Hacker News

1. The current balance of power in open models
2. The UV index is not the warm sensation of sunlight on bare skin
3. Microsoft killed FoxPro in 2007. Anyway, here's FoxPro revived
4. LLM Ass Bench
5. The JavaScript Midlife Crisis
6. Native apps written in TypeScript and CSS
7. A Faster Shortest Path Algorithm
8. Overreliance on AI contributed to missile strike on Iran school – Pentagon
9. SAML: A Fractal of Bad Design
10. Unreal Agent

The Verge

1. Paramount will need to release way more movies to make this merger work
2. Rabbit’s new AI agent doesn’t need an R1 to run
3. Saudi Arabia’s new Exobot EVs make the Cybertruck look normal
4. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 comes in an Extreme version too
5. Motorola’s wild-looking Signature 27 runs Qualcomm’s new Extreme chipset
6. Apple clarifies that Texture and Grain controls are exclusive to the latest iPhones’ cameras
7. Score free Pixel Buds 2A when you preorder a Googlebook at Best Buy
8. Save $30 on Apple’s Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and a numpad
9. San Francisco sues Trump Media for selling early access to Trump posts
10. Apple is reportedly working on a Whoop-like fitness tracker

Ars Technica

1. Woman's brain worm infection confirmed after eggs grow tails in lab test
2. New Anthropic, OpenAI models make same promise: A little more for a lot less money
3. Cities across US oppose Trump FCC plan to preempt local broadband rules
4. Microsoft disrupts AI-assisted platform that compromised 12,000 accounts
5. Lawsuit demands OpenAI pay for new school after ChatGPT used in shooting
6. Adobe Premiere finally brings powerful video editing to Android, and it's free
7. Review: Resident Evil is the fresh take this flagging franchise really needed
8. Toyota orders workers to train humanoid robots but says humans won't be replaced
9. IT mistake erases 11 years of viewing history for hospitals’ maternity records
10. Effort begins to fill the void left by terminated US climate report

TechCrunch

1. TechCrunch Founder Summit’s agenda revealed: Unlock fundraising, hiring, and AI insights in Boston on November 4
2. Snorkel AI triples valuation to $3.5B as demand for AI training data booms
3. Qualcomm launches two new smartphone chips with emphasis on AI
4. Apple could take on Whoop with a new fitness tracker, report says
5. Meta admits Muse’s likeness to OpenClaw isn’t a coincidence
6. Hacking group ShinyHunters claims it breached the FBI, stole agents’ and applicants’ data
7. a16z is challenging Silicon Valley’s love for drop-outs by launching a school
8. OpenAI launches GPT-6 Sol and Luna, boasting lower cost and fewer mistakes
9. Waymo’s latest expansion strategy: teenagers
10. Anthropic releases Opus 5.5 with lower prices and Fable-level performance

Wired

1. How to Claim Your Cut of Apple’s $250 Million Siri Settlement
2. Rabbit Is Back, This Time With an AI Agent App
3. Adobe Premiere, One of the iPhone’s Best Video-Editing Apps, Is Now on Android
4. AI Models Built From Rat Brains Just Got Closer to Reality
5. Viture’s Vonder Glasses Are Meant to Map Your Mind
6. GoPro Mission 1 Pro ILS Review (2026): Cinema-Quality Action Cam
7. Everything You Know About Political Violence Is Probably Wrong
8. Is a Home Security System Subscription Worth It? (2026)
9. I Built AI Clones of My Coworkers. Things Got Weird
10. The UK Government Faces a Reckoning Over Palantir

Engadget

1. iOS 27: How to hide or replace the audio button in iMessages
2. Improve your Apple CarPlay experience by doing these simple things
3. Riot is pulling voice chat from League of Legends 26.20
4. What does anti-aliasing actually do to your PC games?
5. Why are some songs grayed out on Apple Music (And how to fix it)
6. DoorDash will pay $131.5 million for missing and miscalculated NYC delivery worker wages
7. Discord rolls out its revised age verification policy
8. How to set up 5.1 surround sound system for your Xbox
9. Motorola's new Signature 27 is among the first smartphone to use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 processor
10. Qualcomm is making not one but two versions of its flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chip

