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Uncanny and unappetizing: appetites spoil as AI images take over food menushttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/06/ai-food-menu-images

Consumers are increasingly encountering AI-generated images on food menus such as leathery meat and bread resembling reptile skin During a recent lunch break, Jill Sennett saw something so unappetizing she had to share it with her 26,000 X followers : Artificial intelligence-generated menu images from a Jamaican barbecue pop-up restaurant in which the meats looked like leather belts crawling with tiny beetles. The images were reshared by more than 500 people who similarly expressed their disgust. Eating is “such an essential human experience”, said Sennett, a 37-year-old nurse in Denver.…

How to check your PC's hard-drive healthhttps://www.engadget.com/2248471/how-to-check-hard-drive-health-pc

This is a step-by-step guide to checking the health of your Windows hard drive and what you can do if you get a bad result.

Competitive Pokémon is on phones now, but you still need a Switch to become a championhttps://www.theverge.com/games/990691/competitive-pokemon-champions-mobile-tournament-accessibility

To get started with competitive Pokémon battles, all you need is your phone. But to compete at the highest level, like at the Pokémon World Championships, you're going to need a Switch. And there doesn't seem to be a good reason why. Battle simulator Pokémon Champions originally launched on the Switch and Switch 2 in […]

The Fairphone 6 Plus is the midrange phone we desperately neededhttps://www.theverge.com/tech/990436/fairphone-6-plus-review

The Fairphone 6 Plus feels like an extremely average midrange Android phone and I couldn't be more thrilled. The mission has always been admirable. Fairphone seeks out ethically sourced materials and offers a high degree of repairability for its devices. But the phones themselves required a lot of sacrifices, like putting up with underpowered processors […]

Schemy Lisp En DOShttps://sled.neocities.org

Article URL: https://sled.neocities.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49586139 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

Wird BASIC noch benutzt?https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1w8uvl4/wird_basic_noch_benutzt

Ich höre überall nur noch von Python als Einführungssprache. Gibt es noch BASIC-Programmierer? submitted by /u/Puzzleheaded-Half993 [link] [comments]

Fifa president Infantino will stand for re-electionhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c99d1dlpkp4o

Fifa president Gianni Infantino will stand for re-election in March, the world governing body has confirmed.

Police investigate Bielik fan clash at Portsmouthhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c5ym8mx573yo

Police are investigating an incident between Cardiff defender Krystian Bielik and a Portsmouth supporter during Pompey's 2-0 home win on Saturday.

Show HN: Testate – Git for Databasehttps://github.com/PT-Perkasa-Pilar-Utama/testate

Article URL: https://github.com/PT-Perkasa-Pilar-Utama/testate Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49585810 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

Show HN: I stopped using an LLM gateway and put rate-limits/fallback in-processhttps://github.com/LakBud/vernLLM

Sup HN. I built VernLLM cuz every LLM gateaway I looked at, meant adding a network hop just to get rate limiting, multi provider fallback, circuit breaking and other features. Needing to take a whole seperate service just to deploy, monitor and trust with my API keys is just annoying since my whole tech stack was just TypeScript and Node. VernLLM does the same job within your LLM calls, but its in process instead. Its supports OpenAI-compatible APIs, Anthropic, Gemini and Bedrock providers. I would also argue that the features VernLLM provides is more developed then any other gateaway out the…

Show HN: Ramanujan – Multi-Model Agent for Research in Computational Mathshttps://github.com/AniketWathore/Ramanujan

Article URL: https://github.com/AniketWathore/Ramanujan Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49585726 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

The pencil case model of creativityhttps://dub.uu.nl/en/column/pencil-case-model-creativity

Article URL: https://dub.uu.nl/en/column/pencil-case-model-creativity Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49585703 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

DIY plug-in solar gains momentum in the UShttps://www.theverge.com/column/990183/diy-plug-in-solar-us

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on e-bikes, power stations, and how to work anywhere, follow Thomas Ricker. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started With a deep breath, I took […]

Intellectual Fly Is Openhttps://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2025/12/05/your-intellectual-fly-is-open

Article URL: https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2025/12/05/your-intellectual-fly-is-open/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49585644 Points: 16 # Comments: 0

Doomscrolling Ourselves to Deathhttps://www.edwest.co.uk/p/doomscrolling-ourselves-to-death

Article URL: https://www.edwest.co.uk/p/doomscrolling-ourselves-to-death Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49585627 Points: 14 # Comments: 2

