techcrunch.com
Senator asks US government watchdog to review how feds use hacking toolshttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/senator-asks-us-federal-watchdog-to-review-how-feds-use-hacking-tools/Senator Ron Wyden sent a letter to the U.S. federal watchdog requesting a comprehensive review of how the FBI, DEA, ICE's HSI, and the Secret Service use hacking tools and spyware against Americans.Aug 21, 2026 1:05 PM
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Exclusive: The James Brand Finally Built an EDC Multi-Tool to Rival the Iconic Swiss Army Knife - Gear Patrolhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMifkFVX3lxTE5aeTgxa3VvaFY0ZFQyWnBVbXVoYng2VlkwT3BLUE5aV3Brb2dFMndBRXZUY2dyaEJOMUQxS0Iyb0hpeGx0ZFNIOTE4bGRIVHlYcGRkcGVkbzc5YTdKbGQ4aHd1OUp5OVlrZk5qT0piaFdLVl9GeVBXWVVUTjFfZw?oc=5Exclusive: The James Brand Finally Built an EDC Multi-Tool to Rival the Iconic Swiss Army Knife Gear PatrolAug 21, 2026 1:00 PM
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Show HN: BanglaTools – Bengali Unicode and Bijoy text converterhttps://banglatools.com/BanglaTools is a free online toolkit for converting Bengali text between Unicode and Bijoy formats, with related Bengali language utilities.Aug 21, 2026 12:05 PM
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Can Bessent’s ‘Big Tool Kit’ Calm Bond Investors? - The New York Timeshttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMihwFBVV95cUxPTHIzNkZISFNZRnI1SU9UMkwwVGZ1YUd3TDBBZEVQT2NZSi1vdjhRYWxCQWRJTkNVS1dkaWJzTm5IVnlOTXJLUzJXM05ENG9RQlRNalNHY2s1X0d5ZXZ5NHU1MGh3ZVZKQXpHMFViMGR1NVdOWnp6OGFTVGFPVjMwNUNLbGloUm8?oc=5Can Bessent’s ‘Big Tool Kit’ Calm Bond Investors? The New York TimesAug 21, 2026 11:42 AM
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Roblox makes three of its AI safety tools open source - GamesIndustry.bizhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxNVHNhbVRBbllFVkYtVjZ6NGIxa3I2OGR3ck0tT1JhZ19mTGp1ZDU1NG9sZF9HaGxmYU03cXE3QnIzU0tQb2MxRlFGXzh2WHduVk9pVzhXcGsxQ0dfb1l3WHBuUVE4cTZiUi1QSDVrYzRnR2REcERhS2stRFE1YnFsanNXV28ybkFXNnE4?oc=5Roblox makes three of its AI safety tools open source GamesIndustry.bizAug 21, 2026 10:35 AM
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How AI coding tools are contributing to the popularity of JavaScript - AI Newshttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiugFBVV95cUxQbGVCN3BZNTRtcDJMUG1MQUdGRjVZZ25nUnBYWHByeDl6ZGNScVUzYXdMeVdoQ2g5SHNRTURIbXp0THIzRk5UcHY5MXZHN1Y0Ui15SXotQS1lRHZtakZORzZvazFuRm9DRFEzZ05rMEpESjFTaHRNMnVsNjZoN1FSUThLR1VGSHRuRDhIX1ZZYWo4YTVEanlPaDNuVGlWNkhxdWZoMU9POXF6cVZScXgtaENmNEg3ek5laVE?oc=5How AI coding tools are contributing to the popularity of JavaScript AI NewsAug 21, 2026 8:43 AM
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Pakistan's Transparent Tribe Refreshes Toolset for Afghan Cyberattacks - Dark Readinghttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiowFBVV95cUxPVXI4M19NWnNnY3RxUnRSY19Vai1yOEowVUhybWtIVzNjaFhjZ0xDOXF5YndoN2JjaTJERU1zcHhUYXpici1rRjZKUzdXWEtUc1VxVUZ4NzFIVDRNNENkTjZqVDVWTmlVVm1reVpQYUZrS0xkYU5tcHZIeWdUV1lHaFFsRTBmZXhEc1J1RkhZU3J2eFhGb0V3bm41VldTWlZBclRn?oc=5Pakistan's Transparent Tribe Refreshes Toolset for Afghan Cyberattacks Dark ReadingAug 20, 2026 2:30 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
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Make AI Max work for your business with new testing and planning tools. - blog.googlehttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMifEFVX3lxTFBrSVJYV2RZREJNUmhncDhtZ2oyYWNtYk9ZdzJMSDY3M2xtZFZRV3dNcmtia0l6NG1sRzJIQU9CVjNHOXpEbW1wMnNicGJwa3hGWHdnMFFBXzBDZ0JvT3FjTXZTZHJSbFN0SkFCOV9zdklKMUVma2xSXzlkMWo?oc=5Make AI Max work for your business with new testing and planning tools. blog.googleAug 20, 2026 1:09 PM
