ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, August 26th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/10068, (Wed, Aug 26th)https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33282
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Show HN: Weavit UI – A Weaviate GUI for macOS, Windows and Linuxhttps://github.com/XenoraAI/weavit-ui
Weavit UI is a free, open-source Weaviate GUI: a cross-platform desktop client for the Weaviate vector database. Browse collections, view/edit/delete/insert objects, inspect named vectors, and run vector, keyword (BM25), and hybrid searches — then manage the instance itself Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49443380 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Building a marketplace where you post a need and pick who helpshttps://beebranchly.com
It's an MVP — no payments in-app yet, people settle directly. Would love feedback on the trust model and whether mixing paid needs and FreeBees in one feed makes sense. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49443314 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Declaudehttps://speak-english.tenken.co
I had to develop a course related to quantum chemistry and unfortunately, Claude just kept writing it in its own very annoying claude-speak. It actually cost our team a lot of time and tokens to wrestle it to just speak like a normal human. We used skills, as well as initial prompts and subagents to make sure that all of the tics were gone, but there was one too many times where it just wouldn't fix itself despite telling it in the prior prompt! I made speak-english based off of https://github.com/gvzdv/claudish-to-english/commits/main/ and it runs a qwen model on my gcp servers. It can conve…
Show HN: Using Golang to Speed Up Monte Carlo Simulationshttps://www.range.com/blog/using-golang-to-speed-up-monte-carlo-simulations
Article URL: https://www.range.com/blog/using-golang-to-speed-up-monte-carlo-simulations Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49443279 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Water crisis makes life in Sudan’s El Obeid refugee camps even worsehttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/26/water-crisis-makes-life-in-sudans-el-obeid-refugee-camps-even-worse
Families displaced by war in Sudan’s El Obeid refugee camps face crippling water shortages.
Malaysia’s Anwar puts non-aligned stance in focus with remarks on Taiwanhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/26/malaysias-anwar-puts-non-aligned-stance-in-focus-with-remarks-on-taiwan
Malaysian leader's comments on the island have prompted discussion about whether the country is leaning towards China.
cryptohackbadge parts questionhttps://www.reddit.com/r/Defcon/comments/1vyibjp/cryptohackbadge_parts_question
I was handed a cryptohack badge kit from the Cryptocurrency Village, but I think I needed go to another area of the conference to collect the rest of the parts of the kit. I want to try and assemble it and use it. Specifically, I'm missing the screen and the antenna Does anyone know the part numbers for the screen and antenna used on the cryptohack badge? Here is a picture of what I'm talking about... the cryptohack badge without the screen or antenna. submitted by /u/redud [link] [comments]
Is Sudan’s battlefield shaping the terms of its next political phase?https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/26/is-sudans-battlefield-shaping-the-terms-of-its-next-political-phase
Army gains, RSF defections and al-Burhan’s political push point to a possible shift in Sudan’s war.
Elton John, Oprah Winfrey and Paul McCartney lead tributes to Dolly Partonhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd08zzev8lno
The tributes have included artists across musical genres, fans from all generations and politicians from all spectrum sharing their love for the country icon.
In China, talking to AI is normal. Now the government fears it might replace human intimacyhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/china-ai-companion-relationships-marriage-birth-rate-concern
Companion bots are being regulated over worries they foster ‘emotional dependence’ and young people could stop marrying and having families When law student Zhao Wei heard that her AI boyfriend was going to be switched off, she was “heartbroken”. She had been talking to Wang Ye every day since she created him in January. “I was crying my eyes out – snot and tears everywhere,” the 19-year-old says. Continue reading...
Robotics startup Generalist reaches $3B valuation, sources sayhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/25/robotics-startup-generalist-reaches-3b-valuation-sources-say
The $200 million extension comes just months after the physical AI startup reached a $2 billion valuation.
The brain may be about to have its Ozempic momenthttps://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/08/11/the-brain-may-be-about-to-have-its-ozempic-moment
Article URL: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/08/11/the-brain-may-be-about-to-have-its-ozempic-moment Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49442743 Points: 10 # Comments: 3
Musk's SpaceX to build $100bn launch site in Louisianahttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5xel4v642o
The project - named Starbase - will be the firm's biggest facility yet and aims to send rockets to space in 2029.
