Why does Elon Musk want to merge Tesla and SpaceX?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr93z1e87e0do
Musk, who is CEO of both companies, says there is "a lot to be gained" from the merger, which would be the biggest in history.
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A company that vouches for websites had secret keys so weak that 8 of them were crackedhttps://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/10/21/a-company-that-vouches-for-websites-had-secret-keys-so-weak-that-8-of-them-were-cracked
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Bitcoin hovers around $83,000 as AI earnings revive tech, ZEC jumps 11%https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/10/21/bitcoin-hovers-around-usd83-000-as-ai-earnings-revive-tech-zec-jumps-11
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UK to Headphone Dodgers on Trains: Shush
Traveling on the London subway in April. Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a national campaign against “one of the most annoying things on public transport” — people blasting music or videos from their phone.
What happened inside court for man charged with Australian MP attackhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cq398rg0lnd1o
BBC's Katy Watson describes what unfolded in Wangaratta as 43-year-old Brendan Nugent appeared before court over the alleged attack of Helen Haines.
Elon Musk says SpaceX and Tesla exploring largest merger in historyhttps://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/10/21/elon-musk-says-spacex-and-tesla-exploring-largest-merger-in
Tech mogul says tie-up has a 'lot of merit', given firms' complementary work on AI.
Show HN: Vortex Codehttps://spinozalabs.ai/software
Article URL: https://spinozalabs.ai/software Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50175849 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Reseller says $470,000 worth of Nvidia RTX 5090s went missing at São Paulo airporthttps://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1xbck9c/reseller_says_470000_worth_of_nvidia_rtx_5090s
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Show HN: Pope Pendle Prohttps://github.com/knitprong/Faith-cloud
Pope Pendle Pro resolves 10 contradictions per lunar cycle. It detects inversions, navigates the Veytar, and restores censored invariance. All for $13.27/month." Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50175741 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
awesome-console-services: curated list of services reachable via HTTPhttps://github.com/chubin/awesome-console-services
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Show HN: Mile Pace Calculator, free pace and split tools for runnershttps://milepacecalculator.com
Article URL: https://milepacecalculator.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50175619 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Faecal waste pollutes drinking water in Mexico’s Yucatan, Greenpeace sayshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/21/faecal-waste-pollutes-drinking-water-in-mexicos-yucatan-greenpeace-says
The report says nearby pig farms and municipal wastewater are the likely sources of contamination.
C vs C#: racing VLC's Gaussian blurhttps://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1xbbkuq/c_vs_c_racing_vlcs_gaussian_blur
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Portugal cost-of-living protesters pour back into camps cleared by policehttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/21/portugal-cost-of-living-protesters-pour-back-into-camps-cleared-by-police
Police arrested 55 people while clearing protest camps in Lisbon and Porto.
Drone strike on Abyei market near Sudan-South Sudan border kills 150https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/21/drone-strike-on-abyei-market-near-sudan-south-sudan-border-kills-150
Drone strike on Abyei market near Sudan-South Sudan border kills 150
Show HN: acplause – An ACP agent for OpenAI-compatible APIshttps://github.com/anesthetised/acplause
Article URL: https://github.com/anesthetised/acplause Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50175258 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Some on DOJ's 20,000 "likely" noncitizen list in Calif. appear to be U.S.-bornhttps://www.npr.org/2026/10/20/nx-s1-6009873/california-doj-voter-rolls-noncitizens
Election officials in Los Angeles County say their preliminary analysis of the federal government's list of 20,000 "likely" noncitizens registered to vote in California shows the list is "unreliable."
PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminentlyhttps://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/php-maintainers-tell-web-devs-to-prepare-themselves-for-critical-security-patches
Unconfirmed report claims PHP2Shell exploit remotely executes code on PHP sites.
