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21 SEP 2026 · Zvi Mowshowitz

AI-generated content is being used to assign device fingerprints, potentially compromising user privacy. A study found that 80% of adults only read 82% of all books, indicating an extreme right tail in reading habits. A new writing program, Inkhaven 3, is offering a month-long residency to publish daily blog posts and receive mentorship from prominent figures. AI summary

15 SEP 2026 · Hacker News · 59 pts · 33 comments ↗

Pizza Bot is a local-first inbox for long-running AI agents built with DeepAgents and LangGraph, allowing agents to continue working even when the user navigates away or disconnects. It uses HTTP/SSE communication with a stateful runtime and supports multiple model providers like Amazon Bedrock and OpenAI. AI summary

13 SEP 2026 · Simon Willison

Release: shot-scraper 1.12 I've added WebP support to my shot-scraper screenshot automation tool. You can now take a WebP screenshot of a web page like this: shot-scraper https://simonwillison.net -o screenshot.webp --quality 80 The --quali…