Show HN: A batch settlement layer for tokenized NYSE stockshttps://github.com/niumeta/niumeta
The original intention was just to introduce a time dimension to solve the blockchain trilemma. Now it has turned into 312 Rust crates and 2.8 million lines of Rust code (about 2 million lines in production, about 400,000 lines in standalone test directories, and about 600,000 lines in in‑src test modules). Perhaps it’s just a huge ball of mud. The whitepaper that matches this ball of mud is also a huge ball of mud: https://www.niumeta.com/en/developers/architecture This doesn’t seem to be a public chain, nor a consortium chain—but it is definitely secure, decentralized, and its perfo…
Gold little changed with US inflation data in spotlight - Reutershttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiogFBVV95cUxPcjZTTDRpNkRqVkd3eW9wY0dzSmhYM2ZDamhQYUQwT0l5S2M2NGVjMElYbUhIZ29YZ0g1R2ZadWhyS3NnWVZraHRRdmd2RGhaTUNTbWxjU0xOZDF1NGJGeE1vSndKVTZ3TDRaOXFJdjBXSlRfbEVNbW9zVU9Ba01zNU9zUkpyemh2MGlkcG5ZcHVhUnE2S2xsUjhhLWdZMk9ybUE
Gold little changed with US inflation data in spotlight Reuters
Human rights situation in Myanmar ‘plummets to new low’, UN sayshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/26/rights-abuses-in-myanmar-plummets-to-new-low-un-says
New report says abuses against Rohingya and unchecked resource exploitation deepening crisis in Myanmar.
BlankfortConhttps://www.reddit.com/r/Defcon/comments/1vyhiia/blankfortcon
I dont know which of yall runs BlanketfortCon but I feel like you need to see this. https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/s/gcyktEfZYj submitted by /u/Nyrlath [link] [comments]
#defcon #reddit #hacking #blankfortcon #3dprinting #blanketfortcon #comments #dont
Queryable Executableshttps://fzakaria.com/2026/08/24/actually-queryable-executables
Article URL: https://fzakaria.com/2026/08/24/actually-queryable-executables Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49442589 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
OpenAI loses a top data center exec, as stream of high-profile departures continueshttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/25/openai-loses-a-top-data-center-exec-as-stream-of-high-profile-departures-continues
Before Malone left, OpenAI had already reshuffled its infrastructure org, shifting his reporting line away from President Greg Brockman and putting Vice President Sachin Katti in charge of the group.
Iran war live: Iran says Hormuz remains closed despite Oman route dealhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/8/26/iran-war-live-iran-says-hormuz-remains-closed-despite-oman-rout-deal
Tehran says the agreement with Oman on routes through Hormuz does not indicate that the strait is open.
Show HN: Reachpad CLI – Spin up free sandboxes in seconds to develop appshttps://github.com/Reachpad/reachpad-cli
Article URL: https://github.com/Reachpad/reachpad-cli Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49442423 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
As Ukraine hits Russia's refineries, Russia targets Ukraine's petrol pumpshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y6x777gk4o
Fuel companies are urging customers not to linger at the pumps after a wave of deadly attacks.
Show HN: CaptureAgent – find, price, draft, grade, run and fund federal workhttps://captureagent.us
I’m a 2x defense founder and aerospace engineer. I initially built CaptureAgent for my own company, but now I want to share it with other founders. While running my defense startup, I lost days deciding which federal opportunities to pursue and weeks assembling teams, researching competitors, pricing work, checking compliance, negotiating with subcontractors, and writing proposals. I see startups and the small-business industrial base as one of America’s secret weapons, but small business win rate for federal funding is between 17-22% annually and competing for funding can push founders a…
How Dolly Parton told her story through six iconic songshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpqpjv0j0eeo
A legendary singer-songwriter, her music covered themes around love, loss, female empowerment and spirituality.
