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Saturday 17 October 2026

901 headlines from 32 sources

Hacker News

  1. Chrome and Edge are removing XSLT: what breaks and what does not
  2. Microsoft and CMU Team Up to Train Early Career Software Engineers
  3. Pattern Matching Beats Narrative Reasoning
  4. Qwen3.8-27B on the iPhone 18 Neural Engine at 15–70 tok/s (1.5 bpw)
  5. OpenCode Hacked: User credentials leaked
  6. Codex is EATING my Mac's disk space
  7. I Became a Citizen of Japan
  8. Linux bugs fixed per release over time: >2× rise since 2026-04
  9. tsc-ts: TypeScript written in TypeScript
  10. Gold is now the top U.S. export

The Verge

  1. TikTok bans Musk documentary account
  2. Mercedes-AMG’s first ground-up SUV is a 1,150hp electric beast
  3. Elon Musk settles lawsuits over $1 million voter giveaway
  4. Meta removes language that may have allowed it to scrape news sites
  5. Pikmin 4 is $20 off ahead of its $10 Nintendo Switch 2 update
  6. Jad Abumrad loves a butterfly knife and a good springy pillow
  7. SpaceX’s ambitious, expensive gamble to replace AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon
  8. Websites are closing their doors to AI agents
  9. Bose’s new wired earbuds are simple in the best way
  10. Apple’s HomeView is just the latest threat to online recipe writers

Ars Technica

  1. Science says your boss should talk less in meetings
  2. Why BioWare's Neverwinter Nights still has thousands of active players
  3. OpenAI models hacked a crypto wallet and breached more websites
  4. “thegentlemanpervert” producing AI CSAM is a NJ prosecutor, say cops
  5. US Rep proposes bill to give video game buyers "ownership," not "a license"
  6. Bug turns one of the biggest fears about Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses into reality
  7. RFK Jr. proposes FDA look the other way on unproven peptides, report says
  8. Meta may use sweeping new commercial TOS to avoid millions in AI licensing fees
  9. Polymarket saw $600 million in election trades after the elections were over
  10. Tesla turns to 50-year-old stunt technology as it tries to Roadster again

TechCrunch

  1. Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concerns
  2. TikTok permanently bans ‘Musk’ documentary advertising account
  3. Anthropic says its workforce has become less junior and is spending more time in meetings
  4. Replit is no longer working with Anthropic, CEO says
  5. Ember’s new temperature-controlled mug makes my nightly tea ritual even better
  6. Mark Wahlberg wants to take on the longevity-startup crowd with an affordable gym concept
  7. Replit is no longer working with Anthropic, CEO says
  8. Porsche’s electric Macan Turbo is an automotive existential crisis
  9. India becomes the latest country to report rogue AI agent activity
  10. A Nvidia insider-turned-VC on why robotics hasn’t hit its ChatGPT moment, yet

Wired

  1. Encryption Is Getting Squeezed From All Sides
  2. The Best LED Grow Lights for Houseplants This Winter (2026)
  3. These 12 Automatic Cat Feeders Were the Best We Tested in 2026
  4. Don’t Let a Crypto Inheritance Get Stuck on the Blockchain
  5. HTC Made Smart Glasses That Are Way More Private
  6. Microplastics React With Water, a New Study Says. That’s a Problem for Biology
  7. Why AI Isn’t Ready to Tackle Our Convoluted Genomes
  8. The Leap Second Is No More
  9. Katie Zacharia Was Linked to an AI Rare-Earths Startup. It’s Even Weirder Than It Sounds
  10. Chicago-Area Cops Helped HSI Spy on Minnesota Anti-ICE Activists

Engadget

  1. How to keep your smart home running even if the internet goes down
  2. Why it's important to monitor your PC's background processes
  3. Don't throw away your old PlayStation — Do this instead
  4. The Tesla Roadster is far from the first car to use fans for downforce
  5. Leaked gameplay purports to show a canceled Assassin's Creed game set in ancient China
  6. Android Auto can be used outside of your car: Here's how
  7. What's actually eating all the storage space on your Android Phone?
  8. iPhone Duo shipping estimates have already been pushed back to 2027
  9. You might be surprised by how much the Slate truck can carry
  10. What does the yellow light on your Alexa device mean and how do you clear it?

