aljazeera.com
Trump announces ‘most crushing economic operation ever’ against Iranhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/19/trump-announces-most-crushing-economic-operation-ever-against-iran?traffic_source=rssUS president also says any country that trades with Iran will 'face tremendous economic consequences'.Aug 19, 2026 11:18 PM

theguardian.com
Young vapers ‘at risk of breathing problems and becoming smokers’https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/20/young-vapers-at-risk-of-breathing-problems-and-becoming-smokersReview by paediatricians links child vaping with poor respiratory health such as coughing, wheezing and asthmaYoung people who start vaping risk developing breathing problems and going on to smoke cigarettes, children’s doctors have warned.Child vaping is consistently linked with poor respiratory health, such as coughing, wheezing, bronchitis symptoms and asthma exacerbations, while vapes have bee...Aug 19, 2026 11:01 PM
bing.com
Bear attacks, injures man at apartment complex in mountain townhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89d89c0a3748c083503a0ec9875b2e&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.seattletimes.com%2Fnation-world%2Fbear-attacks-injures-man-at-apartment-complex-in-mountain-town%2F&c=14492577073417936219&mkt=en-usColoradans have recently reported a bear wandering the Colorado State University campus, poking around a backyard and strolling into a Breckenridge hotel lobby to munch on some chocolate.Aug 19, 2026 10:59 PM

foxnews.com
Jon Ossoff's controversial Trump jab sparks media feeding frenzy over White House aide Natalie Harphttps://www.foxnews.com/media/jon-ossoffs-controversial-trump-jab-sparks-media-feeding-frenzy-over-white-house-aide-natalie-harpThe viral jab against President Donald Trump by Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., during a campaign speech sparked a media frenzy over White House aide Natalie Harp.Aug 19, 2026 10:57 PM
hollywoodreporter.com
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle to Move Back to the U.K.https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/prince-harry-meghan-markle-moving-back-uk-1236677373/The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are set to leave California and take up a private residence outside London after leaving for the U.S. in 2020.Aug 19, 2026 9:52 PM
aljazeera.com
Displaced Lebanese watch southern Lebanon’s ‘pilot zones’ from afarhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/19/displaced-lebanese-watch-southern-lebanons-pilot-zones-from-afar-2?traffic_source=rss“You can't do anything. Just stand here and watch.”
Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem watched Israeli attacks near his home town.Aug 19, 2026 9:10 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: Any Curated Forum Directories?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49366691Does anyone know any curated forum directories? Forums like in the early 2000s. Places that aren't owned and governed by some corporate overlord. Places with genuine interaction rather than senseless ragebait and "content" designed to generate likes and shares. Places that aren't merely echo-chambers.Aug 19, 2026 8:21 PM

theguardian.com
Five Americans among seven killed in safari helicopter crash in Kenyahttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/19/kenya-helicopter-safari-crashOfficials say all seven people onboard killed, including Telemundo executive and Ecuador intelligence chiefSeven people, including five Americans, were killed when a safari helicopter crashed on Wednesday morning in a remote part of northern Kenya, according to local police and the state department.Among the dead were an executive with Telemundo, the US-based Spanish-language network owned by NBC ...Aug 19, 2026 8:17 PM
techcrunch.com
Rillet raises $100M Series C at $1B valuation — 2 years after emerging from stealthhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/19/rillet-raises-100m-series-c-at-1b-valuation-2-years-after-emerging-from-stealth/AI-native account startup Rillet became a unicorn, led by Iconiq, after it doubled its ARR in the past three months, it said.Aug 19, 2026 8:12 PM
news.google.com
National debt reaches grim $40 trillion milestone. Here’s why that matters - CNNhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxQNHNXZmZtd1lmeHg5S0dfY1Fjd1NjaEdsRUNzdDBCY29zN19YcU9fSmY5U184VmRNOWF3bVBXTWJnT1dhUTIwbnVhSUlUb1I3dG5rS3BJMUlsajlVQzN4ekVuWDZKdHhycTFfdmoyb1UtbFpHWkZpbFViOTR6R0FWQmE0cjg0dW1k?oc=5National debt reaches grim $40 trillion milestone. Here’s why that matters CNNNational debt tops $40 trillion after doubling in less than a decade, Treasury data shows CBS NewsVance: Bessent has ‘very discreet plan’ to shrink $40 trillion national debt The HillAug 19, 2026 8:11 PM
hollywoodreporter.com
Georgian Director Ana Urushadze on Making Her Sarajevo Competition Film Before “A Dead-End Situation” Got Worsehttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/ana-urushadze-supporting-role-georgia-sarajevo-film-1236677153/‘Supporting Role,’ about a fading actor’s odyssey through Tbilisi, made it out just before industry censorship protests and a boycott of the state funding agency intensified: "I don't want to stop doing what I love."Aug 19, 2026 8:06 PM
aljazeera.com
Seven people, mostly foreign tourists, killed in helicopter crash in Kenyahttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/19/seven-mostly-tourists-killed-in-helicopter-crash-in-northern-kenya?traffic_source=rssEcuador's intelligence chief Michele Sensi-Contugi and NBCUniversal journalist Jose Suarez are among the dead.Aug 19, 2026 7:53 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: Has anyone shipped a self-modifying application with LLMs?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49366144In the past the model for software would typically be to ship a fixed application and then if users need some custom functionality, they would need to install a plugin or create their own.For non technical users they would have to find an existing plugin or maybe it doesn't exist so they are stuck.But I can't help but think why wouldn't for example an application just have a prompt box that builds an extension dynamically on the fly (e.g. "make me a UI panel with some buttons that does X")Obviously it would be "use at your own risk" and YMMVHave any companies or applications actually done something like this?I think modifying the real source code would get out of hand but perhaps just generating extensions that have access to a sand boxed set of safer APIs.Aug 19, 2026 7:33 PM