9to5Mac

1. Apple Pay is getting even better with four new features and more
2. U.S. government urges Supreme Court to reverse Apple contempt ruling over App Store commission
3. Apple releases first iOS 27.2 public beta with new iPhone Health app
4. Apple rolls out second RCs for macOS Tahoe 26.7.1 and macOS Sequoia 15.8.1 [U: Public]
5. Apple releases macOS 27.2 Golden Gate public beta 1
6. macOS 27 gives you more control over Liquid Glass
7. Apple expands Tap to Pay on iPhone across eight Latin American markets
8. Apple adds RAW support for 11 digital cameras across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro
9. Tim Cook meets EU chief Ursula von der Leyen as bloc pushes new child safety rules
10. Apple retires the Apple Park Visitor Center’s unique AR experience

Guardian Australia

1. Kamala Harris returns to Michigan to campaign for Abdul El-Sayed for Senate
2. Spain allows US extradition case against pro-Palestine aid donor to proceed
3. Taylor distances himself from Bragg’s proposal to let homebuyers use super as collateral for mortgages
4. Australia news live: ABC watchdog criticises ‘culture of secrecy’ and factchecking at Four Corners
5. Man missing after reportedly jumping off cruise ship bound for California
6. Trump invades the UN with a brutish speech | Ted Widmer
7. Another Florida Republican distances himself from Donald Trump before midterms
8. Hats, pencils and baby pacifiers: Yellowstone staffers retrieve record amount of trash from hot springs
9. Choosin’ Texas unseats All I Want for Christmas as longest-running No 1 song on Billboard Hot 100
10. First blood to England in ODI series after Will Jacks helps see off Sri Lanka

ABC News

1. Girl, 14, allegedly stabs police officer in Darwin CBD before being tasered
2. Six-year-old solves Rubik's Cube in record 4.27 seconds
3. Schools trial AI leak detection technology to save water
4. Police investigate disappearance of 200 cattle from outback station
5. Mary Fowler's Man City score controversial goal with flare burning on pitch
6. Banned Swans to make first public appearance since Pullman Hotel scandal
7. Hacking group purports to have stolen FBI data in cyber attack
8. Children in 'birthplace' of Mary Poppins mark coming-of-age ritual
9. Tones And I reveals why she turned down NRL grand final
10. Record sheep prices see farmers turn crop paddocks over to stock

BBC News

1. Frost, wind and rain forecast as autumn warmth fades for many
2. Child ketamine users getting bladder damage describe 'peeing a jellyfish'
3. Fresh bedsheets and dusk walks: Expert tips for sleep-deprived freshers
4. 'Poison seller' who sold my daughter deadly drugs should rot in hell
5. 'I don't have a buoyancy aid': Living without the Bank of Mum and Dad
6. Europe's car makers are in crisis. Will the threat of war rescue them?
7. IMF tells advanced economies to 'bring debt down' as borrowing costs rise
8. Rare look at the remote engine rooms powering China's AI ambitions
9. Trump tells UN he has 'big decision' on whether to 'annihilate' Iran or make peace deal
10. Trump says he can do business with Burnham but criticises 'terrible' Chagos deal

The Guardian

1. Pay rent, eat or keep warm? Growing numbers face hard choices as housing benefit gap grows
2. England’s mayors should face greater scrutiny as powers expand, thinktank says
3. Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard
4. Children as young as 13 being referred to UK hospital suffering from ‘ketamine bladder’
5. UK doctors develop non-invasive test for womb cancer in women bleeding after menopause
6. California and New York sue over Trump push to halt wind energy projects
7. Outgoing UN chief says polluters have treated atmosphere like an ‘open sewer’
8. Mariona Caldentey penalty provides late WCL relief for Arsenal against Køge
9. The Great British Bake Off review – Nigella is wise, generous … and perfect for this national treasure of a show
10. Trump praises relations with Burnham despite tensions over AI and Iran

