The news of Wednesday 30 September 2026

Hardware 164 stories

1. IT Morning 1001: Soybean Pack supported travel services; East selected stools two times less than refunded after Royung-ho's shelling; Kaiser's motorbike spread rumours that dealers are on the run; and the new financial regulations for loan intermediaries to “disappear”...
   IT Home (EN Mirror) 23:48 UTC Translated from zh-cn
2. $110 billion in large M & As: Paramount buys the Warner brothers, and the deal is expected to be completed on October 6th.
   IT Home (EN Mirror) 23:46 UTC Translated from zh-cn
3. INTERVIEW 22 INTERVIEW: Meta MuggleS INTERVIEW ChatGPT, 1801
   IT Home (EN Mirror) 23:45 UTC Translated from Vietnamese
4. Will GTA 6 restore a Disneyland in the state of Raioneda? R The Star suggests "not necessarily"
   IT Home (EN Mirror) 23:27 UTC Translated from zh-cn
5. Apple Invites App up to 1.12.0: Upgrade album sharing, expansion of graphic gardens, simplified mailbox validation process
   IT Home (EN Mirror) 23:24 UTC Translated from zh-cn
6. Microsoft Sharma responded that XBOX would not sell, and would do everything in its power to get the game business back on.
   IT Home (EN Mirror) 23:16 UTC Translated from zh-cn

Tech Market & VC 71 stories

1. Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, called its most powerful model yet
   TechCrunch 23:43 UTC

   Google has released its latest Gemini model, marketing it as a workhorse for coding and cybersecurity work.

2. The Pentagon taps Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to help decide what the military should do next
   TechCrunch 23:08 UTC

   Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just launched a 120-day study on the future of warfare, led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich, and while it makes sense given their ties to the administration, critics could point out that Musk's…

3. Rogue AI agents: A timeline of security breaches since the attack on Hugging Face
   Fast Company Tech 21:17 UTC

   In one alarming announcement after another, artificial intelligence companies in recent months have shared examples of their technology acting in ways that appeared to evade instructions from humans . The episodes have highlighted the…

4. Valor, Atreides, and Sequoia back AI startup Flow Engineering at $750M valuation
   TechCrunch 21:07 UTC

   Flow Engineering, which is bringing AI agents to hardware design, also landed Roelof Botha as an angel investor and board member.

5. Factory CEO just accused his VC board advisor of spying for Cognition
   TechCrunch 20:39 UTC

   VC Chris Degnan and former board adviser to Factory AI has taken a job as chief revenue officer for competitor Cognition -- and everyone is arguing on X about it.

6. Executive Interview: Scout AI
   CB Insights 20:32 UTC

   Anthony John, Corporate Development of Scout AI , tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. How do you define your market and where does your company fit into that space? Want to see more research?…

Semiconductors 67 stories

1. Revenue Quintupled at AI Memory Maker Micron
   The Information 23:46 UTC

   Memory maker Micron said revenue nearly quintupled to $54.2 billion in the quarter ending Sept.3, as demand for high-bandwidth memory hardware for AI chips showed no sign of slowing down. Micron’s gross margin nearly doubled to $86.8%…

2. Repaying my debt to Japan: Stephen Schwarzman (1)
   Nikkei Asia 23:14 UTC
3. Japan hikes foreign residency fees, tightens rules: 5 things to know
   Nikkei Asia 23:14 UTC
4. Microsoft Science President Peter Lee to Step Down
   The Information 23:05 UTC

   Microsoft veteran Peter Lee, who for years led the company’s internal research unit, will leave the company, he announced Wednesday. Lee is the latest in a string of senior executive departures from Microsoft announced this year. So far…

5. Google Unveils Gemini 4 Argon, Pricing It Well Below Rivals
   The Information 23:03 UTC

   Google launched Gemini 4 Argon, its latest flagship AI model, touting its abilities in cybersecurity defense and coding, legal and finance work. The company hasn’t launched such a frontier model in nearly a year, prompting questions about…

6. Exclusive: Meta’s Muse Tops 3 Million Weekly Users
   The Information 22:48 UTC

   Meta Platforms’ Muse now has more than 3 million users who give the AI agent at least one prompt a week, according to internal data reviewed by The Information, giving the product a sizable active audience just weeks after its launch. That…

Artificial Intelligence 45 stories

1. Gemini 4 Argon: our next era of frontier intelligence
   Google DeepMind 20:01 UTC
2. Anthropic plugs regulation, AI leaders meet with Trump, and open models
   AI Business 19:13 UTC

   The AI world buzzes about stopping out-of-control agents. President Trump appears to slightly modify his anti-AI regulation stance. Open source AI could lose out. Or not.

