Curfew imposed in parts of central Paris and other cities after rioting across Francehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx30ez03djyqo
It comes after the country's interior minister admits that police "lost control" in some cities.
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Maddison shines on return - Tottenham v Coventry ratingshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/crx23ndd337wo
How Spurs and Coventry City's players rated following their Premier League match.
I tried a $99 plug that promises to track your car and send help when needed — without selling your datahttps://www.theverge.com/tech/1013918/miles-plug-vehicle-tracking-data-privacy-specs-price-launch-date
My 15-year-old daughter just got her learner's permit, so when I was pitched a new gadget tailored to teen drivers, I was intrigued. The Miles Plug is a small device that plugs into your car's OBD-II port and monitors location, driving habits, and vehicle health, along with emergency accident response and roadside assistance. The idea […]
Israeli police say they arrested 10 in connection with settler attackshttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/19/israeli-police-say-they-arrested-10-in-connection-with-settler-attacks
Israeli police released a video they say shows the arrest of 10 suspects over weekend settler violence.
Trump approval hits record-low 31 percent, polls show Republican struggleshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/19/trump-approval-hits-record-low-31-percent-polls-show-republican-struggles
Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Democrats leading by 12 points in generic US congressional ballot surveys against Republicans.
Best Power Bank Deals: Laptops, MagSafe, and Morehttps://www.wired.com/story/power-bank-deals-october-2026
You can never have too many portable chargers, especially when they’re this discounted.
Russian spacecraft maneuvers in "extreme proximity" to satellite used by Ukrainehttps://arstechnica.com/space/2026/10/russian-spacecraft-maneuvers-in-extreme-proximity-to-satellite-used-by-ukraine
"Kosmos 2612 closed from hundreds of kilometers away to extreme proximity to ICEYE-X36."
Russian spacecraft maneuvers in "extreme proximity" to satellite used by Ukrainehttps://arstechnica.com/space/2026/10/russian-spacecraft-maneuvers-in-extreme-proximity-to-satellite-used-by-ukraine
"Kosmos 2612 closed from hundreds of kilometers away to extreme proximity to ICEYE-X36."
Oil stocks in US strategic petroleum reserve fall to lowest level since 1982 - Reutershttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMivwFBVV95cUxOTS1qZEVDSUY0Z2dXY0l6TzZCaGpGRnJOMF9Wb0Q1Q0pCVTI5YjN2Q2VyVXJKVnlQa1RuOEdYWWdZc3dQYjRxTVQ5RUVpZzUtc2hJMU50NlA2aUFhcHZCd3o1TFZ4c0hmdnZPckxSTHduS0JNN05CRWdKVUJBSzdkYm10U2pCSFIyLTlvT2NrRWVVOVhYSnpGSEdjSVJTZnJXbGhaXy1GUDBjVGttZl9BUkpzd0tYNDBGUUh4cUt4cw
Oil stocks in US strategic petroleum reserve fall to lowest level since 1982 Reuters
Injured Ukrainian soldier rescued in first-ever drone evacuation missionhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/19/aje-onl-nf_ukrainian-soldier-rescued-in-drone-evacuation-191026
The Ukrainian army says it has carried out the world’s first drone evacuation of a wounded soldier from the front line.
Kenya convicts cult leader over the murder of 190 childrenhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/19/kenya-convicts-cult-leader-over-the-murder-of-190-children
The leader of a Kenyan cult who instructed followers to starve themselves to death to reach heaven has been found guilty
Germany's far-right AfD: half a million internal documents leakedhttps://hexane.cc
Article URL: https://hexane.cc/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50157664 Points: 8 # Comments: 1
Trump signs order launching women’s health division at NIH, White Househttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/19/trump-signs-order-launching-womens-health-division-at-nih-white-house
First Lady Melania Trump has championed the executive action as a 'transformative moment' for US women's health.
