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Sunday 4 October 2026

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Hacker News

  1. Iran is going after America's debt it's targeting the $40T America owes
  2. I asked Claude build a physically accurate O'Neill cylinder you can walk around
  3. Remove and Disable Apple Macos27 AI Models Tool
  4. Homa: The End of TCP for AI Clusters [video]
  5. Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and electricity usage
  6. Show HN: Build with Python – a beginner course where your code draws
  7. A browser-native classic Visual Basic VB6 IDE
  8. Google Japan shows off conveyor-belt keyboard with keys that move to fingers
  9. The CISA Alert: Security Beyond Solitary Confinement
  10. Show HN: Dataviz, ranked daily from GitHub, NPM, PyPI and CRAN

The Verge

  1. The new Fitbit Edge leaks
  2. Prick’s theatrical industrial punk is perfect for spooky season
  3. NJ’s lieutenant governor told PBS, AI says he didn’t commit sexual harassment
  4. An AI couldn’t beat humans at StarCraft, so it decided to cheat
  5. This toolless modular lever-action wallet is the coolest I’ve stuck to my phone
  6. The AirPods Pro 3 are a fantastic deal at $179
  7. The MacBook Air M5 is $200 off for the first time in months
  8. The iPad Mini is slightly cheaper again during Prime Day
  9. The rise, fall, and rise of portable MP3 players
  10. The forgotten Chromebook that started it all

Ars Technica

  1. Lions and cheetahs and chimps, oh my: a spotlight on Africa's diverse wildlife
  2. All hail electrification. But let’s talk about the hard part.
  3. Milt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94
  4. The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton
  5. Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents
  6. Someone got Doom in an SQL database
  7. Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash
  8. Patient-zero drill put health facilities to the test—40% of them failed
  9. Lyft settles landmark driver misclassification lawsuit for $272.5M
  10. The 2008 economic crisis changed the US's relationship with energy

TechCrunch

  1. Google froze its open source bug bounty program due to a ‘significant rise’ in AI submissions
  2. Can ‘super intelligence’ and a non-binding safety pact solve AI’s image problem?
  3. TechCrunch Mobility: Reining in robotaxis
  4. Trump unveils his new Super Intelligence Force
  5. Federal judge calls Flock ‘indiscriminate mass surveillance’
  6. Amazon responds to data center backlash, says it no longer uses NDAs
  7. OpenAI safety employee resigns, claiming the company’s ‘culture is broken’
  8. Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat disappears from app stores in India after government order
  9. Vessev built an electric ferry that almost flies
  10. All the AI agents that can live in your text messages

Wired

  1. 15 Best Office Chairs of 2026—We Tested 70 to Pick Them
  2. The Best Gifts Under $25 for Everyone on Your List (2026)
  3. Meta Glasses Nova (Gen 3) Review: Not Much New
  4. The Best Online Gift Cards and Digital Gift Ideas (2026)
  5. Rural Data Centers Are in for a Big Federal Tax Break
  6. Keurig Alta First-Look: No More Plastic K-Cups
  7. Elusive ‘Geoneutrinos’ Are Building a New Map of Earth’s Volatile Interior
  8. The Nvidia Shield TV Is 7 Years Old. It Just Got a $100 Price Hike
  9. Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family
  10. How to Collect CDs

Engadget

  1. The popular Apple features you won't be getting with the iPhone Duo
  2. How the iPhone Duo will improve your group selfies
  3. How to improve your iPhone's call quality
  4. The upcoming touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro is reportedly 'significantly lighter'
  5. Five iPhone 18 Pro features you'll want to try the second you unbox it
  6. What does V-Sync actually do to your PC's frames per second?
  7. A fourth RuneScape game is under development using Unreal Engine
  8. What causes screen tearing and how can you fix it?
  9. Sony digital camera model numbers explained: Bigger isn't always better
  10. Trump announces an AI czar for his newly created 'Super Intelligence Force'

