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Weball: Play Katamari on Websites

roll, grow, win the internet

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DeepSeek banned from U.S. federal civilian agencies under new DHS order

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Wine ported to OpenBSD

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OpenBSD 8.0

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OpenBSD 8.0: released Oct 20, 2026

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It's still ok to enjoy programming

Programming is fun!

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Starcraft: Ashfall

A fan-made StarCraft game. Completely free, on web and mobile. Command Terran and Protoss forces, hold the bridge, and see how deep the swarm really goes.

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An ad-free Android TV

Android TV is full of ads, even in apps-only mode. Here's how I replaced the launcher, YouTube, and the remote's buttons to get rid of them.

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MiniMax M3.1 Flash

Today, we officially roll out MiniMax M3.1 Flash. As a next-generation Flash model, M3.1 Flash delivers a generational leap in agentic tasks, coding, Computer Use and cybersecurity, while making online inference nearly three times faster and reducing usage costs by 70%.

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OpenBSD 8.0 release will have inteldrm/radeondrm/amdgpu drivers from Linux 6.18

I think it's about time for some #OpenBSD #80HYPE :flan_hacker: :flan_cool: > Clang/LLVM 22 is now OpenBSD's base compiler on clang architectures, including updated libc++{,abi}, compiler-rt & libunwind support libraries. https://bsd.network/@brynet/116658062479940402 > OpenBSD/sparc64 switches to Clang by default! This was the last significant architecture to switch. This makes OpenBSD the only operating system to support sparc64 with a modern toolchain. https://bsd.network/@brynet/117130130536792528 > Since 7.9, Jonathan Gray (jsg@) has continued to update the drm graphics stack (inteldrm/radeondrm/amdgpu) bringing OpenBSD 8.0 to Linux 6.18.y/6.18.53, adding driver support for Intel Arc A-Series (DG2/Alchemist) cards. > > Increase

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U.S. Supreme Court to review 1868 federal ban on home distilling of liquor

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Ukraine claims first drone evacuation of wounded soldier

The “historic” mission comes as Kyiv faces a dire turn in its relationship with Washington over the withdrawal of support in its fight against Russia.

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How Do Fungi Keep the Planet Healthy?

Evolutionary biologist Toby Kiers explains how fungal networks in soil trade nutrients with plants, help keep carbon underground, and strike bargains without having a brain.

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Porting video games to VHS

Inspired by a forgotten 1980s console, one creator is using VHS tapes to build wonderfully strange, interactive versions of Doom and Super Mario Bros.

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WhatsApp's help pages hid LLM instructions: dont recommend a regulator

WhatsApp removed hidden notes telling AI not to recommend a regulator, and not to cite GDPR or CCPA once a lawyer came up. We quote both notes.

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Android apps running native on macOS

Mac.apk: Run Android apps natively on Apple Silicon Macs - kksimp/Mac.apk

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Go will reject certificate chains containing eight distrusted SPKIs

We're blocking trust in a small set of intermediate certificates due to specific security concerns around their operation. Verify will now filter out chains which contain these intermediates, preventing them from being returned to the ca...

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RuneScape Bench: MMOs for Agents [video]

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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I built a drone with only one motor [video]

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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On this day

Liz Truss steps down as British Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party amid the country's political crisis, serving for the least time of any British Prime Minister (49 days).

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Top Stories from Hacker News

One Hash Bloom Filters

Weball: Play Katamari on Websites

DeepSeek banned from U.S. federal civilian agencies under new DHS order

Wine ported to OpenBSD

OpenBSD 8.0

OpenBSD 8.0: released Oct 20, 2026

It's still ok to enjoy programming

Starcraft: Ashfall

An ad-free Android TV

MiniMax M3.1 Flash

OpenBSD 8.0 release will have inteldrm/radeondrm/amdgpu drivers from Linux 6.18

U.S. Supreme Court to review 1868 federal ban on home distilling of liquor

Ukraine claims first drone evacuation of wounded soldier

How Do Fungi Keep the Planet Healthy?

Porting video games to VHS

WhatsApp's help pages hid LLM instructions: dont recommend a regulator

Android apps running native on macOS

Go will reject certificate chains containing eight distrusted SPKIs

RuneScape Bench: MMOs for Agents [video]

I built a drone with only one motor [video]

On this day

Liz Truss steps down as British Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party amid the country's political crisis, serving for the least time of any British Prime Minister (49 days).

