npr.org
Hit hard by the earthquake in western Colombia, the mayor of Cali gets to workhttps://www.npr.org/2026/08/13/nx-s1-5930188/around-the-clock-search-continues-to-reach-victims-of-the-7-4-earthquake-in-colombiaSearch efforts continue though hopes are fading as teams dig for survivors from the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that killed more than 250 people.Aug 13, 2026 9:39 PM
techcrunch.com
Databricks wanted to raise $1B, investors wanted $15B. It settled on $5B at a $190B valuation.https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/13/databricks-wanted-to-raise-1b-investors-wanted-15b-it-settled-on-5b-at-a-190b-valuation/AI is expensive, Ali Ghodsi tells TechCrunch. With so many investors wanting into his latest round, he said yes to more than planned.Aug 13, 2026 8:14 PM

aa.com.tr
Sudanese army says it repelled RSF attack in North Kordofan Statehttps://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/sudanese-army-says-it-repelled-rsf-attack-in-north-kordofan-state/4026673Rapid Support Forces targeted Jabra al-Sheikh area with more than 250 combat vehicles, says army | AnadoluAug 13, 2026 7:32 PM
mashable.com
Instagram got a cleaner new logo. The internet has questions.https://mashable.com/life/instagram-new-logo-wordmark-update-2026Instagram wanted a cleaner, more modern wordmark in 2026. It may have accidentally renamed itself “Instagzam.”Aug 13, 2026 7:12 PM

arstechnica.com
Virgin Galactic wants your help naming its new Delta class spaceshiphttps://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/virgin-galactic-wants-your-help-naming-its-new-delta-class-spaceship/Will it be the VSS... Horizon, Explorer, Ascend or Apeiron?Aug 13, 2026 7:12 PM

ynetnews.com
Ex-Ukrainian submarine commander killed by hidden bomb in Crimea after defecting to Russiahttps://www.ynetnews.com/article/syhtjpouzlRobert Shagaev, who once commanded Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia submarine before switching sides after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, was reportedly killed instantly by an explosive planted in a trash can in Sevastopol; a woman suspected of detonating it was detainedAug 13, 2026 6:53 PM
transcribe.lymestack.com
Show HN: LymeScribe – one computer on your network transcribes for the resthttps://transcribe.lymestack.com/Transcribed with LymeScribe just before posting this: "I realize it's a little bit late in the day to be posting on Hacker News. However, I've been looking at this frog for a good two weeks now, and F it, I'm just going to ship it. I've posted on Hacker News now like three or four times with little to no results. So if a tree falls in the woods..." (I censored the F word, but it transcribed just fine.)TL;DR: LymeScribe is local speech to text for Mac and Windows: dictate into any app, or drop in a recording and get a transcript with speaker labels, and nothing goes to a server you don't own. On a machine that can handle it, it all runs right there. On anything that can't, or anywhere you'd rather keep transcription in one place, one computer does the work for the rest of the network. Offices care about the second one, because the audio and the transcripts never leave hardware they control.This whole thing started as a command line program I built to transcribe and label speakers in audAug 13, 2026 6:18 PM
taurusagents.com
Show HN: Taurus Agents, my take on multi-agent hierarchieshttps://taurusagents.com/Hi HN! Serge here, solo founder. I built my own multi-agent orchestrator and it became so useful that for several months I've never had to touch codex or claude code anymore, just using Taurus now. The website explains what it is, but here I wanted to share how and why. If you think multi-agent orchestration is stupid, I'll try to convince you otherwise.(And if you'd rather watch a video than read the text, here's the walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa5CIxf5Rhk)Persistent identity: All my agents have names (Tessera = personal strategist, Alcyone = in charge of engineering at Taurus, and so on), roles, their own separate prompts, their own MEMORY.md, their own episodic memory (continuity logs they write for future selves) and so on. A lot of people still think it's silly vs talking to Claude or ChatGPT, but you'd be surprised how much everything changes once you seed a persona that cares about one specific mini-project or an aspect of it and takes care of it on every awakenAug 13, 2026 5:45 PM
mashable.com
Apple wants to make Siri AI better at keeping up with the newshttps://mashable.com/tech/apple-siri-ai-news-publisher-dealsApple is reportedly pursuing nine-figure news publisher deals to give Siri AI more timely, reliable information about current eventsAug 13, 2026 5:12 PM