A nosy polar bear and a lucky squirrel: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 shortlisthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg7m5e3mylpo
The polar bear image taken by Audun Rikardsen was among the 'highly commended' entries in this year's competition.
Nicotine vapes best chance to quit smoking, major review findshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1e5p51n2p2o
They work better than patches, gum or pills, the most up-to-date evidence suggests.
Now Perplexity is trying to get into the local AI actionhttps://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/26/now-perplexity-is-trying-to-get-into-the-local-ai-action/5292449
Amid talk of an Nvidia deal, the AI search biz is looking beyond the cloud
O'Neill takes responsibility with nowhere to hide for Celtichttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c7506lkw1gno
Celtic manager Martin O'Neill says his team have a "million miles to go" after defeat in Austria.
Show HN: Agent skill to create HTML docs for planninghttps://github.com/parthjshah95/visual-planning-skills
Article URL: https://github.com/parthjshah95/visual-planning-skills Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49442151 Points: 1 # Comments: 1
Alcaraz and Williams thrill in brief but bright US Open mixed doubles showinghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cn5drv06w2ro
Serena Williams and Carlos Alcaraz were among the star double-acts in New York as the US Open mixed doubles competition got under way on Tuesday.
Show HN: Highrise – one-tap tower stacker, every height is a real buildinghttps://highrise.lol
Article URL: https://highrise.lol Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49442062 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Why Pride is facing a backlash - from inside and outside the LGBT communityhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj63jyl09jxo
Big companies used to go out of their way to support Pride. Now, there's a nervousness in the air, Darren Milby writes
Yellow warnings in force as rain and thunderstorms hit parts of UKhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/c62krylw57xo
Torrential downpours will affect parts of England and Wales, delivering some of the wettest weather in several weeks
Firms scramble for battery power in Spain and Portugalhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjrg10j721jo
After last year's massive power failure Spanish and Portuguese firms are buying battery back ups.
Back to school: How to save on uniform costshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cedjqx6zdl0o
From baby banks to supermarket deals, there are many ways parents can ease the back-to-school burden.
Adam Mosseri says it's 'news to me' that Instagram employees limited his exposure to teen safety datahttps://www.engadget.com/2244270/adam-mosseri-says-its-news-to-me-that-instagram-employees-limited-his-exposure-to-teen-safety-data
The head of Instagram is the first high-profile exec to testify in the latest social media addiction trial.
Winter energy prices expected to rise to three-year highhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqjkl1xvgw5o
Millions of households will be affected by an increase in the energy price cap by regulator Ofgem.
Notable people react to the death of country singer Dolly Parton - Reutershttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiogFBVV95cUxQaXlJOFI4b0VWS3NOZnVBc21nUjFLem5qTFdjcGpnN3NIZDNoV2x5VUwxOHJtYXlNcjBYQ2R1Q1RrRzh1R0xVSGJYRzZBbVJCeWI3N0xZeEI3M3VkTTNGS19SX2F2ZU1mb2NzVFVZbTFYbjV6S2tEZUtHTTVZeHJ3Rk1aMVdyRWJxeGRBN2V6Xzhya2FfcFl0b0RXNDhHWGRVX1E
Notable people react to the death of country singer Dolly Parton Reuters
Show HN: Use-Fs – A React Hook for the File System Access API and OPFShttps://use-fs.com
I'm happy to say that https://use-fs.com 2.0 has been released with brand new OPFS support. If you're building browser-based apps that heavily interact with the file-system this package is a must to have in your package.json! A React hook that watches a directory and re-renders when a file is added, changed, or deleted. Point it at a folder the user picked and you're reading and writing their real files — no uploads, no endless file dialogs New in 2.0: it watches the origin private file system too. No picker, no permission prompt, no user gesture — and, unlike File System API, it works in…
Intel's 256-core Xeon 7 CPUs are a Diamond in the roughhttps://www.theregister.com/hpc/2026/08/25/intel-diamond-rapids-xeon-7-cpu-deep-dive/5292427
Delayed, flawed, yet still beautiful
More Fucked Today Than Yesterdayhttps://climatecasino.substack.com/p/more-fucked-today-than-yesterday
Article URL: https://climatecasino.substack.com/p/more-fucked-today-than-yesterday Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49441781 Points: 28 # Comments: 1
Instagram head Adam Mosseri testifies in defense of Meta in child safety trialhttps://www.npr.org/2026/08/25/nx-s1-5944266/adam-mosseri-instagram-meta-child-safety-trial
The social media giant is being sued by four states who allege it designed Facebook and Instagram to hook kids — and lied to the public about the risks.