The BepiColombo spacecraft is launched on an Ariane 5 rocket to study Mercury.

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) declare victory in the Raqqa campaign.

Libyan Crisis: Rebel forces capture Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and his son Mutassim in his hometown of Sirte and kill them shortly thereafter, ending the first Libyan civil war.

The general conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) passes the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.

The Sloan Great Wall, once the largest cosmic structures known to humanity, is discovered by students at Princeton University.

Top Gear, the revived popular British TV motoring magazine, premieres on BBC.

Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-73.

A 6.8 Mw earthquake strikes the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people.

A massive firestorm breaks out in the hills of Oakland and Berkeley, California killing 25 people and destroying more than 3,000 homes, apartments and condominiums.

Aeroflot Flight 6502 crashes while landing at Kuibyshev Airport (now Kuromoch International Airport) in Kuibyshev (now present-day Samara, Russia), killing 70 people.

During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.

Two police officers and a Brink's armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground in Nanuet, New York.

A plane carrying the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in woodland in Mississippi, United States. Six people, including three band members, are killed.

The Luling–Destrehan Ferry MV George Prince is struck by the Norwegian freighter SS Frosta while crossing the Mississippi River in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.

Watergate scandal: "Saturday Night Massacre": United States President Richard Nixon fires U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Solicitor General Robert Bork.

The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction.

China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, igniting the Sino-Indian War.

The Soviet Navy performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine.

The Governor of Kenya Evelyn Baring declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising.

The "Johnny Bright incident" occurs during a football game between the Drake Bulldogs and Oklahoma A&M Aggies.

A KLM Lockheed L-049 Constellation crashes on approach to Glasgow Prestwick Airport, killing 40.

Cold War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.

World War II: The Soviet Red Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade.

Liquefied natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland and then explodes, leveling 30 blocks and killing 130 people.

World War II: American general Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he comes ashore during the Battle of Leyte.

World War II: Thousands of civilians in German-occupied Serbia are murdered in the Kragujevac massacre.

The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends.

British ocean liner RMS Olympic is launched.

Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.

Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.

Greek War of Independence: In the Battle of Navarino, a combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet is defeated by British, French and Russian naval forces in the last significant battle fought with wooden sailing ships.

The Convention of 1818 is signed between the United States and the United Kingdom, which settles the Canada–United States border on the 49th parallel for most of its length.

The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase.

The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.

American Revolution: The Continental Association, a nonconsumption and nonimportation agreement against the British Isles and the British West Indies, is adopted by the First Continental Congress.

France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction, and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.

Eighty Years' War: Three thousand Spanish soldiers wade through fifteen miles of water in one night to effect the relief of Goes.

The Spanish Duke of Alba defeats a Dutch rebel force under William the Silent.

The second battle of Kosovo ends when the larger army of the Ottoman Empire defeats those of the Kingdom of Hungary after the Wallachian troops desert.

On this day

Liz Truss steps down as British Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party amid the country's political crisis, serving for the least time of any British Prime Minister (49 days).

The BepiColombo spacecraft is launched on an Ariane 5 rocket to study Mercury.

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) declare victory in the Raqqa campaign.

Libyan Crisis: Rebel forces capture Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and his son Mutassim in his hometown of Sirte and kill them shortly thereafter, ending the first Libyan civil war.

The general conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) passes the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.

The Sloan Great Wall, once the largest cosmic structures known to humanity, is discovered by students at Princeton University.

Top Gear, the revived popular British TV motoring magazine, premieres on BBC.

Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-73.

A 6.8 Mw earthquake strikes the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people.

A massive firestorm breaks out in the hills of Oakland and Berkeley, California killing 25 people and destroying more than 3,000 homes, apartments and condominiums.

Aeroflot Flight 6502 crashes while landing at Kuibyshev Airport (now Kuromoch International Airport) in Kuibyshev (now present-day Samara, Russia), killing 70 people.

During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.

Two police officers and a Brink's armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground in Nanuet, New York.

A plane carrying the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in woodland in Mississippi, United States. Six people, including three band members, are killed.

The Luling–Destrehan Ferry MV George Prince is struck by the Norwegian freighter SS Frosta while crossing the Mississippi River in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.

Watergate scandal: "Saturday Night Massacre": United States President Richard Nixon fires U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Solicitor General Robert Bork.

The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction.