
apnews.com
Shanghai cancels at least 1,300 flights as Typhoon Dolphin hits China's eastern coasthttps://apnews.com/article/typhoon-dolphin-d40f4d49b0d89935366f360f1f13afd8Typhoon Dolphin has hit China’s eastern coast after forcing over 300,000 people to preemptively relocate.Aug 9, 2026 3:49 AM
benzi.fly.dev
Show HN: Try Benzi – A coding harness/agent beating Claude Code itself on Sonnethttps://benzi.fly.dev/aboutHi y'all. Been working on something that should've been made a long time ago imo. It compiles codebases into O(1) hashmaps that the agent queries to discover the structure of your code/answer questions/write code.It also does complete static analysis checks on any writes the agent makes.Don't take my word for it though. Here are the benchmarks: https://benzi.fly.dev/benchmark. on 2/20 tests, Claude Code (mostly Sonnet on one task) regressed or timed out. Benzi didn't because of course, it has a map it can query and not get lost in the sauce. On the other 18 it is cheaper, faster, or often both.Would love to get some early adoption and criticism!(Only available on Windows for now. soz. and also keep an eye on the benchmarking page; I think I can push it far more -- no promises, still work in progress. Haven't thoroughly tested greenfielding experience either.)(another note: VS Code extension/website is running DeepSeek V4 flash. not Sonnet. Everything mostly built with CC Sonnet tho )Aug 8, 2026 10:47 PM

japantimes.co.jp
Typhoon Dolphin hits Okinawa, with China shutting ports ahead of landfallhttps://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/08/japan/typhoon-dolphin-okinawa/The storm left five people injured and cut power to 14,000 buildings in the prefecture.Aug 8, 2026 4:43 AM
electrek.co
Mitsubishi joins the humanoid robot race, at a 1k unit per month pacehttps://electrek.co/2026/08/07/mitsubishi-joins-the-humanoid-robot-race-at-a-1000-unit-per-month-pace/Aug 8, 2026 1:09 AM
theatlantic.com
How the U.S. Squandered Its Strategic Advantagehttps://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/08/shortage-weapons-shaping-war-iran/688201/Aug 7, 2026 12:02 AM
edalex.com
Edalex Expands Its Consulting Practice with Skills-First Serviceshttps://www.edalex.com/news/edalex-rich-skill-descriptor-rsd-library-openrsd-integrated-new-muzzy-lane-release-ai-driven-skillbuild-platform/Aug 6, 2026 4:35 AM
digiday.com
Sony scales up its PlayStation advertising ambitionshttps://digiday.com/media-buying/sony-is-scaling-up-its-playstation-advertising-ambitions/Aug 6, 2026 1:31 AM
indianexpress.com
Kerala wants some of its forest spots taken off Google Mapshttps://indianexpress.com/article/explained/kerala-illegal-geotagging-forests-ecologically-sensitive-maps-10815986/Aug 5, 2026 5:06 AM
bing.com
McDonald's names company veteran Skye Anderson as its U.S. president as growth in its largest market slowshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a56e670cb4695b00ce46fdf23b015&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2026%2F08%2F04%2Fmcdonalds-skye-anderson-us-president.html&c=4076370419616715752&mkt=en-usMcDonald's new U.S. President Skye Anderson has been with the company for 26 years and succeeds Joe Erlinger in the role.Aug 4, 2026 4:01 AM
latimes.com
Democratic states urge Supreme Court to block Trump's new limits on mail ballotshttps://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-08-03/democratic-states-urge-supreme-court-to-block-trumps-new-limits-on-mail-ballotsPresident Trump's executive order required the U.S. Postal Service to use state-by-state lists of eligible voters who may send a ballot by mail.Aug 3, 2026 7:43 PM

latimes.com
California produced over half its May electricity from solar, a world recordhttps://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-07-31/california-produced-over-half-its-may-electricity-from-solar-world-recordNew batteries to store solar electricity and low demand in May both contributed to high percentage of electricity that came from solar.Jul 31, 2026 10:00 AM
tomthe.github.io