3. "The Korean version of the core is above". .'1 body value' Elise Group, Cosmic Challenge
   AI Times (Korea) 18:35 UTC Translated from Korean
4. 'RRSI' released to improve your own ‘Hans’ without re-learning of AI models
   AI Times (Korea) 18:09 UTC Translated from Korean
5. Requid AI launches ‘d1’ for decision-making.. . . . . . .
   AI Times (Korea) 17:58 UTC Translated from Korean
6. Lisa Sue AMD CEO, October 8th...Innovation with NPU Corporation
   AI Times (Korea) 17:44 UTC Translated from Korean

Software Engineering 44 stories

1. 56k.rip – the 1996 dial-up internet experience
   Hacker News Front Page 22:08 UTC

   Article URL: https://56k.rip/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49915126 Points: 232 # Comments: 94

2. EDG C/C++ Compiler Project
   lobste.rs 22:06 UTC

   During the 2025 November C++ ISO meeting Edison Design Group announced that they would be winding down and that they will open-source their front end . This is the repo containing said front end along with some other components like C and…

3. The top secret URSALA, RAQUEL, and FARRAH satellites
   Hacker News Front Page 22:03 UTC

   Article URL: https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4951/1 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49915082 Points: 287 # Comments: 149

4. We used a database as a message queue. Now we use Kafka
   lobste.rs 20:28 UTC

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5. Gemini 4 Argon
   Hacker News Front Page 20:04 UTC

   See also: Gemini 4 Argon (High): Intelligence, Performance and Price Analysis - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49914236 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49913571 Points: 1593 # Comments: 1061

6. Finding Bugs
   lobste.rs 19:57 UTC

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Quant Finance 38 stories

1. Clarity Act’s failure gave crypto ‘faster’ regulatory wins, Bitwise CIO says
   The Block (Crypto／Fintech) 21:53 UTC

   Bitwise’s Matt Hougan says Clarity’s defeat left crypto with fewer restrictions and faster SEC action.

2. CFTC secures over $30 million judgment against defendants in Fundsz fraud case
   The Block (Crypto／Fintech) 20:37 UTC

   The CFTC secured a win in court after the agency said two defendants participated in a crypto scheme that they then tried to walk back.

3. Bridging the Compliance Screening Decision Gap: What’s Next?
   Finextra 20:10 UTC

   At Sibos 2026, David White, Global Head of Product and Data for Risk Intelligence at LSEG, reveals how LSEG is collaborating with AWS to bridge the compliance screening decision gap using intelligent data and AI agents.

4. Open Banking Year Eight: Building the Foundation for Corporate Agentic Finance
   Finextra 19:58 UTC

   Author: A finextra community member

5. Integrity in Digital Asset Architecture: Evaluating Crypto Trading Applications
   Finextra 19:41 UTC

   Author: A finextra community member

6. Base launches Cobalt upgrade with conditional transactions and new B20 asset functions
   The Block (Crypto／Fintech) 19:00 UTC

   Base has launched Cobalt, adding conditional transactions and new functions for assets issued under its B20 standard.

Cybersecurity 32 stories

1. FTC is Investigating OpenAI and Anthropic Over Possible risks to Consumers
   SecurityWeek 23:43 UTC

   An FTC spokesperson confirmed the investigation but declined further comment. The post FTC is Investigating OpenAI and Anthropic Over Possible Risks to Consumers appeared first on SecurityWeek .

2. OpenAI reveals ‘novel’ encryption bypass used in distillation attack 
   CyberScoop Asia 22:17 UTC

   OpenAI said it disrupted a “coordinated campaign” to distill and extract reasoning capabilities from its AI models, pointing the finger at a Chinese rival. On Wednesday, OpenAI said it first spotted low-level activity on July 1 that…

3. Russian state hackers use new RedFlick technique to push malware
   BleepingComputer 20:34 UTC

   The Russian state actor Star Blizzard has been using a new malware installation tactic dubbed "RedFlick" to deploy its signature CosmicPulse backdoor. [...]

4. DIVD says Zammad zero-days enabled AI-driven network breach
   BleepingComputer 19:49 UTC

   The Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure (DIVD) says that the breach of its network was possible by exploiting a chain of two zero-day vulnerabilities in the open-source Zammad ticketing system. [...]

