Night update, generated 2026-08-06.
18 new stories since Lunch.
Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters
HN: 400 points, 172 comments (discussion)
ModRetro is owned by the same war profiteer who runs Anduril Industries which makes human-killing robots. Their previous console had an edition made of the same metal as Anduril's lethal drones. [1]: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/12/site-news-why-we-... [2]: https://kotaku.com/modretro-and...
Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters
HN: 38 points, 5 comments (discussion)
Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters
HN: 5 points, 2 comments (discussion)
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HN: 712 points, 134 comments (discussion)
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Sources: Hacker News
HN: 204 points, 165 comments (discussion)
It's kinda funny there is still software coming out whose security model is "constantly ask the user for permission, and hope they never make a mistake". It's been tried so many times before, and it never worked.