
spacenews.com
Think tank warns Europe’s orbital compute gap is wideninghttps://spacenews.com/think-tank-warns-europes-orbital-compute-gap-is-widening/Europe risks becoming dependent on foreign orbital computing infrastructure as U.S. companies and China’s government-led push accelerate the development of space-based data centers, according to the European Space Policy Institute. The post Think tank warns Europe’s orbital compute gap is widening appeared first on SpaceNews.Aug 5, 2026 8:00 AM

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Voyager seeks relaxed requirements in NASA commercial space station RFPhttps://spacenews.com/voyager-seeks-relaxed-requirements-in-nasa-commercial-space-station-rfp/Voyager Technologies remains upbeat about the prospects for its Starlab commercial space station but is hoping for some tweaks to NASA’s plans to support the station’s development. The post Voyager seeks relaxed requirements in NASA commercial space station RFP appeared first on SpaceNews.Aug 5, 2026 3:01 AM
hyperlaneide.com
Show HN: Hyperlane – A IDE and ADE merging agent worktrees with native toolinghttps://hyperlaneide.comHi HN, my co-founder and I run Akkento, a small self-funded team building Hyperlane, an independent IDE built on the VS Code source (Code OSS), made for merging worktree-based agent development with actual IDE features.Agent orchestrators give you a worktree based workflow where several agents run in parallel, but they are not IDEs (they are not meant to be), so the moment an agent finishes you have to leave and review the diff somewhere else, actually debug the code and go through a process to sanity check it. In a commercial team, that review step isn't optional which is the problem we came across, where you have 2 editors open at the same time for the same job. IDEs are where you actually read, debug and profile the code, but none of them give you the worktree workflow. We are hoping to fix that by merging the two together in an IDE with tooling for profiling, building and testing.Try it out: https://hyperlaneide.com/Hyperlane runs on macOS (Apple Silicon), Windows and Linux (x64 anAug 4, 2026 8:31 PM

nasa.gov
NASA Will Attempt to Observe Rocket Part’s Lunar Impacthttps://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/commercial-space/nasa-will-attempt-to-observe-rocket-parts-lunar-impact/Using ground-based telescopes and space-based assets, NASA and SpaceX are tracking a used Falcon 9 upper stage from a commercial mission expected to impact the Moon on Wednesday, Aug. 5, near the Einstein and Bell craters. The impact poses no danger to Earth and NASA scientists are planning to collect lunar data from the event […]Aug 4, 2026 8:00 PM
sagorax.com
Show HN: Sagorax, a Three.js/WebGPU Arena Shooter in the Browserhttps://sagorax.com/I built Sagorax because I missed the speed and simplicity of UT99 and UT2k4. It now has both Instagib and classic weapons Deathmatch with plasma combos, flak, shotguns, charged rocket salvos, loadouts, adrenaline abilities, tactical bots and full controller support.No installation, just pick a gamertag and play: https://sagorax.comThe client is built with TypeScript, Three.js and WebGPU. Under the hood it uses FSR 3-based upscaling, adaptive dynamic resolution, GPU pipeline warmup, screen-space reflections, dynamic lighting and shadows, visibility culling and a custom post-processing pipeline.Multiplayer is next if there is enough interest (looking good so far).If you had told me a few months ago that this would be possible in a browser, I wouldn’t have believed you. But Opus 5 + GPT-5.6-Sol = GODMODE.Feedback is very welcome.Aug 4, 2026 7:50 PM

