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US troop deaths during Iran war exceed Pentagon count by at least four

US troop deaths during Iran war exceed Pentagon count by at least four

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-troop-deaths-iran-war-exceed-pentagon-count-by-least-four-washington-post-2026-09-18/ Commen…
Brood War Bench

Brood War Bench

Article URL: https://bw.swerdlow.dev/report Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49766966 Points: 205 # Comments: 85…
Trump treads further on free speech with new journalist bans

Trump treads further on free speech with new journalist bans

On Friday, the president threatened to ban CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the White House. It could have just been another one of his Truth Social fev…
Flock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers Flee

Flock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers Flee

As dozens of cities end contracts for its controversial license plate readers, Flock is rolling out a voluntary severance program, WIRED has learned.…
AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack

AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack

But the military's overall use of AI seems to be accelerating.…
Claude Code now reads AGENTS.md if there is no Claude.md

Claude Code now reads AGENTS.md if there is no Claude.md

Article URL: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/changelog Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49760187 Points: 305 # Comments: 129…
US Military had close call after using AI for hallucinated intelligence report

US Military had close call after using AI for hallucinated intelligence report

Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/politics/us-military-ai-false-intelligence-china-ship Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Small AI models let drones autonomously identify and attack battlefield targets

Small AI models let drones autonomously identify and attack battlefield targets

Scaleout deploys decentralized AI-driven learning to military bases and drones.…
Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ new unredacted filings reveal

Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ new unredacted filings reveal

Newly unsealed court filings show Microsoft privately called OpenAI's data practices "theft" while both companies scraped paywalled Times content, bui…
The AI ‘Slowdown’ Is an Antitrust Mess

The AI ‘Slowdown’ Is an Antitrust Mess

By framing their efforts as a “slowdown” rather than an industry-wide push for better security standards, AI labs may have set themselves up for years…
UN turns to Google to make its global data ready for AI agents

UN turns to Google to make its global data ready for AI agents

The shift comes after a UNICEF test found leading AI models struggled to accurately retrieve global development statistics.…
Breaking the 1.58-bit Barrier for Ternary LLMs

Breaking the 1.58-bit Barrier for Ternary LLMs

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.16338 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49732931 Points: 234 # Comments: 37…
The AI Slowdown Debate Crashed Salesforce’s Party

The AI Slowdown Debate Crashed Salesforce’s Party

The Dreamforce conference became an unlikely battleground for the CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia to debate whether AI development should slow d…
Customer Data Permanently Lost in Iran Strikes on Amazon Data Centers

Customer Data Permanently Lost in Iran Strikes on Amazon Data Centers

Amazon Web Services didn’t design its data centers to withstand war, and now the company admits it can’t recover what’s been lost.…
Soundboks Rider Party Speaker Review: Loud, Rugged, and Built for Outdoor Parties

Soundboks Rider Party Speaker Review: Loud, Rugged, and Built for Outdoor Parties

I’m genuinely afraid to go full-volume on the Soundboks Rider, which is built like a party-ready tank.…
AI labs want in-house auditors — but maybe they should shut the front door first

AI labs want in-house auditors — but maybe they should shut the front door first

There may be a simpler and more effective fix for rogue agents, hiding in plain sight.…
Iran strikes on Amazon data centers caused permanent loss of customer data

Iran strikes on Amazon data centers caused permanent loss of customer data

War damage to data centers exceeded what AWS services are designed to withstand.…
Next wave of VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 contenders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 revealed

Next wave of VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 contenders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 revealed

Meet the next five top-tier investors judging the Startup Battlefield 200 contenders live at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register before September 25 to …
Threads’ new features let podcasters promote shows and reach listeners

Threads’ new features let podcasters promote shows and reach listeners

Threads is rolling out new tools for podcasters, including profile cards, episode links, transcripts, guest tags, posting reminders and audience insig…
Israeli Minister Threatens Filmmakers' Citizenship over Gaza Documentary

Israeli Minister Threatens Filmmakers' Citizenship over Gaza Documentary

Article URL: https://www.reutersconnect.com/item/israeli-minister-threatens-filmmakers-citizenship-over-gaza-documentary/dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjY6b…
The Roman telescope has enough gas for 22 years, double NASA's expectations

The Roman telescope has enough gas for 22 years, double NASA's expectations

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is the first NASA observatory designed for in-space refueling.…
If the US Collapses Soon, Don’t Blame Emily St. John Mandel

If the US Collapses Soon, Don’t Blame Emily St. John Mandel

Emily St. John Mandel’s 2014 novel, Station Eleven, turned her into something of a pandemic prophet. Her new novel, Exit Party, imagines two possible …
Microsoft patches Windows and Excel – breaks audio, remote access, and paste

Microsoft patches Windows and Excel – breaks audio, remote access, and paste

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/09/14/microsoft-patches-windows-and-excel-breaks-audio-remote-access-and-paste/5296085 Comm…
For the first time, the US military confirms it has deployed weapons in orbit

For the first time, the US military confirms it has deployed weapons in orbit

"The United States now has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the joint force."…
Nscale adds former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo to its board ahead of potential IPO

Nscale adds former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo to its board ahead of potential IPO

The No. 2 exec at OpenAI also led Instacart through its IPO in 2023.…
Anime reaction YouTubers are at war with copyright enforcers

Anime reaction YouTubers are at war with copyright enforcers

On September 6th, YouTuber Nicholas Light posted a video to one of his channels that made it seem like all of his content was about to be removed from…
ClickFix attacks infecting PCs and Macs are going viral

ClickFix attacks infecting PCs and Macs are going viral

Simplicity—combined with the difficulty of getting stuff done—makes ClickFix ideal.…
Claude users found ways around safeguards for bioweapons research

Claude users found ways around safeguards for bioweapons research

Some dangerous biology looks much like legitimate research, complicating AI safeguards.…
OpenAI Agents API

OpenAI Agents API

Article URL: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/agents-api/overview Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49649213 Points: 287…
Mexican student creates an acoustic fire extinguisher to put out fire in seconds

Mexican student creates an acoustic fire extinguisher to put out fire in seconds

Article URL: https://www.upsocl.com/en/16-year-old-mexican-student-creates-an-acoustic-fire-extinguisher-that-uses-sound-waves-to-put-out-fires-in-sec…