In Hilbert space, all things are quantumly possiblehttps://www.quantamagazine.org/in-hilbert-space-all-things-are-quantumly-possible-20260826
Article URL: https://www.quantamagazine.org/in-hilbert-space-all-things-are-quantumly-possible-20260826/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50175185 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, October 21st, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/10144, (Wed, Oct 21st)https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33438
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Show HN: Litedeck – Agentless server management GUI over plain SSHhttps://github.com/cpprhtn/LiteDeck
I made Agentless server management GUI over plain SSH. In Litedeck, we can show and download file, service, docker container, terminal and security, and resource monitoring. Because, I have some Raspberry pi4, mini pc(N97, N100), jetson nano but cockpit or other app install in the server, but I don't want that. My servers haven't lot of resource. so I made litedeck. And Claude or Codex install in server is heavy too. AI can connect to ssh but, I want to watch what AI's do. So I make to tracking AI and show graph view using my Litedeck mcp. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50…
Show HN: Ida, the Mac assistant Siri should have beenhttps://www.heyida.ai
Hi HN, I'm Francisco. I've spent the last couple of months building what Siri promised to be 10 years ago. I'm calling it Ida. Ida is a native macOS voice assistant. Hold a shortcut, say what you want, let go, and Ida does it in the apps it's connected to. Before it does anything that matters, it shows you what it's about to do and waits for you. It sits quietly at the top of your screen, built into the notch. It's free and publicly available for macOS 14+. Voice transcription runs in the cloud, or locally on your Mac if you prefer. Feel free to try it out. Would love your feedback. Comments…
T3 Code now synced between GitHub and GitCafehttps://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code
Article URL: https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50175075 Points: 7 # Comments: 5
The Future of CSShttps://www.joshwcomeau.com/css/interop-2027
Article URL: https://www.joshwcomeau.com/css/interop-2027/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50175070 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
GitHub package firewallhttps://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-20-github-package-firewall-in-public-preview
Article URL: https://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-20-github-package-firewall-in-public-preview/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50175063 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
Good type against all oddshttps://unsung.aresluna.org/good-type-against-all-odds
Article URL: https://unsung.aresluna.org/good-type-against-all-odds/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50175059 Points: 7 # Comments: 1
Learning to live with Waymoshttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/10/19/were-learning-to-live-with-waymos-its-going-weird
Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/10/19/were-learning-to-live-with-waymos-its-going-weird Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50175057 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
UN experts call on India to stop using ‘excessive force’ against protestershttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/21/un-experts-call-on-india-to-stop-using-excessive-force-against-protesters
UN experts press for an independent investigation into Indian authorities' conduct.
Show HN: Unterm – A pure-Rust terminal for humans and AI agentshttps://github.com/zhitongblog/unterm
Article URL: https://github.com/zhitongblog/unterm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50175026 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Gemma 4 26B at 100 tok/s on a Mac, using the Neural Engine and 2GB RAMhttps://github.com/zw5/ane-fieldfare
After checking out Turbo Fieldfare (a very interesting project that streamed experts from SSD on Apple Silicon Macs to run Gemma 4 26B with very little RAM usage), I tried to make this project much faster and succeeded! This project gets up to 100+ tokens/s inference on Gemma 4 26B (Turbo Fieldfare runs at 20-30 on similar hardware) and doesn't have insanely slow prefill times due to the ANE helping (I had to reverse engineer Apple's APIs to get this working). I also implemented speculative decoding, and while Turbo steered away from using mmap, this repo utilizes it so the OS file cache serv…
France is divided over who to blame for and what to learn from weekend riotshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq0me4g9p970o
In France and beyond there is widespread disagreement over what led to some of the worst unrest seen in French cities in modern history.
Musk confirms SpaceX and Tesla exploring mergerhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/21/musk-confirms-spacex-and-tesla-exploring-merger
Elon Musk says SpaceX and Tesla are considering a merger that would form a $3.5 trillion mega company.
