MP harassed for 'being English' by man who took axe to pubhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvde8glk94neo

Michael Glover left a note on MP Henry Tufnell's office door and claimed he knew where he lived.

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Canary Tokenshttps://canarytokens.org

Article URL: https://canarytokens.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50185630 Points: 9 # Comments: 0

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Open Source Gameshttps://opensourcegames.dev

Article URL: https://opensourcegames.dev/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50185455 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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Anthropic's Public Benefit Charterhttps://www.anthropic.com/public-benefit-charter

Article URL: https://www.anthropic.com/public-benefit-charter Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50185438 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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Corporate Linuxhttps://lpar.ath0.com/posts/2026/10/corporate-linux

Article URL: https://lpar.ATH0.com/posts/2026/10/corporate-linux/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50185403 Points: 7 # Comments: 3

'Targeted' attack on much-loved MP leaves Australian town heartbrokenhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmgr8q88r5eqo

Locals describe the MP, who had to have both legs amputated, as a genuinely kind person who fought for the community.

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Meta fined $25bn for 'lies' over user data privacyhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqdr8zxrr3dxo

The fine is the largest to date against Facebook's owner, larger than an $18bn deal with California.

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The compiler was supposed to end programming toohttps://hrih.si/articles/the-compiler-was-supposed-to-end-programming

Article URL: https://hrih.si/articles/the-compiler-was-supposed-to-end-programming/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50185045 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

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G.M. Hopes to Design New Cars in as Little as 2 Years Using A.I.

A General Motors factory for electric vehicles in Lake Orion, Mich. The company said this week that it would drastically cut the cost of electric vehicle batteries.

Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion for Deceiving Users on Privacy

Meta’s annual Meta Connect event at the company’s Menlo Park, Calif., campus.

Meta ordered to pay $25B penalty in New Mexico Cambridge Analytica casehttps://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/21/meta-new-mexico-cambridge-analytica-penalty.html

Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/21/meta-new-mexico-cambridge-analytica-penalty.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50184820 Points: 13 # Comments: 1

Texas data center boom could erase decades of progress on air qualityhttps://www.texastribune.org/2026/10/20/data-centers-texas-air-quality-report-pollution-health-risks

Article URL: https://www.texastribune.org/2026/10/20/data-centers-texas-air-quality-report-pollution-health-risks/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50184712 Points: 15 # Comments: 2

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EA is shutting down BioWarehttps://www.theverge.com/games/1015647/ea-is-shutting-down-bioware

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/games/1015647/ea-is-shutting-down-bioware Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50184586 Points: 16 # Comments: 0

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Overview of the German aFd email leakhttps://erik.gdn/docs/afd-emails/en

Article URL: https://erik.gdn/docs/afd-emails/en/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50184270 Points: 11 # Comments: 1

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Just Eat apologises for AI food mistakes after social media ridiculehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crz981p0klvgo

A spokesperson said it was removing inaccurate AI images and pausing the rollout of the tool.

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'Playing for their careers' - Australia reeling after extraordinary dayhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/ckzd6r577qvdo

Australia are facing defeat in the second Test against South Africa with careers on the line after their shambolic performance on day four.

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How the project will work and the difference it will makehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c6wy4pdqx0w5o

Business editor Simon Jack explains how the project will work, and the impact it could have on energy supply and security.

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Rust off Rails: The opinionated web stack for the AI erahttps://rustoffrails.org

Article URL: https://rustoffrails.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50183727 Points: 14 # Comments: 4

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New plastic pollution discovered: 'Plasticorals' coral rubble fused with plastichttps://www.oist.jp/news-center/news/2026/9/18/new-form-plastic-pollution-discovered-shores-vulnerable-coral-reefs

Article URL: https://www.oist.jp/news-center/news/2026/9/18/new-form-plastic-pollution-discovered-shores-vulnerable-coral-reefs Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50183512 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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Will it bring down your energy bills?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cqvg0ke2v9njo

BBC Verify's Ben Chu explains why energy prices are so high, and what Jackdaw could mean for your bills.

