Israel's military said it had struck "Hezbollah terror infrastructure" in response to what it described as earlier action against its soldiers.
Read the full briefSecurity had been stepped up amid suggestions on social media of a second mass crossing on Saturday.
Read the full briefDeath toll now stands at 68, with 18 children among the killed after ferry capsized on Lake Kariba Twenty-two more bodies have been recovered after a boat accident in Zimbabwe, taking the death toll to 68, police said on Saturday. The ferry capsized on Tuesday on Lake Kariba , on the border with Zambia. An investigation has suggested it was overloaded when it turned over during heavy winds.
Read the full briefPolice say Larry Montes struck a woman and a security guard after he disrupted Shabbat services A New York City man is facing hate crime charges after police say he assaulted a woman and a security team member while disrupting Shabbat services at Central Synagogue in Manhattan , all in plain view of a live stream.
Read the full briefExclusive: Companies that kept policies did just as well financially, even after Trump's executive order, as those that didn't Conservative backlash was supposed to put an end to the diversity, inclusion and equity ( DEI ) movement as companies were warned "go woke, go broke".
Read the full briefHyperliquid traders value Unitree at nearly $38 billion versus $9 billion at its IPO, leaving leveraged bets vulnerable when trading begins, Allium analysts said.
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The petition is set to be discussed by House of Commons in a sign of discontent with policies of US President Trump.
Read the full briefCleanup crews are responding along 12 kilometres of Omani coastline following an oil spill from the grounded tanker.
Read the full brief1.6m dozen eggs from Texas recalled amid one of the largest recorded foodborne illness outbreaks in US history A massive egg recall affecting nearly 1.6m dozen eggs has been elevated to the US Food and Drug Administration's highest-risk warning as officials investigate a salmonella outbreak that has sickened nearly 100 people.
Read the full briefYour AI Slop Bores Me is brilliant in its simplicity. There are two tabs: human and LARP as an AI. On one side you enter a request. On the other, you submit an answer. But the important thing is that there's a human on both sides of the equation. Prompts can request a response as [...]
Read the full briefRandall Lane left his job last month after accepting money from founder of firm that does business with magazine The top editor of Forbes left his job last month and was reportedly dismissed for accepting $6m from the founder of a firm that does business with the magazine.
Read the full briefDirect holdings of IBIT also rose 12% to 407,890 shares, while put option exposure dropped roughly 53% to 143,300 underlying shares during the quarter.
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Security forces in Fnideq have stepped up operations to prevent migrants from crossing into Ceuta.
Read the full briefBorder security tightened after social media posts call for another mass crossing into Spain's north African territory Moroccan police have arrested 111 people as they tried to enter Spain's north African territory of Ceuta, amid tightened security on both sides after social media posts called for another mass crossing.
Read the full briefFormer VP sent fundraising appeal for Democrat Mary Peltola's campaign , with half of donations going to Harris's organization Alaska US Senate candidate Mary Peltola has rejected the support of Kamala Harris , her fellow Democrat, after the 2024 presidential candidate sent out a seemingly unsolicited fundraising appeal on Peltola's behalf.
Read the full briefHow will the watermarking actually work? Can it be hidden with editing? And how does this affect code?
Read the full briefFusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.
Read the full briefThe world's biggest carry trader begins to exit its position
Read the full briefThe Energy Ministry enacted the year-round restriction to mitigate power capacity shortages, as energy-intensive mining facilities continue to strain regional grids.
Read the full briefA search and rescue operation is under way to find survivors in Flores, an island in eastern Indonesia.
Read the full briefApple is pairing its in-house model with Alibaba's Qwen as it prepares to bring Apple Intelligence to Chinese iPhones.
Read the full briefTyler Muehl, 18, could face a year in prison for kicking marine animal four times on La Jolla coast An 18-year-old California man has admitted he kicked a sea lion in a video that went viral recently , while referring to himself by the name of an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor , and has pleaded guilty to a federal crime.
Read the full briefArticle URL: https://davidepiffer.com/p/ai-isnt-outthinking-mathematicians Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49312845 Points: 244 # Comments: 208
Read the full briefHi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 140, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, don't forget to hydrate, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about Will Ferrell and Fabrizio Romano and Heather Cox Richardson, [...]
