Rust Port of TypeScript (Tsc)
Article URL: https://github.com/pingdotgg/ts-rust Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50000676 Points: 7 # Comments: 1
Margaret Hamilton has died
Article URL: https://news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-hamilton-computing-pioneer-dies-1007 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49998895 Points: 501 # Comments: 58
‘Jonathan’ is the oldest land animal on Earth
Article URL: https://www.404media.co/oldest-living-land-animal-jonathan-the-tortoise/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49998066 Points: 30 # Comments: 6
Robot data startup Mecka AI nabs $60M from Sequoia
Robot data startup Mecka AI nabs $60M from Sequoia Go to Source The startup pays people to record everyday tasks.
Margaret Hamilton, who led software development for the Apollo program, has died
Article URL: https://news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-hamilton-computing-pioneer-dies-1007 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49998895 Points: 302 # Comments: 30
Meta and Microsoft take steps to reduce employee usage of Claude AI
Article URL: https://www.rswebsols.com/news/meta-and-microsoft-take-steps-to-reduce-employee-usage-of-claude-ai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49997161 Points: 241 # Comments: 229
Microsoft is about to let Copilot loose on your file system
If you thought Windows Recall was creepy, buckle up. Microsoft is about to shoehorn even more AI into its desktop operating system, giving Copilot access to every file on your PC. But don't worry, Redmond insists it's totally secure and safe since the agents powering...
OpenAI dots inspire open source imitators amid technical difficulties
When OpenAI introduced dots last month, it pitched them as "always-on agents" running in their own cloud computer, but that may be overstating the readiness of the technology and of the people trying to use it. Presently, multiple users are reporting task failures and...
Argonne scientists create chatty X-ray microscope that zooms in where you tell it to
Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have plugged an agentic AI platform into an X-ray nanoprobe beamline, creating a system that can get a closer look at areas researchers ask it to focus on. Argonne reported the success of an experimental run of the agentic...
Microsoft N1Xes Intel in favor of Nvidia’s shiny new SoCs in Surface Laptop Ultra
Look out, Intel! Microsoft released its first Surface notebook powered by Nvidia's RTX Spark system-on-chip (SoC) during an event in San Francisco on Wednesday. The Surface Laptop Ultra is one of several new Copilot+ PCs powered by the N1X chip that Microsoft says is...
Attackers hijacked top-level domains, minted fake security certs for Google and other orgs
Imagine going to a Google website at its correct URL, only to be redirected to a crim's illegitimate copy. Attackers hijacked top-level domains, allowing them to alter DNS records and mint fraudulent HTTPS certificates for several Google domains, and those belonging...
Streaming Games Means the Nintendo DSi Will Never Be Obsolete
There comes a point where you have to acknowledge that your beloved console is out of date and– barring the odd homebrew title– won’t be playing new games ever again. You’d think that Nintendo’s 2008 DSi handheld would be in this category, but [gavff64] has a...
While VCs crowd into San Francisco, Endeavor Catalyst raises $320M for founders ‘elsewhere’
Endeavor Catalyst just raised $320 million to keep backing founders outside Silicon Valley. Half the profits go back to the nonprofit that finds them.
I’m in love with a German film star
Article URL: https://heatherburns.tech/2026/10/01/im-in-love-with-a-german-film-star/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49999606 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Rivian R2 owners can now put a live pet cam on their phone’s lockscreen
Keep an eye on your furry, feathered or scaly friends when you leave the car.
Margaret Hamilton, who led software development for Apollo program, dies at 90
Article URL: https://news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-hamilton-computing-pioneer-dies-1007 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49998895 Points: 41 # Comments: 3
What will happen to Paramount+ and HBO Max under the new Skydance?
The deal merging Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. closed on Tuesday, bringing with it new questions about the future of the companies’ flagship streaming services: Paramount+ and HBO Max. What will that mean for streaming consumers? So far, the new company hasn’t...
