techcrunch.com
OpenAI seeks to one-up Anthropic with new customer privacy protectionshttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/19/openai-seeks-to-one-up-anthropic-with-new-customer-privacy-protections/A competition is developing between OpenAI and Anthropic over who can provide the best privacy protections for enterprise customer data.Aug 19, 2026 10:10 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: We have company runway but not founder time. When do you go full-time?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49367763Three first-time founders in Canada, all of us between 45 and 55: business/product, marketing, and me on the technical side. We're building an AI tool for creative work. About thirty testers have been on a pre-production build for a couple of months. Feedback is good, and importantly is not from friends, but actual target users who we sourced through our networks, which I'm treating as encouraging signal on product-market fit.We're bootstrapped with CAD $25k initial commit and an additional up to $100k available, though we'd rather earn the right to spend each additional dollar than commit it up front. All three of us still have day jobs, cleared with our employers. At current near-zero usage we could run the service for ~18 months without revenue — that number obviously falls as real users arrive, which is part of the problem.So our constraint isn't the usual one. The company has runway; founder time doesn't. I built the platform, I'm the one who has to go full-time first, and I'm alsAug 19, 2026 10:01 PM

theguardian.com
Prince Harry and Meghan ‘moving back to Britain this month’https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/19/prince-harry-and-meghan-moving-back-to-britain-this-monthReports say Duke and Duchess of Sussex intend to relocate from US, with children to start British school in SeptemberThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex are planning to return to live in Britain, six years after leaving for the US, it has been reported.The couple and their two children, Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, are expected to relocate later this month to a non-royal residence....Aug 19, 2026 9:48 PM

time.com
How Climate Change Is Messing With Your Bloodhttps://time.com/article/2026/08/19/climate-change-impacting-blood-carbon-dioxide-levels/Our blood chemistry is changing as carbon emissions rise, reveals a new study.Aug 19, 2026 9:39 PM

bbc.co.uk
Ecuador intelligence chief and five Americans killed in Kenya helicopter crashhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clylkv4z59vo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rssMichele Sensi-Contugi, and his wife Stephany Hollihan among the seven people killed in the crash.Aug 19, 2026 9:32 PM
aljazeera.com
Israeli strike on Gaza City police headquarters kills women’s police chiefhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/19/israeli-strike-on-gaza-city-police-headquarters-kills-womens-police-chief?traffic_source=rssAn Israeli strike on Gaza City’s police headquarters has killed the women’s police chief and several officers.Aug 19, 2026 9:22 PM

bbc.co.uk
Male prisons in England and Wales have fewer than 1,800 spaceshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1w1v9elzvdo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rssMale prisons have less than 1,800 spaces available in England and Wales, the lowest level since MarchAug 19, 2026 8:45 PM

npr.org
Amid the Iran war, the U.S. has pivoted it's geopolitical attention away from Asiahttps://www.npr.org/2026/08/19/nx-s1-5935388/amid-the-iran-war-the-u-s-has-pivoted-its-geopolitical-attention-away-from-asiaA decade ago, the U.S. was still in its "pivot to Asia." Today, as conflicts in the Middle East suck up American military resources, analysts say that pivot is over — or never really began.Aug 19, 2026 8:16 PM

hollywoodreporter.com
Between ‘Off Campus’ and ‘The Shards,’ Collegiate-Inspired Menswear Is Queued Up for Fallhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/shopping/fall-2026-menswear-trends-preppy-aesthetic-mens-wearhouse-1236676668/After all, cardigans, quarter-zips and polo sweaters never go out of style.Aug 19, 2026 7:52 PM

forbes.com
‘Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’ Closed Beta Start-Times And How To Get Early Access Beta Codeshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2026/08/19/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-early-access-beta-intel/Here's everything you need to know about the Modern Warfare 4 Early Accessweekend and how to get into the closed beta.Aug 19, 2026 7:32 PM

theverge.com
Google Gemini is getting a dedicated student hubhttps://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/982425/google-gemini-student-hubAs we're gearing up for back-to-school season, Google is rolling out a new dedicated student hub in Gemini. It's a one-stop repository for collecting research in a study notebook, creating flashcards, taking practice quizzes, and more. Google is also enhancing its study notebooks with support for graphs and images. It can even add test dates and deadlines to your Google Calendar based on your syll...Aug 19, 2026 6:52 PM

forbes.com
Gold Price Hits Two-Month High After Mostly Stagnant Summerhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2026/08/19/gold-price-hits-two-month-high-after-mostly-stagnant-summer/The price of gold rose above $4,550 on Wednesday, reaching its highest level since early June.Aug 19, 2026 6:27 PM

