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What’s the Best Pet DNA Test? We Tested the Most Popular Ones

What’s the Best Pet DNA Test? We Tested the Most Popular Ones

I sent my cats’ saliva to the lab to get health and genetic insights sent to my inbox—with very different results.…
Nicotine Is Mounting a Comeback in the Wellness Movement

Nicotine Is Mounting a Comeback in the Wellness Movement

Improving mood and increasing longevity are just some of the unfounded claims about this substance circling around the “natural” medicine corners of t…
The Data Center Backlash Should Also Be a Climate Reckoning. It Isn’t Yet

The Data Center Backlash Should Also Be a Climate Reckoning. It Isn’t Yet

Climate groups are latching onto the data center opposition movement, but it remains to be seen if they can get people to care about the facilities’ i…
Go Concurrency Distilled

Go Concurrency Distilled

Article URL: https://antonz.org/go-concurrency-distilled/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49856988 Points: 204 # Comments: 63…
Some Pancreatic Cells Are Just One Genetic Tweak Away From Treating Diabetes

Some Pancreatic Cells Are Just One Genetic Tweak Away From Treating Diabetes

By deactivating a gene, researchers were able to cause cells in the pancreatic ducts to produce insulin to regulate blood sugar.…
How to keep enjoying programming in a world of LLMs

How to keep enjoying programming in a world of LLMs

Article URL: https://discourse.haskell.org/t/how-to-keep-enjoying-programming-in-a-world-of-llms/14705 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item…
ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026

ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/asml-says-its-sells-absolutely-nothing-in-europe-calls-on-eu-to-help-create-dem…
Does Georgism work? Five years later

Does Georgism work? Five years later

Article URL: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/does-georgism-work-five-years-later Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49844657 Points: …
DeepSeek Elastic Compute (DSec)

DeepSeek Elastic Compute (DSec)

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.22978 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49859112 Points: 186 # Comments: 57…
Classified estimates show the NSA is paying billions to test AI models

Classified estimates show the NSA is paying billions to test AI models

Article URL: https://www.washingtonsun.com/technology/classified-estimates-nsa-paying-billions-to-test-ai-models Comments URL: https://news.ycombinato…
Apple hit with $5.7 billion in damages over haptic patents

Apple hit with $5.7 billion in damages over haptic patents

Haptics tech company Taction sued Apple in 2021, alleging it infringed two of its patents. Now a federal jury in San Diego has awarded Taction over $5…
Decap is the man behind the drums behind your favorite song

Decap is the man behind the drums behind your favorite song

I don't think I'm going to hurt anyone's feelings by pointing out that Decap doesn't have the name recognition of Kendrick Lamar, Olivia Rodrigo, or C…
I'm the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband

I'm the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband

Article URL: https://themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom-in-that-viral-giants-clip Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49857899 P…
Kids turned the comment section of an NPR podcast into a group chat

Kids turned the comment section of an NPR podcast into a group chat

Middle schoolers, likely blocked from other apps and social networks, apparently turned the Spotify comment section under an episode of NPR's Wild Car…
Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the business depends on it?

Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the business depends on it?

Do you currently work with or know anyone who is still using:* dBase/Clipper/CLARION/Paradox/other DOS RAD environments on period hardware to run busi…
Fifteen years later, the Apple Cards origin story

Fifteen years later, the Apple Cards origin story

Article URL: https://lexontech.org/fifteen-years-later-the-apple-cards-origin-story Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49854693 Points…
OpenAI pauses training of its ‘most capable models’

OpenAI pauses training of its ‘most capable models’

As reports of OpenAI's models breaking containment, hacking sites, and generally getting out of control pile up, the company has made the decision to …
We're gonna need a lot more mathematicians

We're gonna need a lot more mathematicians

Article URL: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/24/were-gonna-need-a-lot-more-mathematicians/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Breaking Up with Google Play: Why Conversations Is Now Free

Breaking Up with Google Play: Why Conversations Is Now Free

Article URL: https://gultsch.de/posts/breaking-up-with-google-play/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49855315 Points: 242 # Comments…
12 Best White Elephant Gifts, Plus a Prank Box to Put Them In (2026)

12 Best White Elephant Gifts, Plus a Prank Box to Put Them In (2026)

Bring the gift everyone will want to win from this year’s holiday party, from a cute jacket for a beer can to magnets they’ll wish they could eat.…
Old-School Credit Card Scams Are Far From Dead

Old-School Credit Card Scams Are Far From Dead

In an era of increasingly sophisticated AI-fueled scams, a retro threat may be lurking in your mailbox.…
Pokémon card resellers have turned collecting into an online blood sport

Pokémon card resellers have turned collecting into an online blood sport

Earlier this month, Pokémon card content creator Natalie Roush posted a video to her YouTube and Instagram pages that enraged the larger collecti…
Gravity seems holographic. What does that mean for reality?

Gravity seems holographic. What does that mean for reality?

Article URL: https://www.quantamagazine.org/gravity-seems-holographic-what-does-that-mean-for-reality-20260925/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator…
Meta’s Muse Is Adults-Only. Why Does It Look Like a Kids’ Toy?

Meta’s Muse Is Adults-Only. Why Does It Look Like a Kids’ Toy?

Meta says Muse is just for adults, though its cuddly, Labubu-like mascot—and upcoming Tamagotchi-style AI device—may be disarming for users of all age…
This Browser Extension Lets You Snooze Open Tabs Until Later

This Browser Extension Lets You Snooze Open Tabs Until Later

The free add-on Tuck brings one of the best features of modern email—the ability to hide something for a bit—to that tangle of tabs in your browser.…
How we learned to stop worrying and love campus surveillance

How we learned to stop worrying and love campus surveillance

Article URL: https://fnl.mit.edu/how-we-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-campus-surveillance/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4984…
What even is an OS now?

What even is an OS now?

Article URL: https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2026/09/25/what-even-is-an-os-now/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49850305 Points: 198 # …
A Gravitational Battle Within the Earth Is Changing the Length of Days

A Gravitational Battle Within the Earth Is Changing the Length of Days

A competition between the gravity of the inner core and other forces in the mantle is altering the Earth's rotation.…
Can an ‘eSUV’ e-bike really go from trail to town?

Can an ‘eSUV’ e-bike really go from trail to town?

Have you ever wanted an electric bike that easily transitions from the drudgery of urban asphalt to adventures in gravel and dirt? That's what a subcl…
Your uncle’s frozen Mac says it’s infected after viewing a Google ad. Now what?

Your uncle’s frozen Mac says it’s infected after viewing a Google ad. Now what?

Ads appearing all over the Internet are trying to scam people.…