Frog and Toad and the Increasingly Capable Machines
Article URL: https://www.frogandtoad.ai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49927760 Points: 105 # Comments: 17
Court agrees with EFF: Utah's VPN law demands a technical impossibility
Article URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/court-agrees-eff-utahs-vpn-law-demands-technical-impossibility Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49927754 Points: 118 # Comments: 45
Apple among biggest corporate lobbyists in Brussels, per report
A new analysis by The Financial Times shows that Apple has met with EU policymakers 257 times since June 2024 and has spent between €8 million and €9 million per year on lobbying. Here are the details. more…
9to5Mac Daily: October 1, 2026 – iPhone Duo production, AirPods 5 tidbits
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Whatever AI Safety Is, It’s Not This
Asking AI companies to self-regulate is a great way to pretend like you’ve accomplished something.
SpaceX describes surgical intervention before launch of latest crew mission
With Crew-13, Jessica Watkins became the first Black woman to lead a mission into space.
OpenAI fires three employees who allegedly shared info with an external AI safety group
You can't make this stuff up.
Aweb – Communication for AI Agents
Article URL: https://aweb.ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49927587 Points: 9 # Comments: 4
Lyft is paying $272.5M to settle lawsuit over how it classified drivers
Today, gig economy drivers are classified as contractors. This settlement clears up a lingering lawsuit from 2020 when that was still an unanswered issue.
Kevin Mandia’s new ‘agent swarm’ security startup Armadin raises $255.5M at $2.5B valuation
Kevin Mandia, best known as the founder of Mandiant, has a new startup that is using agent swarms to test and protect enterprises.
GrayKey maker can reportedly bypass the iPhone’s ‘Inactivity Reboot’ security feature
As reported by 404 Media, Magnet Forensics says it has found a way to bypass the iPhone security feature that automatically reboots devices if they haven’t been unlocked for 72 hours. Here are the details. more…
AI agents hacked the hackers, stealing email addresses from security research org
Chained Zammad flaws enabled session hijacking, code execution, and root escalation in seconds
CSS Bed: Classless CSS themes to use as starting points in web development
Article URL: https://www.cssbed.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49927212 Points: 34 # Comments: 7
Musk’s AI chatbot Grok reportedly encouraged Trump to capture Venezuela’s president
President Trump reportedly asked for Grok's opinion before invading Venezuela and capturing Nicolás Maduro.
The death of web development education
Article URL: https://molily.de/web-dev-education/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49927100 Points: 129 # Comments: 98
Samsung launches its first clip-on earbuds in South Korea
A global rollout will follow, although we don't yet know the details.
The Best Early Prime Day Deals Ahead of Amazon’s Second Sale (2026)
Amazon Prime Big Deal Days officially begin on October 6 and 7, but I’ve already spotted early discounts on gear our team recommends.
Autonomous AI agents tried to hack US, Canadian government websites
Autonomous AI agents using aggressive strategies attempted to hack U.S. and Canadian government websites to find school and divorce statistics. [...]
Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light remasters are getting free next-gen updates this month
Take a trip down memory lane with the first two games in the series.
Using Opus 5.5 to discover a new eyewitness record of the dodo
Article URL: https://resobscura.substack.com/p/using-opus-55-to-discover-a-new-eyewitness Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49926917 Points: 27 # Comments: 1