Microsoft’s $2,599 Surface Laptop Ultra Puts Nvidia RTX Spark Inside a Windows Laptop
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra starts at $2,599 with an Nvidia RTX Spark GPU, up to 128GB of memory, and support for running large AI models locally. The post Microsoft’s $2,599 Surface Laptop Ultra Puts Nvidia RTX Spark Inside a Windows Laptop appeared first on...
Claude Code Finally Made Me an Engineer After 10 Years in Figma
I’ve spent 10+ years designing interfaces for fintech, DeFi, and blockchain products used by millions to manage their money. For years, I handed engineers Figma files and pretended the “ready for dev” tag meant something. In reality, it meant “now we wait and hope for...
Should You Perform a Penetration Test in Staging or Production?
A pentest can uncover serious vulnerabilities, but where you test matters just as much as how you test. Staging gives you control. Production shows you what attackers can actually reach. That difference creates a common security dilemma. Testing only in staging may...
We Learned How to Moderate Social Media: AI Is a Much Harder Problem
YouTube has become a familiar part of everyday life. We use it to watch a sporting event, a documentary, or a tutorial, or we let our children watch a cartoon. Yet, behind this apparent normality lies a huge problem: anyone can upload content. And inevitably, some...
Google Just Bet 396 MW on Geothermal to Power Its AI
The AI Boom Has an Electricity Problem. Could the Answer Be Underground? Every time someone consults the internet or saves information in the cloud, the electricity is supplying power to the whole process. The power consumption of one single query of an AI is...
When AI Makes Medical Decisions: Designing Human-in-the-Loop Clinical Systems
A few years back, a hospital in the Midwest rolled out a sepsis prediction model across its ICU. Within weeks, nurses were quietly muting the alerts. Not because the model was wrong exactly, but because it fired so often that people stopped trusting it, and eventually...
251 Blog Posts To Learn About Communication
Let's learn about Communication via these 251 free blog posts. They are ordered by HackerNoon reader engagement data. Visit the Learn Repo or LearnRepo.com to find the most read blog posts about any technology. We've all heard that we need to be better communicators...
AI Is Changing Financial Fraud: Why Anomaly Detection Alone Is No Longer Enough
Imagine opening a bank account today. Your documents pass verification. Your device looks legitimate. Your transactions raise no concerns. Six months later, that same account is helping move money through a fraud network.The interesting question isn't why the final...
Tunnl Partners With DeepIntent to Reach Healthcare Audiences with Research-Backed Precision
ARLINGTON, VA, October 7th, 2026/TechnologyWire/--Tunnl, the AI-powered audience intelligence platform, today announced a partnership with DeepIntent, a leading healthcare marketing platform that enables healthcare marketers to access Tunnl’s research-backed audience...
HireQuotient Announces an Integration with BambooHR to Bring AI-Native Recruiting to Key Industries
San Francisco, United States, October 7th, 2026, TechnologyWire/--HireQuotient, a leading AI-native recruitment technology company, today announced an integration with BambooHR, the leading People Intelligence Platform for small and mid-sized businesses. The...
Sui Sets Record for Highest Verified Throughput Settled to a Blockchain: 40 Million Transactions
Palo Alto, CA, October 7th, 2026/Chainwire/--Sui tunnels processed 40,614,180 transactions per second (TPS), settled on Sui mainnet in a live, high-stress speed test, beating its own 20 million target and easily surpassing its July 4 record of over 6 million. The test...
Yapı Kredi Kripto Selects Integral to Power Digital Asset Trading Services in Türkiye
Palo Alto, California, October 7th, 2026/Chainwire/--Integral, a leading provider of currency technology, today announced that Yapı Kredi Kripto has selected Integral's digital asset trading technology, enabling the group to provide cryptocurrency services through its...
Gate Launches Gate Money, a New Financial Services Gateway Connecting Assets, Funds, and Payments
On October 7, Dr. Han, Gate Founder and CEO, officially announced the launch of Gate Money during his keynote speech at the TOKEN2049 conference. Centered around the core philosophy of "One Gate, Everything Money," Gate Money leverages Gate's existing suite of...