zoneless.com
Show HN: Open-source Stripe Connect alternativehttps://zoneless.comHey, I'm Ben. I built Zoneless because I was paying so much to use Stripe Connect on my own marketplace. The fees were really, really bad, and it was also limiting in terms of the seller countries I could onboard. To give you an idea, I was paying around $9,000 per month in fees just to run payouts. Using Zoneless, that cost goes down to around $6.I've been using it personally for the past few months, and onboarded 5,000+ sellers and done 3,000+ payouts. 74% of new sellers on my marketplace choose Zoneless over Stripe, which is really interesting. I appreciate crypto and stablecoins are a bit of a touchy subject, but for this use case of sending global payouts cheaply, it's perfect.The project is open source with an Apache 2.0 licence, which means there's the benefit of no lock-in and no risk of your account getting flagged or shut down. It also has an almost identical API and dashboard to Stripe.Would love to hear any feedback you may have in the comments.Aug 20, 2026 2:38 PM
pub.doub.ly
Show HN: Check if any of the $656M in unclaimed royalties at The MLC is yourshttps://pub.doub.ly/Hi HN, I built this. Quick background on why it exists:When music is streamed on digital streaming platforms (think Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora), there are two separate royalty streams: one for the recording, paid through your distributor (DistroKid, TuneCore, CDBaby), and one for the underlying work (generally known as publishing). The work side's mechanical royalties are collected by The MLC, a nonprofit that was created by the 2018 Music Modernization Act (MMA). If you haven't registered your songs with The MLC, there are issues with your metadata, or about half a dozen other reasons, that money will never reach you, it just collects in a big pile we call the "black box".That pile is big. The MLC's own dashboard currently shows over $656M is held (themlc.com/blanket-royalties), and the biggest problem is the MMA dictates that The MLC cannot hold that money indefinitely. At some point, by law, The MLC must distribute this big pile of cash, and since they don't know who it's supposeAug 20, 2026 2:38 PM
bing.com
Broward readies to vote on pulling fire-rescue from the Sheriff’s Officehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a897c6138544cc7ad82a864ad6fd5af&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sun-sentinel.com%2F2026%2F08%2F20%2Fbroward-readies-to-vote-on-pulling-fire-rescue-from-the-sheriffs-office%2F&c=14819890052791620613&mkt=en-usThe Broward County Commission put the Sheriff’s Office on notice Thursday that it’s serious about taking back control of the county’s fire-rescue service after more than 20 years. Elected officials ...Aug 20, 2026 2:25 PM
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31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade holds change of command ceremony at Fort Sillhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d7d9174c2488189f632fca7b1f79e&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fsociety-culture-and-history%2Fgeneral%2F31st-air-defense-artillery-brigade-hold-change-of-command-ceremony-at-fort-sill%2Far-AA2aAZ18&c=12010287515331513064&mkt=en-usA Change of Command Ceremony was held for the 31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade at Fort Sill on Thursday.Aug 20, 2026 2:21 PM
bisecto.com
Show HN: Bisecto – A minimalist game about cutting shapes into 50/50 halveshttps://bisecto.com/Hey HN,I built Bisecto (https://bisecto.com), a minimalist browser game with one simple mechanic, cutting (bisecting) a procedural 2D shape into two exact 50/50 halves with a single straight line.Confession: I got completely hooked watching those viral reels of people trying to cut fruits and vegetables into perfectly equal halves, and that was my inspiration for this game :D I've been writing code for 12+ years, but for this project I leaned heavily on LLMs to quickly spin up this game, I thought it's going to be quick, but it took me some time (around 2 weeks) to make the game the way I want it to be.A few game modes to try: - Classic: Endless run, you get to choose difficulty and line cutting mode- Arcade mode: You get 3 lives, you have to keep accuracy above 95%.- Daily challenge: A shared daily seed, 10 identical shapes for everyone, see how you rank.- Friends challenges: Create a challenge and send it to your friends and see who is better at cutting shapes in half.Under the hood:Aug 20, 2026 2:15 PM
bing.com
