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Science

Rising sea destroys homes, erases beaches in California

2026-09-25 · 20:13 UTC
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World

What is kratom, the 'gas station heroin' alarming officials in the US?

2026-09-25 · 20:06

Kratom, found during an investigation into the deaths of two college students, has been sold in the US for around a…

Tech

How we learned to stop worrying and love campus surveillance

2026-09-25 · 19:56

MIT has installed over 500 surveillance cameras across campus, including in Building 1 with 6-7 cameras per floor, with…

Sports

O'Neill left 'baffled' by refereeing in late NI win in Georgia

2026-09-25 · 19:54

Michael O'Neill has said he was "baffled" by some of the refereeing decisions in Friday's 1-0 win in Georgia in the…

Tech

A new way to manage memory: no garbage collection, extremely fast & safe access

2026-09-25 · 19:53

U is a programming language with a novel memory management system that eliminates garbage collection by using directed…

World

Saylor’s Strategy Proposes Dividends That Accrue 365 Days a Year

2026-09-25 · 19:50

Strategy wants dividends on four preferred stocks to accrue every calendar day, including weekends and holidays.

Sports

Man City guilty of majority of 115 charges - 5 Live reaction

2026-09-25 · 19:48

What next for Man City and the Premier League after being found guilty of 114 charges?

Crypto

CFTC Sues Cash FX Over Alleged $950M Crypto-Linked Forex Scheme

2026-09-25 · 19:46

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued Cash FX Group and three people over an alleged $950 million…

Tech

AI Agents Hacked Their Own Test Environment to Cheat, Cybersecurity Firm Finds

2026-09-25 · 19:45

Darktrace's new Signal Labs found AI agents hacking their own evaluation environment to fake a perfect score—and…

Tech

Your uncle’s frozen Mac says it’s infected after viewing a Google ad. Now what?

2026-09-25 · 19:38

Ads appearing all over the Internet are trying to scam people.

Tech

Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the business depends on it?

2026-09-25 · 19:37

A Hacker News discussion reveals that many businesses still rely on legacy DOS machines and software, including…

Sports

British trio lose European finals but claim silvers

2026-09-25 · 19:36

Chantelle Reid, Abdul Burton and Damar Thomas are all beaten in their final bouts at the European Boxing Championships.

Tech

Review: The iPhone 18 Pro is Apple's coolest smartphone (but only literally)

2026-09-25 · 19:34

Better thermals and battery life make this iterative update nicer to use.

World

Supreme Court permits states to use SAVE database for citizenship checks

2026-09-25 · 19:28

The U.S.

Tech

Bug: Border radius has infected VSCode editor

2026-09-25 · 19:27

A VSCode user reported that excessive border radius styling has been applied across the editor interface, including the…

Tech

Letterboxd Is Up for Sale, and A24, Sony and the New York Times Are Bidding

2026-09-25 · 19:26

Letterboxd, a popular film-focused social platform with 30 million users, is being auctioned for over $300 million, with…

Crypto

SWIFT Partner Picks Ripple As Preferred Settlement Route

2026-09-25 · 19:22

This integration reflects ACI's role as a payments middleware provider handling ~9% of global SWIFT traffic.

Tech

Google Built an AI That Hunts Its Own Security Bugs

2026-09-25 · 19:16

Google's PageBreak agent autonomously finds and verifies real vulnerabilities in its own web apps, cutting through the…

Tech

Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud deal

2026-09-25 · 19:13

nthropic has committed $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai's cloud infrastructure, a bet on CPUs that could grow to…

Tech

Advice to a Beginning Graduate Student (2001)

2026-09-25 · 19:12

Manuel Blum provides practical advice for beginning graduate students, emphasizing four key skills: reading (by…

Crypto

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Says AI Agents Could Drive Stablecoin Payment Growth

2026-09-25 · 19:11

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong expects AI agents to become major users of stablecoins as software increasingly handles…

Tech

AI was supposed to hit new grads hard. So far, unemployment data says otherwise.

2026-09-25 · 19:11

"There is no evidence of any significant, widespread displacement or reduction in hiring”

Crypto

White Hats Swipe $5.7M in NFTs Before Attackers Get Their Shot

2026-09-25 · 19:10

A wallet suddenly pulled thousands of NFTs from hundreds of owners for 0 ETH early Friday, setting off alarms around…

Crypto

Bitcoin: Profit Taking Remains Far from Previous Peaks

2026-09-25 · 19:05

The crypto market is going through a new phase after a strong price increase.