Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
Voyager 1 FDS Computer Emulator
Article URL: https://zaneham.github.io/voyager-fds-emulator/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49221679 Points: 35 # Comments: 8
Tech
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
Timeline of the OpenAI accidental attack against Hugging Face
Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/7/openai-timeline/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49220609 Points: 143 # Comments: 166
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did
Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/tech/976880/microsoft-edge-extensions-ad-blockers-mv2-mv3 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49220392 Points: 118 # Comments: 111
GitHub Trending (Daily)
Aug 08, 2026
Markets
NPR News
Aug 08, 2026
Private prisons announce $1.4 billion in revenue as immigration detentions climb
That revenue does not include net proceeds of $1.6 billion made by CoreCivic after the recent sale of four of their facilities to the Department of Homeland Security.
Market Movers - NYSE/Nasdaq
Aug 08, 2026
NASDAQ Market Movers — Top 5 Winners & Losers
| Winners | Losers |
|---|---|
| TEAM $149.07 +35.31% | SEZL $118.02 -33.89% |
| NTRA $322.10 +21.37% | LASR $56.16 -25.56% |
| HALO $103.12 +20.24% | TTD $13.80 -21.90% |
| FIVN $33.99 +19.81% | DAVE $317.93 -12.96% |
| ROAD $119.74 +19.55% | XRAY $12.12 -7.97% |
Market Movers - NYSE/Nasdaq
Aug 08, 2026
NYSE Market Movers — Top 5 Winners & Losers
| Winners | Losers |
|---|---|
| DOCS $27.40 +32.62% | POST $78.69 -12.79% |
| FIGS $14.26 +26.87% | AMRZ $46.64 -8.94% |
| TWLO $241.28 +24.89% | AGO $75.43 -8.65% |
| FLR $57.00 +16.92% | ELAN $22.12 -8.60% |
| TIC $10.06 +15.90% | ARW $203.51 -8.45% |
Geopolitics
BBC World
Aug 08, 2026
Israel accused of weaponising archaeology at ancient West Bank sites
Israel is planning large-scale land expropriations in historic, Palestinian areas of the West Bank.
The Guardian
Aug 08, 2026
Navy says it is spending 25% more time monitoring Russian vessels around UK waters
Warning of increased activity as patrols spent 21 days in July shadowing Moscow’s ships in Dover Strait and North SeaThe Royal Navy has warned of increasing Russian activity around the UK’s waters after it spent 21 days in July monitoring Moscow’s ships.Naval operations to monitor Russian vessels i…
BBC World
Aug 08, 2026
Hormuz talks positive, Oman says, as Iran warns deal would not open strait
Both sides suggest progress in talks to agree a new shipping route through the strait, but a breakthrough remains unclear.
NPR News
Aug 08, 2026
Ukraine mourns 'collector of souls' Oleksiy Yukov, killed recovering war dead
Oleksiy Yukov spent two decades recovering the bodies of soldiers — including many Russians. He was killed during a recovery mission after stepping on a landmine.
The Guardian
Aug 08, 2026
Nazi shipwrecks emerge from the depths as Europe’s Danube dries up
Unexploded ordnance and a military motorcycle also recovered following record heat and drought conditionsRecord-low water levels in the Danube have exposed remnants of Europe’s Nazi past, with dozens of second world war ships emerging from the riverbed during an intense drought.In the middle of the…
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
US Military's cyber command unit grapples with cluster of deaths by suicide
https://archive.ph/W2tpE Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49220339 Points: 93 # Comments: 124
BBC World
Aug 08, 2026
Child among three killed in Russian missile attacks near Kyiv
Russia continued its overnight attacks after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of Ukraine's dwindling supplies of missile interceptors.
BBC World
Aug 08, 2026
'I ran because I knew I would die': Russian drones target medics in Ukraine
Ukrainian emergency workers warn of growing Russian attacks on hospitals and ambulances.
Regulations
Federal Register - SEC Trading/Tokenization
Aug 08, 2026
NPR News
Aug 08, 2026
Senate votes to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general
The Senate confirmed Blanche by a 50-49 vote early Saturday morning, elevating President Trump's former personal lawyer to head the Justice Department.
