Three children and teacher killed by 16-year-old at Oregon primary schoolhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm89zp48k4kzo
The suspect was shot dead by a local community member who followed him into the school, said police.
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Show HN: GrapheneOS Dumbphonehttps://github.com/flourish-today/Odysseus
Article URL: https://github.com/flourish-today/Odysseus Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50113162 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Inherit β Zero to Iachttps://inherit.virtualbeck.com
There are several reverse terraform products out there. Some have paywalls, some are outdated. I wanted to try my hand at creating one that would start from nothing and produce an iac repo that plans, imports, and has a useable state. I'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50113156 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Relive Tesla's ridiculous(ly fun) Roadster stunt showhttps://www.engadget.com/2288448/relive-tesla-ridiculously-fun-roadster-stunt-show
Tesla's Roadster event was pretty exciting, to say the least.
Argentine students protest on campus over Mileiβs austerityhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/16/argentine-students-protest-on-campus-over-mileis-austerity
Judge fines the government for failing to fund universities as protests over Milei's cuts turn violent.
Woman arrested after blocking delivery robot in Center City Philadelphiahttps://6abc.com/post/woman-arrested-blocking-delivery-robot-center-city-philadelphia-confrontation/19941323
Article URL: https://6abc.com/post/woman-arrested-blocking-delivery-robot-center-city-philadelphia-confrontation/19941323/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50112963 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
Peshawar mourns children killed in school roof collapsehttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/16/peshawar-mourns-children-killed-in-school-roof-collapse
Thousands gather for funeral prayers in Pakistanβs Peshawar after a school rooftop collapse killed at least 34 children.
Progressives, AIPAC and the future of the Democratic Partyhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/head-to-head/2026/10/16/progressives-aipac-and-the-future-of-the-democratic-party
Mehdi Hasan goes Head to Head with ex-Biden official Neera Tanden on the Democratic Partyβs chances in the US midterms.
ISC Stormcast For Friday, October 16th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/10140, (Fri, Oct 16th)https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33432
Shared from SANS ISC Bot.
Tesla's redesigned Roadster has a cold-gas thruster option, but you'll need $250,000 just to reserve ithttps://www.engadget.com/2288437/teslas-redesigned-roadster-cold-gas-thruster-option-reservation
Tesla has finally unveiled the next-generation Roadster.
Any window from your Mac, on your iPhone and iPadhttps://github.com/Saffsanity/sill
Article URL: https://github.com/Saffsanity/sill Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50112739 Points: 3 # Comments: 1
'It's really hard to believe' - How Oregon primary school shooting unfoldedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cwe8r29mjd05o
Three children aged 5, 8 and 11 and a teacher were killed after a 16-year-old suspect opened fire in the city of Bend, local police say.
Myanmarβs coup leader-turned-president wins back neighbours despite warhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/16/as-war-rages-myanmars-coup-leader-turned-president-wins-back-neighbours
ASEAN leaders are embracing Min Aung Hlaing, but critics warn it emboldens a military still bombing civilians.
Tesla Roadsterhttps://www.tesla.com/roadster
Article URL: https://www.tesla.com/roadster Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50112657 Points: 8 # Comments: 0
The Tesla Roadster flew, drove upside down, and hit 60mph in under a secondhttps://www.theverge.com/transportation/1012552/tesla-roadster-next-gen-reveal-elon-musk
Elon Musk promised a flying car. So the Tesla Roadster did exactly that. Tesla demonstrated its next-generation Roadster at an event in Waco, Texas, where the electric supercar drove upside down, briefly flew, and accelerated to 60mph in under a second. It was an impressive demonstration of a car that won't go into production until [β¦]
The Tesla Roadster 2 Is Hereβand It Flieshttps://www.wired.com/story/tesla-roadster-2-launch
The automaker unveiled its next luxury sports car at an event in Texas. It has thrusters on it that can send it airborne.
Clashes erupt at protest over university funding law in Argentinahttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/16/clashes-erupt-at-protest-over-university-funding-law-in-argentina
Protesters in Buenos Aires demanded the government implement a law to boost university funding.
