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Article URL: https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/08/14/everything-is-about-to-go-dark/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49304447 Points: 417 # Comments: 212
Third-party app stores are about to become more visible in Google Play.
Article URL: https://blog.google/security/how-google-is-making-private-ai-practical-with-homomorphic-encryption/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300314 Points: 29 # Comments: 15
Article URL: https://cursor.com/blog/joining-spacex Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49298211 Points: 28 # Comments: 14
"We’ve never seen launch capacity so constrained."
From inflation, to credit card debt, to who's actually doing the spending: These are key takeaways from this week in economic news.
ABS data shows an almost 9% slump in new lending to investors after three interest rate hikes this yearFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn what one economist is describing as a “tiny step” toward a fairer housing market…
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Interim report calls for carve-up deal that has only benefited Western Australia to be ‘reshaped’ as it has achieved almost none of its objectivesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Productivity Commission (PC) has cri…
US groups release cheaper models after new challenges to their trillion-dollar ambitions.
Network wants to serve Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr after president sues over January 6 documentaryThe BBC is trying to subpoena Donald Trump’s children as it builds its defense against the president’s defamation lawsuit centered on a documentary on the January 6 insurrection.In …
Win is significant for region’s premier, Doug Ford, who blames protected zones for city’s traffic illsThe Ontario government is now free to rip out Toronto’s bike lanes on its busiest streets after the region’s top court ruled in favour of the province on Friday, overturning a lower court’s decisio…
It marked the first time a court had heard Mangione describe how he committed a crime that garnered worldwide attention.
Judge warns pro se litigants are using chatbots wrong and getting desperate.
Kalshi ordered to stop offering bets in Washington, must implement geofencing.
Constitutional council says curbs infringe freedom of expression and privacy as president vows to rework legislationFrance’s top court has blocked a ban on social media access for under-15s, ruling that it infringed freedom of expression and privacy.The decision is a blow to President Emmanuel Macr…
The Constitutional Council says it infringes upon freedom of expression - but President Macron vows to prepare a new draft.
Mangione has pleaded guilty to stalking charges in connection with the death of Brian Thompson, a health care executive. A separate judge will decide the future of Mangione's state trial.
Forcing the US president to go "hat-in-hand to Congress" for permission would be "dangerous", the administration says.
Greens say Labor’s reform set to ‘rip life-changing supports away from disabled people instead of raising additional revenue through taxing gas exports’Cross-benchers have slammed the Albanese government’s proposed overhaul of the NDIS as going “too far, too fast” as the changes to curb the growth …
Former 2UE and 2GB radio broadcaster is facing 22 indecent assault and sexual touching charges. Jones, 85, has pleaded not guiltyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA driver for Alan Jones felt violated and trapped when th…
Chris Carter chats with Ars about the film he originally wanted to make—and why it's more relevant than ever.
Senator Warren questions whether Taylor Farms' influence swayed Trump admin.
Move will be one of first large-scale foreign investments in country since US ousted leader Nicolás Maduro in JanuaryBP has answered Donald Trump’s call for oil companies to help rebuild Venezuela’s fossil fuel industry with new plans to develop a large offshore gasfield.BP will partner with two oi…
A new US report said China had moved goods through nations with lower tariffs to dodge higher levies.
Betting on what people say is becoming an increasingly popular category of prediction market sites. Now, federal officials have opened a probe examining whether those markets are a magnet for manipulators.
The storm cut power to more than 20,000 households and left 7,000 people stranded at Tokyo's Narita airport.
Evacuation orders issued for 400,000 as torrential rains hit Chiba prefecture as flooding risks remain high despite rainfall easing At least four people died in eastern Japan after “unprecedented” heavy rain that left nearly 7,000 stranded at Tokyo’s Narita airport, and forced thousands to take ref…
Why is the Sun's corona millions of degrees hotter than its surface? And how does it maintain its inexplicably high temperature?
Kevin Rideout, who was abducted by unknown assailants in Niamey, said to be in good health and in care of US officialsAn American missionary who was kidnapped in Niger in October has been released, his organisation has said.Serving in Mission International said Kevin Rideout “is in good health in t…
Kevin Rideout "is in good health in the care of US officials," SIM International said in a statement, adding he would soon be reunited with his family.
