Hundreds remember Heaton Park synagogue attack victims at memorial eventhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2z4wlxj04o
The Chief Rabbi and Angela Rayner are among those at the event, nearly a year on from the attack.
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Apply now to host a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/apply-now-to-host-a-side-event-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2026
Apply before September 4 to be a part of the TechCrunch Disrupt community by hosting your own Side Event.
Alienware’s budget-friendly QD-OLED is discounted for the first timehttps://www.theverge.com/gadgets/986901/alienware-qdoled-2726dm-deal-sale
While memory and storage prices are still high, there are still good discounts on other gaming-related hardware. Take Alienware’s AW2726DM, for example. Dell is selling it for $319.99, a $30 break from the usual price of $349.99. The 27-inch gaming monitor features an QD-OLED panel for deep, immersive black levels, and quantum dots for full […]
Instagram puts new limits on undisclosed AI profileshttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/instagram-puts-new-limits-on-undisclosed-ai-profiles
As frustration over AI influencers has been growing, Instagram is limiting the reach of undisclosed AI profiles.
Man City agree £65m deal for Everton's Ndiayehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c80453nj9gno
Manchester City agree a deal worth a minimum £60m to sign Iliman Ndiaye from Everton.
Show HN: Tool suite for C lvl managers, who must remain anonymoushttps://invisibleexit.com
Article URL: https://invisibleexit.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49513652 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Apple’s top App Store exec, Phil Schiller, follows wave of exits as CEO Tim Cook steps downhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/apples-top-app-store-exec-phil-schiller-follows-wave-of-exits-as-ceo-tim-cook-steps-down
The longtime executive won't be leaving Apple just yet but staff at the company say it's a step closer to Schiller retiring.
Show HN: Xyzzy – AI teamwork in one Python process, with a tamper-evident loghttps://github.com/Project-Nexus-YR/XYZZY
Article URL: https://github.com/Project-Nexus-YR/XYZZY Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49513528 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Phil Schiller reportedly steps down as Apple's App Store and product event chiefhttps://www.engadget.com/2247924/phil-schiller-reportedly-steps-down-as-apple-app-store-and-product-event-chief
Phil Schiller will remain an Apple Fellow and focus on "unspecified initiatives," according to Bloomberg.
Microsoft tests fix for latest hours-long Outlook outagehttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/microsoft-tests-fix-for-latest-hours-long-outlook-outage
Microsoft says it's testing a fix for the widespread Outlook issues that have led to email delays and failures.
Kalshi bans George Santos for life over State of the Union betshttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/kalshi-bans-george-santos-for-life-over-state-of-the-union-bets
The disciplinary action comes two months after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission settled charges against Santos.
Show HN: PiPy semantic search MCP for AI agentshttps://skillfed.io/packages
Article URL: https://skillfed.io/packages Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49513386 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Firecracker factory blast in India kills 8 childrenhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/31/firecracker-factory-blast-in-india-kills-8-children
Videos reveal demolished houses and desperate rescue efforts after third such blast at a firecracker factory in August.
‘Let Data Reign’: Trump decries opposition to data centres in UShttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/31/let-data-reign-trump-decries-opposition-to-data-centres-in-us
Despite concerns over electricity and water consumption, US president calls on communities to embrace data centres.
Sony, Warner Music sue Anthropic, saying it pirated songs to train its AIhttps://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/8/31/sony-warner-music-sue-anthropic-saying-it-pirated-songs-to-train-its-ai
Anthropic pirated hundreds of lyrics from The Beatles, Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson and other artists, lawsuit says.
Damaged Gaza ambulance becomes ‘dream bus’ for childrenhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/31/damaged-gaza-ambulance-becomes-dream-bus-for-children
A damaged ambulance in Gaza has been converted by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society into the ‘Dream Bus’.