5. Over 543,000 valid credentials exposed in public GitHub repositories
   BleepingComputer 18:08 UTC

   More than 543,000 credentials exposed in public GitHub repositories were still valid in July despite the platform's security measures to prevent accidental leaks of sensitive data. [...]

6. openSUSE Leap adds a new security layer: Immutable mode
   ZDNet Security 17:58 UTC

   One of the more secure Linux distributions has added another feature to help further lock it down.

Energy & Green Tech 30 stories

1. What Is The Situation With Residual Values In Europe?
   CleanTechnica 23:39 UTC

   Understanding how Residual Values have evolved and what has driven the change over the last years. What is happening to EV depreciation? At first sight, BEVs appear to retain lower residual values than other powertrains. However, the…

2. Chicago Metra calls its new battery-electric locomotive a first of its kind
   Electrek 22:23 UTC

   Metra’s diesel-engined commuter trains are familiar sights in and around Chicago, and so is the smell of spent diesel that surrounds them – but a new battery-electric FLIRT locomotive from Stadler is about to change all that, and it’s set…

3. Senate permitting bill could greatly expand power lines and clean energy
   Canary Media 22:00 UTC

   The U.S. Senate energy permitting bill unveiled Wednesday could streamline the buildout of high-voltage power lines across the country, potentially delivering billions of dollars in electricity cost savings and dramatically improving the…

4. Commercial EVs take off as Workhorse announces fresh, 200 truck order
   Electrek 21:28 UTC

   Commercial delivery operator Gateway Fleets ordered 100 medium-duty electric box vans from Workhorse earlier this year. That experiment seems to be going well, because the company just ordered 200 more. more…

5. Ford’s $30,000 Fathom EV pickup production launch faces uncertainty
   Electrek 20:56 UTC

   The Ford Fathom is expected to go on sale in early 2027, starting at $28,350. Ford CEO Jim Farley admitted, “It’s going to be a heck of an effort to launch this at scale, at cost, on time.” more…

6. VLA 2.0 vs. FSD in Amsterdam Part 3: Comparing XPENG & Tesla
   CleanTechnica 20:26 UTC Translated from Dutch

   In the first two parts of this series, I explored the XPENG L03 with VLA 2.0 and the Tesla Model 3 with FSD from my recent test in Amsterdam. The focus of those two articles was on each intelligent driving system. However, the AI-based…

Cloud & Infrastructure 30 stories

1. Amazon S3 Tables now support all Apache Iceberg V3 data types
   AWS News Blog 22:10 UTC

   Amazon S3 Tables now support all data types in the Apache Iceberg V3 specification. You can create V3 tables or upgrade existing V2 tables to take advantage of V3 features like deletion vectors, row lineage, and new data types such as…

2. Amazon S3 Vectors now supports metadata pre-filtering for higher recall on filtered searches
   AWS News Blog 20:03 UTC

   Today, we’re announcing metadata pre-filtering for Amazon S3 Vectors , which delivers higher recall on filtered queries by evaluating your metadata filter before the similarity search. You can filter on attributes such as tenant, category…

3. Gemini 4 Argon is here: It’s great, and you can’t have it yet
   The New Stack 20:00 UTC

   Google on Wednesday announced Gemini 4 Argon , the company’s long-awaited flagship model, and it looks like it was worth the wait. Across most benchmarks, Gemini 4 Argon beats OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s top models, sometimes by a wide…

4. Cohere’s faster query model barely dents retrieval quality in its tests
   The New Stack 18:41 UTC

   Cohere released Embed 5 on Wednesday , giving teams the option to index data with Embed 5 Pro and query those same vectors with the faster, cheaper Embed 5 Fast without creating a second index. The company recommends using Pro for indexing…

5. CloudBees just committed to an AI-first pivot. Here’s why it matters for enterprise DevOps teams
   The New Stack 18:08 UTC

   When new CloudBees CEO Mo Plassnig took the job earlier this year , his board of directors handed him a mandate that left little room for interpretation: Do not stay the course. In an era when generative AI is radically reshaping how…

6. Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL now supports direct querying of Apache Iceberg and Parquet data in your data lake
   AWS News Blog 17:22 UTC

   Today, we’re announcing a new capability for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL that you can use to directly query operational data together with data stored in your data lake in Apache Iceberg and Apache Parquet formats, using your existing…

Geopolitics & Policy 24 stories

1. Woman told Cornell police 2 years ago she was 100% sure she was raped, transcript shows
   South China Morning Post Tech 23:34 UTC

   A woman who filed a lawsuit saying she was sexually assaulted by seven men at a Cornell University fraternity house told police weeks after the incident that she could “say with 100 per cent confidence I was raped”, according to a report…

