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The FBI has arrested a key suspect in the ShinyHunters hacking operation that compromised data belonging to the bureau's own agents. The arrest marks a significant step in the investigation into the group, which has been linked to a string of high-profile breaches of major companies and sensitive databases. Details about the suspect and the scope of the stolen data have not been fully disclosed.

Developers are debating why PostgreSQL often gets blamed for performance problems that actually stem from the storage layer underneath it. A talk recap published by ClickHouse argues that slow disks, poor I/O configuration and suboptimal storage choices are the real culprits behind many sluggish Postgres deployments. The discussion has drawn significant attention among database engineers weighing tuning, hardware and alternatives.

A developer has published a walkthrough of adding a full CRUD checklist API to a Next.js 14 app using Prisma and PostgreSQL, deployed on Vercel. The key fix was a postinstall hook running prisma generate so the project compiles during Vercel builds, solving a common deployment issue for database-backed Next.js apps.

A research paper by Niv Dayan presents Dostoevsky, a redesigned approach to LSM-tree based key-value stores, showing how better tuning of merging policies and memory allocation can dramatically improve the balance between storage cost and read/write performance. The work, grounded in a cost model of LSM-tree design, claims up to an order-of-magnitude gains in performance across a range of workloads, and is drawing attention among database engineers discussing real-world storage engine trade-offs.

A developer has released Minigraf, an embedded graph database written in Rust that supports bi-temporal data, meaning it tracks both when events happened and when records were written. It is being shared with the Hacker News community as an open-source project on GitHub, where readers are weighing its practical uses against established graph databases.

Developer samyfodil has released Musql, an open-source database engine on GitHub that compiles SQL just-in-time and claims benchmarks up to 300 times faster than SQLite and 1000 times faster than Turso. The claim, shared as a Show HN item, is drawing attention and skepticism from developers, who typically question such dramatic performance numbers until the benchmarks and methodology can be independently verified.

An Italian film titled 'Sotto a chi tocca' is listed for release in 2026, according to database information from film portal MYmovies. The project currently carries no ratings or audience reactions, indicating it is in an early promotional stage. Interest appears limited so far, with modest search attention in Italy around the title and its upcoming release.

APSW, a long-running Python wrapper for SQLite maintained by Roger Binns, is drawing fresh attention from developers. Unlike the standard sqlite3 module, APSW exposes SQLite's full API directly, giving programmers finer control over database behaviour. The project's GitHub repository is being discussed as a lightweight, dependable option for anyone working with SQLite in Python.

The OSINT project RosHlopok has added new analytics cataloguing palaces and residences linked to Vladimir Putin, saying that by range calculation 13 of 14 identified sites fall within a specified radius. The database lists locations tied to the Russian president, and observers are sharing the mapping amid ongoing discussion of strikes and drone operations related to the war in Ukraine.

ClickHouse has released ClickHouse C, a library for communicating with the ClickHouse analytical database using its native binary protocol rather than the usual HTTP interface. The project, available on GitHub, is aimed at developers building fast, lightweight integrations in C or C-compatible environments. Hacker News readers are weighing its usefulness against existing client drivers and the performance benefits of the binary protocol.

A new technical blog post explains how to compute count-leading-zeros (CLZ) and count-trailing-zeros (CTZ) operations across multiple values at once using SIMD vectorization. The piece walks through bit-manipulation techniques for speeding up these low-level operations, a topic of interest to systems programmers working on performance-critical code such as databases, compilers and compression libraries.

A rare copy of the Book of the Apocalypse, designed by Salvador Dalí, was stolen this week from a museum in central France. INTERPOL has added the work to its Stolen Works of Art Database, where it is now visible to registered users including police forces and art professionals worldwide, aiding efforts to trace and recover the book.

Mamykin, a former member of the European Parliament, has been entered into the database of the Ukrainian 'Peacemaker' website, which lists people it deems enemies of Ukraine. The listing was reported by Russian news outlet OSN. The site is controversial and banned in some jurisdictions, and listings there often draw strong reactions on both sides of the conflict.

Pydantic's Logfire engineering team says it sped up queries by up to 1000x by shredding JSON columns, extracting nested fields into dedicated columns instead of parsing JSON blobs at query time. The article details how the observability platform handles dynamic attributes in its database. Developers on Hacker News are discussing the tradeoffs between schema flexibility and query performance.

A vulnerability tracked as EUVD-2026-96484 has been catalogued in Fabius, a product from vendor CocoBasic. The flaw is an unauthenticated local file inclusion with a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.1 out of 10, meaning attackers would not need credentials to exploit it. The entry in the EU vulnerability database was updated on 10 October 2026, and security watchers are circulating the advisory as patches or mitigations are checked.

APSW, an open-source Python wrapper for the SQLite database engine written by Roger Binns, has resurfaced in developer discussions this week, with a link to its GitHub repository shared and commented on across tech communities. The library lets Python programs access SQLite directly and is valued for exposing SQLite APIs beyond the standard library's sqlite3 module.

