Scaling Git at OpenAI
Article URL: https://openai.com/index/scaling-git-at-openai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50345924 Points: 111 # Comments: 45
Article URL: https://openai.com/index/scaling-git-at-openai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50345924 Points: 111 # Comments: 45
After a second apparent cyber-attack in weeks, we examine possible culprits and their motivesShop fridges and freezers across Europe hit by fresh suspected cyber-attackSupermarket fridges and freezers in seven European countries have malfunctioned, their thermostats remotely cranked up in some case…
Article URL: https://freenode.net/article/ubuntu-lts-kernels-still-unfixed-for-critical-cve-2026-98432 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50341462 Points: 393 # Comments: 111
Apple robot backed by CEO John Ternus may have hefty price tag and limited uses.
Article URL: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20261102-00/?p=112818/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50341028 Points: 119 # Comments: 43
Dozens of supermarkets in seven European countries dumped huge quantities of food after refrigerators and freezers were targeted in a cyber-attack.
Hi HN, we're Aarush and Arnav from The Subvocal Company (YC F26) (https://subvocal.company/). We’re building smart glasses that let you talk to your computer without talking out loud. You can mouth words silently and discreetly and the glasses decode them to text at the speed of speech.Here's a vid…
Chains in seven countries say cooling unit temperatures rose overnight in incident similar to hack of French shopsSupermarket chains in at least seven European countries have said the temperatures of refrigerators and freezers in some of their shops soared overnight to as high as 50C (122F), echoin…
The temperature of freezers in several shops across Europe reportedly rose to as high as 50C.
Article URL: https://deploymentsafety.openai.com/gpt-rosalind-6 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50337503 Points: 22 # Comments: 15
I first released those in back in 2020 and now I finally added more architectures, Kernel selector, syscall descriptions and a few other niceties. It should work a bit better on mobile devices too but I am no CSS expert.The API is at https://api.syscall.sh Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com…
Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/02/anthropic-ant-s-1-quarter-financials.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50337439 Points: 159 # Comments: 159
What happens in California could shape how America taxes the superrich. But will its billionaire tax fill state coffers — or drain them?
Australia’s central bank expected to hit mortgage holders again on Tuesday, as war in Middle East combines with collapsing house pricesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s economy is set for a “sharper, longer slowdown”, major bank economists say, as the Reserve Ba…
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‘I’m just happy to catch fish,’ Matthew Maurice says after landing 80cm barramundi as part of Northern Territory competitionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Darwin man is $1m richer after angling an 80cm, red-tagged barramundi during a night-time fishing trip with his br…
Many Ukrainians, who have faced years of Russian attacks, did not take the messages seriously and doubted their veracity.
Though unprecedented, the six-day truce has done little to alter the wider trajectory of a war that continues to grinds on.
Supermarkets across Europe have experienced temperature-control meddlingThe fake nuclear threats to Ukraine came as Russia resumed its attacks on the southern city of Kherson, just hours after the end of a ceasefire during which hundreds of people were evacuated from the nearby Kremlin-controlled t…
Both Ukraine and Russia say their air raid alert apps were cyber-attacked - Joe Tidy explains what we know so far.
Exclusive: Shoalhaven council says Wall of Tears installation by Phil Buehler posed risk to staff, visitors and tenantsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA New South Wales local council has refused to show a world-renowned artwork about children killed in Gaza after asking o…
The airline says fuel prices may rise by €2bn in 2028 unless there is an end to the US-Israel war with Iran.
Democrats in Michigan are considering their options after Haley Stevens endorsed GOP candidate Mike Rogers for Senate. And the Gulf states are bracing for a possible U.S. attack on Iran after the midterms.
Uganda has been helping Somalia battle an insurgency led by the al-Shabab militant group since 2007.
Residents in Kyiv also warned of chemical attack and street-to-street fighting in false message sent by unknown partyEurope live – latest updatesUnknown hackers have targeted Ukraine’s nationwide emergency alert mobile app, sending residents in Kyiv a warning that they were at risk of an imminent n…
Hours later Russian authorities said its app was also hacked, with fake warnings sent inside the country.
A rights group will argue the world-leading policy robs under-16s of their right to free communication.
Article URL: https://www.techpolicy.press/the-sec-should-block-anthropics-ipo-to-protect-the-public/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50344919 Points: 262 # Comments: 203
The judge said he was "deeply troubled" by the mistakes and rushed nature of the case over the FBI's Hunter Biden probes — one of several politically charged DOJ actions ahead of the midterms.
On the eve of the Nov. 3 election, the Trump administration is hoping the Supreme Court will reverse lower courts that rejected its request to order California to set aside the ballots of thousands of people it says are "likely" noncitizens.
