Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/live/live-fed-rate-hike-expected-inflation-worries-push-up-bond-yields-2026-09-16/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49731356 Points: 20 # Comments: 2
A developer has released Friday, a self-hosted tool designed to give AI coding agents persistent memory using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). The project is open source and available on GitHub under the username itskie. Friday allows AI agents to retain context across sessions, addressing a common limitation in current AI coding workflows. The release was shared on Hacker News, where it received minimal initial traction with 3 points and no comments at the time of posting.
React Query has two commonly confused cache settings — staleTime and gcTime — that control entirely different aspects of data management. staleTime determines how long fetched data is considered fresh, preventing automatic background refetches during that window; it defaults to zero, meaning data is stale the moment it arrives. gcTime, formerly called cacheTime before v5, controls how long unused data lingers in memory after a component unsubscribes, defaulting to five minutes. Misusing these settings causes real bugs: setting staleTime to Infinity stops React Query from ever refetching on its own, while a long gcTime has no effect on how frequently active queries refresh. Developers are advised to treat the two as independent levers — one governing refetch frequency for active subscriptions, the other managing memory cleanup after components unmount.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has alleged that Russia made two separate attempts to attack his plane while it was flying over Moldova. He made these claims in an interview with CBS News on Tuesday. According to Zelensky, the first incident occurred during an outbound journey through Moldovan airspace, with a second attempt taking place on his return trip. He suggested the attacks were intended to intimidate him rather than as part of broader military operations.
A researcher named Rohan Bansal has trained a 4-billion-parameter AI model capable of producing database query plans significantly faster than PostgreSQL. The model, detailed on Bansal's personal site under a project called QORL, achieves an 81% speed improvement over the popular open-source database engine. The work focuses on using machine learning to optimize query planning, a traditionally compute-intensive step in database query execution. The project was shared on Hacker News, where it attracted early attention from the developer community.
A developer has published a reverse-engineered model inspired by Jev on GitHub under the repository 'jevlike' by user vinnylarouge. The project gained modest traction on Hacker News, accumulating 15 points and 4 comments. The repository appears to be an open-source effort to recreate or approximate the behavior of a Jev-style model. Details about the model's architecture and intended use cases are available through the linked GitHub repository.
Jammu and Kashmir has recorded no stone-throwing incidents so far in 2025, marking a significant shift in the region's security landscape. Only one local youth was recruited into militancy during this period, according to the Defence Ministry. Officials attributed the change to young people increasingly turning away from violence. The ministry noted that local youth are now more actively participating in government welfare and employment programs. The developments signal a notable improvement in ground-level stability in the region.
Six minors drowned in a lake near Hyderabad while participating in Ganesh idol immersion rituals. The victims were among eight boys residing at a hostel operated by a charitable trust in Pedda Kanjarla village. All eight boys fell into the lake during the immersion ceremony, according to police. Two of the eight boys survived the incident. Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the tragic accident.
A new Resident Evil film directed by Zach Cregger aims to bring the franchise closer to its source material after years of deviation. Paul W.S. Anderson's 2002 original was a commercial success but left many hardcore Capcom fans unsatisfied with its departures from the games. Video game adaptations have long carried a mixed reputation, shaped partly by high-profile failures like the 1993 Super Mario Bros. film. Cregger's approach reportedly emphasizes the blend of comedy and horror that defined Capcom's original games. The new project is being positioned as a more faithful interpretation of the beloved survival-horror series.
Engineers often configure SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records once and assume email deliverability is permanently secured, but DNS configurations can degrade over time without triggering any application-level errors. Routine DNS migrations, third-party provider updates, or accidental record deletions can silently break mail authentication, causing transactional emails to land in spam folders. Unlike application crashes, domain health drift goes undetected in logs while mailbox providers like Google and Microsoft quietly reject or flag affected messages. Recovering a damaged sender reputation is a slow process that can take weeks, making proactive monitoring far more practical than reactive fixes. Developers can address this by building automated Python-based scripts that validate DNS records and SMTP connectivity on a scheduled basis, alerting teams via Slack before deliverability issues affect end users.