9to5Mac

  1. iPhone Duo shows what the future of smartphones could look like
  2. This is my biggest AirPods complaint, and it’s not necessarily about the hardware
  3. Apple weekend deals: AirPods Pro 3 $179, MacBook Air $200 off, AirTag 2, Prime Day HomeKit discounts, more
  4. John Ternus is taking a more ‘hands-on’ role in Apple’s design teams as CEO: report
  5. Redesigned MacBook Pro with OLED to feature ‘significantly lighter’ design: report
  6. AirPods Pro 3 hit low $179 price just weeks after adding new features
  7. Gemini app limiting what models free & AI Plus users can access, AI Pro adding Deep Think
  8. Watch F1 on Apple TV tonight, free for everyone in the US
  9. Indie App Spotlight: ‘HEVCut’ helps you trim your photo library without deleting anything
  10. Here’s why I upgraded from the Apple Watch Series 10 to Series 12

Guardian Australia

  1. Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne set for South Africa Test after first ton in 11 months
  2. US bombers sent home from RAF Fairford base after suspected terror plot
  3. No handshakes again as Ireland play out tetchy ‘home’ draw with Israel in Serbia
  4. Raiders v Chiefs, Broncos v 49ers and more: NFL – live
  5. The first step of caring for your makeup is storing it right. We asked experts how to
  6. Brazil presidential election 2026: first-round live results
  7. Nearly all women arriving on small boats have been raped, says Shabana Mahmood
  8. Trump names intelligence chief Jay Clayton as new White House AI czar
  9. Miu Miu turns ‘real clothes’ into high fashion with sportswear style
  10. Woman in Cornell rape allegations case targeted with threats, her lawyer says

ABC News

  1. Mary Fowler's Man City boost with big WSL win over Arsenal
  2. 19yo driver allegedly rammed rideshare with two people inside
  3. 'Don't drop it': Star's nervous moment as Roosters celebrate in Bondi
  4. E-biker who struck 16yo had alcohol, drugs in system, police allege
  5. US marine arrested on suspicion of murder and robbery in Japan's Okinawa
  6. Live: AFL trade period officially opens as stars eye blockbuster moves
  7. What to look for during the AFL trade period
  8. NT government scrambles for Batchelor dialysis options ahead of YiSSA closure
  9. Opal miners, whip crackers and teddy makers eye Olympic stage
  10. How services failed a foster child's transition to adulthood

BBC News

  1. Bellamy bemoans new schedule after Denmark loss
  2. US removes all bombers from RAF Fairford base
  3. Humphries wins Grand Prix to end barren spell
  4. Protesters gather as migrants brought ashore on south coast
  5. Shadow chancellor to unveil Tory plans to cut taxes and regulations
  6. Polls close in Brazil as Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro remain neck and neck
  7. 'Money-grab' or celebration? NFL kicks off London series
  8. Arsenal 10 points off WSL leaders - is Slegers' job at risk?
  9. France to close up to 500 schools on Monday over student protests
  10. Girl, 12, fatally shot in US during 'dispute over parking space'

The Guardian

  1. Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
  2. Let’s stop doubting Thomas Tuchel: England are impressive and Euro 2028 is the target
  3. Denmark sink Wales as Rasmus Højlund makes Danny Ward pay for blunder
  4. Bosnian Serb nationalist Dodik declares party victory in Bosnia election
  5. Jonathan Taylor’s double earns Colts win against Commanders in London
  6. Evans ends Britain’s wait for World Rally title after Solberg crashes two corners from glory
  7. The Reluctant Vampire review – Lenny Rush’s absolute joy of a comedy is perfectly cast
  8. Shaw seals Manchester City’s thrilling 4-2 win over Arsenal to keep up 100% WSL run
  9. Tuchel says Alex Scott’s emergence gives England – and Rice – ‘high level’ competition
  10. Strictly Come Dancing: week two results – live

