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Saturday 17 October 2026

The news of Saturday 17 October 2026

397 stories from 41 sources, topic by topic. Every title links to its publisher.

Hardware 205 stories

  1. The exposure to Pura X Max has broken down millions of phone folds, and the standard version has been successfully "to catch up." Version
    CNIT Home (EN Mirror) Translated from zh-cn
  2. IT Morning 1018: Exploiting for a new brand-new starboard phone on-line value; news that Chissy intellectuals will be granted independent car-building qualifications; release of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash-1017, new edition; British Weida's denial of RTX 5090 cut-off...
    CNIT Home (EN Mirror) Translated from zh-cn
  3. Glory new-generation Earbuds headphones opened: a single ear weighing 5.6 grams, a comprehensive renewal of 40 hours at a hand price of $449
    CNIT Home (EN Mirror) Translated from zh-cn
  4. Sensitivity excretion, Microsoft Edge, commercial watermark protection fully online at year's end.
    CNIT Home (EN Mirror) Translated from zh-cn
  5. OpenAI is building a humanoid robot, but the body isn't the real challenge
    USEngadget

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants a humanoid that can operate in a world designed for people, though the CEO says a robot 'brain' is a much bigger challenge.

  6. Toyota's first self-research integrated casting technology in China for electric vehicles.
    CNIT Home (EN Mirror) Translated from zh-cn

Software Engineering 39 stories

  1. There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3blue1brown) [video]
    USHacker News Front Page

    Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKrwhjOI8Nc Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50136150 Points: 518 # Comments: 725

  2. RuneScape Bench: MMOs for Agents [video]
    USHacker News Front Page

    Related: https://github.com/LostCityRS/Server Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50136126 Points: 218 # Comments: 72

  3. I built a programming language that LLMs can't use
    USHacker News Front Page

    Article URL: https://blog.picheta.me/post/killswitch-lang/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50135762 Points: 221 # Comments: 171

  4. Chrome and Edge are removing XSLT: what breaks and what does not
    USHacker News Front Page

    Article URL: https://doctor-seo.net/en/blog/news/chrome-edge-removing-xslt/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50134617 Points: 101 # Comments: 110

  5. It's still OK to enjoy programming
    USHacker News Front Page

    Article URL: https://chriskiehl.com/article/it-is-still-ok-to-enjoy-programming Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50134472 Points: 661 # Comments: 575

  6. The fire retardant in the seafood chain
    USHacker News Front Page

    Article URL: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14102026/ethoxyquin-fire-retardant-in-seafood-chain/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50134359 Points: 127 # Comments: 41

Semiconductors 37 stories

  1. The Entrepreneurial Spirit: Stephen Schwarzman (17)
    JPNikkei Asia
  2. Japan to prohibit untraced gold exports, clamping down on tax evasion
    JPNikkei Asia
  3. US and China must ensure AI dialogue is more than just hot air
    JPNikkei Asia
  4. Grab an RTX 5090 for a discounted $5,300 as part of an MSI Infinite ZS prebuilt gaming PC — price includes other components worth about $2,300 on their own
    USTom's Hardware

    This one will be short and sweet. So remember how there are apparently no more RTX 5090s available most anywhere, even though Nvidia's Senior Vice President just said that the company definitely hasn't stopped making them? If you had been…

  5. Exclusive: EnterpriseSG positions Singapore's semiconductor SMEs for bigger roles in global chip supply chains
    TWDigiTimes Daily

    Singapore is targeting high-value semiconductor manufacturing, advanced packaging, and silicon photonics, building on its strengths in engineering, precision manufacturing, and reliability, according to Zeng Yi Wong, assistant managing…

  6. Japan set to move forward with Bangladesh's first economic pact
    JPNikkei Asia

Artificial Intelligence 25 stories

  1. [AI Model New] 5 types of BFL ‘Flux 3 Image Clin’
    KRAI Times (Korea) Translated from Korean
  2. AI coding is also lacking LLM...Reflationship, validation of crystal simulators
    KRAI Times (Korea) Translated from Korean
  3. OpenAI AI publishes AI publishing events...The companies already ‘Spy boundaries’
    KRAI Times (Korea) Translated from Korean
  4. GPT-6 Astra, Poor Physics Problem 98% Solved...Expand error detection
    KRAI Times (Korea) Translated from Korean
  5. Former openAI researcher “AI can read inside” claims...Earth/Front
    KRAI Times (Korea) Translated from Korean
  6. OpenAI Enhances ‘ChatGPT’ extension for Chrome...’ Open Tab Analysis and Control Directly
    KRAI Times (Korea) Translated from Korean