New all in one 6502 computer (Neo6502kbd)https://olimex.wordpress.com/2026/09/04/new-open-source-hardware-variant-of-neo6502-now-includes-keyboard-4-usb-hosts-uext-power-switch-and-usb-c-for-power-and-programming-all-in-one-keyboard-body

Article URL: https://olimex.wordpress.com/2026/09/04/new-open-source-hardware-variant-of-neo6502-now-includes-keyboard-4-usb-hosts-uext-power-switch-and-usb-c-for-power-and-programming-all-in-one-keyboard-body/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49585605 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

Don't Use a gmail.com Addresshttps://crookedtimber.org/2026/09/03/dont-use-a-gmail-com-address

Article URL: https://crookedtimber.org/2026/09/03/dont-use-a-gmail-com-address/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49585594 Points: 11 # Comments: 0

'Old Person Smell'https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2026/sep/03/old-person-smell

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2026/sep/03/old-person-smell Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49585520 Points: 7 # Comments: 1

How New Is Andy Burnham’s Labour?https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0p64w5c

The new chancellor prepares a speech as the PM tries to seperate the party from the past.

The Best Laptop Backpacks for Work, Travel, and Everything Between (2026)https://www.wired.com/story/best-laptop-backpacks

The wrong bag can aggravate you every single day. These WIRED-tested picks get comfort, capacity, and organization just right.

Show HN: Webcam games my kids can only play by movinghttps://hoplagames.com/en

Article URL: https://hoplagames.com/en/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49585337 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

I asked astra to make playable 4D chesshttps://4d-chess.pages.dev

Article URL: https://4d-chess.pages.dev/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49585300 Points: 12 # Comments: 3

Ninja Artisan electric pizza oven review: so good it might even convert the puristshttps://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2026/sep/06/ninja-artisan-electric-pizza-oven-review

Affordable, fast-heating and with a clever air fryer function, this versatile model is a winner for outdoor cooks who are willing to give up the traditional flame • The best pizza ovens – tested • Gozney Dome Gen 2 pizza oven review An electric pizza oven with no flame and no need to rotate the pizza may seem sacrilegious to purists, but the Ninja Artisan electric outdoor pizza oven solves many of the hassles of outdoor pizza making. There’s no lighting or monitoring a flame, no need to keep adjusting the heat, and no need for a turning peel, bulky gas bottle or constant use of an inf…

I’m a father of three who studies the impact of artificial intelligence: this is what parents need to know about AIhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/06/daniel-susskind-father-studies-ai-artificial-intelligence-what-parents-need-know

A Dr Seuss-style story written in seconds alerted me to the power – and perils – of the technology. But how can children embrace it without forgetting core skills? When I was growing up, my dad and I often talked about a story we wanted to write together. It was called “The Day Nobody Went to Disneyland”. One day, the story goes, the weather is so perfect that everyone in the world decides to stay away from Disneyland because they expect it to be far too busy. But my dad, who has the same thought as them, sees the disappointment on my face that morning – and decides to risk it. We s…

Pigeon, a signed Pass for what a sub-agent may dohttps://github.com/pigeonlabsHQ/pigeon

Article URL: https://github.com/pigeonlabsHQ/pigeon Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49585209 Points: 5 # Comments: 2

Show HN: Wayfinder – A reference implementation for evaluating AI applicationshttps://github.com/DivakarUngatla/wayfinder

Testing is critical to software applications — first to make sure they reliably serve the purpose they were built for, and then to make sure they stay that way as they grow, evolve and change. The same applies to AI applications as well. But testing AI applications is very different from testing classic software applications, especially because of their non-deterministic nature. It is very important for AI Engineers to develop a deep understanding of AI Evaluation to be able to build reliable AI applications and ship changes faster without breaking their existing behavior. AI Evaluation is…

I Changed My Licensehttps://bergie.iki.fi/blog/eupl

Article URL: https://bergie.iki.fi/blog/eupl/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49585161 Points: 7 # Comments: 2

These Cyborg Cockroaches Could Save Your Lifehttps://www.wired.com/story/cyborg-cockroaches-disaster-response

The team embedded electrodes into live cockroaches, then outfitted them with cameras and injection devices to deliver medication via remote control.

My Brief Summer Fling With Siri AIhttps://www.wired.com/story/my-brief-summer-fling-with-siri-ai

I was initially enamored with the beta version of Apple’s revamped smartphone assistant. As the full release approaches, I’ve forgotten Siri AI even exists.

