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Tuesday 20 October 2026

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Hacker News

  1. My Friend Bob Cringely
  2. EMudhra Intermediate CA Compromise
  3. 2026 is an exciting year for the Rust compiler (and me)
  4. How I got over 300 Tor exit nodes removed
  5. Tsrs: A Port of TypeScript to Rust
  6. Publish fake stats, get cited in LLMs
  7. NixOS is making me less afraid
  8. Demographic "Doomsday" Misses the Mark
  9. Apple broke an essential presentation feature of iPads
  10. Hazel (YC W24) Is Hiring

The Verge

  1. Spotify pulled 50 million AI slop and spam tracks from its recommendations
  2. TikTok employees said they knew about child safety issues, but execs failed to act
  3. Adobe Lightroom mobile can now open closed eyes in photos with a simple tap
  4. Wii Sports is back on the Switch 2, and it rules
  5. Final Fantasy dips back into the SNES golden era with Resonance
  6. Antigravity just halved the price of its drone — by swapping its headset for wristwatch control
  7. Spotify’s new podcast memberships let you pay for extra perks
  8. Some Google Home Speakers caught downloading hundreds of gigs of data
  9. Baseus’ new security camera has a spotlight that tracks and follows moving targets
  10. Elon Musk’s proposed SpaceX stock giveaway would go into ‘Trump Accounts’

Ars Technica

  1. Meta Muse exposes users' personal and business secrets when they share conversations
  2. Visiting Slate’s first showroom as its $25,000 electric truck nears production
  3. Japan launches mission to bring home a piece of the Martian moon Phobos
  4. Pennsylvania issues alert on congenital measles—something US hasn't seen for decades
  5. Russian spacecraft maneuvers in "extreme proximity" to satellite used by Ukraine
  6. Accused OpenAI spy had folder called “Saudi Gov Docs,” FBI says
  7. Batteries help reduce emissions, but how do we reduce their emissions?
  8. PSA: Patch your Plex media server before someone hacks it
  9. Startup taps underwater volcano as energy source in "proof point" test
  10. ReactOS reaches major milestone with NTFS install support

TechCrunch

  1. Figma co-founder Dylan Field thinks MCP is not a perfect protocol
  2. SpaceX alum’s aviation startup, Reliable Robotics, lands $115M, topping $1B valuation
  3. US orders federal agencies to remove China’s DeepSeek AI from their systems
  4. Eka is worth $1.45B thanks to a physical AI model that has experts raving
  5. Inspired Capital closes $450M fourth fund as New York pushes back on Silicon Valley’s gravitational pull
  6. Oura adds new fitness metrics to show how workouts impact your body
  7. Spotify launches paid podcast memberships with perks beyond bonus content
  8. Otter.ai raises $320 million from General Catalyst’s growth fund for its meeting tool
  9. Yelp can now call on your behalf to check wait times at a restaurant
  10. Blackwall quadruples valuation to $2.2B as websites wrangle an increasingly crowded internet

Wired

  1. Sony Party Speaker Deal: Save $100 Off the ULT Tower 7
  2. The Physics Behind Tesla’s Flying Roadster
  3. Organic Mattress Sale: 20 Percent Off Essentia Beds
  4. How ‘Final Fantasy VII Revelation’ Strikes the Balance Between Old and New
  5. Sexual Assault Is a Free Speech Issue
  6. They Fled Trump’s America. Now They Regret it
  7. This New Food Delivery App Could Be the Antidote to Menu Markups
  8. 5 Best AI Notetakers (2026), Tested and Reviewed
  9. Demi Adejuyigbe Thinks You Should Only Post 3 Times a Day
  10. How to See the Orionid Meteor Shower and Other Upcoming Astronomical Events

Engadget

  1. RAM prices are crazy high, but do not settle for an 8GB laptop
  2. Amazon Prime comes with an Alexa upgrade you should know about
  3. How to stop fake virus pop-ups on your Windows PC
  4. Antigravity's Follow Me bundle adds accurate tracking and gesture controls to its A1 drone
  5. How to know it's time to replace your router
  6. UK antitrust regulator wants Apple to open up iPhone NFC access
  7. 3+ useful features included with Google One that people ignore
  8. OpenAI says its models can help banks migrate from old COBOL programs
  9. Spotify's Memberships program for podcasts is here to compete with Patreon
  10. The Apple Store will only let you check out two iPhone Duos