theverge.com
Watch Valve set up the Steam Frame in its own leaked videoshttps://www.theverge.com/games/982406/valve-steam-frame-setup-unboxing-leaked-videosValve just leaked several new videos showing the Steam Frame's unboxing, setup process, and various accessories. The videos apparently appeared on the ARM Steam client following an update, but they were "quickly pulled after that," according to the Steam Hardware Updates account on X.
The Steam Frame is Valve's virtual-reality headset that can stream games from a PC or play them locally. Valve fir...Aug 19, 2026 6:16 PM

nasa.gov
NASA Updates Next Steps for Commercial Swift Boost Missionhttps://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-updates-next-steps-for-commercial-swift-boost-mission/Due to an ongoing commercial spacecraft attitude control issue, NASA and Katalyst Space announced Wednesday the LINK spacecraft will not capture or boost an agency satellite to a higher altitude to extend its science mission as planned. However, LINK still will attempt to conduct rendezvous and proximity operations with NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to […]Aug 19, 2026 6:08 PM
iiio.app
Show HN: CIYA – Purely Deterministic AIhttps://iiio.app?u=showhnHey HN, Before we roll out our fully deterministic compiled language model (CLM), figured I'd post CIYA's v0.02 for you to try out. At this point CIYA acts as a storage and logic engine for any of your prompting needs, and is available via API/Websocket integration. If your company/project frequently repeats the same prompts, needs to template out those (or any) prompts, or wants to keep your business logic directly on site instead of giving it away to cloud providers, CIYA can do all of that for you.Feel free to pull up the guide using the command R: guide to see the current list of available tools like the ability to run applications, model your own datasets and build your own independent response tables.We've developed a clear path for CLM integration, allowing for a fully compiled language model that can resolve up to 1 million tokens (on-prem) in under 200ms without ever having to access an LLM.Feel free to checkout our landing page to get in touch: https://iiio.co, or run R: contAug 19, 2026 6:05 PM

theverge.com
Grab an iPad Air M4 for its lowest price since the June increasehttps://www.theverge.com/gadgets/982242/ipad-air-m4-garmin-inreach-deal-saleThe iPad Air M4 in space gray. | Image: The Verge
Almost everything with high-end memory or storage is more expensive these days, and tablets are no exception, so we’re glad to see that Amazon and Best Buy have the most recent 11-inch iPad Air with the M4 chip on sale for $649. That’s $100 lower than the new retail price that went into effect (alongside plenty of other Apple price hikes) in June...Aug 19, 2026 5:56 PM
sports.yahoo.com
Celtics owner Chisholm says he was convinced to sign off on Jaylen Brown trade by 'best brains in basketball'https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/celtics-owner-chisholm-says-convinced-174635461.htmlThis trade did not sit well with many fans, but Brad Stevens and the Celtics front office were convinced it was the right move.Aug 19, 2026 5:46 PM

variety.com
‘Slow Horses’ Actor Jack Lowden Unpacks River Cartwright and Why Pride Gets in His Wayhttps://variety.com/2026/awards/news/slow-horses-actor-jack-lowden-river-cartwright-season-5-1236838202/It’s fair to say that when audiences see River Cartwright at the beginning of Apple TV’s “Slow Horses” Season 5, he is not in a good place. The previous season revealed that River’s father, Frank Harkness (Hugo Weaving), is both a sociopath and the leader of a network of trained assassins. It was also revealed […]Aug 19, 2026 5:45 PM
sports.yahoo.com
‘Bob Iger’s a POS in my mind’: Dave Portnoy blasts new Lakers ownerhttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/bob-iger-pos-mind-dave-174122689.htmlOne thing is for certain with Dave Portnoy. You never have to wonder where you stand with the Barstool Sports founder. Portnoy is not shy about explaining why someone, whether it’s an athlete, media member, or business mogul, is either a friend or enemy. In the case of Bob Iger, the former Disney CEO and…Aug 19, 2026 5:41 PM

theguardian.com
Kim Jong-un’s sister casts doubt on Trump’s claims of secret US-North Korea talkshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/19/kim-jong-un-sister-doubt-trump-claims-secret-us-north-korea-talksPresident says he plans to meet dictator this year but Kim Yo-jong says Washington remains Pyongyang’s enemyDonald Trump has said he is planning to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong-un later this year even as the reclusive leader’s younger sister cast doubt on their communications and dampened hopes for a diplomatic breakthrough between the two leaders.Trump, who also claimed North Korea had 57 nuclear ...Aug 19, 2026 5:39 PM