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Flesh-eating screwworms feast on humans in Mexico; human cases top 500
Six deaths reported among screwworm cases, one directly attributed to the flies.
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Aug 7, 2026
Security researchers scanned the Polish web and found courts, hospitals, and airports at risk of hacks
Researchers found common points of failure, like software used to organize and display web content, could have allowed h...
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Aug 7, 2026
Lost my phone at the office. Claude suggested tracking Bluetooth signal strength
Article URL: https://twitter.com/un1c0rnioz/status/2084686552299634805 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...
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Aug 7, 2026
Chasa
Article URL: https://chasa.io/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49215762 Points: 6 # Comments: 2
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Aug 7, 2026
Fenix Flexin isn’t even denying using AI to make ‘Rubberz’ anymore
It took long enough, but now LA rapper Fenix Flexin appears to have admitted using AI for the 80s synth pop-themed song ...
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Aug 7, 2026
Judge rules Meta caused "public nuisance" and must fund mental health treatment
New Mexico judge orders $567M fund to help address youth mental health crisis. ...
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Aug 7, 2026
Mykhailo Fedorov reveals struggle to secure Patriot missiles and Western support
Article URL: https://www.uawire.org/former-ukrainian-defense-minister-mykhailo-fedorov-reveals-struggles-to-secure-patr...
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Aug 7, 2026
The ultimate eclipse chase: A Concorde raced against the Moon's shadow
Fitted with telescopes, the plane did our longest imaging of the Sun's corona. ...
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Aug 7, 2026
Watching Roku’s AI channel is like eating from a trough
The appeal of free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels has always been the way they make it easier to (re)...
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Aug 7, 2026
App Store Rejection of the Week: Dark Hours
Article URL: https://daringfireball.net/2026/08/app_store_rejection_of_the_week_dark_hours Comments URL: https://news.y...
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Aug 7, 2026
The Chinese Philosopher Americans Can’t Stop Fighting About
Yiyang Zhuge was already an intellectual celebrity in China. Her viral interview with Christopher Nolan made her famous ...
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Aug 7, 2026
Psychological Warfare in Reverse Engineering
Article URL: https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax/repsych Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49214775 Points...
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Aug 7, 2026
Ancient Library – 1,060 Greek/Latin texts, click any word to parse it
Article URL: https://ancientlibrary.net/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49214770 Points: 13 # Comme...
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Aug 7, 2026
OpenAI puts the brakes on a new model because it’s supposedly too powerful
OpenAI says it is pausing "internal activities" around an in-development AI model, Astra, because it doesn't yet meet ne...
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Aug 7, 2026
Databricks drove down AI coding spend 70%
Article URL: https://www.databricks.com/blog/managing-ai-coding-costs-scale Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/...
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Aug 7, 2026
ICE will release body cam video only when seen in the agency's 'best interests'
Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/ice-body-cameras-officers-shootings-dab1b294c8dc412d9ef8557ccbebfd57 Comments U...
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Aug 7, 2026
Assembly Hall of Shame
Article URL: https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax/asm-hall-of-shame Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49214...
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Aug 7, 2026
New official 30th anniversary Quake mission pack adds new maps and mechanics
19 new maps continue the story from MachineGames' other campaign additions. ...
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Aug 7, 2026
The End of No Code
Article URL: https://blog.exe.dev/the-end-of-no-code Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49214065 Points...
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Aug 7, 2026
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
Article URL: https://arcprize.org/results/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=492...
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Aug 7, 2026
The Claudyssey: A line-for-line translation of Homer's Odyssey by Claude Fable 5
Article URL: https://theclaudyssey.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49213985 Points: 14 # Commen...
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Aug 7, 2026
Disney Plus tries a new AI-powered search
Disney is testing a new AI-powered tool for Disney Plus that uses a natural language search, a voice query, or a suggest...
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Aug 7, 2026
DOGE's wild, unverifiable savings claims discredited in US government report
DOGE's inflated "Wall of Receipts": 96% of grant savings unverifiable, GAO says. ...
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Aug 7, 2026
Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did
Microsoft Edge is ending support for the Manifest V2 extensions platform, which will cut off the uBlock Origin adblocker...
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Aug 7, 2026
Oracle bans AI-generated code from OpenJDK
Article URL: https://app.dealroom.co/news/feed/oracle-bans-ai-generated-code-from-openjdk-despite-ellison-s-claim-oracl...
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Aug 7, 2026
OpenAI’s expensive smart speaker will use moving parts to seem “more alive”
Gurman report claims OpenAI confirmed the speaker is not an Apple ripoff.
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Aug 7, 2026
How snails engineer their slime
Collagen and calcium work in tandem to achieve varying mechanical properties of different kinds...
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Aug 7, 2026
Volkswagen plans to win America back with a pickup, report says
There's no evidence the truck will be a cheap EV truck, but what if it were? ...
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Aug 7, 2026
Canada adds 75,000 new jobs in July, unemployment rate lowest in 2 years
Article URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-jobs-july-2026-9.7299225 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.co...
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Aug 7, 2026
Grab the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy on 4K Blu-Ray for $50
Looking to spend a weekend inside with a good binge? Gruv has The Lord of the Rings trilogy on 4K Blu-ray marked down to...