9to5Mac

  1. Perplexity’s Computer can now run entirely on your Mac, even offline
  2. Apple explains why HomeView couldn’t launch until now
  3. tvOS 27.2 adds three new features to your Apple TV 4K
  4. Apple now selling repair parts for iPhone 18 Pro, latest Mac Studio and Mac mini models
  5. Apple says American suppliers make almost 100 parts for iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo
  6. Samsung fighting iPhone Duo by launching six foldable phones next year
  7. Apple still makes it too hard for Apple Pay competitors to emerge, says UK
  8. iPhone Duo orders limited to two per customer as Apple tackles scalping
  9. Apple @ Work Podcast: A look at recent Apple security updates
  10. WhatsApp may soon let iPhone users open any link in an in-app browser

Guardian Australia

  1. Spielberg’s War of the Worlds forced Americans to look in the mirror – and see the real monster
  2. ‘What would Helen do’: politicians warn against tightened security and ‘letting bad people win’ after alleged attack
  3. Labor and the Coalition are poised to take a reckless gamble on AI. Haven’t they realised community support has collapsed? | Edward Santow and Sarah Sacher
  4. Australia’s $10bn EU trade deal has stalled again. What is it and what’s gone wrong?
  5. Curiosity, atonement or a score to settle? Why – and how – people get through their high school reunions
  6. ‘I feel like I’m 21’: Joe Ingles on the NBA, life in Australia and 1,500 days without drinking
  7. ‘I feel like a fourth-grade citizen’: Victorian public tenants in private homes fear eviction as the wait for permanent housing drags on
  8. Actor Christina Applegate reveals she was misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis
  9. Golden bat or ball: does cricket need an equivalent to the Ballon d’Or? | Taha Hashim
  10. North Korean fashion and an immersive David Hockney show: photos of the day – Tuesday

ABC News

  1. 'Things don't happen in a vacuum': Sister of slain UK MP speaks on Haines attack
  2. Breaking: Banks, websites offline as Google Cloud services fail across Europe
  3. Alberta voters reject move to separate from Canada
  4. Police lay three charges against Brendan Nugent over Haines attack
  5. Australian military opens its ranks to PNG university students
  6. Landholders and politicians push for tougher laws on renewable energy developments
  7. Police believe underworld gang gave gun to 13yo charged over drive-by shooting
  8. Cumulative impacts of data centre gas plants overlooked, court hears
  9. New laws to prevent WA schools discriminating against LGBTQIA+ staff, students
  10. Police probe WA woman's sudden death after random breath test

BBC News

  1. Harry says he wants it 'to work out' with his family
  2. Robinson shared photos of reporter's family, court told
  3. Why O'Sullivan faces battle to stay in world's top 16
  4. Student who stabbed housemate 30 times admits murder
  5. Huge setback for Alberta's separatist movement after decisive defeat
  6. Royals roll out red carpet for visiting Sultan
  7. BBC Three, BBC Scotland and Radio 4 Extra broadcast channels to close
  8. Paddy Power cuts 1,400 jobs and blames betting tax rises
  9. Key takeaways from Covid report on care homes
  10. Ronaldo let Manchester United down - Ten Hag

The Guardian

  1. ‘It was so satisfying when I threw a rock through the screen’: the people sick of being spied on by their smart TV
  2. The dangers of letting tech billionaires shape our world
  3. European air fares could rise by as much as 20% in 2027, Ryanair boss predicts
  4. Tommy Robinson threatened to publish details about journalist’s family, court told
  5. Paddy Power owner blames tax rises for plan to shed up to 1,400 jobs
  6. Former Bank of England chief economist says Tory growth policies ‘far more likely to succeed’ than Labour’s – UK politics live
  7. Jalen Hurts played through a blood clot. Are NFL players cattle?
  8. ‘We’ll keep doing this if people pay us!’ The cast of TV hit Ghosts on making a movie – and a caveman spinoff
  9. Explosive births, talking foxes and the devil in a trenchcoat – the Sitges fantastic film festival in all its creepy glory
  10. From granny hoods to recycled macs: 13 more sustainable ways to stay dry when it rains