Al Jazeera

1. Iran flights to Baghdad, Muscat cancelled ahead of US aviation sanctions
2. Kamala Harris campaigns with Abdul El-Sayed to unify Democratic voters
3. UNGA Day 1: US and Iran hold talks despite Trump’s threat
4. Celebrities at the Pentagon: How unusual was the Paul brothers’ visit?
5. US Republican calls for probe into Donald Trump Jr’s business dealings
6. Palestinian Americans meet US lawmakers as Trump seeks $2.8bn for Israel
7. US signs ‘tremendous’ security deal with Denmark and Greenland
8. Qatari Emir says country won’t ‘limit’ itself as Gulf ‘mediator’
9. Macron: France won’t ‘yield an inch’ on Ukraine support
10. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman slams targeting of Mecca by ‘terrorist’ Houthis

NPR

1. Questions remain after grand jury declines indictment in Nolan Wells' death
2. Girl accuses Braden Peters, social media influencer known as 'Clavicular,' of rape
3. White House launches 'Trump TV' after ban on major news outlets
4. Trump's D.C. arch is now a military complex. Here's how that complicates things
5. Inside a 'modern slavery situation' where cyber scammers are victims themselves
6. This 'fire amoeba' pushes the limit of what's possible for complex life
7. Sri Lanka court convicts 15 over deadly 2019 Easter bombings
8. CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue Trump. And, Paramount settles in massive merger lawsuit
9. Houthis try to push deeper into western Yemen, upending life, witnesses tell NPR
10. A journalist once barred from the White House says this media ban is different

Kottke

1. Some Newsletter Tidying
2. A thoughtful review of Nolan’s The Odyssey, comparing it...
3. Mary Cassatt: The Impressionist Who Painted The Mind
4. 3D models for every single object in Katamari Damacy, all...
5. Ross Anderson on NASA’s recently launched Nancy Grace...
6. Canyon Groove. What if the grooves on a record were...
7. Dimensional Drawings of Apple Products
8. What’s your “origin” video game? “I’m talking about the...
9. TIL Victor Hugo’s Notre-Dame de Paris (aka The Hunchback...
10. “The best next steps are the concrete ones: Big AI needs...

The Marginalian

1. Dostoyevsky, Just After His Death Sentence Was Repealed, on the Meaning of Life
2. The Vampire Problem: The Paradoxical Psychology of Why It Is So Hard to Change
3. How to Hold the Darkness: Notes on Living Through Uncertainty
4. The Science of Waiting and the Art of Delay
5. Steinbeck and the Difficult Art of the Friend Breakup
6. Are You Working: In Defense of the Invisible Labors of Creativitiy
7. The Courage to Be Yourself: E.E. Cummings on Art, Life, and Being Unafraid to Feel
8. Edward Abbey on How to Live and How to Die
9. Against the Cartesian Myth of Work/Life Balance: André Gregory’s Extraordinary Letter to Richard Avedon about the Nature of Creativity
10. The Stoic Key to Living with Presence: Seneca on Time Spent vs. Saved vs. Wasted

Pitchfork

1. Outkast Sue Ovrkast for Having “Nearly Identical” Name
2. 2hollis Announces New Album Pirouette
3. Taylor Swift Announces New Single “Patient Zero”
4. Chvrches Return With First Song in Three Years
5. Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” Breaks Record for Most Weeks at No. 1
6. Danny Brown to Tour Atrocity Exhibition for 10th Anniversary
7. Perfume Genius Premieres New Song “Natural High”
8. Krill Announce First Album in 10 Years, Secret Language
9. Blue Bendy Launch New Album With “Dragonslayer” Video
10. Man Jailed for Selling $3.6 Million in Counterfeit Taylor Swift, Rihanna Vinyl

Stereogum

1. Outkast Sue Ovrkast
2. Yr Knives – “Stretch Bath”
3. Making Time ∞ Sets A PLURTed Standard For East Coast Raving
4. A.G. Sully – “Are You Willing To Change?”
5. Mary In The Junkyard – “Jane”
6. Chvrches – “Roses”
7. Index – “Dissolve”
8. Blue Bendy Announce New Album One Day This Will All Be Lore: Hear “Dragonslayer”
9. Ella Langley Breaks Record For Longest-Running #1 Hit Of All Time
10. Julia Jacklin – “If I Had The Hand Of God”