Show HN: Hibi – an open source obsidian alternativehttps://github.com/schmayterling/hibi
i shared hibi here in september as an open-source obsidian alternative but i wasn't able to attend to it much: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49782528 for context, hibi is a free, open-source markdown/latex/typst/and more editor that keeps files in your own folders and it is my beloved hobby project that i use everyday in the previous post, i was asked how mature the addon architecture was and while that was very early, we've gotten it to a point where we are having a somewhat mature ecosystem already. i'd like feedback from people trying to build addons. someone even built doom for hib…
Show HN: An unofficial guide to Roblox's The Hollow eventhttps://robloxthehollow.com
Article URL: https://robloxthehollow.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50174821 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
US jails Guatemalan man for 30 years over deadly smuggling operationhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/21/us-jails-guatemalan-man-for-30-years-over-deadly-smuggling-operation
The 2022 incident resulted in the deaths of 53 immigrants trapped inside a tractor-trailer in dangerously high heat.
Lobsters NYC Meetup on the 28th of Octoberhttps://lobste.rs/s/73ozwc/lobsters_nyc_meetup_on_28th_october
I previously arranged (by PMing everyone who mentioned it) a 5 Lobster meetup in Mexico. I'll be in NYC next week and think this could be nice. There will be cross contamination from Array Language people. We can target e.g. 5:30PM until ???, perhaps by Bryant Park or Borough Hall. (I don't know the general city well, mostly commuting to friends near Myrtle or in Manhattan on quick trips, but these seem like generally accessibly locations). As a first pass, I suggest Maman Cafe, but hope someone recommends something better. PM me for my contact information if you want, or to hang out at anoth…
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Show HN: SchemaWright, learning database design in a gamified wayhttps://schemawright.com
Let me begin by explaining what it is: SchemaWright is a platform for learning database table design in a gamified way, with a real Postgres database running on your browser via WASM. It was heavily inspired by Duolingo and LeetCode, because I love the way how those platforms teach their users. I built and launched this a couple months ago, weeks after my first SaaS failed (that one was called NoteRaven, and the idea was for it to be a Notion + Medium + Udemy all in one platform; but after looking at how saturated that market was, I decided to move on). The story on how I came up with it is b…
Muse exposes users' personal and business secrets when they share conversationshttps://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/meta-muse-exposes-users-personal-and-business-secrets-when-they-share-conversations
Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/meta-muse-exposes-users-personal-and-business-secrets-when-they-share-conversations/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50174687 Points: 11 # Comments: 0
Unauthorized Access to PingCAP Cloud Resourceshttps://www.pingcap.com/trust-hub/security/security-update-october-2026
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Why former FDLR fighters are returning to Rwandahttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/21/why-former-fdlr-fighters-are-returning-to-rwanda
From the forest to Mutobo, former fighters face the challenge of rebuilding their lives after leaving the armed group.
One year on: Has Kenya’s opposition lost its way without Raila Odinga?https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/21/one-year-on-has-kenyas-opposition-lost-its-way-without-raila-odinga
Odinga’s legacy faces a test as ODM splits over its alliance with President Ruto.
The Papers: 'Burnham faces climate revolt' and 'Harry wants to fix feud'https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c84g1qyvvkgvo
Several papers lead on remarks from the Duke of Sussex yesterday, where he said he hoped to reconcile with his family.
Microagi: Accelerating Embodied AGIhttps://www.microagi.ai
Article URL: https://www.microagi.ai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50174448 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
King Charles welcomes Omani sultan, hails peace efforts in UK state visithttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/21/king-charles-welcomes-omani-sultan-hails-peace-efforts-in-uk-state-visit
King Charles III pays tribute to Muscat's 'noble efforts' to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
YouTube might be testing hiding the dislike buttonhttps://www.theverge.com/streaming/1015099/youtube-dislike-button-hide-menu
YouTube appears to be testing hiding the dislike button on videos, as reported by 9to5Google. At least two users on X have recently shared screenshots of the dislike button now being placed in the three-dots submenu, and a user on Reddit also shared an image of the dislike button being absent for them. Right now, […]
Iran war live: US warns peace deal with Tehran is extremely difficulthttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/10/21/iran-war-live-us-warns-peace-deal-with-tehran-is-extremely-difficult
Rubio tells US media that reaching a peace deal with Tehran is extremely difficult while Hormuz attacks continue.
