ten years ago, I've migrated this project over to Codeberg and in the process fixed a couple of bugs. The most glaring issue was that in the intervening years, CORS has become a thing so the Transport for London Tube map can no longer be loaded directly from their site; instead, there's a local copy of the SVG. I'm happy with where it is at the moment, there might be more small patches in another ten years. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49864380 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Photos: Heavy rains and flooding in Bangkok force thousands into sheltershttps://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2026/9/27/heavy-rain-and-flooding-in-bangkok-force-thousands-into-shelters
Continuous downpours have hammered several areas of Thailandβs capital.
Warning: Two Unpatched Citrix NetScaler RCE Zero-Days Under Active Exploitationhttps://thehackernews.com/2026/09/warning-two-unpatched-citrix-netscaler.html
Two new unpatched zero-day vulnerabilities in Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway appliances that allow remote code execution are being actively exploited in the wild, security firm watchTowr said on September 26. Citrix has not confirmed the flaws or published a fix. Some administrators say they have taken appliances offline rather than wait for one to be available. NetScaler ADC and
Men arrested and houses evacuated in 'major incident' near RAF Fairfordhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqrm99mm9l84o
A major incident is declared and villagers have been evacuated from their homes in Whelford near RAF Fairford.
Kylian Mbappeβs knee injury to keep him out for two weekshttps://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/9/27/kylian-mbappes-knee-injury-to-keep-him-out-for-two-weeks
Mbappe suffered a hyperextension of his left knee against Turkiye but will be fit to face Barcelona in El Clasico.
Norway vs Portugal: UEFA Nations League β Ronaldo, Haaland, teams, formhttps://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/9/27/norway-portugal-uefa-nations-league-ronaldo-haaland-team-news
Norway host two-time UEFA Nations League winners Portugal in Oslo in the second match of the league phase.
Show HN: Ppgrid β Rasterising points in minutes, not hourshttps://mrzk.io/posts/ppgrid-fast-continentscale-raster-interpolation
Hi all, I wanted to share a recent library I made for myself since I continually have to work with large-scale point data spanning millions of rows. I generally found existing IDW tools are insanely slow and unreliable with the datasets I commonly work with. ppgrid is an open source GIS tool and it is intended to create beautiful visualisations that don't take an absurd amount of time to process. It uses a modified Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) approach: instead of having to traverse every single point for every single grid O(N*M), it precalculates which points intersect which grids. Thisβ¦
Improving site performance by shipping more CSShttps://github.blog/engineering/architecture-optimization/improving-site-performance-by-shipping-more-css
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From turgid to thrusting - mixed start for new Scotlandhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c67833k8dn0eo
BBC Sport Scotland's Tom English reviews a mixed start to life as Scotland head coach for Sebastien Pocognoli as his side open their Nations League campaign with a goalless draw in Slovenia.
Australia summons OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs to appear at AI inquiryhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/27/australia-summons-openai-and-anthropic-ceos-to-appear-at-ai-inquiry
Call to face Senate inquiry follows security breach of Australia's Medicare portal by rogue OpenAI bot in June.
Show HN: Trail β new kind of logic gamehttps://trail.franzai.com
Article URL: https://trail.franzai.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49864105 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Northern Ireland court allows Orange Order march through Catholic areahttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/27/northern-ireland-court-allows-orange-order-march-through-catholic-area
Crowd gathers on Garvaghy Road early on Sunday morning to protest against the ruling allowing the march.
'I feel cheated - when do Stoke City get our FA Cup?'https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c60m33473zxpo
BBC Sport columnist Tony Pulis explains what he and all Stoke fans are thinking after Manchester City are found guilty of the majority of the 115 charges they faced.
Why families are being urged to look closer on autumn walkshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvlylxxp3xg9o
Experts urge families to spot, photograph and enjoy autumn fungi on their doorstep.
Traitors star burgled after sharing holiday photoshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmd6892j09pxo
Paul Gorton urges people to think twice before sharing holiday pictures before they are back home.