Grocery giant Ahold Delhaize confirms cyberattack forced US and European systems offlinehttps://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/19/grocery-giant-ahold-delhaize-confirms-cyberattack-forced-us-and-european-systems-offline/5303970
Second security snafu in two years
Amazon makes vague commitment to unproven nuclear tech to power Indiana datacentershttps://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/10/19/amazon-makes-vague-commitment-to-unproven-nuclear-tech-to-power-indiana-datacenters/5303974
Partner X-energy has not built a single working reactor yet
Accused OpenAI spy had folder called “Saudi Gov Docs,” FBI sayshttps://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/accused-openai-spy-had-folder-called-saudi-gov-docs-fbi-says
US fears Saudi government will help ex-OpenAI engineer flee spying charges.
Show HN: Hiding messages as a generative art; open sourcing my code from 2020https://stegano.graphics
I've always been fascinated by secret messages, and for years I scribbled ideas for a graphical way of hiding messages that would be decipherable by humans without computers, while still being non-trivial and novel. This is what I came up with in 2020 (pre-LLM era ^^). The shapes are inspired by fingerprints. The name comes from "steganography", the art of hiding messages in plain sight. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50157557 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Tether: Senator's investigation misses positive work that's led to lower Iran volumeshttps://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/10/19/tether-senator-s-investigation-misses-positive-work-that-s-led-to-lower-iran-volumes
Shared from CoinDesk Bot.
Building Lionesses 2.0 - Wiegman's new challenge awaitshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cvze4w57746yo
England head coach Sarina Wiegman has changed women's football in the country, so what does she face after signing a contract extension?
Amazon is taking its biggest shot at Nvidia yet with new TorchNeuron dev toolhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/amazon-is-taking-its-biggest-shot-at-nvidia-yet-with-new-torchneuron-dev-tool
Amazon wants to break Nvidia’s hold on PyTorch, the free toolkit used to build most AI apps, so that more developers run their apps on alternative chips like its own.
Trump says Zelenskiy should get somebody else to negotiate to end war - Reutershttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxOZkJfbTJUSTNGdHptbTBieXhMaFBhamZFaTJFb2JXVllDUnFyX3U2OG1hbWFTQ0ZlbzVfS2U0bmtOTmk3dWExc3hnc0JxQ1o3V2FkODNjWkRzNDVPOEF3YjQ4YWtWMW9mMXJ6ZGJxS3pUNkxzNVZOTDRXTU05Y0xlOHF0X0xtU2ZBeWJkaTBTNjNnWnU0YWVKbXAzaVVoYjBzRmc4MXNiUkM
Trump says Zelenskiy should get somebody else to negotiate to end war Reuters
Batteries help reduce emissions, but how do we reduce their emissions?https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/batteries-have-a-small-carbon-footprint-we-can-make-it-smaller
One way to make batteries cleaner is to make fewer of them.
Batteries help reduce emissions, but how do we reduce their emissions?https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/batteries-have-a-small-carbon-footprint-we-can-make-it-smaller
One way to make batteries cleaner is to make fewer of them.
Maxwell gives sub-optimal code a runtime glow-uphttps://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/19/maxwell-gives-sub-optimal-code-a-runtime-glow-up/5303961
Finally, your hardware has its own agent
Finland seeking one million land mines as it eyes Russian threathttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/19/finland-seeking-one-million-land-mines-as-it-eyes-russian-threat
Helsinki recently joined regional peers in withdrawing from UN Charter banning munitions as it eyes its eastern border.
Show HN: Open-source app that lets LLMs control any iPhone app (no Mac required)https://github.com/EliotAndres/iphone-use-app
Article URL: https://github.com/EliotAndres/iphone-use-app Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50157241 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
'AdFection' Turns Ad Impressions Into Zero-Click Spyware Deliveryhttps://www.darkreading.com/data-privacy/adfection-online-ads-spyware-delivery
Spyware vendors are exploiting targeted ad bidding in the digital ecosystem to identify and track individuals and organizations of interest.