mashable.com
Google is turning Search into an AI study toolhttps://mashable.com/tech/google-search-ai-study-features-geminiGoogle announces new education features, free Gemini subscriptions, and AI Search tools for students.Aug 19, 2026 7:00 PM

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This robot vacuum solves my kitchen stool problemhttps://www.theverge.com/tech/981874/mova-v70-ultra-robot-vacuum-mop-arm-hands-on-reviewThe Mova V70 goes places other robots can’t reach. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge
Robot vacuums are great at keeping your floors clean, but there are a few areas they fall down on the job - stairs being one. Another is chairs and stools.
You know the scenario: You have a row of stools at a kitchen table, or chairs tucked under a dining table, and the robovac just can't get in an...Aug 19, 2026 1:49 PM
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Google Maps can't plan road trips — but this forgotten Google tool can - MakeUseOfhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiZ0FVX3lxTE80M29IQUdkWDg4ZDdBd1lDQzI4X1ZLZW9aZXppbnFsUVd6c3NkemNDUUJkb0ZHOE9vazl3WWUtUm9CaE01SkhzMU5UUXFacXpiZm95YmVqN3VlWlVqT053TFZ1VS1oT1k?oc=5Google Maps can't plan road trips — but this forgotten Google tool can MakeUseOfAug 19, 2026 1:00 PM
bing.com
Climate taxonomy tool turns risk assessments into practical adaptation guidancehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8960eca5dd4873bb9a0218d7fd89cd&url=https%3A%2F%2Fphys.org%2Fnews%2F2026-08-climate-taxonomy-tool-guidance.html&c=12010703657250403979&mkt=en-usAs climate impacts such as heat waves, floods and fires intensify worldwide, there is an urgent demand for information on how to respond. IIASA researchers and partners have developed a new tool that ...Aug 19, 2026 11:39 AM
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Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code - WIREDhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiZ0FVX3lxTFBmeVRVZUVZTWR6TVNZQUtFbm5sT0llSlpDTUpKcWRuQXlsQjU0X3oyZk9MMnhoTVVkRzFzR1RHWnpHc1RrY0ZTbzhTTzdwd3N3Z3gtMjBiQkw4aEdPLWFKaF93WXJSOG8?oc=5Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code WIREDAug 19, 2026 9:00 AM
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Show HN: Csift – the missing tool to sift your Claude Code sessionshttps://github.com/wdhwg001/csiftI built csift to address all my complaints about Claude's handling of its own session files. Claude Code sessions are plain-text JSONL with everything, but they never document the structure anywhere. Every time, Claude has to craft an ad hoc tool to guess, and SKILL.md isn't enough to cover everything.This is what happened in the night that made it a real tool: Claude deleted project files, froze, and said sorry at midnight. I didn't Ralph loop it, and I asked it to recover from its own JSONL and continue. I thought it would be easy, until it stopped again in the middle of rewriting them, since they're scattered across subagents, with its 5hr limit burnt out. This wasn't the first time after I used --dangerously-skip-permissions. And I created the tool that could put the file back together byte-exact.Now csift recovers deleted files and plans, reconstructs turns, matches plans to sessions, does typed search over 25 record labels, extracts pasted images, and maps the subagent topology tAug 19, 2026 3:24 AM