Geopolitics & Policy 24 stories

  1. Across US, ‘No Kings’ events seek to boost early voting and thwart Trump
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    Carrying an umbrella painted with the words “vote, power, people”, retired teacher Sabine Carlson said the lesson plan for Saturday’s “No King” marches was clear. “It’s great to voice your anger, and we have long lists of complaints, but…

  2. Across US, ‘No Kings’ events seek to boost early voting and thwart Trump
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    Carrying an umbrella painted with the words “vote, power, people”, retired teacher Sabine Carlson said the lesson plan for Saturday’s “No King” marches was clear. “It’s great to voice your anger, and we have long lists of complaints, but…

  3. Israeli settlers attack European diplomats, beat up French mayor in West Bank
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    Israeli settlers attacked a convoy of European diplomats in the West Bank and beat up a visiting French mayor on Saturday, witnesses said, while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned against a brewing “crisis” in the territory a day…

  4. Israeli settlers attack European diplomats, beat up French mayor in West Bank
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    Israeli settlers attacked a convoy of European diplomats in the West Bank and beat up a visiting French mayor on Saturday, witnesses said, while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned against a brewing “crisis” in the territory a day…

  5. Albanian police fire rubber bullets as student protesters call for PM to quit
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    Police in Albania fired what appeared to be rubber bullets at protesters on Saturday, the fifth day of mass student protests demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama step down. Reuters video footage showed police firing a shotgun towards crowds…

  6. Albanian police fire rubber bullets as student protesters call for PM to quit
    HKSouth China Morning Post Tech

    Police in Albania fired what appeared to be rubber bullets at protesters on Saturday, the fifth day of mass student protests demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama step down. Reuters video footage showed police firing a shotgun towards crowds…

Energy & Green Tech 18 stories

  1. ICE Vehicle Sales Crash 49%(!) While EV Share Jumps to 67%(!) — China EV Sales Report for September
    USCleanTechnica

    High gas prices and a never-ending wave of new BEVs has allowed September to reach 67% EV market share, a new record! However, while record market share was achieved in the past thanks to strong EV sales, this time, the record achievement…

  2. Electric Mercedes-AMG GT SUV unveiled with 1,153 hp and 710 kW charging
    USElectrek

    Mercedes-AMG has unveiled the GT SUV, an all-electric performance SUV with up to 1,153 hp from three axial-flux motors and DC fast charging at up to 710 kW. It’s AMG’s answer to the Porsche Cayenne Electric, and on paper, it may be more…

  3. China’s EV Transition Is Four Different Transitions
    USCleanTechnica

    China has reached a stage of vehicle electrification that is easy to miss if the only number being watched is national EV market share. New urban buses are now essentially all electric, and in many cities the procurement question is no…

  4. Shifting Conversations At The Africa E-Mobility Week ＆ Forum Showcase Growth In The African E-Mobility Sector
    USCleanTechnica

    The 5th edition of the Africa E-Mobility Week & Forum was held at the end of last month at Nooitgedacht Estate, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa. It was the first time the event had been held in Southern Africa, with earlier…

  5. The Cybercab Has Landed In Australia — Transport Unions Gear Up To Fight
    USCleanTechnica

    The Cybercab is doing a lap of Australia’s big cities. The Transport Workers Union has joined forces with Uber to fight autonomous vehicles. I am sure that the Cybercab will throw petrol on the blaze. On our last adventure day, Majella and…

  6. Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level in October 2026
    USElectrek

    I’ve spent countless hours here at Electrek doing detailed hands-on testing of hundreds of electric bikes. Through thousands of miles of riding, I’ve been fortunate to learn these e-bikes inside and out, top to bottom and front to back…

Tech Market & VC 14 stories

  1. Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concerns
    USTechCrunch

    A Meta spokesperson insisted that the updated terms did not reflect a change in the way Meta crawls the web.

  2. TikTok permanently bans ‘Musk’ documentary advertising account
    USTechCrunch

    A four-hour documentary about Elon Musk continues to meet resistance from social media platforms.

