
nytimes.com
Drawing on His Rust Belt Roots, Vance Campaigns for Republicanshttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/us/politics/jd-vance-middletown-ohio.htmlVice President JD Vance traveled to his hometown, Middletown, Ohio, and spoke at a steel factory where his grandfather once worked.Aug 22, 2026 2:19 AM
news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: Just saw a YC25 job posting front page that looks like a 7-day work weekhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49395700This is on the front page right now: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/salespatriot/jobs/M46X6YX-forward-deployed-engineerSome notable things:a. Go. Fly out and plant yourself inside the customer's operation. Weekdays are onsite (Wisconsin, New York, Miami, Los Angeles); weekends we regroup at the SF HQ to debrief and keep building.Sounds like a 7 day work week to me.b. Absolute grinder. Interested in co-living (though not required). Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change.You're expected to work 7 days a week and completely blur the line between personal and professional life by "co-living"? What kind of person wrote this?Aug 22, 2026 1:26 AM
cbsnews.com
NFL storylines as preseason hits Week 2https://www.cbsnews.com/video/nfl-storylines-as-preseason-hits-week-2/Jacob Robinson, staff writer for the Athletic, joins CBS News to discuss the biggest headlines in the NFL as the league gears up for the regular season.Aug 22, 2026 12:26 AM
cbsnews.com
Another child's room now a silent memorial to the toll of school shootingshttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/fletchers-room-silent-memorial-school-shootings/In south Minneapolis, a second-floor bedroom remains much as it was. For the parents of 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel, it's something every American should see.Aug 22, 2026 12:01 AM
chickenbutt.dev
Show HN: ChickenButt a Native GTK Chat Client for Ollama on Linuxhttps://www.chickenbutt.dev/What's up, ChickenButt?I made a free, native GTK client called ChickenButt. :)It lets you chat with local models through Ollama, and I figured some of you might get a kick out of it.Here's the repo: https://github.com/pixelhackstudios/ChickenButtI've always hated reading long text in the terminal, and I couldn't find anything that ran locally that allowed me to get quick answers from LLMs when I needed them.Also, not everyone has access to the frontier models and whatnot, so I thought helping people who only have access to more cost-effective AI would be a fun way to contribute to the FOSS community. So, I built ChickenButt!It was really fun to build, and I wanted to share it.Enjoy! :)Aug 21, 2026 11:12 PM
sfisms.org
Show HN: Field Guide to SF Slanghttps://sfisms.org/A friend of mine just moved to San Francisco and was completely lost in our vocab.So I built this for her and everyone like her: sfisms.orgThe field guide to SF vernacular.Got an ism? Pitch it and an agent adds it after expert review by our panel :)Aug 21, 2026 10:19 PM
theverge.com
TikTok will pay $400 million to settle DOJ child privacy lawsuithttps://www.theverge.com/tech/983531/tiktok-settle-doj-lawsuit-coppaThe US Department of Justice announced on Friday that TikTok will pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit filed in 2024 over allegedly violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). In the lawsuit, the DOJ alleged that TikTok collected data from children without notifying parents or obtaining consent and did not delete the accounts […]Aug 21, 2026 10:13 PM
wondering.app
Show HN: Visual way to understand things in parallelhttps://wondering.app/canvasHey HN!Really excited to be showing what I think is a better way to understand complex topics with AI.You start a chat with your question, and whenever you want to clarify something or understand some jargon, you can branch out a new chat from that thread.The cool unlock is being able to see all related chat threads in the same context without tab switching, for e.g. I can first dive into understanding world models, then spin a new chat thread on who the key players are in there, and another asking what's the frontier with this stuff.The responses are also not just a wall of text. They're: - Filled with interactive diagrams and visuals - Super fastAnd for those curious, this is how we built it: - React Flow (@xyflow/react) for the canvas - React Components for interactive diagrams - GPT Image 2 for image generations - Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite for super fast response - Parallelization whenever possible to keep things fastYou can also highlight and add notes :)Try it out and let me know whaAug 21, 2026 5:06 PM
bing.com
All Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 Beta Weapons and How to Unlock Themhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88f18056584da2988ca68f4364a5ac&url=https%3A%2F%2Fbeebom.com%2Fcall-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-beta-weapons%2F&c=166745872402005980&mkt=en-usThe Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta is now live, and the complete list of weapons has been revealed. Players can choose from a wide variety of guns, ranging from Assault Rifles to SMGs, and ...Aug 21, 2026 5:00 PM
github.com
Show HN: Proliferate- open-source, self-hostable Codex for any coding agenthttps://github.com/proliferate-ai/proliferateHi HN- I'm Pablo, the founder of Proliferate (YC S25)!Proliferate (https://github.com/proliferate-ai/proliferate) is an open-source, self-hostable AI IDE that lets you work and automate tasks with Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor, and Grok in one place.Here's a quick 2m demo of how we use Proliferate to build Proliferate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGNX0oaWmBYI started building Proliferate after my team onboarded to OpenAI Codex. Within days, we were using it for everything: using computer use instead of navigating websites ourselves, having Codex coordinate other agents, and setting up automations for recurring work. We really never needed to leave the desktop app to get work done.If my team’s experience is anything close to representative, a Codex-like app (a horizontal agent with a beautiful UI) is the main interface every company is going to use to get work done. That is perfectly in line with OpenAI’s mission to make Codex the everything app (see: https://news.ycombinatorAug 21, 2026 4:47 PM