Culture
The Guardian
Aug 08, 2026
National Indigenous Music awards 2026: Baker Boy wins big, including album and song of the year
Yolŋu hip-hop artist dominates, while Butchulla duo and cousins Birdz and Fred Leone win artist of the year and Drifting Clouds takes home best new talentBaker Boy has won album, song and film clip of the year at the 2026 National Indigenous music awards (Nimas), paying tribute to his late grandmot…
BBC World
Aug 08, 2026
Madonna pays tribute to 'genius, otherworldly' producer William Orbit
The Queen of Pop worked with Orbit several times over the years, most notably on her genre-bending, Grammy Award-winning album Ray of Light.
Local News - NYC
NPR News
Aug 08, 2026
The Women's Professional Baseball League makes its historic debut
The Los Angeles Queens, the New York Heights, the Boston Hunters and the San Francisco Firebells take the field in Springfield, Ill., as the Women's Pro Baseball League kicks off its inaugural season.
US News
BBC World
Aug 08, 2026
Trump's ex-lawyer Todd Blanche narrowly confirmed as US attorney general
The vote cements Trump's former criminal defence lawyer as the nation's top law enforcement official despite a rare pushback from some Republicans.
Japan News
BBC World
Aug 08, 2026
Typhoon Dolphin batters Japan's Okinawa before bearing down on China
The storm has cut power to at least 44,000 buildings and injured five people on the Japanese island.
Global News
BBC World
Aug 08, 2026
Hundreds arrested over French wildfires, but who is to blame?
The government is trying to attribute blame for the unprecedented fires which tore through the country last month.
NPR News
Aug 08, 2026
K-pop's global wave inspires Chile's next pop stars
K-pop conquered the world — now Chile's young creatives are remixing the movement and making it their own.
NPR News
Aug 08, 2026
Switzerland is a neutral nation but has more nuclear bunkers than any country in the world
Instead of scrapping its network of bomb shelters after the Cold War, Switzerland kept building them. The country has more than 370,000 nuclear bomb shelters. Some are now used to house migrants.
The Guardian
Aug 08, 2026
The Bond effect? How MI6 fascinates spy watchers around the world
Britain’s spooks take quiet satisfaction from survey ranking Secret Intelligence Service Europe’s top espionage agency MI6 has the swagger of James Bond; its French equivalent, DGSE, the complexities of the television drama Le Bureau. The film and TV shows may be fictional, but a survey run by a Fr…
Sports
BBC World
Aug 08, 2026
Messi's father Jorge dies aged 68 after illness
Lionel Messi's father and agent Jorge dies at the age of 68 following a long illness.
BBC World
Aug 08, 2026
NBA forward Clarke's death due to effects of drugs
Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke's death was due to the effects of heroin and cocaine, the Los Angeles medical authority reveals.
Uncategorized
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
Os8088: A powerful Mac-like OS for the IBM XT, 286, 386
Article URL: https://os8088.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226923 Points: 97 # Comments: 38
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
Dithered QR Codes
Article URL: https://www.andrewt.net/dithered-qr-codes/wtf/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226742 Points: 89 # Comments: 13
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
My server is a phone now
Article URL: https://seg6.space/posts/phone-server/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226636 Points: 191 # Comments: 78
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
Should you stop cracking your knuckles?
Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260807-should-i-stop-cracking-my-knuckles Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226563 Points: 27 # Comments: 32
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
Shopify replaced Redis with MySQL for inventory reservations–and it scaled
Article URL: https://shopify.engineering/scaling-inventory-reservations Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226536 Points: 103 # Comments: 65
BBC World
Aug 08, 2026
Fast-moving Canada wildfire doubles in size forcing thousands to flee homes
The Bald Range wildfire in British Columbia, still considered "out of control", has spread to more than 36 sq miles (95 sq km).
NPR News
Aug 08, 2026
Meet the man circumnavigating the Arctic Ocean, alone
Matt Rutherford is sailing 10,000 nautical miles, through ice floes and gales, to try and accomplish a world first. He spoke with NPR from the cabin of his boat.
