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First enhanced geothermal power plant completed in just 23 months https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/01/worlds-first-enhanced-geothermal-power-plant-completed-in-just-23-months/

Vibecoding isn't as fun as writing code by hand https://www.autodidacts.io/vibecoding-isnt-as-fun-as-writing-code-by-hand/

Tapo (Rust/Python library) now speaks TP-Link's TPAP protocol https://mihai.dinculescu.dev/posts/tapo-speaks-tpap/

Benchmark in Milliseconds https://matklad.github.io/2026/10/05/benchmark-milliseconds.html

The complement of true is true, except when it's false https://dryperspective.github.io/posts/complement-of-true/

OpenTPU – An open-source AI accelerator, developed by AI https://github.com/FeSens/openTPU

The Early History of Smalltalk (1993) https://worrydream.com/EarlyHistoryOfSmalltalk/

I'm the AGI that's wiping out humanity https://ajmoon.com/posts/im-the-agi-thats-wiping-out-humanity-heres-how

Adobe Creative Suite Cleanroom Port to Rust https://github.com/storytold/photocraft

Show HN: Parseable, an open observability datalake, handles 100M time-series/min https://www.parseable.com

Mathematics of Geothermal Energy https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/power-and-energy/mathematics-geothermal-energy/

Former German spy chief arrested for attempted treason https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/former-german-spy-chief-detained-suspicion-espionage-treason-bild-reports-2026-10-06/

Subquadratic 3SUM and Subcubic APSP https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.06783

What's Earth's dominant species by mass? https://signoregalilei.com/2026/09/27/whats-earths-dominant-species-by-mass/

Lawmakers Introduce Multiple Laws to Curb Flock After 404 Media Coverage https://www.404media.co/lawmakers-introduce-multiple-laws-to-curb-flock-after-404-media-coverage/

EmbeddingGemma 2: An open, lightweight multimodal embedding model https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/embeddinggemma-2/

Erdosproblems.com Succumbs to the AI Onslaught https://www.erdosproblems.com/forum/thread/blog:9

Paramount Skydance has completed its $111B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/paramount-completes-111b-warner-merger-creating-skydance-behemoth/

Show HN: I turned my iPhone and a $20 smart plug into an f-stop timer https://peterszentkiralyi.eu/darkplug/

OpenSSH 10.6 https://www.openssh.org/releasenotes.html#10.6

Toronto-Based VPN Provider Plans to Quit Canada over Lawful-Access Bill https://citizenlab.ca/toronto-based-vpn-provider-plans-to-quit-canada-over-lawful-access-bill/

Sharing AI Progress in Mathematics https://openai.com/index/sharing-ai-progress-in-mathematics/

Decisions API is in public beta https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/decisions