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bbc.co.uk
Why is Selena Gomez being sued?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cly58dnde5yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rssBBC journalist Ana Guerra-Moore looks at why investors who backed Wondermind Global are claiming the pop star failed to fulfil promises.
Aug 14, 2026 4:59 PM
npr.org
As speed cameras spread to more states, so does the backlash from drivershttps://www.npr.org/2026/08/14/nx-s1-5927506/speed-cameras-ticket-backlashMillions of drivers across the country are encountering speed cameras for the first time, or will soon. Some don't like it, but advocates say there's clear evidence that cameras make roads safer.
Aug 14, 2026 4:54 PM
luacad.ad-si.com
Show HN: LuaCAD – Parametric CAD Scripted in Luahttps://luacad.ad-si.comLuaCAD models solids in Lua rather than the OpenSCAD language, with operator overloading for CSG (`a + b`, `a - b`, `a * b`).It ships with a CLI and a desktop app, including a preview area and a text editor.I've always been a big fan of OpenSCAD, but the SCAD language itself is unfortunately quite cobbled-together and is a very poorly designed programming language.LuaCAD takes all the good parts of OpenSCAD and combines them with one of the best scripting languages. It has now completely replaced OpenSCAD for me, and I think it provides a better experience than OpenSCAD for all use cases. I'd love to hear any reasons why LuaCAD shouldn't fully replace OpenSCAD!It’s fully open source and you can find the repo here: https://github.com/ad-si/LuaCADTech stack:- It's implemented in Rust and uses mlua (https://github.com/mlua-rs/mlua) to execute the Lua code.- Uses OpenCSG (https://opencsg.org) for fast and correct rendering of the 3D models (like OpenSCAD)- Uses Manifold (https://github.com
Aug 14, 2026 4:43 PM
spacenews.com
Spire and PlanetiQ win NOAA radio-occultation contractshttps://spacenews.com/spire-and-planetiq-win-noaa-radio-occultation-contracts/SAN FRANCISCO – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded contracts to Spire Global and PlanetiQ to provide radio occultation data for terrestrial and space weather forecasts. The NOAA […] The post Spire and PlanetiQ win NOAA radio-occultation contracts appeared first on SpaceNews.
Aug 14, 2026 4:33 PM
theguardian.com
Canadian plasma clinics pause collections after deaths of two donorshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/14/canadian-plasma-clinics-pause-collections-after-deaths-of-donors-grifolsGrifols, which runs private chain of clinics, to temporarily stop taking donations after new government investigationA chain of private plasma donation clinics in Canada has said it is pausing collections after the deaths of two donors and a new government investigation into potential unsafe practices.Grifols, a Spanish healthcare company which runs 17 clinics in Canada and is the country’s only p...
Aug 14, 2026 4:21 PM
techcrunch.com
Does Mark Zuckerberg really believe AI is ‘for everyone’?https://techcrunch.com/video/does-mark-zuckerberg-really-believe-ai-is-for-everyone/Meta released Glimmer this week, an open-weight AI model anyone can download and run on their own hardware — a contrast to Muse Spark, the company’s more powerful model that stays locked behind its own APIs. The release landed alongside a letter from Mark Zuckerberg arguing AI should be “for everyone” rather than controlled by a handful of labs, but as Equity’s […]
Aug 14, 2026 3:43 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Kakehashi Update: Running Apple Clang build and lowering overhead to 1.24xhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299613Hello again HN!After 11 days, I'm back with an update about Kakehashi. I want to thank you for your support! Thank you for all your stars, comments. I didn't expect you to be so interested in the project.What's new:I managed to significantly accelerate the implementation process. Now, 7zip lags by just 1.24x compared to native Linux performance, and the Lua build differs literally by 1.5 to 2 seconds from a native launch. The Lua build fails to compile via kh run make due to Linux-specific flags, which mirrors its behavior on native macOS. However, if it is built using kh run gcc -- -Wall -O2 -DLUA_USE_MACOSX -std=c99 onelua.c -lreadline -o /tmp/lua-onelua, everything compiles, builds, and runs perfectly. Overall, I am currently actively working on the following binaries: git, clang, make, xcrun, otool, gcc, curl, 7zip, rm, ls, sh, csh, zsh, bash, and the Rust installation script. Please note that you currently need to manually port the /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, and /usr/lib/zsh folders f
Aug 14, 2026 3:00 PM
theguardian.com
American missionary kidnapped in Niger freed after nine monthshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/14/american-missionary-kevin-rideout-niger-released-kidnappingKevin Rideout, who was abducted by unknown assailants in Niamey, said to be in good health and in care of US officialsAn American missionary who was kidnapped in Niger in October has been released, his organisation has said.Serving in Mission International said Kevin Rideout “is in good health in the care of US officials” and would soon be reunited with his extended family. Continue reading...