  3. Anthropic says its workforce has become less junior and is spending more time in meetings
    USTechCrunch

    The composition of Anthropic’s workforce and the type of work getting done have changed significantly in the past year.

  4. Ember’s new temperature-controlled mug makes my nightly tea ritual even better
    USTechCrunch

    The biggest change about Ember's new mug is that you no longer have to open the app to adjust your drink’s temperature.

  5. Cracking the Nigerian syllabus: How Ex-UNILAG students engineered an exam cheat-code 
    NGTechCabal (Africa)

    “Federal university lecturers rarely repeat exam questions verbatim; what they repeat are core topics.” When Dare Adeola and Olamide Onigbanjo set out to build UniBeta at the University of Lagos, they made the quintessential early-stage…

  6. Why an Ethiopian nurse swapped her scrubs for software
    NGTechCabal (Africa)

    In a hospital emergency ward, a three-hour delay searching for prescribed medication is not an inconvenience—it can be fatal. In 2020, while working in an Ethiopian public emergency room, nurse and social worker Beamlak Alemayehu watched…

Quantum Computing 13 stories

  1. Podcast with Johannes Pollanen, Co-founder of EeroQ and a Professor of Physics at Michigan State University
    USQuantum Computing Report

    Johannes Pollanen, co-founder of EeroQ and a professor of physics at Michigan State University, explains how EeroQ builds qubits from single electrons floating on a film of superfluid helium, and why he thinks the semiconductor chip is the…

  2. Review Evaluates AI and Quantum Computing Paradigms for Adaptive Combinatorial Optimization
    USQuantum Computing Report

    A new review paper by Hoong Chuin Lau examines the intersection of AI and quantum computing for combinatorial optimization, categorizing research into three paradigms: AI-for-Quantum Optimization (AI-for-QO), Quantum-for-AI (Q-for-AI), and…

  3. RIKEN Demonstrates High-Fidelity Simultaneous Control of Silicon Spin Qubits Above 99.9% Threshold
    USQuantum Computing Report

    Researchers at RIKEN and collaborators have achieved high-fidelity simultaneous control of five silicon spin qubits, maintaining over 99.9% accuracy. They overcame crosstalk caused by AC-Stark shifts through a new calibration protocol…

  4. Harvard, Anthropic, and QuEra Use LLMs to Discover Quantum Circuits with Up to 9,100x Lower Resource Costs
    USQuantum Computing Report

    Researchers from Harvard, Anthropic, and QuEra Computing developed an AI framework that uses Large Language Models (LLMs) to discover and optimize fault-tolerant quantum circuits. This framework significantly reduces the resource costs of…

  5. MIT Physicists Use First-Principles AI to Resolve Non-Abelian Anyon Order at Strong Landau Level Mixing
    USQuantum Computing Report

    MIT researchers used a specialized self-attention neural network to solve complex equations related to quantum particles, confirming the existence of anti-Pfaffian topological states. This breakthrough provides a roadmap for building…

  6. D-Wave Demonstrates 3D Analog-Digital Quantum Simulation of Higher-Order Topological Insulators Using 728 Qubits
    USQuantum Computing Report

    D-Wave has successfully demonstrated 3D analog-digital quantum simulation of higher-order topological insulators using up to 728 qubits on an Advantage2 superconducting quantum annealing processor. This achievement, detailed in a research…

Cybersecurity 7 stories

  1. Hackers breach Microsoft 365 tenants via ConnectWise supply-chain attack
    USBleepingComputer

    ConnectWise has shut down customer access to its Cloud Backup service (formerly SkyKick Cloud Backup) after hackers accessed application identities and compromised Microsoft 365 tenants. [...]

  2. Drupal patches critical RCE flaws, warns exploits may emerge soon
    USBleepingComputer

    Drupal has patched two critical vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to execute code remotely on websites running any supported version of the content management system. [...]

  3. Plug-in solar is legal in these 10 states now – how it could save you money
    USZDNet Security

    So-called balcony solar setups are becoming legal across the US. Here’s the latest.

