
esa.int
MTG-I1 captures eclipse path of totality over Europehttps://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2026/08/MTG-I1_captures_eclipse_path_of_totality_over_EuropeYesterday between 20:26 and 20:34 CEST, parts of the Iberian peninsula experienced a total solar eclipse. This animation, composed of images from the Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite (MTG-I1), caught the Moon’s dark shadow as it passed over Earth’s surface – converging with the advancing twilight shadow as dusk fell over Europe.Aug 13, 2026 8:30 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
Show HN: I built a life planner that has only "one page"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49282537I spent 5 years working a f*cking to-do app and being a loser. Here's what I learnt.Life planners don't work if they're too simple (e.g. Apple Notes for everything). They also don't work if they're too complicated (e.g. Notion templates).They must be adequate, such as having basic fucking hierarchy where you can have tasks and sub-tasks. They must also be centralized, because reminders don't fucking work if I can't see them because they're hidden in 5 different places.The resultant version is https://beta.actions.life. It's free forever for early beta users, and you can try it without going through some bullshit sign-up flow.I hope you can tell me what's good and what's shit about the app, so I can make it better for you. Thanks.Aug 13, 2026 6:53 AM
joinfabfriends.org
Show HN: Fab Friends a crowdfunding site for Rwandan college studentshttps://www.joinfabfriends.org/donateHey HN,I'm a Rwandan-American software engineer. I was fortunate enough to make it to the US, build a career here, and have opportunities that changed the trajectory of my life.I've been thinking for a long time about how I could give something back.So I built joinfabfriends.org.The idea is pretty simple: think GoFundMe, but specifically for Rwandan college students who need help paying for things like tuition and textbooks.There are incredibly talented students in Rwanda for whom a relatively small amount of money can be the difference between continuing their education and dropping out. I want Fab Friends to make that gap a little easier for people like me, and hopefully some of you to help close it.I'm starting small. I want to learn whether this model works, how to make the process trustworthy and transparent.And because just asking HN for money felt boring, here's my slightly unusual donor perk:If you become a donor(Good Samaritan), you're invited to come to Rwanda with me in summAug 13, 2026 5:19 AM

bbc.co.uk
Why are 'human fridges' being sold in Japan?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cjej4y3gvzlo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rssAs Japan swelters through extreme summer heat, BBC Tokyo correspondent Kurumi Mori tries out a new way to cool down.Aug 12, 2026 10:07 PM

sociedadmedia.com
FARC Dissidents Kill 2 Soldiers in Huila Ambushhttps://www.sociedadmedia.com/algeciras-huila-ambush-farc-dissidents-2026/FARC dissidents ambush Colombian Army convoy in Algeciras, Huila, killing two soldiers and wounding over a dozen more — striking as the military remains stretched thin managing Colombia’s deadliest earthquake in decadesAug 12, 2026 10:02 PM
github.com
Show HN: Tmux-agent-switcher: see which Claude/Codex agents need your attentionhttps://github.com/Ymirke/tmux-agent-switcherSince the start of this year I've coded pretty much exclusively by running multiple AI agents in parallel.Having tried a bunch of tools for managing them, I kept coming back to tmux. This is becaues I want to run them on a separate machine as I like being able to close my laptop, or even have long running tasks continue even if I board a flight without WiFi.So I built tmux-agent-switcher, a tmux plugin that gives me a better overview of all of them without replacing tmux as the core tech for managing processes on the server.Ctrl+n opens a sidebar showing windows across all sessions. The sidebar shows the agent's state as icons. After selecting an Idle session it also checkmarks it, so you get indicator if you've seen it or not. It also has Vim and "number-based" navigation styles.I didn't want to make a wrapper that would own how agents are launched, so I still run claude or codex normally. The plugin passively looks at tmux metadata, and visible terminal output to infer the agent statAug 12, 2026 8:53 PM
sleezr.com
Show HN: Sleezr – Manage your hosts file without opening a terminalhttps://www.sleezr.com/enI kept juggling sudo, comment blocks, and hidden typos in /etc/hosts every time I moved between local, staging, and client projects so I built Sleezr.It's a native desktop app for Windows, macOS, and Linux that lets you: - Create a named environment per project and apply it in a few seconds - Flush DNS with one click (runs the correct command per OS) - Auto-backup before every apply, so you can restore your hosts file if something breaks - Handle large hosts files (1000+ entries) with instant search and IP validationIt's a one-time purchase (4.99 €) with lifetime updates no subscription. There's a 3-day free trial (no credit card) and an interactive demo on the site.Happy to answer questions about the approach, the DNS-flush handling across platforms, or the Team setup.Aug 12, 2026 8:22 PM
