
abcnews.com
Trump says Ed Martin, pardon attorney, is departing DOJhttps://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-ed-martin-pardon-attorney-departing-doj/story?id=135849373Martin previously served at the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia from January to May 2025.Aug 21, 2026 9:47 PM

arstechnica.com
Chinese regulators tell Tesla to fix nearly 3 million carshttps://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/08/chinese-regulators-tell-tesla-to-fix-nearly-3-million-cars/Chinese safety regulators have cracked down on doors that don't open in a crash.Aug 21, 2026 6:07 PM

cbc.ca
Ariana Grande blasts Trump team — again — over music used for social posthttps://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ariana-grande-trump-music-social-9.7315673?cmp=rssFor the second time this summer, Ariana Grande is blasting U.S. President Donald Trump's administration for using her music in a TikTok post, which featured her hit track We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love) and even tagged the Grammy-winning performer.Aug 21, 2026 6:03 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: How to Relicense an Old Projecthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49391444I've heard from someone who wants to revive an old abandoned project of mine and asks that I change the license from GPLv3 to LGPL or MIT. I'm willing to do that but I took down the original repo from github a long time ago and there seems to be only a fork that still exists. What's the right way to make it publicly known that I'm changing the license?Aug 21, 2026 5:38 PM
news.google.com
Author Spotlight: “T.R.A.V. – Transparent, Real, Authentic and Vulnerable” by Travis Donnel Belton - ABC27https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxQeHR0NXBBS0Z6b1NHRlR4WW00cEM5RUo3QzV4ZklaSWtkUUUyWlpzYWJtc2Z6cXpJTGEzbEVCcU1DaGdPb3JyTGdWVmpTZjRkTU1uQ0hRYnhJQjJrNlRPQmtOOUR3WFNKWmNmb3prRkYtLXI2Mnl0SXpINjNRUjhDSk9icUZRY1dkUVY2RF9IZlk2VXpWemc1V3FPdHVSZGZhTGZxOTExTnQ1eVpVOUVESTRydUc2TTlIVXppYVUxYkNHVnPSAcgBQVVfeXFMUHpaSkFFRzd6RkJGZW1ycW9fY0ZVQ0FlVWJtRThVdmhaNnFYaDRycF9fNl9kYVVPQ0RGNGZOU2k4N0pvbVlkNmZ0cVpUTkx2dXVXTDFmX2tWeWxtOVYxRDItUjdPekUzOWVfYVFVcTZ4UHB6MkZBZWFXMFMwd2pxLXNGbGxGdzY2b1JyNk5IN0tHdkwxd1ZDa0dYNXFsZXl6bkJxZjZWY1dDYTFHTTNxZTVHVENKRVMxRU5ub3dsUTV4NUhuaEpjS3Y?oc=5Author Spotlight: “T.R.A.V. – Transparent, Real, Authentic and Vulnerable” by Travis Donnel Belton ABC27Aug 21, 2026 5:29 PM
ctvnews.ca
Harvard to pay millions to families after donated body parts sold on black markehttps://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/harvard-agrees-to-us53-million-settlement-over-body-parts-stolen-and-sold-by-former-morgue-manager/Aug 21, 2026 5:20 PM

nasa.gov
NASA’s Artemis II Crew Set to Receive Congressional Space Medal of Honorhttps://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-artemis-ii-crew-set-to-receive-congressional-space-medal-of-honor/President Donald J. Trump will award each of NASA’s Artemis II crew members the Congressional Space Medal of Honor at 11 a.m. EDT on Friday, Aug. 28, during a ceremony at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, […]Aug 21, 2026 5:06 PM
github.com
Show HN: Proliferate- open-source, self-hostable Codex for any coding agenthttps://github.com/proliferate-ai/proliferateHi HN- I'm Pablo, the founder of Proliferate (YC S25)!Proliferate (https://github.com/proliferate-ai/proliferate) is an open-source, self-hostable AI IDE that lets you work and automate tasks with Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor, and Grok in one place.Here's a quick 2m demo of how we use Proliferate to build Proliferate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGNX0oaWmBYI started building Proliferate after my team onboarded to OpenAI Codex. Within days, we were using it for everything: using computer use instead of navigating websites ourselves, having Codex coordinate other agents, and setting up automations for recurring work. We really never needed to leave the desktop app to get work done.If my team’s experience is anything close to representative, a Codex-like app (a horizontal agent with a beautiful UI) is the main interface every company is going to use to get work done. That is perfectly in line with OpenAI’s mission to make Codex the everything app (see: https://news.ycombinatorAug 21, 2026 4:47 PM
