Show HN: My startup-idea scanner scored 500 ideas; the best got 6.3/10I built a tool (https://1mil.app/hn) to help me test my intuition about various weird business ideas that were on my mind. Initially, I wanted to create a database with 1 million business ideas (hence the name - "1 million opportunities"). But turned out to be a dumb idea already. So instead I built this tool that returns only 10 ideas. It's all based on your input, market + your background.The first release scored on demand only and it gave false confidence. So I rebuilt the the scoring around "winnability": can a solo founder with a specific background "win" against what already exists?Heres what still bugs me: since winnability went live in June, it has scored 500+ ideas, and none reached 7/10. The best was 6.3 and the median is 1.3. That includes every scan I ran for myself.My preliminary conclusion: most business ideas are improbable to win.Well, go ahead and try the scanner, and let me know what you think. A free scan without an account is included. Each scan costs Vertex tokens,
Iran war reaches 6-month mark: Conflict cost $1,100 per US taxpayerAfter six months of war, Iran’s leadership has coalesced around a hard core of military generals and clerics long entrenched in the ruling theocracy. They are ready for a potentially long confrontation with the US and determined to prevent any unrest at home. It’s a far cry from US President Donald Trump’s initial hopes of toppling the Islamic Republic and his subsequent claims that “regime change” had brought more compromising officials to the fore. In an analysis, FRANCE 24's Philip Turle said the war had so far cost around 1,100 US dollars for each US taxpayer.
I asked 100 companies for my data. Some deleted it instead.Testing 100 companies found privacy requests often led to confusion and dead ends.
Nepal army races to rescue more than 100 trapped in hydropower tunnel after floodsNepali army rescue teams were using drilling equipment on Saturday seeking to rescue more than 100 people trapped inside a hydropower tunnel, three days after devastating floods struck the site.
Panasonic Lumix L10 review: A stylish and capable compact cameraThe LX100 II successor offers good speed and image quality at a fairly high price.
Grand jury finds DeSantis administration misused $10 million, no charges filedA Florida grand jury found that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration “misappropriated” $10 million in taxpayer money it diverted to a charity run by his wife and was later used for political purposes
AI, athletes, and Keith Rabois: StrictlyVC is back in New York on September 10A boutique StrictlyVC evening returns to New York's West Village on September 10 with Keith Rabois, Craig Shapiro, Jason Levien, Tristan Walker, Brynn Putnam, and Deven Parekh — covering AI, sports investing, community-building, venture economics, and politics, with cocktails, food, and networking throughout the night.
Why Trump wants H-1B skilled worker visas to cost employers more than $100,000US President Donald Trump is once again trying to impose a $100,000 fee on employers seeking to hire skilled temporary foreign workers through the H-1B visa programme. But while tech titans like Elon Musk have long championed the programme to draw top global talent to Silicon Valley, critics on both left and right say the scheme aims to replace skilled US-born workers with cheaper – and more easily controlled – foreign guest workers.
Show HN: Rook – A multi-Agent harness that lives 100% in a browser extensionThis is something I have been working on, on and off, for about a year but now I feel that it is stable enough to release. It really only has two tool sets, an execute tool for arbitrary code, and a bash tool, both of which run 100% in browser.As of now it's free and you can use your ChatGPT subscription or an OpenAI endpoint. There is an optional companion PWA that allows you to drive the extension from your phone and click captchas for it remotely, which I might charge for in the future. But for now it's free and optional. The extension itself has no backend and does not collect any data.The hard part is MV3 extensions do everything they can to make sure your extension does not take up too much memory or run too long. So I rewrote durable objects in javascript to make it so that the agents in the extension can safely recover from their process randomly restarting constantly. each "agent" is an web-worker with a sqlite database and unique address.All the things I don't have to solve b
B.C. climber stung by wasps 100 times, rescued by helicopterA climber in British Columbia was rescued by helicopter after being stung more than 100 times by wasps in backcountry north of Vancouver.
Root's message has '100%' landed, says TongueFast bowler Josh Tongue said captain Joe Root’s message to the England players about their off-field behaviour has “100%” been heeded.
SpaceX to build $100 billion rocket launch facility in southern LouisianaSpaceX unveiled plans on Tuesday for a $100 billion rocket launch complex in southern Louisiana, its largest yet, aimed at supporting Starship and AI satellite missions. The 125,000-acre Starbase Louisiana site on Pecan Island could eventually handle thousands of Starship launches annually, the company said.
SpaceX to build $100 billion rocket launch complex in southern LouisianaSpaceX unveiled plans on Tuesday for a $100 billion rocket launch complex in southern Louisiana, its largest yet, aimed at supporting Starship and AI satellite missions. The 125,000-acre Starbase Louisiana site on Pecan Island could eventually handle thousands of Starship launches annually, the company said.
The Nokia 300 Charge doubles as a 10W powerbankThe Nokia 300 Charge doubles as a 10W powerbank.
Sony phones in an update to the midrange Xperia 10 and slaps a sizable price hike on itThe Xperia 10 VIII offers few upgrades for a lot more money.
Robot beats fastest human on Earth’s 100m recordA humanoid robot beat retired Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt’s time in the 100-metre dash by a hair at the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games on Aug. 22. It was just one feat of robot athleticism on display during the four-day event. Bolt still holds the title as fastest person in the world after setting the record during the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin.
Humanoid robot breaks Usain Bolt's 100m record in ChinaHumanoid robots smashed sprinting records and competed in boxing, football and martial arts at Beijing’s World Robot Games, including running legend Usain Bolt's record for the 100-metre dash. The robo-athletes drew cheers from hundreds of spectators and showcased China’s growing dominance in humanoid robotics.
102 UK, French ex-ambassadors accuse Israel of ethnic cleansing in open letterFormer British and French diplomats are urging action over what they say is Israel’s "erasure"of Palestine. More than 100 of those diplomats have penned a letter to the French President and the British Prime Minister calling for a ban on trade and arms sales to press Israel to accept a Palestinian state. Among the signatories: Sir Vincent Fean, British former Consul-General Jerusalem and current trustee of the Britain Palestine Project. What does he hope the letter will achieve? He answered our questions.
102 former French and British ambassadors accuse Israel of ethnic cleansingFormer British and French diplomats are urging action over what they say is Israel’s ‘erasure’ of Palestine. More than 100 of those diplomats have penned a letter to the French President and the British Prime Minister, calling for a ban on trade and arms sales to press Israel to accept a Palestinian state. The unprecedented joint letter directly accuses Israel of ethnic cleansing and warns that the world no longer sees it as a genuine democracy. Our correspondent in Jerusalem Noga Tarnopolsky tells us about the significance of this letter.
More than 100 former French and UK diplomats urge action against Israeli settlement policiesMore than 100 former French and British diplomats on Saturday called on their governments to work together to uphold international law in the Palestinian territories, accusing Israel of seeking to destroy prospects for an independent Palestinian state.


















