Best Noise-Canceling Earbuds (2026): Bose, Apple, Samsung, Beats, and More
I’ve tested dozens of wireless earbuds. These are the best for when you want to tune out the world, wherever you are.
Pkgsrc Is Cool (2022)
Article URL: https://www.wisellama.rocks/posts/2021-12-23-pkgsrc-is-cool/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49694311 Points: 16 # Comments: 5
Microsoft: September updates cause RDS failures on Windows Server
Microsoft has confirmed reports that the September 2026 security updates cause Remote Desktop Services (RDS) failures on Windows Server systems. [...]
UK.gov begins killing off passwords for 23 million users
Passkeys promise fewer phishing headaches – and £600 a day off Whitehall's SMS bill
‘I Like My Big Rat Wife’: Meet the People Using Chatbots to Write Custom Fiction
While the publishing industry frets over how authors are using AI, many readers are taking things into their own hands.
Revolut discloses data breach exposing financial info, passports
Fintech company Revolut has disclosed a data breach after sharing data from an undisclosed number of customers with a threat actor impersonating a government agency. [...]
Europe's right-to-repair rules are broken, not beaten
Patchy compliance is an argument for stronger enforcement, not abandoning the project
A 386 PC for Your RP2350
Article URL: https://github.com/rh1tech/frank-386 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49693613 Points: 65 # Comments: 19
EuroBirdPortal – Live bird movements across Europe
Article URL: https://www.eurobirdportal.org/ebp/en/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49693610 Points: 91 # Comments: 32
Microsoft: September updates break audio on some Windows PCs
Microsoft has confirmed that USB audio devices may fail on some Windows systems after installing the KB5124008and KB5124012 September 2026 security updates. [...]
OpenArch – PyTorch implementations of modern LLM architectures
Article URL: https://github.com/anuj0456/OpenArch Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49693384 Points: 45 # Comments: 10
Show HN: 1080p is 920px tall – 1k real browser viewports
Article URL: https://screensize.net/reports/viewport-stats Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49693226 Points: 25 # Comments: 17
CISA: Hackers now exploit max severity GitLab flaw in attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that hackers are now exploiting a maximum-severity GitLab vulnerability in attacks. [...]
Who, Me? Tech team stood and laughed at colleague who pressed the wrong off button
Ticklish situation solved with a lie about emergency maintenance
AI and its main promoters are not enterprise-ready, says Gartner
Model-makers move too fast and don’t care when they break things
Who Gets to Define the Rules for AI?
Article URL: https://cohere.com/blog/who-gets-to-define-the-rules-for-ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49692118 Points: 9 # Comments: 3
Chess.com Leak Exposes 7.3M Users, Evidence Points to Scraping
Article URL: https://securityaffairs.com/197174/breaking-news/chess-com-leak-exposes-7-3-million-users-evidence-points-to-scraping.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49691584 Points: 25 # Comments: 8
Nike exits the S&P 100 after 18 years and a $200B market-cap wipeout
https://archive.ph/8NmSg Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49691343 Points: 180 # Comments: 240
The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence
Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.07228 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49690678 Points: 35 # Comments: 9
Big AI sets out its terms for regulatory capture and calls it ‘Pace the frontier’
Amodei, Altman, Nadella and Musk agree on how government can tame the monster they created