VRML and the Dream of Bringing 3D to the World Wide Web

https://hackaday.com/2025/08/07/vrml-and-the-dream-of-bringing-3d-to-the-world-wide-web/

1•thinkingemote•1m ago•0 comments

KDE is removing all colorful third-party app icons from its Breeze icon theme

https://www.neowin.net/news/kde-is-removing-all-of-the-colorful-third-party-app-icons-from-its-breeze-icon-theme/

1•bundie•3m ago•0 comments

Thoughts About AGI and 1 About GPT-5 – By Steve Newman

https://secondthoughts.ai/p/thoughts-about-agi-and-gpt-5

1•bilsbie•3m ago•0 comments

African Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks Africa's size

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/15/african-union-true-size-world-map-replace-mercator-version

1•Geekette•4m ago•0 comments

Open Office Is Giving You Secondhand ADHD

https://floustate.com/blog/open-office-secondhand-adhd

2•skrid•5m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Agint – Open-Source Interface for AI to Control Your Computer

https://agint.tech/

1•cursedknowledge•5m ago•0 comments

Why AI has not lived up to the hype, and probably never will

https://greyenlightenment.com/2025/08/11/why-ai-has-not-lived-up-to-the-hype-and-probably-never-will/

1•lr0•15m ago•0 comments

Show HN: OKX MCP server for crypto portfolio and trading analytics

https://github.com/mbarinov/okx-mcp

1•mbarinov•18m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A Privacy-First Temp Email Service

https://www.nullmail.cc/

2•gkoos•21m ago•0 comments

Microsoft keeps adding stuff into Windows we don't need

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/16/microsoft_windows_features_help_productivity/

4•rntn•23m ago•1 comments

Show HN: AI coding assistant that helps to build things, not to ruin them

https://github.com/volotat/InsightCoder

1•volotat•25m ago•0 comments

The fake news that helped put us on a path to Mars

https://www.vox.com/podcasts/458097/mars-elon-musk-space-race

1•lr0•25m ago•0 comments

China overbuilt high-speed rail, says leading economic geographer

https://www.pekingnology.com/p/china-massively-overbuilt-high-speed

2•yorwba•29m ago•0 comments

Spain put up wealth taxes – without chasing away the billionaires

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/16/spain-put-up-wealth-taxes-pandemic-billionaires-stayed

2•Geekette•31m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Typing Indicator Demo – Clean UI for realistic "typing " states

https://v0-typing-indicator-demo.vercel.app/

1•ehsania•34m ago•0 comments

FTC Reined in by Judge for Retaliating Against Media Group

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-15/ftc-reined-in-by-judge-for-retaliating-against-media-nonprofit

2•perihelions•41m ago•0 comments

A Clear-Eyed Article About an Unlikable Person

https://medium.com/@illuminati-ganga/a-clear-eyed-article-about-an-unlikable-person-d81610b5f1fa

1•bryanrasmussen•48m ago•0 comments

Composers' Desktop Project

https://composersdesktop.com/

1•weinzierl•54m ago•0 comments

Big Tech Is About to Have a Big Problem. Jobs.now –- Flesh Simulator [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmY6-2idC1o

1•mofosyne•59m ago•0 comments

Traps to Developers

https://qouteall.fun/qouteall-blog/2025/Traps%20to%20Developers

2•qouteall•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: MemViz – a modern C++ memory visualization tool

https://github.com/LA-10/MemViz

1•LA-10•1h ago•0 comments

Political Representation Gaps and Populism

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4230288

1•amadeuspagel•1h ago•0 comments

VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62weyp4qqgo

5•thunderbong•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: Dmwithme, conversational companion with mood AI (try me free)

https://dmwithme.com

5•0xlogk•1h ago•0 comments

Aging Can Spread Through Your Body via a Single Protein, Study Finds

https://www.sciencealert.com/aging-can-spread-through-your-body-via-a-single-protein-study-finds

1•defrost•1h ago•0 comments

Forget Netflix, Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volkswagen/367566/forget-netflix-volkswagen-locks-horsepower-behind-paid-subscription

4•t0bia_s•1h ago•0 comments

Countrywide natural experiment links built environment to physical activity

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09321-3

1•Anon84•1h ago•0 comments

New Zealand mother and her 6-year-old son have spent weeks detained by ICE

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/15/us/new-zealand-mother-detained-us-hnk-dst

2•perihelions•1h ago•0 comments

Anthropic's CEO says in 3-6 months, AI will write 90% of the code (March 2025)

https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-ceo-ai-90-percent-code-3-to-6-months-2025-3

34•amarcheschi•1h ago•64 comments

'Cold ice cream complaints have cost me hundreds'

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz609qw4e30o

6•chrisjj•1h ago•3 comments