9.10.26 | iPhone Duo, Shopify acquires Tailwind, Visa and Mastercard card networks

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 10, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:16) - iPhone Duo

(01:55) - Shopify acquires Tailwind

(03:11) - What do Visa and Mastercard do? An intro to card networks

(04:18) - AirPods 5

(05:50) - Desert Ant Labs: local, fast models that run on device

(07:02) - GPT-6 Astra, looped transformers, and hidden reasoning

(08:33) - How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads

(09:35) - No Man's Sky Cosmos

(11:15) - iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max

(12:52) - DeepSeek v4.1 Flash

(13:39) - Outro

iPhone Duo https://www.apple.com/iphone-duo/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49630931Shopify acquires Tailwind https://tailwindcss.com/blog/tailwind-is-joining-shopify https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49626190 What do Visa and Mastercard do? An intro to card networks https://tautology.town/2026/06/01/card-networks.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49614280 AirPods 5 https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/09/apple-introduces-airpods-5-with-best-in-class-open-ear-active-noise-cancellation/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49630253 Desert Ant Labs: local, fast models that run on device https://desertant.com/blog/introducing-desert-ant-labs/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49624823 GPT-6 Astra, looped transformers, and hidden reasoning https://magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/gpt-6-astra-looped-transformers-and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49627370 How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads https://xlii.space/eng/malicious-software-on-google-ads/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49624856 No Man's Sky Cosmos https://www.nomanssky.com/cosmos-update/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49628493 iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/09/apple-debuts-iphone-18-pro-and-iphone-18-pro-max/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49630151 DeepSeek v4.1 Flash https://twitter.com/deepseek_ai/status/2097930608790167907 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49639090