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US will allow some private firms to carry out cyberattacks

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/13/in-a-first-us-will-allow-some-private-firms-to-carry-out-cyberattacks/
5•deepmem•37m ago

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jqpabc123•10m ago
In other words, the USA will become just as "rogue" as those it rails against. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

What has driven deforestation in the 21st century?

https://ourworldindata.org/what-has-driven-deforestation-in-the-21st-century
1•surprisetalk•48s ago•0 comments

No to Spy Pixels

https://notospypixels.com
1•cdrnsf•1m ago•0 comments

'Unprecedented' number of Apple users received recent spyware alert

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/unprecedented-number-of-apple-users-received-recent-spyware-ale...
1•speckx•1m ago•0 comments

Sonic the Hedgehog at 35 – from 2D to 3D to a billion-dollar film franchise

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/18/sonic-the-hedgehog-at-35
1•tosh•2m ago•0 comments

QMUD modern Qt based, drop-in replacement for MUSHClient, MUD client

https://github.com/Nodens-/QMud
1•nkjoep•3m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Formulaic, paste a CSV and get the Excel formula that fits it

https://codebypeace.gumroad.com/l/Formulaic
1•KALYX•4m ago•0 comments

OpenAI Model Spec

https://model-spec.openai.com/2026-08-18.html
1•sha-3•5m ago•0 comments

State Farm defense lawyers admit AI generated fake cases in LA lawsuit

https://calmatters.org/economy/2026/08/state-farm-lawsuit-ai-hallucinations/
3•cdrnsf•5m ago•0 comments

ChainDrop worm crawls into NPM supply chain, evades standard defenses

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/15/chaindrop-worm-crawls-into-npm-supply-chain-evade...
2•Bender•5m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: When code review starts backing up on your team, what happens?

1•stephencloud•6m ago•0 comments

Writing a Fast Compiler

https://tibleiz.net/blog/2024-02-04-writing-a-fast-compiler.html
1•birdculture•7m ago•0 comments

Almost nobody pays attention to web standards anymore

https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/08/17/almost-nobody-pays-attention-to-web-standards-anymo...
1•Bender•7m ago•0 comments

Petlibro accused of "gaslighting" users over smart pet feeder outage

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/petlibro-accused-of-gaslighting-users-over-smart-pet-feed...
2•Bender•8m ago•0 comments

Taxing AI to Help Workers Sounds Good, but Public Deserves More

https://news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights-and-commentary/taxing-ai-to-help-workers-sounds-good-b...
2•tldrthelaw•10m ago•1 comments

Can autocomplete play chess blindfolded? A journey into applied AI research

https://alfredvc.no/blog/chess-as-autocomplete
1•alfredvc•11m ago•1 comments

Show HN: I made collecting wearable data 25X cheaper

https://platform.stridee.fit
2•alvaromolina0•11m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Dreadsweeper – Minesweeper Raycasted

https://dreadsweeper.franzai.com/
2•franze•11m ago•1 comments

States Seek $200B from Meta over Child Social Media Addiction Claims

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/technology/meta-social-media-addiction-trial.html
3•sbulaev•13m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Kutta – a 2D wind tunnel in the browser

https://crgimenes.github.io/kutta/
2•crgimenes•15m ago•0 comments

Notes on Crime Trends in the US

https://crimede-coder.com/blogposts/2026/CrimeTrends
4•apwheele•16m ago•0 comments

Show HN: FundNI – Indexing fragmented community funding across Northern Ireland

https://www.fundni.org/
2•alvynmcq•16m ago•1 comments

Show HN: AI Resume Optimization Tool for Specific Job Positions

https://aiomniu.top/services/resume-builder
2•aiomniu•18m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Why can people migrate to some countries, but not in the opposite dir?

3•roschdal•18m ago•0 comments

Measuring Robinhood Chain sequencer feed latency across AWS zones

https://blockrazor.io/blog/robinhood-sequencer-feed-benchmark/
2•yuouiu•19m ago•0 comments

Riding the Writing Wave

https://perell.com/essay/writing/
2•biscuits1•19m ago•0 comments

American Education: The Decline, the Deception, the Dogmas (1993)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_American_Education
2•simonebrunozzi•19m ago•0 comments

Mind Viruses: Self-Propagating Ideas in Multi-Agent LLM Systems

https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.10218
2•binyu•20m ago•0 comments

Show HN: InnerSight – A journaling app I designed so I can't read your entries

https://www.innersightjournal.com
1•yasir326•20m ago•0 comments

Malleable software = 80% solid bases and 20% custom code

https://www.mdubakov.me/malleable-software-solid-bases-custom-code/
1•tablet•21m ago•0 comments

Git Links

https://replicated.live/blog/link.html
1•gritzko•21m ago•0 comments