Show HN: Robotics startup with $10–12 meals delivered in SFhttps://www.dailys.menu
Daily's is a robotics startup aiming to decrease the cost of great food, something we believe will be the most impactful application of robotics. We launched our first ghost kitchen, and are selling meals for $10-12 including delivery in SF. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50157175 Points: 2 # Comments: 1
US Federal authorities responding to shooting at mosque in Columbus, Ohiohttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/19/us-federal-authorities-responding-to-shooting-at-mosque-in-columbus-ohio
This is a breaking news story.
OpenAI Engineer Accused of Spying on Executives Ordered to Remain in Custodyhttps://www.wired.com/story/openai-engineer-accused-of-spying-on-executives-ordered-to-remain-in-custody
A judge ordered Abdulrahman Alfozan to remain in custody, likening the Saudi government’s offer to secure the former OpenAI engineer’s release to a “blank check.”
Florida issues arrest warrant for Cuban leader Raul Castrohttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/19/florida-issues-arrest-warrant-for-cuban-leader-raul-castro
The announcement mirrors a federal indictment from May as the US steps up pressure on the Cuban government.
Show HN: I made a tiny 2 MB screenshot tool for Windows (open source)https://github.com/VahidYousefzadeh/CapChief
Article URL: https://github.com/VahidYousefzadeh/CapChief Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50157144 Points: 2 # Comments: 1
The Best Mixbook Sale for Holiday Cards (2026)https://www.wired.com/story/mixbook-photo-card-fall-sale-2026
Mixbook is the best card service I’ve tried, and the brand has multiple sales on holiday cards happening now.
Residents hoisted from rooftops amid Spain’s deadly floodinghttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/19/residents-hoisted-from-rooftops-amid-spains-deadly-flooding
Spain’s military is hoisting residents from the rooftops of their flooded homes.
Show HN: Jev in action – task classifier and auto model router in Keen Codehttps://mochow13.github.io/keen-code/docs/task-classification-using-decision-models.html
Hi HN! In Keen Code, a coding agent solo-developed by me, I have implemented a task-classifier using Jev and a simple auto-router based on the classification result. The article shares details about how it's implemented. Thoughts and feedback are welcome. And if you are interested to know more about Keen Code, the repo can be found here: https://github.com/mochow13/keen-code Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50156970 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Palace manager Sage facing fight to keep his jobhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cq2d6npjy9xlo
Crystal Palace boss Pierre Sage faces a fight to keep his job, but will be given more time.
Show HN: Grasmere – Plain Markdown notes for Mac, with links that don't breakhttps://grasmere.app
Article URL: https://grasmere.app Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50156904 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Hackers hit AI coding tool OpenCode, running up charges on users’ AI accountshttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/hackers-hit-ai-coding-tool-opencode-running-up-charges-on-users-ai-accounts
OpenCode is an open-source AI coding agent that's become a popular alternative to Claude Code and Cursor. But hackers got into part of its online platform and stole some users’ API keys, and the AI tools it turned to for help kept refusing to look at the malicious code.
Startup taps underwater volcano as energy source in "proof point" testhttps://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/startup-taps-underwater-volcano-as-energy-source-in-proof-point-test
Can undersea geothermal power help Pacific Rim nations cut down on oil imports?
Startup taps underwater volcano as energy source in "proof point" testhttps://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/startup-taps-underwater-volcano-as-energy-source-in-proof-point-test
Can undersea geothermal power help Pacific Rim nations cut down on oil imports?