Longreads

1. Impossibility is a Myth
2. Annie Dillard and the Writing Life
3. The Incredible Journey of a Migratory Shorebird
4. Where Cities and Oceans Meet
5. Still On Its Way to Cleveland
6. On Not Being a Homeowner
7. Tomato Cure
8. No, But
9. Murder-in-Law
10. The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

ScienceDaily

1. Coffee doesn’t have to keep you awake to disrupt your sleep
2. This emerging treatment could help people avoid knee replacement surgery
3. For the first time, scientists watch sound jump between quantum states
4. Humpback whale mother may have mourned her dead calf for days
5. MIT’s tiny flying robot gets 450% faster with AI
6. This new concrete is stronger and pulls CO2 from the air
7. A strange circle on satellite maps turned out to be a 390-million-year-old impact crater
8. The end of humanity? What would happen if the Yellowstone supervolcano erupted now
9. Brain scans reveal a possible cause of long COVID fatigue and brain fog
10. Scientists discover first new penguin species in more than 100 years

Quanta

1. How Virus-like ‘Jumping Genes’ Became Our Partners in Evolution
2. Mathematicians Build Long-Awaited Graph Sandwich
3. Where Does the Quantum World End and Ours Begin?
4. Ctenophores Aren’t Just Beautiful. They’re Biological Wonders.

NASA

1. Risks of Decompression Sickness and Venous Thromboembolism during Spaceflight and Patent Foramen Ovale Implications
2. NASA-Funded Research Finds Complex Life Defying Record Heat
3. NASA-Funded Research Finds Complex Life Defying Record Heat
4. NASA’s Chandra Finds Unusual Objects in Pinwheel Galaxy
5. NASA Astronaut to Answer Questions from New Hampshire Students
6. APOD: 2026 September 22 – Chance Triple Alignment: Plane, Space Station, Sun
7. An Epic View of the Seasons
8. Embracing the Equinox
9. NASA Welcomes Albania as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
10. NASA Kicks Off Nationwide Effort to Prepare Tomorrow’s Space Workforce

Nature

1. About to give your first lecture? Read this first
2. What happens in Vegas: one lecturer’s hunt for a projector
3. Hundreds of ‘free’ academic journals have started charging fees
4. Watch scientists decipher burnt scrolls without unrolling them
5. All the ways a cell can die — and why the variety matters
6. Will AI really kill us all? The science behind the hype
7. This super-cold microscope could spur a quantum revolution
8. Dust in the wind is on the decline
9. Nepal floods pose biggest test yet for UN climate loss and damage fund
10. Why AI companies can’t be trusted to self-regulate

Dezeen

1. Cattle armchair by Design By Them among 13 new products on Dezeen Showroom
2. The quirky architecture of Burning Man 2026
3. Parsons researchers warn of plastic toxicity in American manufactured homes
4. Dezeen Showroom New Releases newsletter includes oak modular kitchen
5. Tato Architects completes charred timber-clad home in Japan
6. Dezeen Awards 2026 interiors shortlist revealed
7. With Limitations apartment reveals unvarnished glimpse into life as a London designer
8. Cork wall by GenCork
9. Grimshaw unveils trio of Auckland stations informed by Māori narratives
10. I IN contrasts concrete architecture with bright colours in Andersson Bell Tokyo store

Design Milk

1. Patty Studios Looks to the South of France for Its Debut Rug Collection
2. Urban Cowboy Brings Its Maximalist Americana to Governors Island
3. Elliot March Lets the Landscape Lead the Way
4. Americans Aren’t Afraid of Dark Paint—They Just Want It Warmer
5. The Best Advent Calendars of 2026 for Design Lovers
6. The Kimchi Brings Seoul’s Visual Energy to Prague
7. Veo’s Rover Electric Trike Makes Micromobility More Accessible
8. A 1978 Vancouver Special Gets a “Sophisti-Quirk” Reinvention
9. Laneige Turns Skincare Customization Into a Four-Story Experience
10. Inside a New Venice Hotel With a Lighter Take on Venetian Grandeur

