10.29.26 | Fingerprinting script creating bioweapons, Apple git trusts compromised eMudhra certificates, Gemini 4 Carbon

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Oct 29, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:19) - Why is this fingerprinting script creating bioweapons?
• (01:35) - Apple's git still trusts the compromised eMudhra certificates
• (02:40) - Gemini 4 Carbon
• (03:45) - MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch
• (04:47) - StackOverflow now gets fewer than 1000 questions a month
• (05:48) - Qwenputer: A functioning, deterministic RISC-V CPU inside Qwen3.5
• (07:07) - The Grid, a factory-scale robot in Massachusetts that builds PCBs on demand
• (08:24) - CNC Stone Carving
• (09:18) - Claude Code regularly sends each background agent’s transcript to its model
• (10:24) - A Health Update
• (11:26) - Outro

Why is this fingerprinting script creating bioweapons?
https://nullpt.rs/fingerprinting-bioweapons
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50276998

Apple's git still trusts the compromised eMudhra certificates
https://emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com/apple.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50271640

Gemini 4 Carbon
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/introducing-gemini-4-carbon/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50276792

MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch
https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/proled-xdr-display/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50276940

StackOverflow now gets fewer than 1000 questions a month
https://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/1926661#graph?t=1
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50282454

Qwenputer: A functioning, deterministic RISC-V CPU inside Qwen3.5
https://divagr.com/blog/qwenputer
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50282838

The Grid, a factory-scale robot in Massachusetts that builds PCBs on demand
https://www.circuithub.com/post/unveiling-the-grid
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50243060

CNC Stone Carving
https://carmelitegothic.com/cnc-stone-carving/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50274409

Claude Code regularly sends each background agent’s transcript to its model
https://gist.github.com/flamerix-ai/c3905705cc4205e5de3011fa2e74efce
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50284255

A Health Update
https://furbo.org/2026/10/28/a-health-update/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50280974