news.google.com
Delamar Greenwich Harbor named among USA Today’s best waterfront hotelshttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMimgFBVV95cUxObFVTTi10Uy1KY0dxQmtxQlBSalhieVZ3Ylc5TnJxUlVpS3dSNXdjWEVOSW5ia29pZlFycEdZeG5oSkFLZVhDaHpVdExZb3o2ajcxWlJYZUV5UjIwOVFkc25ma0hNS01BRTVpbmF4SXpCZzd1MFBDdWFIN1hjcGE2QjU4RVVmY0JvQWV6LUpFajNvUHc0TTZJc29n?oc=5Delamar Greenwich Harbor named among USA Today’s best waterfront hotels New Haven RegisterAug 12, 2026 7:42 PM
txta.dev
Show HN: I made a fun secure way to DM devs on GitHubhttps://txta.dev/Do you ever want to DM a developer on github? Or are a dev yourself and don't want to share your email?Introducing https://txta.dev - as long as you have an existing Github account and a public key you can send/receive messages securely which only the recipient can read!It's like facebook poking for devs!Send me a message with this command :)npx txtadev smashah "hello world"Aug 12, 2026 7:41 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Show HN: Reallyfrom.me – vouch that your message is from youhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49275954Having a message sent from someone who cared enough to read and write that message to you is important. But with agentic and autonomous methods of sending messages, it's harder to trust that any effort has gone into writing a message.So we created ReallyFrom.me -- write a message, generate a hash code and send the message to whomever with the link we create. The recipient can paste your message to confirm that it's identical. You can also have an option to make your message public on the verification page -- prolly good for public figures.Example #1 ///Public verification ///Hello world, I really like green eggs and ham.-ZakVerify: www.reallyfrom.me/zak/3XXY7GVExample #2 ////Private verification ////Please don't let them know I really hate green eggs and ham.-ZakVerify: www.reallyfrom.me/zak/VW5ZLNRAug 12, 2026 5:33 PM
nasa.gov
NASA Astronaut Mike Fincke Leaves NASA, Career Includes 4 Spaceflightshttps://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-astronaut-mike-fincke-leaves-nasa-career-includes-4-spaceflights/NASA astronaut Mike Fincke is departing the agency on Wednesday after 30 years of service. Throughout his career, he flew four missions, spent 549 days in space, and completed nine spacewalks in support of the International Space Station. “Few people have had the opportunity to shape as many chapters of NASA’s history as Mike Fincke,” […]Aug 12, 2026 4:03 PM
trunchbull.dev
Show HN: Trunchbull, run real models against any benchmark in your browserhttps://trunchbull.devHi HN,Today I'm showcasing Trunchbull, a benchmarking platform designed for authoring benchmarks and running them against different models. We have direct support for benchmarks that use the harbor authoring system, custom tool authoring via the vercel ai sdk and configuration limits.We've also already imported terminalbench 2.0, as a sort of proof of concept that our harbor task orchestrator works, although you currently need a paid account as we are provisioning sandbox environments.I've made several popular benchmarks publicly available for testing. You dont need an account or your credit card information to access these:[Public benchmark demos](https://trunchbull.dev/sandboxes)[GSM8K math reasoning](https://trunchbull.dev/try/gsm8k)[SkateBench](https://trunchbull.dev/try/skatebench)[ARC-Challenge](https://trunchbull.dev/try/arc-challenge)[TruthfulQA](https://trunchbull.dev/try/truthfulqa-mc1)[Medical AI Failure Atlas](https://trunchbull.dev/try/medical-ai-failure-atlas)These demos Aug 12, 2026 3:14 PM
theguardian.com
At least 44 dead after overcrowded ferry capsizes on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwehttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/12/zimbabwe-lake-kariba-ferry-capsizeOperation under way to rescue dozens missing after boat overturned by waves at world’s largest human-made lakeAt least 44 people have died after an overcrowded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe, police said.The boat had a capacity of 90 people, but was carrying 114 adult passengers, five crew members and an unknown number of children, Zimbabwe’s civil protection unit (CPU) said earlier on ...Aug 12, 2026 12:21 PM
spacenews.com
One species, one planet: The moon is our ethical dress rehearsal for Marshttps://spacenews.com/one-species-one-planet-the-moon-is-our-ethical-dress-rehearsal-for-mars/Bruce Jakosky, Scott Hubbard and their colleagues have given us a masterclass in pragmatic systems engineering. Their recent SpaceNews editorial titled “Laying the groundwork for the first human mission to […] The post One species, one planet: The moon is our ethical dress rehearsal for Mars appeared first on SpaceNews.Aug 12, 2026 12:00 PM
bing.com
