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Sunday, 11 October 2026

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Talorys – A self-hosted personal AI agent on Cloudflare's free tier

Hacker News247 pointsDev
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AI & ML

Nvidia in talks to acquire US 'open' model startup Reflection AI

Hacker News117 pointsDev
AI & ML

Bitwarden Dual License Model

Hacker News346 pointsDev
AI & ML

Python 3.15.0 added to actions/python-versions

Bit of a niche link, but I've been waiting for this for a couple of days - I even told ChatGPT to check for it: Clone and git pull once an…

Simon WillisonDev
AI & ML

Build your own decision model

Hacker News106 pointsDev
Startups & Funding

🧠 Community Wisdom: Community Wisdom Top Contributors Summer Class 2026 + ML recommendation systems, getting back into product after being fired, deciding when to quit a side project, and more

Lenny's NewsletterFounder
Startups & Funding

Petra Power looks to modernize energy for data centers and defense vehicles

The startup says its fuel cells are super efficient and cut fuel costs during a time when the tech industry can’t get enough electricity.

TechCrunch StartupsFounder
Startups & Funding

EV Bets Drive India’s Cleantech Funding Surge In Q3

India’s cleantech startups attracted substantially more capital in Q3 2026, with large electric mobility rounds driving funding growth alon…

Inc42Founder
Startups & Funding

Atlassian’s Head of AI: We Bolted AI Onto 20+ Apps, Almost Didn’t Ship Chat, and Flipped Our Hiring Toward Juniors

Sherif Mansour has been at Atlassian for 17 years. He runs AI across the product portfolio and owns the product management craft, which mea…

SaaStrFounder
Startups & Funding

D2C Brand Nat Habit Raises ₹142 Cr To Scale Offline Expansion

D2C personal care brand Nat Habit has raised ₹142 Cr (around $14.7 Mn) in an all-primary Series C funding round…

Inc42Founder
Startups & Funding

SaaStr AI App of the Week: Remote. The $300M Payroll Platform Your AI Agent Can Run

Remote is a seven-year-old global payroll and employment platform based in Amsterdam. It leaned in early to making payroll (and more) for d…

SaaStrFounder
Startups & Funding

The most capital-efficient startups in Europe

SiftedFounder
Startups & Funding

Europe’s fintechs changed banking. But did they change the world?

SiftedFounder
Startups & Funding

The breakout European startups tripling revenue every year

SiftedFounder
Startups & Funding

Funding and acquisitions in Indian startups this week [Oct 5- Oct 10]

This week, 28 Indian startups raised $113.35 million across 3 growth-stage deals, 22 early-stage deals, and 3 undisclosed rounds. The week…

EntrackrFounder
Startups & Funding

Exclusive: Gramiyaa raises fresh capital in Series A round at Rs 110 Cr valuation

Bengaluru-based cold-pressed oil brand Gramiyaa has raised Rs 18.65 crore in a Series A funding round led by new investor Optiscape Network…

EntrackrFounder
Startups & Funding

MSME-focused digital lender NeoGrowth raises Rs 85 Cr from FMO, LeapFrog

NeoGrowth, an MSME-focused digital lender, has raised Rs 85 crore through a mix of equity and debt from Dutch development finance instituti…

EntrackrFounder
Startups & Funding

From DailyObjects To StockGro — Indian Startups Raised About $123 Mn This Week

Indian startup funding fell 47.4% in the first week of October, with 25 startups raising $122.9 Mn between October 5…

Inc42Founder
Startups & Funding

India’s Satcom Battlefield, RBI’s New FEMA Rules & More

India’s Satcom War Heats Up A major tussle has erupted between Elon Musk and the Centre. Musk has accused certain…