Tesla reveals SpaceX-powered Roadster that flies and falls with stylehttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/15/tesla-reveals-spacex-powered-roadster-that-flies-and-falls-with-style
The new car used thrusters to leap over a Cybercab, Cybertruck, Tesla Semi, Model Y, and Model 3 at a demo in Texas.
Show HN: Weatheristic.com to answer questions other weather sites don'thttps://weatheristic.com
I built this for myself. I often have questions I want quick answers to such as "how cold did it get last night?", "I just put down fertilizer, when will it rain next?", "is today unusually cold or warm for this time of year?" Weather sites I tried made me dig for those answers, if they were there at all (the last few days of weather often can't be found). I used to watch a few stocks closely, and Weatheristic is actually inspired by those types of charts. It has day/night bands with an ultra easy to understand temp trend line, and you can zoom and scroll. I added data I'm interested in, suchβ¦
Can Zimbabweβs ZiG win trust and replace the US dollar?https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/10/16/can-zimbabwes-zig-win-trust-and-replace-the-us-dollar
After repeated currency crises, Zimbabweans remain wary of the ZiG.
Show HN: Crowd Supply β GoFundMe for hardware developmenthttps://www.crowdsupply.com
Article URL: https://www.crowdsupply.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50112468 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Show HN: MadMoon Shield β single-server DDoS defense, no CDN. Round 3 livehttps://challenge.madmoonsecurity.com
Article URL: https://challenge.madmoonsecurity.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50112436 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Turn your regular JavaScript code into a neural nethttps://chenglou.me/handwired
Article URL: https://chenglou.me/handwired/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50112421 Points: 4 # Comments: 1
'We got penalised for saying 'pregnancy' on Instagram'https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvj6jznp9ww9o
Creators say women's health content is getting them shadowbanned on social media. So what's really happening?
Thank You, Denohttps://www.vlt.io/blog/competition-keeps-javascript-moving
Article URL: https://www.vlt.io/blog/competition-keeps-javascript-moving Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50112331 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
RPKI Now Protects 70% of Internet Routes, Up from 54% a Year Agohttps://ipinfo.io/blog/rpki-protects-70-internet-routes
Article URL: https://ipinfo.io/blog/rpki-protects-70-internet-routes Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50112330 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Chickadee Bandit β Build private apps for your familyhttps://www.chickadeebandit.com/gallery
Article URL: https://www.chickadeebandit.com/gallery Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50112310 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Your child wasn't invited to the party - here's how to handle the disappointmenthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr86zjee80p9o
This very common scenario can be sad for little ones but there are ways you can help them.
Small Agents, Smaller Blast Radius: Controlling What AI Can Do, (Fri, Oct 16th)https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33430
I believe the cybersecurity industry may be approaching AI security the wrong way.
Show HN: Sjq β Jq, but for AI Streaminghttps://github.com/vivgrid/sjq
Article URL: https://github.com/vivgrid/sjq Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50112214 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Same-day test helps doctors detect hidden infections in critically ill childrenhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw5yn83m8gypo
Metagenomics offers a new way of detecting infections in intensive care patients.
Iraq parliament approves al-Zaidiβs cabinet amid growing economic concernshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/16/iraq-parliament-approves-al-zaidis-cabinet-amid-growing-economic-concerns
Iraq's parliament has finalised key minister appointments five months after al-Zaidi's government took office.
The Papers: Healey's 'tax raid on banks' and Brand 'topless monster'https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6vg0dx2y1j5o
The chancellor's possible plan to tax banks and new evidence in Russell Brand's rape trial dominate Friday's papers.
Show HN: Rad PDFs β Hacker News for PDFs Onlyhttps://radpdfs.pages.dev
For the past few years I have found myself not wanting to be at a screen most of the time. I convert most blog posts I plan on reading to PDFs and print them out. This is a site for people to link their PDFs for others to read. You are encouraged to submit PDFs in A4 or 8.5x11 for print-friendliness. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50112088 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Iran war live: Saudi blasts Houthi βwar crimesβ; US warns on Saudi airportshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/10/16/iran-war-live-saudi-blasts-houthi-war-crimes-us-warns-on-saudi-airports
Saudi Arabia calls Houthi attacks 'full-fledged war crimes' while the US warns of possible attacks on Saudi airports.
