Starting what you finish…
Starting what you finish... Go to Source Everyone says “Finish what you start” but I think thats backwards. I think the trick is to start things you will finish. I have spent my whole life not finishing what I start. It’s something I...
How I Built CatPulse, a Private Offline Cat Care App That Speaks 19 Languages
How I Built CatPulse, a Private Offline Cat Care App That Speaks 19 Languages Go to Source Building software for cat care creates an unusual design problem. People want structure, reminders, and useful records, but the app must never...
Your Build-in-Public Followers Are Not Your Users. Build-FOR-Public Instead
Your Build-in-Public Followers Are Not Your Users. Build-FOR-Public Instead Go to Source Hey everyone, I am the founder of Ryokô Planner, a Japan trip-planning app I am shipping during Shipaton 2026. Build in public is a great way to...
One Week Into Shipaton, We Had Shipped Nothing
One Week Into Shipaton, We Had Shipped Nothing Go to Source One week into Shipaton, and technically, we shipped nothing.No App Store launch. No polished MVP. No dramatic “built this in 48 hours” post. But we did spend the week doing...
Why I Ignored the Winning Option
Why I Ignored the Winning Option Go to Source I recently asked for feedback on a fairly important question about Adversary, my Shipaton build: What should the identity of the game be? Should it stay simple and immediately recognizable...
For Shipaton, I Built an AI Voice Memory App That Never Stores Your Data on a Server
For Shipaton, I Built an AI Voice Memory App That Never Stores Your Data on a Server Go to Source I forget things. Not big things — I remember birthdays, deadlines, where I parked. It's the small things. The idea I had in the shower....
The HackerNoon Newsletter: LLMs Cant Jump and They Shouldnt Have To (8/18/2026)
The HackerNoon Newsletter: LLMs Cant Jump and They Shouldnt Have To (8/18/2026) Go to Source How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, August 18, 2026? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to...
Taco Bell is bringing back 4 discontinued favorite menu items, including one fans begged for
Some of the most iconic Taco Bell items have been lost to time, but thanks to one of the fast food chain’s special menus, customers can get a taste of decades past, particularly 2016. Taco Bell’s Decades #TBT Menu, named after the popular hashtag that stands for...
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?id=49353181 Points: 10 # Comments: 2
Expired credit cards revived by researchers to make unauthorized payments
Researchers affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst have found that you can get payments out of certain expired contactless credit cards, a process detailed at the recent USENIX Security 2026 conference. Raja Hasnain Anwar, Gerard DeCunha, and Muhammad...
Meta and Google mobile apps gorge on user data: Study
A study of mobile apps claims that Meta collects three times as much user data on average as tools published by Apple or Microsoft. Google is also one of the worst data-scavenging offenders. The research was conducted by the reassuringly named Surfshark, a VPN and...
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=49352806 Points: 8 # Comments: 2
How the ‘mommy track’ derails working women—and it’s only gotten worse
In 1988 New York Times journalist Jennifer A. Kingston introduced “mommy track” to the lexicon: Kingston described a then-new phenomenon where prestigious law firms started offering flexible hours and maternity leave to women. However, Kingston pointed out there was...
Disney just sued the Trump administration over an ‘unprecedented’ move against ABC
One of the world’s most powerful brands is standing up to Trump. Disney will go to bat for ABC in a new federal lawsuit that accuses the Trump administration of wielding its regulatory power to punish political enemies. In the lawsuit, filed Tuesday, Disney and ABC...
The internet thought Wattpad was coming for its Harry Styles smut. Here’s what actually happened
For some, One Direction is merely a British boy band that sang “What Makes You Beautiful” and introduced the world to Harry Styles. But for fanfic lovers in the mid-2010s, the band and its members were also their lovers, adoptive parents, and sometimes even their...
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 as unavoidable for large VC firms.
Did a popular music album just drop? A hidden—and deadly—effect will follow
There’s more than one reason to stay home the next time Beyoncé drops an album. Yes, you’ll want to hole up and listen to Act III—but you’ll also want to avoid being on the road, where traffic fatalities spike when major albums release, according to a new study....
Unitree IPO latest: Chinese robotics company’s stock price will be closely watched in record-breaking trading debut
It’s been a summer of big-time IPOs, with SpaceX, Jersey Mike’s, and others going public. But this week, all eyes are on Unitree Robotics, which is expected to hit public markets on Wednesday. Unitree makes robotics, and is the world’s largest humanoid robot maker —...
I tested GNOME’s glassy new look – and it’s simply spectacular
GNOME is finally catching up to other desktop environments, thanks to Aura Glass, a fluid, modern desktop inspired by Apple's Liquid Glass.
How to check your iPhone’s battery health and cycle count
How to check your iPhone's battery health and cycle count.
GTA 6 gameplay leaked ahead of its new trailer, and Rockstar is taking down the videos
Two legit-seeming clips and a world map are out there, if you know where to look.
Things I learned about the rumored HomePod display from macOS beta code
Apple's latest software references watch-like "Faces."
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 Southeast Asia for TikTok Shop purchases.
Reverse Engineered Grill Controller Gets Open Firmware
Reverse Engineered Grill Controller Gets Open Firmware Go to Source If you are a regular reader, then the odds are you have taken apart an electronic gadget, either for a fix, or simply because your curiosity got the better of you....
Norway Should Buy OpenAI
Article URL: https://www.onethousandmeans.com/p/norway-should-buy-openai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49351330 Points: 30 # Comments: 14
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: 5 # Comments: 0
Spotify’s Running Mode is now available on Android
Spotify's Running Mode is now available on Android.
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 Points: 41 # Comments: 5
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=49350980 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
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.ycombinator.com/item?id=49350833 Points: 5 # Comments: 0