9to5Mac

  1. iPhone Duo walk-in purchases might be challenging at launch, per report
  2. Indie App Spotlight: ‘Hoardware’ makes it easy to track your Apple device collection
  3. Hands-on: UGREEN’s new 25W MagSafe battery for iPhone features liquid cooling
  4. EE announces iPhone Handoff pricing details for UK customers
  5. PSA: Apple’s official silicone iPhone Duo case will require adhesive to stick
  6. Apple @ Work: How I’m preparing my fleet for Rosetta’s removal in macOS 27
  7. Apple weekend deals: HomeView, new Apple TV 4K, AirPods, MacBook, mini, more
  8. Verizon confirms $10 monthly fee for new iPhone Handoff feature
  9. Apple poaches longtime Meta executive to lead global litigation
  10. Apple’s new App Store rules crack down on AI nudification and ‘bait-and-switch’ apps

Guardian Australia

  1. Daniel Dubois delivers devastating second-round stoppage of Fabio Wardley to retain WBO title
  2. Gabby Williams lifts Valkyries past Dream in defensive slugfest to open WNBA finals
  3. Art dealer who sold forged Warhols sentenced to nearly four years in prison
  4. Daniel Dubois v Fabio Wardley II: WBO heavyweight title fight – live
  5. Federal court dismisses suit against New York’s sanctuary laws in a loss for Trump administration
  6. How Australia’s tipping culture got awkward – and what to do about it
  7. ICE agent who crashed into man in Texas was targeting suspect who died years ago, family says
  8. If Trump becomes a lame duck, surely countries like Australia can say what we really think? | Zoe Daniel
  9. Reform candidate filmed saying asylum seekers should be put in ‘concentration camps’
  10. Almost all NSW homes destroyed in black summer bushfires were within 100 metres of flammable vegetation

ABC News

  1. Women's group vows they're 'not going to get grey hair and do it quietly'
  2. 'Outstanding' Tonga puts England on the brink of World Cup elimination
  3. Basque migrants transformed town and left behind heritage handball court
  4. How to deal with spring weeds before they take over your garden
  5. AI helps to track lobsters when 'no two shells are the same'
  6. Siblings with feet turned backwards get life-changing care
  7. Paramedics unable to respond to 'lights and sirens' cases while ramped
  8. A lost knife, but a new love found for outback bladesmith
  9. Israeli settlers attack European diplomats in West Bank
  10. Young people the hidden group of carers few are talking about

BBC News

  1. Dubois destroys Wardley in two rounds to retain title
  2. How day of protests unfolded as disorder breaks out across France
  3. Villa's Manzambi shows Newcastle what they missed out on
  4. Anti-government protesters battle with police in Albania
  5. Violent clashes, looting and buildings ablaze in France as over 1,000 arrested after protests
  6. Reform activist suspended after reportedly saying Muslims cannot be British
  7. No further action against government adviser's wife over Palestine Action post, police say
  8. Wirtz delivers but remains Liverpool's conundrum
  9. Manzambi heads Villa to victory at Newcastle
  10. Tributes to Andrews before Champions Cup matches

The Guardian

  1. New York City police seek suspect in fatal subway station shooting
  2. Fifteen NHS staff sacked after accessing medical records of Valdo Calocane victims
  3. Jonathan Glazer was ‘shocked into silence’ by NAZA documentary
  4. No action to be taken against wife of PM’s aide over Palestine Action post
  5. Manzambi maintains Aston Villa progress with win to seal dismal week for Newcastle
  6. 7 Miles Out review – Carol Morley’s funny-poignant self-portrait of teenage kicks in Stockport
  7. Scottish Premiership: Kiltie double sinks Motherwell to lift Kilmarnock
  8. Strictly Come Dancing week four – live
  9. Haaland helps Maresca achieve record start as Manchester City defeat Ipswich
  10. Revealed: French police used UK-funded 4x4 vehicles to charge student protesters

Al Jazeera

  1. Photos: No Kings rallies in US urge midterm voters to cast ballots early
  2. Cost of living protests hit Belgium, Italy, Portugal and France
  3. Ten killed in fire at beach resort in Bangladesh
  4. Protesters allege police brutality as violent clashes rage on in Albania
  5. Al Jazeera reporter harassed, struck on head amid France protests, looting
  6. Iranian TV airs video said to show tanker explosion in Hormuz
  7. At least 17 killed in stampede at religious gathering in India
  8. Albanian police fire rubber bullets as protests against Rama escalate
  9. Hundreds rally in Kyiv to demand the resignation of Mayor Vitali Klitschko
  10. Will the EU come to Ukraine’s rescue in war against Russia?