Show HN: Pasteface - Record, transcribe and copy speech locally in your terminalhttps://github.com/blairjordan/pasteface
Article URL: https://github.com/blairjordan/pasteface Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111990 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Reform faces questions over candidate vetting after undercover filminghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqm26yr42ezko
Reform UK says the party has "improved and prioritised its vetting procedures".
When it came to Cal AIβs viral success, a small army of influencers paid offhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/15/when-it-came-to-cal-ais-viral-success-a-small-army-of-influencers-paid-off
The company generated over $30 million in revenue in two years and was acquired by MyFitness for an undisclosed amount of money in March.
Business accounts will consent to Meta scraping their websites Starting Oct. 30https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/metas-new-commercial-terms-will-allow-the-scraping-of-news-sites-legal-experts-say
Article URL: https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/metas-new-commercial-terms-will-allow-the-scraping-of-news-sites-legal-experts-say/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111852 Points: 15 # Comments: 0
Two Syrian pipelines damaged amid spate of attacks on energy infrastructurehttps://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/10/15/two-syrian-pipelines-damaged-amid-spate-of-attacks-on-energy-infrastructure
Fuel theft cited in Baniyas-Homs leak as gas export line in Hasakah catches fire.
And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2026 is: Intero Biosystemshttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/15/and-the-winner-of-startup-battlefield-at-disrupt-2026-is-intero-biosystems
Intero Biosystems beat out 199 other Startup Battlefield companies to take home the $100,000 grand prize at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.
India's 'cockroach' protesters set to return despite police crackdownhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmx237n1y9lzo
The youth-led movement plans a fresh Delhi protest after mass detentions last week and the jailing of two leaders.
Porn showing choking or incest to be banned from early November, government sayshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmpqgepejr2ro
The move follows a review into pornography regulation in 2025 by Conservative peer Baroness Gabby Bertin
Porn showing choking or incest to be banned from early November, government sayshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmpqgepejr2ro
The move follows a review into pornography regulation in 2025 by Conservative peer Baroness Gabby Bertin
Show HN: Find a compatible partner through Matchmakinghttps://modern-matchmaker.com/en
Article URL: https://modern-matchmaker.com/en Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111782 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Are student protests being manipulated ahead of France's presidential election?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8zxlyg965r3o
France's prime minister has suggested that student anger is being weaponised, as the unions and other protesters prepare to take to the streets too.
BeBox is a Haiku application that emulates Be Inc.'s BeBoxhttps://github.com/johnrash/bebox
Article URL: https://github.com/johnrash/bebox Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111742 Points: 6 # Comments: 1
Steam can now show game achievements in separate βsetsβhttps://www.theverge.com/games/1012541/valve-steam-achievement-sets
Valve is introducing a major new feature for Steam achievements called "achievement sets" that lets developers list different groups of achievements for a base game and DLCs. "In games that support sets, you still unlock achievements by playing the game as usual," Valve says. "But when you browse what you have unlocked afterward, Steam will [β¦]
Living with a stink? Technology might helphttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr6240q1w136o
Smells from rubbish dumps and industrial facilities are being more carefully monitored.
U.K. Sanctions Cryptomus for RU Money Launderinghttps://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/10/u-k-sanctions-cryptomus-for-ru-money-laundering
Article URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/10/u-k-sanctions-cryptomus-for-ru-money-laundering/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111708 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
I find it quite demoralising in store - why I do all my shopping onlinehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36lk280kd1o
After Primark announced plans for home delivery, we hear from women who never go into clothes stores.
O'Neill defiant in defeat but Celtic's 'flat-track bullies' fail another big testhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cwm243rxn1pxo
Celtic have now lost two Europa League group games, as well as two derbies - but Martin O'Neill is adamant he can see positive signs.
Withings wants new users to pay $100 a year to sync with Apple Healthhttps://www.engadget.com/2288346/withings-wants-new-users-to-pay-100-a-year-to-sync-with-apple-health
The smart health company is gating third-party app syncing to its own subscription plan for new users.
Sparks fly at the Celebrity Traitors round table and a 'terrifying' death marchhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq4g17j1ej95o
The celebrities turn on each other at the round table, and have to beat the death marchers for their mission.
