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Prepare for ‘VisionQuest’ With Three Key ‘WandaVision’ Episodes

Before we all partake on the 'VisionQuest,' Marvel wants everyone to remember just how he got here.

TechCrunch Mobility: Reining in robotaxis

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

Can ‘super intelligence’ and a non-binding safety pact solve AI’s image problem?

On Equity, we discussed the Trump administration's attempts to rebrand AI.

Google froze its open source bug bounty program due to a ‘significant rise’ in AI submissions

AI slop seems to be overwhelming bug bounty programs.

The ‘Digger’ Defense Squad Is Out in Force

Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Tom Cruise's latest film has become more significant and divisive than anyone could've expected.

‘Twilight Of the Dead’ Gets a Bit More Real After Wrapping Filming

George A. Romero's long-awaited 'Twilight of the Dead' has been completed, now it's just a matter of time.

International tech

Is Apple Pay’s India Entry Too Late?

The past fortnight has brought several developments around Apple in India. The iPhone 18 Pro and Apple’s foldable iPhone Duo…

Xi'an Jiaotong University Simulates 33-Nozzle Rocket Plumes on 6.774 Trillion Cells With Sugon 8000

A Xi'an Jiaotong University team ran a 6.774-trillion-cell simulation of 33 interacting rocket plumes on tens of thousands of domestic GPUs, reaching 99.01% weak-scaling efficiency.

DeepSeek Harness v0.2.1-alpha.1 Adds Experimental Claude Code Mods Compatibility Layer

DeepSeek Harness v0.2.1-alpha.1 adds an experimental bridge that runs Claude Code Mods as Harness plugins, plus a new entry for agent-built plugins and a developer toolkit.

Gotion Unveils 330Wh/kg Hybrid Solid-Liquid Cylindrical Battery for eVTOLs and Low-Altitude Flight

Gotion's new 46-series cylindrical cell for low-altitude aircraft reaches 330Wh/kg, sustains 6C discharge below 25% charge and supports fast charging or swapping in under five minutes.

Indian Startup IPO Tracker 2026

Dalal Street emerged as a founder’s paradise in 2025, with 18 Indian startups listing on the bourses and collectively mopping…

Manycore's Aholo Lux3D Turns Three Photos Into an Editable 3D Asset via Agent and Blender

A Leiphone test shows Manycore's Aholo Lux3D generating an editable bronze sculpture from three photos, with an AI agent orchestrating the job and Blender finishing it.

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The Big Moon Plot

When you look into the night sky, you can’t help but wish to bring the outer worlds to your doorstep. One of the best ways to do that is to …read more

EP228: How SSH Works

Secure shell is a method to access a remote machine securely over an unsecured network. It starts with a TCP connection from the SSH client to the remote machine (SSH server).

Why don't more developers “use the platform”?

Article URL: https://nolanlawson.com/2026/10/03/why-dont-more-developers-use-the-platform/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49950554 Points: 266 # Comments: 272

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We're going to need default hard budget caps on pretty much everything

Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/3/default-hard-budget-caps/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49949235 Points: 579 # Comments: 296

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AVR Laptop Pushes the Limits of 8-Bit

If you saw a device that had a laptop form factor playing sound and video, alt-tabbing over to play a game or take some notes, then back to the video …read more

Tearing Down a Heavy Oscilloscope

When [Thomas] showed his 1960s-era Tektronix 545A oscilloscope in a recent video, it made us both nostalgic and happy. Nostalgic because we miss the days when our oscilloscopes were “mainframes” …read more

Motion Control via Belt

[Tolko] wanted to encourage kids to have some physical activity, but noted that they only wanted to play games. That led to BlobJump, a Raspberry Pi-based game sort of like …read more

AI on Your Gaming PC

If you want to experiment with LLMs, you typically have a choice of sending your requests to someone else’s computer or fielding a very large GPU and CPU setup to …read more

Run Qwen 3.8 Flash Next (125B) on consumer hardware (RTX 4090) at 100T/s

Article URL: https://github.com/Niko1221/Strata Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49953495 Points: 510 # Comments: 253