Al Jazeera

  1. Man’s miraculous catch saves child after balcony fall in Egypt
  2. Nicaragua says it will withdraw from Central American Parliament
  3. US withdraws B-1 bomber aircraft from UK’s Fairford base amid Iran fears
  4. Cornell case puts New York’s progressive image at odds with its rape laws
  5. Ireland refuse handshake with Israel and don armbands in Nations League tie
  6. Ronaldo-less Portugal beat Norway 2-1 to reach Nations League quarterfinals
  7. Israel lashes out as UK’s Green Party formally defines Zionism as ‘racism’
  8. Debris found near Nantucket believed to be from missing medical plane
  9. Brazil election results live: Lula and Bolsonaro locked in a tight race
  10. Imran Khan’s party launches march to Islamabad demanding his release

NPR

  1. Brazil votes, with Lula facing Bolsonaro's son
  2. Trump names national intelligence chief Jay Clayton as new AI czar
  3. Cornell president calls gang rape allegations 'deeply disturbing'
  4. U.S. Marine arrested for alleged murder of a woman in Okinawa, Japan
  5. How the Cornell case is affecting women who have experienced sexual assault
  6. She died covering war for Fox News. Her parents blame the network — and a star reporter
  7. Latter-day Saints women turn away from scandal-plagued Republican candidate in Arizona
  8. Coast Guard searching for missing medical plane carrying 6 people
  9. Can the Cornell lawsuit force changes that make students safer?
  10. Opinion: A Hawk is not the same as a Hawkeye

Kottke

  1. Is American Culture Simply Bad Now? I’ve been hanging...
  2. Back in 2005, a group of restorers established a hidden...
  3. OrySnack: The Bar Where Bartenders Work From Home. Small...
  4. The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century
  5. Don’t Cook That: a collection of real recipes that you...
  6. So Many Amazing Control Rooms
  7. The Bayeux Tapestry of Fascism. “What’s this middle bit?”...
  8. “Influencers are the private equity of culture: draining...
  9. Prince Was One of the First Players of The Oregon Trail
  10. A “Kelvin wave” powered by El Niño will soon raise sea...

The Marginalian

  1. Dostoyevsky on What Makes a Good Person
  2. Against Brute Force: D.H. Lawrence on the Superpower of Vulnerability
  3. The Dandelion and the Meaning of Life: G.K. Chesterton on How to Live in Wonder
  4. How Do You Know That You Love Somebody? Philosopher Martha Nussbaum’s Incompleteness Theorem of the Heart’s Truth, from Plato to Proust
  5. Ocean of Stars: A Painted Poem About How to Bear the Astonishment of Life
  6. The Common Language of Science: Einstein’s Clarion Call to Divided Humanity in a Rare 1941 Recording
  7. How to Say “YES” to Your Life
  8. Richard Dawkins on the Luckiness of Death
  9. James Baldwin’s Advice on Writing
  10. What Happens When We Die

Pitchfork

  1. Turnstile and Taylor Swift Both Dropped By SNL Last Night
  2. Fontaines D.C. Plot 2027 North American Tour
  3. Watch Metallica Spawn a Monster for Their Sphere Residency Opener
  4. 10 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Greg Freeman, Quavo, and More
  5. Drake and Don Toliver’s “Choosin’ Texas” Remix Is Officially Here
  6. Talking Heads Set Fear of Music Super Deluxe Edition
  7. How to Live Stream Austin City Limits Festival 2026
  8. Yung Miami Announces Debut Solo Album Watch Dis
  9. Alexander Skarsgård Moves Like Jagger in New Rolling Stones Video
  10. Lil Nas X Returns with New Song “World’s Greatest”

Stereogum

  1. Power To The People: Bruce Springsteen Covers Protest Songs, Dave Grohl Shouts Out Jack Smith, Tom Morello Reveals He “Certainly Did Not” Vote For Kamala Harris
  2. Turnstile Make SNL Debut, Taylor Swift Cameos
  3. Mike Patton Performs With Mariachi Gama 1000 For Mondo Cane’s Mexico Debut
  4. Troye Sivan Joins Charli XCX To Perform Two Of His New Songs At ACL
  5. Dave Grohl Joins AC/DC For “Highway To Hell” In New Jersey
  6. Zach Bryan Wears “Free Palestine” Shirt At Robert Kraft’s Gillette Stadium
  7. French Oi Crew Squelette Release Extremely Cool New EP Soir d’Orage
  8. Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Linus Announce Jules de Corte Tribute Album, Share Three Songs
  9. Shane Parish Surprise Releases New Album Dental Work To Pay For His Dental Work
  10. Members Of Guerilla Toss, SML, & PC Worship Team Up As Silk Fence: Stream Their Self-Titled Debut