OpenAI Feared "Optics" of what might appear on Hacker Newshttps://authorsguild.org/news/ag-v-openai-top-execs-knew-mass-book-piracy-was-illegal
Article URL: https://authorsguild.org/news/ag-v-openai-top-execs-knew-mass-book-piracy-was-illegal/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49863864 Points: 25 # Comments: 2
Alcaraz wins after saving match points as Europe lead Laver Cuphttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cm5yddy3wv90o
Carlos Alcaraz narrowly avoids back-to-back singles defeats for the first time in 18 months as Team Europe lead Team World at the Laver Cup.
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βMum, where did my Robux go?β The Roblox scam targeting childrenhttps://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/sep/27/mum-where-did-my-robux-go-the-roblox-scam-targeting-children
Criminals are trying to glean login details to harvest playersβ in-game currency and personal data Your 10-year-old son has started playing Roblox, when he realises all of his in-game currency, Robux, is gone. When you try to find our what happened,he says he was recently promised extra Robux if he followed a link on YouTube. When he signed on at the site link, he was taken to the Roblox site as usual but there was no sign of the extra currency. Continue reading...
RTX 5090, once a consumer gaming card, is now on smugglersβ menu alongside cigaretteshttps://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1wrcc96/rtx_5090_once_a_consumer_gaming_card_is_now_on
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Investigation launched as NHS trust apologises for Noah Woods data breachhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmqjkk55qg25o
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust has apologised to the family for "extra anguish" caused.
Thieves Stole βNvidiaβ Trailers. They Got 20 Tons of Sandhttps://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1wrc8q4/thieves_stole_nvidia_trailers_they_got_20_tons_of
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Show HN: Jauvex, one app for Claude+Codex+Grok+Jev with two-way voice chathttps://github.com/reindent/jauvex
Article URL: https://github.com/reindent/jauvex Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49863700 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
At least 17 killed in South Africa shootinghttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/27/several-killed-in-south-africa-shooting
This is a breaking news story.
White casts doubt on Fury-Joshua after 24 hours of chaoshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/articles/cklyjjjge16vo
There is fresh uncertainty around the proposed Tyson Fury v Anthony Joshua fight - after Dana White said he did not know whether it would happen.
Show HN: Shipwithmuse.live β a catalog of things people built with Musehttps://shipwithmuse.live
Article URL: https://shipwithmuse.live/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49863641 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Show HN: MuseLIVE β lossless-audio live streaming platform for musicianshttps://www.muse.live
Article URL: https://www.muse.live/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49863609 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
The internet discovers TLA+. Now what?https://reasonable.io/blog/tla-tutorial
Article URL: https://reasonable.io/blog/tla-tutorial/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49863600 Points: 5 # Comments: 1
Child's hidden letter found after 44 yearshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqd08x91eympo
Michelle Harwood had not been born when the letter was written and did not expect to find the writer.
Japanese anime actor fights TikTok over AI voice cloninghttps://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1wrblp1/japanese_anime_actor_fights_tiktok_over_ai_voice
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Show HN: Niral β Daily Tamil/Tanglish Puzzle Gamehttps://tamil.niral.games
I built a Daily puzzle game - where you get to rearrange shuffled words between lines to reconstruct lyrics of famous movie songs. The App has two modes - Tamil (for native Tamil language readers) and Tanglish (for those who understand Tamil, but cant read the script). The Game is inspired by similar puzzle games out there, but highly customized for Tamil pop culture. Would love to hear feedback and comments! Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49863556 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Huge crowds cheer Pope Leo as he leads open-air Mass in Parishttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/27/huge-crowds-cheer-pope-leo-as-he-leads-open-air-mass-in-paris
Pope Leo XIV drew around 800,000 people to central Paris for an open-air Mass at Place de la Concorde
Ethiopiaβs army promises restraint amid fears of new civil warhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/27/ethiopias-army-promises-restraint-amid-fears-of-new-civil-war
Army chief accuses Eritrea of funding and supporting armed groups to weaken Ethiopia.