Al Jazeera

  1. Alberta rejects separation referendum: What’s next for Canadian province?
  2. Pakistan army chief in Tehran: Can diplomacy prevent new US-Iran fighting?
  3. Satirical AI video of Paris protests mirrors real-life tourist experiences
  4. Celebrating Fela Kuti’s legacy and the global rise of Afrobeats
  5. Three months of PM Andy Burnham: Can he sustain the ‘hope vibe’?
  6. Indonesians protest over land-clearing fires
  7. US envoy Barrack defends decision to join Israel in war on Iran
  8. More than 250,000 displaced in Yemen since fighting escalated: UNHCR
  9. Israeli attacks kill at least four Palestinians in Gaza
  10. ‘Every day could cost lives’: UK government blocks Gaza families’ reunion

NPR

  1. DOJ charges 28 with voting crimes. And, TikTok ignored staff's child safety concerns
  2. What if an AI bubble bursts — and that accelerates AI job losses?
  3. Can the new federal voucher program help public schools? Democrats are torn
  4. Why are some food prices up and others down? Here are the stories of 5 items
  5. TikTok staff raised child safety alarms. Court records show executives failed to act
  6. Morning news brief
  7. Rays will face Brewers in World Series to produce a first-time champion
  8. Alberta voters reject a move toward independence in referendum backing Canadian unity
  9. DOJ charges 28 in California with voting crimes as election tensions escalate
  10. Judge chastises Trump administration plan to push ahead overhaul of DC golf course

Kottke

  1. How Japanese Dried Bonito Is Made
  2. Brewster Kahle argues against news sites blocking the...
  3. NPR’s Planet Money recently did a show on tariff refunds...
  4. Do you believe in life after death? This is a great...
  5. A Tiny 24 FPS E-Ink Game Boy Emulator
  6. A 24-minute video tour of the Krasner and Pollock: Past...
  7. Towers of Babble is a game that mashes up word games and...
  8. Hyperland, a Prescient 1990 TV Show by Douglas Adams
  9. Lane 8 has released his Fall 2026 Mixtape, 4 hours,...
  10. Won’t Someone Please Stop Me, Dr. Frankenstein, from...

The Marginalian

  1. How to Stop Waiting and Start Living: A Jolt from Henry James
  2. Love After Life: Nobel-Winning Physicist Richard Feynman’s Extraordinary Letter to His Departed Wife
  3. When Relationships Change: Anne Morrow Lindbergh on Embracing the Intermittency and Mutability of Love
  4. How to Unself in Order to Be Who You Really Are
  5. Nineteen Truths and One Beguiling Lie about Life from 20 Years of The Marginalian
  6. Celebrating 20 Years of The Marginalian and the Search for Meaning: Free Livestream This Friday
  7. Bloom: A Touching Animated Short Film about Depression and What It Takes to Recover the Light of Being
  8. The Map to the Route of Your Life
  9. The Single Most Effective Remedy for Despair: Advice from T.H. White’s Merlyn
  10. The Day Dostoyevsky Discovered the Meaning of Life in a Dream

Pitchfork

  1. Rosalía to Perform at Latin Grammys 2026
  2. Levon Helm’s Daughter Countersues Levon Helm Studios
  3. Muna Safe After Tour Bus Fire
  4. Brooklyn Street Named After Late Baby’s All Right Co-Founder Billy Jones
  5. Watch Cardi B Blaze Through Her No-Brakes Tiny Desk Performance
  6. Sophia Stel, Worldpeace DMT, Weed420, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist
  7. Watch Underscores Debut New Song With Jane Remover
  8. Tinashe Is Touring in 2027
  9. Hot Chip’s New Album Puts Them A Long Way From Kansas
  10. Watch Taylor Swift Debut “The Fate of Ophelia” Live at the Academy Museum Gala

