Daily News Digest — Lunch Update

Lunch update, generated 2026-09-03.

14 new stories since Morning.

The Browser's Main Thread Is Expensive

Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters

HN: 119 points, 38 comments (discussion)

I Think the Military Commissary Freezers Were Hacked

Sources: Lobsters

Perplexity Will Open Source Its Faster Lily AI Engine For Apple Silicon

Sources: Slashdot

Windows 11 update sends some desktops into an unwanted goth phase

Sources: The Register

Rescuing a Rescue Device With a DIY Battery Pack

Sources: Hackaday

CERN transitioning industrial computers to Debian after being a longtime RHEL institution

Sources: Lobsters

Instrument Clusters Are Now Paid Extras In Two Hyundai Models

Sources: Slashdot

Which came first, Windows 95's taskbar or NeXT's Dock? Neither

Sources: The Register

Miniaturized, Working Replica of Vintage Leslie Speaker

Sources: Hackaday

Spurs boots VMware, cites 85% licensing saving

Sources: The Register

Fable 5.1 World Modeling

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 274 points, 80 comments (discussion)

What's in the Emacs newcomers-presets theme?

Sources: Lobsters

UK's Online Safety Act has made 'absolutely no difference,' kids say

Sources: The Register

How Swiss Tables Work in Go’s Built-in Map

Sources: Lobsters