Show HN: Try SpikeUI (for free) and make .exe apps the easy wayhttps://nimoxi.com/spikeui
Article URL: https://nimoxi.com/spikeui/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49863447 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
OpenAI says agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users in latest example of rogue activityhttps://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1wrayag/openai_says_agents_leaked_53_images_from_chatgpt
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Show HN: Twitter GIF Downloader and Conversation Browser-Basedhttps://twitee.co/twitter-gif-downloader
Article URL: https://twitee.co/twitter-gif-downloader Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49863384 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Show HN: The City β a native Mac app that shows Claude Code as a city of robotshttps://github.com/Slaymish/theCity
Article URL: https://github.com/Slaymish/theCity Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49863255 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Esh β English to Shellhttps://github.com/numericalworks/esh
You can watch its video here https://archive.org/download/esh_20260927/esh.mov Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49863220 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Insurers claim AI is already increasing healthcare costshttps://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1wra2wx/insurers_claim_ai_is_already_increasing
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Detained Tunisian flotilla activists: Worsening health amid family anguishhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/27/detained-tunisian-flotilla-activists-worsening-health-amid-family-anguish
As activistsβ health deteriorates, families describe the toll of separation, hunger strikes and uncertainty.
Show HN: Practice ordering ramen from a Japanese ticket machinehttps://ajin.im/is/building/kenbaiki
Article URL: https://ajin.im/is/building/kenbaiki/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49863195 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Valve Introduces Pyrowave Video Codec In Beta For Low Latency Streaminghttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Valve-Steam-Beta-Pyrowave
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EDR Evasion: Process Injection Without WriteProcessMemoryhttps://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/1wr9sr7/edr_evasion_process_injection_without
Unlike traditional approaches, console named-pipe injection does not use VirtualAllocEx and WriteProcessMemory . Instead, it takes advantage of read and write operations through a named pipe, along with the way console programs store interactive commands in memory. submitted by /u/Cold-Dinosaur [link] [comments]
Google backs nuclear reactor upgrade to add 96 MW to Georgia gridhttps://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1wr9rlj/google_backs_nuclear_reactor_upgrade_to_add_96_mw
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German, Russian foreign ministers hold rare talks amid rising tensionshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/27/german-russian-foreign-ministers-hold-rare-talks-amid-rising-tensions
Russia's Lavrov dismisses Wadephul's call to abandon 'dangerous path of escalation' with Europe.
Bangkok declared disaster zone after heavy rains submerge roadshttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/27/bangkok-declared-disaster-zone-after-heavy-rains-submerge-roads
Bangkok has officially been declared a disaster zone after relentless rains triggered widespread flooding.
If we do not stop to help each other, what do we become?https://blog.codinghorror.com/if-we-do-not-stop-to-help-each-other-what-do-we-become
Article URL: https://blog.codinghorror.com/if-we-do-not-stop-to-help-each-other-what-do-we-become/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49863062 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
Thousands protest in Madrid against Spainβs housing crisishttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/27/thousands-protest-in-madrid-against-spains-housing-crisis
Thousands of protesters in Madrid demand answers after the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal.
Show HN: PeerTalk. Let your agent talk to a friend's agenthttps://peertalk.ai
Little experiment I've been cooking up. I often find myself wanting to do one of the following: - Get my agent and a someone else's agent to agree on something, after we've been discussing the same topic in different threads - Give someone temporary access to talk to one of my agents for a specific purpose, to help them do something or help them understand something - Ask a co-worker for access to chat with their agent, to understand something it has been working on without it having to dump out its entire context into a shared doc - Give two different agents working for me the ability to quiβ¦
Show HN: All/Some β A free logic puzzle game about set relationshipshttps://allsome.app
All/Some is a web app where you work out how sets relate using "all," "some," and "none" relationships. My husband and I made the game together. I create the puzzles and he does the code and design. The idea came from a puzzle I posted on Instagram (@critikid) that went viral. In the puzzle, people had to match groups of words to the correct Euler diagrams. People liked it so much that we decided to turn it into a full game. All/Some offers a free daily challenge (ad free), and there are more puzzles for members. There are also thematic collections for members on topics like biology and histoβ¦
Four killed in helicopter crash near Montrealhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3grvv7p81lqo
The victims of the crash have not yet been identified, Quebec provincial police told the BBC.