Minister to meet Jaguar Land Rover boss as thousands of job cuts expectedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crer948xq00o

The company is struggling with the impact of tariffs as well as the fallout from a major cyber attack last year.

Best Water Leak Detectors (2026): Moen, Phyn, TP-Linkhttps://www.wired.com/gallery/best-water-leak-detector

Don’t let busted pipes or an overflowing washing machine dampen your day. These smart water sensors can help you catch problems quicker.

Why China Is the Bogeyman Data Center Enthusiasts Just Can't Quithttps://www.wired.com/story/why-china-is-still-the-bogeyman-for-data-center-enthusiasts

Polls show that overwhelming majorities of Americans hate data centers. China makes a perfect scapegoat for tech leaders and their allies—the only problem is a lack of evidence.

American Muslims are giving Texas barbecue a halal makeoverhttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/06/nx-s1-5927184/american-muslims-are-giving-texas-barbecue-a-halal-makeover

Even as anti-Muslim rhetoric rises in Texas, Muslim pitmasters are winning over diners and reshaping one of the state's most iconic culinary traditions.

Police slow to respond to Dover protest, says council bosshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cew9dq9we5eo

The "exceptionally well organised" protest "caught several agencies on the hoof", the leader says.

Show HN: Keen Bean – Mac meeting notes that draft the spec while you talkhttps://keenbean.app

Article URL: https://keenbean.app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49584880 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

Show HN: Keen Bean – Mac meeting notes that draft the spec while you talkhttps://keenbean.app

Article URL: https://keenbean.app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49584880 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

US envoys Witkoff and Kushner set for talks in Kyiv after meeting with Putin in Moscowhttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/06/nx-s1-5959657/us-envoys-witkoff-kushner-talks-in-kyiv-putin-moscow

U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are set to arrive in Kyiv on Sunday in their first visit to the Ukrainian capital as part of a renewed push for peace in Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The Best Gaming Chairs (2026): Are They Worth It?https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-gaming-chairs

The best gaming chair is actually an office chair. Here are our top picks from our real-life testing so far.

Attackers Hijack MikroTik Routers Through Internet-Exposed SSH Without Authenticationhttps://thehackernews.com/2026/09/attackers-hijack-mikrotik-routers.html

Attackers are exploiting MikroTik routers with their Secure Shell (SSH) remote-access service, which is reachable from the internet, to gain full administrative control without authentication, according to CERT Polska's attack warning, published on September 5. Successful attacks date to at least September 2. The Hacker News’s September 6 review of the warning found no victim count or

Show HN: Recipery: Self-hosted recipe manager, no database requiredhttps://recipery.dev

Article URL: https://recipery.dev Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49584687 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

You Don't Have a Right to Safe Drinking Water, US Court Ruleshttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/drinking-water-mississippi-lawsuit

Article URL: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/drinking-water-mississippi-lawsuit/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49584637 Points: 15 # Comments: 0

QUIZ: Ugh, I'll do it later. How much do you know about procrastination?https://www.npr.org/2026/09/06/nx-s1-5957512/quiz-ugh-ill-do-it-later-how-much-do-you-know-about-procrastination

Learn a few surprising facts about procrastination — and helpful tools to overcome it — with this quiz. It's based on social scientist Itamar Shatz's new book, Solving Procrastination .

How a Blacklisted Chinese Tech Giant Kept Buying America’s Best A.I. Chips

Aivres’s research and development technology center and manufacturing facility in Fremont, Calif.

Show HN: Find the cheapest GPU to run your modelhttps://www.gpufind.cloud

Article URL: https://www.gpufind.cloud/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49584553 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

Show HN: Stratosync – on-demand cloud sync for Linux with FUSE and rclone (BETA)https://github.com/dmcbane/stratosync

I came across Stratosync recently and thought it was worth sharing here. I’m not affiliated with the project. It seems to be trying to fill a gap that Linux still has: a decent “files on demand” style cloud sync client, where the filesystem is mounted normally but file contents are only downloaded when needed instead of mirroring everything locally. One can also pin files to keep them in sync. Stratosync is written in Rust, uses FUSE3 for the filesystem layer and rclone for cloud backends, so it should work with services like Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, S3, Nextcloud, SFTP, etc. Fr…

Whatever happened to kindness? Spoiler alert: Our readers prove it's alive and wellhttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/06/g-s1-141564/kindness-respect-feelings

We asked readers to share stories about a moment of kindness involving a stranger. Here are some of their heartwarming anecdotes.