FOSS Academy has announced a four-morning training course on handling geospatial data with PostgreSQL and PostGIS, running 24-27 November 2026. The sessions cover SQL queries, PostGIS functions, psql, pgAdmin and QGIS, plus data exchange, backup, administration and performance. Basic database knowledge is recommended for participants.

The DuckDB team has introduced DuckLake, an open-source data lakehouse format published on GitHub. It is designed to manage tables and metadata on top of data lakes, positioning itself as a simpler alternative to formats like Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake. Developers are discussing its architecture, which uses a standard SQL database for the catalog rather than a bespoke metadata layer.

NASA's Astrophysics Data System, the long-serving research database used by astronomers worldwide, is being transitioned to SciX, a next-generation platform designed for twenty-first century astronomy. According to Nature, the move aims to modernize how researchers search and access the astrophysics literature. SciX is expected to broaden coverage beyond astrophysics while preserving ADS's core search and bibliographic services.

The World Economic Forum has published a piece arguing that countries in the Middle East and North Africa should build genomic sovereignty, meaning the capacity to collect, store and analyse the genetic data of their own populations locally. It highlights how reliance on foreign databases and infrastructure limits the region's ability to improve healthcare, rare disease diagnosis and personalised medicine, and outlines steps toward local genomic research capacity.

A step-by-step guide is circulating describing how to install Osquery, a lightweight, SQL-powered agent that lets administrators query a Linux system like a database, on an Ubuntu virtual private server. The article covers what Osquery is and how to use it for tasks such as listing running processes and inspecting open files, offering a practical reference for server administrators adopting the tool.

Boston's baseball club posted a 10-4 win over the Stars West in a game dated May 8, 1928, with the final score logged as official. The result is drawing attention from baseball fans interested in the era, as box scores and full game data from the 1920s are periodically revived in databases and archives for fans to follow as if live.

The Steam statistics service GStats reports its global database now lists 312,846 games, with one title added in its latest update, and more than 22.9 million achievements unlocked by players worldwide. The regularly refreshed figures offer a snapshot of the scale of Steam's catalogue and player activity, and gaming communities keep an eye on the running totals as new releases and achievement milestones come in.

MLB.com is showing the final score of a baseball game played on August 19, 1936, in which the Stars beat the Grays 7-4. The listing appears in MLB's Gameday archive, which now includes historical matchups from baseball's past, including Negro Leagues-era teams, alongside modern results. Fans encountering decades-old box scores in the current database have been sharing the unusual find.

The Polish Linux portal Linuxiarze.pl has added Android TV to its distribution database, describing it as Google's operating system for smart TVs, TV boxes, soundbars and other devices. Formerly known as Google TV, the system is aimed at users running Android on living-room hardware. The entry outlines the platform's history and its place among Google's consumer operating systems.

Guidance is circulating on how to check whether your email address or password has been exposed in a data breach, directing users to breach-notification lookup services such as Have I Been Pwned. Security writers recommend checking old passwords, changing any that appear in breach databases, and enabling two-factor authentication. The renewed interest follows a steady drumbeat of large credential leaks affecting major online services, leaving many users unsure which of their accounts may be compromised.

MLB's Gameday archive shows the St. Louis Browns beating the Detroit Tigers 10-7 on August 18, 1936. The final score comes from the league's historical game database, which baseball fans occasionally dig through to revisit results from past decades, including this Depression-era matchup between the two American League clubs.

The SQLAlchemy project has released version 2.1.0 of its widely used Python database toolkit and ORM. The release is being discussed by developers, though details of the changes included in the new version have not yet circulated widely beyond the announcement itself.

Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ordered the inclusion of Eduardo Bolsonaro's name in Brazil's national arrest warrant database, according to reporting by G1. The move escalates the standoff between the Supreme Court and the elder son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is currently abroad and facing proceedings linked to alleged attempts to pressure the court via US officials.

A final score from June 15, 1945 has drawn attention: the Cleveland Buckeyes beat the Indianapolis Clowns 4-3 in a Negro American League game. The matchup features two of the era's best-known Black baseball franchises, and archival box scores like this one continue to circulate as Major League Baseball has integrated Negro Leagues records into its official historical database.

Security researchers have disclosed nine vulnerabilities in MariaDB, including issues tracked as CVE-2026-107815, CVE-2026-107818 and CVE-2026-107814, with severity scores reaching 8.5 out of 10. The flaws could let attackers escalate privileges and execute code on affected systems. Fixes are available, and administrators are being urged to update MariaDB Server and Connector/C as soon as possible.

A recorded Negro Leagues contest from June 15, 1945 ended with the Homestead Grays and the Baltimore Elite Giants deadlocked at 5-5. The matchup features two of the era's most storied Black baseball clubs, and the result has been resurfaced in Major League Baseball's historical game records, drawing fresh attention to Negro Leagues results that predate integration.