NPR News
Aug 08, 2026
Tanker sailors still face danger in the Strait of Hormuz
An agreement over the Strait of Hormuz is still far away. Tim Wilkins, who works for a tanker industry group, says the ships stuck around the waterway are in limbo, and transiting is still dangerous.
The Guardian
Aug 08, 2026
Centrelink pursuing debts that are more than 40 years old despite agreeing to waive old arrears
Advocates and legal bodies want the debt to be made ‘out of bounds’ given how hard it is to determine its accuracyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCentrelink is pursuing $4.93bn in unpaid debts, with the oldest dating b…
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
Open-source interactive map for the Aug 12 total solar eclipse
Article URL: https://eclipsefan.org/?v=2&t=max&layers=eclipse%2Cbesselian%2Cumbra-live%2Cshadow-3d%2Ccloud-projection%2Cosm&lat=43.4623&lon=-3.8099&opacity=besselian%3A0.2%2Cumbra-live%3A0.2&zoom=6&palier=minute Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49225139…
BBC World
Aug 08, 2026
Australia is the planet's extinction hotspot, but one animal offers a glimmer of hope
The country is home to some of the world's most unique species - but it is losing them at an alarming rate.
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
Danish high schoolers will have to verbally defend written assignments
Article URL: https://mezha.net/eng/bukvy/ca117584_denmark_requires_oral/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49224294 Points: 541 # Comments: 249
BBC World
Aug 08, 2026
US offers $1bn to Colombia on new right-wing president's first day of office
Abelardo de la Espriella used his maiden speech to promise an "all-out war" on what he calls "narco-terrorism".
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
Fastmail offers EU data region
Article URL: https://www.fastmail.com/blog/fastmail-offers-eu-data-region/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49223082 Points: 352 # Comments: 176
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
Can Intel finally beat ARM on performance per Watt?
Article URL: https://hackaday.com/2026/08/08/want-energy-efficiency-dude-youre-getting-a-dell/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49223079 Points: 180 # Comments: 139
BBC World
Aug 08, 2026
Watch: Moment opposition MP throws eggs at Kosovo's acting PM
Lawmakers and police officers had to intervene after Alliance party MP Time Kadrijaj hurled at least four eggs towards Kosovo's acting prime minister Albin Kurti.
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
Message your other Claude Code sessions
Article URL: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/cross-session-messaging Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49222824 Points: 89 # Comments: 38
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
“Code was never the hard part” is an insult to all programmers
Article URL: https://blog.senko.net/code-was-never-the-hard-part-is-an-insult-to-all-programmers Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49222189 Points: 635 # Comments: 397
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
Sensitive Info Goes into 'No Reply' Emails Constantly. This Guy Sees It All
Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/sensitive-info-goes-into-no-reply-emails-constantly-this-guy-sees-it-all/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49221947 Points: 28 # Comments: 7
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
Gentoo bugzilla closed due AI bot scraper overload
Article URL: https://social.treehouse.systems/@mgorny/117058483039362779 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49221864 Points: 84 # Comments: 46
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
Triton: DirectX 11 Driver for QEMU
Article URL: https://blog.getutm.app/2026/introducing-triton-directx-11-driver-for-qemu/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49221711 Points: 32 # Comments: 1
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
A domain can now say it is for sale, in DNS
Article URL: https://specification.website/spec/foundations/for-sale-dns/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49221668 Points: 146 # Comments: 67
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
Gateway 2000's hilariously bad ads in the 90s (Part II)
Article URL: https://buttondown.com/suchbadtechads/archive/gateway-2000-part-2/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49221220 Points: 52 # Comments: 43
NPR News
Aug 08, 2026
Opinion: Europe's summer of heat
Europe is in another brutal heat wave. The summer's earlier record-breaking weather already damaged crops, sparked wildfires and led to increased deaths.
Ars Technica
Aug 08, 2026
The first self-driving vehicle on Mars has proven to be a smashing success
About 90 percent of the distance driven by Perseverance has been autonomous.
Ars Technica
Aug 08, 2026
DeepMind’s hurricane breakthrough has surprised weather scientists
Open source WeatherNext model can make accurate predictions with lower-resolution weather data.
NPR News
Aug 08, 2026
Federal funds can't be used to give test strips to drug users, raising overdose fears
Drug addiction groups are reeling after Trump officials said federal grants cannot be used to hand out test strips to drug users. The strips help users check street drugs for dangerous adulterants.