Vatican says 'serious concerns' over Israel-Lebanon deal implementationhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d5e992aa04f96a03c5777e2bfa4a9&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-ph%2Fnews%2Fother%2Fvatican-says-serious-concerns-over-israel-lebanon-deal-implementation%2Far-AA2aB6r3&c=18168187451979929833&mkt=en-usVATICAN CITY— The Vatican expressed "serious concerns" Thursday about problems implementing a US-brokered deal between Israel and Lebanon, following a meeting between Pope Leo XIV and Lebanese ...Aug 20, 2026 2:14 PM
github.com
Show HN: Omacosy – Omarchy-style tiling desktop for macOS, no SIPhttps://github.com/paulsp94/omacosyI have been using omarchy on my tower since nearly a year now, shortly after it was released first. I really love the experience I am having with it but I still use my macbook for daly work, so I wanted to recreate a similar experience on it. Thats why I created omacosy, a setup for tiling windows, custom menu bar, some themes from omarchy, focus follows mouse, focus rings around windwos, some mac flavors with trackpad events and a custom mission control overview for your workspaces.I used AeroSpace over yabai for the tiling window manager because I didnt wanted to compromise on SIP which is a mac security feature. It is supposed to be keyboard first like omarchy to move windows organize workspaces etc The setup runs around 157mb of ram and consists of AeroSpace, Karabiner (for the super key), and five small self build swift binaries.I am running it daily on my M1 max macbook, currently on macOS26. I havent tested it much on other macbooks or macOS versions. The install script creates Aug 20, 2026 2:12 PM
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Mine collapses in the Central African Republic - CNNhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMilgFBVV95cUxNX2xONVphQTB3eUVMMW9tU2pmdVVYckx3UHRUOTBHM19BNXk2SW5yS1BjQnMzY2YyQ1NJQzU3bmZtZ1B3MzVEX2drUk8xb3VUd1JsNGdCVmhQN3lDa2loR1NhRFAxZ09JbzVWYWFrdkoyT2YyT0xMcnhJVTBUNmRVWUxxSVc4S0thSkhfTzRycFZ2cW9xY0E?oc=5Mine collapses in the Central African Republic CNNCentral African Republic closes informal gold mine after collapse kills at least 49 ReutersTrump administration deports immigrants to dangerous Central African Republic CBS NewsAug 20, 2026 2:10 PM
bing.com
Welcome mat: HGTV revives the '90s plus new home cleaning hackshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cae9b40f24a19a4e8d201c85b6546&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fhome-and-garden%2Fhome-improvement%2Fwelcome-mat-hgtv-revives-the-90s-plus-new-home-cleaning-hacks%2Far-AA2aAfJ1&c=6599698243477343379&mkt=en-usFrom a new HGTV '90s renovation show to Detroit sidewalk sales and cleaning hacks, here is your weekly home update.Aug 20, 2026 2:01 PM
bing.com
Welcome mat: HGTV revives the '90s plus new home cleaning hackshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cf60dd182459796c528f3e4920308&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fhome-and-garden%2Fhome-improvement%2Fwelcome-mat-hgtv-revives-the-90s-plus-new-home-cleaning-hacks%2Far-AA2aAfJ1&c=6599698243477343379&mkt=en-usFrom a new HGTV '90s renovation show to Detroit sidewalk sales and cleaning hacks, here is your weekly home update.Aug 20, 2026 2:01 PM
bing.com
Parkland planetarium set to host lunar eclipse telescope viewing eventhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d5f96fb754ae69161625c7688e7cd&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yahoo.com%2Fnews%2Fscience%2Farticles%2Fparkland-planetarium-set-host-lunar-205144771.html&c=7820689093466358814&mkt=en-usThe planetarium at Parkland College is hosting a viewing event for the lunar eclipse set to take place later this month. In a release Thursday, the school said its William M.Aug 20, 2026 1:51 PM
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Is this AWS RI/SP simulation engine interesting / valuable?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49374412TLDR; This AWS RI/SP tool we built might have unique features that are important especially for companies running large, high-variability workloads with high coverage targets. We want feedback on how true that is and whether we should open this up to others, possibly even for free or as OSS.Setup: We're a small cloud cost consultancy, but not a tools vendor. We do build a lot of internal tooling for our own use. We serve companies spending 7- to 9-figures (USD) annually.One of the internal tools we built over the past several years is a simulation engine for RIs/SPs that can do a number of things, some of which we believe might be one-of-a-kind in the space today and could be valuable to others.1.) Visualize the entire commitment savings/discount curve for any commitment type (any RI, any SP, of any flavor), showing the exact savings achieved and the marginal discount rate at every level of commitment. This unlocks what we feel is the best purchasing strategy: "buy SP dollars or RI uniAug 20, 2026 1:36 PM
bing.com
