apps.apple.com
Show HN: AppScout – App Store downloads, revenue and widgetshttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/appscout-app-metrics/id6770866569Hey hackers!Signing in to App Store Connect just to check downloads or MRR is a friction. I wanted a simpler way. Ideally, just to look at a widget on my iPhone. There are some apps, but the design and implementation made me think here's a gap that I can potentially fill it with a new polished product. So I've built this app.It took me several months to start beta testing. But then I got feedback from users that they don't really want to share their App Store key credentials with a third-party app that uses a backend and collects data. So, I spent one more month pivoting to a private app by dropping a backend and storing credentials on a user's device in a keychain. So, now the app directly talks to Apple's API and there's no account registration. You add a team key - the app fetches data. App also uses background tasks to fetch most recent data so you don't need to open it every day to keep the data fresh. And as a final point - I added widgets to both home and lock screens.Please letAug 5, 2026 4:09 PM
esa.int
Your chance to run software in deep space on ESA's asteroid missionhttps://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Your_chance_to_run_software_in_deep_space_on_ESA_s_asteroid_missionThe European Space Agency is offering European researchers and companies a rare and exciting opportunity to run their innovative software directly in deep space aboard ESA’s Hera mission, millions of kilometres distant.Aug 5, 2026 2:04 PM
spacenews.com
Satellite manufacturing thrives in California despite cost and regulatory pressureshttps://spacenews.com/satellite-manufacturing-thrives-in-california-despite-cost-and-regulatory-pressures/The mood was celebratory at the ribbon-cutting for Muon Space’s San Jose, California, manufacturing facility in June. State, local, United States Space Force and Pentagon representatives lauded the startup and, […] The post Satellite manufacturing thrives in California despite cost and regulatory pressures appeared first on SpaceNews.Aug 5, 2026 12:00 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: How do you correct spatial reasoning of LLMs?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49181570I'm working on a complex multi-part 3D-printed product, and I needed some engineering input from LLMs. I use highest Gemini Pro reasoning levels, Fable, and K3 Max with everything tuned to highest.The problem I'm facing is mounting a sensor on a barbell sleeve. The sensor is a semi-hollow 100mm cylinder, 60mm diameter, with a 50mm diameter 50mm deep tube cutout for the sleeve. (It's a bit more complex than that.)I'm trying to brainstorm different clamping mechanisms, and evaluate durability and manufacturability of several designs.No matter what I try, the output of all LLMs is absolutely wild, especially if you ask to make a technical drawing. Anthropic reliably been the worst, and Gemini, surprisingly, the best.But none understand what goes where in any detail, besides spewing paragraph and paragraph of wild ideas including rotational cam clamps over a recessed ring TPU collet (apparently, a "brilliant pivot") and stuff like this.Is this the "unconquered frontier"? Do I need to blow Aug 5, 2026 11:53 AM
spacenews.com
Think tank warns Europe’s orbital compute gap is wideninghttps://spacenews.com/think-tank-warns-europes-orbital-compute-gap-is-widening/Europe risks becoming dependent on foreign orbital computing infrastructure as U.S. companies and China’s government-led push accelerate the development of space-based data centers, according to the European Space Policy Institute. The post Think tank warns Europe’s orbital compute gap is widening appeared first on SpaceNews.Aug 5, 2026 8:00 AM
news.google.com
JUDGE: SHORT-BARRELED RIFLE, SUPPRESSOR NFA REGISTRATION SCHEME UNCONSTITUTIONALhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMimwFBVV95cUxNOHE3T3QzVmlMZmNCbWd3bjRvdTNBNzNTQnN1dHlMQkdFMHpneDVEdkk5WnNzZEQ2dVNKX0RNN3VfM2xsbDQzcDZSUXhIMFhXU3FEd09SVHdaZVlQamg0THVrc3VocnphR2tQWUlMNnE0b3lNWXNCTEllM0lUN2FFQW1vU3pVMzVzZ0MyTUJMN1dnV3o1OVhCRE4wNA?oc=5JUDGE: SHORT-BARRELED RIFLE, SUPPRESSOR NFA REGISTRATION SCHEME UNCONSTITUTIONAL Second Amendment FoundationAug 5, 2026 7:00 AM
