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Google’s new Guided Vision feature can help you read the fine print

Guided Vision is launching in Gemini Live on compatible Android devices today to use AI to give real-time audio descriptions of anything you point your phone's camera at. By sharing your camera in Gem...

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Pi 1.0

Article URL: https://earendil.com/posts/pi-1-0/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49926069 Points: 47 ...

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Pi Durable

Article URL: https://earendil.com/posts/pi-durable/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49925969 Points:...

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ChatGPT can now virtually try on clothes for you

OpenAI is rolling out new shopping features for ChatGPT that let users virtually try on clothing and accessories using t...

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Android Central ‘will continue’ despite laying off its staff

Android Central, a blog focused on the Android ecosystem, laid off its staff yesterday, but owner Future confirms to The...

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Can good design stop content creators from having sex in robotaxis?

Autonomous vehicle designers have to worry about riders getting frisky in public. ...

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Google thinks SpaceX’s Starship has to launch 1,600 times before space data centers get off the ground

Google launched its first advanced chip into orbit to pave the way for space data centers.

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Effect 4.0

Article URL: https://effect.website/blog/releases/effect/40 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49925812...

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Oxygen-deprived underwater zones may not be "dead zones" but clue to early life

Article URL: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2026AV002570 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.co...

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Giving friends custom text buzzes based on Morse code

Article URL: https://liquidbrain.net/blog/giving-friends-custom-text-buzzes-based-on-morse-code/ Comments URL: https://...

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Steam Deck 2: Is AMD Gainsborough the chip Valve’s been waiting for?

The Steam Deck is four and a half years old, and handheld gamers are eagerly awaiting a Steam Deck 2 - but Valve has con...

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Terminal Email: terminal email clients for every system

Article URL: https://terminalemail.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49925421 Points: 11 # Commen...

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World’s first enhanced geothermal power plant completed in just 23 months

Fervo Energy completed its first power plant in less than two years. The next phases promise to connect to the grid even...

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iPod of 2026

Article URL: https://sudo.music/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49925261 Points: 10 # Comments: 11

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OpenAI cuts ties with 3 safety researchers, WSJ reports

OpenAI has parted ways with three safety researchers after an internal investigation found they mishandled sensitive com...

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Bez: Generating a browser engine from specs and tests

Article URL: https://tangled.org/burrito.space/bez Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49925036 Points: ...

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Marvel releases one last VisionQuest trailer

"This is a fight I likely won't win. We have said goodbye before. But remember, family is forev...

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Experience What It’s Like to Travel in the Occupied West Bank

Traverse barriers and checkpoints in the occupied West Bank—your choices reflect the reality of nearly 3.5 million Pal...

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Opus 5.5 loves to tell you ‘this matters’ (and other AI writing tells)

Opus 5.5’s biggest tell is the word “dependable,” which pops up 23 times more often than in human samples.

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Memory executives expect RAM shortage to continue through 2028

Prices for memory sold for 2027 "are much higher than 2026 prices."

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Show HN: Vote on which of Hacker News' challenges for AI have been met

Article URL: https://stoppels.ch/goalposts/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49924618 Points: 14 # Co...

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macOS 27 is so buggy

Article URL: https://osxdaily.com/2026/09/30/buggy-laggy-mission-control-spaces-stage-manager-in-macos-27-golden-gate-t...

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Judge dismisses antitrust lawsuits over Google’s AI Overviews

A federal judge has dismissed a pair of antitrust lawsuits filed by Chegg and Rolling Stone parent company Penske Media ...

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SlutCon

Article URL: https://www.thenewcritic.com/p/safe-at-slutcon Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49924354...

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This startup wants to turn idle user car inventory into rental revenue

When Igor Dobrianskyi looks at a car dealership lot, he doesn't see rows of cars — he sees millions of dollars just si...

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ParadeDB Search Performance Improvements

Article URL: https://www.paradedb.com/blog/opening-a-closed-tin Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4992...

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Git 3.0's upcoming SHA-256 default will be a costly mistake

Article URL: https://blog.gitbutler.com/git-3-sha-256 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49924179 Point...

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Sony brings AI graphics upscaling to the regular PS5

Sony is launching a new AI upscaling technology specifically for the regular PS5. The new tech, called Quick Spectral Su...

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Florida cops say they don't know who owns 11 unpermitted Flock cameras

Floridians alarmed by 14 mysterious Flock cameras; 11 have no clear owner.

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Amazon releases its own Jev clone as decision models flood the web

Amazon Web Services' Strand Labs has released the latest Jevalike decision model, Strands Decider 2B.