bing.com
How New Client Expectations Are Reshaping Agency Workhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88d19021224458b550fc7728c5b648&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
news.ycombinator.com
Show HN: Chat Threadshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49382293The reason I wrote Chat Threads was because I started cursing at the AI in the middle of a long conversation. Then I continued with the conversation.Later, I wanted to pull that part out. I didn't want to start a new branch somewhere before it happened. I just wanted to take that part out of the middle and keep everything before and after it.That was the original idea behind Chat Threads.Chat Threads lets you work with a copy of a ChatGPT or Claude conversation. You can remove turns from the middle of a conversation without changing the original, and then continue with everything before and after them intact.It also lets you split a long conversation into separate topics. You can do that manually or optionally have an AI propose the topics and assignments for you to review.The project is open source:https://github.com/onyourmark/chat-threadsAug 21, 2026 12:48 AM
basecompute.co
Show HN: Zero () friction local AI for Machttps://www.basecompute.co/localSuper excited to launch our new app Local today. What we’ve learned at Base Compute over the last months is that running AI directly on your laptop or workstation gives you maximum privacy and it’s free, but it’s also a massive headache to configure. So we’ve decided what matters is making the experience completely frictionless for users.Local analyses the hardware of your laptop, optimises the AI for it, and recommends the best models for your specific device.It let’s you do what you’re doing with cloud AI already, just for free and on your own machine: Chatting with PDF’s, Recording and summarising meetings, running coding agents...If you’re using Local in your office with colleagues, you can run it in “Office Mode”. The strongest computer in your office runs the AI and everyone can connect to it with their laptop. The data never leaves the office.It’s available for download on our website today, please try it out and let us know what you think!Aug 20, 2026 10:13 PM

science.nasa.gov
SmallSat 2026https://science.nasa.gov/earth/smallsat-2026/SmallSat 2026 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth # 635, 835, 641, and 940) for Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Agenda below. MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 9:00 – 10:00 AM WelcomeJose NunezBryceTech’s Smallsats by the Numbers: 2026Fletcher FranklinSupply Chain ObservationsBruce YostTechnology Shortfall Rudy de RoseeSPARCS Camera and Early Science ObservationsKaitlyn AshcroftJPL: SkyfallTim CanhamSWIFT LINK ReboostBo NaaszFlight […]Aug 20, 2026 8:05 PM
tablecanon.app
Show HN: Building Table Canon, an AI Campaign Memory Engine for TTRPGshttps://tablecanon.app/Hey HN! I built Table Canon to solve a problem my playgroup kept running into: 3-4 hour tabletop gaming sessions leave behind massive audio recordings, but standard meeting note-takers treat every session as an isolated island, butcher fantasy terms, and don't know who is speaking.I wanted an engine that tracks long-term state across months of games, so I built a pipeline to extract entity updates, open quest hooks, and character promises across sessions.The Tech Stack:* Transcription: whisper-large-v3-turbo * Diarization: pyannote for speaker embeddings & voice profile matching Extraction & Memory: OpenAI API with Structured Outputs (JSON Schema enforcement for state updates) * TTS & Audio Recaps: Kokoro / Chatterbox Turbo Music Generation: ACE-Step-v1.5-XL-Turbo for rendering session summaries into lyrics/balladsA Few Engineering Lessons & Challenges:* State Delta Extraction vs. Context Explosions: Feeding 20 prior session transcripts into context windows quickly becomes cost-prohibiAug 20, 2026 4:40 PM
compute.cx
Show HN: Compute.cx is simple (modal.com like) interface for on-demand GPUshttps://compute.cxHi everyone, Please checkout compute.cx which is a simple cli interface for using on demand GPUs from RunPod and HotAisle. I created this because I really like the ease of modal.com for severless gpu access, but don’t always want to pay their markup. Compute.cx gives the same DX but on public on-demand GPUs like runpod and hotaisie.Please try it out, and write to me harsh@theoric.com for any questions/suggestions, or file a bug report on https://github.com/theoriclabs/docs.compute.cxThanks! Harsh Gupta https://x.com/hargup13P.S. BYOK AWS, GCP and Azure coming soon, let me know if you want it.Aug 20, 2026 3:47 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: Do you automate your prospection or doing hand made?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49375869When your technical founder, prospection and talking to clients is pain.With AI we have tentation of automating everything.Linkedin or other social medias and letting AI do everything.Problem is that it is also painfull to automate because of anti-bot protections, and services that do it are not enough good (i think).But also that you go a little bit far from discovering your potential clients.What do you think about it?Aug 20, 2026 3:18 PM