  4. MALFEX npm Package 'imgdecode' Hides Shellcode Loader in Windows Native Addon
    INThe Hacker News

    Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious npm package that's part of a recently disclosed software supply chain attack campaign dubbed MALFEX. The package, named "imgdecode," was uploaded to the package registry on September…

  5. Israeli Ad Firm Doubled as Candiru’s Zero-Click Spyware Delivery Channel
    USSecurityWeek

    Israeli company Discover-Tech’s ads allow threat actors to fingerprint and track devices at scale and infect selected targets. The post Israeli Ad Firm Doubled as Candiru’s Zero-Click Spyware Delivery Channel appeared first on SecurityWeek…

  6. Hackers Use Compromised ConnectWise Credential to Sign In to 173 Microsoft 365 Tenants
    INThe Hacker News

    Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm related to an active campaign in which unknown threat actors are abusing a compromised Microsoft 365 (M365) credential belonging to ConnectWise Cloud Backup (formerly SkyKick) to gain…

Robotics & Automation 4 stories

  1. ADI explains the race to make AI physical
    USRobotics Business Review

    The Report Report presents a whitepaper on the race to physical AI. AI has become remarkably good at understanding language, images, and code. The next challenge is harder — understanding reality, according to Analog Devices Inc. or ADI…

  2. ADI explains the race to make AI physical
    USThe Robot Report

    The Report Report presents a whitepaper on the race to physical AI. AI has become remarkably good at understanding language, images, and code. The next challenge is harder — understanding reality, according to Analog Devices Inc. or ADI…

  3. The rise of the machines is canceled: Why humanoids with AI are helpers, not enemies
    USRobotics Business Review

    Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid, shown here, is an example of a robot ready for AI. For decades, engineers have been trying to create robots that look and act like humans. Now, rapid advances in artificial intelligence are bringing…

  4. The rise of the machines is canceled: Why humanoids with AI are helpers, not enemies
    USThe Robot Report

    Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid, shown here, is an example of a robot ready for AI. For decades, engineers have been trying to create robots that look and act like humans. Now, rapid advances in artificial intelligence are bringing…

Cloud & Infrastructure 4 stories

  1. Here are the engineering lessons we learned when live-streaming sports to 32 million people
    USThe New Stack

    Live sports involve myriad unknowns, but one thing is certain: the live video feed must play flawlessly, and simultaneously, for all the fans tuning in. If some hear their neighbors cheering or groaning 5 seconds before each score, they…

  2. AI has lowered the barrier to building. Here’s what that means for engineers.
    USThe New Stack

    For most of software’s history, building meant writing code. Not just understanding it, but producing it. The entry point was steep by design: fluency in at least one language, working knowledge of system architecture, enough production…

  3. His scanner wouldn’t work on Linux — so he let Claude study the Windows driver
    USThe New Stack

    Christian Schaller, a Red Hat engineering director and longtime GNOME and Fedora contributor, had a box of old family negatives to digitize and a scanner that wouldn’t talk to Linux. He’d bought the Plustek OpticFilm 8200i because it was…

  4. AI agents vs. Kubernetes: where each belongs in the control loop
    USThe New Stack

    Kubernetes has always relied on agents , just not the kind dominating today’s AI conversations. A controller watches the current state, compares it with a declared desired state, and takes action to close the gap. That resemblance makes AI…

Cyber — Video 2 stories

  1. 🍍📟 New DuckyScript: PROMPT_QR - WiFi Pineapple Pager #pentesting #hacking #cybersecurity
    USHak5

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  2. Flushing the toilet kills our network!
    USNetworkChuck

    💾 What would you make your AI agents investigate? Go watch the FULL VIDEO here: https://youtu.be/7RVf25Rg0Mc

Quant Finance 2 stories

  1. CoreWeave, Broadcom, Verizon among nine companies objecting to tokenized trading of their shares on OKXICE
    USThe Block (Crypto／Fintech)

    Applied Optoelectronics told the WSJ it objected because it was unsure how tokenization would affect its stock price, liquidity and volatility.

  2. Turkey confirms Hex founder Richard Heart’s arrest, says police seized $7.15 million and six cold wallets
    USThe Block (Crypto／Fintech)

    Police reportedly seized $7.15 million in cash, six cold wallets, seven firearms and 1,400 rounds of ammunition in searches of 15 addresses.

Space & Aerospace 2 stories

  1. Science says your boss should talk less in meetings
    USArs Technica Space

    Close to 1 billion meetings take place each day around the world. CEOs spend nearly three-quarters of their workdays in meetings. Planning for and spearheading meetings eats up the lion’s share of managers’ time. In much of the…

  2. APOD: 2026 October 17 – 3D 67P
    USNASA News

    APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 17… Today’s APOD <a href="https://science