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Hacker News 7/10 ?

Show HN: Analyst Index – analysts who make money telling you good stock calls

Hi HN!What if analyst ratings could be relied on to help you find the next Sandisk, before it takes off?On Analyst Index, analysts publish price targets with a maturity date. Every call gets scored ag...

2026-09-13

The Register 7/10 ?

Security through obscurity is dead, and AI delivered the fatal blow

RIP, you won't be mourned

2026-09-13

Hackaday 7/10 ?

Keeping Time on Tumbling Icosahedra

Clocks are almost the ideal devices to inspire creativity in hackers — they have a simple, well-defined task, but there’s an almost unlimited number of ways to carry it out.…read more

2026-09-13

Ars Technica 7/10 ?

I fixed a tractor using John Deere’s self-repair service. Farmers aren’t sold on it.

The manufacturer has a service that lets owners repair their own equipment.

2026-09-13

Wired 7/10 ?

Try These 3 iOS 27 Safari Settings to Get More Out of Apple’s Browser

Apple’s Safari browser gets a few helpful automation and personalization features in iOS 27.

2026-09-13

Slashdot 7/10 ?

Malicious OpenAI Agents Linked to RubyGems Campaign That Gained RCE on RubyDoc Servers in May

A swarm of OpenAI agents launched a "major malicious attack" against RubyGems last May, according to a new report. That coordinated attack hit Ruby's package manager "with hundreds of junk gems, promp...

2026-09-13

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Ask HN: Career paths to consider if I am better at supporting than creating?

I have a BS/MS in computer science and somewhere around 9 years of experience, where the first half was spent working as a backend developer and the second half I've been working in product owner role...

2026-09-13

The Register 7/10 ?

How to make Xfce look like almost any desktop you want

Panel Profiles handles the heavy lifting, once you've installed the plugins it expects

2026-09-13

Hackaday 7/10 ?

Whip-Cracking Machine Reliably Breaks the Sound Barrier

We tend to think of breaking the sound barrier as a comparatively modern accomplishment, but on a smaller scale, cattle herders have been breaking it for centuries: the cracking sound…read more

2026-09-13

Wired 7/10 ?

AI Agents Are Thirsty for Power

Silicon Valley is shifting away from chatbot queries toward a future filled with resource-intensive agentic AI—and it's driving the data center buildout.

2026-09-13

Hacker News 7/10 ?

U.S. in Highest-Risk Category for Civil War, Coup, or Collapse in CIA Model

Article URL:https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/scored-on-the-cias-instability-modelComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49682752Points: 10# Comments: 0

2026-09-13

Hackaday 7/10 ?

Spin FV-1 Emulator Simplifies Sound Pedal Development

If you’ve never heard of the Spin Semiconductors FP-1 digital signal processor chip, don’t worry– that just means you haven’t been deep into guitar petals and audio effects hardware lately.…read more

2026-09-13

Wired 7/10 ?

With a Better Understanding of Physics, We Could Predict Volcanic Eruptions

“There’s no reason we can’t think that, at some point in the future, we can have volcano forecasts that are like weather forecasts.”

2026-09-13

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Nvidia dismisses "circular financing", says every $1 it invests brings back $100

Article URL:https://invezz.com/news/2026/09/11/nvidia-says-every-1-it-invests-brings-back-100-so-why-does-the-stock-keep-falling/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49682319Points: 45# C...

2026-09-13

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Norton Neo Browser

Article URL:https://neobrowser.ai/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49681724Points: 9# Comments: 0

2026-09-13

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Homebrew 7.0.0

Article URL:https://brew.sh/2026/09/13/homebrew-7.0.0/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49681545Points: 30# Comments: 5

2026-09-13

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Dramatic insider warnings over AI fall flat with some in Silicon Valley

Article URL:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq635037g18oComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49681276Points: 12# Comments: 6

2026-09-13

Hacker News 7/10 ?

JetKVM Mini

Article URL:https://jetkvm.com/blog/introducing-jetkvm-miniComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49681152Points: 41# Comments: 18

2026-09-13

Hacker News 7/10 ?

American Medical Association Backs Classification of Nearsightedness as Disease

Article URL:https://www.aao.org/newsroom/news-releases/detail/ama-backs-formal-classification-nearsightednessComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49681074Points: 11# Comments: 1

2026-09-13

Hacker News 7/10 ?

When Anyone Can Build Software, Who Decides What Not to Build?

Article URL:https://architectureintel.com/when-anyone-can-build-software-who-decides-what-not-to-build-ae07fdb370e4Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49680485Points: 5# Comments: 0

2026-09-13