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Jabra has discontinued its Enhance Select 700, 500, 300, and 50R hearing aids, replacing them with three new over-the-counter models: the Enhance Select M1, M2, and M3. The devices share nearly identical physical designs and weight across the lineup, with most changes occurring internally rather than in form factor.
A suspected drone strike on October 13 sank the Guinea-Bissau-flagged cargo ship Dignity and forced evacuation of the Ukrainian-operated freighter Chelsea 3 near Bulgaria's coast, leaving 11 Dignity crew members missing. This marks the fifth vessel attacked within NATO members' exclusive economic zones in the Black Sea in little over a week, prompting calls for NATO to move counter-drone defenses into the area.
A master's student from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology developed a technique that can uniquely identify gamers based on their mouse and keyboard input signals. By analyzing data from over a thousand players, the method achieved 100% accuracy with mouse patterns and 98% with keyboard signals, even linking multiple accounts to a single individual. The approach uncovered previously unknown account connections, highlighting its potential for player identification.
Alinea Analytics estimates Steam generated $1.7 billion in September, up 13% year-over-year, and $5.5 billion in the third quarter, up 12%. Through nine months of 2026 the platform has taken in roughly $16.5 billion, leaving it needing about $3.5 billion in the final quarter to surpass $20 billion for the year for the first time.
Analytics firm Alinea Analytics estimates Steam generated a record $1.7 billion in September 2026, up 13% from the prior September record, marking its best third quarter ever at $5.5 billion. Year-to-date revenue through nine months reached an estimated $16.5 billion, up from $14.5 billion over the same period in 2025, with new releases like Wardogs and Onimusha: Way of the Sword among the top earners.
Woot is selling the Razer DeathStalker V2 Pro TKL gaming keyboard for $130, down from its usual $219.99. The tenkeyless board features a 2.4GHz low-latency wireless connection, low-profile linear optical switches, USB-C and Bluetooth options, and battery life Razer rates at up to 200 hours with RGB off.
A new Show HN submission, 'Museum of Numbers,' documents cases where software hit hard-coded numeric limits, opening with the story of PSY's 'Gangnam Style' nearing 2,147,483,647 views on YouTube in December 2014. YouTube had already quietly upgraded its 32-bit view counter months earlier, but publicly framed the moment as a comedic near-miss with a spinning-digit Easter egg.
Gregg Renfrew, founder and CEO of beauty brand Counter, has been named one of Fast Company's Best Dressed in Business for 2026. Her style is described as blending classic tailored pieces like navy blazers and white button-downs with bold accents such as leopard-print pumps and statement jewelry, while reserving bright red for high-stakes appearances like TV interviews and speeches.
A developer has released Vinix, an open-source operating system written in the V programming language, designed specifically for MacBooks as a leaner alternative to macOS. It runs in roughly 100 MB of RAM and 1 GB of storage, boots quickly, and includes no telemetry or online account requirements. The project is also working toward running Windows-only PC games on Apple Silicon hardware by combining Wine with an x86-to-ARM64 translation layer and an in-progress Apple GPU driver.
An unidentified party leaked over 12TB of Valve's internal builds and unreleased assets, spanning games published on Steam between 2003 and 2013. The trove reportedly includes early versions of Portal 2, Left 4 Dead, CS:GO, and material tied to the canceled F-Stop project and the long-rumored Half-Life 2: Episode 3. Researchers say the data appears to have been exposed via a publicly accessible endpoint, which explains why nothing newer than 2013 has surfaced.