BBC Sport

1. Man Utd and Liverpool eye Mitchell - Wednesday's gossip
2. GB boxers guaranteed three medals at Europeans
3. O'Neill receives Celtic backing after 'painful' week
4. England ease to big victory as Sri Lanka crumble in first ODI
5. Israel FA comments on Hallgrimsson 'unacceptable' - Irish taoiseach Martin
6. Vital with the bat, crucial with the ball - Jacks stars in England win
7. Menzies upsets Van Veen to win second title of year
8. Banned British player's £15m lawsuit against WTA dismissed
9. Celtic report £4.8m loss as revenue drops by 22.7%
10. Lopez ordered to defend world title against Britain's Catterall

ESPN

1. NBA Rank 2026: A new countdown begins with players Nos. 100-51
2. Source: Niners signing veteran receiver Cooks to practice squad
3. Real Madrid need more from young star Schröder to reach new UWCL heights
4. Grades for every NBA free agent signing, extension: Why Raptors get a B- for Kawhi deal
5. Deion: Buffs remove several players for conduct detrimental to team
6. Raptors, Leonard agree to 2-year, $115M extension
7. 📈 NFL Power Rankings: Our post-Week 2 poll, plus what we know about every QB1
8. Sources: Bagent has concussion, leaving Bears' QB situation muddled
9. Seven things Solak thinks: Bucs will regret the Mayfield contract? Chargers are a bottom-10 team?
10. NBA offseason buzz: Latest on trades, news and intel

CNBC

1. Wednesday's big stock stories: What’s likely to move the market in the next trading session
2. Trump discloses more than 1,100 July trades, including up to $25 million each in sales of Microsoft, Amazon
3. ShinyHunters hackers say they breached FBI, stole data on bureau employees
4. U.S. regulators rush to write crypto rulebook after Clarity Act stalls in Senate
5. A top chip stock analyst sees big things for Nvidia, Broadcom. How his case aligns with ours
6. Nasdaq rises to new record; S&P 500 closes flat as oil slides for a fifth day
7. Here's who we know is going to the Trump-Xi dinner so far
8. Royal Caribbean nears $3 billion deal to take 50% equity stake in Sandals
9. Meta is breaking out after introducing Muse AI agent. Where the stock is going, according to the charts
10. Climate risk is reshaping muni credit — and income opportunities

IGN

1. NBA Star Steven Adams Says GTA 6's Launch Will Lead to a 'League-Wide' Drop in Performance for Athletes and Coaches
2. Halo Studios Cinematic Director Promoted and Laid Off Within the Same Week as Xbox's Brutal Restructuring Continues
3. Grand Theft Auto 6's Miami Takeover Begins as Rockstar Spends Nearly $1 Million on 'Welcome to Vice City' Signage
4. Garfield - Escape from Monday Review
5. Wardogs Season 2 Release Date Announced, Will Add Weather Including Rain
6. Halo Fans Can't Decide if Activision Takeover Is a Good Thing or Not
7. Sea of Thieves Fans Fear for Rare's Future as Studio Gets Put Under Activision Following Xbox Reset
8. MANHATTAN UNDER SIEGE
9. Minecraft Beat Itself After Nearly Two Billion Simulated Years
10. How Best Buy Became a Hidden Haven for Authentic Pokémon TCG Drops at MSRP Prices With Anti-Scalper Queues