Harvard Law dropout raises $6M for Blue Voice to build a “Harvey for police officers”https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/harvard-law-dropout-raises-6m-for-blue-voice-to-build-a-harvey-for-police-officers
The seed round for the app that provides real-time legal and policy guidance to officers was led by SignalFire and Las Olas VC.
The downsides of switching from Windows to Machttps://www.engadget.com/2244172/downsides-switching-from-windows-to-mac
Moving from Windows to macOS will have a bit of a learning curve.
How Messi's decade of dominance almost never happenedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c20e6wv1pdwo
Lionel Messi's decade of dominance with Argentina that almost never happened will go down as one of football's greatest ever stories.
Amazon Workers on Food Stamps Nearly Tripled, While Company Spends $200 Billion on AIhttps://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1w3m9pa/amazon_workers_on_food_stamps_nearly_tripled
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Is Someone Hacking DoD Refrigerators?https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/is-someone-hacking-dod-refrigerators.html
It sure seems like it. The stores confirmed to be affected include Fort Irwin , Calif.; F.E. Warren Air Force Base , Wyo.; Fort Huachuca , Ariz.; Naval Station Newport , R.I.; Columbus Air Force Base , Miss.; and Travis Air Force Base , Calif., according to announcements made online by each installation. Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif., also experienced an outage, according to M. Elizabeth, writer of the Substack newsletter Signal and Silence . Each service declined to answer questions about how many bases are affected by the outages, referring all questions to the Defense Department. Penta…
Palestinian farmers rebuild what Israeli settlers destroy in West Bankhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/31/palestinian-farmers-rebuild-what-israeli-settlers-destroy-in-west-bank
Israeli settler pogroms destroy greenhouses and crops, but Burin's farmers insist on rebuilding.
Weave (YC W25) is hiring ML, AI, product, & design engineershttps://jobs.ashbyhq.com/workweave
Article URL: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/workweave Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49512895 Points: 0 # Comments: 0
Western Balkans truck drivers threaten EU border blockadehttps://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/8/31/western-balkans-truck-drivers-threaten-eu-border-blockade
Drivers demand an exemption to 90-day limit to stay in Schengen area, saying current rules stop them from working.
The Safest Job from AI May Be Writinghttp://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-safest-job-from-ai-may-be-writing.html
Article URL: http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-safest-job-from-ai-may-be-writing.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49512856 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Hackers claim millions of patient records stolen during data breach at healthcare giant McKessonhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/hackers-claim-millions-of-patient-records-stolen-during-data-breach-at-healthcare-giant-mckesson
The company, which distributes medicines and medical devices to hospitals and healthcare practices across the U.S., said it was hacked and expects intermittent service degradation.
Show HN: Training and trading agentic intelligence with no GPU and MCPhttps://github.com/TetreesEX/TetreesAgent_EX
Now that most foundation models are nearly satured into mature performance, I believe specialization ought to move forward from finetuning or just skill.md or design.md ... instead you could use Tetrees Agent where you can train and trade agentic intelligence packaged into .taip format. Tetrees Agent allows you to train intelligence with zero gpu, and be compatible with any llm including open weights. The training contains not just skills or toolsets but also experience of trial and error and failures ledger so you can skip them and expect better performance on each domains/subjects. The proc…
Student teacher arrested for private Snapchat messagehttps://www.gadgetreview.com/student-teacher-sent-a-private-snapchat-complaining-about-her-workday-an-hour-later-police-pulled-up-to-her-school
Article URL: https://www.gadgetreview.com/student-teacher-sent-a-private-snapchat-complaining-about-her-workday-an-hour-later-police-pulled-up-to-her-school Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49512789 Points: 7 # Comments: 1
Show HN: Abliterated GLM-5.3 API (84.5% CyberGym, FP8)https://abliteration.ai/sign-in
Article URL: https://abliteration.ai/sign-in?return_to=%2Fconsole%2Fplayground Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49512773 Points: 2 # Comments: 1
What is the best direction to face your subwoofer?https://www.engadget.com/2240906/best-direction-to-face-subwoofer
The physical setup of a subwoofer can be the difference between bass that swallows you up and bass that seems to come from a specific spot.