Show HN: Eve Python Agent Templatehttps://github.com/vercel-labs/eve-agent-python-template
Article URL: https://github.com/vercel-labs/eve-agent-python-template Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111514 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
At least 4, including 3 children, killed in US elementary school shootinghttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/15/at-least-4-including-3-children-killed-in-us-elementary-school-shooting
Authorities have indicated that the shooter was killed by gunfire, though details remain scant about the attack.
ChatGPT can peek at your Chrome tabs nowhttps://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1012510/openai-chatgpt-google-chrome-tabs
OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas browser is gone, but now ChatGPT's Google Chrome extension is getting some upgrades that allow it to use the browser tabs you already have open. With the extension installed, OpenAI says ChatGPT can now view your browser tabs when you tag Chrome in ChatGPT's web or desktop app, posting a demo video [β¦]
Minus 17 to European dreams as Bournemouth fairytale continueshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c6lyez88m1n2o
It was a night 127 years in the making as Bournemouth added another chapter to their fairytale with victory in their first-ever European home game.
Show HN: Luksmith β Mount LUKS Ext4 Drives Natively in Finder on Apple Siliconhttps://luksmith.app
Iβve recently moved over to macOS this summer and previously I heavily used Linux (still do as I have a homeserver running Arch and Omarchy Thinkpad for fun). I have a few LUKS Encrypted hard drives with photos I wanted on my Mac and then quickly realized that thereβs no native way to open the drive. So I spent some time to make luksmith, essentially decrypting the luks drive, mounting the underlying EXT4 drive and using Appleβs Userland FSKit Library to make it appear in the finder window to make it as close to home on a Mac as I can (with journaling caveats because I canβt control wβ¦
Sega pulls Total War: Shogun 2 remaster from sale following disastrous launchhttps://www.theverge.com/games/1012512/sega-total-war-shogun-2-remaster-pulled
Sega is removing Total War: Shogun 2 - Complete Edition from storefronts following a disastrous launch where users complained about issues like bugs and upscaling that appears to have been done by AI. Complete Edition, a remaster of the 2011 strategy game, launched on Tuesday, and it bundled the main game and all of its [β¦]
Show HN: AlwaysGreen β uptime monitoring and status pagehttps://alwaysgreen.tech
Article URL: https://alwaysgreen.tech/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111301 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Show HN: TRON-069 β mapping the Internet's last-mile management infrastructurehttps://scadastrangelove.github.io/TRON-069
Article URL: https://scadastrangelove.github.io/TRON-069/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111237 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Show HN: eqMini β Open-source macOS equalizer with per-app controlshttps://github.com/elmsec/eqmini
Article URL: https://github.com/elmsec/eqmini Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111236 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
KDE turns 30 with Plasma 6.8, remote upgrades, and an X11 farewellhttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/kde-turns-30-with-plasma-6-8-remote-upgrades-and-an-x11-farewell
KDE celebrates 30 years with a new Plasma release, a farewell to X11, and a movie.
KDE turns 30 with Plasma 6.8, remote upgrades, and an X11 farewellhttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/kde-turns-30-with-plasma-6-8-remote-upgrades-and-an-x11-farewell
KDE celebrates 30 years with a new Plasma release, a farewell to X11, and a movie.
Call Center Jobs Are Declining, but 14,000 Calls Show Humans Still Outperform AIhttps://boldagents.co/blog/call-center-jobs-declining-14000-calls-humans-outperform-ai
Article URL: https://boldagents.co/blog/call-center-jobs-declining-14000-calls-humans-outperform-ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111112 Points: 15 # Comments: 3
SecTor 2026 Reveals a Rapidly Shifting Cybersecurity Landscapehttps://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/sector-2026-reveals-a-rapidly-shifting-cybersecurity-landscape
The event closed in Toronto last week, with experts sharing critical perspectives on emerging risks, drawing record attendance and marking 22% growth.
Israel halts commercial goods from entering Gaza; Hamas denies tax claimshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/15/israel-halts-commercial-goods-from-entering-gaza-hamas-denies-tax-claims
The halt to commercial shipments, including fruit and winter clothing, cuts off a key source of critical supplies.