What is the size of Yemen? (2024)https://theborys.substack.com/p/what-is-the-size-of-yemen
Article URL: https://theborys.substack.com/p/what-is-the-size-of-yemen Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49862809 Points: 7 # Comments: 2
A Pennsylvania senator is proposing a law requiring video game companies to notify customers and offer options if they discontinue access to digital games.https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1wr8h33/a_pennsylvania_senator_is_proposing_a_law
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Powerful storm batters US Northeast disrupting power and travelhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/27/powerful-storm-batters-us-northeast-disrupting-power-and-travel
Powerful winds and towering waves are battering the US Northeast, causing flight chaos and blackouts.
Iran says it will wait for official US response after Trump rejects Strait of Hormuz proposalhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmvgyyw2jeego
The US president earlier said that Tehran only made the proposal to open the strait within seven days because "they're losing so badly".
Show HN: FinderySearch β The AI powered smart search enginehttps://aurasearch-real-private-unlimited-search-engine-18351778012.asia-southeast1.run.app
Article URL: https://aurasearch-real-private-unlimited-search-engine-18351778012.asia-southeast1.run.app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49862642 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Did the biggest week of diplomacy make headway in ending the US-Iran war?https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/27/did-the-biggest-week-of-diplomacy-make-headway-in-ending-the-us-iran-war
The UN General Assembly wraps up with mixed diplomatic outcomes.
Venezuela frees 39 political prisoners after post-Maduro talkshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/27/venezuela-frees-39-political-prisoners-after-post-maduro-talks
The releases follow a second round of negotiations between Venezuela's interim government and the opposition.
PNOEβs new face mask wants to make lab-grade breath testing a self-serve affairhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/09/26/pnoes-new-face-mask-wants-to-make-lab-grade-breath-testing-a-self-serve-affair
PNOΔ, the Malden, Mass.-based startup whose breath-analyzing mask used to bear an unfortunate resemblance to Bane's, is launching a sleeker self-serve version on October 1 that lets gym-goers measure their VOβ max and other metabolic markers in eight minutes without a trained operator.
Google tests buying from Walmart-owned Flipkart through Gemini and AI Mode in Indiahttps://techcrunch.com/2026/09/26/google-tests-buying-from-walmart-owned-flipkart-through-gemini-and-ai-mode-in-india
The limited test covers select products and users, with a broader rollout planned for later in October.
EU unlocks humanitarian aid for Africa and other crisis-hit regionshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/27/eu-unlocks-humanitarian-aid-for-africa-and-other-crisis-hit-regions
EU allocates majority of aid to sub-Saharan Africa to fund actions related to migration, conflict and food insecurity.
David Ellison, Tech Titans and Fox News Hosts Attend White House State Dinner Honoring Chinaβs Presidenthttps://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1wr7282/david_ellison_tech_titans_and_fox_news_hosts
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Revealing the details of how OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Facehttps://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/1wr709b/revealing_the_details_of_how_openai_agents_hacked
GET-only egress to full code execution: chaining a URL mirror and a screenshot service submitted by /u/NOTHING_gets_by_me [link] [comments]
AI on Kubernetes: Default Helm Chart Security Configurations and Lateral Movement Riskshttps://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/1wr6wxx/ai_on_kubernetes_default_helm_chart_security
A technical audit evaluating the security defaults of 15 official Helm charts used for AI serving, vector databases, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) agents (including KubeRay, vLLM, LiteLLM, Qdrant, Weaviate, and Flux159 MCP). Key findings from static manifest analysis and live single-pod lateral movement probes on a test cluster: Plaintext Secret Handling: LiteLLM database migration Job embeds raw database passwords in container environment variables (F-13). Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution: KubeRay defaults accept unauthenticated job submissions via HTTP, running commands inside a conβ¦
OpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going roguehttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/27/openai-halts-training-of-latest-models-as-reports-mount-of-ai-agents-going-rogue
Decision follows disclosures that OpenAI agents searching government websites had acted in unexpected ways OpenAI said it has paused training of its latest artificial intelligence models as reports of AI agents going rogue mount. The decision to halt development came just hours after the company disclosed Friday that it was reviewing several incidents from the summer in which OpenAI agents searching federal government websites acted in unexpected ways beyond what was asked of them while gathering and distributing information. Continue reading...
OpenAI agents tried to bruteforce a UN website's API fieldshttps://swarmcha.se/posts/openai-unctad
Article URL: https://swarmcha.se/posts/openai-unctad Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49862299 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
