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What's the difference between TPU vs. GPU?https://www.engadget.com/2242759/tpu-vs-gpu-difference-between-processsors

Google's Pixel 11 phone uses a Tensor G6 processor with a powerful TPU. How is it different from a GPU, and what does that mean in real-world use?

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Niger military says it is regaining control after attempted mutinyhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/29/08-29-26-niger-mutiny-sv

Niger’s military says it is regaining control after a mutiny in Niamey after gun fire was heard in the capital.

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Show HN: A super easy way to capture user sentiment and feedbackhttps://usermoods.com

Built this to solve my own team's problems and it works really really well. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49491422 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

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How to reset your Roku TVhttps://www.engadget.com/2242755/how-to-reset-roku-tv

There are a few ways to wipe your Roku TV back to its original state.

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Five Critical WordPress Plugin and Theme Flaws Enable Site Takeover or RCEhttps://thehackernews.com/2026/08/five-critical-wordpress-plugin-and.html

Multiple critical security flaws have been disclosed in WordPress plugins and themes, including WPMU DEV Dashboard, Avada, TranslatePress, Pods, and GiveWP, that could lead to authentication bypass, account takeover, and arbitrary code execution. The vulnerabilities, according to Wordfence and Patchstack, are listed below - CVE-2026-76581 (CVSS score: 9.8) - An authentication bypass flaw in

Show HN: SHOOK - A Hook for ASD Simplified Englishhttps://github.com/viktorinkov/shook

Article URL: https://github.com/viktorinkov/shook Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49491156 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Hollywood celebs are getting into microdrama appshttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/29/hollywood-celebs-are-getting-into-microdrama-apps

Several Hollywood celebs are ditching the massive eight-figure checks and exotic movie sets for a rising format: microdramas.

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Distraction-free writing gadget BYOK is adding custom extensionshttps://www.theverge.com/gadgets/986427/distraction-free-writing-gadget-byok-scripts-extensions

BYOK is a no-frills, single-purpose gadget that 90 percent of people will find absolutely frivolous. But for those who spend a significant chunk of their lives putting words to virtual paper, there is an obvious allure. Personally, I think it's at its best when you just stick to the bare minimum, focusing on pure text […]

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Russian strike near Kyiv kills 37, in one of the year's deadliest attackshttps://www.npr.org/2026/08/29/nx-s1-5948714/russian-strike-kyiv

The deadly strike comes amid 72 hours of near constant drone strikes across Ukraine, severely disrupting daily life.

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Show HN: LayoverGuard – automatic payouts when delays threaten your connectionhttps://www.layoverguard.com

Article URL: https://www.layoverguard.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49490919 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

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Crossing Boundaries with Integration Eventshttps://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1w1q308/crossing_boundaries_with_integration_events

How to turn internal domain facts into reliable contracts between bounded contexts. submitted by /u/deniskyashif [link] [comments]

'That trust isn't there' - how does Iraola get best out of Isak?https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cgjq65nvw38o

Alexander Isak scored his first goal of the season in the 2-2 draw against Nottingham Forest - but how do Liverpool get the best out of him?

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Show HN: I was getting tired of looking for my travel info so I built thishttps://skaoot.com

If you've ever used TripIt or Flighty, it's similar, but focused on nomads like me, and hopefully smarter and better designed. What do you think? Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49490881 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescopehttps://science.nasa.gov/mission/roman-space-telescope

Article URL: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/roman-space-telescope/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49490870 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

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Quantifying Colourhttps://ekunazanu.foo/lab/quantifying-colour

Article URL: https://ekunazanu.foo/lab/quantifying-colour/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49490832 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

Parsing the Infamous Japanese Postal CSVhttps://www.dampfkraft.com/posuto.html

Article URL: https://www.dampfkraft.com/posuto.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49490826 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: Scraper that probes a site before promising it workshttps://github.com/vhsgreed/scrapeforge

Article URL: https://github.com/vhsgreed/scrapeforge Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49490796 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: Skillbased Versioning v1.0.2https://www.skillbased.space

Article URL: https://www.skillbased.space/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49490773 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

Leader Pogacar abandons Vuelta after crashhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c0qx0ndg373o

Race leader Tadej Pogacar pulls out of the Vuelta a Espana after crashing during stage eight of the three-week race.

