Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/13/us-government-spied-anti-ice-protesters Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49294199 Points: 27 # Comments: 3

While in aquatic environments microplastics can be filtered out relatively easily, in soil it’s much harder to get to these microscopic particles. While you can certainly strip mine an entire area to process its soil, a less invasive method would involve something...

Article URL: https://atproto.com/blog/introducing-bluesky-protocol-services Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49293324 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

Article URL: https://declaude.org/watermarking/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49292932 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

With Google set to retire Assistant, and Gemini not exactly the replacement many of us want, Dicio is a solid option. There's one catch.

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/cloud-storage/nine-pbs-loses-access-to-70-years-of-data-after-contracted-cloud-storage-vendor-goes-defunct-public-tv-channel-sues-iron-mountain-data-center-which-hosts-archival-materials-to-ensure-preservation...

We’re in the midst of a mass exodus of working mothers from the workforce. The latest to join is Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, who resigned from her post Wednesday. And it might have been because President Donald Trump had been calling her while she...

The Raspberry Pi line of single-board computers are great little devices, and they can do great things with cameras and video. However, there can be a fair bit of latency involved in these tasks depending on the board you’re using and just what you’re doing. You need...

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/9c9c948f-dc8b-4385-a9b9-4b98dc1eadd9 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49292567 Points: 16 # Comments: 7

The plaintiffs say they invested nearly $1.2 million in the company, and are accusing Gomez of failing to build and market the startup.

VICTORIA/Seychelles/--Zoomex has expanded its Stock Perpetuals lineup with twelve new USDT-margined contracts, giving traders 24/7 exposure to some of the most closely watched names in U.S. equities. UnitedHealth Group (UNH), General Electric (GE), JPMorgan Chase...

Arlington, Virginia, August 13th, 2026/TechnologyWire/--Tunnl, the AI-powered audience intelligence platform, today announced its inclusion in the 2026 Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies. Tunnl is one of 126 Artificial Intelligence and Data...

Artificial intelligence has moved from research labs and science fiction into the daily fabric of work and life. It writes code, drafts emails, diagnoses illness, drives cars, and increasingly, acts on our behalf rather than just answering our questions. Understanding...

The hidden cost of losing architectural knowledge in software projects. Systems are not lost to failure, but to forgetting. When decisions cannot be undone, change becomes collapse, and rebuilding becomes inevitable. Every system eventually invites a rewrite. Almost...

Inner Planets Mid-Flight Checklist What follows is a continuation of my observations and ideas inspired by “Project Hail Mary”, which I began back in part 1 of the series. Once again, I will warn readers that if you haven’t read the book and/or watched the movie (and...

One Founder's Prediction Becomes Fact In May 2026, Patrick Ryan, founder of Mobius Consulting, stood before a closed room of more than thirty senior C-suite executives, technology directors, and risk officers in London. When he asked how many of their organizations...

Apple now sends out push notifications to iPhone lock screens when the company identifies government spyware targeting someone's devices.

Built as a post-training variation on Z.ai's open source model GLM-5.2, Writer says the new system should provide deployment-ready capabilities at a much lower price.