nasa.gov
NASA Provides Updates on Moon Base Cargo Landers, Tech Demonstrationshttps://www.nasa.gov/missions/moon-base/nasa-provides-updates-on-moon-base-cargo-landers-tech-demonstrations/NASA is making progress in building the Moon Base, which will become a resilient outpost near the Moon’s South Pole for science, technology, and eventual human operations. To advance lunar surface infrastructure development, commercial partners such as Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines, and Voyager Lunar Systems are working toward delivering landers by 2028. These […]Aug 4, 2026 4:14 PM
toneyalexander.github.io
Show HN: Simple algorithm and color space to generate diverse skin toneshttps://toneyalexander.github.io/inclusive-color-space/Hello HN!I found that picking out plausible but diverse skin tones for my digital art and game development projects was kind of difficult, and I got curious about if there was a way to define a color space that made it easy.I've built a color picker and procedural generation algorithm based on the space as well as a bunch of other fun js features and demos throughout the page that use the equations. If you find it interesting, I have lots of explanations of how I built it and what properties the space has.The methodology might be a bit shaky, but hopefully the result is as helpful for others as I have found it! There's lots of room for improvements (see the Future Work section), but I'm really happy with how it turned out.Aug 4, 2026 3:16 PM
github.com
Show HN: Guide AI coding agents on how to use libraries securelyhttps://github.com/Reware-Labs/securitycardsHi HN,TL;DR: AI Code Security Cards give coding agents library- and version-specific guidance to generate safer code.AI coding agents can generate working code, but they often lack library- and version-specific security knowledge. We've developed AI Code Security Cards, an open-source security knowledge layer, to provide that missing context.The project is related to my PhD, in which I focused on the security of LLM-generated code. During my research, I studied how code generation models behave, how they introduce security issues, and how we can guide them toward generating safer code.My research [1] and several other studies [2–4] show that at least 40% of code generated by state-of-the-art models contains one or more security issues. Similar problems also affect AI coding agents.One reason is that these models often lack sufficient library-specific security knowledge in their context. They may not know which configurations are unsafe, which validation steps are required, or what secuAug 4, 2026 2:12 PM
redirectiq.com
Show HN: Free SEO checker that finds redirect chains and www issueshttps://redirectiq.com/tools/seo-checkerHello, I wanted to share this free tool to check your page's SEO.I wanted to build something that did a few things I thought were important:1. Be fast, and give a solid technical SEO analysis without dragging it out. 2. Create a way to share links directly to a site's results, with the share OG image previewing the actual score. 3. Offer everything through an API. You can inspect the calls made on the page to see it. I haven't documented it yet, but it's available to use.The deepest checks we do right now are making sure your www and non-www setup redirects correctly, and looking across your site for any redirect chains that should be flattened. Alongside that, it covers the other basic technical SEO checks that matter for ranking — title tags, meta descriptions, headings, canonical tags, viewport, HTTPS, Open Graph tags, image alt text, structured data, and response time.Looking for feedback on what checks would be helpful to add, but want to keep it fast and lite.Aug 4, 2026 1:49 PM
github.com
Show HN: Neal – Codex writes the code, Claude reviews ithttps://github.com/navels/nealneal is a CLI I wrote while trying to use an LLM coding agent (in this case, Codex GPT-5.4) to work autonomously on a migration of our large frontend codebase. A few things came up during that project that guided the development of neal:1. Telling an agent to "keep working unless blocked" doesn't actually work over long stretches of time.2. Large projects should be broken up into smaller chunks of work.3. The coding agent should start each chunk of work with a fresh context to prevent context rot.4. The coding agent benefits from having a different agent doing adversarial reviews along the way.What I ended up with is an orchestrator that- lets you configure planner, coder, and reviewer roles. I started with Codex and Claude using their SDKs but later added OpenRouter as well as a compatibility mode for verifying that a model can handle the orchestration. Currently there are 44 compatible OpenRouter models.- runs a plan that you provide through a planner / reviewer loop which splits theAug 4, 2026 1:14 PM

europeanspaceflight.com
ESA Astronaut Completes Third Test of EuroSuit Prototype Aboard ISShttps://europeanspaceflight.com/esa-astronaut-completes-third-test-of-eurosuit-prototype-aboard-iss/ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot has completed a third and likely final test of EuroSuit, a European intravehicular activity (IVA) spacesuit prototype, aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The suit was developed under a CNES contract by a French consortium led by Spartan Space, which also includes the sporting goods retailer Decathlon. In a 20 July […] The post ESA Astronaut Completes Third Test of EuroSuit Prototype Aboard ISS appeared first on European Spaceflight.Aug 4, 2026 10:58 AM
bing.com
Nvidia’s open-source alliance seeks industry input on AI safety controlshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88fe13f64448d79b61c2c947fec710&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fnvidia-s-open-source-alliance-seeks-industry-input-on-ai-safety-controls%2Far-AA29nE9B&c=10904541637519194988&mkt=en-usA working group within Nvidia’s new initiative on open-source technologies is seeking public input as it develops guidelines on how to share and learn from AI cybersecurity incidents to prevent future ...Aug 4, 2026 8:59 AM
bing.com
Nvidia’s open-source alliance seeks industry input on AI safety controlshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88f527bb3642028ff75d64ee93f6ed&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fnvidia-s-open-source-alliance-seeks-industry-input-on-ai-safety-controls%2Far-AA29nE9B&c=10904541637519194988&mkt=en-usA working group within Nvidia’s new initiative on open-source technologies is seeking public input as it develops guidelines on how to share and learn from AI cybersecurity incidents to prevent future ...Aug 4, 2026 8:59 AM
news.ycombinator.com
Is Snap Inc Back?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49164568Summary -Snap Inc.’s business model is changing. Wall Street has tagged the company as an advertising company, which has been the dominant model for most of the companies’ short time in the public market (9 years). But over the last two years, it has seen growth in one segment that is unrelated to advertising, and has a marginal cost of selling near zero.Snap+ is the subscription business for Snapchat’s app. I believe that this is the future; most tech companies’ dominant revenue today comes from a second business like AWS or Windows.Snap Current Business Model-Snap Inc currently has advertising as its dominant revenue source. And it has a unique offering through its AR filters, as a way to display ads, along with real estate in the apps, Maps, and contacts, and through its feed of videos. Snap had 5.9 billion in revenue in FY2025. Ads were 87% of revenue.I view this business as the legacy business, and I expect revenue to still come from it at a high rate, but the higher margin revenuAug 4, 2026 5:15 AM

