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Major oil slick washes up on Iran coast after Hormuz ship strike

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr7kpdkg13zo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49296724 Points: 11 # Comments: 2

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Technology Aug 14, 2026

I want extern "fil-C"

Article URL: https://www.domenkozar.com/2026/08/13/i-want-extern-fil-c/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...

Technology Aug 14, 2026

Her Brain Was Broken. It Was Fixed With Sound—Not a Scalpel

One woman’s meth addiction was so bad, the only option left might have been brain surgery. Then a single session of no...

Technology Aug 14, 2026

Best Computer Monitors (2026): The Home Office Upgrade You Need

My expert advice on what computer monitor to buy for your home office, ranging from budget-tier to fully featured.

Technology Aug 14, 2026

5 Weird Tricks for Having a Brain

From the multibrained octopus to the bitty brain organoid, we’re all just inference engines making flawed bets on the ...

Technology Aug 14, 2026

DeepSeek peak/off-peak pricing update

Article URL: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news260813/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49296627...

Technology Aug 14, 2026

Dell XPS 13 Review: Move Over, Neo

It’s amazing how few compromises Dell made to get the new XPS 13 down to $700, but I strongly recommend the $900 model...

Technology Aug 14, 2026

This Art Project Slows Down Citi Bikes to Make NYC’s Rent Crisis Feel Real

Ground Truth makes the shared rental bikes harder to pedal through rent-burdened neighborhoods, offering a tangible way ...

Technology Aug 14, 2026

Apple trained its own AI model for China with help from Alibaba

Apple has reportedly trained a custom AI model for the China market alongside domestic tech giant Alibaba, a rare cross-...

Technology Aug 14, 2026

The Real Reason Data Center Gas Power Plants Are So Dirty

A massive new gas plant in Texas will be built with much less efficient technology than regular gas plants. It’s far f...

Technology Aug 14, 2026

Help build a monument to that ‘sad little bitch’ Elon Musk

Cards Against Humanity is gearing up to build "something that will annoy Elon Musk," and it's crowdfunding the project w...

Technology Aug 14, 2026

Phones should have a 'guest lock' feature

Article URL: https://curvise.net/the-phone-features-i-cant-believe-we-dont-have/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator...

Technology Aug 14, 2026

Why Books Don't Work: Constructivism over Transmissionism (2021)

Article URL: https://www.masterhowtolearn.com/2021-01-30-why-books-dont-work-constructivism-over-transmissionism/ Comme...

Technology Aug 14, 2026

Eclipse: The Xiaomi 17 Ultra Confuses the Moon and the Sun

Article URL: https://www.frandroid.com/marques/xiaomi/3211257_photo-de-leclipse-on-a-perce-a-jour-la-petite-triche-du-x...

Technology Aug 14, 2026

Organic-looking brake assemblies debut on new Czinger 21C Spyder

Czinger used topological design and additive manufacturing to make the brakes. ...

Technology Aug 14, 2026

Ruby 4.0 Universal RCE Deserialization Gadget Chain

Article URL: https://www.elttam.com/blog/ruby-4-0-universal-rce-deserialization-gadget-chain Comments URL: https://news...

Technology Aug 14, 2026

Homeland Security spied on Minnesotans who spoke out against ICE

Article URL: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/08/13/attorney-says-homeland-security-spied-on-minnesotans-who-opposed-...

Technology Aug 14, 2026

GLM-5.3: Frontier Coding with Emergent Cyber Capabilities

Article URL: https://z.ai/blog/glm-5.3 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49294997 Points: 92 # Comment...

Technology Aug 14, 2026

US conducted mass spying campaign against leftwing and anti-ICE protesters

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/13/us-government-spied-anti-ice-protesters Comments URL: http...

Technology Aug 14, 2026

Trump declares 100 percent tariffs on many drones and all aircraft parts

The United States has already banned future foreign drones from entering the United States unless their companies kiss t...

Technology Aug 14, 2026

Show HN: Lumabri – Run Moe Models on a P2P Swarm with Colibri

Article URL: https://github.com/JustVugg/lumabri Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49293523 Points: 4 ...

Technology Aug 14, 2026

Bluesky Protocol Services

Article URL: https://atproto.com/blog/introducing-bluesky-protocol-services Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/...

Technology Aug 14, 2026

SparrowMap – Cameras that watch government vehicles

Article URL: https://sparrowmap.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49293294 Points: 6 # Comments: ...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Blog about things you don't understand yet

Article URL: https://www.seangoedecke.com/blog-about-things-you-dont-understand-yet/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombin...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

How AI text watermarking works

Article URL: https://declaude.org/watermarking/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49292932 Points: 4 #...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Apple and Epic argue over how much Apple should get from purchases made outside the App Store

In a new filing in its long-running legal dispute with Epic Games, Apple has proposed a structure that would allow it to...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

PBS loses 70 years of TV history after cloud storage vendor goes defunct

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/cloud-storage/nine-pbs-loses-access-to-70-years-of-data-after-contra...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

The Safety Reckoning Inside OpenAI

OpenAI’s rogue agent hack was a watershed moment for AI safety and cybersecurity. It also sparked internal questions a...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

US sells 30-year bonds at highest borrowing costs since 2001

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/9c9c948f-dc8b-4385-a9b9-4b98dc1eadd9 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

US wait times for cancer surgeries are getting longer and longer

Study finds wait times for cancer surgeries hit 10-year high.