Longreads

  1. Behind His Great Novels, an Unbearable Family Secret
  2. What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
  3. The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
  4. The Work
  5. Journalist Evan Gershkovich: My 491 Days as Putin’s Political Prisoner
  6. I Lost Myself When I Lost Hong Kong
  7. A Place Among the Fiddlers
  8. Hockey Dads and Hockey Sons
  9. A Record of Breath
  10. The Babies Left Behind in America

ScienceDaily

  1. A meteor hit Oklahoma 100 million years later than scientists thought
  2. Scientists find a surprising clue to why the universe’s expansion doesn’t add up
  3. A forgotten 30-year forest experiment just delivered a huge surprise
  4. Your gut bacteria may reveal how fast your brain is aging
  5. Scientists just found a new way to make hydrogen from water
  6. This common vitamin could help fight one of the deadliest brain cancers
  7. Vitamin D drug may help crack pancreatic cancer’s protective shield
  8. Diet drinks work as well as water for weight loss, major trial finds
  9. This protective enzyme could help stop fatty liver disease from getting worse
  10. ESA’s Juice just used Earth as a slingshot to Jupiter

Quanta

  1. Sea Monkeys Show Scientists How To Rewrite a Rule of Turbulence
  2. What Does the Fourth Dimension Actually Look Like?
  3. Surprisingly Complex Waves Reveal the Brain’s Inner Workings
  4. Mathematicians Harness Randomness To Crack a 55-Year-Old Conjecture

NASA

  1. Curiosity Blog, Sols 5022-5028: Cashing in at Cache Creek
  2. Mapping the Gaps in NASA’s Return to the Moon, featuring Richard Spolzino
  3. APOD: 2026 October 4 – Supernumerary Rainbows over New Jersey
  4. APOD: 2026 October 3 – Selfie at Vera Rubin Ridge
  5. NASA Astronaut Christina Koch to Join NFL Fans in Philadelphia
  6. Heading Home: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Concludes Station Science Mission
  7. NASA’s DAVINCI Probe Can Stand the Heat
  8. La NASA abre solicitudes para próxima promoción de directores de vuelo
  9. NASA Campaign Explores Clouds Spawned by Wildfires
  10. NASA Model Wing Lights Up During First Pressure Sensitive Paint Tests

Nature

  1. Can we have class outside? Seven tips to breeze through outdoor lectures
  2. Prozac use for childhood depression skewed by single flawed medical trial
  3. Von Neumann’s party
  4. Location, location, location: how to edit genes only in the cells you want
  5. ‘Learning about physics changed my life’: author Hernan Diaz on his new novel Ply
  6. How to respond to hate speech without fuelling it further
  7. Stunning fossil shows dinosaurs' distinctive path to flight
  8. Can you name the women who have won a science Nobel prize?
  9. Nature has rights — it is time the world recognized them
  10. Can pancreatic cancer be stopped in its tracks? Radical tactic raises hopes

Dezeen

  1. Museum Vonk is "a testing ground for affordable bio-based construction"
  2. Five innovative and practical modular furniture designs
  3. Space Popular creates carpet-covered gallery for Nieuwe Instituut
  4. Luxury ocean liners inform New York's Kimpton Era hotel by INC
  5. Studio Armitage creates Field Shelter for people tending allotments in Nara
  6. Ten monumental brutalist buildings in Asia
  7. This week we looked at the future of data-centre design
  8. Shinsegae Group displays 336 Paul Cox artworks at Frieze Seoul 2026
  9. Desai Chia shapes New York house to "cast shadows that mimic nature"
  10. Rafael Prieto creates furniture from fragments of New York buildings