Article URL: https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/09/16/why-this-fast-growing-german-ai-start-up-is-moving-its-parent-company-from-the-us Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49731235 Points: 20 # Comments: 3
A Supreme Court bench comprising Justices MM Sundresh and PB Varale made verbal observations indicating a lenient approach toward bail in marijuana-related cases. The court noted that accused individuals whose bail pleas have been rejected by lower courts may directly approach the Supreme Court for relief. The remarks highlight the apex court's relatively permissive stance when it comes to granting bail in cases involving marijuana. The observations were made during proceedings and were not part of a formal written order.
Sophie Elizabeth Cunningham, a professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever, has built her WNBA career through years of determination and personal challenges. Her journey began in Columbia, Missouri, where financial hardship and family support played significant roles in shaping her path. Cunningham's story spans a strong college record, a demanding professional schedule, and recoveries from injuries along the way. Beyond her on-court performance, her connection with fans and athletic versatility have defined her as a multidimensional figure in women's basketball.
Montana has enacted SB535, a law that expands access to experimental drugs beyond existing federal Right-to-Try frameworks by allowing sponsors and clinics to charge patients for pre-approval treatments that have completed FDA Phase 1 trials. The law requires approval from a state-registered private review board called an ETRB, delivery at a licensed clinic, and mandatory adverse-event reporting with enhanced informed consent standards. Proponents argue the legislation addresses a structural flaw in drug development where sponsors under federal rules cannot recoup costs, trapping promising therapies in a funding gap known as the Valley of Death after Phase 1. Economist Alex Tabarrok has described SB535 as the most significant regulatory innovation in drug approval in his lifetime, citing how overcaution at the FDA creates an 'invisible graveyard' of delayed treatments. Critics and supporters alike are watching to see whether the FDA will challenge the state law, and at least one company has already formed the first ETRB to begin operating under the new framework.
Scientists have developed a new method to help decipher ancient scrolls using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) scanning technology. The technique allows researchers to assess which scrolls are most promising for further detailed analysis. Notably, even portable, handheld XRF devices are sufficient to carry out this initial screening process. This development could significantly streamline the study of fragile historical manuscripts by prioritizing the most valuable candidates before more intensive analysis is undertaken.
The Indian government has directed ride-hailing platforms Ola, Uber, and Rapido to eliminate the option of tipping passengers before a ride begins. The instruction came from officials heading the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA), which oversees consumer rights in India. Authorities emphasized that tipping must remain a fully voluntary act, left entirely to the passenger's choice. The CCPA stressed that any gratuity option should only be presented, if at all, after the completion of a ride.
Solana's long-standing inflation schedule, unchanged since 2021, is being modified by proposal SIMD-0550, which doubles the annual taper rate from 15% to 30%. The change is designed to activate seamlessly — the inflation rate on activation day remains identical to the day before, with all effects felt only going forward. Under the new curve, Solana's inflation is projected to hit its 1.5% terminal floor in roughly three years from activation, compared to about six years under the old schedule. Anchored at the live mainnet rate of 3.65% at epoch 1035 in September 2026, the new curve would deliver approximately 27% less cumulative issuance over the first three post-activation years. The foundation's 5% share of issuance has already ended, meaning all new inflation now flows entirely to stakers and validators.
Developers frequently assume that when an AI coding agent narrates a successful package installation, the dependency is actually available in the correct environment — but this is often not the case. An agent's English-language transcript describes intended actions, not confirmed environment state, meaning pip metadata and a successful import must both be verified independently. Package naming mismatches add further confusion, as distributions like 'pillow', 'beautifulsoup4', and 'scikit-learn' are imported under different names such as 'PIL', 'bs4', and 'sklearn'. A proposed shell script can help developers verify the active Python interpreter, check lockfile hashes, run pip show, and confirm importability before and after any agent-driven install. Without these checks, a green transcript can mask a failed or misrouted installation, leaving broken environments that are difficult to diagnose.
Solana has activated four protocol proposals that split validator commissions into two separate rates: one for inflation rewards and one for block revenue such as priority fees. Previously, delegators received only a share of inflation rewards and nothing from priority fees, regardless of how much fee revenue a validator earned. The new system allows validators to share block revenue with delegators via a second commission measured in basis points, but accounts not explicitly upgraded default to retaining 100% of block revenue. Most staking dashboards still display only the inflation commission, meaning the widely shown figure omits the block revenue commission entirely. Validators who update their block-revenue commission rate today will not see the change take effect for approximately two epochs due to the epoch-delay enforcement rule.