nytimes.com
In Wyoming’s G.O.P. Primaries, an Emphatic Rebuke of the Hard Righthttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/us/elections/wyoming-republicans-moderate.htmlThe Wyoming Freedom Caucus had ambitions for a total takeover of elected state government. But its candidates were rejected from the governor’s mansion to the Legislature.Aug 19, 2026 7:26 PM
turnleft.app
Show HN: TurnLeft – a one-button stock car racing game in the browserhttps://turnleft.appThe only control is tapping the screen to turn your car left.I built this mostly with Fable 5 over the course of a few weeks. I had to tweak a fair amount of the graphics to get them where I wanted, but 100% of the code was written by Fable 5.The idea was to make a really simple top-down retro racing game that runs entirely in the browser. You can also save it to your phone as a PWA.I wanted it to be immediately playable with basically no instructions, something you can open, play for a few minutes while killing time, close, and come back to later.Would love to hear what you think.Aug 19, 2026 7:16 PM

bbc.co.uk
Couple and teenage daughter who died in water off Shoreham named by policehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgvr336z2po?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rssPolice say the family travelled from their home in London and went into the sea for a swim.Aug 19, 2026 6:45 PM
mashable.com
Best Buys 60th Anniversary Sale is live: We found the top deals on TVs, iPhones, Pokémon TCG, and morehttps://mashable.com/tech/best-buy-60th-anniversary-sale-deals-august-2026Best Buy's 60th Anniversary Sale is now live through Sunday, Aug. 23. Shop the best deals on TVs, Apple gadgets, Windows laptops, and more.Aug 19, 2026 6:20 PM
iiio.app
Show HN: CIYA – Purely Deterministic AIhttps://iiio.app?u=showhnHey HN, Before we roll out our fully deterministic compiled language model (CLM), figured I'd post CIYA's v0.02 for you to try out. At this point CIYA acts as a storage and logic engine for any of your prompting needs, and is available via API/Websocket integration. If your company/project frequently repeats the same prompts, needs to template out those (or any) prompts, or wants to keep your business logic directly on site instead of giving it away to cloud providers, CIYA can do all of that for you.Feel free to pull up the guide using the command R: guide to see the current list of available tools like the ability to run applications, model your own datasets and build your own independent response tables.We've developed a clear path for CLM integration, allowing for a fully compiled language model that can resolve up to 1 million tokens (on-prem) in under 200ms without ever having to access an LLM.Feel free to checkout our landing page to get in touch: https://iiio.co, or run R: contAug 19, 2026 6:05 PM
news.google.com
Xbox Insiders are getting a wave of new Xbox Series X|S dashboard features today, here's what's newhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi1gFBVV95cUxNdTRGMjFDRURNOUFIQXNlSjF2cWNLeE5LaEtHbXZULUYxU0dJd0NER3lNSkZMY0FkRGRxYmNuUW1tQ1lRVDFWTTlmQlJ1aWlGMEVHYVR2SmlxN09OZmhhVHlGUmxsa1ZJN2pDWlNLV25rczVGVERJeXdIQTRoV1Z6aDhza0hrRy1BQlpJREpqTDJkemtJQ09xc1YtSUc1allKZmpnREcxYS1QVHFDU3ota1JKRzhIRmh1SzFfYWNibGFaRFVQQm9xYXo3a3lxQ3NoLW9yNUtn?oc=5Xbox Insiders are getting a wave of new Xbox Series X|S dashboard features today, here's what's new Windows CentralAug 19, 2026 5:47 PM

abcnews.com
Kennedy Center filing reveals Trump's name could be on the building twicehttps://abcnews.com/US/kennedy-center-filing-reveals-trumps-building/story?id=135767113A new filing in the Kennedy Center lawsuit offers new details on the vote to close the center and add President Donald Trump’s name back onto the front of the building.Aug 19, 2026 5:35 PM