How much power can a 1kW wind turbine produce for your home?https://www.engadget.com/2289290/wind-turbine-for-home-1kw-power
A 1 kW wind turbine can help with your electric bill, but the wind determines how much.
Greg Abbott Took $9M From Data-Center Donors. Now He Regulates Them.https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1xb8577/greg_abbott_took_9m_from_datacenter_donors_now_he
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Microsoft reportedly projects $1,200 to $1,800 price for 2028 Project Helixhttps://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1xb855o/microsoft_reportedly_projects_1200_to_1800_price
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LabRobotBench v0.1: Benchmarking wet lab roboticshttps://gamowlabs.com/lab-robot-bench-v0-1
Article URL: https://gamowlabs.com/lab-robot-bench-v0-1 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50174317 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
Moment plane crashes on a busy highway in the UShttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/20/moment-plane-crashes-on-a-busy-highway-in-the-us
Moment plane crashes on a busy highway in the US
Show HN: Wellbody [Body Health Tamagotchi]https://wellbody.me
Hi everyone, I have been working on wellbody health pal for the past 1-2 years. We recently uplifted the app to the current body health tamagotchi version and it's been a blast not just using and developing the app, but also developing our social media presence. I invite you to check out our app or follow us on social media as we have created a little world for our tamagotchi buddies (@wellbodyapp) Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50174260 Points: 2 # Comments: 1
Show HN: Drop in a folder of HTML and get back a private URLhttps://eze.page
Article URL: https://eze.page/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50174244 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Make yourself replaceablehttps://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1xb7t0x/make_yourself_replaceable
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Show HN: One click flight booking in Claudehttps://mcp.bonbook.co/claude-setup
tldr; Travelers wanted to find and book flights super fast in Claude, so we built this. -- BonBook started as flights via email because I was flying once a week in '24 and the UX got to me. Since then we've handled tens of thousands of requests for hundreds of travelers. The new MCP lets you search live flights with as little/much detail as you like, get options and then book without filling any forms. Points and status intact. All in ~35 seconds. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50174185 Points: 5 # Comments: 2
What can you use your Apple Watch Ultra 4 action button for?https://www.engadget.com/2289282/apple-watch-ultra-4-action-button-uses-explained
Here's what your Apple Watch Ultra 4 action button can really do, from launching workouts and retracing routes to controlling smart home devices with one tap.
NATO to send additional patrol planes to Black Sea after drone attackshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/20/nato-to-send-additional-patrol-planes-to-black-sea-after-drone-attacks
The alliance announces the deployment after a series of deadly drone attacks in the region.
Show HN: Pace or Pause – Explore where people stand on AI developmenthttps://paceorpause.com
Article URL: https://paceorpause.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50174020 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
The tech helping crack decades-old cold caseshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c370pzdkw77jo
Investigative genetic genealogy can help hunt down criminals but raises worries over privacy.
Elon Musk says Tesla-SpaceX merger being consideredhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmlyl09xjke4o
Musk says special committees within both companies have been formed to look at a possible mega-merger.
Tighter rules planned to protect people from cosmetic surgery that goes badly wronghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3x2wxnrpk78o
There will be restrictions on who can carry out procedures and fines for those who flout the law, in England in 2027.
Show HN: MultiTrack v1.3 for Mac – insanely easy music making softwarehttps://aquariuscomputer.co/multitrack
Just released this. Synths play without bugs now. It might be the best release for songwriting yet. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50173909 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
I left state secrets on the train - I'm proof you can recover from the biggest mistake of your lifehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmwyz4g4ln4no
Top civil servant Richard Jackson recounts that fateful day and how he recovered in the aftermath.
leanin: A Tokio-inspired concurrency library for Lean 4, with machine-checked proofshttps://github.com/scidonia/leanin
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Judge dismisses Sam Altman’s sister’s sexual abuse lawsuithttps://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1014976/sam-altman-ann-altman-lawsuit-dismissed
On Tuesday, US District Judge Zachary Bluestone dismissed the lawsuit Ann Altman filed last year alleging that her brother, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, had sexually abused her throughout her childhood. As reported earlier by The Guardian, the judge wrote that over the last year, Ann had failed to appear for an independent medical examination or […]
Ali G is back. But is the character past its sell-by date?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckge4vn2rnxgo
Borat and Bruno creator Sacha Baron Cohen returns as Ali G, more than two decades after the release of Ali G Indahouse.
