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Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat disappears from app stores in India after government order

Bitchat has become largely unavailable in India as a result of the restrictions.

Amazon responds to data center backlash, says it no longer uses NDAs

The CEO of Amazon Web Services tried to push back against widespread suspicion of data centers.

‘Barbie 2’ May Happen After All

Skydance is barely even a company yet, and it's already got its sights on spinning up a 'Barbie' sequel.

Disney Hands ‘Ice Age,’ ‘Percy Jackson,’ and More to Netflix

A new licensing deal means the 'Percy Jackson' show Pixar and Disney movies will spend some time in Netflix's house.

Apple Confirms iPhone 18 Pro Max AT&T Cellular Issues, Affected Devices Require Hardware Replacement

Chance Miller, 9to5Mac: In a statement to 9to5Mac, Apple said: We have identified an issue affecting a small number of iPhone 18 Pro Max users on the AT&T network that may cause a device to lose service and be unable to make calls. We released iOS 27.0.1 earlier this week and str…

OpenAI safety employee resigns, claiming the company’s ‘culture is broken’

By his own admission, David Robinson is “something of a cliché”: an employee at a leading AI company who issues a dire warning while resigning from their job.

International tech

Indian Listed New-Age Tech Company Tracker: Market Cap, Revenue & More

For years, we at Inc42 have tracked the Indian tech startup ecosystem and seen it grow from a kid to…

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…

Tianjin University Lab Unveils 3-Gram Non-Invasive Brain-Computer Interface That Hides in Hair

Tianjin University's Haihe BCI lab unveiled a 3-gram, 2-cubic-centimeter non-invasive brain-computer interface that packs electrodes, battery and wireless link into one unit.

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.

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.

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.

My thanks to WorkOS for sponsoring this last week, once again, at DF. SSO is table stakes for enterprise deals, but building it into your app yourself means writing SAML controllers, parsing XML assertions, and handling IdP-specific quirks for each provider. Learn how SAML flows …

Federal judge calls Flock ‘indiscriminate mass surveillance’

A federal judge ruled that a sheriff’s deputy violated a woman’s Fourth Amendment rights when using Flock to search for her license plate without a warrant.

Vessev built an electric ferry that almost flies

Vessev hopes its electric hydrofoil ferry will change the way people and cities think about boats.

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Play PlayStation 2 and XBox 1 Games on Your Jailbroken PS5

Whereas PlayStation 3 and earlier were rather specialized consoles, today’s consoles like the PlayStation 5 are essentially x86-based gaming PCs in a fancy case, with custom firmware to lock it …read more

The work by Valve's Timur Kristóf on improving old AMD GPUs on Linux

Article URL: https://www.phoronix.com/news/XDC-2026-Valve-Timur-AMDGPU Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49946895 Points: 271 # Comments: 39

Federal judge calls Flock 'indiscriminate mass surveillance'

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/03/federal-judge-calls-flock-indiscriminate-mass-surveillance/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49948254 Points: 425 # Comments: 237

2026 Retrocomputer Challenge: Vectron65 Plus Puts the Emphasis on Plus

[Nick Bild] evidently has a soft spot for the 6502, given that his Vectron65 Plus home computer project uses at least one of them, depending on the add-ons. You see, …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 State is the Hardest Thing in Software Design

In this article, we will look at why state is the hardest thing in software development and the multiple strategies that developers can use to manage it.

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: 418 # Comments: 207

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OpenAI safety leader quits, warning AI company's culture is 'broken'

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/03/openai-safety-leader-quits-warning-ai-companys-culture-is-broken Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49948332 Points: 262 # Comments: 3

A Good DIY Solder Stencil Begins With a Cleanly-Sliced Soda Can

Solder stencils are a fantastic way to accurately apply solder paste to a PCB. Professionally-made stencils are cut from steel, but for the home hacker, soda cans continue to be …read more