2. Trump defence chief says US slashed number of generals and admirals by 20%
   South China Morning Post Tech 21:42 UTC

   US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday that the United States has slashed the number of its generals and admirals by 20 per cent, in a move he said is aimed at “accountability”. Hegseth suggested the cuts targeted…

3. Will the AI accord have any meaningful impact? Panel weighs in
   CSET Georgetown 21:00 UTC

   CSET’s Helen Toner shared her expert insight in an interview with NewsNation’s On Balance . The interview discussed a new binding agreement between President Trump and AI developers to regulate the development and use of artificial…

4. Triumph or Procrastination? Experts Split on the Trump-Xi Summit
   CSET Georgetown 21:00 UTC

   CSET’s Sam Bresnick shared his expert insight in an op-ed published by War on the Rocks . The article examines President Donald Trump’s three-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington, focusing on high-stakes issues…

5. Israel PM hails Indian pilot wounded in diverted flydubai flight
   South China Morning Post Tech 20:45 UTC

   Israel’s leader credited the Indian pilot of a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight, as well as the aircraft’s passengers, with averting catastrophe on Wednesday after the man was attacked by his co-pilot, sparking a fight for control of the aircraft and…

6. UK accuses China of using academics to spy on AI and other tech research
   South China Morning Post Tech 18:16 UTC

   Britain’s MI5 spy agency issued an unprecedented alert on Wednesday to warn that a Chinese organisation was involved in funding academic research into topics such as AI on behalf of Beijing’s state security service. In its “Espionage…

Biotech & Medtech 18 stories

1. Trump’s watered-down Medicare drug pricing rule saves 96% less than initial proposal
   STAT News 23:15 UTC

   WASHINGTON — The Trump administration published a final rule aimed at lowering Medicare prices for drugs administered in doctor offices. It applies to only four companies. The Global Benchmark for Efficient Drug Pricing , or GLOBE, is one…

2. STAT+: UnitedHealth investor lawsuit moves forward on allegations it ‘manufactured earnings’ to hide declining profits 
   STAT News 22:40 UTC

   An investor lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group will move forward after a federal judge on Wednesday declined the company’s motion to dismiss allegations that it juiced its earnings to the tune of $3.3 billion in 2024 to conceal weakness in…

3. FDA Looks to Bring New Scientific, Consumer Voices to Advisory Committees
   MedCity News 21:34 UTC

   The FDA is recruiting to fill vacancies on its advisory committees, informally known as adcomms. While these committees have met less frequently during the Trump administration, more meetings have been scheduled since former Commissioner…

4. MedCity FemFwd: Opportunities in the Fertility Market
   MedCity News 21:19 UTC

   In this episode, we’re joined by Claire Love, deals strategy principal at PwC. We discuss PwC’s recent report showing the opportunities in the fertility and reproductive health market. The post MedCity FemFwd: Opportunities in the…

5. 4 Notable Health Tech Funding Announcements in September
   MedCity News 20:52 UTC

   Health tech companies made several major funding announcements in September. Here is a list of some of the biggest funding rounds. The post 4 Notable Health Tech Funding Announcements in September appeared first on MedCity News .

6. AI’s Healthcare ‘Doomsday’? It May Be Less About Autonomy Than Trust
   MedCity News 20:45 UTC

   For one ICU physician and startup CMO, the more immediate danger isn’t an autonomous system taking over medicine and leaving human decision-making behind. It’s healthcare organizations harnessing AI primarily to increase efficiency while…

Space & Aerospace 15 stories

1. Curiosity Blog, Sols 5016–5021: Fantastic Minerals and How To Detect Them
   NASA News 23:37 UTC

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2. Dinosaur-killing impact crater might have been teeming with life
   Ars Technica Space 21:54 UTC

   About 66 million years ago, the Chicxulub asteroid smashed into Earth, kicking up tsunamis and dropping hot debris that annihilated non-avian dinosaurs and many other species. But not everything it left in its wake was destructive. This…

3. Help Overlap Zoo Reveal Cosmic Dust
   NASA News 21:19 UTC

   Explore This Section Science Citizen Science Help Overlap Zoo Reveal Cosmic… Overview <li data-sanitized-class

4. NASA Adds New Science Investigations for Moon Base
   NASA News 21:11 UTC

   Artist’s rendering depicting astronauts, habitats, rovers, power systems, and cargo operations supporting sustained human activities at the Moon Base near the lunar South Pole. Credit: NASA Editor’s note: This release was updated on Sept…