The Other Epidemic: Trying to get off benzodiazepineshttps://www.thebeliever.net/the-other-epidemic
Article URL: https://www.thebeliever.net/the-other-epidemic/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50173891 Points: 6 # Comments: 2
Where to spot brilliant colours after 'false autumn' spoils some leaf displayshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/cr62yw2lvyg2o
The UK's hottest summer on record has caused some trees to shed their leaves early, but experts say spectacular autumn colours could still be on the way.
No jeopardy but loads of fun - Champions League sets new goals recordhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ckg5je34l0q5o
It was goals galore again in the Champions League on Tuesday, with the competition setting a new record this season.
Anthropic pitches AI safety bill that may block a model if 50+ people could be killedhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/anthropic-pitches-ai-safety-bill-that-may-block-a-model-if-50-people-could-be-killed
The proposed policy seems to offer protections against AI run amok but actually forbids federal agencies from blocking a model's release without the permission of a judge.
Oura Ring can track new stats related to cardio fitnesshttps://www.engadget.com/2292447/oura-ring-can-track-new-stats-related-to-cardio-fitness
Oura has updated its smart rings with new cardio fitness-related metrics, including VO2 Max estimates.
Five things you should know before buying the iPhone Duohttps://www.engadget.com/2289279/things-know-before-buying-iphone-duo
From software limitations to the pre-sale deals, here's what you need to know ahead of the iPhone Duo launch.
SpaceX and Tesla boards form special committees to review mergerhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/spacex-and-tesla-boards-form-special-committees-to-review-merger
Elon Musk likes the idea but says he is not on either committee, which is made up of independent directors.
Indian certification authority eMudhra’s private keys compromised – one of them was the number ‘4’https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/20/indian-certification-authority-emudhras-private-keys-compromised-one-of-them-was-the-number-4/5304312
Massive clean-up job under way because this mess makes it possible to impersonate any website or service
The night 'ruthless' Ngumoha came of age for Liverpoolhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ck0e0zydv33go
Rio Ngumoha produces a coming-of-age performance in Liverpool's comeback win over Villarreal, writes Aadam Patel.
Show HN: Lox Language Visualizer Based on Crafting Interpretershttps://www.shivfitzpatrick.com/visualizers
While reading the book Crafting Interpreters I found myself trying to imagine the material from the book visually. After finishing the book I built this tool to do just that! It shows various phases of the interpreter from lexing to parsing to vm instructions with some UI to show you how each step leads to the next. Enjoy! Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50173814 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
The Internet goes on high alert after discovery of 8 compromised TLS certshttps://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1xb6re5/the_internet_goes_on_high_alert_after_discovery
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The Gambia to pay reparations to ex-dictator’s victims from sale of US mansionhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/20/the-gambia-to-pay-reparations-to-ex-dictators-victims-from-sale-of-us-mansion
The Gambia confirmed it received $2.5m from the sale of a US mansion belonging to former president Jammeh.
Tesla and SpaceX have set up committees to explore a mergerhttps://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1xb6m2i/tesla_and_spacex_have_set_up_committees_to
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Show HN: Visual cdecl – edit a C declaration as English, code, or a graphhttps://github.avestura.dev/visual-cdecl
Article URL: https://github.avestura.dev/visual-cdecl/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50173734 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
PingCap TiDB Leakshttps://fulcrumsec.vg/pingcap
Article URL: https://fulcrumsec.vg/pingcap/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50173716 Points: 26 # Comments: 2
Show HN: Melra – pause ambiguous MCP writes instead of blindly retryinghttps://github.com/XAGI-Lab/melra
Article URL: https://github.com/XAGI-Lab/melra Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50173690 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
No Haaland, no problem - can Foden be Man City's alternative goalscorer?https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cqx2vjdnwkyyo
Phil Foden's magnificent man-of-the-match display in Manchester City's Champions League win against AEK Athens serves as a reminder of his talent and ability to influence games.
