bing.com
The Single English County Saying No to Palantirhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a1f85fe1147e7abb7b3f97421f77e&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2Fstory%2Fthe-single-english-county-saying-no-to-palantir%2F&c=6146102362479372811&mkt=en-usThe UK government is facing calls to cancel a sprawling health care contract with Palantir. The region of Greater Manchester insists it can do a better job itself.Aug 20, 2026 7:01 PM
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Prime Video To Invest $2 Billion In Latin America Originals, Live Sportshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8ad69a5e0d4647aa4185828f3ef02f&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fveronicavillafane%2F2026%2F08%2F20%2Fprime-video-to-invest-2-billion-in-latin-america-originals-live-sports%2F&c=14608665819291327168&mkt=en-usAt its inaugural regional showcase in Mexico City, Prime Video laid out plans to more than double its Local Originals by 2030.Aug 20, 2026 6:40 PM
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Prime Video To Invest $2 Billion In Latin America Originals, Live Sportshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8980581e014b9a975c6700c7c97964&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fveronicavillafane%2F2026%2F08%2F20%2Fprime-video-to-invest-2-billion-in-latin-america-originals-live-sports%2F&c=14608665819291327168&mkt=en-usAt its inaugural regional showcase in Mexico City, Prime Video laid out plans to more than double its Local Originals by 2030.Aug 20, 2026 6:40 PM
kandelo.dev
Show HN: Kandelo – a POSIX-compatible multi-process WASM kernel for the browserhttps://kandelo.dev/20260819-demo/Kandelo is an open-source, Wasm-based multi-process kernel that runs POSIX programs in browsers and Node.js.Kandelo is still experimental, but it already runs a substantial range of existing software.Do you have use cases for this?We are trying Kandelo as a new foundation for WordPress Playground which runs server-side WordPress entirely in the browser. Kandelo also looks promising as a sandbox for running agents in the the browser and on the command line. On the side, we've been playing with porting games and desktop environments and even compiling runnable programs within Kandelo.Yet it feels like there are many possibilities we haven't considered.How would you like to use something like this?Demos:Some notes: The demos have been tested in desktop browsers. Unfortunately, YMMV on mobile today. Some of the disk images are large (~50MB) and may take a while to boot initially.Main set, with Shell (bash, vim, nethack, and more), Nginx, PHP, WordPress, and Doom: https://kandelo.dev/202608Aug 20, 2026 6:25 PM
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How To Solve Today’s NYT Pips Puzzles, Friday August 21http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89924e640549d1838354b270bc1106&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Ferikkain%2F2026%2F08%2F20%2Fnyt-pips-answers-friday-august-21%2F&c=5347065450102098950&mkt=en-usLooking for help with today's New York Times Pips? We'll walk you through today's puzzle and help you match dominoes to tiles.Aug 20, 2026 6:13 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Are you good at AI, or just using it?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49378057We’re working on a ladder for individual AI proficiency and would love feedback on both the levels and the definitions.L0 New: brand new to AI, or has not yet used it.L1 Chat: simple prompt-and-response use. Work is serial: ask, wait for an answer, then ask again.L2 Contextual Work: gives AI relevant documents, data, or workspace context so it can work within the actual artifact and produce a more useful result.L3 Orchestrate: coordinates multiple agents or AI roles across independent workstreams, with work that may review, challenge, compare, or build on other work. This is not just for engineering.L4 Automate: creates workflows that are triggered by business events and run without someone sitting at a laptop directing each step.L5 Loop: feeds the output of those workflows back into shared knowledge or a company brain, so future workflows improve over time.A few things I’d love your perspective on:Are these the right levels? Are any of the names unclear or overlapping? What observableAug 20, 2026 6:04 PM
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Bear's messy jaunt through Aspen restaurant one of thousands of encounters as drought leaves food sources scarcehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89d89c0a3748c083503a0ec9875b2e&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fnews%2Fus%2Fbear-s-messy-jaunt-through-aspen-restaurant-one-of-thousands-of-encounters-as-drought-leaves-food-sources-scarce%2Far-AA2aAKKs&c=4333860795146779220&mkt=en-usColorado Parks and Wildlife has received more than 6,000 bear reports so far this year, roughly double the number during the same period last year. Wildlife officials say drought conditions are ...Aug 20, 2026 5:49 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Show HN: JavaScript library that makes any list a smooth picker of any shapehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49377550Hey HN! I built this solo.You can check it out here: https://loopem.tahazsh.com/This idea had been lingering in my head for a long time. I kept thinking about the best way to turn the idea of a picker into a math problem, where I could describe the layout I want and it would just work.By pickers, I mean something like what `` does in HTML, but with more visual items, whether they are images, icons, colors, or anything that would enhance the user experience.For example, say you have an e-commerce app that shows different color options for a product. Instead of listing blue, red, and so on, you can show the actual colors, and users can drag or flick through them.To prove it works, and to give you usable options out of the box, I added built-in layouts: line, arc, wheel, cover flow, fan, and stack.I also made sure it stays smooth with any number of items. It's still fast because I virtualized the list, so it only renders what's on screen.Accessibility is on by default too. Arrow keys, HomAug 20, 2026 5:24 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: One SSH key or many SSH keys?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49377427Is there any benefit to using multiple, separate keys to authenticate to different resources versus only using a single SSH key?On one hand, I've heard that an SSH key is supposed to represent an identity, so using your "identity" everywhere makes sense.On the other hand, I've heard that keeping SSH keys separate is important in the same way using separate passwords for different resources is important.What do you all think?Aug 20, 2026 5:15 PM