Inc42Founder
Tech Stories

Apple/macOS removed from official Unix registry

Hacker News252 points
Tech Stories

Lobbying is corruption

Hacker News466 points
Tech Stories

Tom Brown used GOP ties to broker a $1.25B/month SpaceX compute deal

Hacker News127 points
Tech Stories

`123456' password used in Danish CPR data breach

Hacker News378 points
Tech Stories

Telegram Desktop vulnerability allowed any user's file to be stolen

Hacker News413 points
Tech Stories

Food processing influences metabolism and brain activity

Hacker News107 points
Tech Stories

Satya Nadella says we should assume all AI models are ‘compromised’

In a lengthy post on X, Microsoft's CEO laid out his views on the dangers posed by highly advanced AI models and how to confront those risk…

The Verge
Tech Stories

DistroKid has been quietly taking down songs in response to UMG lawsuit

Artists are taking to social media to complain that DistroKid has unceremoniously removed their work without notice. Now DistroKid has conf…

The Verge
Tech Stories

I would like the value of my home to rise, while my property taxes fall

Hacker News216 points
Tech Stories

A city-building game in which the city would prefer you didn't

Hacker News165 points
Tech Stories

K-pop star Sunmi loves Notion and ear cleaning videos

Sunmi is an undeniable force in K-pop. She first made her debut as a member of the Wonder Girls back in 2007, one of the first K-pop acts t…

The Verge
Tech Stories

Anthropic is cutting off its internal evaluations from the internet

After a recent spate of high-profile incidents in which AI agents escaped containment, Anthropic is cutting off internet access for all int…

The Verge
Tech Stories

Will Warner Bros. kill Skydance — or will David Ellison kill Warner Bros?

Today, I’m talking with Peter Kafka, chief correspondent at Business Insider and host of the Channels podcast, about the gigantic Warner Br…

The Verge
Tech Stories

AI agent makers are promising privacy — will they deliver?

At this year's OpenAI DevDay, CEO Sam Altman unveiled the company's new AI agent Dots - and told the crowd that the company wants to "set a…

The Verge
Tech Stories

Mxc: Microsoft Execution Containers version 1.0.0

Hacker News159 points
Tech Stories

The Telo MT1 is a big truck trapped in a tiny truck’s body

I'm bouncing down the road in San Carlos, California, zipping past behemoth tech companies like EA and Oracle, in America's smallest electr…

The Verge
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FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review

Hacker News171 points
Tech Stories

The Lightbulb Computer

Hacker News235 points
Tech Stories

Why DuckDB 2.0 is faster

Hacker News141 points
Tech Stories

Knuth reward check

Hacker News146 points
Tech Stories

Computers Cannot Make Decisions

Hacker News195 points
Tech Stories

PVX-001: open-source Covid-19 vaccine starts Phase 1 trial

Hacker News119 points
Tech Stories

Lobbying

Hacker News183 points
Tech Stories

Ledger wallet tampering suspected after reports of crypto thefts

Reports have been mounting that users of the Ledger crypto wallet have seen their accounts drained, and it appears to be related to tampere…

The Verge
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LG’s RGB LED TV is good for certain situations, but an OLED is better

When it comes to TVs, the LG name has long been synonymous with OLEDs, continually leading Samsung and Sony as the top OLED manufacturer. B…

The Verge
Tech Stories

The techlash has gone Hollywood

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 147, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, I missed…

The Verge
Tech Stories

One with the world? A new look at brains transformed by psychedelics.

Participants meditated inside an MRI tube, with and without psilocybin.

Ars Technica
Tech Stories

Rocket Report: A rare Falcon 9 scrub; is it just about Vulcan's time to shine?

"I can say we’re weeks away from launching on Vulcan."

Ars Technica
Tech Stories

Volkswagen's replacement for the ID.4 crossover is here

The new EV’s digital cockpit can mimic instrument displays from VWs of old.

Ars Technica
Tech Stories

As U.S. blocks DJI, Insta360 races to win American creators

Regulatory clarity and market timing are a boon for smaller Chinese smart-camera maker Insta360 and its independent Antigravity drone brand.

Rest of World
Tech Stories

Microsoft barred from sponsoring foreign workers for US residency

The US says Microsoft abused immigration rules; the company disputes the claim.

Ars Technica