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feeds.bbci.co.uk2026-09-01

Tech Life

AI can only communicate in languages that it's been trained on.

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www.reddit.com2026-09-10

The lifecycle of a sharded Postgres query

submitted by /u/siren0x [link] [comments]

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arstechnica.com2026-09-11

Claude users found ways around safeguards for bioweapons research

By Zehra Munir, Financial Times

Some dangerous biology looks much like legitimate research, complicating AI safeguards.

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news.ycombinator.com2026-09-14

Nike exits the S&P 100 after 18 years and a $200B market-cap wipeout

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www.theguardian.com2026-09-13

Centre-left bloc leads Swedish elections – as it happened

By Jakub Krupa in Stockholm

This live blog has now closed – you can read the latest news story hereIf you’re looking just for a single story to quickly catch up on the story of tonight, let’s cross to our Nordic correspondent, Miranda Bryant, for her previe…

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hnrss.org2026-09-13

Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)

By david927

What are you working on? What have you been curious about lately? Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686380 Points: 166 # Comments: 524

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