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The bridge to agent-scale Git infrastructurehttps://github.blog/engineering/architecture-optimization/the-bridge-to-agent-scale-git-infrastructure

Article URL: https://github.blog/engineering/architecture-optimization/the-bridge-to-agent-scale-git-infrastructure/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50183344 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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What I learned from six months of being stupid on purposehttps://wvez.org/blog/learning-to-be-stupid

Article URL: https://wvez.org/blog/learning-to-be-stupid/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50183311 Points: 6 # Comments: 1

Your MCU Likely Escaped the eMudhra Intermediate CA Compromisehttps://danielmangum.com/posts/mcu-emudhra-intermediate-ca-compromise

Article URL: https://danielmangum.com/posts/mcu-emudhra-intermediate-ca-compromise/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50183280 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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AI agent fixed the bug, but what else did it change?https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/10/21/your-ai-agent-fixed-the-bug-but-what-else-did-it-change

Article URL: https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/10/21/your-ai-agent-fixed-the-bug-but-what-else-did-it-change/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50183253 Points: 8 # Comments: 1

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How Trump's attacks on voting system integrity might affect upcoming electionshttps://www.npr.org/2026/10/21/nx-s1-6010463/how-trumps-attacks-on-voting-system-integrity-might-affect-upcoming-elections

Election law expert Rick Hasen explains Trump's interference in the midterms, including threatening local officials with criminal prosecution unless they strike alleged noncitizens from voter rolls.

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Why local officials are feeling 'on edge' as election day approacheshttps://www.npr.org/2026/10/21/nx-s1-6010517/why-local-officials-are-feeling-on-edge-as-election-day-approaches

Al Schmidt is the chief election official in the state of Pennsylvania. President Trump's insults put him in danger during the 2020 ballot count. Now Schmidt talks about preparing for the midterms.

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Russia ready to resume talks with Ukraine and US to end warhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq3djn5nxx12o

The announcement came after Russian President Vladimir Putin met US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff in St Petersburg.

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PHP Foundation's Overview of CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619https://thephp.foundation/blog/2026/10/21/todays-php-security-release-and-how-were-strengthening-php-security

Article URL: https://thephp.foundation/blog/2026/10/21/todays-php-security-release-and-how-were-strengthening-php-security/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50182987 Points: 11 # Comments: 1

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Show HN: I told people I'm a convicted felon after 20 years of hiding ithttps://buford.bg

Hi there. I was engineer number 3 at Eventbrite and founding engineer at Reforge. I've created a dozen or so startups myself and have worked in many others, like Instacart. All this time, no one knew that I was a convicted felon. It wasn't exactly a topic that came up, but it was certainly something that I never brought up. When you're a convicted felon, people look at you as if you are tainted. I was unable to rent apartments in San Francisco. I was unable to get a job directly after being released from prison. It's funny because when you owe the state $17,000 in restitution and you can't ge…

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Supreme Court upholds pause on Trump's anti-trans prison policyhttps://www.npr.org/2026/10/21/nx-s1-5993878/supreme-court-trump-trans-prison-policy

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration has to continue providing gender-affirming care to inmates in federal prisons as litigation on efforts to change the policy continues.

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Google experiences resignation backlash over AI military contractshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmreyvepnv0po

The BBC speaks to several current and former Google DeepMind employees about their concerns with AI use on the battlefield.

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Burnham defends Jackdaw decision as Badenoch urges PM to overturn ban on new oil and gas licenceshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4zdgk081eo

The UK government says the field, which is opposed by environmental campaigners, could be producing gas by the end of this month.

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Anderson, 44, not offered new Lancashire contracthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cmy0ek8vnxzko

James Anderson’s legendary career could be over after Lancashire opt against offering England’s all-time leading wicket-taker a new deal.

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New human data hints at psychedelics' potential to combat inflammationhttps://www.npr.org/2026/10/21/nx-s1-6009441/psychedelics-brain-inflammation-immune-system

Lab studies have shown that psychedelics like psilocybin can lower inflammation and may be protective for a range of illnesses. Now, researchers are publishing some of the first data in humans that signals this holds potential for patients with neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease.

