
latimes.com
Those shock gloves ICE plans to buy can bring strong men to their knees in less than a secondhttps://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-08-13/shock-gloves-ice-plans-to-buy-bring-men-to-their-kneesThe Department of Homeland Security plans to spend up to $20 million on gloves that deliver painful shocks to detainees.Aug 13, 2026 9:35 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
latimes.com
Kennedy Center board votes to close venue for two years, inscribe Trump's name on buildinghttps://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-08-13/kennedy-center-closing-two-years-adding-trump-nameThe Kennedy Center's board of trustees on Thursday voted to move forward with President Trump's plan to close the building for renovations and to inscribe his name on the building to commemorate the upgrades.Aug 13, 2026 7:04 PM

nasa.gov
For West Virginia Engineer, Home Is Where the Heart Is… and NASA, Toohttps://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/goddard/for-west-virginia-engineer-home-is-where-the-heart-is-and-nasa-too/Growing up in Grafton, West Virginia, engrossed in Star Wars and all things science fiction, Fletcher Newell had an early interest in space exploration. That interest only grew when, in 2013, his fourth-grade class took a field trip to a nearby NASA facility he had not yet heard of – NASA’s Katherine Johnson Independent Verification […]Aug 13, 2026 7:03 PM

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3rd Annual Young Makers Market prepares 46 Young Artists for Successhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMinAFBVV95cUxNX0tLY0xZVVFLcmZOS1VNOXFwdWdEVnQ2ZC13SmNxejZPT1R0SHJLNW1DaW5MU1JVSGZiZnhHS3c0cGsteVJkTnVIYU5fYlNqdXJJOFB1WldwTFhWZmJOSmhvT28tZHM4LVg0ZTZXdV9PQl8wRVUwOTFwQ1JsOFRtc1JaTno4RzdXTm9JRGw4X0UwSFVpSjhlODIzUm4?ocComprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.Aug 13, 2026 5:54 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

news.google.com
Bring your spreadsheet data to life with Sheets canvashttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxQVkxwYzJ5NnUtdVJaeDJLNWEzclZXSDhOQmVzNjhlcjR4bUFmMmhaTUhibTI5WFJrdzR4TWx4TmlXNjBjeWZiSXJfVndXUUJiQjVsVTNlcXE0d2YtZTdGaHRvSk9ZWUxrMGJvY2lrcnhRZ0swZnBZSlBnSWR0OU5UajI0U2FhdnNCWW1MU0JCaERjQ2MxWDg5YWxuVGxDY0Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.Aug 13, 2026 5:30 PM

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Introducing Gemini 3.7 Flashhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiowFBVV95cUxOZnVHS2RsOVpIeE9xTGhZMUZHbWRtVi1IVHpZcFQ3RExDV1N2c3l2c1o2OW9iazVBQXRTaEpfRFU1UEdlZ3VYNGl6TFZYQTBoNENJRFd4dUNFTE9vYU5mYk05ZFJBWDhIRXE0T0xUQ1hrUzFuSzNPM0tTaGNTWTZyM1V5SzcxcGRLek5tUUZOYnhFSUFZanRnUDFMdGVKUkComprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.Aug 13, 2026 5:05 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

nasa.gov
Perseids Meteor Showerhttps://www.nasa.gov/image-article/perseids-meteor-shower-2/The constellation Orion is framed by two Perseid meteors in this photo from Aug. 12, 2018, in Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah. The Perseids – one of the year’s brightest and most popular meteor showers – has been ramping up since early July and will sparkle in the skies through the end of August. The […]Aug 13, 2026 3:08 PM

bbc.co.uk
Four Canadian hockey stars remain suspended after sexual assault acquittalhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9dpdmr77do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rssA fifth has been reinstated, though an appeals board found that the whole group broke Hockey Canada's code of conduct.Aug 13, 2026 2:51 PM