tosynch.com
Show HN: Tosynch – reconnect with your friends and meet oftenhttps://tosynch.comI built this app to solve problem I had, and perhaps others too. I have been finding tough stay in touch with friends. Other than occasional hi/hellos, there is lack of meaningful interactions ongoing basis. Tosynch helps with connecting with existing friends, without calendar setup. It does one thing only and focuses on that. There is no hidden agenda of selling personal data for ads, nor any scheme around increasing likes. There is no discovery mechanism, and no public profiles. If we want to reduce our usage of phones and devices, we don't need another app to helps us constrained. We want to create more opportunities to meet people we already know. Tosynch helps increase those opportunities. It nudges after a chosen period, to reconnect and meet. Feedback appreciated.Aug 21, 2026 3:10 PM
theverge.com
Google’s Pixel 10A is a great deal at 15 percent offhttps://www.theverge.com/gadgets/983171/google-pixel-10a-steelseries-gaming-headset-soldering-4k-bluray-deal-saleThis week, all of Google’s Pixel 11 phones launched, including the $899 Pixel 11, the $1,099 Pixel 11 Pro (with the same processor and starting 12GB RAM as the standard model, but with better cameras), and the $1,899 Pixel 11 Pro Fold. They’re good phones, but if you don’t mind missing out on their new, […]Aug 21, 2026 2:35 PM
news.google.com
Father abandons 7-year-old on Mount Fuji to reach summit - WXLVhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMimwFBVV95cUxQTEk3RkhHaVV4eE1abzJ0Y2hkMHlrUU9ybnR4OGx4anA4MXpfR2FYc0hnQkRpNG1Ddkx5ZGFncFlLbm1Ob1EtT2wxeUJCMk9nMHZKb2NMa3ZOZHhlLWhCRE9sQ2doRmwyZ1ZBb3RhVmdYMWJJVkpidzN4VEs0bVl2U01CU2YzdmU4dmh4ZUFtRlEtQ2czZ3BpTHVJWQ?oc=5Father abandons 7-year-old on Mount Fuji to reach summit WXLVAug 21, 2026 2:06 PM

france24.com
Prince Harry and Meghan are returning to the UK with their childrenhttps://www.france24.com/en/video/20260821-prince-harry-and-meghan-are-returning-to-the-uk-with-their-childrenPrince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have decided to return to the United Kingdom for an extended stay starting this fall, but they won’t resume their roles as working members of the royal family, The Associated Press learned Wednesday. The couple's children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, have already enrolled at British schools and will start classes in September, according to a person close to the Sussexes who was not authorized to speak publicly. The family plans to live at a private, non-royal residence outside of London, but plans to maintain their home in Montecito, California, and their vacation property in Portugal.Aug 21, 2026 11:29 AM
nattly.mathswariz.uk
Show HN: For learners who can understand English but freeze when speakinghttps://nattly.mathswariz.uk/Many intermediate learners can understand native English seamlessly, but freeze or revert to clunky, direct translations when forced to speak. Flashcards teach you to recognize words on a screen; they don't teach your brain to produce natural phrases under conversational pressure.To bridge the gao between language recognition and production I have rebuilt Nattly around a four-step loop:Meaning → Attempt → Native Alternatives → ReuseHow it works in practice:Instead of testing vocabulary isolation (“What does held up mean?”), Nattly puts you in a scenario:The Situation: Your friend asks: why you were late?Your Attempt: You answer using whatever words come to mind first.Native Alternatives: The app exposes natural ways a native British speaker would express that exact thought:"The bus held me up.""I got held up by the bus.""The bus was running late."Contextual Reuse: Those constructions reappear later in fresh, non-repetitive scenarios where they make sense contextually.https://nattly.matAug 21, 2026 10:37 AM
