Technology

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Dutch central bank moves 86 tonnes of gold from US citing 'geopolitical unrest'

Article URL:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/03/netherlands-gold-dutch-central-bank-uk-us-and-canada-geopolitical-unrestComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49545747Points: 18# ...

2026-09-03

Slashdot 7/10 ?

Global Heating Will Hit At Least 1.8C, UN Warns, and There Are 'No Good Outcomes'

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Global heating will reach at least 1.8C under even the most optimistic future, well beyond the Paris agreement goal of 1.5C, according to a UN re...

2026-09-03

The Verge 6/10 ?

Uber beats Waymo as first to launch robotaxis in London

Uber beat out Waymo in launching a commercial robotaxi service in London, the city's first. The vehicles use autonomous driving tech developed by Wayve, a UK-based startup, and will initially feature ...

2026-09-02

Hackaday 7/10 ?

Has FDM 3D Printing Hit Its Peak?

Over the time Hackaday has been in existence, the art of 3D printing has evolved from a relatively crude hit-and-miss affair to something approaching what we all imagined back then.…read more

2026-09-03

Wired 7/10 ?

Meta Pushes Its New AI Agent on Employees—but Eases Off on Tokenmaxxing

The company is reducing pressure on workers to use artificial intelligence tools while encouraging them to experiment with Hatch, its most advanced AI project yet.

2026-09-03

Engadget 7/10 ?

Adobe brings 70+ tools from Photoshop, Illustrator and more to Slack

Adobe added dozens of tools from its creative apps like Illustrator and Premiere Pro into Slack, allowing you to ask Slackbot to do the Photoshopping for you.

2026-09-03

TechCrunch 7/10 ?

The Builders Stage brings practical strategies for scaling startups to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

The Builders Stage is returning to TechCrunch Disrupt, bringing together founders, startup operators, and investors for practical conversations on what it takes to build and scale.

2026-09-02

The Register 7/10 ?

Zuck's Muse to Spark joy with open weights release 'soon'

While you wait, Meta says it’s taught the model to stop wasting tokens and ask for help a bit more often

2026-09-02

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Wk. 6 of Vibecoding an MMO

Article URL:https://eldermyr.com/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49545547Points: 5# Comments: 1

2026-09-03

Slashdot 7/10 ?

FCC Plans Robocall Scorecard to Grade Phone Companies On Spam Call Blocking

The FCC is proposing (PDF) a public "robocall mitigation scorecard" that would grade phone companies on how well they block illegal spam calls while avoiding false positives on the legitimate ones. "T...

2026-09-02

Hackaday 7/10 ?

Doubling Thermal Printer Resolution by Wiggling

Thermal printers are still extremely common today, using small heating elements in combination with temperature-sensitive paper to create a dot matrix-like effect without messing with ink ribbons and ...

2026-09-02

Engadget 7/10 ?

What is a cold wallet and how does it work?

With cryptocurrency wallets becoming huge targets for hackers, using a cold wallet to protect your private keys has never been more important.

2026-09-02

TechCrunch 7/10 ?

Palo Alto Networks paid $500M for Thrive-backed Console, sources say

The acquisition also leaves Sequoia-backed Serval as the de-facto startup leader in AI IT service automation, industry watchers believe.

2026-09-02

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Go grandmaster Shin defeats AI KataGo with a two-stone handicap

Article URL:https://www.kedglobal.com/artificial-intelligence/newsView/ked202607210007Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49544762Points: 71# Comments: 16

2026-09-03

Engadget 7/10 ?

Uber launches first robotaxis in London (with human supervisors)

News EVs and Transportation Uber launches first robotaxis in London (with human supervisors) It's a partnership with the British AV company Wayve. By Lawrence Bonk Sept. 2, 2026 7:00 pm EST Uber Robot...

2026-09-02

Hacker News 7/10 ?

GPS glitched across the US by as much as 33 feet

Article URL:https://www.sciencealert.com/gps-glitched-across-the-us-by-as-much-as-33-feet-scientists-have-never-seen-this-beforeComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49544618Points: 33# Co...

2026-09-03

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Reflections on Americans' Net Worth

Article URL:https://www.betonit.ai/p/reflections-on-americans-net-worthComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49544226Points: 21# Comments: 13

2026-09-02

Hacker News 7/10 ?

METR Report on OpenAI / Hugging Face Hacking Incident

Article URL:https://metr.org/blog/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-incident-investigation/#core-takeaways-about-this-incidentComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49543841Points: 11# Comment...

2026-09-02

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Maybe We Shouldn't Be Reviewing All This Code

Article URL:https://martinfowler.com/rachels-ramblings/code-review.htmlComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49543535Points: 4# Comments: 1

2026-09-02

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Launch HN: RonanRX (YC S26) – Personalized Peptides and GLP-1s

Hi HN,I’m Lloyd, one of two founders of RonanRx. We are building a vertically integrated pharmaceutical company with software for prescribing, telehealth, compounding, manufacturing, and delivery. We ...

2026-09-02