nasa.gov
Louisiana Students Loft Payloads from NASA Balloon Facility in Texashttps://www.nasa.gov/missions/scientific-balloons/louisiana-students-loft-payloads-from-nasa-balloon-facility-in-texas/Every spring in Palestine, Texas, the wide-open fields around NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility fill with students and faculty from across Louisiana. They arrive carrying sensors, laptops, and carefully engineered payloads they have spent months preparing. The goal is to send their experiments to the edge of space and return with meaningful data, while reflecting […]Aug 3, 2026 7:22 PM
github.com
Show HN: Popkorn – A CSS based alternative for Lottie animationshttps://github.com/ayarse/popkornHi all,I’ve been working on this project for a while now and wanted to share it here for feedback and contributions. You can test drive it in the playground at:https://usepopkorn.devI’ve been calling it Popkorn. The idea is to author vector animations, similar to Rive and Lottie, but in a CSS-like language, with interactivity and other modern necessities baked into the format. I’ve stayed true to CSS for the most part, sprinkling on a little custom syntax for things like interactivity.Staying close to CSS gives it good DX, and it turns out to make it very LLM-friendly too. Nearly my entire examples gallery is AI generated. Even cheap models like GLM or DSv4 Flash can one shot whole animations from scratch, no fine-tuning required. There’s a Copilot feature the Playground that will let you bring your own key, or use the MCP to test drive AI features. Do share what you make please!There’s a web player that renders on Canvas or SVG, and a React Native player using Skia. It supports nestedAug 3, 2026 4:41 PM

science.nasa.gov
A Bare Summer for Barnes Ice Caphttps://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap/The expanse of glacial ice on Canada’s Baffin Island lost its snow cover quickly and early in summer 2026, revealing a network of melt features.Aug 3, 2026 4:00 PM
github.com
Show HN: Self-hosted pet diary built on Frigate and a local vision modelhttps://github.com/bolt12/pet-reportI have a cat and a dog, and I worry about them whenever I am away. My cameras ping me with a clip of the cat crossing the kitchen, which tells me almost nothing. I could sit and watch hours of recordings to work out how their day went and whether anything looks off, but that's too time consuming. What I actually wanted to know were concrete things: did they eat, did they drink, did the cat use the litter box, are they sleeping more than usual.So pet-report sits on top of Frigate, which I already run for the cameras. Twice a day it sends the new clips to a vision model (I run Qwen3.6-35B-A3B on an RTX 5090) on my own server and writes up the day, with every line linking back to the footage behind it so you can check it yourself. You can also ask it things like "did the dog drink today?" and it answers from what the cameras actually saw.I've found myself needing an app like this for a long time, and pulling contextual metadata out of an image or a video is exactly what these models are gAug 3, 2026 3:21 PM

arstechnica.com
SpaceX is set to acquire 130,000 acres of marshland in southern Louisianahttps://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/spacex-is-set-to-acquire-130000-acres-of-marshland-in-southern-louisiana/A Louisiana launch site would offer several significant advantages.Aug 3, 2026 2:41 PM

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NASA Delivers Navigation System for Commercial Lunar Relayhttps://www.nasa.gov/technology/space-comms/nasa-delivers-navigation-system-for-commercial-lunar-relay/NASA delivered the NavCube3-mini payload on July 13 to Intuitive Machines for integration into Altus-1, the company’s first lunar relay satellite, marking an important milestone in the development of future lunar communications and navigation services. The lunar relays are designed to enable communications and navigation for astronauts and rovers operating at the agency’s future Moon Base. About half the size of a shoebox and weighing just 3.5 pounds, NavCube3-mini is a compact but powerful navigation […]Aug 3, 2026 2:20 PM