Trending Signal

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Viral and pre-viral signal across search, social, tech, news, code, and prediction markets — Google Trends, X, Reddit, Hacker News, Techmeme, GitHub Trending, Polymarket. Scored by engagement velocity. Refreshed every 4 hours.

Snapshot: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:00:04 GMT
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Polymarketfinance50m ago

LoL: T1 vs DN SOOPers (BO5) - KeSPA Cup Playoffs

This market refers to the LoL Semifinal match between T1 and DN SOOPers in the KeSPA Cup Playoffs, initially scheduled for August 17, 2026 at 5:00 AM ET. This market will resolve to "T1" if T1 win the match against DN SOOPers. This market

1,902,875.541902876/hrLoL · SOOPers · BO5@Polymarket
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Polymarketfinance50m ago

Will Pablo Marçal win the 2026 Brazilian presidential election?

A presidential election is scheduled to take place in Brazil on October 4, 2026. This market will resolve according to the listed candidate that wins this election. This market includes any potential second round. If the result of this el

802,824.948802825/hrPablo · Brazilian@Polymarket
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Polymarketfinance50m ago

Will Demeke Mekonnen be the next Prime Minister of Ethiopia?

General elections are scheduled to be held in Ethiopia on June 1, 2026. This market will resolve to the next individual who officially assumes the office of Prime Minister of Ethiopia following the 2026 General elections. To count for res

655,965.16655965/hrDemeke · Mekonnen · Prime@Polymarket
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GitHubai50m ago

usestrix/strix

Open-source AI penetration testing tool to find and fix your app’s vulnerabilities.

856856/hrOpen@usestrix
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Polymarketfinance50m ago

Will Shakhtar Donetsk win the 2026-27 UEFA Champions League Championship?

This market will resolve according to the team that wins the 2026-27 UEFA Champions League Championship. If at any point it becomes impossible for a listed team to win the 2026-27 UEFA Champions League Championship per the rules of UEFA Ch

418,535.82418536/hrShakhtar · Donetsk · UEFA@Polymarket
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Polymarketgeopolitics50m ago

Putin out as President of Russia by December 31, 2026?

This market will resolve to “Yes” if Vladimir Putin ceases to be President of Russia for any period of time between market creation and the specified date (ET). Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”. An announcement of Vladimir Putin

341,186.848341187/hrPutin · President · Russia@Polymarket
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GitHubtech50m ago

cordiverse/cordis

Meta-Framework of Spatiotemporal Composability

720720/hrMeta · Framework · Spatiotemporal@cordiverse
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Polymarketfinance50m ago

US-Iran 60 day negotiation period extended?

On June 14, 2026, the United States and Iran announced a written diplomatic agreement (the MOU), including a 60-day negotiation period toward a “final deal”, extendable by mutual consent. This market will resolve to “Yes” if both the Unite

317,719.29317719/hrIran@Polymarket
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Polymarketfinance50m ago

LoL: Dplus KIA Challengers vs KT Rolster Challengers - Game 1 Winner

This market refers to the LoL match between Dplus KIA Challengers and KT Rolster Challengers in the LCK Challengers League Rounds 3-4 Challenge Group, initially scheduled for August 17, 2026 at 4:00 AM ET. This market will resolve to "Dplu

274,240.17274240/hrLoL · Dplus · KIA@Polymarket
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Polymarketfinance50m ago

Bitcoin Up or Down on August 17?

This market will resolve to "Up" if the "Close" price for the Binance 1 minute candle for BTC/USDT Aug 16 '26 12:00 in the ET timezone (noon) is lower than the final "Close" price for the Aug 17 '26 12:00 ET candle. This market will resolv

247,299.319247299/hrBitcoin@Polymarket
6.5
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TechmemeaiPre-viral1h ago

Voice AI startup Wispr raised a $280M Series B led by Menlo Ventures at a $2B valuation, taking its total funding to $361M, and now has 100K business customers (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)

0/hrVoice · Wispr · Series@Techmeme
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TechmemetechPre-viral2h ago

Sources: Meta and BlackRock's $14B El Paso data center project is not insured against total loss, exposing lenders to credit risks and big potential liabilities (Financial Times)

0/hrMeta · BlackRock · Paso@Techmeme
6.5
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TechmemegeopoliticsPre-viral2h ago

Russian law enforcement docs: Binance provided Russia with transaction records and passport copies of IT specialist Yuri Belenkiy, leading to terrorism charges (Anton Zverev/Reuters)

0/hrRussian · Binance · Russia@Techmeme
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TechmemefinancePre-viral3h ago

An analysis of 60 of the largest planned US data centers: they could together produce 101.5M tons of CO2 per year, or ~7% of US power sector emissions in 2025 (Financial Times)

0/hrCO2@Techmeme
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TechmemetechPre-viral3h ago

Sources: Singapore-based Shein is aiming to hit a ~$25B valuation in its Hong Kong IPO, down from its $30B-$40B goal earlier in August after investor meetings (Reuters)

0/hrSingapore · Shein · Hong@Techmeme
6.5
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TechmemetechPre-viral3h ago

Analysis: nine top tech companies including Alphabet and Meta had ~$3T of AI-related off-balance-sheet commitments, far exceeding their $600B in reported capex (Wall Street Journal)

0/hrAnalysis · Alphabet · Meta@Techmeme
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Techmemeai4h ago

AI film startups are setting up studios in Hollywood, using US and Chinese AI models while touting lower production costs and a way around traditional financing (Robert Booth/The Guardian)

0/hrHollywood · Chinese · Robert@Techmeme
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Techmemeai5h ago

