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New York filed a lawsuit against Polymarket in state court, alleging the platform runs unlicensed gambling and asking a judge to block it from operating in the state. The state is seeking fines and restitution for users, arguing Polymarket never obtained a required gaming license. Polymarket's chief legal officer said the company will fight the claims and remain in New York.
A Show HN submission titled 'Jev Plays Pokémon Red' presents a fictional in-game dialogue from Pokémon Red as a vehicle to promote Frigade, an AI assistant that learns a product and guides users step-by-step inside an app. The post frames Professor Oak's guidance to the player as a metaphor for what Frigade offers to software users.
Wube Software's Friday Facts reveals it has been developing 3D-printed physical models of Factorio components, starting with a Wriggler figure made during a 2024 Space Age playtesting event with Prusa Research. The team has since focused on transport belts and inserters, designing a grid system that mirrors in-game placement and producing two versions of each model - one for precise push-fit assembly and one with looser clearances for gluing.
An educational retrospective on teaching C explains why types like int, short, and long have no fixed bit-width in the language specification. The author recounts how sizeof(int) returned 2 bytes on old 386 machines versus 4 bytes on most modern systems, and recommends students use the stdint.h header for fixed-width types like int8_t and uint16_t when consistent sizes are required.
Roku's newly launched Pro Series OLED TVs are seeing temporary price cuts at Amazon through checkout codes. The 55-inch model drops to $699 with code ROKUOLED300, and the 65-inch model falls to $799 with code ROKUOLED400. Both sets feature 120Hz OLED panels, four HDMI 2.1 ports, Dolby Vision and HDR10+ support, and built-in Roku software.
Android Authority highlights C2PA Verify, an Android app that reads C2PA (Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity) metadata embedded in images to show details like the signer, creator, and editing timeline. The app is free and open source, but it cannot determine authenticity if that metadata has been stripped from a file.
TechCrunch is selling a discounted $75 Expo+ Pass to its Disrupt 2026 conference for people who have been laid off, capped at the first 100 qualifying buyers or until the event opens on October 13 at 8 a.m. PT. The pass grants access to the Expo Hall at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 13-15, where over 10,000 attendees and 300+ startups are expected.
Patchstack disclosed a cross-site request forgery flaw in the Elementor Website Builder plugin, affecting versions 4.3.0 and 4.3.1, used on up to 2 million WordPress sites. The bug let attackers trick a logged-in administrator into clicking a malicious link that silently created a new admin account under attacker control. Elementor patched the issue in version 4.3.2, released two days after Patchstack's report.
NASA confirmed this week it will proceed with PRIMA, the Probe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics, as the inaugural mission in its new Probe Explorer category. PRIMA became the sole candidate after NASA disqualified a rival X-ray observatory concept, AXIS, earlier this year for failing to meet schedule and budget requirements. The mission will be led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, with a target launch in the early 2030s.
Startup Meadow has built a small, simplified Android device meant to be used alongside a person's regular smartphone rather than replace it. The device supports select apps such as Uber, Apple Music, Spotify, Maps and Strava, plus native tools for calling, texting, notes, voice memos, camera and ticket scanning, and connects via Bluetooth. Founder Shreyas Narlanka demonstrated the phone handling a concert ticket scan, an Uber ride and music streaming without needing the user's iPhone.
September 25 has been recognized as Dolly Parton Day, with events held from California to Tennessee honoring the country music star and philanthropist, who died on August 25. Fans and organizers are gathering to celebrate her music and humanitarian work.
A writer argues the FAA should revisit its rule requiring parents to remove infants from babywearing carriers during takeoff, landing, and taxiing. The rule traces to a 1995 FAA decision and a 1994 study comparing restraint devices like car seats and harnesses, but that study never tested babywearing carriers against the common alternative of simply holding a baby in arms. The author contrasts this with the FAA's more flexible lap-infant policy, which allows lap-riding because forcing a purchased seat could push some families to drive instead, a riskier option overall.