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cbc.ca
Quebec autistic student denied disability-based French exemption, removed from collegehttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-autistic-student-denied-french-exemption-9.7314902?cmp=rssQuebec's Charter of the French language grants children with serious learning issues a waiver allowing them to be educated in English. But education specialists say the process is too difficult and rejection rates are high, effectively preventing some students with disabilities from pursuing higher education.
Aug 21, 2026 8:00 AM
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-prohibi
Aug 20, 2026 4:40 PM
nytimes.com
Opinionhttps://www.nytimes.com/section/opinionNew York Times Opinion columnists, editorials and guest essays. Analysis from David Brooks, Maureen Dowd, Charles Blow, Paul Krugman and others.
Aug 20, 2026 3:17 PM
spacenews.com
Draper Selects Proteus Space for Advanced On-Orbit Missionhttps://spacenews.com/draper-selects-proteus-space-for-advanced-on-orbit-mission/LOS ANGELES, CA, September 8th, 2026. Proteus Space, a dual-use aerospace company delivering rapid, end-to-end access to space, today announced it has been selected by The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, […] The post Draper Selects Proteus Space for Advanced On-Orbit Mission appeared first on SpaceNews.
Aug 20, 2026 10:00 AM
theverge.com
Does giving a camera wings dodge the FCC’s drone ban?https://www.theverge.com/tech/981834/hoverair-versa-drone-camera-fcc-loophole-indiegogoIt’s a camera. It’s a drone. But HoverAir doesn’t want it to be a drone where the FCC is concerned. | Image: HoverAir HoverAir drones always have intriguing gimmicks. This one folds flat to fit in your pocket. This one can land on water. Another can charge inside its carrying case. But the brand's latest trick might be its riskiest: it's attempting to sneak a drone past the FCC. In December 2025...
Aug 19, 2026 11:52 PM
nytimes.com
Prince Harry and Meghan Will Move Back to U.K. After 6 Years in U.S.https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/world/europe/prince-harry-meghan-return-uk.htmlThe prince and his wife, whose relations with King Charles and the rest of the royal family have long been strained, will remain non-working royals, according to a person familiar with the decision.
Aug 19, 2026 11:40 PM
cbsnews.com
Americans fighting brutal heat coast to coasthttps://www.cbsnews.com/video/americans-fighting-brutal-heat-coast-to-coast/Coast-to-coast heat is scorching the southern U.S., with the temperature in Charleston, South Carolina, with a heat index of 113 degrees, while California's Death Valley was seeing a high of 118 degrees. Jason Allen reports from Phoenix, Arizona, which is also experiencing triple-digit heat.
Aug 19, 2026 11:19 PM
sports.yahoo.com
Gozo & Herrington join Premier League, MLS to Middlesbrough & morehttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/gozo-herrington-join-premier-league-171600156.htmlBy Charles BoehmWith the FIFA World Cup in the rearview mirror, MLS and LIGA MX back underway and myriad European leagues kicking off their 2026-27 campaigns, the global transfer market’s summer win...
Aug 19, 2026 5:16 PM
sports.yahoo.com
Ketel Marte’s agent provides an update on the All-Star after sudden absencehttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ketel-marte-agent-provides-star-165813962.htmlPHOENIX — For the first time since his unexpected absence from the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday, Ketel Marte has offered an update on his situation — even if the message came through his agent. Charisse Espinosa-Dash, Marte’s agent, told MLB Network insider Jon Morosi on Wednesday that the All-Star is “currently managing a personal matter” and will undergo an MRI on his knee Thursday.
Aug 19, 2026 4:58 PM
github.com
Launch HN: OneCLI (YC S26) – OSS sandboxed agent harness for teamshttps://github.com/onecli/onecliHi HN, Jonathan & Guy here from OneCLI, an agent harness built for teams, giving every employee a secured, sandboxed personal agent.Here’s what you can do with it:1. get a sandboxed agent, with all the OneCLI capabilities in place like connect your GitHub account, Gmail, Notion, or Dropbox simply from the chat.2. deterministic human in the loop approval in the chat itself for things that you need 100% control like sending an email or deleting the Linear ticket.3. manage team policy in one place, enforced across every agent in the workspace4. enjoy global connections at the team level, like shared LLM keys or service accountsHere’s a demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlW-44ntpbEWe started working on this by accident, even though our careers were in the security space. We were working on a devtool called ChartDB, an open-source DB tool. When OpenClaw took off back in January, we started using it to orchestrate agents on top of ChartDB. We quickly understood there is a big issue aroun
Aug 19, 2026 4:29 PM
theguardian.com
Tice should apologise to firefighters for ‘enjoy it’ remark on extreme heat, says Labourhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/19/richard-tice-enjoy-it-remark-extreme-heat-labourExclusive: Bridget Phillipson’s comments show her party feels voters have been alienated by Reform net zero attacksRichard Tice should apologise to firefighters for his comments this week urging British people to “enjoy” this summer’s extreme heat, according to the Labour party chair.Bridget Phillipson has called on Reform’s deputy leader to say sorry to those who have battled wildfires across the...
Aug 19, 2026 4:19 PM
sports.yahoo.com
Arsenal youngster confirms successful ACL surgeryhttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/arsenal-youngster-confirms-successful-acl-160500331.htmlArsenal youngster Louie Copley has confirmed he’s had successful surgery on his ACL injury, beginning a long road back to full fitness for the midfielder.Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty ImagesEarli...
Aug 19, 2026 4:05 PM
sports.yahoo.com
GEORGE BRETT VS. MILT WILCOXhttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/george-brett-vs-milt-wilcox-160100557.htmlHey, it’s Jon again, and I’ve got Episode 8 of The History of Charging the Mound for you. It concerns the 1980 mound-charging between George Brett and Milt Wilcox, and as I divulge early in the episode, I do not have any video of the fight to show you, as it appears to not exist. […]
Aug 19, 2026 4:01 PM