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Post #231923 2.54K Sep 10, 2026, 02:43 UTC

Show HN: What if the speed of light was 5 km/h?
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Dmitrybrant Relativity Park: Walking Speed of Light Special relativity simulator in which light crawls along at a human speed, so Lorentz contraction, aberration and Doppler shift happen at walking pace.

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Post #231922 2.44K Sep 10, 2026, 02:30 UTC

Automattic's board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into leave of absence
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TechCrunch Automattic's board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into leave of absence | TechCrunch Mullenweg said in a company Slack message that it was against his will.

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Post #231921 2.5K Sep 10, 2026, 01:18 UTC

I'm sorry, you're not going to die from an AI-engineered supervirus
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Genesmindsmachines I'm sorry, you're not going to die from an AI-engineered supervirus God save us from economists who think they can competently talk about biology

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Post #231920 2.32K Sep 10, 2026, 01:13 UTC

Factoring RSA 260
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Cognition Factoring RSA-260 How Devin and a Cognition researcher built the world’s highest-performance GPU lattice siever, to make factoring numbers 10x cheaper than the previous…

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Post #231919 2.36K Sep 10, 2026, 00:39 UTC

Blizzard Workers Win Historic Union Contract
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GameSpot Blizzard Workers Win Historic Union Contract That Could Set A New Standard For Game Developers Blizzard workers have secured AI guardrails and new protections against layoffs.

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Post #231918 3.29K Sep 10, 2026, 00:31 UTC

Muse, the band, lost its social media handles to Muse, Meta's new AI agent
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Engadget Muse, the band, lost its social media handles to Muse, Meta's new AI agent - Engadget The exact circumstances surrounding the changes aren't clear, but Meta execs have accidentally tagged the band instead of their AI agent.

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Post #231917 3.11K Sep 9, 2026, 22:56 UTC

South Park creators rename show 'South America'
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BBC News South Park creators rename show 'South America' in apparent dig at Trump Since beginning his second term, the US president has said he wanted to use the word 'America' to rename a lake, a gulf and even a US state.

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Post #231916 2.42K Sep 9, 2026, 22:26 UTC

Is OpenAI Taking Everyone for Fools?
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Medium Is OpenAI Taking Everyone for Fools? OpenAI claims to have solved a decades old mathematical problem just as researchers are about to publish their solution. Coincidence?

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Post #231915 2.4K Sep 9, 2026, 22:00 UTC

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg Put on 'Leave of Absence'
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404 Media Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg Put on 'Leave of Absence' Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress, wrote in a company-wide Slack messages on Wednesday, viewed by 404 Media, that board members "conspired" behind his back to vote to put him on leave.

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Post #231914 2.36K Sep 9, 2026, 21:45 UTC

I resigned from Anthropic today (Jacob Coxon)
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Nitter Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess) I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts…

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Post #231913 2.41K Sep 9, 2026, 21:45 UTC

Amazon refused to give pregnant workers bathroom breaks
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Ars Technica Lawsuit: Amazon refused to give pregnant workers bathroom breaks and chairs Four women sue Amazon, say company denied basic accommodations and fired them.

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Post #231912 2.47K Sep 9, 2026, 20:35 UTC

Apple Watch Ultra 4
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Apple Newsroom Apple unveils Apple Watch Ultra 4 Apple today introduced Apple Watch Ultra 4, the ultimate sports and adventure watch, now with new health, fitness, and audio intelligence capabilities.

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Post #231911 2.54K Sep 9, 2026, 20:09 UTC

I haven't lost a customer service fight in seven months
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Dimitri Sudomoin I Haven't Lost a Customer Service Fight in Seven Months How consumer claims became the highest-ROI thing I do with AI agents, from a $10 mac-and-cheese coupon to a $6,800 IRS reversal.

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Post #231910 2.54K Sep 9, 2026, 18:51 UTC

I Don't Want to Interact with Stochastic Parrots
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ploum.net I Don’t Want to Interact With Stochastic Parrots I Don’t Want to Interact With Stochastic Parrots par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

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Post #231909 2.45K Sep 9, 2026, 18:50 UTC

Apple Watch Ultra 4
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Apple Apple Watch Ultra 4 Apple Watch Ultra 4 is the ultimate running watch, with longer battery life, advanced health and fitness tracking, and Siri AI and Audio Intelligence.

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Post #231908 2.48K Sep 9, 2026, 18:18 UTC

Apple Unveils iPhone Duo
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Apple Newsroom Apple unveils iPhone Duo Apple today introduced iPhone Duo, the first foldable iPhone.

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Post #231907 2.44K Sep 9, 2026, 18:17 UTC

iPhone Duo
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Apple iPhone Duo iPhone Duo. The largest iPhone display ever. In a thin, foldable design. 48MP Dual Fusion camera system. A20 Pro chip. All-day battery life.

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Post #231906 2.38K Sep 9, 2026, 18:14 UTC

Apple debuts iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max
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Apple Newsroom Apple debuts iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max Apple announced iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, delivering an advanced pro camera system and improved battery life and performance.

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Post #231905 2.29K Sep 9, 2026, 18:00 UTC

Apple Watch Series 12
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Apple Newsroom Introducing Apple Watch Series 12, with the all-new Health Sensing System Apple today introduced Apple Watch Series 12, engineered to deliver the most accurate heart rate sensing in a wearable.

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Post #231904 2.28K Sep 9, 2026, 17:46 UTC

Qwen 3.8 follows GPT-5.5 Pro reasoning prefills
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Gist HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=49630026 HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=49630026. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

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