news.ycombinator.com
Do You Think OpenAI Is Apple Circa the 1980s?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49178393OpenAI is a deeply mismanaged company. Most recently, a blog post that feels like it has got to have dozens of PR violations, responding to the Apple lawsuit.More broadly, OpenAI’s main problem is that it does not have a real competitive advantage. No real models do; the real differentiation is price; they will become commodities. The need to move upwards in the market in enterprise software is difficult since the current stack should remain the same, since sticking with Salesforce plus its new AI features is much simpler than the cost of switching to an AI-first startup version, which won’t be around 3 to 5 years from now. So consumer hardware and trying to become the next Apple could work, except you would likely have to focus on people not in the Apple ecosystem because of the double-sided lock-in Apple has.The opposite dynamic works in consumer and mobile, really. Apple with AI is a much worse experience than something AI-first built from the ground up. Especially considering the cAug 5, 2026 3:50 AM
bing.com
Volaris Reports July 2026 Traffic Results: Load Factor of 88%http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88f5376e124dcaafe0586ec0344c6f&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarkets.businessinsider.com%2Fnews%2Fstocks%2Fvolaris-reports-july-2026-traffic-results-load-factor-of-88-1036413060&c=10108931368258983884&mkt=en-usIn July, Volaris’ ASM capacity increased 14.4%, while RPMs for the month grew 18.5%. Mexican domestic RPMs rose 16.0%, while international RPMs increased 22.4%. Consolidated load factor increased by 3 ...Aug 5, 2026 2:00 AM
github.com
Show HN: Pleasantrieshttps://github.com/QAInsights/pleasantriesPre-hook scripts for AI coding CLIs that block pleasantry-only prompts like "hi", "hello", "ok", "thank you", etc. Send a real task, not a greeting.Aug 4, 2026 9:59 PM
hyperlaneide.com
Show HN: Hyperlane – A IDE and ADE merging agent worktrees with native toolinghttps://hyperlaneide.comHi HN, my co-founder and I run Akkento, a small self-funded team building Hyperlane, an independent IDE built on the VS Code source (Code OSS), made for merging worktree-based agent development with actual IDE features.Agent orchestrators give you a worktree based workflow where several agents run in parallel, but they are not IDEs (they are not meant to be), so the moment an agent finishes you have to leave and review the diff somewhere else, actually debug the code and go through a process to sanity check it. In a commercial team, that review step isn't optional which is the problem we came across, where you have 2 editors open at the same time for the same job. IDEs are where you actually read, debug and profile the code, but none of them give you the worktree workflow. We are hoping to fix that by merging the two together in an IDE with tooling for profiling, building and testing.Try it out: https://hyperlaneide.com/Hyperlane runs on macOS (Apple Silicon), Windows and Linux (x64 anAug 4, 2026 8:31 PM
science.nasa.gov
NASA’s PUNCH Sharpens Solar Storm Forecasting in First Testhttps://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasas-punch-sharpens-solar-storm-forecasting-in-first-test/Using continuous imagery from NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, scientists predicted the near-Earth arrival of a solar eruption to within 30 minutes in an initial proof of concept test. The results, presented Tuesday at the Committee on Space Research Scientific Meeting and under review at the journal Space Weather, could […]Aug 4, 2026 6:02 PM
nasa.gov
Ames Science Stars of the Month – August 2026https://www.nasa.gov/general/ames-science-stars-of-the-month-august-2026/The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Danielle Lopez, Jennifer Claudio, and Duncan Mifsud. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the entrepreneurial spirit, technical expertise, and collaborative disposition needed to explore this world and beyond. Space Biosciences Star of the Month: Danielle Lopez Danielle Lopez is the […]Aug 4, 2026 5:08 PM