Best streaming services (2026)http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8974bf41594bb1a71151f8ff266eaa&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fguides%2Fstreaming%2Fbest-streaming-services&c=12511885927937177807&mkt=en-usWhen you buy through our links, Business Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more It might be hard to remember now, but there was once a time when must-have streaming services started and ...Aug 12, 2026 11:49 AM
news.ycombinator.com
Fifty Ways to Hose Your Codehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49270224The problem's all inside your code she said to meRecursion's very easy if you take it logicallyI'd like to help you in your struggle to learn CThere must be fifty ways to hose your codeShe said it's really not my habit to #includeAnd I hope my source code won't be lost or misconstruedBut I'll recompile it at the risk of getting screwedThere must be fifty ways to hose your codeJust muck up the stack, JackLeave out an &, StanMake a bad call, PaulAnd set your pointers freeHog up the bus, GusYou don't need to recurse muchJust hit the wrong key, LeeAnd listen to meShe said it grieves me to see you compile againI wish there was some hardware that wasn't such a painI said I appreciated that and would you please explainAbout the fifty ways.She said why don't we both just work on it tonight.And I believe by morning we'll have it running right.Then she hosed me and I realized she probably was rightThere must be fifty ways to hose your code.Fifty ways to hose your code.Just lose the address, LesCAug 12, 2026 10:29 AM
discoveredmaterials.com
Launch HN: Discovered Materials (YC P26) – AI agents to discover new materialshttps://discoveredmaterials.com/research/Hey HN, we're Advaith and Akash from Discovered Materials ( https://discoveredmaterials.com/ ). We build AI agents that discover new materials for the semiconductor industry.GPUs today have a heat problem. Nvidia & AMD are almost doubling the TDP (Thermal Design Power) in every chip they release - the H100 (released 2022) has a TDP of 700W, Blackwell (2024) gives out 1.2 kW and Rubin (2026) gives out at 2.3 kW of heat. This trend is expected to continue, and getting rid of this heat is one of the major reasons datacenters consume so much power and water today - they need it to keep chips cool during operation.The amount of heat produced by a chip and its ability to dissipate it are both influenced by the materials used to make it. For example, we could reduce the energy per bit required to move data between logic and memory by 10-50x by 3D packaging chips (placing HBM memory stacks directly on top of logic chips, instead of placing them beside logic on a 2D circuit board). However, we'Aug 12, 2026 7:51 AM
latimes.com
How to help Colombians after devastating 7.4 magnitude earthquakehttps://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2026-08-11/colombia-earthquake-help-donations-resourcesAfter a 7.4 magnitude earthquake in western Colombia, thousands have been left without basic needs and hundreds have died. Here are some organizations to visit to help out those in need in Colombia.Aug 11, 2026 8:34 PM
science.nasa.gov
NASA Completes Astronaut-Deployed Science Instrument for Lunar Surfacehttps://science.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/nasa-completes-astronaut-deployed-science-instrument-for-lunar-surface/NASA has declared “wrenches down” on the first completed payload designed for Artemis astronauts to deploy on the Moon’s surface. Engineers working on NASA’s Lunar Environment Monitoring Station, or LEMS, have completed hardware development and testing and the payload is ready for its permanent home near the lunar South Pole. With the hardware complete, LEMS […]Aug 11, 2026 7:41 PM
rfi.fr
UN says 2 staff arrested by Afghan intelligence agencyhttps://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20260811-un-says-2-staff-arrested-by-afghan-intelligence-agencyTwo staff members of the United Nations mission in Afghanistan have been arrested by the country's intelligence agency, the world body told AFP on Tuesday, adding that it had no access to them for two…Aug 11, 2026 7:26 PM
argmin.dev
Show HN: Argmin, challenges for optimizing hard problemshttps://argmin.devI want to share a project I've been working on called argmin.dev. It's a platform for hard optimization problems where a solution can be checked deterministically.For a bit of background, I've always found these types of problems interesting. The really difficult optimization problems where techniques like gradient decent don't work, or where even finding a feasible solution is difficult (e.g. square packing). I've worked on these independently for fun and have created this project as a way to share the problems I find interesting with the community. I am curious to see how far others can push these.Each challenge is defined by its verifier, a program that will enforce the constraints, and evaluate the objective function. The verifiers are open-source per challenge, so users can check their solutions against it before submitting. The platform keeps a record of submissions and will update the leaderboard each time someone finds a new record. Because the verifier is the spec, any loopholAug 11, 2026 4:51 PM