Show HN: Maali – Privacy-first personal finance app with a local AI analysthttps://maali.app
I never felt comfortable signing up for cloud budgeting apps and having them store all of my financial data on their servers. I also didn't find locally hosted options that I liked using. That led me to build Maali ( https://maali.app ) over the past year. It is currently a Mac and Windows app that lets you track spending, budgets, recurring bills, income, net worth, and more. It stores all of your data on your computer. You can bring your data in by either manually importing bank statement files (CSV/PDF), or by using SimpleFIN, a third-party bridge that you set up once and it keeps your dat…
Show HN: SimpleWM – i3 keybindings on top of native macOS Spaceshttps://github.com/pedr0v/SimpleWM
Article URL: https://github.com/pedr0v/SimpleWM Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50156787 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Dovepass – can I legally fly a drone along this exact path in SF?https://dovepass.com
Dovepass answers one question for drone operators: given two points, can a drone legally fly between the two points? I build route planning for delivery drivers and wanted to check what it would look like if the vehicle flies. Drone navigation is different from land-based vehicle navigation. In addition to road and traffic data, it requires data on buildings, building height, wind speed and direction, and total load, including the payload a drone might carry. It is also governed by a set of rules; depending on the area, federal, state, or county rules may apply. The decision point becomes whe…
ConnectWise Disables Cloud Backups Amid Concerns for Downstream MSPshttps://www.darkreading.com/identity-access-management-security/connectwise-disables-cloud-backups-downstream-msps
Researchers say attackers authenticated into Microsoft 365 tenants using ConnectWise credentials; ConnectWise says customer impact remains unconfirmed.
Show HN: Canary (Mapping Human Intuition)https://www.hello-canary.com
Howdy. Spent a year building a tool called Canary to help you develop and preserve your intuition as you work through ambiguity. Runs locally on your machine and is privacy first. Great feedback so far from students, researchers, and organizations, but always open for comments. We see it as a translation between human uncertainty and machine determinism, something inference can never reproduce. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50156721 Points: 1 # Comments: 1
Show HN: A typing test for articles you want to read on the internethttps://type.vinayakshukla.com
I frequently do typing tests for fun. I'm not very fast (~80-100 WPM on a good day), but I find it's an activity I enjoy, and I was frustrated because I kept procrastinating via it, rather than reading valuable articles mostly from here. So, I built this to try to combine the two activities. I've tried and found it quite fun, would love for others to try and share their thoughts and feedback! :) Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50156656 Points: 1 # Comments: 1
Indian court extends detention of ‘Cockroach’ leadershttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/19/indian-court-extends-detention-of-cockroach-leaders
The extension of the custody of the CJP activists comes amid a crackdown on near daily protests against the government.
Show HN: NotchSub – Live on-device subtitles and translation from the Mac notchhttps://github.com/wutlu/notchsub
Article URL: https://github.com/wutlu/notchsub Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50156522 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Vibetown – public sandboxes to vibecode with strangershttps://vibetown.social
Vibetown is a site where you can create a public sandbox (shoutout fly.io sprites / machines) that anyone can contribute to with their AI agents. You can also get matched with a random person in a sandbox to vibe code with them, and if you like what you built then you can open it up and keep it running! Think of it something like twitch meets lovable. There is a chat in each room, along with a localhost preview. People take turns connecting their Claude Code subscriptions and making any changes to the app. Sandboxes automatically go to sleep after a while, but can be woken up. It's completely…
Show HN: A beautiful UI built upon Pavel Dobryakov's shaderhttps://swirltogether.com
Semi-related, I'm available for UI/UX Engineering/Design roles. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50156472 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Tolan snags $30M for its AI companion that helps users navigate lifehttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/tolan-snags-30m-for-its-ai-companion-that-helps-users-navigate-life
AI companion app Tolan has raised another $30 million after attracting more than 250,000 active users.
Show HN: RawLink – Building a VPN protocol from scratchhttps://github.com/zolagonano/RawLink
https://zola.ink/blog/posts/rawlink-building-a-vpn-protocol-... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50156469 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Election Offices in at Least 32 States Have Received Suspicious Lettershttps://www.wired.com/story/election-offices-in-at-least-32-states-have-received-suspicious-letters-in-the-last-week
WIRED contacted officials in all 50 states and Washington, DC, to uncover the extent of a harassment campaign ahead of the midterms.