nasa.gov
Roman Space Telescope Plaque Installhttps://www.nasa.gov/image-article/roman-space-telescope-plaque-install/Technicians installed a commemorative plaque, seen in this July 28, 2026, photo, on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The plaque honors the legacy of Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer and one of the architects of the agency’s modern science program. It also features a memory card containing a total of 1,350,144 […]Aug 4, 2026 3:50 PM
bing.com
67 Dog Breeds May Soon Be Banned In The UK—Is Your Pooch On The List?http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a853d9bc9944ac08abb22a50d8bbc30&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.aol.com%2farticles%2f67-dog-breeds-may-soon-214913000.html&c=5091408930510327928&mkt=en-usThe UK, which currently prohibits five dog breeds —including the XL Bully, Japanese Tosa, Pit Bull Terrier, Fila Brasileiro, and Dogo Argentino—is reported to expand the list by another whopping 67.Aug 4, 2026 2:50 PM
bing.com
67 Dog Breeds May Soon Be Banned In The UK—Is Your Pooch On The List?http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85450980584a5d85dda7df6b261792&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.aol.com%2farticles%2f67-dog-breeds-may-soon-214913000.html&c=5091408930510327928&mkt=en-usThe UK, which currently prohibits five dog breeds —including the XL Bully, Japanese Tosa, Pit Bull Terrier, Fila Brasileiro, and Dogo Argentino—is reported to expand the list by another whopping 67.Aug 4, 2026 2:50 PM
bing.com
67 Dog Breeds May Soon Be Banned In The UK—Is Your Pooch On The List?http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a854d6c8bbd4f239014020ce1203540&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.aol.com%2farticles%2f67-dog-breeds-may-soon-214913000.html&c=5091408930510327928&mkt=en-usThe UK, which currently prohibits five dog breeds —including the XL Bully, Japanese Tosa, Pit Bull Terrier, Fila Brasileiro, and Dogo Argentino—is reported to expand the list by another whopping 67.Aug 4, 2026 2:50 PM
bing.com
67 Dog Breeds May Soon Be Banned In The UK—Is Your Pooch On The List?http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a855c1d268c42298c6cd9bfa97f2dca&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.aol.com%2farticles%2f67-dog-breeds-may-soon-214913000.html&c=5091408930510327928&mkt=en-usThe UK, which currently prohibits five dog breeds —including the XL Bully, Japanese Tosa, Pit Bull Terrier, Fila Brasileiro, and Dogo Argentino—is reported to expand the list by another whopping 67.Aug 4, 2026 2:50 PM
bing.com
67 Dog Breeds May Soon Be Banned In The UK—Is Your Pooch On The List?http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a854ca4bf8a4eb9988e3d9951f1f3a8&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.aol.com%2farticles%2f67-dog-breeds-may-soon-214913000.html&c=5091408930510327928&mkt=en-usThe UK, which currently prohibits five dog breeds —including the XL Bully, Japanese Tosa, Pit Bull Terrier, Fila Brasileiro, and Dogo Argentino—is reported to expand the list by another whopping 67.Aug 4, 2026 2:50 PM
bing.com
67 Dog Breeds May Soon Be Banned In The UK—Is Your Pooch On The List?http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e1b5f39e47c98c41dccd775bf0ab&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.aol.com%2farticles%2f67-dog-breeds-may-soon-214913000.html&c=5091408930510327928&mkt=en-usThe UK, which currently prohibits five dog breeds —including the XL Bully, Japanese Tosa, Pit Bull Terrier, Fila Brasileiro, and Dogo Argentino—is reported to expand the list by another whopping 67.Aug 4, 2026 2:50 PM
bing.com
67 Dog Breeds May Soon Be Banned In The UK—Is Your Pooch On The List?http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a853e2ecc064239b84b406766b44f91&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.aol.com%2farticles%2f67-dog-breeds-may-soon-214913000.html&c=5091408930510327928&mkt=en-usThe UK, which currently prohibits five dog breeds —including the XL Bully, Japanese Tosa, Pit Bull Terrier, Fila Brasileiro, and Dogo Argentino—is reported to expand the list by another whopping 67.Aug 4, 2026 2:50 PM