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GrapheneOS project: pixel 11 no longer supports hardware memory tagging (MTE)https://bsky.app/profile/grapheneos.org/post/3mua32q4ds22e

Article URL: https://bsky.app/profile/grapheneos.org/post/3mua32q4ds22e Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49490702 Points: 9 # Comments: 2

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Show HN: Too many articles to read, let random algorithm decide what I read nexthttps://read.mustakim.dev/bored

Article URL: https://read.mustakim.dev/bored Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49490605 Points: 1 # Comments: 1

Welcome to Night Vale cocreator Joseph Fink learned storytelling from Grim Fandangohttps://www.theverge.com/entertainment/983448/welcome-to-night-vale-cocreator-joseph-fink-learned-storytelling-from-grim-fandango

Joseph Fink is the cocreator and cowriter of Welcome to Night Vale, arguably the most important fiction podcast ever. He's also the creator of the noir podcast Unlicensed and Alice Isn't Dead, which takes some of the conspiratorial cosmic horror of Night Vale and turns it into fodder for a more serious series about relationships, […]

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Why clearing cache won't always speed up your deviceshttps://www.engadget.com/2242753/why-clearing-cache-wont-always-speed-up-devices

Clearing cache is a handy troubleshooting step, but you shouldn't use it all the time. Reckless use can actually slow your apps and devices down for a while.

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Photos: See the aftermath of deadly flash floods in Nepalhttps://www.npr.org/2026/08/29/nx-s1-5948209/photos-see-the-aftermath-of-deadly-flash-floods-in-nepal

Nepal officials say the death toll has continues to rise in Wednesday's floods that washed away communities in Nepal and Tibet, which is held by China. About 2,500 people are missing in both areas.

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Show HN: DataZen – a local-first client for cross-database workflowshttps://flyxl.github.io/datazen

My company stopped allowing Navicat because of compliance policy. DBeaver worked, but I don't like it. I kept running into two recurring issues. First, production investigations often require several queries across different databases. I would query one table, copy an ID into another query, wait for the result, and repeat the process several times. I started wondering if there was a way to handle this without writing a separate script for every case. What if I had a simple form where I could enter the query parameters I already knew, and then run a sequence of SQL statements? Following that l…

Indirect Calling of Nested Functions on GCC Without Executable Stackhttps://uecker.codeberg.page/2026-08-29.html

Article URL: https://uecker.codeberg.page/2026-08-29.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49490138 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

Show HN: Teamnaire – Discover Your Role in a Teamhttps://teamnaire.com

Article URL: https://teamnaire.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49490076 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

Show HN: HexRaid – Real-time competitive multiplayer territory canvashttps://www.hexraid.lol

Article URL: https://www.hexraid.lol/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49489987 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

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Debian votes to allow "responsible use of generative AI"https://lwn.net/Articles/1091231

Article URL: https://lwn.net/Articles/1091231/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49489982 Points: 26 # Comments: 4

The Theragun Sense makes everyday recovery surprisingly easyhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/29/the-theragun-sense-makes-everyday-recovery-surprisingly-easy

As my 20s are set to come to an end later this year, I’ve officially reached the age where sleeping in the wrong position or stretching just a little too far can cause aches and pains. I’ve always been somewhat skeptical of massage guns, mostly because I’ve tried a few off-brand ones and just assumed […]

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SteamOS 3.9.0 Previewhttps://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/689767056035283412

Article URL: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/689767056035283412 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49489968 Points: 10 # Comments: 2

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Show HN: A downloader for public social posts, no sign-up and no adshttps://www.socialdownloader.space

Article URL: https://www.socialdownloader.space Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49489963 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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I'm teaching an introductory 12 week course on Quantum Oracle Engineeringhttps://shukla.io/quantum-oracle-engineering

Article URL: https://shukla.io/quantum-oracle-engineering/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49489864 Points: 7 # Comments: 0

What You Should Look For In A USB To Bluetooth Adapter For PChttps://www.engadget.com/2242750/usb-to-bluetooth-adapter-for-pc-what-should-look-for

Not all adapters handle Bluetooth devices equally well. The right blend of speed, range, and reliability keeps your wireless gear working the way you expect.

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Show HN: The impact that made the Moon, 262k particles in a browser tabhttps://gaploid.github.io/cosmic-collisions

Article URL: https://gaploid.github.io/cosmic-collisions/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49489682 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

The Galaxy Z Flip 8 is at its best when there’s frictionhttps://www.theverge.com/tech/986033/samsung-galaxy-z-flip-8-review

What do you want from a flip phone when it's closed? A simple interface, perhaps notifications and a widget or two, for handling the basics? Or a fully fledged Android experience shrunk down for the Flip form factor? For years, Samsung has insisted on the former, even as some fans - and Razr rival Motorola […]

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Nvidia’s AI advantage is moving beyond the GPUhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/29/nvidias-ai-advantage-is-moving-beyond-the-gpu

The new generation of data center systems is increasing efficiency with smarter traffic control instead of just more processor cycles.