NPR

  1. Oregon governor Tina Kotek reacts to Silver Rail Elementary school shooting
  2. Scuffles and fires break out as protesters rally across France, joining students
  3. Pope Leo XIV leaves hospital days after lung cancer surgery
  4. Zelenskyy urges support for new US sanctions on Russia after Trump puts them on hold
  5. Perspective: Midterm money madness
  6. Fraud, affordability and Trump policies drive friction in Minnesota Senate debate
  7. Dozens of critically endangered orangutans rescued from Indonesian wildfires
  8. Decades after apartheid, South Africans seek justice for crimes of the past
  9. Sidewalk sleepers: They have nowhere else to stay while a loved one is in the hospital
  10. Weddings are expensive. How about a grocery store cake?

Kottke

  1. Charles Harley on Subway Takes: “I don’t think Black...
  2. Illustrator and writer Luis Mendo’s second book is out....
  3. Chromatic Inkscapes
  4. Margaret Atwood in 2023: Go Ahead and Ban My Book. “It’s...
  5. Roooobot. Huuuuuman.
  6. The trailer for Blade Runner 2099, a new limited series...
  7. Going 94 MPH on a Skateboard (New World Record)
  8. I played (not) solitaire for more hands than I would care...
  9. Good headline: Nine Inch Snails.
  10. Beautiful Seamless Ride

The Marginalian

  1. Bloom: A Touching Animated Short Film about Depression and What It Takes to Recover the Light of Being
  2. The Map to the Route of Your Life
  3. The Single Most Effective Remedy for Despair: Advice from T.H. White’s Merlyn
  4. The Day Dostoyevsky Discovered the Meaning of Life in a Dream
  5. The Other Significant Others: Living and Loving Outside the Confines of Conventional Friendship and Compulsory Coupledom
  6. Bruce Springsteen on Surviving Depression and His Strategy for Living Through the Visitations of the Darkness
  7. How to Hold Your Helplessness: Nobel Laureate Bertrand Russell’s Salve for the Anxiety of Overwhelm
  8. How Not to Waste Your Life
  9. An Introvert’s Field Guide to Friendship: Thoreau on the Challenges and Rewards of Candid Connection
  10. NostradamusGPT: The Psychology of Prophecy and How to Break Free from the Prison of Predictive Technologies

Pitchfork

  1. A$AP Rocky Recruits Jeremih and Reggie for “Shroom Clouds”
  2. 11 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Fontaines D.C., the Avalanches, and More
  3. Lana Del Rey Joins Zach Bryan on New Song “Lies”
  4. Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan Compete on David Byrne’s Gameshow in “Expectations” Video
  5. Wednesday’s Karly Hartzman Plots Solo Tour
  6. Nino Paid and Warhol.SS Arrested on Felony Murder and Armed Robbery Charges
  7. Justice Composed the Score for Grand Theft Auto VI
  8. Skrillex and Ring Noord Remix Danny L Harle and PinkPantheress’ “Starlight”
  9. Blondie Announce First Album in Nine Years
  10. Geordie Greep Responds to Accuser’s Sexual Misconduct Allegations

Stereogum

  1. Eminem Defends New Kid Rock Collaboration
  2. Nice As Fuck Reunite For First Show In A Decade
  3. Harry Styles Debuts New Liam Payne Tribute Song “What Is Enough” At MSG
  4. Liam Gallagher Is Still Marding With Fontaines D.C.
  5. Worldpeace DMT’s Stick Around For Tea Is Not Your Father’s Laptop Twee
  6. The 5 Best Songs Of The Week
  7. Saya Gray, quickly, quickly, Aminé, & More Share New Songs For The Movie Version Of Colin Meloy’s Wildwood
  8. HEALTH Share Two New Songs From The Street Fighter Soundtrack
  9. Stream LA Power-Pop Band Exploding Flowers’ New Album Alphabet Window
  10. Tierra Whack Shares Seven New Songs On Deluxe Whack’s Museum

