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Fuck Android Developer Verification Program

Fuck Android Developer Verification Program

Article URL: https://twitter.com/0xcrypto/status/2105515822643114182 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49917761 Points: 249 # Comment…

An AI “mind-reading” tool can reconstruct what you’re looking at based on a brain scan

An AI “mind-reading” tool can reconstruct what you’re looking at based on a brain scan

A new AI tool can guess what you’re looking at just by analyzing your brain scans—and recreate that image with remarkable precision. It can go the oth…

Exclusive: Neurable’s First Brain-Scanning Headphones Want to Fine-Tune Your Focus

Exclusive: Neurable’s First Brain-Scanning Headphones Want to Fine-Tune Your Focus

The company claims that its new device, the Neurable One, can keep you in the zone, calculate the best time to take a break, and tell you when your “b…

Tractive Cat 6 Mini Review: A Fitbit for Your Cat

Tractive Cat 6 Mini Review: A Fitbit for Your Cat

Cats are finally getting the dog treatment. This smart cat collar features GPS location, activity, and sleep tracking, plus all-new heart and respirat…

Apple Mac Studio (M5 Ultra) Review: Running Frontier AI Models Locally

Apple Mac Studio (M5 Ultra) Review: Running Frontier AI Models Locally

The Mac Studio can run frontier-level AI language models locally. It’s only a preview of what’s to come.…

The Secrets of the US Spyware King

The Secrets of the US Spyware King

In an exclusive interview with WIRED, Paragon Solutions CEO Andrew Boyd reveals the limits of the company’s promise to keep bad actors from abusing it…

Noise from Universal’s latest ride made rich locals furious, fast

Noise from Universal’s latest ride made rich locals furious, fast

Universal Studios Hollywood has pledged to erect another sound barrier around its latest attraction after local residents complained about the bloodcu…

The last time my family was replaced by technology

The last time my family was replaced by technology

Article URL: https://manuel.darcemont.fr/posts/the-last-time-my-family-was-replaced-by-technology/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=…

Singapore govt dating app uses Gale-Shapley stable marriage algorithm

Singapore govt dating app uses Gale-Shapley stable marriage algorithm

Related: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqzjzr893yv4o Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49906432 Points: 228 # Comments: 165…

Mountain Hardwear Coupon Code 15% Off October

Mountain Hardwear Coupon Code 15% Off October

High-performance mountaineering and hiking apparel doesn't have to break the bank.…

Elon Musk’s Grokipedia has a ‘newly refreshed’ design

Elon Musk’s Grokipedia has a ‘newly refreshed’ design

Grokipedia, SpaceXAI's AI-powered competitor to Wikipedia, recently started incorporating edits again, and today, it got some design tweaks as part of…

Attackers have been exploiting critical Zimbra flaw to steal emails

Attackers have been exploiting critical Zimbra flaw to steal emails

A simple email gives the attackers the ability to remotely inject OS commands.…

A local network of implants uses your body as the wiring

A local network of implants uses your body as the wiring

It's possible to send electrical signals right through human tissues.…

Fifth unvaccinated person dies of measles; CDC still not counting all deaths

Fifth unvaccinated person dies of measles; CDC still not counting all deaths

State health officials race to vaccinate residents by giving over 8,500 doses.…

Dinosaur-killing impact crater might have been teeming with life

Dinosaur-killing impact crater might have been teeming with life

Hot, nutrient water might have lasted for over 5 million years after the impact.…

Reddit is putting more limits on Old.Reddit.com

Reddit is putting more limits on Old.Reddit.com

Reddit says it's fighting "automated abuse."…

Google announces Gemini 4 Argon AI model, but you can't use it yet

Google announces Gemini 4 Argon AI model, but you can't use it yet

So much for Gemini 3.5 Pro.…

Neon sticks it to A24 by announcing a Creative Commons SCP Foundation movie

Neon sticks it to A24 by announcing a Creative Commons SCP Foundation movie

A24 pissed off one of the internet's largest horror communities when it announced it was working on an SCP Foundation film, but apparently hadn't both…

GLM-5.3 and the spread of advanced cyber capabilities

GLM-5.3 and the spread of advanced cyber capabilities

Article URL: https://www.anthropic.com/research/glm-5-3-and-the-spread-of-advanced-cyber-capabilities Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?…

Furry Airline Pilots Are Just Minding Their Own Business

Furry Airline Pilots Are Just Minding Their Own Business

“We’re furries at home, and we’re airline pilots at work, and these are two separate things,” says one member of the community in response to senator …

The Battle to Be Your Personal AI Agent Is Here

The Battle to Be Your Personal AI Agent Is Here

OpenAI's Dots and Meta's Muse are vying to be your AI agent of choice. I've tried both—and I suspect you will too.…

U.S. postal inspectors shut down website selling counterfeit postage labels

U.S. postal inspectors shut down website selling counterfeit postage labels

Article URL: https://postalemployeenetwork.com/news/2026/09/26/u-s-postal-inspectors-shut-down-website-selling-millions-of-counterfeit-postage-labels/…

BMW reveals US 3 series pricing: The EV carries a hefty premium

BMW reveals US 3 series pricing: The EV carries a hefty premium

The 2027 BMW 330 starts at $49,900, the i3 50 xDrive at $61,500.…

What butterfly wings have in common with barbershop poles

What butterfly wings have in common with barbershop poles

Wing patterns, flight dynamics create "motion dazzle" effect, make it harder to gauge speed, direction.…

The PS5 hacking scene just took a big leap forward

The PS5 hacking scene just took a big leap forward

New exploit works on all but the most recently updated consoles.…

Google figures out how to watermark AI-designed proteins

Google figures out how to watermark AI-designed proteins

Intended to help with biosecurity, it works with a popular AI protein design tool.…

Lawsuit demands OpenAI halt unsafe development that caused Hugging Face hack

Lawsuit demands OpenAI halt unsafe development that caused Hugging Face hack

OpenAI makes others suffer "the harms of its unsafe decision-making," nonprofit says.…

NASA asked several former SR-71A staffers to help secret restart

NASA asked several former SR-71A staffers to help secret restart

Article URL: https://aviationweek.com/defense/aircraft-propulsion/nasa-asked-several-former-sr-71a-staffers-help-secret-restart Comments URL: https://…

1 in 8 cancer cases worldwide are caused by infections, study finds

1 in 8 cancer cases worldwide are caused by infections, study finds

Article URL: https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9.7361622 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49892120 Points: 277 # Comments: 146…

Backblaze drive stats for Q2 2026

Backblaze drive stats for Q2 2026

Article URL: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q2-2026/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49893002 Points: 281…