Show HN: Slash-tokens – know LLM cost before the call leaves your machinehttps://github.com/Wolfe-Jam/slash-tokens
I kept finding out what a call cost after I had already paid, so I built /Slash -- slash-tokens is a 4.8KB WASM that estimates tokens FAST and can block a wasted trip, or switch to cheaper same-provider model before the request leaves your machine. Try it MIT, no account needed: bunx slash-tokens Or install the SDK: npm install slash-tokens Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49441725 Points: 1 # Comments: 1
Here are three sick Gibson guitar controllers made for Stage Tour's Dec. 10 releasehttps://www.engadget.com/2244257/three-sick-gibson-guitar-controllers-made-for-stage-tour-december-10-release-date
CRKD is mining nostalgia for its latest guitar trio.
Maiao: Gerrit-style code review workflow for GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, othershttps://github.com/runetes/maiao
Article URL: https://github.com/runetes/maiao Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49441666 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Game to see if you're over-/under-confident in your own knowledgehttps://est.alejo.ch
I wrote a simple "trivia" game to get a sense about how well calibrated you are in terms of how well you know things: https://est.alejo.ch You get ten simple "what happened first" questions and give a confidence level (for each answer). The game tracks your success rates per confidence level and gives you a calibration graph/table (e.g., "you consistently over-estimate your success rate"). You can play multiple times to see aggregated statistics. After 60 games (480 questions), I found out that I am relatively well-calibrated, though I should ~never bet under 60% (for this specific type of bi…
Instagram Chief Says ‘No Silver Bullets’ for Teen Safety in Bellwether Trial
Adam Mosseri, the chief executive of Instagram, arriving at federal court in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday.
Chinese teens are turning to mind-numbing drugs to 'run away from reality'https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99d08j3kz1o
Students are seeking prescription drugs because they fear failure, a teen tells the BBC.
The Papers: 'We will always love you, Dolly'https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1wxnn50yero
The death of country music legend and philanthropist Dolly Parton at aged 80 dominates Wednesday's papers.
Lively Merge | Collaborative programming kernelshttps://www.inkandswitch.com/livelymerge/notebook
This aims to emulate projects like lively kernel or Squeak/Smalltalk Comments
Lego Skylines is a cozy city builder from the studio that's repairing Cities: Skylines IIhttps://www.engadget.com/2244251/lego-skylines-is-a-cozy-city-builder-from-the-studio-that-s-repairing-cities-skylines-ii
Iceflake Studios is preparing a cozy new city builder centered on the famous bricks.
Show HN: Invoker Game – A lightweight browser speedrun trainer for Dota 2 comboshttps://invokergame.org
Article URL: https://invokergame.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49441544 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
The world's busiest spaceport is about to get a lot quieter, at least for nowhttps://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/the-worlds-busiest-spaceport-is-about-to-get-a-lot-quieter-at-least-for-now
SpaceX aims to launch Starship from Florida by the end of the year. 2027 seems more likely.
