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Apple's smart home camera reportedly won't record video

https://www.theapplepost.com/2026/10/01/72882/apples-smart-home-camera-reportedly-wont-record-video/

8•mikelgan•1h ago

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m463•24m ago

sound like they are trying.

Unfortunately apple devices collect EXTREME amounts of telemetry, you are opted-in by default, and much of it is impossible to opt-out of.

JumpCrisscross•13m ago

I so sorely lost faith in Apple when they started serving ads in Maps. I know they're trying to be privacy preserving. But a compromised value isn't a value, it's a guideline.

Citizen_Lame•7m ago

Privacy was simply a marketing scheme, not an actual conviction.

artisinal•9m ago

You can disable analytics sharing in the settings menu of iOS.

bangonkeyboard•4m ago

"They found the analytics control and other privacy settings had no obvious effect on Apple’s data collection—the tracking remained the same whether iPhone Analytics was switched on or off." (https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-analytics-tracking-even-whe...)

bangonkeyboard•8m ago

Sure, just like the Apple Watch doesn't "record" audio, it "flows."

"You think your watch records the audio around you? No no no. The audio flows into the Secure Enclave, and flowing is definitely not recording because it’s a different word." (https://leancrew.com/all-this/2026/09/new-apple-watches-have...)

Google's Project Suncatcher prototype satellite is in orbit

https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-research/project-suncatcher-prot...

2•xnx•10m ago•0 comments

Fortress(Tilion YC F26): A stealth Chromium so your agents stop getting blocked

1•armanluthra26•12m ago•1 comments

Kuhnian Shift to "Agent Science and Engineering"

https://arunis100.medium.com/agent-science-and-engineering-the-future-of-cs-and-data-science-c70c...

1•davi•13m ago•0 comments

Thought-Terminating Cliché

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_cliché

2•tiagod•13m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Soothsay - Your AI types curl | sh. soothsay checks the script first

https://github.com/rijuld/soothsay

1•rijuldahiya•14m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Zero Slop – Open-source skill that finds and fixes AI slop in writing

https://github.com/manavmishra/ZeroSlop

2•mmishra7•14m ago•0 comments

A lightweight Python CLI to audit and detect orphaned AWS resources

https://github.com/Ace7-coder/aws-finops-auditor

1•Ace7-coder•16m ago•0 comments

Bashy: A pure-Go Bash 5.3 for Linux, macOS and Windows that also speaks Bash

https://github.com/qiangli/bashy

2•thunderbong•18m ago•0 comments

Hiring Breakpoints

https://staysaasy.com/hiring-breakpoints/

1•zdw•20m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Bun-install – Global CLI installer for Bun with local monorepo support

https://github.com/joeycumines/bun-install

1•joeycumines•21m ago•0 comments

What do you want from AI

https://www.anthropic.com/research/your-thoughts-on-ai

1•benwen•23m ago•0 comments

Mass exploitation of Citrix NetScaler: What we currently know

https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/exploitation-citrix-netscaler-what-we-know/831780/

2•wicket•24m ago•0 comments

C++ Insights – See your source code with the eyes of a Compiler

https://github.com/andreasfertig/cppinsights

1•rramadass•25m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Grist, open source coding harness

https://grist.lol/

1•pranav6226•41m ago•0 comments

What is zero-knowledge, end-to-end encryption?

https://blog.mega.io/what-is-zero-knowledge-end-to-end-encryption

4•devonnull•45m ago•0 comments

Noodle AI Bots Mac App

https://usenoodle.app/

1•handfuloflight•48m ago•0 comments

A fifth of Swiss Alpine ice has vanished in five years

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/glaciers-permafrost/a-fifth-of-swiss-alpine-ice-has-vanished-in-five...

5•Teever•51m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Pyxel – A Python retro game engine with built-in art and sound editors

https://github.com/kitao/pyxel

2•kitao•52m ago•0 comments

The Softmax function and its derivative

https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2016/the-softmax-function-and-its-derivative/

2•costco•54m ago•0 comments

Tiny Brutalism

https://placeholders.itch.io/tiny-brutalism

2•abetusk•55m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Shootsolo – a free camera app for filming yourself without a crew

https://shootsolo.com/

1•KarimMuhtar•55m ago•0 comments

Butterflies use optical illusions to dodge predators

https://www.essex.ac.uk/news/2026/09/30/butterflies-use-optical-illusions-to-dodge-predators

5•gmays•1h ago•0 comments

Personal Computing 2.0: It's time for a personal computing revolution

https://ideas.imbue.com/p/personal-computing-20

5•raybb•1h ago•1 comments

LibDragon (N64): Explicit Anti-AI Contributor Stance (GitHub Issue)

https://github.com/DragonMinded/libdragon/issues/1012

3•some-guy•1h ago•1 comments

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel

https://lwn.net/Articles/1097401/

18•luispa•1h ago•2 comments

DoGBench: The first user-facing docs generation benchmark. No model scores >50%

https://dogbench.ai/

5•prithvi2206•1h ago•2 comments

LiveNerf Adopts MIT License

https://github.com/ninjahawk/livenerf/discussions/13

2•ninjahawk1•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: I built a better way to browse and filter the NYT's 100 Best TV Shows

https://100besttvshows.madebyaqua.com/

2•felixding•1h ago•0 comments

Llmtobinary – a potential way to make LLMs generate machine code

https://llmtobinary.com/

2•thomasfromcdnjs•1h ago•0 comments

California issues investigative subpoena to OpenAI over rogue agents' hacking

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/01/california-opens-investigation-openai-hack

4•sbulaev•1h ago•0 comments