Aug 14, 2026 2:55 PM
news.google.com
Reform UK's Nigel Farage beats a slate of fringe candidates in election boycotted by major partieshttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiugFBVV95cUxNRGxQNEpxUFR3NkJFN1JaeWxBMU8zVFpqNmJnTmNjcXQ5aWZnLXotc3lmUEw1eVZHS2dNUWxhRWdCdEdlVzVqeWEzMDEzaTRJbTVybFoyV2tyMDhJcGo1X2pZcGtCOEhUblBvekJpVmJkR2lnN1hPaTJlQ2lPRjRYMTRoSFFSZjY3T1VGMXA5OF8yem9aMThuRkgwcjJHdWxUSTY0MVd4WFRybTF5M3E5dFBFSV9QbnU2cXc?oc=5Reform UK's Nigel Farage beats a slate of fringe candidates in election boycotted by major parties  AP NewsNigel Farage wins election in which his main rival was a trash can  CNNDonald Trump can’t beat Iran and Nigel Farage can only beat a bin. When it counts, these populists are just losers  The GuardianNigel Farage beats Count Binface to win back seat in Parliament in widely mocked election  NBC...
Aug 14, 2026 2:54 PM
techcrunch.com
Kog is going deeper to squeeze more inference out of GPUshttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/14/kog-is-going-deeper-to-squeeze-more-inference-out-of-gpus/The idea that GPUs are poorly suited for agentic workflows may be a misconception, according to French startup Kog.
Aug 14, 2026 2:50 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: Should hard-tech founders join a problem or technology-first PhD lab?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299333I'm an engineering undergrad considering pursuing a PhD with the long-term goal of founding a hard-tech startup. I’m undecided about the specific area and only have a vague sense of what interests me -- industrial decarbonization, mining / mineral processing, and advanced materials are a few areas that currently seem exciting.However, I'm unsure which type of PhD lab would provide better preparation: either a problem-first lab (e.g., like Yet-Ming Chiang at MIT) or a technology-first lab (e.g., your typical academic lab that focuses on novel science without a predetermined application, and where commercialization happens largely by chance — when a technology happens to have a valuable market application).I've looked at advice online from successful hard-tech entrepreneurs, but the answers are conflicting. Some say to work backwards from a problem, but others argue that problem-first approaches often don't work since deep tech is inherently different: you often can't force a scientific
Aug 14, 2026 2:38 PM
europeanspaceflight.com
Avio Filings Shed Light on FD1 Rocket Demonstrator Test Flighthttps://europeanspaceflight.com/avio-filings-shed-light-on-fd1-rocket-demonstrator-test-flight/Environmental documents filed in Sardinia have revealed new details about Avio’s planned FD1 suborbital demonstrator flight test. The test will utilize a temporary launch facility being erected on the grounds of the Salto di Quirra Interforce Test Range. The 6.3-tonne single-stage demonstrator is being developed under a €181.6 million contract from the Italian government, funded […] The post Avio Filings Shed Light on FD1 Rocket Demonstrator Test Flight appeared first on European Spaceflight.
Aug 14, 2026 2:37 PM
softedge-techdemo.jign.workers.dev
Show HN: A painting engine that lets you sculpt drawings (tech demo)https://softedge-techdemo.jign.workers.dev/This is a playable tech demo. All painting software (Photoshop, Krita, etc.) rasterize your strokes as you work. This means the stroke is frozen forever. You may use some tools like perspective warp or liquefy but they are quite limited. The Soft Edge engine instead keeps a record of your strokes as data and rasterization happens on the fly, on each frame, like in a game engine. This lets you sculpt any property of your stroke.Right now you can paint the following targets: pressure (which makes the stroke thicker or thinner), colour, and its position (you can grab the stroke after it was drawn).The UI is a shell written in React. The more interesting part is the renderer, it's coded in Rust and compiled to WASM and WebGPU. The performance is quite nice, and has room to improve even more. All input is routed through WASM so pointer events are really, really fast, stroke polling feels like a completely native app, there's no React sluggishness anywhere in the actual painting process. The
Aug 14, 2026 2:36 PM