Vertex Pharmaceuticals' Rally Has a New Engine -- and Wall Street Thinks the Best Is Still Aheadhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d793535e84999866c355d10e4e2e0&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fool.com%2Finvesting%2F2026%2F08%2F20%2Fvertex-pharmaceuticals-rally-has-a-new-engine-and%2F&c=6897875611753552154&mkt=en-usThe company's latest launch in this field, Alyftrek, can be taken once daily -- versus twice a day for the one before that. And Vertex's Trikafta and Alyftrek can now target about 95% of CF patients, ...Aug 20, 2026 1:30 PM

arstechnica.com
Reverse-lookup service exposed millions of photos of people’s faceshttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/reverse-lookup-service-exposed-millions-of-photos-of-peoples-faces/People-search tool ClarityCheck left database containing more than 9M image files exposed.Aug 20, 2026 1:29 PM
bing.com
With AI, Founders Are Building The Tools They Always Wished They Hadhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d61060f1c4633a80af3dc1848d593&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fallbusiness%2F2026%2F08%2F20%2Fwith-ai-founders-are-building-the-tools-they-always-wished-they-had%2F&c=1978022648278501861&mkt=en-usWe talked to the founder of GovKodo about how AI is changing business and what it means for entrepreneurs who are looking for solutions to everyday problems.Aug 20, 2026 1:29 PM
scibly.com
Show HN: Open-source tool turning company knowledge into Duolingo-like courseshttps://www.scibly.com/de/My buddy and I have been working on a side project for the past few months called Scibly.The idea is pretty simple:Companies already have an incredible amount of knowledge sitting in PDFs, documentation, internal wikis, etc. The problem is turning all of that information into something employees can actually learn from and retain.For this reason we decided to build Scibly, a tool that automatically turns boring company knowledge into interactive, Duolingo-like (but better) learning experiences.Today, we decided to open-source the whole thing.We're still pretty inexperienced when it comes to open source, so we'd genuinely love to hear your feedback, whether that's about the product, the idea, the codebase, or how we're approaching the project.Short product demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcpLUNBRhQwGithub: https://github.com/scibly-dev/sciblyWould love to hear what you guys think!Aug 20, 2026 1:11 PM
bing.com
Marvel’s Runaways Star Officially Cast in Snoop Dogg Biopichttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d3632c8454893acbe1dce325c6021&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yahoo.com%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2Farticles%2Fmarvel-runaways-star-officially-cast-200905203.html&c=17727727702272033381&mkt=en-usUniversal’s upcoming Snoop Dogg biopic has officially found its Dr. Dre. Marvel’s Runaways star Myles Bullock Be will play the legendary rapper. He joins Jonathan Daviss, who has been cast as Snoop ...Aug 20, 2026 1:09 PM
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NEXGEL ANNOUNCES LEADERSHIP TRANSITION AND STRATEGIC REVIEW INITIATIVEhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d6f1190af4a718cbe3121fcc3e530&url=https%3A%2F%2Ffinance.yahoo.com%2Fhealthcare%2Farticles%2Fnexgel-announces-leadership-transition-strategic-200500806.html&c=17796832300650035137&mkt=en-usNEXGEL, Inc. ("NEXGEL" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: “NXGL”) today announced a series of leadership, governance and strategic initiatives designed to strengthen operational execution, improve liquidity, ...Aug 20, 2026 1:05 PM
bing.com
Sarah Paulson transforms into serial killer Aileen Wuornos in first ‘Monster’ photoshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cb82ea2aa425e980a415a880fc333&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpagesix.com%2F2026%2F08%2F20%2Fentertainment%2Fsarah-paulson-transforms-into-serial-killer-aileen-wuornos-in-first-monster-photos%2F&c=4691077631392013272&mkt=en-usThe series’ co-creator teased that Paulson is “an unexpected breath of fresh air” playing the infamous “Damsel of Death.” ...Aug 20, 2026 1:04 PM
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Sarah Paulson transforms into serial killer Aileen Wuornos in first ‘Monster’ photoshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8af0fe294949ad82441c23fb4ea7f3&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpagesix.com%2F2026%2F08%2F20%2Fentertainment%2Fsarah-paulson-transforms-into-serial-killer-aileen-wuornos-in-first-monster-photos%2F&c=4691077631392013272&mkt=en-usThe series’ co-creator teased that Paulson is “an unexpected breath of fresh air” playing the infamous “Damsel of Death.” ...Aug 20, 2026 1:04 PM