Social network and Digital Freedom Project, led by NSW state MP John Ruddick, seek to overturn ban on grounds of implied freedom of political communicationAustralia’s world-leading under-16s social media ban will face its first major legal challenge on Tuesday, as Reddit and an advocacy group heade…
Judicial commission finds against Vicky Prapas over a series of comments, including one made when school children were presentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA magistrate who told a court user “I want to slap you around a bit, too” has come under fire for her offensive an…
The move by Haley Stevens, who lost out on the Democratic Senate nomination to Abdul El-Sayed, was called a "despicable betrayal" by one top Democrat.
Jasper Jones writer sent multiple messages about his sexual desire for young boys, Western Australian district court hearsWarning: This article contains graphic contentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe award‑winning author Craig Silvey sent multiple messages about his s…
Some of the key storylines to watch will center around various voters groups that have soured on President Trump during his second turn out.
The train disaster, one of Europe’s deadliest rail incidents this century, killed 69 people, including 54 SpaniardsFour US citizens and one each from Canada, Japan, Argentina, Mexico, Tunisia and the Czech Republic were among the 69 killed in last week’s high-speed train collision in Spain, authori…
Please state the location and include REMOTE for remote work, REMOTE (US) or similar if the country is restricted, and ONSITE when remote work is not an option.Please only post if you personally are part of the hiring company—no recruiting firms or job boards. One post per company. If it isn't a ho…
A new action plan aims to rescue 2030 nature targets as financing remains inadequate.
The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum has all of its "space" back open.
Governments in Singapore and Malaysia are split between anxious citizens and an irascible neighbour.
Plus invisible tattoos, medieval skeleton gets an ID, trapping a single antimatter particle, and more.
Article URL: https://github.com/pigeon-labs-stack/v100-sxm2-reference Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50344912 Points: 23 # Comments: 3
Article URL: https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2026-10-29-slac-researchers-find-proof-altermagnetism-new-magnetic-phase Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50344224 Points: 53 # Comments: 8
The threat is still considered to be low, but the virus continues to spread.
The case, part of the "Farmgate" scandal, has left President Cyril Ramaphosa mired in an impeachment saga.
Millions of Americans are turning to AI for election information, but chatbots are getting voting facts wrong and recommending candidates, raising concerns they could influence voters' decisions.
Chemical tests on Aratasaurus bone identify presence of heme, the organic compound that allows haemoglobin in blood to carry oxygen around bodyIt could be the opening of a Jurassic Park rip-off: scientists examining ancient dinosaur bones find what appear to be fossilised red blood cells, and trace…
The U.S. has become more politically polarized, but research shows people overestimate their differences and there is 'messy middle' majority of Americans who share overlapping political views.
"The flow of time is always cruel."
A private jet crashed in Florida on Sunday, killing all nine people on board, according to US authorities.
A big study with very little beyond negative results still gets published.
Article URL: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/11/02/egoless-mathematics-in-the-ai-era/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50341736 Points: 134 # Comments: 92
Dozens of shops across European countries have been hit by a cyber-attack affecting their fridges.
Article URL: https://rikiyat.github.io/blog/weight-space-programming/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50341174 Points: 2216 # Comments: 717
Minister warns weeks without lessons are putting exams at risk as unions plan nationwide strike on ThursdayDozens of high schools across France were blockaded again on Monday as the government braced for another tense week of protests over school conditions and the high cost of living.The protests …
Article URL: https://github.com/aaitor/skill-video-studio Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50340992 Points: 79 # Comments: 24
The tsunami of imitators is way bigger than any one model maker can stem.
Article URL: https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2026/11/self-employed-solopreneur-nist-has-cybersecurity-guide-just-you Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50340619 Points: 150 # Comments: 45
Jos Leijdekkers has been found guilty in absentia of cocaine smuggling and is believed to be in Sierra Leone.
Article URL: https://polyend.com/whats-up/tracker-the-biggest-update-yet/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50340159 Points: 101 # Comments: 30
The plan does not include a mission similar to Apollo 8 or Artemis II.
Hey HN, we’re Wei-Wei and Jeff. We’re building Momentic, QA agents that autonomously plan, explore, and bug-bash controls and user flows in your web, iOS, Android, and (soon) desktop apps to catch bugs.Here’s a demo: https://youtu.be/BFsM-Se1Fh8We’re both software engineers that spent our careers o…
Explore central Warsaw in voxels - slightly inspired by Minecraft, and MagicaVoxel. You can change the date, time of day and weather, explore the city, or click on a pedestrian to control them (here a bit of inspiration from Dungeon Keeper).Works best on desktop, but I tried to make it usable on mo…
Article URL: https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/11/elon-musks-grokipedia-is-littered-with-mistakes-but-wikipedia-could-still-learn-some-things-from-it/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50339021 Points: 5 # Comments: 1
Article URL: https://fotojockovic.com/vhs Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50338871 Points: 6 # Comments: 3
Article URL: https://posthog.com/blog/moving-off-duckdb Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50338747 Points: 53 # Comments: 24
There was plenty of drama on and off the track for Formula 1 this weekend.