spacenews.com
Space Command expands Alabama footprint as headquarters relocation advanceshttps://spacenews.com/space-command-expands-alabama-footprint-as-headquarters-relocation-advances/More than 100 personnel have already relocated to Redstone Arsenal as construction of billion-dollar Space Command facility is set to begin The post Space Command expands Alabama footprint as headquarters relocation advances appeared first on SpaceNews.Aug 13, 2026 4:27 PM
bing.com
Current balance vs. available balance: What's the difference?http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a896a8949cf48db820a9604b96b0280&url=https%3A%2F%2Ffinance.yahoo.com%2Fpersonal-finance%2Fbanking%2Farticle%2Fcurrent-balance-vs-available-balance-215236321.html&c=14929169724350292275&mkt=en-usIf you log into your online banking account and notice you have two different balances listed, you might be confused about how much money you have. Learn more about current balance vs. available ...Aug 13, 2026 3:42 PM

news.google.com
QACPS hears special education staffing plan overviewshttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi3AFBVV95cUxPTjJOOUZlRjcxZU5RSVlfTVV6eXRObmFBNTRmbXhtUXhLRjJpalMyQ3FsemU5ZVROY0Rxd3lReFdLUWtnOTgzOVVQZlJteFl1MzN6V0pQUTNaQ2dyRkMtalAzdlVWRHc4cW5PVVNEcnd1VUc4bTgzajF3cGlkeTdtblRvMTFwM3ROaTRzZk5xeTM0NndNcnVxSzdCemVQNERpV2c3aUpJQ1pHM05NSFZlTTNIWTk2SkdwNDhmdG56ZV80XzFTTTdwVVpXbF9yemEwT2k5NUhnNkxmSGwt?oc=5QACPS hears special education staffing plan overviews MyEasternShoreMDAug 13, 2026 3:39 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Design with a Soul: How to make your Vibe-coded site not look like AI Slophttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49287430I have some tips on how to make your site / app feel real and human even if it's vibe coded.- I'm not a graphics designer but I've worked with many and deeply interested in it for 15 years. - I led a UX team in a 50K+ organisation - I've launched 6+ businesses and did countless websites.So here's how I do it -- I'm not saying THIS IS THE WAY to do it. This is HOW I DO IT.1) Whiteboard. Sit your ass down, put some music on you find inspirational and imagine what you want your users to feel. What type of an "ambiance" this site should have? Energetic, calming, playful, serious? Pick 1 or 2 as your primary emotional anchors.2) Principles. You need to have these engrained in your bones. Less is more. If you try to do everything you do nothing. Design is an exercise in ruthless elimination. Read on design to build your internal mental heuristics library.3) Mental Image. Once you have a feel and direction decided (can change, but clarity is important) (For example, while I was building my cuAug 13, 2026 3:25 PM

theverge.com
Xteink’s tiny e-readers are getting access to free books through Libbyhttps://www.theverge.com/tech/976390/xteink-x3-x4-x4-pro-e-reader-libby-plug-ins-drm-crosspoint-readerNew plugin support for CrossPoint Reader lets Xteink’s devices access DRM-protected ebooks.
One of the big tradeoffs with Xteink's pocket-friendly e-readers is a lack of easy access to ebooks. On a Kindle or Kobo you can download tens of thousands of titles through each device's respective online bookstores, but with Xteink's devices you have to source DRM-free ebooks on your own. That's about t...Aug 13, 2026 3:19 PM

