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86 titles from 76 authors in the last 30 days, with 78 distinct links and 6 Show HN.

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• Show HN: Farol – A risk map of a pull request for the person who approves it · score 7.5

  Farol is a CLI and GitHub Action that performs deterministic static analysis on pull requests to compute a merge risk score and highlight which files deserve review attention. It uses real compilers (TypeScript, Go, Python) to map changed code to reachable pages, endpoints, and jobs, offering a complementary human-in-the-loop layer after AI code review.

• Show HN: SRA-RiskGate-4B – Local LLM for stablecoin risk gating and disputes · score 6.0

  SRA-RiskGate-4B is a Python SDK packaged with a local LLM for stablecoin and AI-agent payment risk gating. It combines deterministic pre-filter rules (OFAC sanctions snapshot, blocklists, new-payee holds, depeg checks, look-alike detection) with an accompanying 4B model for fuller policy and evidence review. The project is interesting for its offline-first, fail-closed design and integrations with x402 and Coinbase AgentKit.

• Show HN: Ford's $1.3B USMCA risk, priced from prediction markets (open source) · score 5.8

  election-risk is a collection of Agent Skills that instruct coding agents to research a company's profit structure, map relevant 2026 US election policies, pull prediction market odds from Kalshi and Polymarket, and produce two risk verdicts with sources. It provides a small Python engine for deterministic calculations and an orchestrated multi-agent workflow. The niche focus on election-driven corporate risk is interesting but limited in scope.

• Show HN: A Reading simulator app to screen dyslexia risk in preschoolers · score 5.3

  Rockids is a mobile app that screens for dyslexia risk in children as young as 3 by analyzing eye and finger movements during a 5-minute reading simulator task. It aims to provide early risk indicators before reading failure occurs, offering reports for parents to share with specialists. The approach of using eye-tracking and touch signals without requiring letter knowledge is somewhat novel, but the project appears to be a commercial product with limited open-source information.

Recent titles

1. Frontiers – Association between statin therapy and dementia risk
   2026-10-31 · frontiersin.org · HN discussion
2. How to tell whether your lithium batteries are a fire risk – and what to do
   2026-10-31 · cbc.ca · HN discussion
3. NHS warns of risk to GP patient data after website vendor collapse
   2026-10-30 · theregister.com · HN discussion
4. AI Can Breach Crypto Apps, Not Bitcoin – That's Where the Real Risk Lives
   2026-10-30 · ainvest.com · HN discussion
5. Old 'Popcorn Time' App Left Macs at Risk
   2026-10-30 · macrumors.com · HN discussion
6. Electrocutions, disease, no pay: workers risk exploitation in Europe datacentres
   2026-10-30 · theguardian.com · HN discussion
7. CVE-2026-98432: Linux TCP Use-After-Free Risk and Patch Validation
   2026-10-30 · penligent.ai · HN discussion
8. MLCommons Candela: AI risk benchmarking-as-a-service for developers, deployers
   2026-10-29 · mlcommons.org · HN discussion
9. Show HN: Ford's $1.3B USMCA risk, priced from prediction markets (open source)
   2026-10-29 · github.com · HN discussion
10. HSBC Seeks to Hedge Data Center Debt with Credit Risk Insurance
    2026-10-29 · bloomberg.com · HN discussion
11. UK's small power plants face higher cyber risk into 2030s – Iran-linked hack
    2026-10-29 · theguardian.com · HN discussion
12. The Retirement Machine: AI, high earners, and the risk to global stock markets
    2026-10-27 · schroders.com · HN discussion
13. PHP blames Chainguard for putting chunks of the web at risk
    2026-10-27 · theregister.com · HN discussion
14. Third Risk
    2026-10-26 · thirdrisk.org · HN discussion
15. Anthropic warns of 'catastrophic risk' to humankind ahead of blockbuster share
    2026-10-26 · bbc.co.uk · HN discussion
16. Show HN: A Reading simulator app to screen dyslexia risk in preschoolers
    2026-10-26 · rockids.school · HN discussion
17. Anthropic files for IPO even as CEO warns of risk to humanity from AI
    2026-10-26 · apnews.com · HN discussion
18. Show HN: Farol – A risk map of a pull request for the person who approves it
    2026-10-25 · github.com · HN discussion
19. Rings of Risk: Consequence and Reachability in Vulnerability Chains [pdf]
    2026-10-24 · kolega.ai · HN discussion
20. Review of "Misalignment in high-stakes settings" in Anthropic's Risk Report
    2026-10-23 · metr.org · HN discussion
21. Capitalists Don't Take on "Risk," Workers Do
    2026-10-23 · currentaffairs.org · HN discussion
22. 'VPNs at Risk': Tech Coalition Pushes Back on Piracy Blocking Duties for VPNs
    2026-10-23 · torrentfreak.com · HN discussion
23. First personalised cancer vaccine cuts risk of disease returning in major trial
    2026-10-23 · bbc.com · HN discussion
24. Breakthrough vaccine for the deadliest skin cancer cut risk by almost half
    2026-10-23 · washingtonpost.com · HN discussion
25. Experimental mRNA vaccine cuts risk melanoma returns by 42%
    2026-10-22 · cnn.com · HN discussion
26. Space Debris Found Twice Within Days Amid 'Growing Casualty Risk'
    2026-10-22 · nytimes.com · HN discussion
27. Show HN: Fire hazard zone, power line risk and fire history for any CA address
    2026-10-22 · firezones.info · HN discussion
28. You Can't Solve AI Risk Without Solving the AI Evidence Problem
    2026-10-21 · techpolicy.press · HN discussion
29. Algae Safety In Home Experiments: Thinking about risk for good practice
    2026-10-21 · chillphysicsenjoyer.substack.com · HN discussion
30. AI Just Found a Bug That Puts Up to 70% of the Websites at Risk
    2026-10-21 · wsj.com · HN discussion

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