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Meta makes AI glasses slightly less creepy with limit on nonconsensual recording
Meta fixes AI glasses to stop recording any time users cover up the safety light.
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Aug 28, 2026
How Dactyl Works
Article URL: https://dactyl.dev/blog/how-dactyl-works/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49480220 Poin...
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Aug 28, 2026
Friend-focused photo sharing app Retro snags $21M
Retro, a friend-focused photo-sharing app built by former Instagram employees, has raised more than $21 million in Serie...
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Aug 28, 2026
The iPhone Fold could make concerts even worse
You know the person blocking your view of the concert because their phone is swaying in the air, recording the entire th...
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Aug 28, 2026
Run Qwen3.8 27B locally: real numbers from my Mac Studio
Article URL: https://terminalbytes.com/run-qwen-3-8-27b-locally/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=494...
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Aug 28, 2026
EasyEffects: Essential for Enhancing Laptop Speaker Sound on Linux Distributions
Article URL: https://www.osnews.com/story/145883/easyeffects-should-be-part-of-every-linux-distribution-and-desktop-env...
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Aug 28, 2026
Lake formed after ice-rock avalanche remains at a high level and is overflowing
Article URL: https://kathmandupost.com/national/2026/08/28/barrier-lake-continues-to-pose-flood-risk-china-warns Commen...
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Aug 28, 2026
GLM-5.3 is now open-weight
Article URL: https://twitter.com/Zai_org/status/2093354097122455713 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=...
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Aug 28, 2026
GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven
Article URL: https://ckardaris.com/blog/2026/08/28/keyboard-driven-guis.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com...
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Aug 28, 2026
Don't use musl if you care about performance
Article URL: https://blog.brokk.ai/dont-use-musl-if-you-care-about-performance/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator....
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Aug 28, 2026
AI Has Human Doctors Asking: What’s Left for Us?
A recent paper argues that AI is often better at doctoring than doctors. Guess who isn't thrilled.
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Aug 28, 2026
Creating the Aetheryte Radio
Article URL: https://haz.ee/posts/aetheryte-radio.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49479546 Poin...
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Aug 28, 2026
Africa's Wild Dogs Are the Most Hated Carnivores on the Continent
Article URL: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/africa-wild-dogs-most-hated-carnivores-continent-heres-why-c...
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Aug 28, 2026
Apple TV is raising its subscription prices again
Now, Apple TV subscriptions will cost $14.99 per month, up from its previous price of $12.99 per month.
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Aug 28, 2026
Autistici/Inventati's main .org domain goes dark after US terrorism designation
Article URL: https://mastodon.bida.im/@cavallette/117172989300228024 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id...
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Aug 28, 2026
Verschlimmbesserung: The Word Your Software Updates Need
Article URL: https://geekyschmidt.com/post/2026-08-25-verschlimmbesserung/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/i...
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Aug 28, 2026
Debugging my new network, when 10 Gigabit Ethernet Runs at 300 Megabits
Article URL: https://www.hanselman.com/blog/debugging-my-new-network-when-10-gigabit-ethernet-runs-at-300-megabits Comm...
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Aug 28, 2026
How do functions like alloca allocate memory from the stack?
Article URL: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260817-00/?p=112617 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.co...
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Aug 28, 2026
"Weird" is a weird word
Article URL: https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/weird-is-a-weird-word Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite...
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Aug 28, 2026
Show HN: NFC Energy-Harvesting PCB Business Card with an MCU
Article URL: https://wilsonharper.net/projects/businesscard/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4947842...
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Aug 28, 2026
Apple TV now costs $14.99 a month after its fourth price hike in four years
Apple raised the price of its streaming service for new and current subscribers on Friday, bumping it up from $12.99 per...
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Aug 28, 2026
OpenStreetMap State of the Map 2026
Article URL: https://2026.stateofthemap.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49478401 Points: 3 # Co...
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Aug 28, 2026
Autistici/Inventati case sets a new counterterrorism precedent, Irdi says
Article URL: https://decode39.com/16319/autistici-inventati-case-sets-a-new-counterterrorism-precedent-irdi-says/ Comme...
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Aug 28, 2026
Get your Windows license refund
Article URL: https://en.refund4freedom.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49478340 Points: 39 # Co...
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Aug 28, 2026
The Finn – an agent that lives in my router and complains about it
Article URL: https://github.com/YuriKovalov22/the-finn Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49478287 Poin...
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Aug 28, 2026
Htmx 4.0.0 has been released
Article URL: https://four.htmx.org/announcements/2026-08-28-htmx-4.0.0-is-released Comments URL: https://news.ycombinat...
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Aug 28, 2026
a16z creates a $1.1B ‘Machine Age’ fund to ‘accelerate the physical buildout of AI’
The firm, known for its focus on software, is going to start throwing more money at the hardware behind AI.
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Aug 28, 2026
'Recent revelations' prompt Pflugerville to abruptly kill Flock camera access
Article URL: https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/austin/article/pflugerville-flock-cameras-22404257.php Comments URL: htt...
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Aug 28, 2026
EPA says power for data centers can sidestep pollution laws
Article URL: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-issues-permitting-guidance-further-president-trumps-agenda-promoting-...
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Aug 28, 2026
I Used AWS Cognito for a Startup. I Wouldn't Do It Again
Article URL: https://joshkaramuth.com/blog/aws-cognito-authentication-startup-nightmare/ Comments URL: https://news.yco...