news.ycombinator.com
Bexra – an AI-powered growth system for founders who don't know what to do nexthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49386094Aug 21, 2026 10:24 AM
news.google.com
McDonald's SpongeBob x One Piece collab is as bonkers as it sounds - Creative Bloqhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiswFBVV95cUxOeC1BeTU3d19zbV9hTWxQSFAxVEVKQXdXSGhVZDFYYlFITEtxMG1OUUY1NmljbWwzX0hvWlZERXJvQ2FuZTFCenVvM19uXzhfa1VjWktoTVZtVDNBaHVLOTYydUx3bUJjejYwRWZiODRqUHhvcnZ2b1Z5dEl6NTNpVkdUa1ZyZEZ4dXVEYTdGMWNBUGpBVDRkZGNuOUFuUWZudHhvT215Ry15TG11b2ZPTUczYw?oc=5McDonald's SpongeBob x One Piece collab is as bonkers as it sounds Creative BloqAug 21, 2026 10:00 AM
news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: Why does $50M buy just 10% productivity for Enterprises?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49385679I read a report done by KPMG where they mentioned AI spent is above $50m for almost all tech companies above billion dollars and still productivity gain is 10%.What opportunities does it open?Source: https://www.fortuneindia.com/amp/story/technology/ai-adoption-is-near-universal-but-only-10-of-tech-firms-achieve-roi-at-scale-kpmg/154914Aug 21, 2026 9:18 AM
news.google.com
Everything you need to know about Disney's 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Immersive Adventure' - London Theatrehttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi1wFBVV95cUxNaDRlVE94RzZ5UldvbVR6Umhwc0o4dk1lcmVnaGt1Q0RUUjY5UTZ5SzVzeXVteE01MVg1SWU5bTZQZENtX2ViTVc1V0xMeXRGZ1NlSWV1Zk53Z0k4N2N5a2ZKc2IzUjVqajhaOWVFeW5qRXRDR09yQjJKcklBMlA0T1J3X1g5X01neWg0RGVvVUZjQXpDdm5LelI0cTA1aWNZeUFmVzVEeGQtY1dPejF3Z05ld3MzOWRjb1UyZHpDM3NSUVpWT29zMEkzMlJneW9YVXFzdjlwaw?oc=5Everything you need to know about Disney's 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Immersive Adventure' London TheatreAug 21, 2026 8:00 AM
bing.com
It's Time. How to Get Early Access to the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Betahttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88e9d62baf4485bb588caea332053d&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcmag.com%2Fnews%2Fits-time-how-to-access-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-beta-today&c=16021757387558251679&mkt=en-usCan't wait for the next big Call of Duty release? You don't have to. Today marks the start of the early access beta, followed by a five-day open beta. Here's how to join in on the action.Aug 21, 2026 6:57 AM
bing.com
It's Time. How to Get Early Access to the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Betahttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88c6d42e024c659233e1c375488170&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcmag.com%2Fnews%2Fits-time-how-to-access-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-beta-today&c=16021757387558251679&mkt=en-usCan't wait for the next big Call of Duty release? You don't have to. Today marks the start of the early access beta, followed by a five-day open beta. Here's how to join in on the action.Aug 21, 2026 6:57 AM
nytimes.com
Rosie O’Donnell Ends Late Night Stint With a Ditty to ‘Donny Boy’https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/arts/television/rosie-odonnell-jimmy-kimmel-trump.html“It’s kind of weird to think he spent more nights with me this week than Melania,” O’Donnell said of President Trump on her last night guest-hosting “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”Aug 21, 2026 5:44 AM