Daily News Digest

Morning edition, generated 2026-09-08.

Showing top 30 of 92 distinct stories after deduping (6 appeared in more than one source).

Jellyfin 12.0

Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters

HN: 225 points, 84 comments (discussion)

I've factored the RSA keys of a Certificate Authority from the 90s

Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters

HN: 217 points, 40 comments (discussion)

This Month in Ladybird – August 2026

Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters

HN: 210 points, 49 comments (discussion)

Emacs Bedrock 2.0

Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters

HN: 77 points, 7 comments (discussion)

How well do agents use test/verification techniques?

Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters

HN: 38 points, 6 comments (discussion)

I changed my license

Sources: Bubbles (Henri Bergius), Lobsters

216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 658 points, 854 comments (discussion)

Here are LG's contract terms for appliances.[1] They are awful. Not only can they listen in. You have a contractual requirement to tell everyone in range of an appliance that they may be eavesdropped upon. CONSENT REQUIREMENT: You acknowledge and agree that it is your sole responsibility to obtain a...

Vote Early and in Person

Sources: Bubbles (Gus Van Horn)

What are you using as a task manager and as a people manager?

Sources: Lobsters

Does Brave Browser Load Faster Than Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge?

Sources: Slashdot

Huawei proudly shows off an entirely un-American chip

Sources: The Register

How Bats Prevent Doppler Acoustic Interference

Sources: Hackaday

WeatherNext 3

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 292 points, 66 comments (discussion)

Garza Coffee

Sources: Bubbles (Christiano Anderson)

Rust debugging survey 2026 results

Sources: Lobsters

Instead of Fighting AI, Some Teachers Work It Into Their Lessons

Sources: Slashdot

Oracle may be next in EU software licensing hot seat following SAP deal

Sources: The Register

Kelvin–Helmholtz Instabilities Found to Drive Plasma Mixing on the Sun

Sources: Hackaday

Watch Los Angeles get built, one building at a time (1880–2026)

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 260 points, 134 comments (discussion)

Here, Have a Moose Light

Sources: Bubbles (The Virtual Moose)

Hardening Container Images

Sources: Lobsters

Hackers drain $320M in Bitcoin from Liquid Network, claim they're the good guys

Sources: The Register

ESP32-P4 Powers Video Alarm Clock

Sources: Hackaday

Caltech Mathathon – first hackathon ever devoted to research level mathematics

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 252 points, 87 comments (discussion)

why do you care how other people write?

Sources: Bubbles (a personal site)

My Nix Config Is Intimate

Sources: Lobsters

Asahi Linux takes on Apple M3, minus a few creature comforts

Sources: The Register

A Vacuum Tube Computer For The Home

Sources: Hackaday

Scientists observe Einstein's gravity in the quantum world

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 190 points, 45 comments (discussion)

Over the hill

Sources: Bubbles (jasper.tandy.is)