The 9 buzziest startups from Y Combinator’s latest Demo Day, according to VCs
From floating reactors to brain chips: VCs picked their favorite YC startups from the summer batch.
There Is No AI (It’s Just People) with Jaron Lanier
Article URL: https://singjupost.com/startalk-there-is-no-ai-really-its-just-people-w-jaron-lanier-transcript/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49687869 Points: 12 # Comments: 2
Rusting an E-scooter (In a Good Way)
It is a classic Hackaday situation. You have an Egret GT E-scooter. It has a screen that shows the usual dash stats, but that led to an annoyance. You could accidentally enter firmware update mode and, from there, enter operational mode without the security PIN. [Ben]...
How to adjust the Liquid Glass effect on your iPhone with iOS 27
If you've never been satisfied with Liquid Glass on your Phone, then you'll probably like some of the new customization options Apple offers in iOS 27.
What’s behind the AI industry’s latest warnings of doom?
On Equity, we discussed the AI industry's latest debate about whether it poses an existential threat to humanity.
AI recursive self-improvement might not come so quickly after all (August 2026)
Article URL: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/18/1142188/ai-recursive-self-improvement/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49687334 Points: 8 # Comments: 3
Flock cameras used to arrest a child for playing on a swing
Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koclOnlde0E Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49687312 Points: 24 # Comments: 5
Tesla’s second-gen Roadster is finally getting a debut nearly a decade later
The reveal is scheduled for October 10, so long as it's not delayed again.
I’m being cyberattacked by Tesla, Inc
Article URL: https://dreamstation.systems/personal/tesla.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686766 Points: 69 # Comments: 13
What’s the difference between AppleCare+ and AppleCare One?
Should you get AppleCare+ or AppleCare One? We explain the difference in this post.
Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?
Article URL: https://www.atomic14.com/2026/09/13/why-is-google-still-serving-dodgy-ads Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686445 Points: 27 # Comments: 9
Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)
What are you working on? What have you been curious about lately? Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686380 Points: 17 # Comments: 29
Apple’s rumored gaming controller for iPhone could feature Beats branding
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said there are two gaming controllers in the works.
Stop wasting your Wi-Fi router’s USB port — try this instead
If you have a USB port on the back of your router and don't know what to do with it, try some of these straightforward options.
Ask HN: How can I browse HN in dark mode?
For the fellow parents, some fun context: My toddler is asleep on me, and this light is blinding. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686233 Points: 5 # Comments: 4
David Sacks: OpenAI and Anthropic Don’t Need Regulations to Pace Frontier Models
Article URL: https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/2098973625252708460 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49685991 Points: 24 # Comments: 2
Romania soccer introduces black card to ‘combat abusive behaviour’ from parents
Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7586821/2026/09/12/football-black-card-referee/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686134 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
These useful accessories help extend your HDMI setup on a budget
HDMI cables can only transmit a signal so far, but these accessories can extend that when you need something more.
Car manufacturers are ditching CarPlay in 2026: Here’s why
CarPlay lets you bypass your car's lousy infotainment system, but some manufacturers have decided they don't want you doing that anymore.
A 386 PC For Your RP2350
We’re at a fortunate moment: microcontrollers available at modest prices are edging into the capability level previously reserved for full-fat systems and can, through emulation, run software beyond classic 8-bit home computers, consoles, or old arcade games. A...
Q-Day is approaching. Most organizations aren’t ready
Q-Day is approaching. Most organizations aren’t ready Go to Source “Q-Day,” the point at which quantum computers begin to break the encryption protecting most of the internet, lives in the same mental category as other far-off...
Garry Tan wants US open-weight AI labs to ‘distill’ frontier models, too
Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/11/y-combinators-garry-tan-wants-u-s-open-weight-ai-labs-to-distill-frontier-models-too/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49685253 Points: 12 # Comments: 3
Obama urges Democrats to have a ‘clear plan’ for AI safeguards
Obama recently said that Democrats need to make artificial intelligence one of their “central agendas” and “have a very clear plan” to address concerns around the technology’s economic impact and safety.
Chess.com (2026) – 4,653,212 breached accounts
In August 2026, millions of records allegedly sourced from Chess.com were posted online. The data contained 7.3M rows with 4.6M unique email addresses, along with usernames, names, countries and data relating to users' Chess.com accounts. Analysis of the data...
Predictive intelligence to anticipate anything.
Article URL: https://prior.chat/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49684879 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Libraries Run Rust Inside Python (With PyO3)
Article URL: https://belderbos.dev/blog/how-libraries-run-rust-inside-python/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49685037 Points: 5 # Comments: 2
YouTube’s AI Slop Crackdown Can’t Tell a Directed AI Film From a Bot Farm
In January 2026, YouTube terminated 16 channels that had racked up a combined 4.7 billion lifetime views and roughly $10 million a year in ad revenue. The platform called it a crackdown on “AI slop.” What YouTube actually enforces is narrower and blunter than that...
A Boundary-First Benchmark for Low-Latency Crypto Trading Systems
Search "low-latency crypto trading framework," and you will find a lot of microsecond claims. Almost none of them tell you where the stopwatch started and where it stopped. That omission is the whole game. "Sub-100µs" can mean the time from a network packet arriving...
The AI Slop Economy Runs on Unpaid Verification
There is a story going around about artificial intelligence and trust. It goes like this: AI floods the world with cheap, plausible content, so the genuine article becomes scarce, and scarcity means value, so credibility is the new moat. Build trust and win. I...
The TechBeat: Zuckerberg’s Superintelligence Memo: The Whole Argument Rests on One Premise (9/13/2026)
How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what's trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## How I Used AI to Trace 12 Generations of My Family Tree By @nfrankel [...