
cbsnews.com
California high-speed rail could run out of money by December 2027, as authority cuts train order in halfhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-high-speed-rail-run-out-of-money-2027-inspector-general/The watchdog's review warns the $4 billion federal funding loss now leaves the project needing billions in financing within 16 months — as the rail authority acknowledges for the first time that it still has no train contract, has cut its order from six trains to three, and has dropped the "Buy America" requirement.Aug 12, 2026 1:41 AM
bing.com
‘Smiling Friends’ Creators on Their Surprise Emmy Nom: ‘I’ve Never Won Anything. Like, Even at School’http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d541ffded4663858ef05b2ff1829c&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thewrap.com%2Fcreative-content%2Ftv-shows%2Fsmiling-friends-creators-surprise-emmy-nomination-interview-2026%2F&c=13021748398502889753&mkt=en-usZach Hadel and Michael Cusack break down their "accidental Emmy bait" sendoff to Mr. Frog on "Smiling Friends" ...Aug 12, 2026 1:37 AM
bing.com
Zoom Zero-Click RCE: AI Helped Build an Exploit in Under 24 Hourshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d7a1a8dc54a60869662acaff2768e&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.techrepublic.com%2Farticle%2Fnews-zoom-zero-click-rce-zoomsday-ai-exploit%2F&c=6040919988938033860&mkt=en-usResearchers built a Zoom zero-click RCE exploit in under 24 hours using AI, exposing risks to Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android users.Aug 11, 2026 11:23 PM

bbc.co.uk
Fact-checking Trump's claims as he rolls back some recommended vaccineshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9q9dzp97l4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rssThe US president has repeatedly cast doubt on the safety of childhood vaccines, making several misleading claims.Aug 11, 2026 11:16 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Help me build a better bot blockerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49265322I got annoyed enough with bot blockers making me wait several seconds to access a site or go through a CAPTCHA, that I decided to make something better.I'm doing bot filtering/blocking using only Apache config options. I started with a basic filter that blocks HTTP clients that don't support HTTP/2.0, and clients that don't support brotli. To ensure clients don't just spoof brotli support, the root index.html is only available in brotli. I'm planning to add a hidden link to a brotli bomb, since it compresses much better than gzip. A 1GB ASCII repeating sequence compresses to under 1kB. My site has low traffic, under 10k hits per day. With the h2 & br filters active for 2 days, no malicious bot crawlers are getting through.I'd like to increase bot traffic to around 100k hits per day to help test the filters. Any suggestions on how? Perhaps just posting the site here will attract bots: https://solarsi.ca/My intention is a false positive rate of under 0.1%. Please reply with your browser Aug 11, 2026 10:24 PM
bing.com
QB Kyler Murray wins starting job with Minnesota Vikingshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d82b722d14c8abe9f14c15337e6d9&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aol.com%2Farticles%2Fqb-kyler-murray-wins-starting-043218000.html&c=2629684856240347458&mkt=en-usQuarterback Kyler Murray is no longer a member of the Arizona Cardinals, but a number of Cardinals fans will likely follow how he does with the Minnesota Vikings. There was big news from Vikings camp ...Aug 11, 2026 9:32 PM
bing.com
Adidas, Levi’s and David Beckham – which brands won the World Cup?http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d20048d364859b25d8767003965c6&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fathletic%2F7505393%2F2026%2F08%2F12%2Fbrands-world-cup-adidas-levis-beckham%2F&c=13855242435515216672&mkt=en-usIt was the most lucrative World Cup in history and is projected to have generated billions of dollars, but which brands benefitted most?Aug 11, 2026 9:09 PM
recordal.app
Show HN: Get an email when Dario Amodei (or 230 others) gives an interviewhttps://recordal.appI follow a handful of people to understand how they are thinking about the future. I kept finding out weeks later that one of them had sat for an interview somewhere. Subscribing to and tracking tons of YouTube channels and podcasts is a waste of time. So I built Recordal (https://recordal.app/). Pick the people you like and get an email when they do a new interview.The hard part was filtering out news coverage, SEO junk, and re-hosted copies of the original. Nothing is ranked or recommended; the email is chronological.230+ people are tracked so far. If someone you follow is missing, tell me, and I'll add them. I would love any kind of feedback!Aug 11, 2026 8:41 PM
bing.com
Nvidia's $500 Billion Financing Plan Is 20 Times What the Telecom Bubble Ran Onhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cef7866e44cab93c59f23ee722086&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fmoney%2Fcompanies%2Fnvidias-500-billion-financing-plan-is-20-times-what-the-telecom-bubble-ran-on%2Far-AA29TL43&c=1950161009499366308&mkt=en-usThe last hardware buildout financed by the vendors themselves ended with up to 80% of the loans written off. This one runs on Wall Street's capital instead of the vendor's.Aug 11, 2026 8:41 PM

spaceflightnow.com