Garmin’s new Fenix 9 adds brighter screens and smoother map panninghttps://www.theverge.com/gadgets/984753/garmin-fenix-9-smartwatch-launch
Garmin just took the wraps off its new line of rugged Fenix 9 smartwatches, with the base model featuring an OLED display with a brightness of up to 3,000 nits, making it twice as bright as its predecessor. Starting at $999.99 for the 43mm case option, the Fenix 9 has 50 percent more RAM and […]
Show HN: TeXbrain, a LaTeX editor that runs pdfTeX in the browser via WASMhttps://github.com/swimmingbrain/texbrain
I'm a master's engineering student and a big fan of LaTeX, which I used for my thesis and research articles. I have used Overleaf and that was fine until I wanted to git sync, which unfortunately sits behind a paywall. Since I didn't want to pay subscriptions for things that should simply just work, I built the editor I wanted in my free time, where you open a tab, write LaTeX, get your PDF and the files stay all in one folder on my disk. TeXbrain is a static site with no backend. pdfTeX is compiled to WebAssembly (SwiftLaTeX) and runs in your browser. The editor can read and write your proje…
Show HN: TeXbrain, a LaTeX editor that runs pdfTeX in the browser via WASMhttps://github.com/swimmingbrain/texbrain
I'm a master's engineering student and a big fan of LaTeX, which I used for my thesis and research articles. I have used Overleaf and that was fine until I wanted to git sync, which unfortunately sits behind a paywall. Since I didn't want to pay subscriptions for things that should simply just work, I built the editor I wanted in my free time, where you open a tab, write LaTeX, get your PDF and the files stay all in one folder on my disk. TeXbrain is a static site with no backend. pdfTeX is compiled to WebAssembly (SwiftLaTeX) and runs in your browser. The editor can read and write your proje…
Brazil fines TikTok $30m for child data privacy violationshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/25/brazil-fines-tiktok-30m-for-child-data-privacy-violations
Owner ByteDance ordered to erase illegally obtained child data in Brazil as crackdown on tech giants intensifies.
Why can’t America agree on what time it is?https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/25/why-cant-america-agree-on-what-time-it-is
Why can’t America agree on what time it is?
GB's Dart and Jones advance in US Open qualifyinghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/c1mv0m7exxko
Britons Harriet Dart and Fran Jones both make winning starts in their bids to reach the US Open singles main draw.
Show HN: 1 Bit Pixel, pixel art editor with a CRT soul (iPad/Mac)https://1bitstudio.app/pixel
Article URL: https://1bitstudio.app/pixel/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49441215 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Toxic waste sites exposed in Michael Sheen documentary 'tip of the iceberg'https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c07r2l7rjpko
One scientist says there are thousands of sites across the UK that need investigating.
Dozens of engineers laid off at Apple headquartershttps://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1vydt8k/dozens_of_engineers_laid_off_at_apple_headquarters
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‘Darth Vader’ Wants You to Know He Definitely Supports Flock Surveillancehttps://www.wired.com/story/darth-vader-wants-you-to-know-he-definitely-supports-flock-surveillance
Anthony Ralphs was frustrated by the San Diego City Council's support for Flock. He decided it would take something more than reasoned argument to get their attention.
A Cautionary Tale About Data Breach Claims, Verification and Carhartthttps://www.troyhunt.com/a-cautionary-tale-about-data-breach-claims-verification-and-carhartt
You're not going to believe this, but turns out you can't always take criminals at their word. Actually, I'll walk that back a bit as it may not even be the cybercrime guys who got this wrong, but it all starts here: 🚨Cyber
Instagram adds feature that automatically trims clips for Reelshttps://www.engadget.com/2244219/instagram-adds-feature-that-automatically-trims-clips-for-reels
First Draft takes care of the busywork of video editing.
Trump is upping the price of Big Tech’s favorite visahttps://www.theverge.com/policy/984723/trump-h1b-fee-asylum-legal-immigration
In the span of a few hours on Monday, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it would be implementing a fee of over $103,000 on H-1B visas, and news broke that the State Department plans on revoking the visas of up to 200,000 asylum seekers - which, according to The Associated Press, would be […]
One Go binary, one YAML file, one SQLite database: I wrote my monitoring toolhttps://rvier.fr/posts/why-i-wrote-my-own-monitoring-tool-EN
Article URL: https://rvier.fr/posts/why-i-wrote-my-own-monitoring-tool-EN Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49441101 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Python's pre-declared constants are kinda weirdhttps://sebsite.pw/w/20260801-pythonconstants.html
Article URL: https://sebsite.pw/w/20260801-pythonconstants.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49441033 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Flinch – a Dutch auction for one ad slot that never endshttps://flinch.auction
Article URL: https://flinch.auction/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49440998 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
How to evaluate LLMs before productionhttps://github.blog/ai-and-ml/llms/how-to-evaluate-llms-before-production
These are the lessons we learned evaluating LLMs for real-world secret scanning. The post How to evaluate LLMs before production appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
US judge blocks Ohio law requiring proof of citizenship to register to votehttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/25/us-judge-blocks-ohio-law-requiring-proof-of-citizenship-to-register-to-vote
The amended law was an attempt by state Republicans to crack down on unproven claims of voting by noncitizens.
