The Mojo language (by Modular, now Qualcomm) is now open-source
Article URL: https://www.modular.com/blog/modcon-announcements Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49358327 Points: 9 # Comments: 1
The data center backlash is sending AI infrastructure to some unexpected places
On July 18, 142 protests were held across 42 states. They all shared one goal: to stop data center development in American communities. The protests are part of a growing movement to keep data centers out of towns across the country. Already, 183 U.S. towns have data...
Being a senior designer doesn’t make you safe anymore
What if experience is becoming a disadvantage? Over the past month or so, I’ve been having some pretty gnarly conversations about the state of the design industry, especially when it comes to hiring and firing. Spend just a short amount of time online and you’ll find...
Berd
Article URL: https://berd.xyz Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49357967 Points: 9 # Comments: 1
Where Human Sleep Went Wrong
Article URL: https://nautil.us/where-human-sleep-went-wrong-1283797 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49358259 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
Chrome, Firefox Updates Patch Dozens of Vulnerabilities
The bugs could lead to code execution, privilege escalation, sandbox escape, and information disclosure. The post Chrome, Firefox Updates Patch Dozens of Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
λλ: A Programming Language for Silicon Photonics
Article URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3789240.3829151 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49357501 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
The 6 AI-free Linux distros I recommend most – and why they’re likely to stay that way
If AI isn't your jam, and you're looking for an operating system that doesn't (and won't) force it on you, look no further than these Linux distributions.
Building Custom Backyard Solar Lights
In this modern age, if you want a truly swish garden that makes your friends sad when they visit, you need good lighting. [technocraftStudio] has been working on just such a project, creating custom wedge lights to illuminate garden beds in style. You might look at...
Show HN: Privacy focused client side password generator
Article URL: https://password-generator.aaqa.dev/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49357881 Points: 3 # Comments: 1
Japan’s Gen X workers are struggling
Article URL: https://www.economist.com/asia/2026/08/18/japans-gen-x-workers-are-struggling Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49356115 Points: 11 # Comments: 2
China reportedly allows ByteDance and Tencent to import 10,000 H200 chips
ByteDance and Tencent have received 10,000 H200 chips each, the Financial Times says, and other Chinese companies could follow.
NASA estimates the size of the hole SpaceX made in the moon
NASA has used its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) to capture more pics of the mess on the moon left by a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage. As The Register has previously reported, in 2025 private aerospace concerns Firefly and ispace hired a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for...
CareCloud Data Breach Impact Grows to 3.7 Million Individuals
The data breach was initially believed to affect roughly 350,000 people, but the HHS breach tracker shows a far bigger impact. The post CareCloud Data Breach Impact Grows to 3.7 Million Individuals appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Bun 1.4 Rust rewrite is not looking good
Article URL: https://tipiirai.com/writing/bun-rust-rewrite-worries Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49357401 Points: 21 # Comments: 4
Oz Hair and Beauty – 1,988,331 breached accounts
In August 2026, Australian beauty retailer Oz Hair and Beauty was the target of an xpl0itrs extortion attack. The group subsequently published data allegedly obtained from the company, which included 2M unique email addresses along with names, phone numbers,...
Fanlore – 144,520 breached accounts
In August 2026, the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) identified unauthorised access to the Fanlore wiki it operates. The breach resulted in the exposure of 145k unique email addresses along with usernames and passwords stored as either MD5 or PBKDF2 hashes....
Baidu says Chinese buyers want local AI chips due to ‘supply chain’ issues
Chinese web giant Baidu yesterday told investors it sees good days ahead for its Kunlunxin chip biz, because local buyers won’t have alternatives. Baidu has previously said it plans to spin out and float Kunlunxin, which makes CUDA-compliant inferencing chips that it...
Australian hotel chain leaks guests’ PII after breach at third-party database operator
Australian aparthotel chain Quest has revealed it leaked customer data. A Reg reader kindly shared an email from the chain with the subject line “Important Security Update Regarding Your Quest Data.” That missive opens with unwelcome news that “I am writing to inform...
How to ask people for help landing a job and actually get a response
“I am actively looking for a job. Can you let me know if you see something relevant?” If you have recently been laid off, are worried about your current role, or are proactively looking for your next opportunity, you may have sent hundreds of similar messages across...
Why founders should never use AI-generated pitch decks
I start my work weeks with deck reviews. Every Monday morning, in advance of our weekly fund meeting, I look at all the decks that entrepreneurs submitted through our website in the past week. Every deck gets a rating: “Yes!” means we should definitely take a meeting...
Joy-Cons Plus WiiMotes Make for Switch 2 Wii-Cons
As popular as the Nintendo Switch and its sequel are, it’s hard to argue that its click-on Joy-Con controllers are ergonomic, barring you having very uniquely shaped hands. This thought and a stack of Wii controllers led [KOUZEX] to the mad project of merging Joy-Cons...
Warren Spector, founding father of immersive sims, has retired from game development
The creator of Deus Ex is retiring.
Palomar: A registry of Lean verified mathematics
Article URL: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/08/18/palomar-a-registry-of-lean-verified-mathematics/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49355968 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
OpenLogi
Article URL: https://openlogi.org/en Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49355606 Points: 5 # Comments: 1
Meta’s blockbuster trial draws parallels to big tobacco
Article URL: https://www.economist.com/business/2026/08/18/metas-blockbuster-trial-draws-parallels-to-big-tobacco Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49355825 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
SN 1092: Restraint Abliteration – Rotating Keys, Broken Guardrails
From autocorrect to full-fledged conversationalists, discover how a few tweaks transformed language models—and why understanding this shift exposes urgent questions about AI safety and control. Trusting an open source AI proxy might bite you. France's under-15 social...
That Disgraceful, Disreputable, (Wonderful) Form of Punctuation: The Parenthesis
Article URL: https://lithub.com/on-that-disgraceful-disreputable-wonderful-form-of-punctuation-the-parenthesis/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49355360 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
The Integer
Article URL: https://gist.github.com/17twenty/1f230ab8256f42d4cd3ba931b9bd440b Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49355368 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
Compress Links For Optimal QR Codes
Link shorteners have been a staple of the online world for over two decades now, but they’ve got some issues– for one thing, it’s totally non-transparent where the link actually goes, leaving you open to all sorts of shenanigans, of which RickRolling is probably the...