At least eight people died in Japan as heavy rains flooded roads and disrupted traffic while firefighters from Britain to France and Croatia struggled to contain blazes in Europe's fifth heatwave this summer
Deivi Delfín and his brother moved to Colombia after a quake in Venezuela killed their mother, but were caught in another deadly disaster.
Article URL: https://unsung.aresluna.org/solving-a-largely-imaginary-user-goal/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300411 Points: 24 # Comments: 23
Shallow quake hit Indonesia’s Flores region early on Saturday, prompting thousands to seek higher groundA powerful 7.7-magnitude quake struck eastern Indonesia early on Saturday, killing at least five people, causing widespread panic and collapsing buildings and homes in a region prone to deadly ea…
Zimbabwean novelist Sue Nyathi self-funded her debut novel and now asks who can afford to write at all.
From exploring their own backyard to travelling abroad, many Canadians are spending their money elsewhere to send a message to the US president.
In one of the world's fastest aging countries, older people are finding creative ways to stay healthy.
Officials say the blaze, near the port town of Omis, is one of the worst in Croatia's history.
"I shot Mr Thompson in Manhattan and he died," the 28-year-old said after pleading guilty to charges of stalking resulting in death.
Article URL: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3212428/firefox-is-now-the-last-major-browser-that-still-supports-ublock-origin.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49303202 Points: 1473 # Comments: 567
Screen-sharing bug lets remote hackers log in without a password.
Women across the country speak of public floggings, losing their jobs, and barriers to healthcare that endanger lives.
Clint Smith's How the Word Is Passed explores how slavery is — and isn't — taught. And Above Ground includes poems to his children about what their ancestors endured and escaped. He spoke with Fresh Air in 2021 and 2023.
Airline-backed venture aims to develop a hybrid-electric commercial aircraft.
Thousands of sailors on the Lincoln have reportedly faced food shortages and broken plumbing, with some considering jumping overboard.
"We don't have access to the data on the hardware/servers," Iron Mountain told Ars.
Two families have been trapped in their homes in the occupied West Bank for several days.
Civil servants are entitled to extra money for working in difficult or dangerous cities around the world.
Five years after the Taliban swept to power, many are asking whether the West has any bargaining chips left
Millions of drivers across the country are encountering speed cameras for the first time, or will soon. Some don't like it, but advocates say there's clear evidence that cameras make roads safer.
One person killed and hundreds evacuated in Croatia with Germany, Spain and Greece also affectedAlmost 500 people have been arrested on suspicion of starting wildfires in France since the start of the summer, authorities have said, as firefighters in half a dozen European countries tackle ferocious…
Just like all previous summers since the pandemic began, COVID-19 cases are ticking up again, even while other health threats make more headlines.
It turns out that the economics of rocket reuse are pretty, pretty good.
Government launches investigation into potential unsafe practices at Spanish healthcare company Grifols A chain of private plasma donation clinics in Canada has said it is pausing collections after the deaths of two donors and a new government investigation into potential unsafe practices.Grifols, …
Article URL: https://rustdesk.com/blog/unattended-remote-access-wayland/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300759 Points: 28 # Comments: 3
The Stop Killing Games movement faces an uphill battle.
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/frances-top-court-rules-social-media-ban-curtails-freedom-expression-2026-08-14/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300671 Points: 48 # Comments: 10
Article URL: https://rayforcedb.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300615 Points: 14 # Comments: 3
Article URL: https://www.byhand.ai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300568 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Kobe, 18, who made discovery on site of former brewery in Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, at first thought trove was €1 coinsFor a student with a summer job working on a Belgian building site, “money down the drain” has taken on a whole new meaning: excavating the trenches for a sewage system, he stumbled…
Article URL: https://mib-viewer.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300419 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
Firefighters discover body and say more than 40 people hurt in the Lokva Rogoznica and Omiš areasEngland has received just 4mm of rain so far in August, or 6% of the long-term average for the month, the Environment Agency said on Friday, as reported by PA.It follows the driest July on record for th…
Article URL: https://github.com/NanoNets/Graft Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299985 Points: 20 # Comments: 15
Article URL: https://www.mixedbread.com/blog/toast-1 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299746 Points: 68 # Comments: 20
Marine conservationist says deliberate attack would be ‘act of extreme cruelty’ against endangered populationSpanish officials have launched an investigation after the matriarch of an orca pod known for jostling and ramming boats off the Iberian Peninsula was spotted with wounds suggesting she had …
Article URL: https://blog.plover.com/2026/08/02/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299675 Points: 91 # Comments: 34
Article URL: https://kukuroo.cc/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299667 Points: 28 # Comments: 9
The administrative work required to run an effective investment scam has been drastically cut by using merging technologyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWithin days of clicking on an online ad for a cryptocurrency trading app, a 29-year-old Queensland man watched his dash…
Article URL: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B-FP8 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299605 Points: 125 # Comments: 132
Police released the CCTV footage after the art, which was stolen in March, was recovered.