Show HN: Skool Video Downloaderhttps://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/skool-video-downloader/pedaaflmbpdbjjfndilgphbhhjbcfmfc

Back up accessible Skool lessons, notes, attachments, and full courses to a local folder. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49584488 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

Four REVSTEALER-Linked Modules Disable Windows Update and Defender to Run a Crypto Minerhttps://thehackernews.com/2026/09/four-revstealer-linked-modules-disable.html

Elastic Security Labs has documented four previously unreported programs associated with REVSTEALER, an emerging Windows information stealer, that remain on an infected machine after the stealer deletes itself. One of them switches off Windows Update and Microsoft Defender before running a cryptocurrency miner. The company named the four programs ProManager, WinUpdate, SoftManager, and

"We Have to Assume That the Internet Will Go Offline in the Next Few Years"https://www.trendingtopics.eu/emad-mostaque-ai-internet-outlook-english

Article URL: https://www.trendingtopics.eu/emad-mostaque-ai-internet-outlook-english/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49584449 Points: 8 # Comments: 0

Terence Tao on “prematurely solving [a maths] problem by purely AI-powered methods”https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/117207856734787448

I recommend reading the whole thread, but I linked to the part I found the most relevant. I believe the same is true for programming. Comments

Play GTA III in the Browserhttps://quenq.com/apps/vice-city-online

Article URL: https://quenq.com/apps/vice-city-online/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49584123 Points: 11 # Comments: 3

Show HN: Blunderbase: A Personal Chess Databasehttps://github.com/philphilphil/blunderbase

I made a free and open source chess database. It's useful for personal game study and gathering statistics across sites. Supports import from lichess, chess.com, FICS and PGN then runs Stockfish and Maia over every game. With it you can analyze your games, take notes on positions and look up openings. The self hosted web version includes a remote-runner that allows connecting engines running on other machines (finally, the CPUs of the AI server at work come to use :D) and an MCP server with a live board to push positions and comments to. Roadmap: iOS and Android companion apps, a sync service…

Isar Aerospace reaches orbit and deploys payloads on second flighthttps://isaraerospace.com/press/history-for-european-spaceflight-isar-aerospace-reaches-orbit-and-deploys-payloads-on-second-flight

Article URL: https://isaraerospace.com/press/history-for-european-spaceflight-isar-aerospace-reaches-orbit-and-deploys-payloads-on-second-flight Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49584083 Points: 4 # Comments: 1

"Catching Crumbs from the Table"https://www.nature.com/articles/35014679

Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/35014679 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49584053 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

Volcano eruption triggers flight suspensions at Indonesia's main airporthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgy5k4n07ko

More than 20,000 passengers are stranded after ash was detected in airspace near Jakarta following the eruptions.

City plan change sought to protect Tower of Londonhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyejyeq3pro

Historic England is seeking changes to the Corporation's draft City Plan on development locations.

Diana fountain shut all summer by technical faulthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8047ye4m9eo

The Princess Diana Memorial Fountain remains closed following a sequence of technical faults.

Show HN: I built a small arena where AI write robot and then fight each otherhttps://github.com/nigrosimone/llms-robot-arena

Article URL: https://github.com/nigrosimone/llms-robot-arena Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49583994 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

Online bookies accused of UK privacy breaches with use of cookie bannershttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/06/online-bookies-privacy-breaches-cookies-tracking

Most gambling websites nudge users towards accepting tracking data and harvest it before consent is given, study shows Online bookmakers and casinos have been accused of widespread non-compliance of information privacy requirements, including “data surveillance” of customers, according to a study. Nearly nine out of 10 (86%) licensed British gambling websites appear to be flouting the general data protection regulation (GDPR), the strict rules governing how organisations can collect, store and process personal data, according to the research. Continue reading...

Show HN: Slock – A one-bit messenger inside your capslock keyhttps://github.com/jonaraphael/slock

Two computers, one bit. Hi — I built slock, a small macOS menu bar app that connects two people through their capslock lights. Hold capslock on your Mac, and the other person’s capslock light turns on. Let go, and it turns off. That’s all. A tiny way to interact someone without opening a chat window. Invent a blink language, try Morse code, or just bother someone who agreed to install this with you. If you both opt in, the same key also becomes a push-to-talk walkie-talkie. It’s open source: simple Swift, end-to-end encrypted, no accounts, no analytics. While it’s running, capslock…

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