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EPISODE · Oct 13, 2026 · 16 MIN

Apple's face-reading kitchen screen

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Apple is selling a kitchen screen that recognizes faces on a sealed chip. Also: an eleven-year hole in the Rust compiler, a retracted referral on suspicious oil trades, Firefox for company servers, and how a gut bacterium remembers food. Apple HomeView (HN discussion) Rust borrow-checker hole (HN discussion) CFTC oil-trades referral (HN discussion) Firefox Enterprise (HN discussion) A cell that remembers (HN discussion) Chapters: (00:00) Intro (00:48) 1. Apple HomeView (01:56) 1. Apple HomeView: HN comments (04:03) 2. Rust borrow-checker hole (05:15) 2. Rust borrow-checker hole: HN comments (06:52) 3. CFTC oil-trades referral (08:26) 3. CFTC oil-trades referral: HN comments (10:07) 4. Firefox Enterprise (11:16) 4. Firefox Enterprise: HN comments (12:42) 5. A cell that remembers (13:57) 5. A cell that remembers: HN comments (15:31) Wrap-up

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