bbc.com
How to make Google put preferred sources up top when you searchhttps://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260128-how-to-make-google-put-trusted-sources-up-top-when-you-searchA new feature lets you choose which publishers – including the BBC – appear at the top of your search results. Here's how to use it.Aug 20, 2026 3:17 PM
bisecto.com
Show HN: Bisecto – A minimalist game about cutting shapes into 50/50 halveshttps://bisecto.com/Hey HN,I built Bisecto (https://bisecto.com), a minimalist browser game with one simple mechanic, cutting (bisecting) a procedural 2D shape into two exact 50/50 halves with a single straight line.Confession: I got completely hooked watching those viral reels of people trying to cut fruits and vegetables into perfectly equal halves, and that was my inspiration for this game :D I've been writing code for 12+ years, but for this project I leaned heavily on LLMs to quickly spin up this game, I thought it's going to be quick, but it took me some time (around 2 weeks) to make the game the way I want it to be.A few game modes to try: - Classic: Endless run, you get to choose difficulty and line cutting mode- Arcade mode: You get 3 lives, you have to keep accuracy above 95%.- Daily challenge: A shared daily seed, 10 identical shapes for everyone, see how you rank.- Friends challenges: Create a challenge and send it to your friends and see who is better at cutting shapes in half.Under the hood:Aug 20, 2026 2:15 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Offline RAG on iOS with Spatial Integrationhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49371913I'm the developer behind CartoType. I’ve been working on bridging local language models with offline mapping, and I have just put together a demo of a completely offline Spatial RAG pipeline running natively on an iPhone. The new system is named the CartoType Field Assistant. You can find the website at https://cartotype.comDemo (1m 19s): https://www.youtube.com/shorts/a8yQPn7_jyIUse cases: Any organisation with field technicians or emergency first responders needs complex procedural knowledge tied to physical locations ('assets') where they don't have guaranteed network connectivity. Examples include offshore wind farms, power distribution networks, railway infrastructure, mountain rescue, and military uses.For this demo I query the iPhone app in Airplane mode: "A hiker near Tuolumne Meadows has a dislocated shoulder. What is the reduction protocol, and where is the Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station?"HOW IT WORKSThe core is a portable C++ engine running vector search across an encryptedAug 20, 2026 8:28 AM
aiomniu.top
Show HN: AI Resume Screening – Looking for feedback from recruitershttps://aiomniu.top/services/resume-screeningIn addition to the resume creation tool we mentioned in our previous post, we've also developed an AI-powered resume screening tool to complement our overall ecosystem. This tool aims to help recruitment teams efficiently review hundreds of resumes without relying on keyword matching.This tool helps teams:- Batch upload and parse PDF resumes- Compare candidates with job descriptions- Review candidates' skills, experience, project experience, and industry fit- Provide candidate fit analysis and scoring ranges- Export results as a CSV fileTo better meet the requirements of the European and American markets, candidate contact information is encrypted by default when uploading data. We do not provide judgments on unsuitable or unrecommended candidates. Artificial intelligence can only be used as an aid, not a replacement for HR judgment. We oppose all forms of professional discrimination.We are currently offering Beta testing access to 100 HR professionals, recruiters, hiring managers, andAug 20, 2026 2:17 AM
sports.yahoo.com
Arraez homers, Nola works 7 strong innings to power the Phillies past the Marlins 4-1https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/arraez-homers-nola-works-7-005346525.htmlLuis Arraez homered, Garrett Stubbs had two hits and an RBI and Aaron Nola tossed seven strong innings as the Philadelphia Phillies completed a three-game sweep of the Miami Marlins, 4-1 on Wednesday night. Arraez had a pair of hits, including a two-run homer, his sixth of the season, off Miami starter Sandy Alcantara.Aug 20, 2026 12:53 AM

fortune.com
Pentagon pushes ‘zero tolerance’ audit on foreign university partnerships that ‘compromise our national security’https://fortune.com/2026/08/19/pentagon-audit-foreign-university-partnerships-national-security/Schools must complete a review and terminate arrangements deemed problematic—or face funding losses.Aug 19, 2026 9:12 PM

europeanspaceflight.com
ATMOS Moves Forward with Phoenix 3 as Phoenix 2 Launch Slipshttps://europeanspaceflight.com/atmos-moves-forward-with-phoenix-3-as-phoenix-2-launch-slips/German space logistics company ATMOS Space Cargo has completed an early-stage design study for its reusable Phoenix 3 spacecraft. The announcement comes just two months after the company pushed the launch of its Phoenix 2 spacecraft from the second half of 2026 to early 2027. Work on the Phoenix 3 study was conducted with the […] The post ATMOS Moves Forward with Phoenix 3 as Phoenix 2 Launch Slips appeared first on European Spaceflight.Aug 19, 2026 7:32 PM
news.google.com
Foreign Tour Central: Women's Basketball in Japanhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMilAFBVV95cUxNZDlJcHl3REtWbDlLbm5wcGsxSDhJY244Q0J2MlZ2Vk9lb3A4bkt4YzV5ekNsZjNCcktYNTdjM0VkTU9ybnRSanhvTnMwQzZMaXcwY0w4dDhOSVc4eEFFMXhyRlc1YUgzVXJuV1pFdmtIYm5vaEpkZmJobkJ3aGhhbnI5WGo2Z2JuTXdhYWJqMzd0aUxn?oc=5Foreign Tour Central: Women's Basketball in Japan Columbia University AthleticsAug 19, 2026 7:14 PM

theverge.com
The wearable future is stuck in weird, experimental, existential limbohttps://www.theverge.com/column/982359/optimizer-wearable-future-google-aiAI on the wrist is one such experimental feature.
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For the past week, I've been testing the Google Pixel Watch 5. In many ways, it's a typical, modern smartwatch. In others, it feels ...Aug 19, 2026 5:56 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
? Plan B activated: Barça rule out Julián and move for Lautarohttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/plan-b-activated-bar-rule-174300795.htmlFC Barcelona have drastically changed their plans in the market after Atlético de Madrid’s outright refusal to negotiate for Julián Álvarez. Faced with the firm stance of the rojiblanco board, De...Aug 19, 2026 5:43 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

sports.yahoo.com
Lautaro Martinez targeted by Barcelona after Julian Alvarez snubhttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/lautaro-martinez-targeted-barcelona-julian-174000734.htmlOutlandish reports from Spain suggest Barcelona could target Inter captain Lautaro Martinez after Atletico Madrid refused to sell Julian Alvarez, but any move seems very unlikely indeed.This is hardly...Aug 19, 2026 5:40 PM