Show HN: Wikipedia Importance Map. Every article sized by its pagerank on a maphttps://tomthe.github.io/wiki-importance-map/I extracted all Wikidata items with geocoordinates, joined them with pageview statistics [1] and wikipedia pagerank scores [2] to define their label sizes. For some entities without coordinates, I used proxies: Birthplace for humans, port of registry for ships, city of the headquarters for companies.I created a version a year ago without AI. It was already interesting, but lacked a lot of polish and functionality. Now it was fun to complete it with coding agents.You can toggle the different categories on and off in the UI. People and places are off by default, because they overshadow everything else and humans overlap so much. But please turn it on if you want to see where "important" humans have been born.And the search works with a completely static index and range requests.[1]: https://github.com/athalhammer/danker [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRankJul 29, 2026 8:40 AM
latimes.com
Jordan faces a dilemma in its growing role in the U.S.-Iran warhttps://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-07-28/jordan-faces-dilemma-in-its-growing-role-in-u-s-iran-warIran fired missiles into Jordan last week, killing three American service members. Jordan's growing role in the war is prompting uncomfortable conversations for the desert nation's leaders.Jul 28, 2026 10:00 AM
latimes.com
Measles hits U.S. record not seen since 1991; California seen as vulnerablehttps://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-07-24/measles-cases-us-recordThere have been 2,318 measles cases reported across the nation this year, according to the CDC. That's higher than in any year since a significant nationwide measles epidemic from 1989 to 1991.Jul 24, 2026 7:07 PM
brandbrahma.com
Show HN: AI agents that go from naming your startup to running its marketinghttps://www.brandbrahma.com/Solo founder from Bengaluru built an agentic ai platform for business naming to marketing.Jul 23, 2026 6:20 AM
latimes.com
They built AI. Now Silicon Valley workers protest its threat to jobs and humanityhttps://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-07-22/they-built-ai-now-silicon-valley-workers-protest-its-threat-to-jobs-humanityActivists, tech workers and more are sounding the alarm about AI's risks and proposing various solutions to curb technology's risks that include job displacement.Jul 22, 2026 10:01 AM
bing.com
Penske, Mitsui bid $210 per share to take Penske Automotive Group privatehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88c3e162664c1eb3e62390b8a1386f&url=https%3A%2F%2Ffinance.yahoo.com%2Fmarkets%2Fstocks%2Farticles%2Fpenske-mitsui-bid-210-per-153406548.html&c=13085883642148060957&mkt=en-usThe bid places PAG squarely in the crosshairs of a controlling-shareholder buyout, meaning minority investors face a take-it-or-leave-it dynamic with limited recourse to a competing offer. Penske ...Jul 22, 2026 8:34 AM
bing.com
Xbox loses another top executive as VP of Engineering quits after just 2 monthshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e2b18cf44c5caaaec85da08ff79d&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.indiatoday.in%2ftechnology%2fnews%2fstory%2fxbox-loses-another-top-executive-as-vp-of-engineering-quits-after-just-2-months-2953399-2026-07-22&c=3331982818411715768&mkt=en-usJared Palmer has left Xbox weeks after being named vice president of engineering and adviser to Asha Sharma. His exit removes a key executive brought in to work on developer tools, infrastructure and ...Jul 21, 2026 10:54 PM
bing.com
Xbox loses another top executive as VP of Engineering quits after just 2 monthshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85eb2e054d4f89bc5aebf40123002b&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.indiatoday.in%2ftechnology%2fnews%2fstory%2fxbox-loses-another-top-executive-as-vp-of-engineering-quits-after-just-2-months-2953399-2026-07-22&c=3331982818411715768&mkt=en-usJared Palmer has left Xbox weeks after being named vice president of engineering and adviser to Asha Sharma. His exit removes a key executive brought in to work on developer tools, infrastructure and ...Jul 21, 2026 10:54 PM
bing.com
Xbox loses another top executive as VP of Engineering quits after just 2 monthshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85c9b70a87474ba91db88bc757cf54&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.indiatoday.in%2ftechnology%2fnews%2fstory%2fxbox-loses-another-top-executive-as-vp-of-engineering-quits-after-just-2-months-2953399-2026-07-22&c=3331982818411715768&mkt=en-usJared Palmer has left Xbox weeks after being named vice president of engineering and adviser to Asha Sharma. His exit removes a key executive brought in to work on developer tools, infrastructure and ...Jul 21, 2026 10:54 PM