europeanspaceflight.com
Suborbital Rocket Builder Gravitilab Enters Liquidationhttps://europeanspaceflight.com/suborbital-rocket-builder-gravitilab-enters-liquidation/UK-based Gravitilab Aerospace Services has entered liquidation, with the company announcing in a brief 5 August LinkedIn post that it had “ceased trading.” Documents filed with Companies House on 5 August, but not made available to download and review until 12 August, show that Gravitilab’s shareholders approved a voluntary winding-up at a general meeting held […] The post Suborbital Rocket Builder Gravitilab Enters Liquidation appeared first on European Spaceflight.Aug 13, 2026 2:37 PM

news.google.com
McDonald's to unleash Hello Kitty x Godzilla Happy Meal next weekhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxQa1E2ckV0Q3dNUERkMEpwV2xnZWxTdjR4b09OVHpjV0dxN3R5UzhsMm1wRGVDNUhHSm1tUU9DRmF6dElwaGhUSkhqQkRLWFI3Zlg4N01CTjJGWEpVVVdHV0huemhpR1c2TWhILW9DR2dXWmtlZ0JHaUVqWU1UNTR6bTNPUlU4YzEzNkVjV1VFNDc1M0hrVkhGZDNUWHJQc1Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.Aug 13, 2026 2:29 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
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

news.google.com
Day 45: Saying Goodbye to Maine and Hello to the Whites!https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMif0FVX3lxTE5VdkFwZnU5MzdfNFZ5U2VCSFhvdmNKeThCbmdiSk5MaWt4bTM3UHJwVkxnMnN3cmVBZE5oX0t0TXQ4SkE4ZmxJXzJmRU1TZ1BMN3FZMEJHNHZuQ3FQMnFWU0xydVRWekZ0ZmpqekFuTE9qczBMY2stVF9jcmMydVk?oc=5Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.Aug 13, 2026 2:03 PM
stackdome.com
Show HN: Stackdome – An open source self-hostable Railway alternative on K8shttps://stackdome.comHello Hacker News, this is Ashish.We started building Stackdome in 2024 as a hobby project. The idea was to package the tooling in the CNCF/cloud-native ecosystem into an opinionated platform, so that developers can get a well engineered platform without learning Kubernetes YAMLology or a dozen other projects from the CNCF landscape.Railway and Render did this well for their hosted products. I wanted to bring that level of polish and DX to something you can self-host. Stackdome uses Kubernetes underneath, but it's completely transparent to users. (I have some ideas for an expert mode that exposes more of the bells and whistles.)My day job involves working with cloud native technologies, and it made me appreciate how much is already solved by Kubernetes and the tooling around it. If you are already running Kubernetes, Stackdome is something you can adopt incrementally. (I have some ideas around adopting already-running workloads.)Features:- First class support for multi-service applicatAug 13, 2026 12:43 PM

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‘Hello, just circling back!’ Not responding to emails is common across higher education but bad for moralehttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi0wFBVV95cUxQNGhQblJMYldjMFpZcWtHVzhGTXE3dFREZ2NuS1FVb2dPT0ZBWDVBU1JTdVNwMDloU0kyWVpuYTdhVHpMTElBbUM2V0owbmhzeTdJOWJkdnJHQ1VfOTUybFVQWjViT3cwdmZfY3FfWlFtdl9vRlYwaHVEYVlKUkFUVE13TXRqUUNrSVNFX3ZYdXc3LXRQM2ZUckJfamNfUHComprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.Aug 13, 2026 12:31 PM
readiteasy.app
Show HN: Read it easy – Read-only code editor with an improved Go to Definitionhttps://www.readiteasy.app/I built a desktop app that improves the UI/UX for reading source code . Code editors/IDEs have many features, but I didn't make the best use of them when reading the source code. So, I designed the app by picking up some features for source code reading. It is read-only because it is intended to focus users on reading. Switching from your favorite code editor or IDE to the app can help with context switching from coding to code reading. I wonder if this context switch can help people focus on reading.One of the features I designed specifically for this app is "Animated Go to Definition," which works by double-clicking a function name in the code and is designed around some principles I use when reading code. This feature exactly embodies the ideas and concepts of this app. Now, Animated Go to Definition supports JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, and C#.AI empowers documentation in software development, but it does not always eliminate the need to read source code. To truly understaAug 13, 2026 12:30 PM