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Show HN: VT Code – a terminal coding agent with a human-reviewed WebMCP editorhttps://vinhnx.github.io/VTCode

Article URL: https://vinhnx.github.io/VTCode/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49489525 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

Show HN: Pico-Faces – A diffusion transformer image generator on a RP Pico 2 MCUhttps://github.com/cpldcpu/pico-faces

Article URL: https://github.com/cpldcpu/pico-faces Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49489464 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

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Want to speed up your MacBook? Do these things firsthttps://www.engadget.com/2242747/how-to-speed-up-macbook

Any Mac will become slower over time, but slowdowns don't have to mean a new machine. Try these tricks to get your computer running faster again.

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Show HN: Laser Graffitihttps://laser.consti.de

Article URL: https://laser.consti.de Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49489376 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: Stumpzlib – search book catalogs and drop files into Stumphttps://github.com/tuckerwales/stumpzlib

Article URL: https://github.com/tuckerwales/stumpzlib Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49489355 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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Royal Navy warships track Russian vessels for three days in UK watershttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93e88jzn54o

HMS Duncan, HMS St Albans and HMS Severn used radars to monitor four vessels as they passed through the North Sea and English Channel last week.

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Musicians-turned-detectives are hunting for AI griftershttps://www.theverge.com/entertainment/985866/h4rris-nihil-young-edm-suno-ai

As audio-focused generative tools and platforms have gotten more sophisticated, the internet has become increasingly filled with AI-generated music whose melodies and vocals are algorithmically derived from the work of human artists. While some of the people pumping out this kind of content immediately own up to using AI, others have denied using the technology […]

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Can All Android Phones Use Android Auto?https://www.engadget.com/2245490/android-auto-compatibility-which-phones-cant-use

Unless you've put some custom software on your phone, Android Auto will work on nearly all modern phones.

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Opinion: Remembering Dolly Partonhttps://www.npr.org/2026/08/29/nx-s1-5941650/opinion-remembering-dolly-parton

She said she wasn't offended by dumb blonde jokes because "I know I'm not dumb...and I also know I'm not blonde!" We take a moment to remember the smart, funny and uniquely talented Dolly Parton.

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The bridges of Rwanda open up new worldshttps://www.npr.org/2026/08/29/nx-s1-5927173/bridges-remote-communities-rwanda

A charity built 96 bridges to connect communities separated by rivers and gorges. A new study looks at the life-changing impact of a concrete-and-steel pedestrian crossing.

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Show HN: Pictiur: Image converter, optimizer and resizer, all in onehttps://pictiur.pages.dev

Disclaimer: This project was entirely vibe coded, this was done by a professional, do not try to reproduce this at home. I also fully understand that this may not match some people's values, so I'd like to point out that I built this project for my personal use first and foremost. If my approach still bothers you, well, that's ok. For personal reasons, I've had to do document scans every day for the past month, photos of my ID papers, and I realized something: the online offering for processing images is horrible. Generally these tools focus on one thing, conversion, optimization, or resizing…

Show HN: Toolchestrator – make local, AI-built tools usable by your teamhttps://toolchestrator.com

Article URL: https://toolchestrator.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49489072 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

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Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joining EUhttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn45vdxyvvlo

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn45vdxyvvlo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49489057 Points: 34 # Comments: 13

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Wales NHS gender surgeries paused for review into referral numbershttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c23xvv42rp1o

Data suggests "significantly higher" rates of referral for gender-affirming surgery compared with English services, according to the health board.

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Forest to bid Β£40m for Everton teenager Armstronghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cy0znn7lg51o

Nottingham Forest launch an ambitious bid to sign Everton's teenage midfielder Harrison Armstrong.

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Show HN: Qwiksi a CLI tool for adding your signature to a PDFshttps://github.com/krisraven/qwiksi

Article URL: https://github.com/krisraven/qwiksi Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49488996 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

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Cannabis smell at US Open is distracting - Boulterhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/c74exxnd7r3o

British number one Katie Boulter complains that the smell of cannabis is putting her off her game at the US Open.

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Show HN: Niche – outdoor sports conditions forecasthttps://www.nichesports.eu

I built Niche in order to have a centralised platform where I can check the conditions for different spots for climbing/surfing. It's currently in beta and only shows spots in Romania. Planning to add other countries soon, as well as winter sports :) Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49488884 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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