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Nike exits the S&P 100 after 18 years and a $200B market-cap wipeout

andsoitis — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 02:50:40 +0000

https://archive.ph/8NmSg

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49691343

Points: 105

# Comments: 127

The case against JPEG XL

contact9879 — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 01:02:37 +0000

Article URL: https://giannirosato.com/blog/post/case-against-jxl/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49690554

Points: 142

# Comments: 191

The contagion of fear

elffjs — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 22:38:18 +0000

Article URL: https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/09/13/the-contagion-of-fear/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49689460

Points: 210

# Comments: 149

Registration without a phone number on Signal will use zero-knowledge proofs

Cider9986 — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 21:47:04 +0000

Article URL: https://community.signalusers.org/t/registration-without-a-phone-number/2222?page=10

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49689048

Points: 237

# Comments: 115

Fable 5.1 Solves the Cyphral Distich, a 370-year-old cipher

u1hcw9nx — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 21:06:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.vals.ai/blogs/fable-solves-cyphral-distich

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49688695

Points: 878

# Comments: 359

Mullenweg has returned as CEO after attempted board ouster

ilamont — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 20:19:06 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/12/automattic-confirms-mullenweg-has-returned-as-ceo-after-attempted-ouster-by-board/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49688259

Points: 142

# Comments: 191

Mark Zuckerberg: "Cambridge Analytica" (2017)

mfiguiere — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 20:08:45 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/TechEmails/status/2099214399840059428

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49688157

Points: 294

# Comments: 129

I'm being cyberattacked by Tesla, Inc

robinpie — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 18:03:09 +0000

Article URL: https://dreamstation.systems/personal/tesla.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686766

Points: 427

# Comments: 116

Global shortage has led to motor oil rationing at Costco

mikhael — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 17:57:59 +0000

Article URL: https://guessingheadlights.com/global-shortage-has-led-to-motor-oil-rationing-at-costco/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686697

Points: 205

# Comments: 186

Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?

iamflimflam1 — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 17:37:44 +0000

Article URL: https://www.atomic14.com/2026/09/13/why-is-google-still-serving-dodgy-ads

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686445

Points: 791

# Comments: 351

Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)

david927 — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 17:31:38 +0000

What are you working on? What have you been curious about lately?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686380

Points: 159

# Comments: 491

David Sacks: OpenAI and Anthropic Don't Need Regulations to Pace Frontier Models

kolanos — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 16:52:33 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/2098973625252708460

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49685991

Points: 298

# Comments: 221

Garry Tan wants US open-weight AI labs to 'distill' frontier models, too

TheJCDenton — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:44:38 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/11/y-combinators-garry-tan-wants-u-s-open-weight-ai-labs-to-distill-frontier-models-too/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49685253

Points: 385

# Comments: 212

Astra and Fable still hack on simple variants of alignment evals from 2025

Levitating — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 14:28:36 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/munJKF7iWMsWJLAH2/astra-and-fable-still-hack-on-simple-variants-of-alignment

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49684393

Points: 432

# Comments: 201

Making Startups Powerful

tosh — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 14:09:53 +0000

Article URL: https://paulgraham.com/powerful.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49684196

Points: 205

# Comments: 103

Data collected by cars and sold to third parties

bookofjoe — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 13:45:08 +0000

https://web.archive.org/web/20260913134705/https://www.theve...

https://archive.ph/TWEVZ

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683953

Points: 416

# Comments: 208

Flock worker calls police on reporter filming public camera installation

SanjayMehta — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 13:35:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.investigatetv.com/2026/09/08/flock-worker-calls-police-investigatetv-reporter-filming-public-camera-installation/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683853

Points: 345

# Comments: 254

Nvidia dismisses "circular financing", says every $1 it invests brings back $100

mgh2 — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:29:18 +0000

Article URL: https://invezz.com/news/2026/09/11/nvidia-says-every-1-it-invests-brings-back-100-so-why-does-the-stock-keep-falling/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49682319

Points: 134

# Comments: 187

Homebrew 7.0.0

mikemcquaid — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 08:41:17 +0000

Article URL: https://brew.sh/2026/09/13/homebrew-7.0.0/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49681545

Points: 594

# Comments: 238

JetKVM Mini

taubek — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 07:49:46 +0000

Article URL: https://jetkvm.com/blog/introducing-jetkvm-mini

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49681152

Points: 544

# Comments: 221

Why are AI agents lying, cheating and coordinating?

jonifico — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 01:22:31 +0000

Article URL: https://yoshuabengio.org/en/publication/why-are-ai-agents-lying-cheating-and-coordinating

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49678969

Points: 617

# Comments: 672

Everyone should slow down AI development except for me

xena — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:30:44 +0000

Article URL: https://xeiaso.net/notes/2026/everyone-slowdown-but-me/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49678683

Points: 768

# Comments: 442

Don't be the out of touch Kung Fu master

dsubburam — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 21:51:43 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/2098443262214230095

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49677577

Points: 255

# Comments: 395