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Post #231903 2.28K Sep 9, 2026, 17:42 UTC

Apple Introduces AirPods 5
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Apple Newsroom Apple introduces AirPods 5 with best-in-class open-ear Active Noise Cancellation Apple today announced AirPods 5, delivering the industry’s best Active Noise Cancellation in an open-ear design and even better sound quality.

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Post #231902 2.17K Sep 9, 2026, 17:35 UTC

The UN challenges five centuries of cartography
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Not-Ship The UN challenges five centuries of cartography Have you heard? There's map news!

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Post #231901 2.22K Sep 9, 2026, 17:21 UTC

I rank the open-source AI agents that launched in the last 30 days
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Theagenticleaderboard The New 100 — Newest Open-Source AI Agents The AI agents launched in the last 30 days, ranked weekly by Momentum Score.

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Post #231900 2.24K Sep 9, 2026, 17:20 UTC

Autonomous Cars Save Lives: Self-driving tech could prevent 580k deaths/year
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IEEE Spectrum The Growing Proof That Autonomous Cars Save Lives Self-driving tech could prevent 580,000 deaths every year

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Post #231899 2.19K Sep 9, 2026, 17:19 UTC

Microsoft/TracerAI withdraws copyright takedown against Luanti
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Luanti Blog Microsoft/TracerAI withdraws copyright takedown against Luanti The DMCA notice against Luanti's app has been rescinded, reinstating the app on Google Play.

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Post #231898 2.35K Sep 9, 2026, 17:14 UTC

Muse's Social Media Handle Is Stolen by New Meta AI Tool
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Reality Tea Muse Give Up Their Social Media Handle to AI in Ironic Twist Muse lost its @Muse social media handles to Meta’s new AI agent, creating an ironic twist for the rock band known for dystopian music.

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Post #231897 2.19K Sep 9, 2026, 17:11 UTC

Understanding the Recent DDoS Attack Against Read the Docs
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Read the Docs Understanding the Recent DDoS Attack Against Read the Docs A deep dive into the massive June 2026 DDoS attack on Read the Docs, the attack patterns we observed, and the mitigations and defenses we used to defend our infrastructure.

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Post #231896 3.3K Sep 9, 2026, 16:49 UTC

One woman's Tesla was remotely controlled by an abusive ex-partner
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the Guardian How one woman’s Tesla was remotely controlled – and used to harass her – by an abusive ex-partner Enrico Pucci was able to control his former partner’s electric car remotely, controlling its speed, temperature settings and lock

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Post #231895 2.15K Sep 9, 2026, 16:32 UTC

Defining AI Psychosis. Part 2: "Prolific AI Psychosis"
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jeffs.blog Defining AI Psychosis. Part 2: "Prolific AI Psychosis" AI tools are one part senior engineer and one part toddler-running-across-white-carpet-with-a-jug-of-red-Kool-Aid. Your job is to determine which is which.

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Post #231894 2.87K Sep 9, 2026, 16:18 UTC

Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists
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The American Prospect Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American Prospect New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.

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Post #231893 2.15K Sep 9, 2026, 16:15 UTC

We Accidentally Built a Synthetic Cell Factory
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bnext.bio We accidentally built a synthetic cell factory Building cells from scratch requires purpose-made materials. So we built the world's first synthetic cell manufacturing plant, right in SF.

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Post #231892 2.13K Sep 9, 2026, 16:09 UTC

GNU Radio in the Browser
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GNU Radio World GNU Radio World — GNU Radio flowgraphs in your browser Build and run GNU Radio flowgraphs in your browser — no install. A GRC-style SDR editor with hundreds of DSP blocks, live QT GUI plots and RTL-SDR support.

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Post #231891 2.3K Sep 9, 2026, 16:04 UTC

Rails 8 Guide: Features, Requirements and Upgrade Path (2026)
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Appsignal Rails 8 Guide: Features, Requirements & Upgrade Path (2026) | AppSignal Blog What Rails 8 ships and requires: built-in authentication, Solid Queue, Kamal 2, and production SQLite, plus support timelines and an upgrade checklist.

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Post #231890 2.53K Sep 9, 2026, 16:02 UTC

GPT-6 Astra, Looped Transformers, and Hidden Reasoning
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Sebastian Raschka, PhD GPT-6 Astra, Looped Transformers, and Hidden Reasoning A Look at Recurrent Depth, Hidden Chains of Thought, and Recent Research on Looping Transformer Blocks

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Post #231889 2.07K Sep 9, 2026, 15:57 UTC

No Man's Sky Cosmos
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Nomanssky Cosmos Update - No Man's Sky Become director of a space station, join a galactic alliance, construct a space base and discover deep-space marvels in No Man's Sky Cosmos. Navigate space with a new star system map, strip colossal hulks for parts before hull integrity fails, recover and…

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Post #231888 2.11K Sep 9, 2026, 15:56 UTC

Planet Labs' Open Satellite Feed
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Marksblogg Planet Labs' Open Satellite Feed Benchmarks & Tips for Big Data, Hadoop, AWS, Google Cloud, PostgreSQL, Spark, Python & More...

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Post #231887 2.14K Sep 9, 2026, 15:56 UTC

Better AI code comment detector
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Entropicthoughts Better AI code comment detector

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Post #231886 2.27K Sep 9, 2026, 15:40 UTC

I'm going back to coding by hand
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Post #231885 2.25K Sep 9, 2026, 15:37 UTC

Investing in Mothers? The Long-Run Impact of a Universal Child Care
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NBER Investing in Mothers? The Long-Run Impact of a Universal Child Care Program on Maternal Work and Income We provide new estimates of the effects of universal child care on the long-term labor outcomes of mothers, documenting the life-cycle impact of Quebec’s universal, subsidized child care program on maternal labor supply, earnings, social program benefit receipt…

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Post #231884 2.1K Sep 9, 2026, 15:31 UTC

Show HN: PhotoToPattern – Turn photos into printable cross-stitch patterns
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PhotoToPattern Photo to Cross Stitch Pattern Maker | PhotoToPattern Turn photos into printable cross-stitch patterns with DMC colors, editable symbols, material estimates, and free PDF or PNG downloads—no signup required.

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