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One of the best 3D printers for beginners is almost $100 off

One of the best 3D printers for beginners is almost $100 off

If the high price tag of premium 3D printers have kept you from exploring the hobby, this deal is a great entry point. Elegoo has its Centauri Carbon …
Fujifilm’s Instax Pal 2 is a tiny digital camera that may not disappoint

Fujifilm’s Instax Pal 2 is a tiny digital camera that may not disappoint

Fujifilm announced a follow-up to its tiny and quirky Instax Pal camera that debuted three years ago bundled with an instant printer. While the origin…
Exclusive: Paying for frontier AI models buys 4-month head start at 5x the cost

Exclusive: Paying for frontier AI models buys 4-month head start at 5x the cost

Ars previewed Mozilla’s report on how cheap open models caught up on capability.…
This Atlantic hurricane season is about to do something that hasn't happened in 175 years

This Atlantic hurricane season is about to do something that hasn't happened in 175 years

But there may be a price to pay for a quiet Atlantic hurricane season.…
The premium AirPods 5 are the best open-ear earbuds Apple has made

The premium AirPods 5 are the best open-ear earbuds Apple has made

It's almost a guarantee that the new version of a product will be, at best, the same price as the old one, and often (especially in the past couple ye…
Voicemod’s new pocket-friendly device brings real-time voice changing to your phone

Voicemod’s new pocket-friendly device brings real-time voice changing to your phone

Voicemod announced a new mobile device that expands the capabilities of the Voicemod Key dongle it launched in late 2024 as a way to bring the company…
Early Anthropic hire, former METR COO have found a way to rein in rogue AI agents

Early Anthropic hire, former METR COO have found a way to rein in rogue AI agents

Their startup, Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC) has raised $40 million in a Series A lound led by Ribbit Capital, with participatio…
A beginning for mathematics

A beginning for mathematics

Article URL: https://www.daniellitt.com/blog/2026/9/13/a-beginning-for-mathematics/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49698699 Points…
EuroBirdPortal – Live bird movements across Europe

EuroBirdPortal – Live bird movements across Europe

Article URL: https://www.eurobirdportal.org/ebp/en/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49693610 Points: 222 # Comments: 63…
Apple's Siri AI Can Be Swapped Out for Claude, ChatGPT, Code Shows

Apple's Siri AI Can Be Swapped Out for Claude, ChatGPT, Code Shows

Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/09/14/siri-can-be-swapped-out-for-chatgpt-claude/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49695…
Microsoft says ‘people matter more than AI’ following safety concerns

Microsoft says ‘people matter more than AI’ following safety concerns

Microsoft is publishing a 37-page "humanist AI code of conduct" today, amid growing safety concerns over AI model progress. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei…
Litelm: LiteLLM Without the Bloat

Litelm: LiteLLM Without the Bloat

Article URL: https://github.com/kennethwolters/litelm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49662767 Points: 176 # Comments: 61…
λ Snap – An inviting programming language for kids and adults for CS study

λ Snap – An inviting programming language for kids and adults for CS study

Article URL: https://snap.berkeley.edu/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49662214 Points: 180 # Comments: 112…
Android NAT-T keepalive offload bypasses VPN lockdown

Android NAT-T keepalive offload bypasses VPN lockdown

https://mullvad.net/en/blog/another-way-to-leak-traffic-on-a... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49665502 Points: 176 # Comments: 44…
LG Says We're Fake News [video]

LG Says We're Fake News [video]

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToP9xfLDSME Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49676324 Points: 190 # Comments: 88…
Everyone should slow down AI development except for me

Everyone should slow down AI development except for me

Article URL: https://xeiaso.net/notes/2026/everyone-slowdown-but-me/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49678683 Points: 179 # Comment…
Scientists unlock secrets of ancient Egyptian materials with proteomics

Scientists unlock secrets of ancient Egyptian materials with proteomics

Analysis revealed seed proteins from sesame and moringa, which held religious and symbolic significance.…
Meta may have leaked the first look at its slim ‘Project Phoenix’ headset

Meta may have leaked the first look at its slim ‘Project Phoenix’ headset

Just a couple of weeks before Meta Connect starts on September 23rd, UploadVR posted images seemingly revealing the design for Meta's "Project Phoenix…
Microsoft’s head of comms is leaving after almost 20 years

Microsoft’s head of comms is leaving after almost 20 years

Frank Shaw is leaving Microsoft after 17 years as chief communications officer. In an internal note to his team, Shaw says he's "decided it is time fo…
Anthropic spent this week in hot water over cybersecurity

Anthropic spent this week in hot water over cybersecurity

After admitting earlier this year that its AI models had hacked other companies' systems on a handful of occasions, Anthropic released a new report on…
We unfolded the iPhone Duo

We unfolded the iPhone Duo

You only get one chance at a first impression, and getting to introduce Apple's first folding phone is certainly a strong way to start things off as A…
Ask HN: Can we please limit the AI news flood?

Ask HN: Can we please limit the AI news flood?

Over past couple months I noticed that HN feed is almost exclusively AI or AI-adjacent news. Meanwhile the legitimately, broadly-hacker stuff gets lef…
The wireless earbuds with unbeatable call quality got their first discount

The wireless earbuds with unbeatable call quality got their first discount

Anker’s Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro came out swinging in May with incredible call quality, something that competing ear buds have struggled to get right. …
One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’

One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’

Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.…
All grown-ups were once children, but only few of them remember it

All grown-ups were once children, but only few of them remember it

Article URL: https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/117244102901892965 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49638280 Points: 265 # Comments: 228…
Apple Watch Series 12

Apple Watch Series 12

Article URL: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/09/introducing-apple-watch-series-12-with-the-all-new-health-sensing-system/ Comments URL: https://ne…
The Download: biotech’s future and cheaper, cleaner steel

The Download: biotech’s future and cheaper, cleaner steel

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. …
Arizona’s lifeline for chip manufacturing is drying up

Arizona’s lifeline for chip manufacturing is drying up

Arizona, an epicenter for the bipartisan push to revive American chip manufacturing, is about to lose more than a quarter of the water it typically pu…
Insta360 launches a single-lens Osmo Pocket rival you can actually buy in the US

Insta360 launches a single-lens Osmo Pocket rival you can actually buy in the US

Insta360's first compact steadicam, the Luna Ultra, made a splash this year by beating DJI to launch with two lenses. Now it's followed the Ultra with…
More questions about whether researchers can trust OpenAI with unpublished math

More questions about whether researchers can trust OpenAI with unpublished math

https://mathstodon.xyz/@andreasthom/117240536885387540https://mathstodon.xyz/@andreasthom/117240537520615623https://x.com/ValerioCapraro/status/209779…