txta.dev
Show HN: I made a fun secure way to DM devs on GitHubhttps://txta.dev/Do you ever want to DM a developer on github? Or are a dev yourself and don't want to share your email?Introducing https://txta.dev - as long as you have an existing Github account and a public key you can send/receive messages securely which only the recipient can read!It's like facebook poking for devs!Send me a message with this command :)npx txtadev smashah "hello world"Aug 12, 2026 7:41 PM
silentshark.app
Show HN: Silent Shark – tactical map-based WWII submarine simhttps://silentshark.app/I posted an early beta of this game a few months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48180924 - May 2026 (45 comments) and today released the full version.You all gave extremely valuable and helpful feedback back then - thank you so much for that. It led to a lot of improvements:* I reworked the onboarding tutorials multiple times for clarity, adding protections to stop players from shooting themselves in the foot* I dropped the Comic Sans-reminiscent font and replaced it with Barlow Condensed* I improved the layout of the dials for all screen sizes to keep players on top of things* I added an "Angle-on-Bow recognition trainer" for practicing estimates of ship anglesFor the full version, I fleshed out a full campaign with radio intelligence, patrol zones, and lots of historical events impacting things like which naval bases still exist, which types of missions are given, and how reliable your torpedoes are. (And just for fun, I added a full cribbage mini-game as well!)Now, just mAug 12, 2026 7:37 PM
latimes.com
In another key primary test, a favored progressive is upset in Wisconsin governor's racehttps://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-08-12/wisconsin-governors-race-deals-upset-to-favored-progressive-in-another-key-primaryAfter polling showed progressive Francesca Hong up by double digits, the establishment-backed David Crowley won the Democratic nomination for governor in Wisconsin.Aug 12, 2026 7:16 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Show HN: A better, free client for iMessage power-usershttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49276601TLDR: Your iMessage inbox is a mess. Go to attention dot righthand dot ai.it's a free app for mac. It's like Superhuman for iMessage. ___You text your friends and family in iMessage. You text your colleagues in iMessage. If you run a business, you likely text prospects and leads in iMessage. I text our customers in iMessage - I want them to know they've got the fastest way to reach me. In 2026 you even text your AI agents in iMessage (Linq raises $20M to enable AI assistants to live in iMessage, Apple approves Poke as the first AI agent on its Messages for Business platform).The point is: your iMessage inbox is overloaded. Even more than email, it's become the inbox where everything important happens. But it's not built for everything! It's basically optimized for friends & family groupchats.Being an iffy texter is OK (debatable) with friends. But the founders and investors we talk to routinely describe this niche pain of coördinating business in iMessage. So we distilled the lessons fAug 12, 2026 6:22 PM

nasa.gov
NASA Upgrades Vertical Motion Simulator for Modern Mission Needshttps://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/ames/nasa-upgrades-vertical-motion-simulator-for-modern-mission-needs/Imagine stepping into a machine that can make you feel like you’re flying a spacecraft, piloting a next generation air taxi, or landing on the Moon, all without leaving the ground. NASA’s Vertical Motion Simulator, the largest of its kind in the world, does exactly that. And now, with new upgrades, it’s more powerful and […]Aug 12, 2026 5:55 PM
news.ycombinator.com
DeepSeek v4 pro 0813 releasedhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49276138Its benchmarks are comparable to Fable 5, with each having its strengths and weaknesses, resulting in a near tie.Terminal Bench 2.1: 72.1 → 87.9, surpassing Opus 4.8's 85.0, and only 0.1 away from Fable 5's 88.0.Cybergym: 52.7 → 83.3, surpassing Opus 4.8's 78.3, and slightly higher than Fable 5's 83.1.DeepSWE: 12.8 → 62.7, surpassing Opus 4.8's 58.0.AutomationBench: 12.8 → 31.8, surpassing Opus 4.8's 27.2 and Fable 5's 29.1.Agents' Last Exam: 16.5 → 25.7, catching up with Opus 4.8.The change in DeepSWE is particularly striking; the Preview score was only 12.8, but by August 13th it had reached 62.7.The official version of DS4P features significant improvements in agent capabilities, and harness functionality is currently in testing and is said to release soon.The price remains unchanged, but the official documentation page is no longer accessible.Aug 12, 2026 5:47 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Show HN: Reallyfrom.me – vouch that your message is from youhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49275954Having a message sent from someone who cared enough to read and write that message to you is important. But with agentic and autonomous methods of sending messages, it's harder to trust that any effort has gone into writing a message.So we created ReallyFrom.me -- write a message, generate a hash code and send the message to whomever with the link we create. The recipient can paste your message to confirm that it's identical. You can also have an option to make your message public on the verification page -- prolly good for public figures.Example #1 ///Public verification ///Hello world, I really like green eggs and ham.-ZakVerify: www.reallyfrom.me/zak/3XXY7GVExample #2 ////Private verification ////Please don't let them know I really hate green eggs and ham.-ZakVerify: www.reallyfrom.me/zak/VW5ZLNRAug 12, 2026 5:33 PM