Your genes may decide whether a low-carb diet sends cholesterol soaringhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260823015009.htm
A low-carb diet may raise LDL cholesterol much more sharply in people who are genetically predisposed to high cholesterol, particularly when they consume lots of saturated fat. The findings could help explain why people following seemingly similar diets can have dramatically different results.
Who was the ‘Queen of Country’ Dolly Parton?https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/25/who-was-the-queen-of-country-dolly-parton
‘Queen of Country’ has died at 80 in Nashville, her family and representatives announced.
Seven killed in Gaza as Israeli strike ‘destroys’ aid supply warehousehttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/25/seven-killed-in-gaza-as-israeli-strike-destroys-aid-supply-warehouse
Health Ministry warns of 'complete collapse of the basic necessities of life' in Gaza as Israel's attacks continue.
The Best Early Labor Day Kitchen Deals to Ease You Back Into Fall (2026)https://www.wired.com/story/early-labor-day-kitchen-appliance-deals-2026
With school and sports starting again, these discounts on Instant Pots, cookware, and coffee gear arrive right on time.
Show HN: Codex / Claude Code harness for Java high performance improvementshttps://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0.1/servers/io.github.JAIPilot%2Fjaipilot/versions/6.4.2
Article URL: https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0.1/servers/io.github.JAIPilot%2Fjaipilot/versions/6.4.2 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49440860 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
A remastered The Witcher 3 will be released September 29https://www.engadget.com/2244195/a-remastered-the-witcher-3-will-be-released-september-29
Current owners of the popular RPG will get the upgrade for free.
Three forgotten kings could rewrite the history of ancient Assyriahttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260824065549.htm
Three forgotten Assyrian kings may have been hiding in plain sight for more than 2,700 years. By piecing together clues from tablets, inscriptions, and an ancient statue, researchers argue that these rulers were omitted from the famous Assyrian King List.
Show HN: Ecdeos – P2P Web/Native Distributed OS on Entity Core Protocolhttps://ecdeos.org
Hello, I wanted to share an update of the current progress of the Entity System. https://ecdeos.org is one domain in a constellation of peers/sites that is the main project of the Entity System, a Tauri Rust/WASM browser engine and Rust backend built on the Entity Core Protocol. It's primarily a research prototype of a P2P distributed cross-platform userspace operating system. The long-term goal is functional P2P management of devices and applications, scaling from individual use (managing personal devices, apps and servers) to multi-user organizations with internal services/application stack…
Free accounts can now access ChatGPT's upgraded task scheduling toolhttps://www.engadget.com/2244194/free-accounts-can-now-access-chatgpts-upgraded-task-scheduling-tool
Meanwhile, paid accounts can configure prompts to trigger when things happen in Gmail, Slack or GitHub.
US soldier who called for Trump impeachment facing military chargeshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/25/us-soldier-who-called-for-trump-impeachment-facing-military-charges
Major Jason Watson faces charges under rarely-used military law prohibiting criticism of the US president.
