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Google's AI photoscanner can determine body fat through selfies

https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.27017
2•Phreaker00•19m ago

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Phreaker00•19m ago
Google uses AI to estimate people's body fat based on smartphone photos they take. This method is said to estimate body fat more accurately than wearables. This PhotoScan AI is also said to be able to 'detect' insulin resistance, often a precursor to diabetes.

PWAs: Personal Web Apps

https://ma.ttias.be/pwas-personal-web-apps/
1•barredo•1m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Simple Screenshot Copy – screenshots straight to the clipboard

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/simple-screenshot-copy/ohogcihmpepnngapffflfeplfdhcjioe
2•ringlochid•2m ago•0 comments

The Agent Loop Has Always Been There

https://memseek.ai/blog/the-loop-has-always-been-there/
1•jdcaballerov•2m ago•0 comments

Delegation isn't a skill you're missing. It's a feeling you can't sit with

https://unleashyouradhd.com/blog/delegation-is-regulation/
1•mooreds•3m ago•0 comments

The Voyeur's Motel (2016)

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/11/gay-talese-the-voyeurs-motel
1•kilroy123•3m ago•0 comments

A global gateway to the rangelands data repository

https://staging.rangelandsdata.org/en
1•mooreds•4m ago•0 comments

Death to Minimalism (2019)

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2019/02/death-to-minimalism
1•robtherobber•4m ago•0 comments

Gen-1.5 In-Context Learning

https://generalistai.com/blog/gen-1.5
1•razodactyl•5m ago•0 comments

Browser De-Slop

https://www.sacredheartsc.com/blog/browser-de-slop/
2•cullumsmith•6m ago•0 comments

Ship's Log: Current state of the Gosub engine

https://gosub.io/blog/2026-08-20-ships-log/
1•jaytaph•6m ago•0 comments

NASA calls off Swift rescue mission

https://apnews.com/article/swift-telescope-nasa-satellite-rescue-800bfbe5aaba5fec9aadd20bdcc138a5
3•hn_submit•8m ago•1 comments

A row window makes scrolling free and does nothing for the load

https://sley-ui.dev/notes/row-window
1•imfemambocus•9m ago•0 comments

MCP gateway with a built-in skill library

https://github.com/gridctl/gridctl
1•mooreds•9m ago•0 comments

Planly, a free, low-complexity, self-hosted alternative to Jira/Asana

https://github.com/esbeneickhardt/Planly
1•ebbemonster•10m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Free OSS Software Factory Template

https://github.com/vercel-labs/eve-software-factory-template/blob/main/.github/ARCHITECTURE.md
2•flashbrew•12m ago•0 comments

German court rules: Emails must be end-to-end encrypted

https://tuta.com/blog/german-court-rules-emails-e2ee
2•khaled_ismaeel•12m ago•0 comments

Meta ran ads for an app promising to nudify female politicians

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/meta-ran-ads-for-an-app-promising-to-nudify-female-politicians/
2•rbanffy•14m ago•0 comments

I soldered for the first time and fixed my daughters toy

https://unixdad.com/soldered-first-time/
1•lignux•14m ago•0 comments

London brewery is begging customers to stop queuing in single file at the bar

https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/19/london-brewery-begging-customers-stop-queuing-single-file-bar-2941...
1•pseudolus•16m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Sharpen blurry photos locally in the browser

https://convertix-fast-imager-co.blogspot.com/p/convertix-free-online-image-enhancer.html
1•convertix123•16m ago•0 comments

AI agent suggested installing a malware package. Engineer almost took its advice

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/20/ai-agent-suggested-installing-a-malware-package-e...
3•sbulaev•18m ago•0 comments

Hammerhead Worms

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipalium
1•tosh•18m ago•0 comments

Google's AI photoscanner can determine body fat through selfies

https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.27017
2•Phreaker00•19m ago•1 comments

Show HN: I trained a 125M model to autocomplete piano on-device

https://simedw.com/2026/08/20/midi-autocomplete/
10•simedw•20m ago•0 comments

Open-source, Accessible, and Customizable 3D-printed Humanoid Robot

https://lite.berkeley-humanoid.org/
2•bilsbie•21m ago•0 comments

Dark energy and quantum gravity may be deeply intertwined

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-dark-energy-quantum-gravity-deeply.html
1•samizdis•21m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: What AI automations have you kept running in production?

1•Harish_0089•22m ago•1 comments

138M children are in child labor. What does this mean?

https://ourworldindata.org/138-million-children-are-in-child-labor-what-does-this-actually-mean
1•surprisetalk•22m ago•0 comments

Show HN: FillBook – A trade journal for Kalshi with fee-adjusted P&L

https://fillbook.io
2•fillbookio•24m ago•0 comments

U.S. preparing to force Netherlands to ban ASML from selling to China

https://nltimes.nl/2026/08/20/us-preparing-force-netherlands-ban-asml-selling-china
4•giuliomagnifico•24m ago•0 comments