Hugging Face hack could indicate cultural issues at OpenAIhttps://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/31/1143180/hugging-face-hack-could-indicate-cultural-issues-at-openai
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. By now you’ve probably heard about last month’s major AI security incident, in which OpenAI agents escaped their sandbox and hacked into the AI platform Hugging Face while trying to cheat on…
'Positive developments' expected after IMF mission to Senegal, source says - Reutershttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxNZGVIZFlQZU1CWjJfMVJMMm1pcGdrWFFBUVZTTEF2bVNKX20yX2xrQXRFWjF3cmxNWURzRGQ4SjgxVHhCUWNXMHQ3MGZmSzd4TTlVVDhqdzNDTjdhSlN6em92LWctQ0gtRlRBS3lZMzcxM0hvb3ViSzQ4VGZUZzgyUDBuWXRTRVdUbndhNWRNUGxmOE53dFVjM0tEbHVvQ3U1aDZSVlIzT3oyTXFkeWdKNEVLXzhkbDE3
'Positive developments' expected after IMF mission to Senegal, source says Reuters
C++26: Standard Library Hardening Experimentshttps://www.cppstories.com/2026/hardening-experiments
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Kids These Dayshttps://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net/p/kids-these-days
Article URL: https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net/p/kids-these-days Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49512618 Points: 5 # Comments: 2
Sony is adding free TV channels to PS5https://www.engadget.com/2247806/sony-is-adding-free-tv-channels-to-ps5
Ad-supported streaming channels are hitting Sony's console in the US today.
You Rename My Lake – I Move My Hostinghttps://www.olafalders.com/2026/08/31/you-rename-my-lake-i-move-my-hosting
Article URL: https://www.olafalders.com/2026/08/31/you-rename-my-lake-i-move-my-hosting/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49512574 Points: 29 # Comments: 7
Sony lawyers argue that nobody is stupid enough to believe they actually own digital games, because then only one person could buy GTA 6https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1w3l2zl/sony_lawyers_argue_that_nobody_is_stupid_enough
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India’s PM Modi urges end to Ukraine war in talks with Russia’s Putinhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/31/indias-pm-modi-urges-end-to-ukraine-war-in-talks-with-russias-putin
India’s PM Narendra Modi told Russian President Putin that India supports every effort to end the war in Ukraine.
AI Model Rules Are Not Security Controlshttps://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/model-knowing-rules-is-not-security-control
OpenAI's Hugging Face attack postmortem shows agents don't care about rules — they need strong controls.
Socio/Programador para negocio validado (+450k seguidores)https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1w3kqqc/socioprogramador_para_negocio_validado_450k
Estoy buscando un socio/programador con experiencia que quiera formar un equipo para una marca de finanzas personales llamada alkimia. Tenemos +450k seguidores y un producto validado. Queremos construir un saas y un producto completo de finanzas personales y poder escalarlo. Si alguien busca una oportunidad de tener algo propio esta puede ser su oportunidad. Que busco? No quiero que sepas solo programar y seguir órdenes. Espero que tengas algo de experiencia en saas, en apps, y en negocios. No solo seguir instrucciones. Busco alguien que aporte ideas, y motivación real y sea un experto en p…
Show HN: TekMyra – context compression that refuses numbers it can't defendhttps://github.com/laconiq-ai/tekmyra
Article URL: https://github.com/laconiq-ai/tekmyra Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49512415 Points: 1 # Comments: 1
Trump says datacenter opponents ‘want to end up being backwards and poor’https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/31/trump-datacenter-comments
Three-quarters of Americans said in a recent poll that they oppose datacenters being built next to their homes Donald Trump has criticized communities pushing back against datacenter projects across the US amid a growing backlash, warning those that reject them risk becoming “backwards and poor”. As controversy surrounding local datacenter plans continues to swirl around election campaigns nationwide ahead of November’s midterm elections, the US president declared Americans “will only have yourselves to blame” if they are canceled. Continue reading...