Read the full briefFour hippos from Pablo Escobar's private zoo were left behind after his death. Decades later their descendants number in the dozens, roaming the Magdalena River and posing a real ecological puzzle.
Read the full briefThe city-state wants to fill a hole in its financial portfolio
Read the full briefCalls fell 85.2% to 148,000 underlying shares, while puts slipped 1.4% to 715,000.
Read the full briefA social media campaign encouraged people to flock to Ceuta just weeks after many died while making the crossing.
Read the full brief"Flamingo missiles were used. A good achievement."
Read the full briefSchool said shooting involved 'multiple suspects' as campus was locked down and police responded to scene Multiple people were injured in a shooting at Virginia State University (VSU), police said on Saturday morning, with several suspects still at large. The campus, about 20 miles (32km) south of Richmond, was temporarily put on lockdown as police released initial details about the shooting.
Read the full briefWhen I'm asked what to buy if you want to get into making electronic music, I often recommend Elektron's budget-minded Model:Samples and Model:Cycles grooveboxes. They don't grab headlines the way Teenage Engineering's gear or the Telepathic Instruments Orchid do, and even compared to the company's higher-end and more niche musical offerings like the Digitakt, Octatrack, [...]
Read the full briefI told myself I wouldn't buy an OhSnap accessory for my phone. Every one I'd tested was nice, but felt overpriced and slightly flawed. After I weighed in on the $40 Snap Grip 5 last year, I wound up sticking with my $25 Syncwire instead. But OhSnap's $50 Snap Grip Stand finally got me. To [...]
Read the full briefUsers need discretionary income of nearly £100,000 a year to make savings on their grocery spend after paying £1,200 for GLP-1s, analysis finds The high cost of weight-loss medication is a "regressive tax on being thin" because the outlay outweighs any saving on food costs for all but the highest earners.
Read the full briefHigh inflation, weak jobs numbers and presidential interference trouble the Federal Reserve
Read the full briefThe filing would turn raw footage into labeled clips of who did what, without anyone opting in.
Read the full briefThe declaration was made on the national day of the central European country, which has a population of just 44,000.
Read the full briefWin is significant for region's premier, Doug Ford, who blames protected zones for city's traffic ills The Ontario government is now free to rip out Toronto's bike lanes on its busiest streets after the region's top court ruled in favour of the province on Friday, overturning a lower court's decision that decreed removal would violate constitutional rights.
Read the full briefThe US vice-president's most recent memoir may be widely read in Middletown, Ohio, but no one seems to be talking about it Nearly two months since JD Vance's most recent memoir, Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, was released, and following sales of 64,000 copies in its first week, Vance's hometown of Middletown, Ohio, has had time to take it in.
Read the full briefAI coding startup Cursor is now officially a part of SpaceX.
Read the full briefRun in brutal heat, the race featured a runner who hitched a car ride, another dosed with rat poison and brandy to keep moving, and a winner who could barely stand at the finish.
Read the full briefAfter a botched 1945 slaughter left his brainstem intact, Mike the chicken survived more than a year, was fed with an eyedropper, and toured the country as a sideshow act.
Read the full briefEnergy is cheaper than at its peak in late April, but gas is still nearly $1 a gallon more expensive than before the Iran war US consumer prices cooled slightly in July as the annualized inflation rate dipped down to 3.4%, though prices still remain higher than levels seen before the war with Iran.
Read the full briefDubai-based crypto lawyer Irina Heaver and her team parsed every crypto deal in the first half of 2026. BlackRock, Goldman, and Persian Gulf sovereigns all wrote checks to regulated firms.
Read the full briefPolice responded to reports of a shooting outside a residence halls at about 01:28 local time (05:28 GMT) on Saturday.
Read the full briefThe Chinese lab says the release beats comparably sized open models on code benchmarks. The blog's own numbers show it trails the closed frontier and at least one open rival.
Read the full briefProsecutors pointed to internet searches made on the family computer in the months before the killings to make their case Prosecutors revived a theory in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial case this week, suggesting she had faked a suicide attempt after allegedly strangling her three children.
Read the full briefA guide on how to check if hackers have broken into your accounts on the most popular AI platforms.
Read the full briefAPOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 15 , ... Today's APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Bright Perseids from [...]