Design Milk

  1. Suzie de Rohan Willner on Anni Albers, the Glass House, William Mitchell + More
  2. Paola Lenti’s São Paulo Flagship Turns Architecture Into a Living Frame
  3. A Williamsburg Duplex Draws From Brooklyn’s Industrial Past
  4. Laila Gohar Turns Whisky Tasting Into a Visual Experience
  5. 6 Design-Forward Essentials for the Minimalist Bedroom
  6. Bitreel’s AI Knowledge Agents Are Reshaping the Design Process
  7. A Warsaw Law Office Finds Common Ground Between Japan and New York
  8. A Bahrain Bay Apartment Finds Its Rhythm in Art and Curves
  9. The Dexter Hotel Makes a Case for Made-in-Michigan Design
  10. Wangari Mathenge Reassembles Memory in ‘Re-membering’

BBC Sport

  1. Hallgrimsson says Israel 'tried to intimidate' Republic of Ireland amid spitting row
  2. Portugal boss says door open for Ronaldo return
  3. Man City fight back to beat struggling Arsenal
  4. Real Madrid join race for Scott - Monday's gossip
  5. London City hit Tottenham for six to end unbeaten run
  6. 'We fought for every ball' - Hemp on Man City's thrilling win
  7. Stewart's dilemma after fourth at Alfred Dunhill Links
  8. Sale hold on to beat Saracens despite Vermeulen red
  9. Daryz claims rare back-to-back success in the Arc
  10. Drummond wins mixed doubles title on return to curling

ESPN

  1. Week 4 winners and losers: CeeDee Lamb dominates Texans; D'Andre Swift struggles
  2. 'You see the 'bink bink?': Travis Hunter's juke drops Tee Higgins on nullified pick
  3. Relieved Maye rebounds in win vs. Bills that gets Patriots 'back in race'
  4. Bills' Alford: Defense must adapt to loudness of new stadium
  5. Clarity or confusion? Connelly on how Week 5's results impacted conference races
  6. Fantasy football: Leading scorers through Sunday's early games
  7. Sooners questioning QB Mateer ahead of showdown vs. No. 1 Horns
  8. Follow live: France's RBI single puts Padres on the board in Game 2
  9. Putellas gone? Bonmati injured? It won't stop Barcelona, who just trounced Real Madrid
  10. Follow live: Valkyries host Aces in Game 1 of semifinals

CNBC

  1. Yemeni government launches offensive to seize all areas from Iran-backed Houthis
  2. Stock futures are flat as investors grapple with higher yields, await Fed minutes: Live updates
  3. It's time for us to put cash to work in this ugly market. Here's where we will do our buying
  4. Trump reiterates pledge to send $5,000 checks, and hands out smaller payments, as midterm elections loom
  5. Supreme Court Justice Alito said he's 'thought about' retirement as Senate control hangs in balance
  6. Here are 3 things we're watching in the stock market in the week ahead
  7. This NYC startup requires 4 days in office but just let everyone work remote for a whole month
  8. Starting a watch collection? What beginners should know before buying
  9. Top Wall Street analysts are upbeat about the prospects for these 3 stocks
  10. A 'weird' IPO pull, a tainted reputation and the stalled breakout moment for AI wearables

IGN

  1. The Best Deals Today: Star Wars Zero Company, AirPods Pro 3, Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, and More
  2. SNL Weighs in on GTA 6 vs. The Legend of Zelda With Skit Featuring Jason and Link
  3. Everything We Saw at RuneFest 2026, Including RuneScape 4 and RuneScape Reignited
  4. Fourth RuneScape MMO Built With Unreal Engine in the Works, Jagex Announces RuneScape Animation With MoistCr1TiKaL
  5. Gears of War: E-Day Devs 'Proud to Be One of Xbox's Main Titles' Amid Newfound Focus on Exclusivity
  6. The Best Deals Today: Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, Shuten Order, MLB The Show 26, and More
  7. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Video Reveals Major Change That Could End Wallhacks for Good
  8. 'I Did My Best' — Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Director Responds to Fans Asking for Full Disc Version
  9. Love and Deepspace Devs Issue Warning to Players After Deadly Drink Recipes Go Viral
  10. Former NFL Coach Mike Tomlin Is a Hardcore Minecraft Player, Reveals City He Took 12 Years to Build

