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Base Labs launches an open-weight AI safety partnership with Hugging Face and Goodfire

Base Labs launches an open-weight AI safety partnership with Hugging Face and Goodfire

Base Labs, the research group Baseten spun up earlier this year, will develop and publish methods for training and monitoring open models.…
Keys Not Included: recovering the signing keys for US driver's license barcodes

Keys Not Included: recovering the signing keys for US driver's license barcodes

Article URL: https://ryan.science/blog/keys-not-included Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49735930 Points: 236 # Comments: 101…
One Year of Sponsored Servo Development

One Year of Sponsored Servo Development

Article URL: https://servo.org/blog/2026/09/15/one-year-of-sponsorship/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49737849 Points: 250 # Comm…
Xbox’s clever disc-to-digital feature was 15 years in the making

Xbox’s clever disc-to-digital feature was 15 years in the making

When Xbox announced a new feature last month that lets you digitize existing physical game collections, I immediately thought of the Xbox One. Disc-to…
Google, Nvidia and Anthropic want Emerald AI to find space on the grid for more data centers

Google, Nvidia and Anthropic want Emerald AI to find space on the grid for more data centers

A new coalition that includes Google, Nvidia, Anthropic and Emerald AI wants to find 100 GW of grid capacity for new data centers.…
Rival AI agents, Instinct and Meta’s Muse, both add the ability to make calls

Rival AI agents, Instinct and Meta’s Muse, both add the ability to make calls

People can use these assistants to make restaurant reservations and cancel subscriptions…
Lunacy Audio Nova is a place to build and sell your own AI-powered music plugins

Lunacy Audio Nova is a place to build and sell your own AI-powered music plugins

Lunacy, purveyor of fine VST plugins like Cube, a synth that you control by moving a ball around a 3D space, has just launched Nova, a platform where …
Australia says it could follow Canada in forging deeper ties with EU

Australia says it could follow Canada in forging deeper ties with EU

Article URL: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/canda-eu-membership-australia-us-trade-b3050227.html Comments URL: https://news.ycom…
The Download: mice with part-human brains and climate tech innovators

The Download: mice with part-human brains and climate tech innovators

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. …
Bose’s next open earbuds have more bass, more volume, and more battery life

Bose’s next open earbuds have more bass, more volume, and more battery life

Bose announced a new version of its Ultra Open Earbuds that helped kick off the industry trend of clip-on wireless earbuds nearly two-and-a-half years…
Spotify’s Fresh Finds Forward gives artists free studio time and more

Spotify’s Fresh Finds Forward gives artists free studio time and more

Getting added to Spotify's Fresh Finds playlists can be a huge break for artists trying to cut through the noise on streaming. Now Spotify is launchin…
Backups Aren't Simple

Backups Aren't Simple

Article URL: https://filipovski.net/2026/09/16/backups-arent-simple.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49732513 Points: 259 # Com…
The Apple Watch Series 12 is the start of a new wearable era

The Apple Watch Series 12 is the start of a new wearable era

You wouldn't know that the Apple Watch Series 12 is a big deal just by looking at it. It has the same design, buttons, sizes, and sensor types as gene…
What’s the Best iPhone to Buy or Avoid Right Now? (2026)

What’s the Best iPhone to Buy or Avoid Right Now? (2026)

The first folding iPhone Duo is here, alongside the 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max, but they’re not your only options. We have all the details on Apple’s smart…
Apple Watch Series 12 Review: Finally, a Readiness Score (2026)

Apple Watch Series 12 Review: Finally, a Readiness Score (2026)

After wearing it day and night for a week, I found that better health tracking, faster charging, and a simpler interface make Apple’s latest smartwatc…
Meet the innovators under 35 shaping climate tech

Meet the innovators under 35 shaping climate tech

Each year, the editorial team at MIT Technology Review puts together a list of 35 innovators under 35—a group of researchers, inventors, and other you…
Your startup’s next teammate might be an AI agent: Gusto, Insight Partners, and Leland explain what that changes at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Your startup’s next teammate might be an AI agent: Gusto, Insight Partners, and Leland explain what that changes at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

This session will explore how early-stage companies are building teams where humans and AI agents work alongside each other — and how founders can do …
Iceland-based Treble raises $18 million for its voice simulation platform

Iceland-based Treble raises $18 million for its voice simulation platform

Treble's voice simulation platform is used by voice AI model developers, AI wearable, and robotics companies…
Nvidia announces native GPU programming in Rust

Nvidia announces native GPU programming in Rust

Article URL: https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/introducing-cuda-rust-two-tracks-for-writing-gpu-kernels/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/it…
Xiaomi Mimo 2.6 live post-training dashboard

Xiaomi Mimo 2.6 live post-training dashboard

Article URL: https://mimo.xiaomi.com/rl/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49732270 Points: 277 # Comments: 68…
Al Gore says the real AI risk isn’t data centers — it’s what industry leaders are warning about

Al Gore says the real AI risk isn’t data centers — it’s what industry leaders are warning about

In an interview with TechCrunch, Al Gore suggested he isn't losing sleep over AI data center emissions — he's more worried about the AI industry's own…
Snap tries to make the case again for its $2,200 smart glasses

Snap tries to make the case again for its $2,200 smart glasses

Since Specs' debut earlier this year, Snap has clearly been looking for an opportunity to explain why the smart glasses deserve to exist.…
The streamers are fighting over Halloween

The streamers are fighting over Halloween

The Toronto International Film Festival is a place to go to see the future of film, but this year it also provided a glimpse at what is coming very so…
Training a 4B model to produce 81% faster query plans than Postgres

Training a 4B model to produce 81% faster query plans than Postgres

Article URL: https://rohanbansal.com/qorl Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49731285 Points: 297 # Comments: 54…
Epstein had huge cache of child sex pics; victims sue to find out who's in them

Epstein had huge cache of child sex pics; victims sue to find out who's in them

Survivors appalled nobody will tell them if they’re in Epstein’s CSAM collection.…
OpenAI Creates a New Framework to Disclose Bad AI Behavior

OpenAI Creates a New Framework to Disclose Bad AI Behavior

The company also disclosed previously unreported incidents in which its AI models behaved in misaligned ways, including uploading files to the interne…
I wore Snap’s $2,200 smart glasses

I wore Snap’s $2,200 smart glasses

My favorite part of wearing the Specs, Snap's new augmented reality glasses, was playing dominoes. Sitting across the table from a Snap employee weari…
Here’s What Snap’s Expensive Specs Can Actually Do

Here’s What Snap’s Expensive Specs Can Actually Do

Snap thinks its chunky, pricey smart glasses are the future of human computing, powered by a new AI app and features that do everything from translati…
Meet Dyson's New Robot Vacuum Line: The Dyson Nurovi Line (2026), Explained

Meet Dyson's New Robot Vacuum Line: The Dyson Nurovi Line (2026), Explained

The Nurovi line includes three lidar-powered robovacs. But to get the model I’m most intrigued by, you’ll need a Costco membership.…
Small programming tricks

Small programming tricks

Article URL: https://will-keleher.com/posts/small-programming-tricks-matter/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49729000 Points: 268 #…