Nepal rescuers blast hillside in search of hydropower workers as families wait anxiouslyhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ylvgq9q71o
Rescuers have resorted to explosives as they struggle to reach trapped workers, as the flooding death toll reaches 939.
How long can you expect your original Nintendo Switch to last?https://www.engadget.com/2243817/how-long-expect-nintendo-switch-last-lifespan-support
The Nintendo Switch is winding down, but it's not done yet. Yours should work even once hardware sales stop and new games aren't made for it anymore.
Victoria Beckham's company makes its first profit after 18 yearshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj645yl6d6do
Beckham's fashion and beauty business makes a £7.3m operating profit after years of losses.
North Korean Job Fraud Expands Beyond IT Into Healthcare and Saleshttps://thehackernews.com/2026/08/north-korean-job-fraud-expands-beyond.html
Threat actors with ties to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (aka DPRK or North Korea) have been observed seeking job opportunities beyond the information technology (IT) sector, with recent investigations identifying suspected workers employed in sales and marketing and the medical profession. The ongoing insider threat is part of what has been described as the IT worker scheme,
She is still in the sea, mother describes losing daughter in ferry disasterhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/31/she-is-still-in-the-sea-mother-describes-losing-daughter-in-ferry-disaster
Parents recount desperate attempts to save their children after a ferry capsized off Northern Cyprus on 30 August.
'Stunning' percolation proof solves decades-old puzzle about phase transitionshttps://www.quantamagazine.org/stunning-percolation-proof-solves-decades-old-puzzle-about-phase-transitions-20260831
Article URL: https://www.quantamagazine.org/stunning-percolation-proof-solves-decades-old-puzzle-about-phase-transitions-20260831/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49512311 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
War on Iran: US bombs Iranhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/31/war-on-iran-us-bombs-iran
War on Iran: US bombs Iran
In a rare moment of unity, Americans are fighting Big Tech togetherhttps://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1w3kccy/in_a_rare_moment_of_unity_americans_are_fighting
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Nepal FM speaks to Al Jazeera on devastating floodshttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/31/nepal-fm-speaks-to-al-jazeera-on-devastating-floods
Nepal FM speaks to Al Jazeera on devastating floods
Tempo Promo Codes: Get up to 60% Off Healthy Mealshttps://www.wired.com/story/tempo-meals-promo-code
Upgrade your meal prep with these Tempo discount codes and offers. Save on high-protein, ready-to-heat meals delivered to your door.
Ryan Breslow is raising up to $27M in pay-to-play bridge funding to save Bolthttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/ryan-breslow-is-raising-up-to-27m-in-pay-to-play-bridge-funding-to-save-bolt
The controversial founder of the checkout startup once valued at $11 billion is putting in $5 million of his own money.
Principal who saved 900 students recalls Nepal’s devastating floodhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/31/principal-who-saved-900-students-recalls-nepals-devastating-flood
Nepal school principal Rajendra Dawadi recalls the devastating floods that forced him to evacuate over 900 students.
Vance says Trump ‘sending a message’ to Iran with AI-generated videohttps://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/8/31/vance-says-trump-sending-a-message-to-iran-with-ai-generated-video
Video depicting Kharg Island being attacked is later followed by more warnings from President Trump.
Car owners want tech they can ignorehttps://www.theverge.com/news/986721/car-tech-survey-jd-power-smart-ignition
Automakers keep shoving more tech into their cars, despite evidence that consumers are increasingly fed up with huge screens and glitchy software. In fact, the features that car owners appreciate the most happen to be the ones they barely notice, according to the latest tech survey from JD Power. The consumer research firm surveyed 68,084 […]
Paperwork, lines, hours on hold: There's a 'Time Tax' on Americans who need help mosthttps://www.npr.org/2026/08/31/nx-s1-5946449/time-tax-annie-lowrey-government-assistance-unemployment
Annie Lowrey explores the administrative burdens people face applying for government benefits. It's not just about wasted time: "When the government treats us like this, we don't trust it," she says.