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Glastonbury coach tickets oversold in admin errorhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm5ynqkgwr69o

Bookings will automatically be converted into a general admission ticket and coach fare refunded.

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Holocaust school lessons to be improved after 'shocking' antisemitism reviewhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq39870ypgl7o

Education Secretary Lucy Powell has stressed the importance of reminding new generations of the horrors of the Holocaust.

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Oregon lawmakers approve money to buy an iconic waterfall listed on Redfinhttps://apnews.com/article/oregon-waterfall-for-sale-lawmakers-996de63462d49ec3ad9bee1629fb9488

Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/oregon-waterfall-for-sale-lawmakers-996de63462d49ec3ad9bee1629fb9488 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50182526 Points: 10 # Comments: 3

Aberfan disaster 'most tragic of days imaginable' says King on 60th anniversaryhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgj9d4zgj5yo

In total 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a colliery spoil tip collapsed on 21 October 1966.

β€˜I’m always being real’: what on earth persuades disgraced people like Elizabeth Holmes to let the cameras in?https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/21/elizabeth-holmes-you-can-see-everything-disgrace-documentary

With You Can See Everything, Holmes joins other such high-profile subjects as Lance Armstrong, Imelda Marcos and Anthony Weiner to allow film-makers to document their lives. But do they ever come out well? In You Can See Everything, convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes invites film-makers Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim into her home in a supposed act of β€œradical transparency”. Holmes is filmed, along with her partner, Billy Evans, and their two young children, in the weeks before starting a prison sentence for defrauding Theranos investors. β€œThe best way for people to see who she is…

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New prize launches for books co-written with AIhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/21/new-prize-launches-books-co-written-with-ai-france

After months of controversy over the possible use of AI by winners of prestigious awards, the Prix Pascal de LittΓ©rature IA is rewarding fiction written with the help of LLMs A prize for AI-written books has launched this week. The Prix Pascal de LittΓ©rature IA invites submissions of manuscripts co-written with AI tools, with the winner promised publication. Continue reading...

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Another day, another GitHub incidenthttps://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/nms1dpzmh9d9

Article URL: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/nms1dpzmh9d9 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50182130 Points: 8 # Comments: 2

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Andrews died of tear in artery around heart - autopsyhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cmx234p2xwpzo

Former Sale player Hyron Andrews - who was found dead at his new team's hotel base before a Champions Cup match - died of natural causes, an autopsy finds.

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Don't Stop Believin' - High school musical Glee set for reboothttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6x2vpn4xy0yo

Ryan Murphy's popular musical comedy-drama is set to return after more than a decade.

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Jeffrey Donaldson to be interviewed over alleged rape inside Houses of Parliamenthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c94g1pjmxg0ko

While not naming the disgraced former MP, the Metropolitan Police has issued a statement confirming a 63-year-old man is being investigated.

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Cloudflare deploys protections against php2shell vulnerabilityhttps://blog.cloudflare.com/php-vulnerabilities-waf-protection

Article URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/php-vulnerabilities-waf-protection/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50181326 Points: 11 # Comments: 0

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Websites taken down across Europe ahead of critical cyber-security updatehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmly0lg3w5x2o

Two critical vulnerabilities have been identified with PHP, a programming language which is widely used across the internet.

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Patch the Planethttps://patchtheplanet.org

Article URL: https://patchtheplanet.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50181265 Points: 13 # Comments: 2

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OpenAI: Patch the Planet. Global response coordination as AI uncovers PHP vulnshttps://openai.com/index/coordinated-disclosure-of-critical-vulnerabilities

Article URL: https://openai.com/index/coordinated-disclosure-of-critical-vulnerabilities/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50181175 Points: 17 # Comments: 0

The No Kings Takedown Is Why You Shouldn't Rent Your Megaphone from Zuckhttps://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/20/accident-or-not-the-no-kings-takedown-is-why-you-shouldnt-rent-your-megaphone-from-zuck

Article URL: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/20/accident-or-not-the-no-kings-takedown-is-why-you-shouldnt-rent-your-megaphone-from-zuck/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50181137 Points: 33 # Comments: 1

