Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
Criminal Deception in Silicon Valley
Article URL: https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/full/10.1287/orsc.2024.19981 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49232318 Points: 9 # Comments: 0
Tech
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy
Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/09/historian-jill-lepore-says-the-tech-industry-is-led-by-bad-readers-who-are-undermining-democracy/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49232221 Points: 82 # Comments: 51
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM
Article URL: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Windows-11-s-built-in-Weather-app-wastes-more-than-1-GB-of-RAM.1364205.0.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49232138 Points: 33 # Comments: 17
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, Native X64 Port
Article URL: https://github.com/jmarshall23/msword Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49228663 Points: 131 # Comments: 56
GitHub Trending (Daily)
Aug 09, 2026
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
Retraction: The App Store Rejection of the Week That Was a Correct Rejection
Article URL: https://daringfireball.net/2026/08/retraction_app_store_rejection_of_the_week Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49228166 Points: 52 # Comments: 4
Markets
Market Movers - NYSE/Nasdaq
Aug 09, 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 09, 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 09, 2026
Israel rejects Trump's 15-point plan for Gaza, Netanyahu says
Israel's PM says its military will not pull out from Gaza until Hamas is "genuinely" disarmed.
The Guardian
Aug 09, 2026
Russian family denied asylum in Finland fear reprisals for pro-Ukraine activism
Nikita and Olga Belov say they will be persecuted on return to Moscow but are yet to convince Finnish authoritiesA Russian family faces deportation from Finland after repeatedly being denied asylum – despite the threat of arrest, imprisonment and potential torture for their pro-Ukrainian activism.N…
The Guardian
Aug 09, 2026
Costa Rican diplomat emerges as strong contender to be first female head of UN
Rebeca Grynspan seen as continuity candidate with tacit support from current secretary general, António GuterresA Costa Rican diplomat and former vice-president whose parents were refugees from the Holocaust has become the surprise frontrunner to lead the United Nations as its first female secretar…
Regulations
BBC World
Aug 09, 2026
Suspected crime boss Daniel Kinahan appears in court after extradition
The Irish Prison Service bought a bulletproof and bombproof van to transport the 49-year-old to court after his extradition from Dubai.
US News
NPR News
Aug 09, 2026
Netanyahu rejects Trump's Gaza Peace Plan, demands Hamas disarm first
Netanyahu's comments come just over a week after President Trump said his Board of Peace had reached a "historic" agreement with Hamas to give up its weapons.
NPR News
Aug 09, 2026
Haunted by Hoover, Trump searches for an endgame in Iran
President Trump is confronting a question that has haunted presidents throughout history: how a war - that has gone on longer than predicted - can reshape a presidency.
India News
BBC World
Aug 09, 2026
How a schoolteacher's son became Kashmir's first India Test cricketer
Auqib Nabi becomes Jammu and Kashmir's first cricketer to get India Test call-up, inspiring millions.
Uncategorized
BBC World
Aug 09, 2026
Evidence that South African special forces murdered top detective shared with BBC
Frans Mathipa was shot while driving - we got access to the prosecution case against eight accused men.
NPR News
Aug 09, 2026
Crews battle wildfires in western U.S. and Canada
There have been 183 new wildfires, including eight large ones, across the U.S. since Saturday, the National Interagency Fire Center reported on Sunday.
NPR News
Aug 09, 2026
Demi Vollering wins Tour de France for the 2nd time
Vollering, who first won the competition in 2023, finished the stage more than a minute ahead of Spaniard Paula Blasi Cairol and 2024 champion Polish rider Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney.
NPR News
Aug 09, 2026
Nearly 30 years after Tupac's death, the trial over his murder will finally begin
In 2023, police charged Duane Davis, also known as "Keefe D," with organizing Tupac Shakur's murder in 1996. Author Ben Westhoff discusses Davis' trial that begins Monday.
BBC World
Aug 09, 2026
How Kinahan's hearing unfolded inside the courtroom in Dublin
Suspected crime boss Daniel Kinahan appeared in court and was charged with directing the activities of a criminal organisation after being extradited from Dubai.
BBC World
Aug 09, 2026
Nigerian army says it safely rescued 33 people kidnapped by gunmen
The people were abducted while travelling through the country's north-western Zamfara state on Saturday.