Article URL: https://earth.nullschool.net/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299364 Points: 19 # Comments: 8
Saturday marks the 5th anniversary of the current Taliban rule in Aghanistan. They've had a devastating impact on girls' education. A lesser told story is their impact on the education of boys.
Article URL: https://weightythoughts.com/p/when-genius-failsthe-intellectual Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299282 Points: 145 # Comments: 129
Article URL: https://lxe.github.io/everywebsite/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299222 Points: 502 # Comments: 287
Article URL: https://run.cosmograph.app/public/ca9fd1ad-fe83-4238-8b69-b707c633aef0 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299102 Points: 19 # Comments: 3
Article URL: https://heyjonny.dev/posts/rss-to-eink-newspaper/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299081 Points: 47 # Comments: 19
Article URL: https://e360.yale.edu/digest/australia-home-batteries Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49298910 Points: 192 # Comments: 151
Artworks valued at total of more than $10m were stolen from Magnani Rocca Foundation near Parma in MarchItalian police have recovered three paintings by the French masters Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Henri Matisse that were stolen earlier this year from a private museum near the norther…
Construction workers found the stash in the walls of a cellar while drilling to lay sewage pipes.
Article URL: https://hashagent.pages.dev/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49298088 Points: 27 # Comments: 3
BBC's Top Comment podcast has found a network of Instagram profiles glamourising the swim around the Morocco-Ceuta border fence.
Federal regulators are reviewing 'mention markets' that allow wagers on what public figures will say. And, Democratic lawmakers call for an investigation into conditions on the long-deployed USS Lincoln.
Samsung didn't have to change much this year because its hardware is just that good.
A man is arrested after eight works by the French artist are found at a home in greater São Paulo.
Lawmakers want answers from the Pentagon chief and the U.S. Navy about living conditions aboard the USS Lincoln. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona.
Kevin Rideout, who was kidnapped outside his home in the capital last October, is now with US officials.
Plus, which beloved animal crossed the rainbow bridge, and what bit of papal paraphernalia did Chicago baseball fans get this week?
Czinger used topological design and additive manufacturing to make the brakes.
Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlbanese says gambling inducements are ‘over the top’Albanese said gambling inducements are “over the top and need to be wound back”.Look, we’re working constructively across the parliament to put in place these refo…
Blaze fuelled by hot, dry and windy conditions comes within metres of West Kalimantan rehabilitation centreOrangutans rescued from wildlife traffickers face a new threat from the record number of fires that have broken out in Indonesia in recent weeks.Flames have come within metres of an animal reh…
Airservices boss says planes remained 1km apart so runway incursion ‘didn’t meet mandatory reporting requirements’ but safety bureau is ‘concerned’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe organisation that manages Australia…
Cernavoda shutdown poses immediate problems for Moldova, which relies on Romanian power to cover its own electricity shortagesRomania has been forced to shut down the last working reactor at its only nuclear plant after drought caused the Danube river to fall to record lows – a rare move that wil…
Attorneys for Mangione, who is accused of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, are meeting federal prosecutors on Friday.
Shizuoka Crown melons are part of an important cultural gifting practice in Japan, where they are hand-patted by growers to achieve an even shape and textureThe melons at the centre of a national imbroglio involving the Australian prime minister have the sweetness of a watermelon, the snap of a hon…