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Cursor capitalizes on Github frustration, launches rival hosting platform

Cursor, known for its AI Code Editor, is launching a new code hosting platform to rival developers' long preferred favorite, Github.

TechCrunch • Aug 18, 2026 • Lucas Ropek
Technology Aug 18, 2026

AI usage patterns in software teams

Article URL: https://linear.app/data Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49353432 Points: 12 # Comments:...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

GLM-5.3 Artificial Analysis Benchmarks

Article URL: https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/glm-5-3 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49353407 P...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

fx :Tiny, open, native coding agent.

Article URL: https://fx.sh Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49353339 Points: 12 # Comments: 2

Technology Aug 18, 2026

A 3D fruit fly on macOS desktop powered by the real FlyWire connectome

Article URL: https://github.com/DenisSergeevitch/desktop-fly Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4935322...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

Flock impersonates journalist in order to cancel his hotel reservations

Article URL: https://xcancel.com/bennjordan/status/2089430236945342508 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

Claude Code Teaching macOS to Natively Print to the HP Laser 1008a

Article URL: https://cdn.kuber.studio/chat/hp-laser-1008a-driver Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=493...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

Companies promote incompetent employees to management tolimit damage they can do

Article URL: https://lawsofsoftwareengineering.com/laws/dilbert-principle/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/i...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

Find Chicago Parking Cops

Article URL: https://www.secondcitycitation.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49352737 Points: 8 #...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

DOJ’s probe into Andreessen Horowitz over board seats baffles VCs

Since portfolio companies often pivot and expand into competing markets, investors view occasional conflicts of interest...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

Squeeze More Juice Out of a Dead Battery!

How the joule thief circuit “steals” energy from seemingly depleted power cells.

Technology Aug 18, 2026

TikTok explores peer-to-peer payments via DMs, report says

If rolled out, the feature would use the social media service’s TikTok Pay offering, which is already available in Sou...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

SteelSeries’ comfy wireless gaming headset is nearly half off

While many gaming headsets come with extra features, the tradeoff is that they’re often uncomfortable and heavy. A lig...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

Robin Williams’ Instagram account brought back to fight ‘AI abuse’

Robin Williams' children are taking over their father's Instagram account after his daughter spoke out against the use o...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

Norway Should Buy OpenAI

Article URL: https://www.onethousandmeans.com/p/norway-should-buy-openai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

Beware Management Consultants

Article URL: https://about.iceland.co.uk/our-story/the-dark-ages/beware-management-consultants/ Comments URL: https://n...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

OpenAI lays out new security changes after its AI hacked Hugging Face

OpenAI is announcing security updates following the July news that its AI broke out of a sandboxed environment and accid...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

llms.txt: a proposed standard no major AI platform has confirmed it uses

Article URL: https://geojacker.com/llms-txt Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49351232 Points: 3 # Com...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

Show HN: Argus, agentic QA for teams whose coding agents move faster than QA

Article URL: https://github.com/argus-testing/argus Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49351020 Points:...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

IndieWeb Homebrew Website Club Asia Pacific: Reflections

Article URL: https://burgeonlab.com/blog/inaugural-hwc-ap-recap/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=493...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

US announces new sanctions on top ICC figures

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnvnl0elz47o Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49350955...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

Against all odds, SpaceX finally tugs Starship into port after 24 days at sea

"A team of SpaceX engineers is on their way to conduct additional analysis on the vehicle." ...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

Could Four Billion People Die at 3°C?

Article URL: https://safeclimate.org.au/article/could-four-billion-people-die-at-3c/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombin...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

Show HN: PantheonGPU – GPU health testing and AI workload benchmarking

Hi HN, I built PantheonGPU because I wanted a better way to answer a simple question: is this GPU actually healthy and ...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

Garmin Watches Are Up to $250 Off Right Now On Amazon (2026)

Save $250 off the Garmin Fenix 8, plus discounts on other popular fitness trackers from the brand.

Technology Aug 18, 2026

OpenAI Overhauls Safety Protocols After Its AI Agents Went Rogue

The ChatGPT maker says its upcoming Astra model may have reached “critical” cyber capabilities, prompting it to halt...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

Pacing model development in an era of cyber-critical capabilities

Article URL: https://openai.com/index/pacing-model-development-cyber-capabilities/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinat...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

How does IKEA come up with names for its products?

Article URL: https://www.ikea.com/se/en/customer-service/knowledge/articles/6f564c4d-2ccc-46de-b643-545a3948dc79.html C...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

Disney sues FCC and its chair, escalating fight against Trump's chief censor

FCC demands "total capitulation" in Trump censorship campaign, Disney suit says. ...

Technology Aug 18, 2026

Turbovec – Google's TurboQuant for vector search in Rust

Article URL: https://github.com/RyanCodrai/turbovec Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49349898 Points:...