Fuck it, make it anyway
Article URL: https://www.joelotter.com/posts/2026/09/make-it-anyway/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49671329 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
Crypto farm in Mexican mountains puts spotlight on cartel funding
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/hidden-crypto-farm-mexican-mountains-puts-spotlight-cartel-funding-2026-09-12/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49671296 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
Wardogs, Valheim 1.0 and other new indie games worth checking out
Our weekly indie games roundup includes a double deckbuilder, capybara puzzles and an undead William Wallace.
Iran could potentially reverse-engineer captured US underwater drone — several Iranian embassies mock US over capture, Navy claims lost Anduril vehicle was defective and unclassified
Iran may reverse-engineer a captured U.S. Navy Anduril Dive-LD underwater drone, as Tehran mocks the loss and Washington downplays its military value.
Dell's 52-inch enormo-monitor is a tsunami of impractical fun
You probably don't need it, but as an example of the possible it impresses
Naomi Klein: Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. Turns you into a supremacist
Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/12/naomi-klein-extreme-wealth-has-a-deranging-effect-it-turns-you-into-a-supremacist Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49671135 Points: 19 # Comments: 3
10 Best Standing Desks Worth Buying in 2026
Take your home office to new heights with our favorite motorized standing desks.
Kioxia Exceria Pro G2 2TB SSD Review — Speed built to last
Kioxia’s Exceria Pro G2 pairs the SM2508 and BiCS8 TLC flash for fast, efficient PCIe 5.0 storage. It’s not the quickest PCIe 5.0 SSD, but it is a reliable Black SN8100 alternative.
I spent $4,000 on a robot dog from China
Unitree might be the world’s most important robotics company.
Lucky PC scavenger discovers 12 RTX 3070 GPUs from the crypto mining era — cards survived years of basement storage with only minor signs of wear
What looked like a couple of forgotten mining rigs turned out to be a surprisingly valuable haul, with 12 RTX 3070 graphics cards potentially still ready for gaming duty.
The Anti-Woke Right Can’t Figure Out How to Stop ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’
A subset of male gamers have spent years warning that the transgressive series has been neutered by progressive developers, but the backlash isn’t taking hold.
OpenAI just wants to win
OpenAI has spent the last few years planting flags across the increasingly difficult terrain in mathematics. This week, it claimed one of its biggest prizes yet: a solution to a legendary Millennium Prize problem. In normal circumstances, this would have been celebrated as a historic achievement....
Apple's A20 Pro shatters Geekbench 7 single-core record — 2nm chip beats desktop Intel Core i9 and AMD Ryzen 9 by up to 32%
Apple's A20 Pro smartphone SoC outperforms all smartphone processors by a wide margin and manages to leave behind latest laptop processors.
We've followed their lives for six decades; now the stars of 7 Up are bowing out
Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crm932el3yjo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49670981 Points: 13 # Comments: 2
Wiki documents at least 44 instances in which Sony says you own your games as digital games ownership lawsuit progresses — project is direct assault on Sony's claim in recent ownership lawsuit
The detailed sourcing directly attacks Sony's legal claim that a reasonable person wouldn't expect to own their digital purchases on the PlayStation Store.
From Hacks to Bioweapons, Claude Misuse Is Now Everywhere
Plus: The US disrupts the internet’s biggest black market, a Conti ransomware hacker gets prison time, Meta fails to stop AI-generated videos of child abuse.
The Best 3-in-1 Apple Charging Stations After Testing 30+ Models
I tried all the top models to find the best 3-in-1 Apple charging stations, pads, and more. Keep your iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods topped up with these WIRED-tested docking systems.
Engineer turns simulated fly brain into a crypto day trader, posts downloadable sim to GitHub — 166,700 virtual neurons read candlestick charts for dopamine hits
Coinbase engineer turns a fly brain into a crypto day trader — Stonkfly has 116,700 simulated neurons and hasn't lost its money yet
‘I’m Really Terrified’: A Mathematician Grapples With AI’s Recent Breakthroughs
Steven Strogatz coauthored a book about how math is moving beyond human understanding. He spoke with WIRED about the seismic impact artificial intelligence has had on his life’s work.
Branch Ergonomic Chair Pro (Sega Edition) Review: Comfy, Not Boring
Turns out that the best office chair is also the best gaming chair, now with aesthetics to match.