Today in AI & Programming
A quick, hand-off daily digest of the most relevant AI and programming news, auto-assembled from top RSS feeds on October 16, 2026. Headlines link to their original sources - click through for the full stories.
- Time is a-changin’: say goodbye to the leap second
An important change will soon be made to global timekeeping that aims to prevent potential infrastructure failures akin to the Y2K bug scare. On Thursday, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) voted to … - Japanese people still aren't having sex. And nobody knows why
Article URL: https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/japanese-people-sex-inactivity-inexperience Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50116367 Points: 8 # Comments: 11 - The insider trading you're allowed to do
Article URL: https://coached.com/essays/the-insider-trading-youre-allowed-to-do/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50115144 Points: 47 # Comments: 31 - The Folders Programming Language
Article URL: https://danieltemkin.com/esolangs/folders Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50114342 Points: 79 # Comments: 11 - The Tesla Roadster flew, drove upside down, and hit 60mph in under a second
Elon Musk promised a flying car. And the Tesla Roadster did exactly that. Tesla demonstrated its next-generation Roadster at an event in Waco, Texas, where the electric supercar drove upside down, briefly flew, and accel… - Comparing Chromium Development at Google and Igalia
Article URL: https://lwn.net/Articles/1094721/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50112887 Points: 52 # Comments: 16