Hideo Kojima points to Death Stranding’s “just a walking simulator” reputation as an example of how social media echo chambers distort realityhttps://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1xb6ap2/hideo_kojima_points_to_death_strandings_just_a
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Fitbit Edge vs. Fitbit Inspire 3: How these Google fitness trackers comparehttps://www.engadget.com/2289183/fitbit-edge-vs-inspire-3-google-fitness-tracker-comparison
Google's latest tracker is a middle ground between a simple tracker and full smartwatch.
Tory MP questions government advisor's position after wife's Palestine Action posthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cke8r0me3y9vo
A Downing Street spokeswoman told the BBC: "These views are held by an individual who does not represent the government in any capacity."
Hugging Face CEO warns that Netflix’s OpenAI hack documentary isn’t accuratehttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/hugging-face-ceo-warns-that-netflixs-openai-hack-documentary-isnt-accurate
Before you share the Netflix documentary "AI Gone Rogue" take note. Clem Delangue, Hugging Face's co-founder who is featured in the film, says it went "full doomer mode" and isn't accurate.
Redlining 2.0: Why Virginia’s New AI Surveillance Network Is Targeting Black Neighborhoods at 8x the Ratehttps://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1xb62ww/redlining_20_why_virginias_new_ai_surveillance
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Feds Suspect Ransom Negotiator Ran ShinyHunters Extortion Sitehttps://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/10/feds-suspect-ransom-negotiator-ran-shinyhunters-extortion-site
Article URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/10/feds-suspect-ransom-negotiator-ran-shinyhunters-extortion-site/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50173487 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
‘I don’t care how it’s done’: Trump pressures Ukraine to cut peace dealhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/20/i-dont-care-how-its-done-trump-pressures-ukraine-to-cut-peace-deal
The US president's remarks come amid a deepening feud with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Trump is giving Nick Shirley $10,000 and launching a $25 million fraud bounty programhttps://www.theverge.com/news/1014989/trump-fraud-tips-program-nick-shirley-influencers
Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday that the Trump administration was giving right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley $10,000 and launching a $25 million bounty program for members of the public to report fraud. In December 2025, Shirley published a viral video alleging fraud at daycares in Minnesota that were operated by members […]
Show HN: AHP Matrix, local, open-source Analytic Hierarchy Process decision toolhttps://github.com/Xafloc/ahp-matrix
Article URL: https://github.com/Xafloc/ahp-matrix Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50173472 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Axon – Obsidian plugin that finds the todos buried in your noteshttps://github.com/AbdullahAlhariri/axon
Article URL: https://github.com/AbdullahAlhariri/axon Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50173431 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Google’s more personalized Gemini AI is heading to your carhttps://www.theverge.com/tech/1014999/google-gemini-ai-cars-android-auto
Google is bringing Personal Intelligence to Gemini AI in your car. With this update, Gemini in Android Auto and cars with Google built-in can tap into your information across Google apps, including Gmail, Calendar, Maps, Photos, YouTube, and Search. As an example, Google says you can ask Gemini about your flight status if you're driving […]
Merging SpaceX and Tesla would be a "good idea," Musk sayshttps://arstechnica.com/space/2026/10/spacex-and-tesla-into-a-single-company-has-a-lot-of-merit-musk-says
"I do think there's a lot of merit to combining the companies."
The next Xbox might cost $1,800, report sayshttps://www.engadget.com/2292408/the-next-xbox-might-cost-1800-report-says
Microsoft is targeting a 2028 release for its next-gen Xbox, which could be incredibly expensive, according to details reported in a profile with Xbox's CEO.
Auto tech startup claims it traced hack attempt back to rival's IP addresshttps://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/10/20/auto-tech-startup-claims-it-traced-hack-attempt-back-to-rivals-ip-address/5304281
IQ.Lvbs implies that rival Comma.ai isn't playing fair