5. Scientists built implants that talk to each other through body tissue
   Ars Technica Space 21:06 UTC

   Most implants like pacemakers and insulin pumps work in isolation. To help them coordinate with each other, a team of Georgia Tech researchers built a networking system that sends signals through body tissue instead of antennas and radio…

6. Crew-13 astronauts set for launch to ISS after weeks of delays
   NASASpaceFlight 21:04 UTC

   One veteran astronaut and three first-time flyers began a six-month mission to the International Space Station as part of the NASA and SpaceX Crew-13 mission. NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, as well as Canadian Space…

Quantum Computing 7 stories

1. Charles Black Leads C2QA Research on Scalable Quantum Computing
   The Quantum Insider 13:30 UTC

   Insider Brief Charles Black, director of Brookhaven National Laboratory ’s Co-design Center for Quantum Advantage (C2QA), is applying decades of materials science and semiconductor research to quantum computing. C2QA researchers are…

2. New Report Positions Florida as an Emerging Leader in Defense-Led Quantum Technology
   The Quantum Insider 13:02 UTC

   Insider Brief A Quantum Insider report commissioned by FloridaCommerce identifies defense and practical deployment as central to Florida’s quantum technology opportunities. The assessment identifies post-quantum cryptography, quantum…

3. Classiq Introduces Fault Tolerance Engine for Quantum Applications
   The Quantum Insider 12:01 UTC

   Insider Brief Classiq introduced its Fault Tolerance Engine to translate optimized logical quantum programs into architecture-aware fault-tolerant execution plans. The engine estimates physical qubit requirements, error-correction cycles…

4. Quantum eMotion to Acquire Plurilock Security
   The Quantum Insider 11:52 UTC

   Insider Brief Quantum eMotion has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Plurilock Security in a proposed transaction that would expand QeM’s quantum-secure cybersecurity business with an established commercial platform. The proposed…

5. QuantLase Tests Photonic Computing Platform on Financial Market Data
   The Quantum Insider 11:02 UTC

   Insider Brief QuantLase says it tested its PIPU photonic computing platform on seven financial market datasets to evaluate how optical dynamics can process changing information and generate predictions. The experiments combined physical…

6. NSF Awards $600,000 to Stony Brook and University of Hawaiʻi to Advance Distributed Quantum Intelligent Sensor Networks
   Quantum Computing Report 09:36 UTC

   Researchers at Stony Brook University and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa have been awarded a $600,000 NSF grant to develop Quantum Intelligent Sensor Networks (QISNs). This project aims to advance quantum metrology by engineering…

Telecom & 5G 6 stories

1. Samsung signs AI-RAN contracts with KT and SK Telecom for Korea’s Hyper AI Network
   RCR Wireless News 18:59 UTC

   AI-RAN pilots begin in shipyards and petrochemical plants Samsung Electronics has signed contracts with both KT and SK Telecom to participate in South Korea’s government-backed Hyper AI Network program, a two-year…

2. Ciena launches $200m venture fund as AI networking accelerates
   RCR Wireless News 13:25 UTC

   Loai Louis, vice president of corporate development at Ciena told RCR that the decision reflects a change in the pace and breadth of innovation taking place across the networking market…

3. Onomondo preps €100m ‘war chest’ to rip-up IoT rule book, tee-up physical AI
   RCR Wireless News 13:24 UTC

   Danish IoT provider Onomondo is getting a new majority owner and more than €100m in fresh funding as it pitches integrated global infrastructure, rather than just airtime, as the platform…

4. Who Will Build the AI Boom? Solving America’s Skilled Labor Crisis with Mike Greenawalt of the Greenawalt Foundation
   RCR Wireless News 11:00 UTC

   In this episode, Mike Greenawalt, former CEO of Rosendin and founder of the Greenawalt Foundation, shares how his journey from electrical apprentice to leading one of the nation’s largest electrical… 💾 In this episode, Mike Greenawalt…

5. How RFID-integrated mobile devices boost efficiency and reduce cost (Analyst Angle)
   RCR Wireless News 09:57 UTC

   RFID-enabled smartphones and tablets are moving inventory tracking beyond dedicated scanning rounds, allowing workers to update stock continuously while improving accuracy, productivity and cost efficiency across retail, logistics and…

6. Supercycle fever, blow-by blow (Telco Diary)
   RCR Wireless News 09:37 UTC

   From the newsletter (September 29; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): AI is fuelling a networking infrastructure boom, with Corning scaling fiber production to meet demand, while new…