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFBhttps://spaceflightnow.com/2026/08/11/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-24-starlink-satellites-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-vandenberg-sfb-14/The Starlink 17-49 mission will be the 73rd mission flying SpaceX’s broadband internet satellites to orbit. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled during a window that opens at 7 p.m. PDT (10 p.m. EDT / 0200 UTC).Aug 11, 2026 8:05 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
bing.com
Stoughton town manager denies claims that he interfered in Birchmore casehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d1d51cdf7451f9aee415581720978&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fnews%2Fother%2Fstoughton-town-manager-denies-claims-that-he-interfered-in-birchmore-case%2Far-AA29TnWT&c=5237707389575537991&mkt=en-usStoughton Town Manager Thomas Calter is pushing back against Police Chief Donna McNamara’s claims that he interfered with the police department’s handling of the Sandra Birchmore case. On Tuesday, ...Aug 11, 2026 6:51 PM
heydeacon.com
Show HN: HeyDeacon, AI customer support agent for SaaS foundershttps://heydeacon.comIf you're launching a new webapp, pretty quickly you'll need a way to manage customer queries, onboarding, collate user feedback and track actions with analytics. Deacon is a drop in SDK that does that for you. You can now speak with every site visitor, collate qualitative feedback and use it to iterate and grow faster. Let me know what you thinkAug 11, 2026 6:41 PM
bing.com
Trump’s approval falls to 33% in latest Economist/YouGov pollhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8ccdb877a64ce9a7bbaa06da3f26d1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fpolitics%2Fgovernment%2Ftrump-s-approval-falls-to-33-in-latest-economist-yougov-poll%2Far-AA29SVRZ&c=4002992077223282866&mkt=en-usAn Economist/YouGov poll released Aug. 11 found 33% approval for President Donald Trump, down 3 points from the prior week and the lowest in YouGov tracking sin ...Aug 11, 2026 5:48 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: Are third party gguf/mmproj safe on Llama in production envhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49261767So i had been building a side project screenmind ,sort of local ai desktop assistant, and hit a confusing multimodel failure...texts worked,but vision and image failed no crash just returning . i narrowed it down to unsloths gemma 4 gguf +mmproj broke on llama(atleast thats my hypothesis , feel free to correct me) b10244, and the fix was to just switch to ggml.So is pinning the tested llama build the only option or how do people using llama on production handle thisAug 11, 2026 5:41 PM
github.com
Show HN: Zsort, a fast import organizer for Zighttps://github.com/mstdokumaci/zsortI was missing isort from Python, so I built one for Zig.It can easily sort the imports of the entire Zig language source code. Here is a demonstration:- Imports on top: https://codeberg.org/mustafa-dokumaci/zig/pulls/3- Imports at the bottom: https://codeberg.org/mustafa-dokumaci/zig/pulls/4Aug 11, 2026 5:14 PM
bing.com
¿Tu maleta cumple? Las medidas de equipaje de mano que exigen las principales aerolíneas en 2026http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8b4a705b684ea5927c01e6b2d0a435&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.viveusa.mx%2Fdestinos%2Ftu-maleta-cumple-las-medidas-de-equipaje-de-mano-que-exigen-las-principales-aerolineas-en-2026%2F&c=11598015071865053534&mkt=en-usLa maleta debe poder colocarse en el compartimiento superior. Saber exactamente qué dimensiones acepta tu aerolínea te ayuda a comprar una maleta adecuada y evitar cobros inesperados en el aeropuerto.Aug 11, 2026 5:00 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
bing.com
Your Bank Is Counting on You Not Reading Thishttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d557b9c9e470fb3e41a3dda64437d&url=https%3A%2F%2F247wallst.com%2Fpersonal-finance%2Fsavings-accounts%2F2026%2F08%2F11%2Fyour-bank-is-counting-on-you-not-reading-this%2F&c=12334387721168367455&mkt=en-usThe silence from your bank is intentional, and it is costing you more than you probably realize. A quick look at where your savings actually sit right now might change what you do this afternoon.Aug 11, 2026 4:46 PM
github.com
Show HN: I used an expiring Codex reset to port QtScript to Qt6https://github.com/JulienMaille/qtscript-qt6Hey HN, here is a short story that might be worth sharing.I have an application that has been scriptable with QtScript for years. I can automate and extend it through js, with access to QObjects, signals, slots, properties, etc.Unfortunately, QtScript disappeared with Qt6, so (after a long research) my plan was to migrate to PythonQt. That meant rewriting existing scripts, deploying a Python runtime, and praying that all our scripts would still be feasible with PythonQt. I had no particular desire to do all that, so I had been postponing it. The thinkg about QtScript is that, contrary to Qt, online resources are very scarce, you barely find anything but old forum posts from the 2010sSince I'm on the $20 Codex plan and had 2 resets that was going to expire unused. I thought I might as well spend it on something slightly unreasonable: take the Qt5.15 QtScript sources and see how far I could get on Qt6-> After roughly one hour, I had a smoke test compiling, linking against Qt6 and evaluatAug 11, 2026 4:26 PM