sports.yahoo.com
New York’s night circus: First-timer’s emotional guide to the 2026 US Openhttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/york-night-circus-first-timer-165538699.htmlThe US Open feels different after the sun goes down. New York stays loud, the stadium fills up, and every point seems to carry more weight. For a first-time visitor, the night session can feel like a lot to absorb.…Aug 18, 2026 4:55 PM
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49ers waive injured DE and bring back familiar undrafted DThttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/49ers-waive-injured-bring-back-164851122.htmlThe San Francisco 49ers made an adjustment to their defensive line before their joint practice with the Los Angeles Chargers.Aug 18, 2026 4:48 PM
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Video: Rodrigo Mora arrives in Italy ahead of Roma switchhttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/video-rodrigo-mora-arrives-italy-164500292.htmlRodrigo Mora has landed in Rome to complete his move from Porto, with the 19-year-old set to undergo his medical and finalise a five-year contract before immediately joining up with Gian Piero Gasperi...Aug 18, 2026 4:45 PM
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Jesse Minter details his most encouraging takeaways from Ravens preseason winhttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/jesse-minter-details-most-encouraging-164316155.htmlJesse Minter liked plenty of what he saw from his Ravens against the Eagles, but his most encouraging observations extended beyond the final score.Aug 18, 2026 4:43 PM

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Masked menace films himself chasing residents as terrified victims scream for help: Policehttps://www.foxnews.com/us/masked-menace-films-himself-chasing-residents-terrified-victims-scream-help-policeSurveillance video shows a masked man in a doll mask chasing and assaulting people near Philadelphia City Hall before fleeing into a train station.Aug 18, 2026 4:41 PM
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Why Don't We Version UIs?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49348365Maybe this is just an old man yells at clouds thought, but as was just hitting my daily aggravation of some "broken new UI" and just had this thought. Why don't we version UIs?As far as I can remember, I don't think I've run into any site or app that let's you shift UI versions. APIs tend to keep versions around. Apps keep many versions around for much longer periods of time. This could also allow for real long-term testing of UIs and features.I get that things change, etc. But I feel the general consensus from people around me, despite their age, is frustration towards these endless changes. I'm not here thinking somehow business will start being better, but maybe this would at least be a more rational way to handle UI changes (and avoid adding more frustration into the world)?Aug 18, 2026 4:40 PM

arstechnica.com
The United States is about to wake up to the threat from China's space programhttps://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/the-united-states-is-about-to-wake-up-to-the-threat-from-chinas-space-program/One big question, will China assert territorial rights where its rover explores?Aug 18, 2026 4:30 PM
machine0.io
Launch HN: machine0 (YC S26) – Persistent CPU and GPU VMs from the CLIhttps://machine0.ioHi HN! I’m Barnaby, founder of machine0 (https://machine0.io). I’m building a CLI for long horizon agent compute: `machine0 new mybox` gives your agent a persistent cloud VM, billed by the minute, from $0.013/hr up to 60 vCPU / 240 GB RAM and GPUs (H100s, H200s etc), with 99.99% VM level uptime. Agents self drive via CLI or MCP.Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyllkZ0M04EAgent workloads are moving from ephemeral to always-on. A coding agent working on a complex feature runs 6-8 hours. Agent orchestrated training & RL runs take days. OpenClaw & Hermes run 24/7. As you run more in parallel:- Resources: a few agents on a large codebase saturate RAM and CPU. Model training and RL needs GPUs you don't have.- Security: `--yolo` on your personal machine is one prompt injection away from exfiltrated credentials.- Availability: close your laptop and the agent dies mid-task.- Isolation: there's no clean line between you and the minimum your agent actually needs.machine0 gives every agent itAug 18, 2026 4:26 PM
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Henry, Coyote, and Shingle Fires / August 18, 2026https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMikAFBVV95cUxPX01lUEM4dEs4X3NUSHRaOFI0QVBUcDY4UENieFRFeHJMa3YxU0wyekIyNEZLR2lOM0xqMFBiZHREOVFPa0tPbzNnWTZRTGRVQ215ZUVmQnVUbnBhZUJGdVpiamd4d0N6YlBvemxYQkgwMzRDRW85T3ZBYU9mX2xUNGNISFUtMzdqQ2RtOHRFdHE?oc=5Henry, Coyote, and Shingle Fires / August 18, 2026 centraloregonfire.orgAug 18, 2026 4:25 PM
sports.yahoo.com
‘Take Caitlin Clark off the Indiana Fever…’: Analyst does not hold back on MVP conversationhttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/caitlin-clark-off-indiana-fever-162303638.htmlCaitlin Clark has been dominating over the second half of the season. In her most recent outing, a 95-91 overtime win over Angel Reese and the Atlanta Dream, Clark scored 26 points and added 9 assists. The Fever star is the only player in the league in the top three in both points and assists…Aug 18, 2026 4:23 PM
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The biggest excuse for the Royals offense has now expiredhttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/biggest-excuse-royals-offense-now-162135342.htmlThere is a lot of incentive for Kansas City Royals principal owner John Sherman, general manager JJ Picollo, and manager Matt Quatraro to make excuses for this year’s poor team performance. It keeps the public more invested, and frankly to do anything else would admit that something in the organization needs to change—which hasn’t really […]Aug 18, 2026 4:21 PM
github.com
Show HN: Pg_disorder – shuffle or reverse unordered SELECT resultshttps://github.com/viralpraxis/pg_disorderHey HN!I'm interested in chaos engineering, automatically detecting flaky tests, and, more generally, building tools that can find/trigger invalid states in software systems.My latest experiment is pg_disorder, a PostgreSQL extension that automatically shuffles (or reverses) the results of `SELECT` queries without an `ORDER BY` clause. While the order of rows isn't specified, applications (sometimes) implicitly assume that rows will be returned in insertion order. The project was initially aimed at finding flaky tests, but it also helped uncover bugs in projects like Gitea and Rails (see references in the repo).Some DBMSs have this feature built-in, e.g. SQLite's `reverse_unordered_selects` pragma, but PostgreSQL doesn't.I'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback!Aug 18, 2026 4:19 PM

