forbes.com
Instagram Retires Its Cursive Wordmark After A Decadehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/gabrielalinzainescu/2026/08/13/instagram-retires-its-cursive-wordmark-after-a-decade/Instagram unveiled its first wordmark redesign in a decade, with a bolder script, new fonts and a refreshed brand system rolling out globally through 2026.Aug 13, 2026 3:26 PM

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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

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French ambassador to CAR investigated over claims he hosted dozens of womenhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/13/france-ambassador-car-central-african-republic-investigation-bruno-foucherDisciplinary proceedings under way after security concerns raised over reported visits to official residenceFrance has opened disciplinary proceedings against its ambassador to Central African Republic over allegations of misconduct, after claims he brought dozens of women into his official residence, raising potential security concerns.The investigation comes as Paris seeks to rebuild relations w...Aug 13, 2026 2:21 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: 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

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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

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Hello Games boss says Light No Fire is ‘crazy’ and ‘ambitious’, but he’s too happy working on it to show it off yethttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi5gFBVV95cUxQQ29tOEpramMwaDFlQ3ltQkcwV1pISFY4VXE3NGIxTTJCcURubGQ3eUkyWE1XY09MRm9yOVFUZ2xvZ2gzbUE0NWpXb08tU1lMRGI2Tll2UDUyeXlIYktURURpZEh3eG9pUTNHcEtSLUVUdl9rRVplRHdKS1d6MmNfQnBJTnE1UmdnSW5SdC1iZTl4WEp6c3NQS196TjBrMUComprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.Aug 13, 2026 12:20 PM
bing.com
7 Up-and-Coming Stocks to Buy Nowhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89803da37b44bd877985262547307c&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmoney.usnews.com%2Finvesting%2Farticles%2Fup-and-coming-stocks-to-buy-in-2026&c=12644694914430990574&mkt=en-usInvesting in up-and-coming stocks means having an appetite for risk, as this approach often involves chasing the latest Wall Street buzz. For instance, right now, some of the highest fliers are ...Aug 13, 2026 9:01 AM

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Ikea’s new ‘Konstrunda’ collection is art for every homehttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxOLXFyX3BSRVpCMTFLX3pJUUVpbms2V2xWTW5jUzRJR01ySDZhcWhNU080eW11REJOOXRsNVZhVEhyTmV3dlp5Smo5ZERpRHRNRUN3QUU3TkVDbHdOeXAtd1hSRVpWVm1EYVItb2hSYU96b1B2WHV6TUw0azJRb2NwSU9kZk04Xy1vN1N5aU9Zb3RjTmtSMER6Z2cwYmhZQ2QxZGpESE04VEJUZw?oc=5Ikea’s new ‘Konstrunda’ collection is art for every home wallpaper.comAug 13, 2026 9:00 AM
codewithbullet.com
Launch HN: Bullet (YC S26) – A Faster Coding Agenthttps://www.codewithbullet.comHi HN! We’re Adi and Alex, founders of Bullet, a faster coding agent.Bullet started in a senior year dorm. We were fresh out of working at AppLovin and Citadel, and naturally thought we were on a sure path to startup success. We were going to use our skills optimizing stock pricing calculation speeds and agent document context to take over the world. So, Bullet started as an AI hedge fund, a browser-use agent, synthetic financial data (oof), a mobile IDE, and a bunch of other things. We wanted to build something people wanted, but it seemed like everything we built was just terrible, useless, or both.So, we decided to do something completely different, something completely out of the blue, something that no one had ever done before. Solve a problem we actually had.Over the course of six pivots, we suffered. Throughout all of our adventures, one final boss kept getting in our way. Claude Code and his little brother Codex. We were spending hours waiting for coding agents like Claude CodeAug 13, 2026 8:14 AM
news.ycombinator.com
A ship fired a distress flare as fireworks. A ship went: This is our Christmashttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49282940I'm a navigation officer on commercial ships, seven years at sea. Two things here that might interest you.First, promotion in the merchant service runs almost entirely on competency. Self-marketing, like a perfect CV, barely helps. Competency, like taking action during man overboard, mattered far more.Second: on Christmas night, a ship fired a rocket parachute flare. Hundreds of ships saw it. That's a distress signal. Every vessel that sees one is obligated to report it. The radio played Christmas carols instead.—11pm. I was standing watch when I heard footsteps behind the curtains. A tall, broad-shouldered silhouette came out. Captain T. The sea was empty, and he had come up simply to look at it.He told me about a competition with his dear friend who, alongside him, took to the sea. Same age, but his friend was the academy's honor student, Captain T. second by 0.02 CGPA. Graduating, they each bet $10,000 on who would first reach Captaincy.His friend became an oil tanker Captain at 29,Aug 13, 2026 7:55 AM