Longreads

  1. Tishomingo Burn Ban
  2. The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
  3. What Happens When Your Abuser Kills Himself?
  4. Supplemental Journey
  5. Deskilling the Body
  6. How Tree Rings Challenged the Myth of American Wilderness
  7. Beyond the Glass
  8. We’re Reporters, Not Teachers. We Were Able to Start Private Schools Anyway.
  9. The Kids Who Identify as Animals
  10. In Trump’s America, the Death Penalty Has Been Resurrected

ScienceDaily

  1. New drug reverses severe fatty liver disease by repairing the gut
  2. NASA’s Roman Space Telescope exceeds expectations by nearly 30%
  3. This bird flies thousands of miles, but its wings have a catch
  4. Brain cells meant to protect us may be fueling cognitive decline
  5. NASA’s Webb reveals the wild weather of a mysterious world 20 light-years away
  6. A 24-year study uncovers a surprising climate benefit beneath forests
  7. Scientists discover how deep sleep builds muscle, burns fat, and boosts the brain
  8. Scientists predicted doomsday for November 13, 2026. Should we be worried?
  9. Stanford’s new microscope reveals living cells like never before
  10. SpaceX just delivered some very strange cargo to the International Space Station

Quanta

  1. He Wants AI Benchmarking To Be a Science, Not a Dark Art
  2. How Do Fungi Keep the Planet Healthy?
  3. Triplet of ‘Ghostly’ Galaxies Hints at What Dark Matter Is — and Isn’t
  4. Is ‘Attention’ the Essence of Intelligence?

NASA

  1. APOD: 2026 October 17 – 3D 67P
  2. NASA Names Stephen Cash Marshall Space Flight Center Director
  3. Artemis II Heat Shield After Splashdown
  4. I Am Artemis: Allison Mjoen
  5. NASA’s Hubble Spies Spiral’s Edge
  6. APOD: 2026 October 16 – Chasing the International Space Station
  7. Isaias Dims the Gulf Coast
  8. NASA to Help Unlock Mysteries of Mars’ Moons in Upcoming Mission
  9. NASA Satellites Observe Historic 2026 El Niño
  10. Power Up: Roll Out Solar Arrays Boost Space Station Power Supply

Nature

  1. The pianist who never played
  2. Unprecedented atlas explores mitochondria across the tree of life
  3. PhD students who write dissertation with AI less likely to stay in academia
  4. Memory stays strong in old age when this brain enzyme is active
  5. IceCube just won a Nobel prize. Protect astroparticle physics projects with the same potential
  6. History’s long-secret codes are being cracked by amateurs using AI
  7. Briefing Chat: An invisible tattoo that appears under UV light – and then disappears
  8. Is AI eroding PhD students’ critical thinking and analysis skills?
  9. Margaret Hamilton obituary: computer scientist who pioneered software engineering and helped us get to the Moon
  10. Daily briefing: Bleached corals revived by healthy neighbour’s touch

Dezeen

  1. Snøhetta completes landmark opera house in Shanghai
  2. Eight converted power stations that show the power of reuse
  3. This week we revealed the Stirling Prize winner
  4. Baird Architects releases first furniture collection as "natural extension" of studio
  5. Spaces by Manah signposts Chennai community centre with barrel-vaulted roof
  6. Factory in Bangladesh that "redefines manufacturing architecture" wins RIBA International Prize
  7. Is this year's Stirling Prize winner a worthy victor?
  8. Objects with Narratives presents collectible design that looks "found rather than fabricated"
  9. Tesla launches flying Roadster concept car
  10. "Welcoming and inclusive" London housing wins RIBA Stirling Prize 2026