The Guardian
Aug 09, 2026
Canadian government steps in as ‘out of control’ wildfires force thousands to flee
British Columbia battling 102 fires day and night across province, as breakneck speed hampers firefighters’ effortsCanada’s federal government has announced it will provide urgent assistance to British Columbia after an onslaught of unprecedented fast-moving wildfires that killed one person and for…
The Guardian
Aug 09, 2026
Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall in China as its strongest storm this year
Tropical cyclone brings torrential rain and high winds to east coast after hitting Japan’s southern Okinawa provinceTyphoon Dolphin, the most powerful tropical cyclone to hit China this year, has made landfall on the country’s east coast, bringing torrential rain and strong winds and triggering wa…
The Guardian
Aug 09, 2026
Labour seeking ‘deeper relationship’ with EU under Burnham, new minister says
Exclusive: Hamish Falconer wants ‘sense of renewed pace’ in post-Brexit talks while staying within Labour’s red lines‘I was on my honeymoon!’: Hamish Falconer’s surprise call-up to Burnham’s cabinetThe UK will move faster and be more ambitious on achieving closer ties with Europe under Andy Burnham…
BBC World
Aug 09, 2026
Man arrested after boat capsizes near Statue of Liberty killing woman and infant
A nearby vessel rescued 12 people from the water before police arrived, the US Coast Guard says.
BBC World
Aug 09, 2026
Puerto Rico rations water supplies due to intense drought
Hot weather and ageing infrastructure have led to the rationing, affecting hundreds of thousands of people.
BBC World
Aug 09, 2026
Drones spotted over German base days after Leipzig bomb incident
Police are investigating a drone sighting over a miltary base reportedly used for housing Patriot missile system parts.
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
Every fast write moves work somewhere else
Article URL: https://www.shayon.dev/post/2026/220/every-fast-write-moves-work-somewhere-else/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49232410 Points: 8 # Comments: 1
BBC World
Aug 09, 2026
Ecuador charges ex-minister over presidential candidate assassination case
Prosecutors accuse six others, including the leader of cartel Los Lobos, of having an indirect role in the murder of Fernando Villavicencio.
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
Show HN: Vibez – Open-Source Rust Based Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)
Article URL: https://alexanderwanyoike.github.io/vibez/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49232369 Points: 10 # Comments: 3
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
Human vs. AI – Diff-based line-level provenance for text under agentic editing
Article URL: https://github.com/eighttrigrams/us-vs-them Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49232300 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's
Article URL: https://theconversation.com/taxi-drivers-rarely-die-of-alzheimers-how-complex-mental-maps-and-spatial-reasoning-protect-your-brain-286650 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49232253 Points: 24 # Comments: 14
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
Tom Stanton's supersonic trebuchet breaks sound barrier with gravity alone
Article URL: https://www.techeblog.com/tom-stanton-supersonic-trebuchet/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49232110 Points: 42 # Comments: 11
The Guardian
Aug 09, 2026
China expresses ‘grave concern’ as internal documents reveal suicide warning before death in Melbourne immigration detention
Exclusive: Serious questions raised about whether Chinese citizen was properly monitored at centre run by US prison giantGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe US private prison company running Australia’s immigration system was warned that a newly detained Chinese citizen e…
The Guardian
Aug 09, 2026
Italy condemns Spain’s ‘unacceptable’ border controls as Ceuta fallout intensifies
Travellers caught up in migration row as Madrid introduces checks on visitors from Italy in retaliation for Rome’s moveItaly’s foreign minister has called Spain’s decision to impose retaliatory checks on travellers from Italy “incomprehensible and completely unacceptable” as people making their way…
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
I Wanted to Own the Harness. Then Codex Desktop Won
Article URL: https://jorypestorious.com/blog/portable-agent-factory/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49231838 Points: 9 # Comments: 5
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
Cool URIs Don't Change (1998)
Article URL: https://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49231809 Points: 18 # Comments: 2
The Guardian
Aug 09, 2026
Chinese EV sales surge to new high in Europe putting tariffs under scrutiny
Imports this year now account for 14% of the market amid claims vehicles are being dumped in the EU and UKChinese electric car sales have risen across Europe to a record high driven by strong demand and low tariffs in the UK and a surge in buyers in Italy.Against a backdrop of claims that Chinese c…
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
Show HN: Today's cities on a globe of Earth's tectonic past and future
Article URL: https://douwe.com/projects/tectonic_globe Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49231777 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
A partial digestion of the HRT counterexample
Article URL: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/08/06/a-partial-digestion-of-the-hrt-counterexample/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49231586 Points: 6 # Comments: 1
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
John C. Lilly on solid state intelligence and the elimination of man (1978)
Article URL: https://kibotronics.net/unlisted/lilly-machines/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49231397 Points: 34 # Comments: 14
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
Mea Culpa – Dark Hours
Article URL: https://blog.terrygodier.com/2026/08/09/mea-culpa-dark-hours.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49231154 Points: 274 # Comments: 123
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
Show HN: A Project Oberon System version running on RISC-V instead of RISC-5
Article URL: https://github.com/rochus-keller/OberonSystem/tree/op2-rv32 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49230891 Points: 58 # Comments: 15
BBC World
Aug 09, 2026
Ancient Roman shipwreck discovered off Sicily coast
Italy's culture minister says it is one of the most important underwater archaeological finds in years.
NPR News
Aug 09, 2026
There's a birth control backlash online. Can it explain the rise in abortions?
The number of abortions is up in the United States. Is it because fewer people are using birth control pills?