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Ask HN: How to engage users in an open source project and when to stop?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49377336I have been working on an OS project for years now, on and off, taking it back up for the last few months and giving it a good boost lately with AI. It has a super niche user base in quantitative finance.I really enjoy working on it, and although I get contacted every now and then by people who are using it or are interested in using it, and those are really interesting users, I always think I am wasting my time. It has been 8 years now since I started.I guess my questions are: is it worth it? And I know this question has two clear paths, the personal and the practical one, but I would like to hear from both. How can I know when to stop? If my audience is maybe in the order of two thousand potential users worldwide, how do I validate the idea? I have posted on Reddit and HN multiple times, tried LinkedIn, and that leads me to a handful of super interesting contacts, but I don't know if it is enough to keep going.Aug 20, 2026 5:09 PM
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A Regular Ford F-150 Hybrid Is Quicker Than These 5 Legendary Muscle Carshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a894ef46410415cbb6f3695266a2192&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.slashgear.com%2F2237040%2Fford-f-150-hybrid-quicker-than-legendary-muscle-cars%2F&c=7677826648980071978&mkt=en-usThere was once a time when classic muscle cars dominated the drag strip. These days, Ford's bestseller pickup truck can quite easily outdrag them.Aug 20, 2026 5:00 PM
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Info-Tech Systems Ltd ITShttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89804a06ba4b228b65e3c8b25604fc&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.morningstar.com%2Fstocks%2Fxses%2Fits%2Fquote&c=14761339509809440668&mkt=en-usMorningstar Quantitative Ratings for Stocks are generated using an algorithm that compares companies that are not under analyst coverage to peer companies that do receive analyst-driven ratings.Aug 20, 2026 5:00 PM
outbid.to
Show HN: Outbid.to, a pay-to-win leaderboard for websiteshttps://www.outbid.to/I built outbid.to as a simple experiment in transparent paid discovery.Submit a website, place a whole-dollar bid, and your bid determines your rank. The highest bidder takes #1. If someone outbids you, your listing moves down but stays live.There are no hidden ranking factors or editorial decisions. The minimum bid is $2, payments are handled through Stripe, and each listing shows the traffic it receives.I’m curious whether an openly pay-to-win leaderboard can be more useful and entertaining than traditional ads or sponsored directories.Would appreciate feedback on the ranking mechanics, pricing, and anything that feels unclear.Aug 20, 2026 4:52 PM
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-prohibiAug 20, 2026 4:40 PM
compute.cx
Show HN: Compute.cx is simple (modal.com like) interface for on-demand GPUshttps://compute.cxHi everyone, Please checkout compute.cx which is a simple cli interface for using on demand GPUs from RunPod and HotAisle. I created this because I really like the ease of modal.com for severless gpu access, but don’t always want to pay their markup. Compute.cx gives the same DX but on public on-demand GPUs like runpod and hotaisie.Please try it out, and write to me harsh@theoric.com for any questions/suggestions, or file a bug report on https://github.com/theoriclabs/docs.compute.cxThanks! Harsh Gupta https://x.com/hargup13P.S. BYOK AWS, GCP and Azure coming soon, let me know if you want it.Aug 20, 2026 3:47 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
nasa.gov
Artemis Mission Patcheshttps://www.nasa.gov/image-article/artemis-mission-patches/A jacket decorated with Artemis I and II mission patches, along with other NASA patches hangs on the back of a chair on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, inside the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a terminal countdown simulation for the Artemis III mission. NASA’s Exploration Ground […]Aug 20, 2026 3:13 PM
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"Queens of the Herd" chess club fosters community at Marshallhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8ae1dd031d4597b9d98dd8a8ac66c0&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yahoo.com%2Fnews%2Fvideos%2Fqueens-herd-chess-club-fosters-221052423.html&c=1700483560058499207&mkt=en-usHind Jamal, a graduate student studying Healthcare Administration, is the President of the new "Queens of the Herd" chess club. A chess club that aims to teach women how to dominate the chess board.Aug 20, 2026 3:10 PM
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"Queens of the Herd" chess club fosters community at Marshallhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8980456ca94040824c0b0d115ad4d6&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yahoo.com%2Fnews%2Fvideos%2Fqueens-herd-chess-club-fosters-221052423.html&c=1700483560058499207&mkt=en-usHind Jamal, a graduate student studying Healthcare Administration, is the President of the new "Queens of the Herd" chess club. A chess club that aims to teach women how to dominate the chess board.Aug 20, 2026 3:10 PM
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The Message Behind Trump’s Threats of ‘Economic Warfare’ Against Iranhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8aacfb78b3476a9dfecbd7c076dd95&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2026%2F08%2F20%2Fworld%2Feurope%2Ftrump-iran-economy-sanctions-threats.html&c=18403242850710924341&mkt=en-usPresident Trump this week promised an “economic D-Day” against Iran, a “crushing” operation to “cripple” Iran. The U.S. clampdown is formidable, a combination of wartime destruction, a naval blockade ...Aug 20, 2026 2:45 PM