engadget.com
Walmart will finally accept tap to pay in stores by the end of 2026https://www.engadget.com/2241608/walmart-will-finally-accept-tap-to-pay-in-stores-by-end-of-2026/Sam's Club will soon let you pay with your phone or smartwatch too.Aug 21, 2026 3:40 PM

france24.com
Who are the eight candidates running to succeed Antonio Guterres as UN chief?https://www.france24.com/en/who-are-the-eight-candidates-running-to-succeed-antonio-guterres-as-un-chiefThe United Nations Security Council held a second informal straw poll to gauge the popularity of candidates seeking to succeed Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who will complete his second five-year term at the end of the year. Eight candidates are currently vying for the position against a backdrop of deep divisions within the organisation.Aug 21, 2026 3:32 PM
theverge.com
Why does it seem like food recalls are out of control this year?https://www.theverge.com/science/983241/food-recalls-bigger-out-of-controlJust weeks after Taylor Farms issued a recall of its iceberg lettuce amid a massive cyclospora outbreak, the Food and Drug Administration recalled more than one million eggs that may be contaminated with salmonella. The eggs, which come from Midwest Poultry Services, were distributed to Kroger and smaller grocery stores across the South and Southwest […]Aug 21, 2026 2:45 PM
santol.io
Show HN: Built a Platform for Estate Settlementhttps://santol.ioPlease share your feedback and let me know if anyone is working in this domain(Legaltech). Happy to connect. Appreciate the time.Aug 21, 2026 1:43 PM
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
musicminigames.com
Show HN: Music Mini Games on the Web (1.0)https://musicminigames.com/games/I previously built this iOS app. I figured I might as well have Fable bring it to the web. I'll be adding more games and such in the future. Even though my iOS app updates have gone through, on average, within 48 hours, I'm really tired of Apple's review process, so I had Fable help me bring these to the web. Give it a whirl and let me know what you think. I have some other things on the roadmap, but I'm happy to hear some feedback.Aug 21, 2026 11:42 AM

wired.com
I Tried the Best Robotic Pool Cleaners of 2026: Beatbot, iGarden, Dreamehttps://www.wired.com/story/best-pool-cleaning-robots/Pack up your pool cleaning supplies. Let one of these robot buddies maintain your water quality insteadAug 21, 2026 11:33 AM
npr.org
Federal government thins the herds of wild horses in Coloradohttps://www.npr.org/2026/08/21/nx-s1-5920407/colorado-wild-horses-federal-government-roundupU.S. officials say the ever-growing population of wild horses that roam federal lands in Colorado is depleting natural resources. But some activists say efforts to remove the horses are inhumane.Aug 21, 2026 9:00 AM
github.com
Show HN: Meg – I processed 259M nodes on my laptop using 6.91MB RAMhttps://github.com/blueray313164-a11y/Quantum-Drive-SolverI got tired of MemoryError crashes. So I built MEG: MemoryError Gone.What it does: An optimization engine for massive multi-body problems. Made to run huge problems on normal hardware.The result: Grid: 120x120x120 Total Nodes: 259,200,000 Peak RAM Usage: 6.91 MB Status: Processing complete - No MemoryErrorIt's just Python. No cloud, no cluster, just a laptop.Repo: https://github.com/blueray313164-a11y/Quantum-Drive-Solver Repo has more details and benchmark from Google Colab.Your code crashes your system? I’ll run it for you and give you results fast. DMs openAug 21, 2026 7:25 AM
bing.com
How New Client Expectations Are Reshaping Agency Workhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88c4fda2884799b70695892f7fc906&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fcouncils%2Fforbesagencycouncil%2F2026%2F08%2F21%2Fhow-new-client-expectations-are-reshaping-agency-work%2F&c=4741428732106431505&mkt=en-usFor agencies, the challenge is to keep up without letting new technologies or speed metrics crowd out sound judgment and creative thinking.Aug 21, 2026 5:15 AM