Crews battle wildfires in western U.S. and Canada
There have been 183 new wildfires, including eight large ones, across the U.S. since Saturday, the National Interagency Fire Center reported on Sunday.
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Demi Vollering wins Tour de France for the 2nd time
Vollering, who first won the competition in 2023, finished the stage more than a minute ahead of Spaniard Paula Blasi Cairol and 2024 champion Polish rider Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney.
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Alleged Irish crime boss Kinahan charged with directing criminal organisation
Daniel Kinahan is accused of leading the Kinahan organised crime group, an international network linked to drug trafficking and money laundering operations,
Syria says deal agreed with Russia on future of military bases
Under the agreement, Syria will take over management of two Russian bases that were used to support ousted leader Bashar Assad during the Syrian civil war.
Germany warns of ‘daily hybrid warfare’ after explosive-laden drone found
Espionage, sabotage, cyberattacks, and covert operations are a 'constant reality', says Germany's interior minister.
Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry
The AI-focused hedge fund is still making some big bets.
No Dogs in Space is a music history podcast for true obsessives
Sadly, there hasn't been a new episode of No Dogs in Space since July of 2024. Part four of the podcast's series on Can wrapped up an abbreviated season three, which focused on experimental rock. Don't get me wrong, I loved seasons one and two, but the show seemed to be gearing up for a […]
Endless execution
The age of agents has brought us endless execution. Every idea, every hunch, every experiment is now within immediate reach. For people with endless ideas, this is nirvana. It's also the most fucking sci-fi thing I've ever been privy to. The internet was a revelation, but it all felt understandable. The science, the standards, the methods. But working with agents truly is magic. In the best possible sense of the word. Technology so advanced that it seems scarcely comprehensible. HOW ARE WE MAKING COMPUTERS DO THIS??? I understand the general outline of the underlying mechanism for producing this intelligence: the training, the weights, the math. But the sum effect of those parts is still so wildly, intoxicatingly massive that it's hard to resist reaching for the metaphysical. Quantum computing is full of similar mind-bending ideas. Superpositions. The multiverse. All very OUT THERE. But quantum computing isn't having an impact today. These incomprehensibly clever AI agents are. And the impact is that I feel like there's a little genie trapped in my machine now. There to fulfill every wish and every whim. It's taken months to internalize just what liberation this grants those with the ambition to imagine. Now I could write at length about all the caveats. All the potential dangers. All the ways it's not quite there yet. But it would be an insult to the marvel of this moment. AGI is a nefarious concept to pin down, but I'm not sure how different whatever definition we eventually settle on will look from what I'm already experiencing on the daily. This is simply the most fun I've ever had with a computer. And I've loved them dearly for over forty years. I loved programming them myself. I loved the games. The configuration. The tactile experience. But none of it as much as I love the power to execute every idea that crosses my mind. What a time to be alive. Nay, what a blessing .
Palestinians say Netanyahu’s decision leaves ‘no clear path’ to peace
‘We're going backwards.’
Anthropic is turning Claude Code’s auto mode on by default
Programming with Claude Code will soon require even less human oversight.
How I use LLMs to learn complex topics
Article URL: https://laurentiugabriel.github.io/blog/articles/how-i-use-llms-to-learn/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49234675 Points: 558 # Comments: 312
Netanyahu rejects Trump's Gaza Peace Plan, demands Hamas disarm first
Netanyahu's comments come just over a week after President Trump said his Board of Peace had reached a "historic" agreement with Hamas to give up its weapons.
Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)
What are you working on? What have you been curious about lately? Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49233423 Points: 218 # Comments: 761
Zuckerberg’s yacht was closer, but someone else saved a stranded boat
Earlier this week, the Alaskan cruise ship Wilderness Legacy rescued a small skiff stranded near Farragut Bay after running out of fuel. But, according to tracking data reviewed by the Alaska Beacon and Halifax Shipping News, the closest vessel was actually Mark Zuckerberg's super yacht, Launchpad. Michael Love, a passenger on the Wilderness Legacy, posted […]
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Denmark: Several wounded in suspected gang shooting
Police said they believed that the incident was linked to a "settling of scores" within criminal networks.
Germany news: Berlin to step up drone security research
Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said Germany is moving to counter the threats posed by drones. Meanwhile, the transport minister said he wants Deutsche Bahn bonuses tied to punctuality targets. Follow DW.
How Israel’s occupation fuels resistance
Israel is trapped in a cycle it created.
Drones spotted over German base days after Leipzig bomb incident
Police are investigating a drone sighting over a miltary base reportedly used for housing Patriot missile system parts.
‘No surprise’: Netanyahu rejects US-backed Gaza plan
Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti says Netanyahu's rejection of the US-backed Gaza plan is no surprise.
Platform Engineering ROI: What it costs to build your own platform
What it actually costs to build your own internal developer platform over five years, and why most “we’ll just build The post Platform Engineering ROI: What it costs to build your own platform appeared first on The New Stack .
Analyzing data from Silicon Valley ventures and founders prosecuted for fraud
Article URL: https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/full/10.1287/orsc.2024.19981 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49232318 Points: 185 # Comments: 85
Coding agents can be evaluated. We just have to evaluate the work.
I recently argued with a software factory provider, whose position was that coding agents cannot be evaluated. Their reasoning was The post Coding agents can be evaluated. We just have to evaluate the work. appeared first on The New Stack .