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How to Beat Surveillance Pricing Before It Bleeds You Dry

Consumer advocate Lindsay Owen’s new book, Gouged, traces how corporations use software—from ever-changing prices to opaque algorithms—to squeeze every penny from you.

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7 Best Smartwatch Models: Apple, Google, Garmin (2026)

These WIRED-tested wearables reduce your reliance on a phone while keeping you connected.

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OpenAI Delays Release of Latest Model Over Safety Concerns

The company said its latest Astra model would undergo more work to meet safety standards, and issued an apology for the ...

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Timnit Gebru Believes There Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AI

One of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity.

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New Cyber-OSINT model released

Article URL: https://twitter.com/0x0SojalSec/status/2104736980768866439 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...

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A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization

Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has ...

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NASA asked several former SR-71A staffers to help secret restart

Article URL: https://aviationweek.com/defense/aircraft-propulsion/nasa-asked-several-former-sr-71a-staffers-help-secret...

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Beats 360 Review: Customizable, Stylish, and Fun

Beats’ new flagship headphones are customizable, stylish, fun, and great for working out. But there are stronger optio...

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Protego Ventures closes debut $125 million fund for Israeli defense tech

Protego Ventures, the first and largest dedicated defense tech VC in Israel, just completed its final $125 million closi...

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Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think

You hear it all the time: Modern cars are basically smartphones on wheels. And just like the phone in your pocket, the c...

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Show HN: Raven – The harness of harnesses, built for RSI

Article URL: https://github.com/EverMind-AI/Raven Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49890647 Points: 4...

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Plastic Is Melting Onto Corals

Scientists have found a new form of pollution, one where plastic and pieces of coral become irreversibly intertwined.

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AI companies leak data to advertisers [pdf]

Article URL: https://jorgegarciaherrero.com/wp-content/interactivos/20260916-Prompt-like-a-butterfly-sting-like-a-track...

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Ex-Tesla team raises $12.5M to put supply chains on autopilot

Atomic's agentic supply chain software is now being used by companies like DoorDash and HelloFresh.

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Evan Doorbell's Phone Tapes – Brought to You by Telephone World

Article URL: https://evan-doorbell.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49890054 Points: 9 # Comment...

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Using any C++ library in Godot

Article URL: https://blog.conan.io/cpp/conan/gamedev/godot/cmake/2026/09/29/Using-Any-Cpp-Library-In-Godot.html Comment...

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Firebase SDK is CRASHING ALLLL iOS Apps, since today morning

Article URL: https://twitter.com/GergelyOrosz/status/2104825886922911981 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite...

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Startup Nights 2026 is comming up on 5-6 Nov. in Switzerland

Article URL: https://www.startup-nights.ch/event/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49889633 Points: 3...

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OpenAI: Tomorrow we are re-opening the Pro $200 subscription

Article URL: https://twitter.com/thsottiaux/status/2104823812042940713 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...

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US Forces Exit Iraq

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-forces-exit-iraq-after-two-decades-leaving-opening-iran-2026-...

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Uncensored and Offensive Security AI Models Benchmark

Article URL: https://github.com/JoasASantos/Offensive-Security-AI-Models Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite...

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Anthropic’s prospectus details losses, growth, and, yes, a warning that its AI could end humanity

In its prospectus, Anthropic just told investors it's losing tens of billions of dollars a year, but also growing like c...

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Profit Margins of the Largest Companies

Article URL: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-how-profitable-are-the-worlds-largest-companies/ Comments URL: htt...

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U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Falls to Lowest Level Since 1982

Article URL: https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/US-Strategic-Petroleum-Reserve-Falls-to-Lowest-Level-Si...

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Bluegraph – Explore NOAA buoy data, rebuilt in 3D from measured spectra

Article URL: https://bluegraph.io/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49886901 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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Nothing’s New Headphone (1) Pro Are Made for the Studio

With three drivers in each ear and tuning from Metropolis Studios, Nothing wants its new $399 cans to shine in the studi...

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Nothing’s new flagship Headphone 1 Pro put you in the studio

Nothing has been on a bit of an audio tear this year, releasing the solid Headphone A and the surprisingly good Ear 3A e...

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We found 24 Android vulnerabilities using our open source AI security agent

Article URL: https://github.blog/security/how-we-found-24-android-vulnerabilities-using-our-open-source-ai-security-age...

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Tank Body Problem

Article URL: http://www.jimsitu.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49886482 Points: 5 # Comments: 1...

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OpenAI Says It Will Not Release Newest A.I. Model Over Safety Concerns

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/technology/openai-astra-safety.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombina...