Daily News Digest — Night Update

Night update, generated 2026-09-08.

20 new stories since Lunch.

On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem

Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters

HN: 630 points, 461 comments (discussion)

It seems like some other mathematicians (not affiliated with openAI) have also (or close to) done this. A statement was posted about the surrounding events by one of the them: https://cims.nyu.edu/%7Etristanb/statement.pdf Also Terrence Tao's post: https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/117233528517340774

LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby

Sources: Hacker News, Slashdot

HN: 326 points, 190 comments (discussion)

I wish there was some regulation that would force TVs to have a "dumb" mode. When the colors on our previous living room TV started to go out my dad ended up buying a new huge Vizio during black friday for really cheap. He left it to me to set up, since I'm the tech guy of the family, as you all pro...

Also linked: Slashdot

DHS 'Predictive Policing' Unit Is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits

Sources: Hacker News, Slashdot

HN: 261 points, 133 comments (discussion)

Also linked: Slashdot

Switching Password Managers in 2026

Sources: Lobsters

A Secret New Elizabeth Holmes Documentary Stuns Telluride

Sources: Slashdot

Floating nuclear startup Bluecore lands $50M funding before setting sail

Sources: The Register

Fixing a 1990s LEGO Electric Train Speed Regulator

Sources: Hackaday

There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 476 points, 199 comments (discussion)

The article says this isn't an issue for subdomains of established domains, but the issues it describes match what we experienced setting up a game wiki for Cyber Knights: Flashpoint at https://cyberknightswiki.tresebrothers.com/ -- almost a year of not having any pages show up in search results, ev...