Design Milk

  1. From Spotlight to Soft-light: New Lighting by Coil + Drift
  2. A 1908 Japanese Prison Finds New Life as a Luxury Hotel
  3. Kohler Introduces Fleurette Artist Editions Collection with Aerin Lauder
  4. Alfonso Verduzco Translates Mexican Architecture Into ALMA Acoustic Panels
  5. 262 Fifth Avenue Pairs Sculptural Architecture With Serene Interiors
  6. Amazon Rethinks the Kindle From the Inside Out
  7. Falconry Takes Flight Inside Dubai’s N53 Cigar Lounge
  8. A New Book Preserves the Lost Interiors of Ebony and Jet’s Chicago Headquarters
  9. Spinnaker x seconde/seconde/ Brings Back the 50 Phantoms
  10. A Brooklyn Brownstone Trades Restraint for Color and Character

BBC Sport

  1. Rangers 'pop balloon' as Neil gift wastes chance to go top
  2. Watch Sportscene highlights
  3. Reedijk has 'sick feeling in stomach' - are his Hibs team in relegation fight?
  4. Munster hold on to beat Racing after Foley tributes
  5. Bath lose at home to Montpellier in Champions Cup
  6. Costelow injury worry as Scarlets thrash Newcastle
  7. Diaz hat-trick fires Bayern to win in Kane's 100th Bundesliga game
  8. Gyokeres pushing for Arsenal exit - Sunday's gossip
  9. Four sides reach round one of FA Cup for first time
  10. Wrexham had to block outside noise - Parkinson

ESPN

  1. Dubois destroys Wardley in brutal 2nd-round TKO to retain WBO title
  2. Williams' 26, late free throws lift Valkyries past Dream in G1
  3. Buckeyes QB Sayin out 'several weeks' with shoulder injury, Day says
  4. Sources: Knicks waiving Brown, keeping Wiseman ahead of opener
  5. How Parker Washington became the WR1 in Jacksonville: 'We feel like he's pretty freakin' good'
  6. Ohio State survives Indiana on Marsh's fourth-down misstep
  7. Sources: Bears plan to start QB Williams in Week 6 vs. Falcons
  8. Eagles star QB Hurts placed on IR, expected to be out indefinitely
  9. Florida puts No. 7 Texas' CFP hopes in peril with upset in Austin
  10. Durant fires back at Ishbia for negative framing of Suns tenure

CNBC

  1. Trump touts his power at Kentucky rally to energize voters ahead of midterm elections
  2. Semiconductor market to remain solid ‘at least through next year,’ South Korea finance minister says
  3. AI stocks plunge. Inflation heats up. Where we're still finding opportunities
  4. 'Dead money’ for a decade: Why this hedge fund approach may deliver an advantage over bonds
  5. Investors are buying up vast tracts of timberland across U.S. in one of market's longest-term bets
  6. Trump's student loan overhaul could lead to more bankruptcy filings, former judge says
  7. 'Everyone laughed' when he started a pumpkin farm—now it brings in $2 million a year
  8. These tech stocks are a buy ahead of their earnings reports, Bank of America says
  9. Berkshire shares buck market sell-off, rally to highest since Buffett said he would step down as CEO
  10. French protesters take to streets over rising prices and social strain

IGN

  1. Battlefield 6 Devs Respond After Players Take Aim at 'Secuty' Typo and Cosmetic With 5 Pistols
  2. The Best Deals Today: Cyberpunk 2077 for Switch 2, Pikmin 4, Star Wars Zero Company, and More
  3. Captain Price Actor Sends Message to Fans as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Campaign Praise Rolls in
  4. We Sat Down with D&D Game Designer James Wyatt to Talk Dungeons & Dragons: World of Warcraft
  5. Super Smash Bros. Player Mew2King Banned From Tournament After Bug Bites Spark Health Concerns
  6. ‘There Should be a Game Award for Hot Dads’ — Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Devs Are Fully Aware and Loving the ‘Horny’ Fanart for Their Game
  7. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 – Captain Price's Fate Explained
  8. Ghost of Yotei Sales Lag Behind Tsushima but Are Still Strong on PS5, Analyst Estimates Show
  9. MTG Darkhold Destiny Arcanum Bundle: What's Inside and Is It Worth The Price Tag?
  10. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 - Campaign Review