Read the full briefMarni von Wilpert helped draft Protecting the Right to Organize act, and now wants work toward implementing it Legislation that would modernize federal labor law began with a handful of lawyers meeting, of all places, in an ice-cream shop.
Read the full briefThe proposed World Liberty Trust Company would take over issuance of the USD1 stablecoin from BitGo.
Read the full briefPolice say 26 more bodies have been recovered from Lake Kariba after the overloaded vessel capsized on Tuesday.
Read the full briefGrifols, which runs private chain of clinics, to temporarily stop taking donations after new government investigation A chain of private plasma donation clinics in Canada has said it is pausing collections after the deaths of two donors and a new government investigation into potential unsafe practices.
Read the full briefProlonged deployment is coupled with reports of water shortages, plumbing issues and attempts to jump overboard Trump downplays concerns about sailors onboard USS Abraham Lincoln US navy veterans and military health experts are expressing concerns about the strain on sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has spent nearly nine months at sea supporting US operations in the Middle East, amid reports of poor livi
Read the full briefArticle URL: https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dad2.70432 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49311651 Points: 240 # Comments: 164
Read the full briefA 2016 UK poll to name a polar research vessel was won overwhelmingly by Boaty McBoatface. Officials overruled it for the ship but gave the name to its submarine instead.
Read the full briefJack Bogle's creation has transformed markets, and involves plenty of choices
Read the full briefWashington kept crypto's biggest legislative hope alive, Wall Street pushed deeper into digital assets, and a security scare sent billions of dollars of bitcoin moving between wallets.
Read the full briefReal Madrid welcome back Jose Mourinho as manager as they attempt to stop a three-peat by Barcelona in La Liga.
Read the full briefKevin Rideout, who was abducted by unknown assailants in Niamey, said to be in good health and in care of US officials An American missionary who was kidnapped in Niger in October has been released, his organisation has said. Serving in Mission International said Kevin Rideout "is in good health in the care of US officials" and would soon be reunited with his extended family.
Read the full briefDefense argues New York cannot try Mangione over same act or offense as federal case , the killing of Brian Thompson Luigi Mangione 's plea to federal stalking charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's death has spurred questions about the fate of the separate Manhattan murder case against him, with experts saying New York's double-jeopardy law could derail that trial.
Read the full briefAs if you needed more reason to love Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" beyond its pop perfection, it is also, according to lore, the genesis for Switched on Pop, one of the best music podcasts out there. Cohosts Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding obsessively dissect pop songs, from the theory behind their musical choices [...]
Read the full briefCertain kinds of clouds are misbehaving , appearing more often and lower in the sky than they used to. To help identify the factors influencing these changes, scientists have asked people around the world with cameras to submit fresh images of these clouds as a part of the NASA-supported Space Cloud Watch project.
Read the full briefThough the technology is making life still harder for many graduates
Read the full briefCentrally controlled, permission-only networks have a role to play in finance, but need a transparent, open base to reap the benefits blockchain technology offers.
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The USS Washington's movement comes amid reports of dire conditions on the USS Lincoln amid the ongoing Iran war.
Read the full briefMan dies in Bas-Uele after travelling from Haut-Uele, as head of WHO says outbreak on track to be deadliest ever The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has spread to a sixth province, officials have said, a day after the head of the World Health Organization said the outbreak was on track to surpass the deadliest in history, which killed at least 11,000 people more than a decade ago.
Read the full briefUS tax policy deprives the government of revenue and overwhelmingly serves the interests of the rich After the House passed its version of Donald Trump 's One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) last year , the one that paired a $5tn-plus tax cut with $1tn-plus of cuts from food stamps and Medicaid , the House speaker, Mike Johnson , explained that "this is not giving tax cuts to the millionaires".
Read the full briefSeason two of Star Wars: Ahsoka is still months away, but Lucasfilm still took the opportunity to tease it a bit at D23. The company dropped the first trailer for the new season ahead of its January 20th, 2027 debut. The clip shows a darker, witchcraft-filled take on the Star Wars universe, with Grand Admiral [...]
Read the full briefThe Pitch Drop Experiment, started in 1927, lets a blob of pitch fall one drop at a time to prove it is a fluid. Roughly nine drops have fallen, and almost no one has ever seen one happen live.