Sony’s best noise-canceling earbuds are nearly $100 off today onlyhttps://www.theverge.com/gadgets/1013911/sonys-best-noise-canceling-earbuds-are-nearly-100-off-today-only
For a very limited time, Sony’s latest high-end noise-canceling earbuds are actually cheaper than their last-gen counterpart, the WF-1000XM5. B&H Photo is selling Sony’s latest WF-1000XM6 in black for an all-time low of $238 ($92 off) at checkout. Other retailers aren’t currently offering a discount on the XM6. The XM6 are a solid upgrade over […]
Towards Company World Modelshttps://www.beaconholdings.com/research/towards-company-world-models
Article URL: https://www.beaconholdings.com/research/towards-company-world-models Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50156332 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Show HN: I built an app to visualize real-time lightning strikes across earthhttps://www.boltedapp.com
Article URL: https://www.boltedapp.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50156317 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Replika’s founder built the AI assistant she pitched at Disrupt 12 years agohttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/replikas-founder-built-the-ai-assistant-she-pitched-at-disrupt-12-years-ago
Eugenia Kuyda's newest startup Wabi is positioned to take advantage of an idea she had more than a decade ago. Wabi offers a personal AI assistant with a twist, free and downloadable to anyone today.
How to continue a GitHub Copilot app session in VS Codehttps://github.blog/ai-and-ml/github-copilot/how-to-continue-a-github-copilot-app-session-in-vs-code
Learn how to move an agent session from the GitHub Copilot app into VS Code without losing the conversation, code changes, or working context. The post How to continue a GitHub Copilot app session in VS Code appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
Show HN: Krites, Claude Code Plugin that forces your tests to runhttps://github.com/krites-dev/krites
Hi my name is Quinn, and I have been testing and using LLMs for various coding projects for about a year now. And at this point I run all my agents overnight or for even days at a time. And I’ve sunk countless hours and tokens into coming back to a job that's half done with issues and bugs. That's why I built Krites. It blocks the edit tools on the paths you name, runs your tests when your agent tries to stop and blocks the stop until they pass (up to 3 tries by default), and prints a receipt with /krites:receipt that contains commands, exit codes, diff and commit. The known limits along wi…
Japan’s MMX Mission Wants to Bring Martian Moon Samples Back to Earthhttps://www.wired.com/story/japan-audacious-mmx-mission-sample-martian-moon
JAXA is leading an international mission to reach Mars’ Phobos moon and bring soil back to Earth. If successful, it could unlock new clues about the history of the solar system.
The reverts will continue until morale improveshttp://peter.eisentraut.org/blog/2026/10/09/the-reverts-will-continue-until-morale-improves
Article URL: http://peter.eisentraut.org/blog/2026/10/09/the-reverts-will-continue-until-morale-improves Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50156206 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
Protesters block Louvre in support of French student movementhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/19/protesters-block-louvre-in-support-of-french-student-movement
French students are now blockading the world’s busiest museum.
Tenstorrent hits $6.2B valuation to scale open-weight AI chipshttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/tenstorrent-hits-6-2b-valuation-to-scale-open-weight-ai-chips
After drawing acquisition interest earlier this year, the Nvidia challenger raised $1.5 billion to remain independent.
Ronaldo handed 30-day suspension by Portuguese FAhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ck9qznlywy8no
Cristiano Ronaldo is given a 30-day suspension by the Portuguese Football Federation after leaving his country's international camp last month.
ReactOS reaches major milestone with NTFS install supporthttps://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/10/reactos-reaches-major-milestone-with-ntfs-install-support
ReactOS gains NTFS install support with new driver.
ReactOS reaches major milestone with NTFS install supporthttps://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/10/reactos-reaches-major-milestone-with-ntfs-install-support
ReactOS gains NTFS install support with new driver.
