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What California is learning from solar panels built over irrigation canals

What California is learning from solar panels built over irrigation canals

Article URL: https://www.kqed.org/science/2002033/heres-what-california-is-learning-from-solar-panels-built-over-irrigation-canals Comments URL: https…
Jev in 25 Lines of Python

Jev in 25 Lines of Python

Article URL: https://www.nobodywho.ai/posts/jev-in-25-lines/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49812769 Points: 329 # Comments: 108…
Meta’s Muse AI Assistant Rolled Out With a Serious Security Flaw

Meta’s Muse AI Assistant Rolled Out With a Serious Security Flaw

Meta says it issued a fix for the Muse zero-day vulnerability that would have let attackers do “whatever” they wanted on a victim’s Mac, highlighting …
AMD's random number generator can't generate a 0?

AMD's random number generator can't generate a 0?

Article URL: https://board.flatassembler.net/topic.php?t=24261 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49798204 Points: 264 # Comments: 207…
SAML: A fractal of bad design

SAML: A fractal of bad design

Article URL: https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/09/21/saml-a-fractal-of-bad-design/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49806335 Points:…
Activision is taking over Halo as part of a massive Xbox shake-up

Activision is taking over Halo as part of a massive Xbox shake-up

Microsoft is announcing a massive restructuring of its Xbox studios today, months after laying off 1,600 Xbox employees and selling off studios. The l…
Microsoft is laying off 268 Xbox staffers and Ninja Theory may close

Microsoft is laying off 268 Xbox staffers and Ninja Theory may close

Microsoft is laying off around 260 Xbox employees today, as part of an ongoing "reset" of its gaming business. 1,600 Xbox employees were impacted by l…
Grim Fandango Puzzle Document (1996) [pdf]

Grim Fandango Puzzle Document (1996) [pdf]

Article URL: http://gameshelf.jmac.org/2008/11/13/GrimPuzzleDoc_small.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49783495 Points: 211 # Co…
US and China Discuss Alerting Each Other to AI National Security Threats

US and China Discuss Alerting Each Other to AI National Security Threats

Officials discussed setting up a mechanism for the two countries to notify each other of AI incidents which could threaten national security.…
The senior engineer death spiral

The senior engineer death spiral

Article URL: https://sunilpai.dev/posts/the-senior-engineer-death-spiral/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49776130 Points: 176 # Co…
Bill to Ban Private Equity from Owning Medical Practices

Bill to Ban Private Equity from Owning Medical Practices

Article URL: https://truthout.org/articles/warren-introduces-bill-to-ban-private-equity-from-owning-medical-practices/ Comments URL: https://news.ycom…
Mathematicians Hate AI. They Can’t Quit It

Mathematicians Hate AI. They Can’t Quit It

Powerful AI models have created an existential risk to the field, but researchers can’t stop relying on them because they’re too useful.…
Samsung Galaxy Watch9 Review: I Don’t Need Another Health Score

Samsung Galaxy Watch9 Review: I Don’t Need Another Health Score

Samsung’s latest smartwatch offers useful health tracking alongside a growing pile of metrics you may never use.…
Tired of Cluttered Productivity Apps? This One’s Just a Text Document

Tired of Cluttered Productivity Apps? This One’s Just a Text Document

The totally free macOS app Tasks.txt makes up for missing features with sheer elegance.…
The first new cat species discovered in 100 years

The first new cat species discovered in 100 years

https://archive.ph/cgMTM Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49744704 Points: 267 # Comments: 103…
Brendan Carr’s FCC is more worried about who The View interviews than foreign governments owning Paramount

Brendan Carr’s FCC is more worried about who The View interviews than foreign governments owning Paramount

The FCC has announced it's waiving its rules limiting foreign equity ownership to 25 percent in the Paramount-Warner Bros. case and will allow three s…
The clock is ticking: Final 24 hours to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

The clock is ticking: Final 24 hours to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Last day to book your exhibit table at Disrupt is today, September 18. Get your startup in front of 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech l…
Neovim have a ~$800k Bitcoin donation sitting untouched since 2023

Neovim have a ~$800k Bitcoin donation sitting untouched since 2023

I was looking at neovim's donation footer at the bottom of their site and saw a bitcoin donation address.Thought I'd check how much in donations they'…
2 days left to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

2 days left to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Last day to book your exhibit table at Disrupt is September 18. Two days left. Get your startup in front of 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, an…
Former Infosys chief’s AI startup nabs another $53M

Former Infosys chief’s AI startup nabs another $53M

The Palo Alto startup says it has landed multiple seven-figure enterprise contracts within months of launch.…
3 days left to exhibit: Get your brand in front of VCs and high-value leads at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

3 days left to exhibit: Get your brand in front of VCs and high-value leads at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Last day to book your exhibit table at Disrupt is September 18. Three days left. Get your startup in front of 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, …
The Download: AI’s trillion-dollar gamble and OpenAI’s biology data bid

The Download: AI’s trillion-dollar gamble and OpenAI’s biology data bid

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. …
Polymarket’s Next Bet? It Can Also Be a Media Company

Polymarket’s Next Bet? It Can Also Be a Media Company

The legal battle over whether prediction markets are a form of gambling has overshadowed something else entirely: They’re already a new form of media.…
5 days left to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

5 days left to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

The last day to apply for an exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on Sept 18. Just 5 days left. Secure your spot on the Expo Hall floor and put yo…
Hear how AI can engineer nature’s comeback at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Hear how AI can engineer nature’s comeback at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Not long ago, bringing an extinct species back to life belonged to science fiction. Today, it’s the mission of a billion-dollar startup. Advance…
An Anthropic researcher’s doomsday warning comes at a very interesting time

An Anthropic researcher’s doomsday warning comes at a very interesting time

An Anthropic researcher resigned this week, warning in a post on X that the company is “racing straight to self-improving superintelligence …
Hitachi launches CO2 heat pump water heaters with solar-friendly tariff controls

Hitachi launches CO2 heat pump water heaters with solar-friendly tariff controls

Article URL: https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/09/07/hitachi-launches-co2-heat-pump-water-heaters-with-solar-friendly-tariff-controls/ Comments URL: ht…
What algorithm did Windows XP use to choose your initial user picture?

What algorithm did Windows XP use to choose your initial user picture?

Article URL: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260909-00/?p=112683 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49640646 Points: 297 …
Panic builds over bankrupt Spirit’s looming data sale to Google

Panic builds over bankrupt Spirit’s looming data sale to Google

"Bankruptcy cannot become the new land grab for AI.”…
Rust Is Tier-1 Language at Microsoft

Rust Is Tier-1 Language at Microsoft

Article URL: https://rustfoundation.org/media/guest-post-rust-is-tier-1-language-at-microsoft/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4964…