Read the full briefThe yuan and local currencies stand to benefit
Read the full briefThe 26-year-old, who has signed a five-year deal, cost the Italian champions about $40m, according to media reports.
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Those involved in a meeting of CEOs from the worlds of crypto, prediction markets and AI anticipate President Donald Trump will take part in next week's gathering.
Read the full briefDisciplinary proceedings under way after security concerns raised over reported visits to official residence France has opened disciplinary proceedings against its ambassador to Central African Republic over allegations of misconduct, after claims he brought dozens of women into his official residence, raising potential security concerns.
Read the full briefPresident said nine months at sea 'not nearly long enough' even as families call for attention to mental health crisis US navy veterans and military health experts express concern over USS Abraham Lincoln sailors Donald Trump has downplayed concerns about US sailors enduring a record-setting deployment of nearly nine months onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on Friday, saying the deployment was "not nearly long enough"
Read the full briefThe annual Disney fan event showed off the cast of Marvel's X-Men movie, plus a new trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, and our first look at the VisionQuest TV show for Disney Plus. For Star Wars fans, there was a teaser trailer for season two of Ahsoka, plus a special look at Star Wars: Starfighter with [...]
Read the full briefUK team seeking to put suitcase-sized satellite in orbit around moon in search for 21cm line radio frequency signal Little is known about what was happening shortly after the big bang, but now researchers are hoping to shed fresh light on the matter by harnessing the far side of the moon.
Read the full briefThe art is to say enough, and no more
Read the full briefA hacker is reportedly selling personal and financial records tied to more than 678,000 taxpayers and businesses in France.
Read the full briefThe fire burning through the major park was described as the country's worst in recent years.
Read the full briefIncheon airport had 38.39m international passengers in first half of 2026, as traffic diverted from Middle East hubs South Korea's Incheon airport has become the world's busiest airport for international passengers, in part owing to disruption in the Middle East caused by the Iran war.
Read the full briefThe Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said it granted "preliminary conditional approval" to World Liberty Trust Co. on Friday.
Read the full briefArticle URL: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/the-first-at-home-test-for-infected-ticks-could-improve-lyme-disease-diagnosis-180989235/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49310682 Points: 165 # Comments: 55
Read the full briefThis composite image shows the progression of a total solar eclipse over San Millán de los Caballeros, Spain on, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. A total solar eclipse swept across parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, and a small corner of Portugal. A partial eclipse was visible in parts of the U.S., [...]
Read the full briefThe plight of the hedge fund says more about them than about its 24-year-old founder
Read the full briefSharplink plans to stake roughly 12% of its total Ethereum holdings through Lido, earning yield while staying active in DeFi.
Read the full briefAuthorities warn residents to take precautions as storm expected to bring rain and strong winds to the island chain.
Read the full briefFirms tasked with defusing credit crises are getting into trouble
Read the full briefMove will be one of first large-scale foreign investments in country since US ousted leader Nicolás Maduro in January BP has answered Donald Trump's call for oil companies to help rebuild Venezuela's fossil fuel industry with new plans to develop a large offshore gasfield.
Read the full briefWith Spider-Man: Brand New Day behind us, and its reveal of Sadie Sink as Jean Grey, Marvel is finally ready to officially welcome the X-Men into the MCU. At the D23 event in Anaheim yesterday, the company revealed the cast for its upcoming, untitled X-Men film, which is scheduled to hit theaters on May 5th [...]
Read the full briefAttending a Nick Jonas show with my kids was an invitation to 'collective effervescence'. We need these shared experiences now more than ever Three years ago, I agreed to accompany my children to a Nick Jonas concert. The appeal of the Jonas Brothers, and in this case only one of them, was unfamiliar territory. The concert happened to land on a particularly inconvenient day.
Read the full briefAPOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 14 , Total... Today's APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Total Solar [...]
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Bullish, Coinbase, and Circle were among the names lower on Friday after the regulatory setback.
Read the full briefJason Arday was found dead on Friday, just days after resigning amid intense scrutiny over his academic work.
Read the full briefFemale staff alleged company failed to maintain safe workplace, after allegations of sexual assault against pilot The Canadian airline WestJet has agreed to pay C$4.5m (£2.4m) to settle a decade-long sexual harassment class action lawsuit levelled by its female flight attendants, who alleged the company failed to maintain a safe workplace.