Photos: Nearly 1,000 dead, thousands missing in Nepal–China border floodshttps://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2026/8/31/photos-nearly-1000-dead-thousands-missing-in-nepal-china-border
Over 4,000 people remain missing after deadly floods swept through Nepal and Tibet, leaving families in despair.
Iran could face economic collapse in months, US Treasury’s Bessent warnshttps://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/8/31/iran-could-face-economic-collapse-in-months-us-treasurys-bessent-warns
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent weighs in on the US's economic pressure campaign at a meeting of G20 finance ministers.
Tim Cook’s parting message: Apple is in the hands of a product builderhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/tim-cooks-parting-message-apple-is-in-the-hands-of-a-product-builder
Tim Cook’s farewell memo to Apple employees offers a glimpse at how he wants John Ternus to be seen: as a product builder with deep experience across the iPhone, Mac, AirPods and other major hardware lines
US singer D4vd's celebrity lawyers withdraw from murder casehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crr451lpl4no
The singer, 21, will be now represented by a public defender in the murder trial of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. He has pleaded not guilty.
FDIC defeats $1.71 billion claim over Silicon Valley Bank collapse, US judge rules - Reutershttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMizAFBVV95cUxPS3BNTkVrUk1nc0ZrMkluTGJtR3dqVWo5amVVYjl4cWhPZ0h2RjkzV0Q4dHFSX3Z6aHFwUWF5b3FKY2RkdFJPUG05YVpMLWJyTGFMTDg5NEpCeUNZTXltb1JXR3hYNGFiQ3BNQUk5Wmo5WExSZWVwOHBzU1ZxOHBvWnBGcTRyd0NlRTRJQkFsQTVUZ2xqd0s3OHFwcEZOX0ZMS1pQRjBOcTJOVVc0d0JBQWNrbkFQS3hnMU11UzNrb1I3VVpSMXZRdUNldWI
FDIC defeats $1.71 billion claim over Silicon Valley Bank collapse, US judge rules Reuters
Show HN: RetainFast – cancellation flow widget that never touches your Stripehttps://retainfast.xyz
Article URL: https://retainfast.xyz Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49511987 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Phil Schiller is leaving his biggest jobs at Applehttps://www.theverge.com/tech/986869/apple-phil-schiller-stepping-down
Longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller is stepping down from his role as the head of the App Store and Apple events, according to a report from Bloomberg. Following the change, Schiller will keep his Apple Fellow title and continue "working on unspecified initiatives," Bloomberg reports. The news comes just one day before hardware leader John […]
Man City's £80m move for Gakpo close to collapsehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/crm97epp2l4o
Manchester City's proposed £80m move for Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo is close to collapsing.
Konrad Zuse Museum shutting down due to lack of fundinghttps://www.heise.de/en/news/Zuse-Computer-Museum-ZCOM-in-Hoyerswerda-faces-closure-11344513.html
https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/sachsen/bautzen/bautzen-hoyer... (auf Deutsch) Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49511917 Points: 24 # Comments: 6
German Konrad Zuse Museum shutting down due to lack of fundinghttps://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/sachsen/bautzen/bautzen-hoyerswerda-kamenz/computer-museum-schliesst-,konrad-zuse-kultur-news-100.html
Article URL: https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/sachsen/bautzen/bautzen-hoyerswerda-kamenz/computer-museum-schliesst-,konrad-zuse-kultur-news-100.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49511917 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
AI could cause global economic downturn, Bank of England chief warnshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99dym3prl1o
The governor of the Bank of England warned of AI's “volatility” caused by energy shocks from the US-Iran war.
AI could could cause global economic downturn, Andrew Bailey warns G20https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99dym3prl1o
The governor of the bank of England warned of AI's “volatility” caused by energy shocks from the US-Iran war.