username.md
Show HN: Username.md – a signed, agent-readable identity page you ownhttps://username.md/Hi HN. I'm Chris Bergeron, an SRE by profession but a general technologist in my spare time. Projects I've built have been featured in books, frontpaged on news aggregators and chronicled on my blog.Today, I'm announcing https://username.md !username.md is a single identity URL: username.md/ - that content-negotiates on the `Accept` header. It serves an HTML profile page; an agent or curl gets Markdown, JSON, JSON-LD, or a JWT. The same URL serves different representations based on request header. So the page a human reads and the data a machine parses never drift apart.The interesting part is that every response can be signed and verified. Each handle gets an ED25519 keypair (private key AES-GCM-wrapped at rest), publishes a did:web document, and serves RFC 9421 signed responses. Claims about you — GitHub, a domain you control, an ATProto handle — are W3C Verifiable Credentials, verified before they're shown (e.g. domain ownership via a DNS-TXT challenge). So "this is really them" canAug 11, 2026 3:54 PM
arab.news
Attackers kill 60 people in South Sudan cattle raid: local officialhttps://arab.news/r5ma9JUBA: Armed attackers have killed at least 60 people in central South Sudan, according to local officials and media, in the country’s latest deadly cattle raid. The young nation has long been plagued by violent cattle raids but is now also seeing clashes between troops loyal to President Salva Kiir and forces loosely allied with the opposition. Two simultaneous attacks in Tonj North County, Alabek Payam in Warrap State, at around 4:00 am Sunday morning, resulted in the death of at least 60 people including 15 attackers, according to a local official.Aug 11, 2026 2:51 PM
trykeet.com
Launch HN: Keet (YC S24) – An app to create video courses on anythinghttps://www.trykeet.com/Hi HN! We’re Zack and Tommy the Co-Founders of Keet (https://trykeet.com). We are building a mobile app that generates courses on any topic, with short videos for explanation and games for reinforcement. Courses mirror a real curriculum to help you learn over an extended period of time.Tommy and I met in linear algebra class in college and spent the next 4 years taking classes together. Our friendship was formed around learning new things. In school, someone else designs the curriculum, delivers the content, and writes the assessments. All you have to do is show up. Learning without this structure was frustrating, and there was a lot of friction to get started.Zack has a coffee obsession and struggled to assemble youtube videos, conversations with ChatGPT, and the books he was reading into a coherent understanding of all of the different variables that go into brewing a cup of coffee. His attempts gave him the freedom to follow his curiosity, but the instructional design was difficult.Aug 11, 2026 2:48 PM
bing.com
300 French newspapers file complaint over Google AI overviewshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85ea15e0e14a4fa17f03f64e09cec3&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.msn.com%2fen-us%2fnews%2fother%2f300-french-newspapers-file-complaint-over-google-ai-overviews%2far-AA29RlQT&c=10304764128201286387&mkt=en-usPublishers say Google's AI-generated search summaries have reduced referral traffic and may breach a news compensation agreement.Aug 11, 2026 10:21 AM
bing.com
300 French newspapers file complaint over Google AI overviewshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e7f958354712987dfd9bcc1d9072&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.msn.com%2fen-us%2fnews%2fother%2f300-french-newspapers-file-complaint-over-google-ai-overviews%2far-AA29RlQT&c=10304764128201286387&mkt=en-usPublishers say Google's AI-generated search summaries have reduced referral traffic and may breach a news compensation agreement.Aug 11, 2026 10:21 AM
bing.com
New AI method reconstructs architectural lineages to guide heritage conservationhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a893046ddfb42f2b2e06aa8a5782996&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fmoney%2Fother%2Fnew-ai-method-reconstructs-architectural-lineages-to-guide-heritage-conservation%2Far-AA29Rosd&c=3609214896812257349&mkt=en-usResearchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) College of Design and Engineering (CDE), led by Professor Heng Chye Kiang (NUS Department of Architecture), have developed a computational ...Aug 11, 2026 10:20 AM