Kotaku

1. Comics Creators And Readers Are Reeling After The News That Tapas Is Shutting Down
2. Steam Hit Gets Attacked By Malware Twice In One Year: ‘It’s Not Looking Good’
3. New Darkwing Duck Show Starring Mark Hamill And Seth Rogen Is Headed To Disney
4. This Early Access Indie Horror Game Has Me Hanging On For Dear Life
5. 72-Year-Old Man Could Spend Up To Six Months In Jail For Placing Tracking Device On Pokémon TCG Delivery Driver’s Car
6. Halo Developer Gets Promoted And Laid Off In The Same Week
7. Star Wars Zero Company Estimated To Have Reached 1 Million Sales Amid Staff Furloughs
8. Gears of War: E-Day Story Director Laid Off Just Four Days After Celebrating The Game Going Gold
9. Xbox Game Studios Is Quickly Disappearing
10. The War Is Over: Middle-Earth: Shadow Of Mordor And Shadow Of War Finally Coming To Switch 2 Next Week

PC Gamer

1. 'Guardians make their own fate.' Destiny 2 players and creators celebrate following Bungie's shock U-turn, as the studio admits: 'Your voices mattered'
2. Vindicated: after speaking to some pro Counter-Strike players I'm sure I was right when I said 360 Hz is the sweet spot for competitive FPS
3. Diablo 5 will 'take a somewhat different approach' to Diablo 4's monster level scaling so your character feels noticeably stronger as you progress
4. World of Warcraft: Forever players find rule-breaking new items that defy 22 years of experience with the classic MMO
5. The mythology of Gabe Newell now includes Mongolian throat singing
6. Before I starting making church candles from dead bodies, vs after
7. I modded Crazy Taxi into Grand Theft Auto 5
8. I set out to prove polling rate affects my aim and instead found my favourite DPI setting
9. What the hell are you guys doing?
10. Why Blizzard vet Rob Pardo is going all-in on Arkheron, the PvP dungeon crawler that's like dark-fantasy Backrooms: 'It's very much been an odyssey'

Rock Paper Shotgun

1. Stuntboost is a Tech Dech, skateboarding platformer all about doing sick flips on cardboard constructs in your bedroom, and it's out now
2. Furries, magical girls and slick hack 'n' slash combat blend promisingly together in the late 2000s inspired Break The Night
3. Packed Lair, out today, is a Tetris-adjacent base builder about cramming as much as you can into a tiny evil lair to aid your army in conquering the world
4. Love 'em or hate 'em, if it weren't for the Sonic the Hedgehog films, the blue blur might have been canned entirely, so says series boss Takashi Iizuka
5. Prebuilt Steam Machine faceplate screens are here, delivering decent, surprisingly cheaper alternatives to Valve-approved DIY builds
6. Following a strong start, Rebel Wolves line up The Blood of Dawnwalker's first big patch for next month, adding in a new, easier difficulty mode and more
7. "I'm still blown away by the amount of talent": Hellblade devs Ninja Theory face closure after Microsoft fail to reach a deal with buyers
8. "Good luck today, Halo friends": After years of rivalry, Call of Duty's creators have taken charge of Xbox's defining FPS series amid yet more layoffs
9. Today's changes might get Xbox a new Halo sooner, but history shows production line development makes for boring games
10. Xbox lay off 268 people as Activision take over Halo and Rare, while Obsidian become part of Bethesda, plus Forza and Fable studios merge

Eurogamer

1. Artist who hand-paints some of gaming's best fantasy world maps brings them together in oversized and extremely lavish art book
2. With "a dozen" music levels, Rayman Legends Retold doubles down on the best bit of the original game, and having played it I couldn't be happier
3. Xbox confirms 268 more layoffs, further studio closures, and Obsidian's shift to Bethesda as major restructuring continues
4. Hellblade developer Ninja Theory heading towards closure in new wave of Xbox cuts, as two separate agreements collapse
5. Next major Halo game being developed by Activision, as Halo Studios all but closes as part of Microsoft's Xbox restructuring
6. Sony appears to be testing PlayStation Store credit offers when you buy certain games
7. Blizzard layoffs are reportedly imminent, days after an exciting BlizzCon and a seemingly popular World of Warcraft: Forever beta
8. Another Injustice 3 leak reveals two characters in the rumoured DC fighting game - one that's expected and one that's a big surprise
9. World of Warcraft fans are torn about whether Forever's Skyborne starting zone fits tonally with Classic WoW
10. Second wave of Xbox cuts reported to be happening this week, with "several" studios apparently facing consolidation