Here's how we would build out the perfect modular electric Slate truckhttps://www.engadget.com/2289274/heres-how-we-would-build-out-the-perfect-modular-electric-slate-truck
A Bronco for the modern age.
Ex-OpenAI employee accused of planting device has Saudi backing: Prosecutorhttps://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/10/19/ex-openai-employee-accused-of-planting-device-has-saudi-backing-prosecutor
US federal prosecutors allege the defendant was in frequent contact with unnamed member of royal family.
Ukrainians dying because US restricting intelligence sharing, Zelensky adviser tells BBChttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmj47yx572z5o
Serhii Beskrestnov says there has not been enough time to warn people about incoming missile attacks.
Security patches need patches now that attackers have AIhttps://www.theregister.com/patches/2026/10/19/security-patches-need-patches-now-that-attackers-have-ai/5303927
Terra finds sharp rise in GitHub security fixes reported broken within 90 days
Making the internet better for AI agents might make it worse for everyone elsehttps://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/19/1147186/making-the-internet-better-for-ai-agents-might-make-it-worse-for-everyone-else
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Until recently, you could divide internet users into just two categories: bots and people. Websites have long allowed bots to perform automated tasks, like capturing the content of web pages, but rules…
Show HN: A better way to use DNS-AID to publish your I agenthttps://me360.hanhanwu.com/projects/agent-discovery-comparison
DNS-AID lets agents discover one another through DNS, using the internet's existing decentralized naming infrastructure. In this work, I found a way to publish your agents through DNS-AID effectively. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50155956 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
US bans DeepSeek AI from government use as tech tension with China continueshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjkgeq0k1wevo
DeepSeek is a powerful, popular and relatively inexpensive artificial intelligence model out of China.
US bans DeepSeek AI from government use as tech tension with China continueshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjkgeq0k1wevo
DeepSeek is a powerful, popular and relatively inexpensive artificial intelligence model out of China.
Netanyahu’s new security doctrine: Regional strategy or election ploy?https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/19/netanyahus-new-security-doctrine-regional-strategy-or-election-ploy
Experts say Netanyahu's security doctrine and map of regional alliances serve his political ambitions ahead of elections
Leicester to visit Oxford City in FA Cup first round - see full drawhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ckwyqdvedj32o
Leicester City will travel to National League North side Oxford City in the 2026-27 FA Cup first round - five years after winning the competition.
Benny Gantz drops out of Israel’s election racehttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/19/benny-gantz-drops-out-of-israels-election-race
Decision comes after polls showed his Blue and White party below the 3.25 percent threshold needed to enter the Knesset.
We might finally know what's written on that mysterious plaque in Super Mario 64https://www.engadget.com/2290685/we-might-finally-know-whats-written-on-that-mysterious-plaque-in-super-mario-64
The plaque's message has haunted the internet for 30 years.
Making software is an artistic activityhttps://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1xa4bck/making_software_is_an_artistic_activity
A brief argument framing software creation, and specifically the details of the code, as an act of art submitted by /u/foobear777 [link] [comments]
Mauritius lifts curfew imposed amid wave of violent protestshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/19/mauritius-lifts-curfew-imposed-amid-wave-of-violent-protests
Unrest on the archipelago came after police shot a woman during a rally over rising costs and water shortages.
Show HN: Quorus – Claude Code and Codex in one room, reviewing each other's workhttps://github.com/Quorus-dev/Quorus
Article URL: https://github.com/Quorus-dev/Quorus Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50155692 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
AI assistant startup Town nabs unicorn valuation four months after launchhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/ai-assistant-startup-town-nabs-unicorn-valuation-four-months-after-launch
AI assistant startup Town nabbed a unicorn valuation on Monday, announcing a $108 million Series B round co-led by Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures.
Is paid antivirus actually a waste of money for your PC in 2026?https://www.engadget.com/2287979/is-paid-antivirus-for-pc-waste-of-money
Subscribing to an antivirus suite kept you safe a long time ago, but they're much less useful for most people today.
