Startp Founder Interview: Stefaniya Barabanava of Sphere Health
Welcome to HackerNoon’s Writing Prompts! Would you like to take a stab at answering some of these questions? The link for the template is HERE. 1. What is your company in 2–5 words? Healthcare operations intelligence 2. Why is now the time for your company to exist?...
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby on the lessons he learned as a Texas trucker
I’m going to cheat a little because there are actually two “first jobs” that taught me valuable leadership lessons that I’ve carried with me in my time at United: The most valuable gift you can offer someone is your time, and what people will remember most about you...
Attackers Target Rejetto HFS Flaw That Enables Admin Session Forgery and RCE
A critical security flaw impacting Rejetto HTTP File Server (HFS) is witnessing active exploitation attempts, according to VulnCheck. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-61500 (CVSS score: 9.3), a case of session forgery stemming from the use of a weak...
Denmark Data Breach Exposes 8.8M People’s Personal Data
Article URL: https://www.cpr.dk/cpr-nyt/nyhedsarkiv/2026/okt/omfattende-uautoriseret-adgang-til-borgeres-cpr-oplysninger Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49962012 Points: 20 # Comments: 8
Sales of sub-€25,000 electric car models set to rise sevenfold
Article URL: https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/wave-of-affordable-electric-cars-is-boosting-consumers-choice-sales-of-sub-eur25-000-models-set-to-rise-sevenfold Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49961890 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
Brighter isn’t better and more is less. The AI slowdown is nigh, no matter who says what
There has been much chilly weather in the sunny meadowlands of AI futures. Fortunately, to use an indecently inappropriate adverb, the rest of the world isn’t really looking, being too busy chewing its nails over the very many other intimations of disaster. Sure,...
Google’s Fitbit Edge leaks out with a screen and Pixel 11 colors
The upcoming Fitbit Edge looks like a replacement for the Fitbit Charge last seen in 2023.
Huawei and Qualcomm Announce Broad Patent License Agreement
Huawei and Qualcomm Announce Broad Patent License Agreement Go to Source Article URL: https://www.huawei.com/en/news/2026/10/qualcomm-broad-patent-agreement Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49961861 Points: 3 #...
New NetScaler Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Attacks Can Knock SAML Deployments Offline
Citrix has released security updates for a high-severity security flaw in NetScaler ADC and Citrix NetScaler Gateway that has been exploited as part of targeted zero-day attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-88779, carries a CVSS score of 8.7 out of 10.0....
Conveyor Belt GBoard Brings the Keys to You
It must be April in October again, because Google Japan has a new, hilariously impractical reimagining of the keyboard: a conveyor belt. This time it’s on GitHub with firmware, STLs, and a full build guide if you, too, want to wait a full cycle to get the ‘backspace’...
What people say about their file infrastructure once the badge comes off
Most senior infrastructure people could tell you what they would do with their file estate if they were starting again. Far fewer will tell you what they actually did, because the honest version tends to involve a VPN that was meant to be temporary and a NAS that has...
Alleged ShinyHunters Leader Arrested in Jordan
Alleged ShinyHunters Leader Arrested in Jordan Go to Source Known as Rey, the suspect is reportedly helping the FBI identify and locate other members of the extortion group. The post Alleged ShinyHunters Leader Arrested in Jordan...
Replacement of petroleum based products with plant-based materials (2025)
Replacement of petroleum based products with plant-based materials (2025) Go to Source Article URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eng2.70108 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49960901 Points: 39 #...
Buyer missed one option and got 1% of the cable they needed
Every Monday morning The Register kicks off proceedings by asking the same question – “Who, Me?” – the title of the reader-contributed column in which you share your tales of the occasions on which you didn’t quite nail the brief yet somehow found career relief. This...
Anthropic reported diary entry to police, woman faces felony charge
Article URL: https://www.techspot.com/news/114091-florida-woman-used-claude-diary-anthropic-reported-shoot.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49961057 Points: 12 # Comments: 3
Replacement of Petroleum Based Products with Plant-Based Materials
Article URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eng2.70108 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49960901 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Stop telling women to talk about menopause at work
Recently, menopause has gone from taboo to mainstream, with celebrities turning “the change” into a status symbol and vocal clinicians becoming household names. Those brave women paved the way for more conversation, catalyzing focus and research on women’s health, and...
Kagi Ends Orion Browser Development for Linux, Will Open-Source It
Article URL: https://linuxiac.com/kagi-ends-orion-browser-development-for-linux-will-open-source-it/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49960628 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
Exploitation of Citrix NetScaler Zero-Day Hits Appliances Patched Days Earlier
Citrix has confirmed that a new zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2026-88779, emerged just days after two other exploited flaws were patched. The post Exploitation of Citrix NetScaler Zero-Day Hits Appliances Patched Days Earlier appeared first on SecurityWeek.
How to reclaim 10GB of iPhone space without deleting photos or apps
Few digital warning banners prompt immediate frustration quite like seeing “iPhone Storage Almost Full” right when you open your camera to record a quick video. You might assume that you’re trapped in a terrible trade-off: Either delete three years of family photos or...
It’s GW-BASIC, Jim, But Not as We Know It
Back in the old days the IBM-PC, like most of its contemporary computers, shipped with BASIC in ROM. Even after it stopped living in ROM, IBM-Compatibles shipped with GW-BASIC, and now we have a project that asks: what if they still did? Thoreau BASIC is GW-BASIC, but...
Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies from Plague
Article URL: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/02/nearly-200-people-under-observation-after-irkutsk-lab-worker-dies-from-plague-a93857 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49960084 Points: 8 # Comments: 0
Upgrading a Benchtop Laser for Megawatt Power
One fascinating thing about a pulsed laser is that, though the average power may be measured in watts or milliwatts, the peak power can easily reach millions of times that. This happens even in normal operation, but as [Les’ Lab] demonstrated, adding a Q-Switch can...
Powerless F1 drivers frustrated by Bahrain F1 software glitch
Article URL: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/horrible-totally-unacceptable-powerless-f1-drivers-frustrated-by-bahrain-f1-software-glitch/10861968/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49959869 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
The logic of gambling undergirds everything coming out of Silicon Valley
Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/magazine/gambling-prediction-markets-statistics.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49959583 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
ArtCraft Apps – open-source Adobe compatible suite written in Rust
Article URL: https://getartcraft.com/apps Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49958850 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
1 in 8 cancer cases are caused by infections
Article URL: https://www.livescience.com/health/cancer/1-in-8-cancer-cases-are-caused-by-infections-underscoring-the-importance-of-vaccines-experts-say Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49959260 Points: 16 # Comments: 4
What are the benefits of having a second monitor?
Adding a second monitor is a huge upgrade, even if you aren't doing intensive work like editing video or accounting. More screen space is always helpful.
“No Vendor Lock-In” Is Code for “No Product”
Article URL: https://ferran.sh/writing/no-vendor-lock-in-is-code-for-no-product Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49958761 Points: 11 # Comments: 4
The reason the Mac mini is cheaper than a MacBook
If you're trying to decide between a MacBook and a Mac mini, you might be interested to know why there's a price difference.