Kotaku

  1. Warner Bros. And Paramount Unveil New Name As Both Studios Restructure
  2. Players Who Registered Rare Japanese PC Game Invited To Secret Party Over 25 Years Later
  3. Love And Deepspace Warns Players Not To Drink Poison After Sharing Hallucinogenic Recipes
  4. Jagex Announce A Fourth RuneScape And Cartoon With MoistCr1tikal
  5. GTA VI’s Jason Duval And Link Make Their Final Pitch On Saturday Night Live
  6. OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra Gets Frustrated Losing At StarCraft And Decides To Cheat Instead
  7. Troves Of Unseen Star Wars Material Emerge Online After Effects Wizard’s Garage Sale
  8. Valorant Player Banned Due To Previous GPU Owner’s Cheating Ways
  9. Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Director Says It Was ‘Absolutely Essential’ Not To Turn The Remake Into ‘My Own Personal Fan Project’
  10. Behold The Best New Witcher 3 Remastered Mod

PC Gamer

  1. Garry Newman responds to s&box criticism in lengthy YouTube comment: 'I don't like giving up on things, I am stubborn'
  2. Kingdom Come: Deliverance studio co-founder says a lot of RPGs are 'still games for teenagers,' and that he's 'tired of all the RPGs where you are this chosen one'
  3. Brigador devs: 'The '90s PC classics often taught really special things, but not because the story said, Wow, violence is bad!'
  4. What does your dream videogame concert look like?
  5. RuneScape is getting a new character type that promises a fresh start, but existing players are wary of splitting the community up
  6. Tonda Ros, creator of Blue Prince, has played UFO 50 for almost 700 hours: 'I think it's easily my favourite game of the last 20 years'
  7. Silent Hill: Townfall is the first horror game to make me feel bad for using a shotgun
  8. Yet another free fan level pack for Quake has arrived, and this one's all about a feature rarely seen in id Software's classic shooter
  9. Grand Theft Auto 6 features 'detailed decapitation' and 'frequent and prominent' drug use, according to hastily deleted PEGI rating
  10. An OpenAI model was caught trying to cheat at StarCraft, and of course it did it by stealing a human's work

Rock Paper Shotgun

  1. The Sunday Papers
  2. The Other One: Jordan Magnuson's Game Poem jam is a fascinating collection of chimeras
  3. What are we all playing this weekend?
  4. Desktop and handheld prices going out of control means PC bargain hunts lead to my old enemy: gaming laptops
  5. "Support modders, not AI": Total War: Warhammer 3 mod "deliberately corrupted" by its own creator in protest of AI-infused unauthorised reuploads
  6. RAM shortages are only getting worse and will last until at least 2028, Micron boss declares from atop a mountain of money
  7. AI-generated Fallout: New York browser game full of utterly cursed faces slapped with Bethesda cease and desist, its slop prompter claims
  8. PUBG extraction shooter Black Budget canned less than a year from reveal, after Krafton decide it won't "deliver an experience players could enjoy over the long term"
  9. If game developers steal one thing from No Law, I hope it's the open-world game's ridiculously detailed and realistic corner shops
  10. Reigns and Card Shark developers Nerial are closing down, laying staff off while the founders go "back to our roots"

Eurogamer

  1. Dynasty Warriors producer would rather make new games than more remasters
  2. Modders are furious as Claude-powered mashup mods flood social media
  3. PlatinumGames boss hints he wants to expand Bayonetta as Stellar Blade director calls the series "indispensable"
  4. RuneScape Reignited launches 2 December
  5. Fourth RuneScape officially revealed
  6. Nivalis Nights dares to ask what if Cyberpunk 2077 met Dave the Diver and Stardew Valley? And for now at least I'm loving the answer
  7. Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director says he "did his best" to fight for a full disc release
  8. Sony in talks to land Battlefield movie from Christopher McQuarrie and Michael B. Jordan
  9. Capcom plans to evolve RE Engine into an "AI-generation game engine"
  10. Metro Redux's Next-Gen Update arrives this month as franchise passes 50 million sales