Kotaku

  1. The Mortuary Assistant Film Director Jeremiah Kipp Passes Away
  2. Car Park Capital Is The World’s Most Evil Simulator (Complimentary)
  3. Debra Wilson Also Confused On Why Games Keep Using Her Likeness
  4. Smash Bros. Player Barred From Austin Competition Following Bed Bug Concern
  5. Company Behind GTA-Like Samson Goes Bankrupt Six Months After Release
  6. Modern Warfare 4 Campaign Reviews Make It Sound Like It’s Surprisingly Good
  7. Fans Are Comparing Grand Theft Auto 6′s Latest Trailer To Its First And Complaining That It’s A Blurry ‘Downgrade’
  8. Kingdom Hearts’ Opening Is Still Incredible
  9. Early Reviews Of You Can See Everything Are Stressing Me Out
  10. Who The Hell Was That In The Street Fighter Movie Because It Wasn’t Cammy

PC Gamer

  1. Metal band Genitorturers allegedly claims a Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines remake is coming, getting a dozen crusty nerds way too worked up
  2. Qualcomm wins $2 legal decision against fellow tech giant Arm, and that's not a typo
  3. 'I am overwhelmed and overstimulated': The actor behind Star Wars: Galactic Racer’s Biddy Blas is scribbing doon all your enthusiasm
  4. To help America, I used Crusader Kings 3 to figure out how to remove a doddering, senile lunatic from power
  5. Discussion time: Do you think zone chats in MMOs are forces for good, or evil?
  6. Surprising no-one, Wizards of the Coast 'doesn't intend to voluntarily recognize' union efforts for the second time this year
  7. This game about grinding mute lumps of shapeless flesh has made me realise I've been hornswoggled by capitalism
  8. Ghostwire: Tokyo joins GOG Preservation Program, which means you don't have to deal with Bethesda.NET anymore
  9. The Blood of Dawnwalker's first major update will add directional animal petting and a new story mode that's easier than the previous story mode
  10. Developer cancels public demo of its upcoming horror drinking game, fearing it will be instantly cloned by AI vibe coders: 'We sincerely apologise for the short notice'

Rock Paper Shotgun

  1. Rain98 is a blue-hued, pre-Y2K, Serial Experiments Lain inspired visual novel about time travelling to the past to end the world
  2. Black & White 3 doesn't sound like it's ever going to happen, but good ole overpromising Peter Molyneux may have let slip about a remaster of the original
  3. RimWorld meets Moebius-esque roguelite colony sim Trailblazers: Into The March welcomes you aboard its hulking landships with a chonky-sounding demo
  4. As too much of the industry embrace their own death through genAI, Konami say it's real people that are most important for making good games
  5. Oh dear, half a year after launching Samson, Swedish developer Liquid Swords have filed for bankruptcy
  6. What are we all playing this weekend?
  7. Nonolith traps you in a living maze and challenges you to find hidden terrain magic using good old copy-paste
  8. We have reached a new threshold in genAI gloom, with a game dev cancelling a demo for fear of copycats ripping them off before release
  9. "We were wrong": Wardogs devs end Season 2's team-specific cash and XP bonus experiment after a single, tumultuous day
  10. The Blood of Dawnwalker's update 1.1 adds a "forgiving" difficulty setting, but I think I'll find it hard to forgive its introduction of "directional animal petting"

Eurogamer

  1. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines remaster rumoured, with leaker insisting it's not a remake
  2. Sega pulls Total War: Shogun 2 - Complete Edition from sale amid AI accusations, admitting it has "fallen short"
  3. Steam's Achievement Sets beta aims to stop new content breaking your completion status
  4. Gameplay footage emerges of reportedly cancelled Assassin's Creed game Destiny
  5. The Blood of Dawnwalker Update 1.1 adds an easier Story mode, a respec potion and animal petting
  6. Art of Rally follow-up Over the Hill's biggest success is finding a way to be a driving game that asks you to take it slow
  7. What we've been playing - "I simply didn't know if a first-person shooter could work as a Soulslike"
  8. Analogue is reviving its Mega SG and Super Nt consoles, and they'll play all your old Sega and Nintendo cartridges with some modern enhancements
  9. 11 games and announcements that got us excited in the latest Galaxies Showcase
  10. Fortnite is coming to Linux so we may soon be able to play it and other games like Apex Legends on Steam Deck and Steam Machine