NPR News
Aug 09, 2026
This rising painter reimagines Renaissance art in a cocoa plantation in Cameroon
A new gallery show in London features the paintings of Marc Padeu, playing with themes from Renaissance art and bringing them to his homeland of Cameroon.
The Guardian
Aug 09, 2026
Body of woman found in suitcase by side of road in regional NSW
Police called to Oallen, about 40km south of Goulburn, on Sunday afternoon after suitcase discovered near Wolgon RoadGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe body of a woman has been found in a suitcase by the side of a road in regional New South Wales south of Goulburn.NSW po…
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
Reviving a four year old reMarkable 2
Article URL: https://oskrim.github.io/hardware/2026/08/09/remarkable-over-ssh.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49230514 Points: 83 # Comments: 63
Ars Technica
Aug 09, 2026
Mount Toba eruption doesn't seem like it could nearly kill our species
The massive Toba eruption seems to have had little climate impact.
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
The Alpha 21264 CPU: NT's Greatest RISC (1998)
Article URL: https://halfhill.com/byte/1998-12_alpha.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49230022 Points: 55 # Comments: 36
NPR News
Aug 09, 2026
Yemen's Houthis claim attack on Aramco oil facility in Saudi Arabia, and other Middle East news
Meanwhile, Iran has made new demands about the restart of negotiations and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and the Pentagon is pressing the U.S. defense industry to accelerate production of weapons.
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
Show HN: Airy – Free, fast, and simple voice content creation
Article URL: https://airy.so Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49229848 Points: 22 # Comments: 12
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
There Are Magic Hexagons of Every Order
Article URL: https://gukov.dev/math/2026/08/02/new-magic-hexagons.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49229174 Points: 141 # Comments: 19
The Guardian
Aug 09, 2026
Sydney gardener fined almost $200,000 for removing 287 trees to improve harbourside mansion’s water views
Local council described incident as ‘worst act of environmental vandalism in Lane Cove history’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt began with a gardener being hired to trim grass at a harbourside mansion in Sydney – and escalated to payments being left in a shoe for the un…
BBC World
Aug 09, 2026
Perez Hilton faces long recovery after self-harm livestream
The US blogger is in a "serious but stable" condition in hospital, according to his family.
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
"The original URL for this prediction will no longer be available in 11 years." (2011)
Article URL: https://longbets.org/601/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49228458 Points: 5 # Comments: 1
The Guardian
Aug 09, 2026
Labor open to ‘sensible amendments’ on gambling reforms, minister says – as it happened
This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCoalition demands NDIS changes focus on fraud, corruptionLiberal frontbencher Tim Wilson also called on the government to focus more on fraud and corruption issues in the NDIS, as the Coalition and Labor negotiate on …
The Guardian
Aug 09, 2026
Labor open to ‘sensible amendments’ to gambling laws after inquiry hears alcohol and cocaine offered to punters
Sources say Albanese government willing to tighten rules on betting inducements but less likely to budge on TV and online advertisementsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government is prepared to tighten rul…
The Guardian
Aug 09, 2026
‘Not enough air traffic controllers’: safety concerns at Sydney airport after Jetstar and Qatar planes involved in near-miss
Planes narrowly avoid collision on tarmac with Jetstar A320 forced to ‘brake firmly’ as Qatar Boeing 777 towed into its pathFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo planes have narrowly avoided a collision on the tarmac of …
The Guardian
Aug 09, 2026
Thailand school shooting toll rises to nine after 12-year-old dies, police say
Teenage girl treated in hospital after Friday’s school shooting has died, police sayThe death toll from a school shooting in Thailand rose to nine on Saturday, after police said a 12-year-old girl caught up in Friday’s incident had died.Police at the Plai Bang Police Station in Nonthaburi Province …
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
The phone book that led us to Assad's spy chief in hiding
Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gyrzn8p94o Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49227686 Points: 34 # Comments: 18
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
Incentives Are for Losers
Article URL: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/incentives-are-for-losers Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49227652 Points: 15 # Comments: 3
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
TheoremDB · A public workspace for machine mathematics
Article URL: https://theoremdb.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49227505 Points: 12 # Comments: 0
BBC World
Aug 09, 2026
Nigeria's mass wedding - and how telling lovers from fraudsters is proving tricky
The scheme is for couples who cannot afford the significant financial costs associated with marriage.
Hacker News
Aug 09, 2026
Melatonin impairs morning cognition in healthy young adults
Article URL: https://academic.oup.com/sleep/article/46/Supplement_1/A34/7181621 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49227365 Points: 13 # Comments: 1
NPR News
Aug 09, 2026
Solar eclipse to occur next week. Here is what to know
It will be visible in parts of the U.S. on Wednesday.
BBC World
Aug 09, 2026
Tonnes of rotting food from vast LA warehouse fire creates unbearable stench
A fire destroyed a warehouse, leaving heaps of rotting chicken, poultry and fish to attract flies and rats.