trunchbull.dev
Show HN: Trunchbull, run real models against any benchmark in your browserhttps://trunchbull.devHi HN,Today I'm showcasing Trunchbull, a benchmarking platform designed for authoring benchmarks and running them against different models. We have direct support for benchmarks that use the harbor authoring system, custom tool authoring via the vercel ai sdk and configuration limits.We've also already imported terminalbench 2.0, as a sort of proof of concept that our harbor task orchestrator works, although you currently need a paid account as we are provisioning sandbox environments.I've made several popular benchmarks publicly available for testing. You dont need an account or your credit card information to access these:[Public benchmark demos](https://trunchbull.dev/sandboxes)[GSM8K math reasoning](https://trunchbull.dev/try/gsm8k)[SkateBench](https://trunchbull.dev/try/skatebench)[ARC-Challenge](https://trunchbull.dev/try/arc-challenge)[TruthfulQA](https://trunchbull.dev/try/truthfulqa-mc1)[Medical AI Failure Atlas](https://trunchbull.dev/try/medical-ai-failure-atlas)These demos Aug 12, 2026 3:14 PM
news.ycombinator.com
We built a job board where the employers aren't human. Here's what brokehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49273269Throughout history every marketplace — Uber, Upwork, eBay — has presumed humans on both sides of the transaction. It's baked so deep that nobody questions it. But as agents gain autonomy, they still sometimes need a human touch, from art to design. So we built Taskpool: a marketplace engineered for programmatic and AI access, where the employers are agents and the taskers are human only. Launching today.The flow:1. Agents post tasks they need real-world help with2. (Optionally) review applicants3. Hire any number of them4. Review the evidence / results5. Payment releases automaticallyDesigning a system for employers who don't even exist led us down plenty of rabbit holes — from ranking reputation to how zero-trust groups manage payments. Here's what we learned.Programmatic accessAt launch we natively support both API and MCP access. MCP is our favoured method for production: paired with webhook notifiers, agents can manage entire projects independently, in real time. Docs: https://taskAug 12, 2026 2:49 PM
github.com
Show HN: Kery – comments on your PR with a video of the feature workinghttps://github.com/Kery-HQ/KeryI ship all of my code via different agents, mainly Claude Code and Codex. And with 5 different sessions running on different worktrees, the only way for me to know if something broke is once it gets to the deployment stage or production.I even use Claude's /pr-review skill and it does catch most of the errors, but most of them are at code level, and it does not really catch what happens at the UI / UX / functionality side. If there's a section entirely rendered orange, your CC skill might just be useless.So I built Kery; a platform that checks your PRs, reads the diff and descriptions to understand the change intent, opens your preview deployment in a real browser, logs in, and tries to perform the exact thing the PR is for, and provides you evidence of that thing working or not.The comment is the product. I wanted the artifact to be the evidence rather than an opinion; it reduces the cognitive load from your brain needing to process every PR for what it is, instead you get an image orAug 12, 2026 2:45 PM
bing.com
Xavi appointed new Netherlands head coach on four-year dealhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88c41d05334133bca23c83cd3a7880&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fathletic%2F7507952%2F2026%2F08%2F12%2Fnetherlands-xavi-appoint-manager%2F&c=9553814610662944510&mkt=en-usThe Netherlands head coach role was vacated by Ronald Koeman this summer. Koeman stood down after his side’s World Cup round-of-32 exit to Morocco. That brought an end to his second spell in charge of ...Aug 12, 2026 12:44 PM
bing.com
The Best External Hard Drives for 2026http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85d0aa9f634d5da3365ab6b0fba611&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.pcmag.com%2fpicks%2fthe-best-external-hard-drives&c=9761128523562471101&mkt=en-usLaptop drive almost full? Need to back up your photos? Desktop-size and portable platter storage provides a cost-effective alternative to SSDs. Our deep-dive reviews help you track down the right ...Aug 12, 2026 12:24 PM