Read the full briefCritic of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau leadership was put under investigation and suspended from job The Trump administration has been accused of "bullying and intimidation" after a labor union leader and critic was put under investigation and suspended from his job at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
Read the full briefOne of the big tradeoffs with Xteink's pocket-friendly e-readers is a lack of easy access to ebooks. On a Kindle or Kobo you can download tens of thousands of titles through each device's respective online bookstores, but with Xteink's devices you have to source DRM-free ebooks on your own. That's about to change, as the [...]
Read the full briefGalaxy Research says the lull likely means vulnerable holders migrated, or were already emptied.
Read the full briefA father and his two young sons spent a night adrift before being rescued off the coast of the island of Koh Samui.
Read the full briefForget OPEC. The Chinese Communist Party calls the shots
Read the full briefÁngel Aguirre indicted in case that rocked Mexico and became symbol of its brutal cartel violence The former governor of Guerrero state in Mexico has been formally charged over his alleged involvement in the disappearance of 43 students in 2014, a case that has become a symbol of the country's brutal cartel violence and government impunity.
Read the full briefIt wasn't long ago that shooting with a super high-resolution camera meant making serious sacrifices for the sake of all those megapixels. Enter the A7R VI. Sony's latest flagship high-res camera is a 66.8-megapixel spec monster. In addition to its modest bump in resolution from the last-gen A7R V, it uses a new sensor and [...]
Read the full briefThe Moon slid between the Sun and Earth to produce a stunning celestial show visible from Spain in August 2026.
Read the full briefBank Leumi's 2022 attempt died at the Bank of Israel. A softer regulatory line and Galaxy's custody stack now give it another shot in early 2027.
Read the full briefTama, a calico, was named honorary stationmaster of Kishi Station in 2007 and is widely credited with saving the struggling rail line, drawing tourists from around the world until her death in 2015.
Read the full briefSuit alleges subscription offer aims to sell privileged access to information generated in president's official capacity Donald Trump has been sued after a subscription service charging up to $100,000 a month for early access to his posts on his Truth Social platform sparked allegations of corruption.
Read the full briefUtility-scale solar leads by a mile, followed by batteries. Fossil fuels, not so much.
Read the full briefGrowing up in Grafton, West Virginia, engrossed in Star Wars and all things science fiction, Fletcher Newell had an early interest in space exploration. That interest only grew when, in 2013, his fourth-grade class took a field trip to a nearby NASA facility he had not yet heard of , NASA's Katherine Johnson Independent Verification [...]
Read the full briefBitcoin miner Hyperscale sold most of its Bitcoin but said it plans to rebuild its holdings through mining and future purchases.
Read the full briefIn 1932 the Australian military deployed soldiers with machine guns against tens of thousands of crop-raiding emus. The birds scattered, regrouped, and outlasted the campaign, which was quietly called off.
Read the full briefArticle URL: https://sankalp.bearblog.dev/autoresearch/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49309549 Points: 333 # Comments: 82
Read the full briefEach year the Guardian runs a competition to find the invertebrate of the year. To find out more about the 2026 nominees science editor Ian Sample hears from climate reporter Petra Stock, environment reporter Oliver Milman and Science Weekly co-host Madeleine Finlay. They each nominate an incredible invertebrate that you might never have heard of, and argue why their choice should be crowned the winner.
Read the full briefWojtek, a brown bear adopted by Polish troops in WWII, was officially enlisted as a private so he could travel with the unit, and was seen helping move artillery shells at the Battle of Monte Cassino.
Read the full briefArticle URL: https://allen.bargi.org/notes/working-with-ai-feels-like-leadership/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49309451 Points: 209 # Comments: 151
Read the full briefEclipse witnessed by tens of millions across western Europe as enthusiasts gather along path of totality Solar eclipse 2026 across Europe: in pictures Cruise ships, quiet towns and an all-day festival: millions flock to eclipse viewing spots across Europe in Land's End, Cornwall The roads and car parks of west and north Cornwall are clogged as people gather to watch the solar eclipse.
Read the full briefStubbs, a cat in Talkeetna, Alaska, held the role of honorary mayor for two decades, becoming a beloved fixture and a steady draw for curious visitors.