theguardian.com
DRC’s fast-growing Ebola outbreak spreads to sixth provincehttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/13/ebola-drc-democratic-republic-congo-sixth-provinceMan dies in Bas-Uele after travelling from Haut-Uele, as head of WHO says outbreak on track to be deadliest everThe Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has spread to a sixth province, officials have said, a day after the head of the World Health Organization said the outbreak was on track to surpass the deadliest in history, which killed at least 11,000 people more than a decade...Aug 13, 2026 3:17 PM
bing.com
Anthropic in talks to buy Decart AI, source sayshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88fe13f64448d79b61c2c947fec710&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fnews%2Ftechnology%2Fanthropic-in-talks-to-buy-decart-ai-source-says%2Far-AA2a3ipd&c=16484722795879754813&mkt=en-usBy Sumedha Mukherjee Aug 12 (Reuters) - Anthropic is in talks to buy Nvidia-backed startup Decart AI, according to a source familiar with the matter, as the Claude maker explores acquisitions that ...Aug 13, 2026 2:28 PM
bing.com
Anthropic in talks to buy Decart AI, source sayshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88f527bb3642028ff75d64ee93f6ed&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fnews%2Ftechnology%2Fanthropic-in-talks-to-buy-decart-ai-source-says%2Far-AA2a3ipd&c=16484722795879754813&mkt=en-usBy Sumedha Mukherjee Aug 12 (Reuters) - Anthropic is in talks to buy Nvidia-backed startup Decart AI, according to a source familiar with the matter, as the Claude maker explores acquisitions that ...Aug 13, 2026 2:28 PM
substructure.ai
Show HN: An agent engine with no SDK, just TOML and webhookshttps://substructure.ai/I was looking for a way to add AI agents to multiple systems that I maintain.I had a few requirements:- I work in multiple programming languages, so it needs to work for all of them.- I can control how tools access my system.- I can override the agent loop to try different patterns.- I can iterate on the loop without handling durability, streaming, and the rest of the nitty gritty.- I can iterate locally before deploying.- I can self host.Nothing existed that worked across programming languages, so I built it.It's not an SDK. It's a server that handles durability, streaming, MCP connections, LLM calls and connecting to channels like Slack.You can override every single step of the agent loop by handling a webhook.But you don't have to override anything, you don't even need to handle the webhook. You can define the agent in a TOML file and chat with your agent via Slack in minutes.Point it at your backend to receive a webhook at every decision point. The engine sends the current step andAug 13, 2026 2:19 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Show HN: ProbeDeck an iOS app for ClickHouse incident triagehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286299As a backend developer dealing with heavy applications, I run a ClickHouse node with 3.42 TB compressed and 19.10 TB uncompressed amongst its active components. I built ProbeDeck to run some operations on a cluster, inspect a cluster, and read some system logs on my iPhone or iPad with no laptop.The application presents some system tables as screens for running a query, replica state, storage pressure, and mutations. It pulls some stats from the system.metric_log table and shows 0 when that table is not active. One can inspect the system and decide if they want to execute KILL QUERY or KILL MUTATION. Those screens have a confirmation screen. While working with destructive SQL in the editor, a confirmation is needed and is type-safe.The app sends ClickHouse requests via HTTP or HTTPS to the ClickHouse server, or via one SSH bastion if a single SSH hop is needed. ProbeDeck does not proxy requests for a database. It stores passwords, SSH private keys, TLS client certificates, and the secrAug 13, 2026 2:14 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Show HN: Orca – Instant cross-platform in-app purchase orchestrationhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286271Hi HN,Founder of Maxint here, we just launched Orca (https://orca.maxint.com/)One major hurdle for us, following the deployment across iOS, Android, Linux, MacOS, Windows and Web, was monetization. There was no standardized store, schema or architecture to define, integrate and track subscriptions, consumables and non-consumables across platforms.We tried RevenueCat and Adapty, however both were limited to mobile and web, while we still had to manually set up all products and entitlements in each of the stores - Google PlayStore, Apple AppStore and Stripe.Both providers had no support for MacOS, Linux and Windows, and raising GitHub issues left us hanging for months, while our users were limited to use their subscription on a single platform only.This forced us to build a monetization orchestration platform supporting all major operating systems. We launched it internally, 12+ months ago and we tested it heavily with thousands of users. Early this year we implemented an MCP server, enaAug 13, 2026 2:12 PM