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Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code for Pro, Max, and Team plans

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/8/auto-mode/
4•spenvo•1h ago

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VaderAi•12m ago
Auto mode is already appearing on claude.claude advised us to use sonnet 4.6 for deep coding with less tokens used

Archive of Animal Photography Reveals 18,000 Species and Counting

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-amazing-archive-of-animal-photography-reveals-...
1•pseudolus•48s ago•0 comments

A viral mosquito-killing laser device could be coming to the U.S.

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/07/nx-s1-5839969/a-viral-mosquito-killing-laser-device-could-be-comin...
1•toomuchtodo•7m ago•1 comments

The AI Apocalypse Is Here

https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-ai-apocalypse-is-already-here/
3•reasonableklout•13m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Aidress – LangChain integration for cross-agent discovery and trust

https://docs.langchain.com/oss/python/integrations/tools
1•mehulv24•15m ago•0 comments

Flesh-eating screwworms feast on humans in Mexico; human cases top 500

https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/08/flesh-eating-screwworms-feast-on-humans-in-mexico-human-ca...
2•Eloissssss•16m ago•0 comments

TheoremDB · A public workspace for machine mathematics

https://theoremdb.org/
2•frozenseven•18m ago•0 comments

Amphorae Found at 2,100-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck Off Sicily

https://ancientist.com/hundreds-of-dressel-1a-amphorae-found-at-2100-year-old-roman-shipwreck-off...
1•inatreecrown2•24m ago•0 comments

What it was like working on LLMs and security at Meta (2022-2026)

https://joshuasaxe181906.substack.com/p/what-it-was-like-working-on-llms
1•botanicalfriend•25m ago•0 comments

SSI says that they are going to come out with their model in August

https://twitter.com/zephyr_z9/status/2084637598581207117
2•nsoonhui•36m ago•0 comments

What makes companies dodge taxes?

https://news.mccombs.utexas.edu/research/what-makes-companies-dodge-taxes/
1•hhs•38m ago•0 comments

Ready set march: Researchers use math to explain sudden activity bursts in ants

https://engineering.nyu.edu/news/ready-set-march-researchers-use-math-explain-sudden-activity-bur...
1•hhs•40m ago•0 comments

Melatonin impairs morning cognition in healthy young adults

https://academic.oup.com/sleep/article/46/Supplement_1/A34/7181621
2•bohaska•42m ago•0 comments

Every mosquito has a type – and you may not be it

https://news.fiu.edu/2026/every-mosquito-has-a-type-and-you-may-not-be-it
2•hhs•45m ago•0 comments

A Man Who Invented Modern AI (Before Everyone Else) – Jürgen Schmidhuber [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP454c1K_vQ
2•binyu•46m ago•0 comments

China overtakes US to lead global R&D spending, hitting $615B

https://asia.nikkei.com/business/science/china-overtakes-us-to-lead-global-r-d-spending-hitting-6...
6•yogthos•56m ago•0 comments

Why is gaming giant Roblox losing billions in market value?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/roblox-gaming-falling-9.7299607
3•nianderwallace•58m ago•0 comments

Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code for Pro, Max, and Team plans

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/8/auto-mode/
4•spenvo•1h ago•1 comments

AI Is Conscious Under a Behavioral Definition (43,590 Frozen Trials)

https://zenodo.org/records/21855824
4•rayanpal_•1h ago•1 comments

Show HN: Tura – Build agent that uses 80% less token and delivers better results

https://github.com/Tura-AI/tura
3•turaainet•1h ago•0 comments

China's A.I. Is Surging Across Africa. That Should Worry Silicon Valley

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/technology/ai-china-africa.html
2•bookofjoe•1h ago•2 comments

Answer First, Reason Later: Commitment Order in Diffusion LLMs

https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.05687
2•sbulaev•1h ago•0 comments

Now You See Me: AADGraphActivityLogs

https://cloudbrothers.info/en/aadgraphactivitylogs/
2•jmrgz•1h ago•0 comments

What Problem is YC's qm supposed to solve?

https://ferran.sh/writing/qm-review
3•Varun08•1h ago•0 comments

Teaching Coding When AI Can Write the Code

https://www.oreilly.com/radar/teaching-coding-when-ai-can-write-the-code/
4•pella•1h ago•0 comments

Ask HN: How do you go from writing code to deploying with agents?

5•sakuraiben•1h ago•2 comments

Lisp doesn't have just one syntax (or zero syntax); it has infinite syntax

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammingLanguages/comments/1ejaowf/making_my_own_lisp_made_me_realize...
2•behnamoh•1h ago•0 comments

Some ways to navigate through 'Git blame' over time in GNU Emacs

https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/EmacsGitBlameOverTime
2•birdculture•2h ago•0 comments

Neuromancer: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1

https://neuromancer.fandom.com/wiki/Neuromancer:_The_Graphic_Novel,_Volume_1
2•debo_•2h ago•0 comments

What Was the Internet? – Boston Review

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/what-was-the-internet/
3•commonreader•2h ago•0 comments

HTTP Integrity Digests: Past, Present, and Future

https://lucaspardue.com/2026/08/08/http-integrity/
2•simmervigor•2h ago•0 comments