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PNG to SVG Converter Comparison: 7 Tools for Logos, Cricut, Design, and Morehttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMipAFBVV95cUxNSkZGWjN2Qnp5by1HOUlUWGNORDhzREgtTjZrbVRBT0tmVHhEcHhHalREUGtNZ2RZcEhFVkZkQUwyTDBYV1BhSUlyUGJfZmFjMk5ST2h2NEFaOEVjM2dCZEJOSHg2bXNmQnhpWXZWR1Q3QVRoLUFJcl9JVlZCZ25fRTliNFAtYmZWX0d0Ni1zZHdkaG1zOVlHOXVSQ292Q0tRek5Xbg?oc=5PNG to SVG Converter Comparison: 7 Tools for Logos, Cricut, Design, and More VocalAug 19, 2026 3:01 AM
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Show HN: Releasaurus – software versioning and release automation toolhttps://github.com/robgonnella/releasaurusI built Releasaurus after struggling with limitations of existing tools.- release-please: only works on github- releaser-pleaser: no support for monorepos- release-plz: rust projects only- git-cliff: changelog only, no tagging, no releasingReleasaurus works entirely through forge APIs, so no local clone is required, or git for that matter. Although it does offer an optional hybrid mode that will use a locally cloned repo for git operations and forge API calls for PR and release creation.Here are some features I included:- Supports Github, Gitlab, Gitea, Forgejo (Codeberg), AzureDevops (experimental)- Monorepo support with independent versioning for each configured package- Customizable CHANGELOG.md generation- Customizable Release notes- Choose from semantic or date based versioning strategies - Semantic: "x.x.x" Uses conventional commits standard to analyze commits - Date: `year.month.day-time` - Customizable prerelease strategies - versioned: "x.x.x-." - static: "x.x.x-" - Explicit sAug 18, 2026 7:20 PM
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Army leaders drafting ‘guiding document’ to ask industry for new intelligence tools - Breaking Defensehttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiugFBVV95cUxQbWNjWElJWE5fYmZzamFBMGlNLW5SUEN4Wi1aWW9OM1piN042dVZxY3lpc2ZNejdqRl83aHZkd2ZoclBaUXhFRk5nMmtJbTVVNkZPWmVTMHVLdlhlSXEtc3R6YlZnMXhkRmlMbVoyMkxqbmFXQ3lTRXBaNDBVRjZHazkxUzlTWDQ0aWZsYjJPNVQ4aEpnc2xFbThXb2FkRk9kU0x0Z1JiWEk4UnFSdDM3YVg2ay1iYmZjVXc?oc=5Army leaders drafting ‘guiding document’ to ask industry for new intelligence tools Breaking DefenseAug 18, 2026 6:39 PM
perf.jmeter.ai
Show HN: Perf – collection of performance testing toolshttps://perf.jmeter.ai/Collection of various performance testing toolsAug 18, 2026 4:18 PM
aiomniu.top
Show HN: AI Resume Optimization Tool for Specific Job Positionshttps://aiomniu.top/services/resume-builderHi HN, I've been watching everyone's presentations as an observer, and today I can finally showcase my product!It helps users:- Organize roles, projects, skills, and achievements- Transform vague descriptions into clearer, more professional language- Adjust the focus according to different target positions- Check resumes before submission to the ATS systemIts core principle is: AI should enhance expressiveness, not fabricate experience or create false achievements.Relatively speaking, this isn't my proudest achievement, as resume optimization isn't a new tool, but it's part of my main project's ecosystem.Regarding the models used, our site's AI tool primarily uses Deepseek v4 flash and glm5.2. We will upgrade to the latest versions as the overall model evolves, such as the current glm5.3. We will be offering Beta testing access to 100 job seekers. Beta testers will receive:- Free use during the testing period- 900 credits per month after launch- A free resume webpage after launchStudenAug 18, 2026 12:02 PM