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Launch HN: Coverage Cat (YC S22) – Umbrella insurance via your personal agent

Hey HN! We’re Max and Gabriel the co-founders of Coverage Cat. We’ve been friends for over a decade, met in college then hung out mostly on the internet. We love building products that help people optimize the crufty corners of their lives. Max is a former Google/Microsoft/Two Sigma PM and Gabriel has been working in startups for over a decade. We’re building Coverage Cat: a licensed insurance brokerage that helps you compare umbrella and home coverage side by side — with straight pricing, no so...
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GPT-6 Sol and Luna

Article URL: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-6-sol-and-luna/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49805509 Points: 620 # Comments: 356
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Unreal Agent

https://github.com/unreallabsai/unreal-agent Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49805748 Points: 30 # Comments: 15
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SAML: A Fractal of Bad Design

Article URL: https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/09/21/saml-a-fractal-of-bad-design/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49806335 Points: 31 # Comments: 2
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A Faster Shortest Path Algorithm

Article URL: https://www.vals.ai/blogs/faster-shortest-path-algorithm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49806778 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
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Native apps written in TypeScript and CSS

Article URL: https://github.com/geastack/examples Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49807021 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
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Peloton is back with a ‘cheaper’ folding treadmill

Last year, Peloton did a sweeping refresh of its hardware that added cameras, fans, and AI-powered software called Peloton IQ. This year, it's zeroing in on its treadmill lineup - refreshing its two existing Treads and adding the new, more affordable Tread Flex into the fold. At a New York City launch event, Peloton chief […]
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Oppo’s new phone is the first with three 200-megapixel cameras

Oppo's new Find X10 Pro Max flagship phone, launched today in China, is the first anywhere to use 200-megapixel sensors on all three of its rear cameras. A 17-stop dynamic range for the main camera, delivered thanks to what Oppo calls "DeepPix sensor technology," suggests megapixel count won't be the only thing this camera has […]
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These discreet hearing aid glasses now have better voice boosting and battery life

EssilorLuxottica, the company that Meta partnered with for its Ray-Ban smart glasses, announced a new version of its Nuance Audio glasses that are designed to double as discreet over-the-counter hearing aids. The new Nuance Audio Plus still manages to squeeze their FDA cleared hearing aid tech into temple arms that don't look much thicker than […]
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Waymo is offering transit discounts again, this time with Visa

Waymo has made several attempts over the years at offering transit discounts to its customers in the hopes of getting them to more frequently use the company's robotaxis to connect with a train or a bus. The Alphabet-owned company announced the latest effort today, teaming up with Visa to offer a discount on robotaxi rides […]
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‘Trump TV’ is just reruns of the president on YouTube

The White House is now airing reruns of President Donald Trump's speeches, bill signings, and other moments on a YouTube livestream that it's calling "Trump TV," as reported earlier by Time. The 24/7 station launched just days after Trump banned CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the White House. Following several teasers propping up "Trump […]
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The Beats 360 are what I’d bring to the gym if I hated earbuds

Everyone has seen someone at the gym or running around their neighborhood wearing headphones that were never designed for workouts. Quite often those headphones are Beats. Good news for the earbud haters: The new Beats 360 over-ear headphones are durable and built to withstand sweat, with water resistance and swappable knit ear cups. And there […]
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Activision is taking over Halo as part of a massive Xbox shake-up

Microsoft is announcing a massive restructuring of its Xbox studios today, months after laying off 1,600 Xbox employees and selling off studios. The latest changes will see Activision take on the Halo and Sea of Thieves franchises, as well as Age of Empires. Microsoft is also laying off around 268 Xbox employees as part of […]
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Microsoft is laying off 268 Xbox staffers and Ninja Theory may close

Microsoft is laying off around 260 Xbox employees today, as part of an ongoing "reset" of its gaming business. 1,600 Xbox employees were impacted by layoffs in July, with Xbox CEO Asha Sharma describing the cuts as "the most significant restructure in Xbox history." Today's layoffs are part of the 3,200 roles that were previously […]
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Xbox is merging its Forza developers into a single studio

Microsoft is uniting its two Forza developers into a single studio today, as part of a massive restructuring of Xbox. Playground Games, which develops Forza Horizon, and Turn 10 Studios, creators of Forza Motorsport, are merging together to focus on Forza Horizon and Fable. "Playground and Turn 10 will come together as one studio focused […]
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Xbox is barely Xbox anymore

Xbox has become a shell of its former self - and things are only getting worse. As part of its planned cuts impacting around 3,200 workers, the company announced today more changes that will further dilute the brand. Studios are being consolidated, others are on the brink of being closed altogether, and Xbox's most iconic […]