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
DeepMind's WeatherNext model achieves breakthrough forecasting cyclones
Article URL: https://deepmind.google/blog/weathernext-ai-model-achieves-breakthrough-in-forecasting-cyclones/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49220126 Points: 244 # Comments: 72
The Guardian
Aug 08, 2026
High divers take the plunge in Paris for a new test of reclaimed Seine’s water
European Aquatics Championships taking place in cityThreat to water quality tested two years after GamesParis is staging its first high-diving competition in the Seine, with athletes launching themselves from a 20-metre platform in front of the Eiffel Tower – a spectacular new test of the city’s ef…
NPR News
Aug 08, 2026
Data centers are a political issue crossing party lines, driving voters to candidates
Wisconsin Democratic candidate for governor Francesca Hong called for a moratorium on data centers. So did Ohio Republican governor hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, as data centers begin to dominate campaigns.
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
Hardware backdoors in some x86 CPUs
Article URL: https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax/rosenbridge Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49219508 Points: 255 # Comments: 82
The Guardian
Aug 08, 2026
Spanish mountain village braces for astrotourists lured by total solar eclipse
Somosierra will be prime spot to view celestial alignment on 12 August, an event that poses logistical challengesLittle stirs in the mountains above Somosierra beyond the wind that lashes the flat peaks, the cows that graze on parched grass and the sun that beats down on the abandoned aerodrome whe…
The Guardian
Aug 08, 2026
‘I couldn’t breathe’: the deadly health burden of wildfire smoke
Scientists race to untangle complex links between exposure and mortality as fire weather grows more prevalentA thousand kilometres from the infernos gorging on northern Ontario’s boreal forests, Erin O’Connor watched the sky above Canada’s biggest city turn an “almost post-apocalyptic” orange as it…
The Guardian
Aug 08, 2026
US promises $1bn in security aid to Colombia as new rightwing president pledges drugs crackdown
Trump ally Abelardo De La Espriella vows to start ‘profound transformation’ of country’s destiny as he is sworn inThe Trump administration plans to provide $1bn in security assistance to the government of Colombia’s new rightwing president, the US state department announced, soon after Abelard…
The Guardian
Aug 08, 2026
Germans hogging the sunloungers? Poll finds Italians and French are worse
British and Germans themselves share stereotype but other nationalities are likelier to put out towels – or umbrellasGermans are sunlounger hoggers, or so the longstanding stereotype goes. But not only is that cultural trope mostly confined to British – and, even more so, German – perceptions, surp…
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
Mythos social engineering AISI INC-2026-07-28-01
Article URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20260731053721/http://github.com/ancaferro/myNetwork/pull/3 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49218707 Points: 27 # Comments: 11
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
NASA to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for yet another year
Article URL: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/voyager/nasa-figured-out-how-to-keep-its-48-year-old-voyager-2-probe-running-for-yet-another-year Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49218179 Points: 118 # Comments: 15
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
The Nixpkgs core team has disbanded
Article URL: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/the-nixpkgs-core-team-has-disbanded/79413 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49217993 Points: 187 # Comments: 84
BBC World
Aug 08, 2026
Scale of devastation shocks US city's fire-seasoned residents
One Spokane resident tells the BBC she realised the immense danger when she heard the fire had jumped over the river.
Hacker News
Aug 08, 2026
Show HN: Modern C++ Build Tools for Module Feature
Anyone like C++'s module features? Feel free to try MCPP and talk with me. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49217761 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
BBC World
Aug 08, 2026
He's been frozen on Everest for 30 years, now 'Green Boots' may finally be coming home
For decades, an Indian man's lime shoes have been a grim trail marker for many climbing the world's highest peak.
The Guardian
Aug 08, 2026
Senior managers at St Basil’s aged care, where 50 died from Covid, can’t remember it all. Grieving loved ones can’t forget
Konstantin Kontis and Vicky Kos were compelled to testify at a coronial inquest resuming on the sixth anniversary of the tragedyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQuiet sobs could be heard in Melbourne’s coroner’s court, as several families attended to finally hear from the …