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Let’s Do This: Kaitlin Butts to Release New Album “Hello, Honky Tonk” -https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMinAFBVV95cUxPa29NTnh4WklSYUc4V1E1U0d2M1JqVm1ZbWNVMlFTMTlDZ05HRTE2dzNMcTNRY3JMVXlRU2IxeklZVWlMWUwwYVpjbmlNelFFQTUzTGhQcGJJZjhnNWhUd3d4QURPcUtNZU9jZlFaRnB1TGRQSFJTVnhzSXJ5dEJVM1k5ZVVXYVFnWFhvQnVHRHB3ODVzdjdOUVdNc2Y?ocComprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.Aug 13, 2026 7:28 AM
bing.com
Why some classic designs still feel futuristichttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85cd4ba25f491ba37a50a12da2036c&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.msn.com%2fen-us%2fautos%2fclassics%2fwhy-some-classic-designs-still-feel-futuristic%2far-AA2a1cHN&c=9771810601576959864&mkt=en-usThe allure of classic car designs often transcends time, creating a lasting impression that feels remarkably modern. The combination of timeless aesthetics, innovative engineering, and cultural ...Aug 13, 2026 4:05 AM
bing.com
Why some classic designs still feel futuristichttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85cb62bf9c4b3bb5c28ce5ac04ce36&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.msn.com%2fen-us%2fautos%2fclassics%2fwhy-some-classic-designs-still-feel-futuristic%2far-AA2a1cHN&c=9771810601576959864&mkt=en-usThe allure of classic car designs often transcends time, creating a lasting impression that feels remarkably modern. The combination of timeless aesthetics, innovative engineering, and cultural ...Aug 13, 2026 4:05 AM
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Why some classic designs still feel futuristichttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85cc0aee324eddb616aa8e0125bca7&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.msn.com%2fen-us%2fautos%2fclassics%2fwhy-some-classic-designs-still-feel-futuristic%2far-AA2a1cHN&c=9771810601576959864&mkt=en-usThe allure of classic car designs often transcends time, creating a lasting impression that feels remarkably modern. The combination of timeless aesthetics, innovative engineering, and cultural ...Aug 13, 2026 4:05 AM
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Why some classic designs still feel futuristichttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85d5f4c7ad482983e7ae17ac144f36&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.msn.com%2fen-us%2fautos%2fclassics%2fwhy-some-classic-designs-still-feel-futuristic%2far-AA2a1cHN&c=9771810601576959864&mkt=en-usThe allure of classic car designs often transcends time, creating a lasting impression that feels remarkably modern. The combination of timeless aesthetics, innovative engineering, and cultural ...Aug 13, 2026 4:05 AM
bing.com
Why some classic designs still feel futuristichttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e8c7efad44979e51c1aed7b9207f&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.msn.com%2fen-us%2fautos%2fclassics%2fwhy-some-classic-designs-still-feel-futuristic%2far-AA2a1cHN&c=9771810601576959864&mkt=en-usThe allure of classic car designs often transcends time, creating a lasting impression that feels remarkably modern. The combination of timeless aesthetics, innovative engineering, and cultural ...Aug 13, 2026 4:05 AM