Pixel 11’s Call For Me feature begins preliminary rollout
Select Gemini subscribers with a Pixel 11 can soon try out phone calls via AI chatbot.
Kontext Security Emerges With $4 Million for AI Agent Runtime Controls
The startup’s runtime enforcement platform evaluates AI agents in real time to provide visibility and control over their actions. The post Kontext Security Emerges With $4 Million for AI Agent Runtime Controls appeared first on SecurityWeek.
F-Droid 2.0: A New Chapter for Android Freedom
Article URL: https://f-droid.org/2026/09/24/f-droid-2.0-a-new-chapter-for-android-freedom.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49831968 Points: 11 # Comments: 0
Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits
Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/disney-and-hulu-raise-prices-by-up-to-13-percent-after-doubling-profits/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49831774 Points: 15 # Comments: 2
Tutoring company tells parents to save their money and ‘use AI instead’
Article URL: https://www.afr.com/policy/health-and-education/tutoring-company-tell-parents-to-save-their-money-and-use-ai-instead-20260923-p60z0r Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49831690 Points: 13 # Comments: 1
Standalone DJ System Runs On ESP32
There are plenty of ways to DJ with a laptop and various controller setups. However, if you find hauling around an entire computer can be a bit much, you might like this lighter system from [Daniel Vučinović]. It’s called Pajoniiir, and it’s intended to replace a...
Xiaomi’s 18 Pro series phones have the latest Snapdragon chip and a Samsung-like privacy screen
You'll have to wait a bit if you're outside China though.
Hacked Ukrainian Sites Serve Fake Cloudflare ClickFix Lures for Psychedelic Stealer
An active ClickFix campaign has been observed compromising legitimate Ukrainian business websites to inject bogus Cloudflare verification pages and trick victims into downloading a previously undocumented information stealer called Psychedelic. "When a visitor...
Someone went shopping in ASUS’s eShop – for customer data
Asus has warned eShop customers that an intruder got into part of its online store and may have helped themselves to contact details and order records. The PC maker disclosed the incident in an email sent to customers, first reported by KitGuru, in which it said had...
Dynamic Abliteration: Non-Destructive Refusal Suppression via Engram Steering
Article URL: https://blog.madhukaraphatak.in/non-destructive-refusal-supression-using-engram Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49831201 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Razer’s Kiyo V2 Pro webcam can capture 4K video at 60 fps
Razer's new 'pro' webcam can handle 4K video at 60 fps and will cost $300
Shield AI, Waabi, and General Motors on building AI when failure is not an option at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Leaders from Waabi, Shield AI, and General Motors join the Real World AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to talk building AI. Save up to $200 by Sept. 25, 11:59 p.m. PT. Get a second pass at 50% off.
Ask HPE and NVIDIA the AI data question you cannot ask in public
EVENT: HPE and NVIDIA are sending their AI infrastructure leads to a dinner table in Washington where nothing said is on the record. The Register is hosting, our editor-in-chief Matt Rosoff takes the chair, and there is one table, on Thursday 29 October. Most AI...
Best LLM for every budget, updated daily
Article URL: https://bestmodelforyourbudget.terrydjony.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49830866 Points: 6 # Comments: 9
This app is a smart glasses creep detector
A new app lets you know when AI smart glasses are in the room with you. As anxiety grows over smart eyewear that can record people without their knowledge, the ZuckOff app works by logging nearby Bluetooth signals and flagging those it believes come from smart...
Lovable’s annualized revenue crosses $600M as vibe coding takes off
Lovable co-foudner Fabian Hedin said that apps created on the platform are getting nearly a billion monthly views each month.
OpenAI Agents Probed Websites for Vulnerabilities While Fetching Public Data
Australia disclosed that an OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to non-public government information. The post OpenAI Agents Probed Websites for Vulnerabilities While Fetching Public Data appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Oracle Cites ‘Force Majeure’ to Shield Itself on Controversial Data Center
Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-24/oracle-cites-force-majeure-to-shield-itself-on-controversial-data-center Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49830037 Points: 21 # Comments: 7
White House ordered to ‘immediately return, reinstate, and restore’ access for 3 news outlets
A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s ban of three news outlets from the White House grounds, ordering early Thursday that CNN, MS NOW and Politico must have their access restored.The ruling hands the outlets at least a temporary reprieve in...
Talk of AI in KDE sets the community ablaze
A proposal to make KDE an "AI-native" desktop has gone down like a house on fire: screams, flames, people running for safety. There may be no survivors.* Last weekend was KDE's annual Akademy conference and it included a presentation proposing an AI-native KDE. We...
Ando wants to take on Slack with a team messaging app that lets humans and agents work together
Ando has raised $20 million in pre-seed and seed funding from investors including Accel, Index Ventures and Emergence.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Cal AI’s Zach Yadegari on how to create viral growth and capitalize on it
Zach Yadegari joins the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to share how he capitalized on viral growth. Save up to $200 before September 25. Save 50% on a second pass.
Starbucks store closures: List of doomed locations includes another 250 coffeehouses, 1 year after earlier cull
Starbucks Coffee Company announced today that it will close approximately 250 North American stores later this week. This represents about 1% of the Seattle coffee giant’s more than 18,000 North American coffee shops. The company said it reviewed its North American...
Is your Apple Watch 12 or Ultra 4 randomly restarting? Here’s the fix
Some owners, including me, have reported sudden shutdowns while adjusting Apple Watch settings.
After Decades, NASA May Finally Replace Mars Relays
We’ve yet to find any definitive evidence that there’s biological life on present-day Mars, but to say it’s a dead planet isn’t exactly accurate. Since the first Viking lander touched down in 1976, a revolving cast of humanity’s robotic envoys have worked on and...
2 days left to save up to $200 on a TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass — reason 4 of 5 to attend
Reason 4 of 5 to attend TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Practical answers. Two days left to save up to $200 on your pass. Savings disappear after September 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Bring a second guest at 50% off.
Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges
Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/owners-mourn-spoiled-food-after-firmware-update-bricks-samsung-smart-fridges/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49829960 Points: 10 # Comments: 1
3 useful iOS 27 features that you may not know of in Apple’s latest update
Apple’s latest mobile operating system update, iOS 27, rolled out last week, headlined by a more advanced version of its Siri assistant. But it also comes with a slew of other useful but less well known features for iPhone users.The software upgrade, which is...
DoJ: Uncle Sam bought forensics software from same Russian operation supplying FSB
US defense and homeland security agencies bought digital forensics software developed by the same Russian operation that also sold its wares to the FSB, according to US prosecutors. The Department of Justice says Oxygen Forensics CEO Lee Reiber and Russian national...
‘That’s so AI ‘ What gen Alpha’s biggest insult tells us
Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/24/thats-so-ai-what-gen-alphas-biggest-insult-tells-us Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49829650 Points: 4 # Comments: 0