On Really Trying (2009)
Article URL: https://gwern.net/on-really-trying Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49622305 Points: 69 # Comments: 41
Another Microsoft team admits it’s struggling to handle flood of AI-generated code
Increase in vibe-coded browser extensions sees Edge team automate quality assessments
Google warns of new Chrome zero-day bug exploited in attacks
Google has patched 230 vulnerabilities on Tuesday, including another actively exploited Chrome zero-day bug, the seventh such vulnerability patched since the start of the year. [...]
“Tweet” and the bird logo apparently enter the public domain
Article URL: https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2026/09/tweet-and-the-bird-logo-apparently-enter-the-public-domain-but-x-maintains-its-grip-on-the-twitter-mark-for-now-x-v-project-bluebird.htm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49621751 Points: 118 # Comments: 68
Google DeepMind alumni are building tools to accelerate fusion power for the grid
Fusionality is developing control systems and simulation environments to help fusion power startups move faster.
Apple’s foldable ‘iPhone Duo’ will reportedly start at $2,000
With only a few hours left until the first iPhone launch event since John Ternus took over as the CEO of Apple, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman says the name of the company's long-rumored folding phone is the iPhone Duo. The midnight report suggests it will have a price starting at $2,000 for a mo...
Philippines bets AI will lift GDP by 12 percent in seven years – without hurting outsourcing
Plans 30x datacenter expansion for less than what big tech spends in a month
A Biography of Lee Holloway, the Architect of Cloudflare's Technology (Part 1)
Article URL: https://note.com/masakazu_urabe/n/n7815f5b64fab?hl=en Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49621102 Points: 12 # Comments: 2
iPhone Duo: Apple’s new foldable reportedly not named Ultra, plus price, colors, more
Apple is officially set to unveil its first foldable iPhone in a few hours. On the eve of the event, Mark Gurman at Bloomberg has reported some last-minute details, including a spoiler for the foldable iPhone’s actual name: iPhone Duo. more…
The Nonfiction Book Market Is Collapsing
Article URL: https://dearheadofmine.substack.com/p/the-nonfiction-book-market-is-collapsing Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49621074 Points: 10 # Comments: 1
CloudNC raises $20M to automate manufacturing’s most pressing bottlenecks
UK-based manufacturing software startup CloudNC announced Wednesday a $20 million B extension round, bringing its lifetime total raised amount to $128 million.
What OpenAI’s latest controversy tells us about the future of math
OpenAI’s latest mathematical milestone has quickly become mired in controversy. Today, the company announced that its agents have solved one of the Millennium Prize Problems, some of the most important open problems in mathematics. Under normal circumstances, that solution would be a huge feather...
US claims Chinese AI companies’ core AI strategy is distilling American models
Spooks and CISA point to ‘industrial-scale distillation’ by DeepSeek, Alibaba, and other Chinese players
iPhone Ultra is coming, here’s what the final rumors say
Apple is expected to announce its first-ever foldable iPhone tomorrow, which rumors say could be called the iPhone Ultra. Here are some last-minute rumors about what to expect. more…
Crime thriller ‘Last Seen’ premieres on Apple TV
Apple TV subscribers can now watch the first two episodes of “Last Seen,” an Australian kidnapping drama starring Patrick Brammall (Glitch). Watch the trailer below. more…
Microsoft adds age-awareness APIs that can tell if users are children, teens, or adults
Microsoft is adding new age-awareness APIs to Windows 11 that will allow apps to determine whether someone is a child, teenager, or adult without exposing their exact date of birth. [...]
27.5KB language-agnostic WebGPU syntax highlighter
Article URL: https://gpu-lexer.vercel.app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49619464 Points: 45 # Comments: 15
WhatsApp doubles music clip length for status updates
Users who post status updates on WhatsApp can now publish longer music clips, with the length limit doubled to 30 seconds. Here are the details. more…
How to watch Apple unveil the new iPhones on September 9
New Apple CEO John Ternus will be revealing new iPhone and Apple Watch models this week.
I resigned from Anthropic today
https://xcancel.com/hilbertspaess/status/2097476196791709843... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49619227 Points: 326 # Comments: 394