Show HN: Open-source early-reading reader with phonics helphttps://github.com/finereli/yarareads
My kid is 6 y/o and she is learning to read. She's moved through the basic phonics with Teach Your Monster to Read but was struggling with how repetitive it was. I wanted to give her some stories to read, but she still needed help sounding words out - and I wanted her to have the experience of sitting and reading by herself. So I built this book reader app to allow her to click on the words, sound out the phonemes, and read by herself. My 12 year old son wrote the first story, there's a cliffhanger at the end and he's working on the next section. We're going to release more chapters and more…
Show HN: Open-source early-reading reader with phonics helphttps://github.com/finereli/yarareads
My kid is 6 y/o and she is learning to read. She's moved through the basic phonics with Teach Your Monster to Read but was struggling with how repetitive it was. I wanted to give her some stories to read, but she still needed help sounding words out - and I wanted her to have the experience of sitting and reading by herself. So I built this book reader app to allow her to click on the words, sound out the phonemes, and read by herself. My 12 year old son wrote the first story, there's a cliffhanger at the end and he's working on the next section. We're going to release more chapters and more…
Show HN: PENTONIQ Tube Synth for macOShttps://github.com/johnrpenner/Pentoniq
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Ronaldo banned for 30 days, fined $285 by Portugal over spat with Jesushttps://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/10/19/ronaldo-banned-for-30-days-fined-285-by-portugal-over-spat-with-jesus
Cristiano Ronaldo has been handed a month-long ban by the disciplinary council of Portugal's Football Association.
“We were looking at it wrong”: The explosive claim that’s upended the AI worldhttps://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/19/1147149/we-were-looking-at-it-wrong-the-explosive-claim-thats-upended-the-ai-world
“I think I have good news about the nature of neural networks.” With those simple words of optimism, Nick Cammarata, a researcher at the AI startup Goodfire, kicked off a 26,000-word blog post that has knocked the AI world on its head, sparking wild speculation as well as cautious (and not-so-cautious) celebration. Cammarata’s claim is…
Show HN: MCP for Ordering Assembled PCBshttps://provenmetal.com/mcp
Article URL: https://provenmetal.com/mcp Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50155440 Points: 4 # Comments: 3
Chuck Schumer urges FCC to block AI robocalls before electionshttps://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/10/19/chuck-schumer-urges-fcc-to-block-ai-robocalls-before-elections
Chuck Schumer urges FCC to reject petition allowing AI robocalls ahead of key November midterm elections.
Show HN: Stillplay – The Windows XP games, rebuilt in C and WASM for the browserhttps://github.com/btahir/stillplay
Article URL: https://github.com/btahir/stillplay Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50155392 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Rivian’s CEO says autonomy will enable ‘dramatically different’ vehicle designshttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/rivians-ceo-says-autonomy-will-enable-dramatically-different-vehicle-designs
His vision will culminate with the R4 vehicle.
Show HN: Remakecraft – Claude Code plugin that rewrites apps from behaviourhttps://github.com/remakecraft/remakecraft
Article URL: https://github.com/remakecraft/remakecraft Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50155320 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Vlmhub – Simple Unified Python interface for vision-language modelshttps://github.com/dbiswas55/vlmhub
Article URL: https://github.com/dbiswas55/vlmhub Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50155314 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Hackers Exploit Plex2Shell Flaws to Install Crypto Miners and Linux Proxy Backdoorhttps://thehackernews.com/2026/10/hackers-exploit-plex2shell-flaws-to.html
Threat actors have begun to exploit a chain of vulnerabilities in Plex Media Server to deploy cryptocurrency miners and reverse proxy software, a day after a proof-of-concept (PoC) went public. According to a researcher who goes by the online alias boredhackerblog, the exploitation activity involves chaining four different vulnerabilities, collectively called Plex2Shell. The vulnerabilities