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Whatever You Say Bounces Off Me and Sticks to You
Stephen Nellis and Deepa Seetharaman, reporting Wednesday for Reuters: An OpenAI employee who left the ChatGPT maker for Apple ​sent more than 100 files about an unreleased product to a personal account and later made a presentation about the unreleased product to senior Apple le…
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Mike Flanagan’s ‘Dark Tower’ Plan Is to Be Faithful
'Dark Tower' plans can maybe sigh in relief as Flanagan sketches out his approach to the upcoming show.
gizmodo.com
★ HomeView Thoughts and Observations
I’ll start with a nomenclatural sidenote: Apple seems to be going with “Apple HomeView” as the product’s name. E.g., the URL slug for it on Apple.com is apple-homeview/, not just homeview/. Few people notice and no one who doesn’t work in Apple product marketing cares, but they a…
daringfireball.net
Replit makes OpenAI its default over Anthropic, CEO says
Over the weekend, Masad clarified that OpenAI would replace Anthropic as its default model provider. Claude will still be available to customers on the platform.
techcrunch.com
Apple TV Price History, Charted
Glenn Fleishman: I wondered what the entry-level, initial price of each Apple TV box at introduction was, from the March 2007 original to the Apple TV 4K (4th generation) announced October 13, 2026, adjusted for inflation. So I charted it. I suppose this doesn’t mean Apple has gi…
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Ember’s new temperature-controlled mug makes my nightly tea ritual even better
The biggest change about Ember's new mug is that you no longer have to open the app to adjust your drink’s temperature.
techcrunch.com
International tech
Peng Cheng Cloud Brain III Puts 10,000P of Domestic AI Computing Into Trial Operation
Peng Cheng Laboratory's flagship AI computing facility now runs 10,000P while construction continues toward a planned 16,000P, serving domestic model training and AI for science research.
pandaily.com
Nazara, Groww Gain Among New-Age Tech Stocks This Week, AceVector Falls 18%
Fewer than half of the 67 new-age tech stocks under Inc42’s coverage advanced this week despite a broader market recovery.…
inc42.com
Indian Startup IPO Tracker 2026
Dalal Street emerged as a founder’s paradise in 2025, with 18 Indian startups listing on the bourses and collectively mopping…
inc42.com
China’s proposed AI tech export bans may create short-term costs, long-term gains: analysts
China’s proposed export bans and controls of artificial intelligence technologies aim to tighten Beijing’s grip in the strategically vital sector, casting a cloud over the commercial prospects of domestic model developers in the global AI race, analysts say. The new measures come…
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Tsinghua, ModelBest and OpenBMB Release PilotDeck 2.0, an Open-Source Agent Operating System
PilotDeck 2.0 isolates each project in its own WorkSpace, makes agent memory visible and editable, and routes routine subtasks to lighter models, cutting long-task cost by about 83% in team tests.
pandaily.com
WeChat for HarmonyOS Adds A2A Link With Huawei's Celia for Voice Messages and Calls
Version 8.0.22 lets users ask Celia to text a WeChat friend or start a voice or video call. Group chats, stickers and WeChat's cloned accounts are not supported yet.
pandaily.com

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How to Design for Failures
In this article, we’ll look at the various strategies that can help developers deal with failures in their systems.
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2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: Dollhouse Arcade Cabinet Runs Remote DOS Games
Classic DOS games never ran from within stand-up arcade cabinets in dollhouses, but [Juha Lilja] imagines a world in which they did. His Micro DOS arcade cabinet is described as …read more
hackaday.com
Gold is now the top U.S. export
Article URL: https://www.numismaticnews.net/gold-now-top-u-s-export Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50132870 Points: 243 # Comments: 126
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Solar surpasses nuclear power globally for first time
Article URL: https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/09/29/solar-surpasses-nuclear-power-globally-for-first-time/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50131256 Points: 491 # Comments: 311
pv-magazine.com
EP229: 8 Chunking strategies for RAG-based agents
Which chunking strategy are you running in production?
bytebytego.com
Busting the Myth that Plastics are Chemically Inert in Water
One of the often made claims about plastics is that they are chemically inert under most conditions, such as when exposed to water. This long-held belief has also challenged the …read more
hackaday.com
OpenCode Hacked: User credentials leaked
Article URL: https://twitter.com/opencode/status/2111516673953935833 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50133401 Points: 782 # Comments: 143
twitter.com
Making chicken transparent using Dorito dust
Article URL: https://chillphysicsenjoyer.substack.com/p/making-chicken-transparent-using Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50131213 Points: 257 # Comments: 67
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Building a Flying Drone With a Single Propeller
Technically all that you need in order to make a drone fly is a single motor and single propeller, but realistically it becomes basically impossible to fly it at that …read more
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