Stereogum

  1. Alphabet – “Into The Blur”
  2. Soul Glo – “Ppl Worried” (Feat. Tunde Adebimpe)
  3. One Step Closer Announce New Album Zero: Hear Two Tracks
  4. Hannah Frances – “Circadian Heart”
  5. sadie – “Little Things”
  6. claire rousay & zander raymond Announce New Album something good: Hear “can’t we have both”
  7. Jay-Z Reportedly Picks Himself For Super Bowl Halftime Show, U2 To Play Thanksgiving Eve Game
  8. An iPhone Is Their Acoustic Guitar
  9. Dominic Fike Shares New Single “Pangea,” Earns First Top 10 Hit With 8-Year-Old “Babydoll”
  10. MUNA’s Gets So Hot Tour Bus Catches Fire In Burbank

Longreads

  1. Death by a Thousand Dams
  2. The Longreads Questionnaire, Featuring Jasper Craven
  3. Feeding the Revolution
  4. The Doxing of Jane Doe
  5. Tishomingo Burn Ban
  6. The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
  7. What Happens When Your Abuser Kills Himself?
  8. Supplemental Journey
  9. Deskilling the Body
  10. How Tree Rings Challenged the Myth of American Wilderness

ScienceDaily

  1. Scientists finally uncover why statins can cause muscle pain
  2. Hurricane warning maps are improving, but a dangerous problem remains
  3. Astronomers uncover new secrets of the Universe’s first five minutes
  4. Scientists discover a bizarre Jurassic “squid” unlike anything ever seen
  5. Scientists discover a way to kill dangerous gut bacteria without killing the good
  6. Your aging brain may be trading memory for something more valuable
  7. Scientists find a way to fight Alzheimer’s brain damage without removing toxic tau
  8. NASA reveals 16 stunning galaxies hiding cosmic chaos
  9. Scientists discover a surprising link between vitamin C and cancer survival
  10. Scientists reach the ultimate quantum limit on a surface

Quanta

  1. AI Proved the Quasi-Riemann Hypothesis. What Happens Now?
  2. He Wants AI Benchmarking To Be a Science, Not a Dark Art
  3. How Do Fungi Keep the Planet Healthy?
  4. Triplet of ‘Ghostly’ Galaxies Hints at What Dark Matter Is — and Isn’t

NASA

  1. Webb Captures Stellar Jets
  2. NASA Welcomes Uzbekistan as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
  3. APOD: 2026 October 20 – An Anticrepuscular Rainbow Fan
  4. The Human Fingerprint on Earth’s Water Cycle
  5. Curiosity Blog, Sols 5036-5042: Watching the Clouds Go By
  6. NASA Improves Shock, Vibration Analysis
  7. Software
  8. Experimental Facilities
  9. NASA’s Simulated Mars Crew Marks One Year Inside Habitat
  10. Instrumentation

Nature

  1. Nature’s job-satisfaction survey highlights the changing geography of science
  2. Is it ‘moon-stroke’, or a chill?
  3. Butterfly wing patterns make motion hard to read
  4. China picks first researchers for 15-year mega grants
  5. Will this sleep-disorder drug be the next big blockbuster?
  6. Nepal’s disaster is an urgent wake-up call
  7. Nobel-prizewinning breakthroughs can emerge from neglected organisms
  8. Europe and the rest of the world must come up with an answer to US science strategy
  9. Bundle water safeguards into critical-mineral licences
  10. Conservation planning should follow animal clocks

Dezeen

  1. Terracotta tiles enclose skinny Roof House by Trung Nguyen Architects
  2. David Chipperfield Architects builds concrete gallery around singular artwork in Germany
  3. Design Academy Eindhoven students protest overcrowded facilities
  4. Box 9 used "brick on every surface" in Soho restaurant Kid
  5. Golf clubhouse by Graham Baba nods to farm structures in rural Washington
  6. OMA dresses faceted French courthouse in coloured glass
  7. NM3 designs "truly classic bar for Milan"
  8. Historic town hall in Limoges set on fire during French protests
  9. Traditional Thai lanterns inform blue-and-gold Bangkok cafe interior
  10. Traditional Thai lanterns inform blue-and-gold Bangkok cafe interior