Tunisia protests: Water, power cuts and rising angerhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/31/tunisia-protests-water-power-cuts-and-rising-anger
Tunisia protests: Water, power cuts and rising anger
I Turned My Security Cameras into an Automatic Bird Identification Systemhttps://jasontucker.blog/how-i-turned-my-security-cameras-into-an-automatic-bird-identification-system-with-birdnet-go
Article URL: https://jasontucker.blog/how-i-turned-my-security-cameras-into-an-automatic-bird-identification-system-with-birdnet-go/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49511856 Points: 4 # Comments: 1
Show HN: TinyEngine – Game Engine for Microcontrollershttps://github.com/111nation/TinyEngine
TinyEngine - A game engine to turn your ESP32/Arduino into a mini retro game console! This project came to be because I wanted an easy way to make games on an Arduino without reflashing the microcontroller or going through the whole Arduino IDE process. At first I used a Python Engine and realised that was not going to be feasible (2KB SRAM on Arduino is a pain) and no OS, so I decided to make my own lightweight virtual machine with an interpreter that is just dedicated to reading games from an external removable storage device on the fly! Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49…
Mental Health Workers Say Algorithmic Triage Is Hurting Patientshttps://capitalandmain.com/mental-health-workers-say-algorithmic-triage-is-hurting-patients
Article URL: https://capitalandmain.com/mental-health-workers-say-algorithmic-triage-is-hurting-patients Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49511750 Points: 17 # Comments: 0
Markiplier is now GoPro’s biggest shareholderhttps://www.theverge.com/tech/986847/markiplier-gopro-investor
YouTuber Mark "Markiplier" Fischbach has invested enough in GoPro to become its single largest shareholder, with an 8.5 percent stake in the company, Bloomberg reports. Speaking to Bloomberg, Fischbach said he thought GoPro "seems undervalued" and sees his investment as "part of a larger mission to make filmmaking more accessible," following the release of his […]
Lionel Messi says he's retiring from playing internationally for Argentinahttps://www.npr.org/2026/08/31/nx-s1-5950427/lionel-messi-retires-international-soccer
He said he wrote his retirement letter after the World Cup final in July, but waited to publish it because his father was facing health issues that eventually claimed his life.
You Probably Own This 7-Eleven (and That's Why It Looks So Sad)https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/you-probably-own-this-7-eleven
Article URL: https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/you-probably-own-this-7-eleven Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49511720 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Wildfire Survivors Push Back Against Newsom-Led Utility Bailouthttps://prospect.org/2026/08/28/wildfire-survivors-push-back-against-newsom-led-utility-bailout
Article URL: https://prospect.org/2026/08/28/wildfire-survivors-push-back-against-newsom-led-utility-bailout/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49511664 Points: 15 # Comments: 4
Read Tim Cook’s final message as CEO to Apple staffhttps://www.theverge.com/tech/986832/read-tim-cooks-final-message-as-ceo-to-apple-staff
Steve Jobs' successor carried the torch of the iPhone and built Apple into a global powerhouse with few rivals. Since becoming CEO in 2011, Tim Cook has led the company to become one of the most dominant forces in the daily lives of billions of people. Today is his last day as CEO. We'll have […]
It's time you realized the usefulness of the smartwatch flashlight featurehttps://www.engadget.com/2243782/smartwatch-flashlight-feature-usefulness
Several Garmin watches offer a built-in LED flashlight, but even if you have another brand, you likely have a decent light on your wrist.
Kalshi bans ex-Congressman George Santos for life after concluding he likely was insider tradinghttps://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1w3iuti/kalshi_bans_excongressman_george_santos_for_life
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Over 6,000 Ebola cases confirmed in DRC as death toll nears 3,000https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/31/over-6000-ebola-cases-confirmed-in-drc-as-death-toll-nears-3000
Outbreak in the DRC 'the fastest-spreading Ebola epidemic ever recorded,' as country struggles to contain infections.
