Ask HN: What is the current trajectory of a senior engineer?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50084969
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50084969
AI Laser Locking for Quantum Computers: How QuEra Automates It
https://www.quera.com/blog-posts/holding-the-light-teaching-an-ai-to-lock-and-tune-our-quantum-computers-lasers
https://www.quera.com/blog-posts/holding-the-light-teaching-an-ai-to-lock-and-tune-our-quantum-computers-lasers
Quera
AI Laser Locking for Quantum Computers: How QuEra Automates It
How QuEra used an AI agent to relock quantum computer lasers in seconds and tune them to 5x lower noise, all within safety bounds.
Pg_vectorsearch: An index that is faster than pgvector's IVFFlat and HNSW
https://github.com/timescale/pg_vectorsearch
https://github.com/timescale/pg_vectorsearch
GitHub
GitHub - timescale/pg_vectorsearch: High-performance vector search for PostgreSQL
High-performance vector search for PostgreSQL. Contribute to timescale/pg_vectorsearch development by creating an account on GitHub.
Details Leak from Meeting Where Weiss's 'Handpicked' Editor Threatened CBS Staff
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/details-leak-from-explosive-meeting-where-bari-weisss-handpicked-editor-threatened-cbs-staff-legal-grounds-for-firing/
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/details-leak-from-explosive-meeting-where-bari-weisss-handpicked-editor-threatened-cbs-staff-legal-grounds-for-firing/
Mediaite
Details Leak From Explosive Meeting Where Bari Weiss’s ‘Handpicked’ Editor Threatened CBS Staff: ‘Legal Grounds for Firing’
A top CBS News editor appointed by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss reportedly threatened staffers with termination during a tense meeting Tuesday morning that erupted into a confrontation over the network's coverage of Israel and Gaza.
ASML's strong orders ease fears AI spending boom is running out of steam
https://www.reuters.com/business/asml-forecasts-q4-sales-above-expectations-ai-chip-demand-2026-10-14/
https://www.reuters.com/business/asml-forecasts-q4-sales-above-expectations-ai-chip-demand-2026-10-14/
Character.ai's Bankruptcy Documents Show the Economics of AI Don't Work
https://www.404media.co/character-ais-bankruptcy-documents-show-the-economics-of-ai-dont-work/
https://www.404media.co/character-ais-bankruptcy-documents-show-the-economics-of-ai-dont-work/
404 Media
Character.ai's Bankruptcy Documents Show the Economics of AI Don't Work
Character.ai enshittified its product but was still burning tons of cash, its bankruptcy documents say.
US report details extent of 'devastating' dating-app scams
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/14/dating-app-scams-us-congress
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/14/dating-app-scams-us-congress
the Guardian
‘Like being in a vortex’: US report details extent of ‘devastating’ dating-app scams
Congress calls for Match Group and others to do more to help victims like Mary, who lost $100,000 to app scammer
America Didn't Lose Its Rare Earth Industry. It Sold It
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/america-didn-t-lose-its-rare-earth-industry.-it-sold-it
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/america-didn-t-lose-its-rare-earth-industry.-it-sold-it
Default
America Didn’t Lose Its Rare Earth Industry. It Sold It.
Markets price for cost. China prices for control. The risk of a rare earths cutoff is asymmetric, and the financing to rebuild American supply should be too.
Banks are now trying to offload the AI data center debt they just underwrote
https://startupfortune.com/banks-are-now-trying-to-offload-the-ai-data-center-debt-they-just-underwrote/
https://startupfortune.com/banks-are-now-trying-to-offload-the-ai-data-center-debt-they-just-underwrote/
Startup Fortune
Banks are now trying to offload the AI data center debt they just underwrote - Startup Fortune
Banks including JPMorgan and MUFG are shopping AI data center debt tied to Oracle as credit default swaps spike and bond order books thin out.
Fire at Starlink site in Bulgaria after suspected sabotage in Poland
https://dpa-international.com/politics/urn:newsml:dpa.com:20090101:261014-930-839530/
https://dpa-international.com/politics/urn:newsml:dpa.com:20090101:261014-930-839530/
dpa international
Fire at Starlink site in Bulgaria after suspected sabotage in Poland
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev confirmed on Wednesday that there had been a fire at a facility of the Starlink satellite internet service near the capital Sofia last week.