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DuckDB 2.0.0 LTS "Cinnamon Teal"https://duckdb.org/2026/10/21/announcing-duckdb-200

Article URL: https://duckdb.org/2026/10/21/announcing-duckdb-200 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50181136 Points: 20 # Comments: 3

Compromised LiteLLM 1.107.0 on PyPI Installs a Credential Stealer and Backdoorhttps://safedep.io/litellm-pypi-compromise-credential-stealer-backdoor

Article URL: https://safedep.io/litellm-pypi-compromise-credential-stealer-backdoor/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50181114 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

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β€˜The audience gets to be in on it’: How narrative-led gameplay is Call of Duty’s greatest weaponhttps://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/oct/21/pushing-buttons-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4

As video games chase spectacle, Modern Warfare 4 makes a case for putting character and consequence at the heart of its biggest battles β€’ Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here In these strange, subdued weeks before the much-anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto VI, there have still been some welcome surprises. Onimusha: Way of the Sword revived a half-forgotten samurai action series with much aplomb, while Silent Hill: Townfall transported all of the franchise’s bloody, dread-filled psychological horror to … the picturesque Scottish coast. Even more shockin…

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The best Kindles in the UK for every bookworm and budget – testedhttps://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2026/oct/21/best-kindles-tested-uk

Whether you want a colour screen, somewhere to scribble notes or a child-friendly model, here’s what we recommend from Amazon’s e-reader range β€’ The best e-readers From that fresh paperback smell to the wrinkles in the spine, nothing beats a real book. But if you’re sick of the space they take up in your home, or the weight they steal from your holiday luggage allowance, it might be worth considering an Amazon Kindle. It can fit thousands of weighty reads into as little as 158g, and as tech goes, it’s almost immune to the sort of pathological time-wasting features that come with mod…

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Why do Man City fans boo pre-match anthems?https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cvx28yk1j6z0o

The cacophony of boos that greet the Premier League and Champions League anthems before kick-off have now become a fixture at Etihad Stadium.

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PHP2Shellhttps://www.php2shell.com

Article URL: https://www.php2shell.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50181058 Points: 21 # Comments: 2

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Elon Musk Says SpaceX and Tesla Are Exploring a Merger

SpaceX’s blockbuster public offering on the Nasdaq in June helped make Elon Musk, who is also the chief executive of Tesla, the first person to be worth more than a trillion dollars.

PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35 outhttps://www.php.net/index.php

Article URL: https://www.php.net/index.php Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50180943 Points: 38 # Comments: 1

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Updated PHP version released to GitHubhttps://github.com/php/php-src/releases/tag/php-8.2.35

Article URL: https://github.com/php/php-src/releases/tag/php-8.2.35 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50180873 Points: 81 # Comments: 12

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PHP2Shell: AI uncovers critical RCE in PHPhttps://www.wiz.io/blog/php2shell-php-rce

Article URL: https://www.wiz.io/blog/php2shell-php-rce Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50180836 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

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OpenAI: Using AI agents to uncover new leads in biological datahttps://openai.com/index/scaling-ai-research-for-complex-biological-data

Article URL: https://openai.com/index/scaling-ai-research-for-complex-biological-data/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50180752 Points: 8 # Comments: 0

80 Israelis and Americans, including NY Democrat Brad Lander, detained in West Bankhttps://www.npr.org/2026/10/21/nx-s1-6010460/brad-lander-detained-west-bank-israel-palestinians

U.S. Democratic congressional nominee Brad Lander was detained along with about 80 American and Israeli rabbis and activists by Israeli security forces as they helped Palestinian olive harvesters.

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Global warming will breach 1.5Β°C – but deep, fast cuts can still bring it backhttps://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168634

Article URL: https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168634 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50180518 Points: 8 # Comments: 2

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How The New York Times Reports on A.I. Images

A Times reporter and editors discuss the challenges of sifting through what’s real and what’s not in pursuit of the news.

Most advice is right for the person giving ithttps://coached.com/essays/most-advice-is-right-for-the-person-giving-it

Article URL: https://coached.com/essays/most-advice-is-right-for-the-person-giving-it/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50180444 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

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