10.28.26 | Ghostty 1.4, US Government spying ruling hidden, Genie 4

Hacker News Highlights · Oct 28, 2026 · 10m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Oct 28, 2026.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:18) - Ghostty 1.4

(01:33) - US Government is hiding a secret court ruling about how it spies on Americans

(02:36) - Genie 4

(03:52) - Python's experimental JIT to be removed

(04:53) - Survival LLM: AI assistant and emergency library that runs on your own computer

(06:04) - New 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6

(07:07) - New iMac with M6

(07:59) - Tailscale SSH: Investigation and remediation update

(08:57) - Git for the US…