LibreOffice 26.8 is out – local first, and with no AI
The latest semi-annual release of LibreOffice, the cross-platform FOSS office suite, is out – and it’s gleefully throwing some shade. The Document Foundation released LibreOffice 26.8 – and sent The Register a press pack before it did so. We’re not going to go through...
Five Guys closed 31 stores last year, even as it grew its presence overall: Here’s where locations shuttered
Five Guys continued to grow its physical footprint last year, but the fast-food burger chain also closed 31 U.S. stores in multiple states, according to its most recent franchise disclosure document. The document, issued in late June, reveals that Five Guys operated...
How solopreneurs should approach AI transparency
Clients started asking me about my use of AI years ago, shortly after ChatGPT emerged and people started experimenting with AI-generated output. It started with “We don’t want AI, ever” and has shifted over time to “We use AI to speed up parts of our work.” Today, I’m...
The hidden cost of moving fast without a vision
On the surface, being a CEO and being an evangelical preacher don’t appear to have much in common. One builds companies. The other builds congregations. Look closer, though, and the similarities are striking. Both spend their days asking people to believe in something...
Googlebook: Is Google Building the Agentic PC?
Google is taking another run at the PC, but Googlebook may not need to beat Windows and Mac at their own game. Gemini could give Google a different path. The post Googlebook: Is Google Building the Agentic PC? appeared first on TechNewsWorld.
In Other News: Log4j RCE Scare, Minimus Shutdown, Iranian Hacker Sanctions
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Manchester Airports Group cyberattack, Carhartt breach data was partly fake, U.S. Bank responds to ransomware gang’s claims. The post In Other News: Log4j RCE Scare, Minimus Shutdown, Iranian Hacker Sanctions...
Friend-focused photo sharing app Retro snags $21M
Retro, a friend-focused photo-sharing app built by former Instagram employees, has raised more than $21 million in Series A funding.
Building a Headless Game Boy Emulator
[Artificial-Age] has built a rather unique way to play old Game Boy games. It’s an emulator, but it doesn’t work in quite the way you might think! Since the Game Boy is a relatively simple 8-bit machine that runs at a leisurely 4 MHz or so, it is well within the...
How to make your Android alarm ring at full volume even when your calls are muted
Your phone should be able to still sound your morning alarm when it's in silent mode. If it's not, here are some settings to check.
19 Chrome and Edge Extensions Found With Wallet-Stealing and Crypto-Draining Code
19 Chrome and Edge Extensions Found With Wallet-Stealing and Crypto-Draining Code Go to Source Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cluster of 18 Google Chrome and one Microsoft Edge extensions that were published over the last...
Autistici/Inventati’s main .org domain goes dark after US terrorism designation
Article URL: https://mastodon.bida.im/@cavallette/117172989300228024 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49479122 Points: 19 # Comments: 1
Gurus are joining the chatbot trend as people turn to AI for spiritual guidance
When Kripa Vaidyanathan’s 27-year-old niece died in an Alaska car crash in 2024, her family in Chennai, India, felt shell-shocked. They questioned why this tragedy would befall them when they had such “immense faith in God.”Vaidyanathan, a yoga instructor, helped her...
US government snitch-finder pleads guilty to leaking state secrets to foreign spies
The former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) IT specialist previously accused of trying to pass secret and top-secret information to foreign spies has pleaded guilty following a successful FBI sting. Nathan Vilas Laatsch, then 28, and now 29, was arrested in May 2025...
This Linux and Windows app makes managing all your documents easier
If you're a student, writer, or professional juggling documents, this app can help keep you organized.
Price increases suddenly hit Apple TV and Apple One
You might have to pay a bit more to catch the end of the latest Ted Lasso season.
Apple TV is raising its subscription prices again
Now, Apple TV subscriptions will cost $14.99 per month, up from its previous price of $12.99 per month.
How do functions like alloca allocate memory from the stack?
Article URL: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260817-00/?p=112617 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49478525 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
OpenStreetMap State of the Map 2026
Article URL: https://2026.stateofthemap.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49478401 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Get your Windows license refund
Article URL: https://en.refund4freedom.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49478340 Points: 15 # Comments: 2
The urbanism lesson in Dolly Parton’s Dollywood
When beloved country star Dolly Parton died on August 25, she left behind not only albums, accolades, and mourning fans, but also an entire urban project where her legacy lives on—not just as a faint memory, but as a tangible transformation of Tennessee. “She’s alive...
Word 97’s ghost in the machine: The crash that vanished the moment anyone looked at it
Veteran Microsoft engineer Raymond Chen shared another fireside tale – one to strike fear into the hearts of engineers everywhere: the bug that can't be replicated in the debugger. The story begins near the end of the Word 97 release cycle, when a defect surfaced in...
Keepers of Noble Numbats to be offered a Resolute Racoon: Ubuntu 26.04.1 is coming
It looks like the Racoon has bedded in and settled down, as Canonical releases the first point release of this year’s Ubuntu LTS version, offering an upgrade to users on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat). Ubuntu 26.04.1 is the first point release of April’s long-term...
Study links cognitive decline to surprisingly small daily amount of artificial sweeteners
Adults who ingest daily the amount of artificial sweetener typically found in a can of diet soda exhibited cognitive decline at a rate 62 percent faster than people whose intake is only a fraction of that amount, according to a new eight-year study published in the...
This Week in Security: Android Malware, VOIP Hijack, Signal Contact Discovery, and TeamPCP Arrests
This Week in Security: Android Malware, VOIP Hijack, Signal Contact Discovery, and TeamPCP Arrests Go to Source On GitHub, [AyaanB] details buying a cheap Android TV streaming device, looking for, and finding, baked-in malware....
ATF Confirms Cyber Incident After Ransomware Group Claims Attack
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has described it as a ‘major incident’ and it’s conducting an investigation with the DOJ. The post ATF Confirms Cyber Incident After Ransomware Group Claims Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek.
EPA says power for data centers can sidestep pollution laws
Article URL: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-issues-permitting-guidance-further-president-trumps-agenda-promoting-data-centers Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49478103 Points: 13 # Comments: 1
U.S. Sanctions Against the a/I Collective
Article URL: https://www.inventati.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477854 Points: 15 # Comments: 0
Interactive pattern discovery in binaries (FF-16-TUI)
Article URL: https://github.com/HexLasso/FF-16-TUI Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477925 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Teleport: Pack an agent session, resume it anywhere on any harness
Article URL: https://github.com/sisig-ai/teleport Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477683 Points: 3 # Comments: 2
“IT WoRKs BeTter in the App “
Article URL: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/it-works-better-in-the-app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477600 Points: 16 # Comments: 0