F-Secure Launches Victim-First Scam Encyclopedia Covering 50+ Types of Consumer Fraudhttps://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/f-secure-launches-victim-first-scam-encyclopedia-covering-50-types-of-consumer-fraud
Built from decades of threat intelligence research, the new resource explains scams from the victims' perspective and tracks emerging forms of cyber crime.
Man Unitedβs Martinez apologises for outburst after talks with Carrickhttps://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/10/15/martinez-apologises-for-man-united-outburst-after-carrick-talks
Lisandro Martinez meets Manchester United manager Michael Carrick before apologising for his criticism of the club.
Show HN: Guess the LLM β read an answer and guess which model wrote ithttps://guessthellm.com
Hi HN, I made a game to test if people can really tell AI models apart. Models from all the frontier labs answer the same question. You read one answer and guess who wrote it. You can also pick just the models you want to compare. I made it and still only get 5/10 lol. Curious how you all do. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50110907 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Byakugan Scan β fast macOS OCR by keeping screen capture in memoryhttps://github.com/halcyon-past/byakugan-scan
Article URL: https://github.com/halcyon-past/byakugan-scan Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50110853 Points: 1 # Comments: 1
Trump administration sues California over noncitizens on voter rollshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/15/trump-administration-sues-california-over-noncitizens-on-voter-rolls
Lawsuit comes weeks before midterm elections and follows debunked claims of noncitizens voting in various states.
Show HN: Rebuilt our directory of 241 AI tools for hardware engineeringhttps://productflo.io/ai-tools
Article URL: https://productflo.io/ai-tools Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50110759 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Asked LLM to show the most stereotypical man/woman for each countryhttps://anvaka.github.io/imaginary-faces
Article URL: https://anvaka.github.io/imaginary-faces/# Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50110735 Points: 2 # Comments: 1
Show HN: An improved kokoro distillation in 9MBhttps://huggingface.co/spaces/MithrilMan/teacher-in-the-loop
I'm a 47yo full stack developer that's investing all his free time (and not only that) into thinkering, building, researching with AI. Some days ago I found a paper about distilling kokoro on a ~9MB with around 25x RTF. It was very interesting and since the experiment was on a single english voice and I'm Italian, I wanted to see if I could manage to distill it in my language but the training recipe wasn't replicable. So I spent some days researching, experimenting and found the why and even some more tweaks to improve the overall result. The demo I linked shows you how close it is to the oriβ¦
The tech backlash is now in theatershttps://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1012438/hollywood-tech-backlash-you-can-see-everything-musk-the-social-reckoning-artificial
Though movies about disruptive tech founders are nothing new, 2026 has been unusually stacked with features that take a much more critical look at how Silicon Valley is reshaping our reality. Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning frames Mark Zuckerberg as a robotic villain whose ambitions are destabilizing society. Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's You Can [β¦]
Show HN: Drift β Hot air balloon simulatorhttps://hakancn.com/drift
Article URL: https://hakancn.com/drift/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50110695 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
The UK may expand the BBC license fee, charging residents to watch streaming serviceshttps://www.engadget.com/2288294/the-uk-may-expand-the-bbc-license-fee-charging-residents-to-watch-streaming-services
If the proposal is enacted, it could cost $240 a year to watch YouTube in the UK.
Show HN: Endo β A Higher-Order Harnesshttps://github.com/longsurf-ai/endo
Endo is a Higher-Order Harness (HOH). From the easiest concept to understand to the more complex ones, Endo gives you: A single, simple UI to use any agent provider with your existing subscriptions, and hot-swap agents right in the middle of a session. An orchestration layer, which I call HOH, allowing arbitrary composition of agents to achieve any workflow. A fun case I tried was asking Fable and Astra to mock a presidential debate. * An agent protocol that abstracts any agent. The key insight here is that every LLM is an agentβinstead of treating the LLM as just one node inside an extβ¦
Show HN: A music notation editor Claude can edit while you watch [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch
Iβve been working on a music notation editor in Swift for iPad and Mac called Autograph. https://autographmusic.com It's a 28 day free trial. I'll be around for any feedback / questions. Thanks! Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50110550 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Plex now helps sell movie theater ticketshttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/plex-now-helps-sell-movie-theater-tickets
Discovery data from Plex users will help studios, advertisers.