Article URL: https://www.quora.com/Why-are-Soviet-mathematics-physics-textbooks-so-insanely-hardcore-in-comparison-to-US-textbooks/answer/Scott-Miller-307?share=1 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50337725 Points: 91 # Comments: 115
Article URL: https://longcat.ai/blog/longcat-2.5/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50337716 Points: 32 # Comments: 12
Article URL: https://retrogamecoders.com/c64-basic-dungeon-part11/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50337661 Points: 4 # Comments: 1
Article URL: https://academic.oup.com/biomedgerontology/article/81/10/glag208/8769491?login=false Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50337635 Points: 21 # Comments: 12
Article URL: https://chalmovsky.com/posts/wtf-ubuntu Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50337608 Points: 644 # Comments: 299
Article URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/dns-targeted-zone-builds/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50337558 Points: 26 # Comments: 6
A Hungarian fighter jet escorted the aircraft to Budapest after the threat was received mid-air.
Growing disdain for gambling and animal cruelty concerns drive sliding interest in race that once ‘stopped the nation’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA record number of Australians are turning their backs on the Melbourne Cup, with more than two-thirds surveyed saying the…
Article URL: https://blog.mistys-internet.website/post/2026/10/29/if-you-love-a-website-back-it-up/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50336518 Points: 87 # Comments: 19
Airline also weighs up reducing crew on flights and increasing use of AI as part of cost-cutting measuresBusiness live – latest updatesRyanair has said it is considering implementing pay freezes, setting the scene for a confrontation with unions as the airline tries to offset soaring fuel costs dri…
Article URL: https://twitter.com/OcanaSantero/status/2115442964574908902 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50336138 Points: 72 # Comments: 67
This DIY e-paper display works in two official ecosystems or on your own server.
Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_complain,_never_explain Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50335659 Points: 119 # Comments: 48
Disruption to winds above Arctic threatens to alter weather patterns across parts of continent in coming weeksThe stratospheric polar vortex over the northern hemisphere is facing the prospect of an unusually early weakening. Forecast models suggest it could weaken significantly over the next 10 da…
The attack on Donovan Marx, 50, comes as right-wing groups say there is a genocide of white people - a claim widely discredited.
Many people are swapping out their fluoride dental products for ones made with a mineral called hydroxyapatite. What do dentists say about it?
Colleges are trying to transform an admissions process that has often been daunting, secretive and stressful into an experience that's open, easier — and downright friendly.
The districts that will decide control of the House and Senate next year are spread across the country. Voting officials in those places may face scrutiny and pressure they've never experienced.
Vance's delivery is different from the president's but his speeches contain plenty of MAGA DNA.
Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens endorses GOP candidate in Michigan race, key races remain close in last day before midterm election, Gulf states concerned about possible U.S. attack on Iran.
The BBC's Maddie Gerber explains what's on the ballot in the 2026 midterm elections in the United States.
In air traffic audio, a crew member can be heard shouting: "We are going to crash into the ground."
Article URL: https://remy.wang/blog/hilbert.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50334240 Points: 35 # Comments: 9
The author of Jasper Jones and Runt pleaded guilty in May after police raided his home months earlier.
The exchange froze transactions following the incident which has been linked to a North Korean group.
Article URL: https://labs.cloudsecurityalliance.org/research/csa-research-note-china-ai-export-controls-announcement-48-2/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50334038 Points: 140 # Comments: 76
The U.N.'s long-running peacekeeping mission for the disputed Western Sahara ceased operations Sunday after 35 years. Once ruled by Spain, it is claimed by both Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front.
BBC Panorama follows grieving Samira who - after the killing of Sevda - faces up to the Tehran regime.
China Media Group, which acknowledged Mbappé's apology, has not said how long the blackout will last.
Deployments of surveillance vans over five months result in nine false alerts and led officers to engage with 146 registered sex offendersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than a million people have had their faces scanned in a trial of real-time facial recognition tec…
Article URL: https://fosscomics.com/posts/13.%20BSD%20Unix%20Part%203%20-%20The%20Beginning%20of%20BSD%20Unix/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50332163 Points: 47 # Comments: 3
Article URL: https://www.eurogamer.net/ai-fan-wikis-errors-complicating-games-culture Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50332086 Points: 49 # Comments: 19
Article URL: https://trigger.dev/blog/security-incident-nov-2026 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50331784 Points: 36 # Comments: 7
Polls have been predicting a Democratic surge, but last-minute deciders and sampling issues mean there's no guarantee.
Article URL: https://occupysaas.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50331402 Points: 139 # Comments: 92
There were hundreds of arrests as protesters took to the streets in cities across France for the third weekend in a row.