Design Milk

  1. Davis Furniture Debuts Faba by Mario Ferrarini
  2. Boldizar Senteski Explores the Beauty of Decay in the Erosion Collection
  3. Hommeboys Interiors Brings Warmth to a Los Altos Hills Home
  4. From Spotlight to Soft-light: New Lighting by Coil + Drift
  5. A 1908 Japanese Prison Finds New Life as a Luxury Hotel
  6. Kohler Introduces Fleurette Artist Editions Collection with Aerin Lauder
  7. Alfonso Verduzco Translates Mexican Architecture Into ALMA Acoustic Panels
  8. 262 Fifth Avenue Pairs Sculptural Architecture With Serene Interiors
  9. Amazon Rethinks the Kindle From the Inside Out
  10. Falconry Takes Flight Inside Dubai’s N53 Cigar Lounge

BBC Sport

  1. Former world champion Cordina cleared of assault after petrol station punch
  2. How have big names fared in the Irish Premiership?
  3. What does Celtic's demolition of Hearts mean for Hogh?
  4. SPFL invites bids for new Scottish Premiership TV deal
  5. 49ers maintain 100 per cent record with win against Commanders
  6. Boulter produces emphatic win at Japan Open
  7. Wales make four changes to face Samoa at World Cup
  8. Lowry joins McIlroy in first ever TGL Trade
  9. Irwin backs himself to bounce back after 'hard' year
  10. Reese stars as Dream win first WNBA Finals match

ESPN

  1. Rankings for Week 7
  2. Once long shots, Brewers, Rays carry sportsbook liability into World Series
  3. Jalen Hurts' blood clot diagnosis explained: What it means for the QB
  4. Bowl, CFP projections: How the postseason picture shifted after a wild Week 7
  5. CFP Bubble Watch at midseason: The playoff field is wide open
  6. Where Brewers-Rays ranks among best World Series matchups since 2000
  7. Windhorst: What Madison Square Garden means to LeBron James
  8. Early bets for Week 7: Three games to target right away
  9. Heisman and CFP market watch: Notre Dame new favorites, the Big 12 and Week 7 chaos
  10. Bold predictions for the 2026-27 season

CNBC

  1. Judge dismisses Sam Altman's sister's sexual abuse lawsuit
  2. September data shows housing market in a deep freeze
  3. Anthropic in talks with neocloud Nscale over second multibillion-dollar deal, source tells CNBC
  4. LightStream stops accepting loan applications. Try these 6 lenders instead
  5. Bullish sentiment on stocks has cratered. Why that could be good for stocks
  6. Apple shares aren't cheap. Here's how to get long for less
  7. Salesforce announces $5.66 billion deal for Braze, sending BRZE stock soaring 50%
  8. SpaceX reports after the bell. Here's what options traders expect
  9. SpaceX earnings live updates: Starlink growth, AI revenue and merger speculation
  10. Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the stock market Tuesday

IGN

  1. Stupid Never Dies Blends a Wacky Tone with Aggressive Gameplay to Create a Unique Pop-Punk Action Game
  2. Former Call of Duty Dev Says 'It's Hard to Watch' Xbox Make Money From Black Ops PlayStation Ports
  3. Final Fantasy Resonance Review
  4. Nintendo Switch Sports Resort Review
  5. Kratos Would Have Had a Different Name Were It Not for Relentless Domino's Pizza Jokes, God of War Creator Reveals
  6. Cyberpunk 2077 Gets Surprise Official New Update Announcement From CD Projekt
  7. Techland CEO Addresses Fans as Dying Light: The Beast Support Comes to an End
  8. There's Real Force Behind These Star Wars Battlefront 3 Rumors
  9. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Pop-Up: The DMZ Has Never Been This Much Fun
  10. The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia Is on Sale at Amazon Today