Plex now helps sell movie theater ticketshttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/plex-now-helps-sell-movie-theater-tickets
Discovery data from Plex users will help studios, advertisers.
We Got Hot and Heavy with Metaβs MuseβAnd Baffled by Appleβs HomeViewhttps://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-we-got-hot-and-heavy-with-metas-muse-and-underwhelmed-by-apples-homeview
This week on βUncanny Valley,β we dive into an unexpected Muse feature, shadowy spending from the largest pro-AI super PAC, and menβs tendency to lie about how much they know about AI.
Show HN: Repo Safari β A daily platformer for discovering GitHub projectshttps://w20labs.github.io/repo-safari
Article URL: https://w20labs.github.io/repo-safari/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50110377 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Several people dead or missing after Istanbul floodshttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/15/several-people-dead-or-missing-after-istanbul-floods
Three people have died and several are reported missing after torrential rain triggered severe flooding across Istanbul
IEA to speed up oil stocks release including over 20 million barrels of diesel - Reutershttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxOajItTjVjRWhSaHJfNEJFdncwUU5yVU95N2RyVDdiaS04RGJfeE9RbjRIY3JaVFlTSmY4T1ZvNlVUdFdSOEczMUhKSm12ZzNRNHpueUM3aTVEcy1na2xUMG1qcm5vb2RwSFNIVHBpMmNVOVZqYml0RXYxcUNKazQyQlhUWGJxMnlhWFAySDJKaVNJdUVrZld6SUgyUWNaR1I4YWVxRUNIMkNVMm9ualR3LWNzQmJVVWR4Sk42aGhMX3FWQQ
IEA to speed up oil stocks release including over 20 million barrels of diesel Β Β Reuters
Bus hits train stopped on French side of Channel Tunnel, with 19 injuredhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6wyrnmgzn01o
Two people were severely injured and evacuated by helicopter but no one's life appeared to be in danger, officials said.
Show HN: In Memoriam, Web Developmenthttps://roygbiv99.neocities.org
Article URL: https://roygbiv99.neocities.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50110298 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Hegsethβs dubious low-T screening may flag up to 25 percent of the Armyhttps://arstechnica.com/health/2026/10/hegseths-dubious-low-t-screening-may-flag-up-to-25-percent-of-the-army
Medical experts explicitly recommend against blanket screenings.
Show HN: Untangle Unknots in the Browserhttp://zkingston.com/unknot
Article URL: http://zkingston.com/unknot/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50110285 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Trump posts AI-edited photo to brag about White House restoration workhttps://www.theverge.com/policy/1012445/donald-trump-ai-photo-white-house-rennovation-column
President Donald Trump posted a series of photos on Truth Social showing off renovations to the White House - but one of them appears to be modified with AI. The picture, which compares an old White House column to a "restored" one, has several discrepancies and was flagged by Google's AI detector as "made or [β¦]
Show HN: ΖackDown β Win64 Native Markdown Viewerhttps://bezkom.github.io/wackdown
Vibe coded in Rust, what more can you ask for? Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50110274 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Israeli βadβ firm helped infect spyware into Al Jazeera deviceshttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/15/israeli-ad-firm-helped-infect-spyware-into-al-jazeera-devices
An Israeli spyware disguised as a digital advertisement firm has targeted journalistsβ devices at Al Jazeera.
Show HN: Lopper β A Git Worktree Cleanerhttps://github.com/shinokamix/lopper
when I started using coding agents heavily, they began creating tons of Git worktrees. different tools like Codex, Claude Code, T3 Code, Orca, Superset, and others all put their worktrees in different directories, which made them pretty hard to find. I know you can just ask an agent to find them, and a lot of people do exactly that. but I wanted a deterministic solution that wouldn't depend on an agent getting things right or waste extra tokens. so.. I built Lopper! it's a tool that searches for git repositories and worktrees across different directories on your machine and shows them all inβ¦
Show HN: An iOS app to help kids learn to write and readhttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/wobbly-abc-tracing-phonics/id6783044178
Article URL: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wobbly-abc-tracing-phonics/id6783044178 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50110203 Points: 1 # Comments: 1
