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Judge Tosses Trump’s $10 Billion Suit Against The Wall Street Journal

31 October 2026 at 21:01
The defamation suit focused on an article about a birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein. It was the president’s second attempt to claim the publication had acted with actual malice.

Β© Vincent Alban/The New York Times

The Wall Street Journal’s offices in Manhattan. Judge Darrin P. Gayles of Federal District Court dismissed President Trump’s lawsuit with prejudice, meaning the claim cannot be refiled again.

Keyboards of The Verge

31 October 2026 at 19:30

What is a keyboard if not the original brain-computer interface? You can tap on a touchscreen or talk to the computer, but if your work involves getting information out of your head and into the computer, you're probably spending a lot of time using a keyboard.

We've written about many keyboards over the years, from the legendary Optimus Maximus to the ultra-luxe Seneca to even stranger fare. But I wanted to know what my coworkers actually use. As I'd hoped, there's a wide range. Some of us are strictly utilitarian, optimizing for ergonomics or functionality. Others obsess over every detail of feel, sound, layout, and looks. Still oth …

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Show HN: NES Contra (1987) port (ASM –> C and then C –> WebAssembly)

By: tevlon
31 October 2026 at 19:18

Based on vermiceli's annotated disassembly of Contra: https://github.com/vermiceli/nes-contra-us. Thanks for the great work.

I ported it in two steps. First to C: the game logic is translated routine by routine from the 6502 assembly, and checked frame by frame against the original in the Mesen emulator. Then the C code to WebAssembly so it runs in the browser.

The cherry on top: online multiplayer, so two players can play co-op over the internet.

Source: https://github.com/epoyraz/nes-contra-us


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Binance CEO says 90 percent of stolen assets have been β€˜replenished’

31 October 2026 at 18:40
An illustration showing coins with the Ethereum logo on it

After hackers stole a shocking $6.3 billion from Binance customers in a record-breaking crypto heist, the company's CEO says that 90 percent of the funds have been replaced, and the company plans to cover the remaining 10 percent as well. Binance is covering the stolen funds directly, and the remaining 10 percent consists of "less liquid" tokens, which the company says may take longer to acquire.

The company also said in a post on X that, while withdrawals remain paused, they're on track to be enabled on Sunday.

Our commitment remains the same: Binance will fully cover the financial impact of the funds stolen in this incident. We will co …

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