Kotaku

  1. Masahiro Sakurai Says Gaming Needs Originality Or It ‘Will Die Slowly’
  2. Six Years Later, Cyberpunk 2077 Is Still Getting Updates
  3. Final Fantasy Resonance Feels Like Comfort Food, But I Want Cuisine
  4. A Star Wars Battlefront 3 Made By Bungie Would Probably Be Great But Also A Waste
  5. Card Collector Who Spent Over Two Years Building $100,000 Collection Gets Terrible News From PSA
  6. One Of Japan’s Premier Visual Novel Writers Enters Palliative Care For Throat Cancer
  7. Voice Of Goku Responds To AI Stealing Her Voice: ‘I can’t Forgive Them…It Makes Me Really Angry, It’s No Different Than Theft’
  8. So What Are We Supposed To Take Away From You Can See Everything?
  9. As IGN Retreats From Podcasts, Fired Hosts Start Their Own
  10. Penguin Colony Developers Talk The BDS Talk And Walk The Walk By Banning The Game For Sale In Israel

PC Gamer

  1. Of course a new Edgerunners series means a new Cyberpunk 2077 patch
  2. I accidentally severed my finger with a butter knife as I panicked in a messed-up game of Five Finger Fillet
  3. Microsoft won't like this open source project to get Game Pass working on SteamOS and Linux, but I think it's pretty neat
  4. I'm not sure if the Steam Frame hits any corners in this bouncing screensaver, but maybe if I watch long enough the headset will come down in price
  5. Amnesia: The Dark Descent's co-founder explained the 'the dynamic of Steam' to Red Barrels after Outlast's sales slowed down
  6. This sound library catalogues 100 different keyboard switches, is dangerous for my wallet, and also has… live service game mechanics?
  7. Subnautica 2 is heading for 'Early access 2.0,' which brings 'one of our scariest regions we've ever done'
  8. TP-Link says it will start making Wi-Fi 8 routers in the US, dodging government soft ban in one easy step
  9. Intel bringing faster upscaler to Valve's Proton - XMX accelerated XeSS could come to SteamOS in boost to future Intel-powered handheld gaming PCs
  10. New Steam Deck plugin means you can customise your Steam Achievement pop-ups to match Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, or anything your heart desires

Rock Paper Shotgun

  1. Games with loot boxes and other "paid random items" re-rated PEGI 16 as new rules come into force, hopefully cutting down on kids gambling somewhat
  2. The latest game event to fall afoul of US visa rules is a live concert for horse girl racer Umamusume: Pretty Derby
  3. Abiotic Factor's second year of updates confirmed to include official mod support and a DLC taking science to the tropics
  4. Penguin Colony is not messing around with its statement on the Palestinian genocide, banning sale in Israel and calling out the games industry in-game
  5. Helldivers 2's GameGuard cheat policing "wasn't as effective as it could have been", cue a switch to Easy Anti-Cheat as part of a crackdown on cheat mods
  6. "Too big a risk": Moonlighter devs delay new game's demo for fear of genAI cloning, calling on platforms to "keep strengthening protections for original work"
  7. "I was a real anglophile": A Canadian's obsession with Viz magazine is why Grand Theft Auto: London's streets are covered in dogs' eggs
  8. "Sexy sorceresses" and "bare-chested fighters": Dragon Age's original artists wanted to base it on Conan the Barbarian, much to the outrage of the designers
  9. Crusader Kings 3's merchant republics expansion, Silk and Silver, will release during the very quiet time of mid-November 2026
  10. Endless pile of Needle In Haystack games begins to emerge, as viral hit imitator's devs claim their code was nicked by a genAI-using clone

Eurogamer

  1. Helldivers 2 swaps over to Easy anti-cheat, with developers admitting Gameguard "wasn't as effective as it could have been"
  2. Nintendo Switch Sports Resort review
  3. Final Fantasy Resonance review
  4. People who've finished Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 on the new YOLO, single-life difficulty share experiences and tips for doing so
  5. European age-ratings body PEGI begins raising age-limit of loot box games, like EA Sports FC, to 16
  6. Cyberpunk 2077 getting a substantial update to coincide with Edgerunners' Netflix Season 2 release
  7. GTA 6 is so detailed no single Rockstar employee knows it all - which is how we got shrinking horse testicles in Red Dead Redemption 2
  8. Bungie plans to share first details about surprise 'unvaulting' of Destiny 2 content soon
  9. Umamusume: Pretty Derby Los Angeles concert cancelled last minute due to US visa issues, despite exploring "every possible option"
  10. Umamusame: Pretty Derby Los Angeles concert cancelled last minute due to US visa issues, despite exploring "every possible option"