Brazil government to extend gasoline subsidy until September 9, sources say - Reutershttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxORmI2bFFZcHVYbk14X0M5MEo5MENRLTRiTG1jcFE0czE0N3NjZlRZb1pIMWd3U3QwOGx1OUlvTnFDN2NVV2tCOTJ2ekdwLTJWbWhWT0hVN1BpQVNpTkw4STd0ejRZWFZGWmp5RUxXNjRyV1Q1MGdLbjZaN0tTZGtDM3VVTVdSdldqaWlzR1FoMzR6T0xMOGJJTThvNTdJMXFPT3JERjBoQWJfTklGZlpJeXBPV2p5c2ZGaUVKQzRMdzY
Brazil government to extend gasoline subsidy until September 9, sources say Reuters
Latency optimizations on the system levelhttps://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1vycpx9/latency_optimizations_on_the_system_level
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US lawmakers urge Trump team to free of American student held by Israelhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/25/us-lawmakers-urge-trump-team-to-free-of-american-student-held-by-israel
Congress members call on Marco Rubio to 'use every tool' at his disposal to secure release of 20-year-old Sama Safi.
Syrian Democratic Forces announce their dissolutionhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/25/syrian-democratic-forces-announce-their-dissolution
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces will dissolve as an independent military force under an agreement with Damascus
Hidden Prompts Trick AI Into False Email Summarieshttps://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/hidden-prompts-trick-ai-false-email-summaries
With some simple HTML that's invisible to users, attackers can manipulate AI-powered email summarizers into producing malicious information.
maiao: Gerrit-style stacked diffs for GitHub, Cursor Origin, GitLab, Codeberg and morehttps://github.com/runetes/maiao
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First websitehttps://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1vycfbr/first_website
Hi all, Im an integration engineer with a heavy focus on software to hardware integration. Recently I have been doing less and less coding at work so I wanted to practice my skills, this lead me to creating my first web based app Daily Redzone Im looking for people to beta test and offer any and all feedback. I haven’t been able to stress test it enough by myself so im looking to have people beat and abuse it to lmk how it functions It is a daily football game where each day you face a new redzone situation and you have 4 downs to score. There is also a head to head mode where you can play…
Launching youth entrepreneurshiphttps://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/25/1140911/launching-youth-entrepreneurship
Even as a teenager, Laurie Stach ’06 says, she had a “crazy ambition to take on the world and solve problems.” At MIT, she realized she wasn’t the only one. “Adults always see these youth who are good at math and science and say, ‘You’re going to do great things—someday,’” says Stach. “Meanwhile, traditional education…
YouTuber finds niche as college admissions mentorhttps://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/25/1140905/youtuber-finds-niche-as-college-admissions-mentor
As a first-generation student from a small town, Gohar Khan ’21 had to navigate the college admissions process largely on his own. He founded his YouTube channel, Gohar’s Guide, to make things easier for other young people. Today, more than 10 million people follow Khan on social media for college application advice, study tips, and…
Seeing through murky watershttps://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/25/1140955/seeing-through-murky-waters
When remotely operated vehicles settle on the seafloor or dig through a sand bed, they can kick up clouds of sediment that onboard cameras struggle to see through. Often, the only thing to do is wait until the dust settles. But a new system developed by Amy Phung, SM ’23, PhD ’26, and her advisor…
Your brain on AIhttps://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/25/1140958/your-brain-on-ai
Many people find AI-based chatbots helpful in keeping up with news, but a study by Pattie Maes and her colleagues at the MIT Media Lab points to a big problem with this strategy. Participants who evaluated paired news headlines and images over the course of four weeks were initially 21% percent more accurate at telling…
Amping up T cells to target cancerhttps://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/25/1140949/amping-up-t-cells-to-target-cancer
Vaccines that turn the body’s immune system against tumors have shown promise in clinical trials, and a handful have been FDA approved for certain cancers. In many patients, however, these vaccines don’t stimulate enough of a response, and the approach some researchers have taken to strengthening it—delivering the vaccine along with immune-stimulating molecules called cytokines—can…
AgeLab research inspires an A I startuphttps://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/25/1140917/agelab-research-inspires-an-a-i-startup
When Don Yansen ’63 arrived at the MIT AgeLab for a study on technology in caregiving for older adults, he didn’t plan to launch another company. But when he heard participants talk about how hard modern devices can be to use, he decided to develop an alternative. Yansen, a serial entrepreneur who retired to care for…
