Technology

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence

Article URL:https://blog.curiousquail.com/im-upset-again-about-a-co-creator-of-rss-being-prosecuted-for-something-meta-is-doing-with-little-consequence/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

2026-08-20

Wired 7/10 ?

China Is Strapping ‘Digital Bombs’ to Civilian Infrastructure—Is the US Ready?

This week on “Uncanny Valley,” Andy Greenberg discusses sitting in on a war game simulating a cyberattack from the Chinese hacking group Volt Typhoon

2026-08-20

Hackaday 7/10 ?

Homebrew 68K Machine Has A PCI Bus

The Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus was first introduced all the way back in 1992. It quickly became the standard way to interface add-on cards on the PC platform, supplanting…read more

2026-08-20

The Verge 6/10 ?

Riot is ending development on its League of Legends fighting game

Riot Games is already winding down work on 2XKO, the free-to-play League of Legends fighting game, less than a year after its initial launch. Riot says "active development" will conclude at the end of...

2026-08-20

TechCrunch 7/10 ?

Someone targeted security researchers using a fake crypto conference as a lure

A hacker pretending to work for a leading cryptocurrency news website targeted several cybersecurity professionals using Google Docs as a way to deliver malware.

2026-08-20

Slashdot 7/10 ?

Voters Aren't Waiting For November to Try Ousting Officials Over Data Centers

A growing backlash against AI data centers is spilling into local politics, with residents in more than a dozen communities pushing recall elections against officials who approved projects. "People ar...

2026-08-20

The Register 7/10 ?

OpenAI chases Anthropic's biz customers with zero data retention pledge

With Private Safety Processing, AI biz promises discreet, automated prompt surveillance

2026-08-20

Engadget 7/10 ?

Senators press TikTok on 'sinister' experiment that held back an algorithm safety feature

News Social Media Senators press TikTok on 'sinister' experiment that held back an algorithm safety feature A teen who died by suicide was reportedly part of the test. By Karissa Bell Aug. 20, 2026 3:...

2026-08-20

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Stop Eating Lady Gaga's Oreos

Article URL:https://www.experimental-history.com/p/stop-eating-lady-gagas-oreosComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49379253Points: 5# Comments: 0

2026-08-20

The Verge 6/10 ?

The Genesis GV90 blows the bloody doors off what’s possible in EV design

Genesis, Hyundai's luxury brand, just revealed its first full-size, three-row electric SUV for the US market, the GV90. And arguably it has some of the wildest designs and features in the auto market ...

2026-08-20

TechCrunch 7/10 ?

Mark buys a castle

Mark Zuckerberg just bought a cozy abode somewhat close to Meta’s international headquarters in Ireland.

2026-08-20

The Register 7/10 ?

Waymo has designed a robocar chip to stay ahead of Tesla

5 nm ML accelerators promise 1,000+ TOPS, ultra-low latency

2026-08-20

Hacker News 7/10 ?

GitHub, autoscaling, and the component substitution fallacy

Article URL:https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2026/08/19/github-autoscaling-and-the-component-substitution-fallacy/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49379026Points: 13# Comments: 0

2026-08-20

TechCrunch 7/10 ?

Google gives publishers a new way to fight AI-driven traffic losses

Google is giving publishers a new button that lets readers make them a preferred source across Search, Discover, and Google News, potentially boosting their traffic as AI search sends fewer clicks to ...

2026-08-20

Hacker News 7/10 ?

The August 17 outage, and the work ahead

Article URL:https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/the-august-17-outage-and-the-work-ahead/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49378957Points: 30# Comments: 29

2026-08-20

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Tidal Cycles – Live coding music with Algorithmic patterns

Article URL:https://tidalcycles.org/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49378950Points: 18# Comments: 4

2026-08-20

Hacker News 7/10 ?

SpacetimeDB: A Short Technical Review

Article URL:https://strn.cat/posts/spacetime/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49378933Points: 18# Comments: 5

2026-08-20

TechCrunch 7/10 ?

Runlayer, Rippling drop lawsuits — but the brouhaha is still a cautionary tale for founders

Runlayer and Rippling have dropped their lawsuits. No money was paid. Rippling celebrated by releasing a competing product.

2026-08-20

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Show HN: Huzzah – a novel approach to coding with AI

Hello everyone. I've been working on this experimental editor called Huzzah.I've been working almost exclusively with coding agents since January of this year, and over the past few months I began to ...

2026-08-20

TechCrunch 7/10 ?

Castelion hits $13B valuation to mass-produce hypersonic missiles

Founded in 2022, Castelion set out to manufacture hypersonic weapon systems at a lower cost and at faster speeds than traditional defense primes.

2026-08-20