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CMS with AI, Not AI CMS: Wagtail 8.0's New API

Article URL: https://wagtail.org/blog/cms-with-ai-not-ai-cms-wagtail-80s-new-api/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49467481 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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Technology Aug 27, 2026

BRIN is 1/4570th the size of a B-tree, until 5% of rows are updated

Article URL: https://deepsql.ai/blog/the-zonemap-shaped-hole-in-postgres Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

Speedo’s new smart goggles module can track all four swim strokes

Speedo is launching a removable smart module for its Vanquisher goggles that can analyze a swimmer's performance across ...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

Jensen Huang says Nvidia achieved AGI, again — not that it matters

On Nvidia's earnings call Wednesday, CEO Jensen Huang casually announced the company had "achieved AGI," one of the tech...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

Numerical (In)Stability of Recurrence Relations

Article URL: https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/24/numerical-instability-recurrece/ Comments URL: https://news.ycom...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

Why HPSC Is a Big Deal for Space Exploration

Article URL: https://www.windriver.com/blog/Why-HPSC-Is-a-Big-Deal-for-Space-Exploration Comments URL: https://news.yco...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

Markdown Database Pattern

Article URL: https://wayofmarkdown.com/markdown-database Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49466988 Po...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

Google’s AI Mode can now track flight prices, help book hotels, and more

The updates indicate that Google is looking position to AI Mode as an AI travel agent of sorts, as it's moving beyond si...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

Sony finally has a cheaper OLED to compete with midrange Samsung and LG TVs

After unexpectedly showing up on a wall-mounting compatibility chart on Sony's site back in June, the company has announ...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

Small Models Have Arrived

Article URL: https://calv.info/small-models-have-arrived Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49466917 Po...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

The broadcast squeezeback, rebuilt with CSS Grid and WebVTT

Article URL: https://www.mux.com/blog/the-broadcast-squeezeback-rebuilt-with-css-grid-and-webvtt Comments URL: https://...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

Suica, Japan's First IC Transit Card

Article URL: https://www.tokyodev.com/articles/the-story-of-suica Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

Japanese polka dot artist Yayoi Kusama dies aged 97

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3v4k0re3vwo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49466865...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

Americans are cheering for vigilantes who take down Flock cameras

Americans have declared war on Flock cameras. They've protested them, damaged them, and destroyed them. This is only the...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

Launch HN: Salem Robotics (YC S26) – Software for industrial inspection robots

Hi HN, we're the founders of Salem Robotics (https://salemroboticsinc.com). We give existing mobile robots the task-spe...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

Show HN: Watches user sessions, finds bugs that matter, and fixes them

Hey HN,I’m Abhishek. I'm building Opslane, an open-source agent that identifies user-facing issues and investigates t...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

Engineered yeast for converting plastic and biomass compounds into food

Article URL: https://acs.digitellinc.com/live/37/session/586399 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4946...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

Why did 1,000 Swiss citizens bury their underpants?

Study: Land use is the biggest factor in determining decomposition rates of organic cotton unde...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

Uefa pursuing criminal legal action against Infantino

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cx2zl5kwlxjo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

Needle: The benchmark your search engine can't memorize

Article URL: https://keenable.ai/blog/needle-the-benchmark-your-search-engine-can-t-memorize Comments URL: https://news...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

Corporate political donations shatter record at $646M so far for US midterms

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/corporate-political-donations-shatter-record-646-million-so-far-u...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

The terrifying mechanics of the Nepali flash flood

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/08/27/the-terrifying-mechanics-of-the-nepali-flash-f...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

Nvidia projects $673B in sales as AI demand widens

Article URL: https://forgeeks.net/nvidia-673-billion-ai-growth-forecast/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

Peter Cullen, Voice of Optimus Prime in 'Transformers,' Dies at 85

Article URL: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/peter-cullen-optimus-prime-transformers-eeyore-1236683...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

Decompiling a Nintendo 64 Game in 84 Days

Article URL: https://blog.chrislewis.au/decompiling-a-nintendo-64-game-in-84-days/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinat...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

This former PG&E engineer is building a ‘Google Maps for the underground’

The startup just raised a $26 million Series A to grow its customer base and help reduce red tape for utility and constr...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

Google launches Pokémon Sleep special-edition Fitbit Air

The latest special-edition of Google's Fitbit Air is inspired by the Pokémon Sleep game, with a "Sleepy Blue" band ...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open-source duck robot, Microduck

Hugging Face is taking orders for the Microduck, a $399 tiny open-source duck robot that developers can train at home ou...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

In a swipe at Tesla, Waymo says ‘cameras… aren’t enough’

As Tesla gears up for the official launch of its steering wheel and pedal-less Cybercabs, Waymo is issuing a stark warni...

Technology Aug 27, 2026

Panic passes Trump tariff refunds back to the Playdate customers who paid them

"It just felt like the right thing to do"