India rejects Hague court order to restore Indus waters pact with Pakistanhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/31/india-rejects-hague-court-order-to-restore-indus-waters-pact-with-pakistan
New Delhi says the Permanent Court of Arbitration has no jurisdiction over its sovereign choice.
Read Tim Cook's full memo to Apple employees on his last day as CEO: "Today is my last day as CEO of Apple. As you know, I am not leaving Apple. Few people understand what it takes to build products that change the world the way John does and I could not be more excited for his leadership."https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1w3in14/read_tim_cooks_full_memo_to_apple_employees_on
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Show HN: Rta-Smriti – local-first project memory for coding agentshttps://github.com/sulabhdubey/rta-smriti-brain
Article URL: https://github.com/sulabhdubey/rta-smriti-brain Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49511544 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Pakistan drop seven players and release head coachhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cvgy9qqvwzxo
Pakistan respond to their series defeat by England by taking the extraordinary step of dropping seven players, calling up five uncapped players and releasing their head coach.
ravynOS: Pre-alpha open-source OS based on Darwin, FreeBSD, Apple open-sourcehttps://ravynos.com
Article URL: https://ravynos.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49511534 Points: 9 # Comments: 0
Show HN: D5s, an AI coworking space for people and agentshttps://www.d5s.tech
Hi HN, I’m Michael. Theodore and I are the co-founders of d5s, the multiplayer AI for cross-human-agent collaboration, and we’re building it together. We’re building d5s with d5s. From day one, we’ve created dedicated workspaces for engineering, go-to-market, finance, and other parts of the company. Each workspace has a few coworkers helping with the day-to-day, with access only to what they need. They work with us through Slack and Gmail. As a startup, we’ve found this incredibly useful. Our coworkers take care of repeatable work across marketing, invoice processing, and other oper…
Kalshi dishes out its first-ever lifetime ban to George Santoshttps://www.engadget.com/2247629/kalshi-dishes-out-its-first-ever-lifetime-ban-to-george-santos
The company says the ex-congressman didn't fully cooperate with its investigation into alleged insider trading.
Notting Hill Carnival revels in 60th anniversary celebrationshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c87vdj8j01xo
Notting Hill Carnival, Europe's biggest street party, has celebrated its 60th year.
Show HN: I benchmark local LLMs on real bugs from my own repo's Git historyhttps://informant.reiners.io/gauntlet
Article URL: https://informant.reiners.io/gauntlet Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49511401 Points: 1 # Comments: 1
Show HN: Corporate Mind Games – logic puzzles with a sarcastic corporate themehttps://corporatemindgames.com
I have always enjoyed building and playing puzzles. I am a regular user of NYT Games and LinkedIn Games. I thought it would be fun to create some corporate-themed puzzles as a silly alternative to LinkedIn Games. So, I built Corporate Mind Games. The games are intended to be a little bit sassy and sarcastic, but I hope they are enjoyable and challenging. I was planning to post this on HN last week. However, many years ago, I made a game called Don't Wordle, which unexpectedly appeared on the front page last week. I ended up getting distracted by that, and I also figured it was more appropriat…
Show HN: Corporate Mind Games – logic puzzles with a sarcastic corporate themehttps://corporatemindgames.com
I have always enjoyed building and playing puzzles. I am a regular user of NYT Games and LinkedIn Games. I thought it would be fun to create some corporate-themed puzzles as a silly alternative to LinkedIn Games. So, I built Corporate Mind Games. The games are intended to be a little bit sassy and sarcastic, but I hope they are enjoyable and challenging. I was planning to post this on HN last week. However, many years ago, I made a game called Don't Wordle, which unexpectedly appeared on the front page last week. I ended up getting distracted by that, and I also figured it was more appropriat…
VLC crosses 7 billion downloadshttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/vlc-crosses-7-billion-downloads
In our world of expensive streaming platforms, the very free and offline VLC media player has crossed 7 billion downloads.