Read the full briefArticle URL: https://conic.al/writing/the-other-sean-byrne-doesnt-exist/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49307592 Points: 350 # Comments: 170
Read the full briefA total solar eclipse swept across parts of Europe and the North Atlantic on 12 August, with the path of totality moving through Greenland, Iceland, Spain and a small section of north-eastern Portugal, while surrounding areas across Europe experienced a partial solar eclipse, according to the European Space Agency
Read the full briefIn 1919 a giant storage tank burst, sending a 25-foot wall of molasses through the North End at an estimated 35 miles per hour. Locals said the area smelled sweet for years.
Read the full briefPayPal is still reportedly negotiating a potential sale to Stripe and private equity firm Advent, as the fintech firm's new CEO attempts to turn the company around.
Read the full briefThe body is the size of the entire solar system and glows with a brilliant red light billions of light years from Earth Astronomers claim to have discovered a new kind of cosmic object, a black hole "star", which is the size of the entire solar system and glows with a brilliant red light.
Read the full briefThousands of sailors on the Lincoln have reportedly faced food shortages and broken plumbing, with some considering jumping overboard.
Read the full briefAurora Innovation and Kodiak AI, two companies developing self-driving trucks, have received permits from the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
Read the full briefOrganoids and tissues grown from human cells promise more accurate results, with £20m Cambridge project to create standardised models Miniature human organs and other tissues are to be grown from NHS patients' cells in a drive to improve medicine testing and reduce the number of animals used in drug development.
Read the full briefThe Constitutional Council says it infringes upon freedom of expression - but President Macron vows to prepare a new draft.
Read the full briefThe AI opportunity is huge, but "it would also be a grave error in our minds to let excitement weaken our investment discipline," Kushner warns in his first-ever investment letter.
Read the full briefAcademic paper says often illicit trade exposes enthusiasts , and postal workers handling items , to serious risks A growing global trade in mummified human remains has been described by academics as "a real mummy's curse" that poses a serious health risk to its enthusiasts and the postal services they use.
Read the full briefOver the last couple of weeks, hackers have targeted and broken into the systems of several water plants in the United States. Here's what we know and don't know about this wave of attacks allegedly carried out by the Iranian government.
Read the full briefPocket users have until October 8, 2025, to export their saved articles and other items, including lists, archives, favorites, notes, and highlights.
Read the full briefScreen-sharing bug lets remote hackers log in without a password.
Read the full briefCurrent and former OpenAI employees reportedly say pressure to release new AI products made it harder to prioritize safety.
Read the full briefAirline-backed venture aims to develop a hybrid-electric commercial aircraft.
Read the full briefJudge warns pro se litigants are using chatbots wrong and getting desperate.
Read the full briefKalshi ordered to stop offering bets in Washington, must implement geofencing.
Read the full brief"We don't have access to the data on the hardware/servers," Iron Mountain told Ars.
Read the full briefIt turns out that the economics of rocket reuse are pretty, pretty good.
Read the full briefUnforgetful, the latest app from longtime indie developer Marco Arment, is designed to make reminders harder to ignore , or accidentally dismiss.
Read the full briefThe Stop Killing Games movement faces an uphill battle.
Read the full briefThird-party app stores are about to become more visible in Google Play.
Read the full briefArticle URL: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B-FP8 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299605 Points: 1333 # Comments: 759
Read the full briefArticle URL: https://dmitry.gr/?r=06.%20Thoughts&proj=12.%20RV Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49298035 Points: 154 # Comments: 261
Read the full briefTech billionaire's $158.3bn deal an outlier in report showing widening gap of CEO to worker pay at top companies Elon Musk received over 2.5m times as much compensation at Tesla as the company's average worker, according to a new report on the growing gap between top corporate executives and their workers. Musk's $158.3bn pay deal was an outlier but came as the gap between CEO and worker pay continued to grow .
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Hi HN, I built Eigendrum, a web tool that solves the 2D wave equation for arbitrary shapes so you can hear what they sound like as drums. How it works: * Solves -∇²u = λu using finite element analysis (Kφ = λMφ) on a triangle mesh. * Validated to Repo and tests: https://github.com/BaselAshraf81/eigendrum Happy to answer any questions about the FEM solver or Web Audio setup!
Read the full briefArticle URL: https://linebender.org/blog/hyperbezier/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49237183 Points: 156 # Comments: 23
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