forbes.com
Northern Lights Could Be Visible From Nine States On Tuesday Nighthttps://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2026/08/18/northern-lights-could-be-visible-from-nine-states-on-tuesday-night/The aurora could be visible from some states along the U.S.-Canadian border, according to a forecast.Aug 18, 2026 4:18 PM

hollywoodreporter.com
Story Syndicate Promotes Jon Bardin to President of Documentary and Unscripted (Exclusive)https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/story-syndicate-promotes-jon-bardin-1236675464/The ‘Maternal Instinct’ and ‘Last Take’ producer has been supervising the company’s expansion into more recurring series like ‘Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross.’Aug 18, 2026 4:18 PM
sports.yahoo.com
Red Sox Rising Star Makes Powerful Declaration About Pitching In Bostonhttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/red-sox-rising-star-makes-161804695.htmlPayton Tolle’s latest comments should leave Red Sox fans even more excited about his future in Boston.Aug 18, 2026 4:18 PM
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Watch: Real Madrid summer signing continues to dazzle in traininghttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/watch-real-madrid-summer-signing-161500561.htmlA fresh round of footage, showcasing the talents of Real Madrid summer signing Yan Diomandé at the club’s training base, has come to the fore online this week.This comes as the Ivorian continues to...Aug 18, 2026 4:15 PM
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The Lakers should be in better hands now. They just can’t escape the dramahttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/lakers-better-hands-now-just-161128524.htmlThe Lakers' messy ownership situation packs more pressure into critical seasonAug 18, 2026 4:11 PM
bloomberg.com
BP Joins Venezuelan Oil Trade to Challenge Trafigura and Vitolhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-18/bp-joins-venezuelan-oil-trade-to-challenge-trafigura-and-vitolBP Plc has become the latest foreign company to begin trading Venezuelan oil since the US removed former President Nicolás Maduro, following in the footsteps of Trafigura Group and Vitol Group.Aug 18, 2026 4:08 PM

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Penn State students accused of running cocaine trafficking ring at fraternity houseshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/penn-state-cocaine-trafficking-ringDelta Upsilon and Sigma Chi were off campus, with Delta Upsilon placed on interim probationMore than a dozen Penn State University students ran a cocaine trafficking ring that cut and packaged the potent drug mainly at two fraternity houses, authorities said on Monday.The Pennsylvania attorney general, Dave Sunday, announced charges on Monday against 14 people linked to the purported operation, sa...Aug 18, 2026 4:07 PM
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Rosenbaum Fire / August 18, 2026https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMie0FVX3lxTFBrd2FCUjk2Wjc0Rk9Idm5yMUpkNHg0b0pScVMxUGdtd0R6TWQyZGdHcThTSGYzcHFmN3o2RFRlTm9KM1BoM0dmelZYQjZQcTFQcWtJVmlkT05xeEFkX0NZZ2JFTkxGM3Z6blIzZkdjZWRheHNLTUZhTWxNMA?oc=5Rosenbaum Fire / August 18, 2026 centraloregonfire.orgAug 18, 2026 4:04 PM