How US industrial companies like Caterpillar, Cummins, Eaton, and Ford are pivoting their businesses to feed a booming AI data-center market for power equipment (Bob Tita/Wall Street Journal)

0/hrCaterpillar · Cummins · Eaton@Techmeme
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Techmemetech7h ago

Qwen 3.8 27B shows a 17GB open-weight general purpose model can have long context, effective tool calling, strong vision ability, and competent code generation (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)

0/hrQwen · Simon · Willison@Techmeme
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Techmemeai8h ago

AI video generation startup Higgsfield raised $400M from DST, Goldman Sachs, Liberty Global, Intel, and others at a $5.4B valuation, up from $1.3B in January (James Fontanella-Khan/Financial Times)

0/hrHiggsfield · DST · Goldman@Techmeme
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Techmemegeopolitics8h ago

Chainalysis sues the US government over ICE's $94.6M contract to buy forensic software and services from its competitor TRM Labs, calling the deal "arbitrary" (Ezra Reguerra/Cointelegraph)

0/hrChainalysis · ICE · TRM@Techmeme
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Techmemeai9h ago

Anthropic's text watermark alters word probabilities to embed a fingerprint, which could degrade Claude's writing, despite its claim of no impact on quality (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)

0/hrAnthropic · Claude · John@Techmeme
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Techmemeai11h ago

Singapore hopes access to advanced AI models will stem the flow of finance talent to Hong Kong, where financial firms struggle to access the latest US AI models (Financial Times)

0/hrSingapore · Hong · Kong@Techmeme
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Techmemeai12h ago

A look at companies like Inception Point creating AI personas for media, fashion, film, and music industries that could host podcasts, model clothes, and more (Reggie Ugwu/New York Times)

0/hrInception · Point · Reggie@Techmeme
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Techmemeai14h ago

How Anthropic's Claude made a math breakthrough during its unsuccessful 54-hour attempt to solve the Riemann hypothesis, aided by a staffer's encouragement (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)

0/hrAnthropic · Claude · Riemann@Techmeme
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GitHubai50m ago

harry0703/MoneyPrinterTurbo

利用 AI 大模型和自动化工作流,根据主题或关键词一键生成高清短视频。Generate HD short videos from a topic or keyword with an automated AI workflow.

494494/hrMoneyPrinterTurbo · Generate@harry0703
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Googleother9h ago

hayden panettiere

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Xother4h ago

Hayden

00/hrHayden
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GitHubtech50m ago

agalwood/Motrix

A full-featured download manager.

295295/hrMotrix@agalwood
5.9
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Googleother16h ago

fever vs dream

200,00013333/hr
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Xother4h ago

Good Monday

00/hrGood · Monday
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Reddit · r/worldnewsgeopolitics9h ago

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1636, Part 1 (Thread #1783)

0/hrWorldNews · Live · Thread@WorldNewsMods
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Googleother11h ago

von miller

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Xother4h ago

Green Lantern

00/hrGreen · Lantern
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Reddit · r/worldnewsgeopolitics7h ago

Two children attacked in Poland over speaking Ukrainian

0/hrTwo · Poland · Ukrainian@YuriusSinisterClown
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Googleother12h ago

santos - guadalajara

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Xother4h ago

South Korea

00/hrSouth · Korea
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Reddit · r/worldnewsgeopolitics13h ago

Trump orders military to 'substantially reduce' joint exercises with South Korea

0/hrTrump · South · Korea@rdh2dmd
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Googleother19h ago

taylor swift new short hair

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Xother4h ago

Remember the Titans

00/hrRemember · Titans
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Reddit · r/worldnewsgeopolitics6h ago

Five teenagers killed after car driven on wrong side of Irish motorway

0/hrFive · Irish@Portalrules123
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Googleother10h ago

tijuana - cruz azul

50,0005556/hr
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Xother4h ago

Massie

00/hrMassie
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Reddit · r/worldnewsgeopolitics2h ago

The chief economist at Russia’s second-largest bank has been fired after a series of critical comments about the state of the economy, warning that Moscow would not win a prolonged economic war with Ukraine

0/hrRussia · Moscow · Ukraine@Raj_Valiant3011
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Googleother19h ago

tommy john

100,0005556/hr
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Xother4h ago

#MondayMotivation

00/hrMondayMotivation
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GitHubai50m ago

AlexsJones/llmfit

Hundreds of models & providers. One command to find what runs on your hardware.

187187/hrAlexsJones · Hundreds · One@AlexsJones
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Googleother21h ago

rebel creamery ice cream lawsuit

100,0005000/hr
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Xother4h ago

#UFC330

00/hrUFC330
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Reddit · r/worldnewsgeopolitics4h ago

Spy nest? Germany considers closing key Russian cultural institute in Berlin amid espionage concerns. French authorities have linked the center to suspected Russian intelligence activities.

0/hrSpy · Germany · Russian@TVP_World_News
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Googleother14h ago

attorney general todd blanche remarks

50,0003846/hr
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Xother4h ago

Angel Reese

00/hrAngel · Reese
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Reddit · r/worldnewsgeopolitics16h ago

Ukraine reported to have begun using British drones for long-range strikes on Russia

0/hrUkraine · British · Russia@EnoughPrimary6700
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GitHubai50m ago

mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills

817 structured cybersecurity skills for AI agents · Mapped to 6 frameworks: MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF 2.0, MITRE ATLAS, D3FEND, NIST AI RMF & MITRE F3 (Fight Fraud) · agentskills.io standard · Works with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex CLI, Cursor, Gemini CLI & 20+ platforms · 29 security domains · Apache 2.0

156156/hrAnthropic · Cybersecurity · Skills@mukul975
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Googleother16h ago

nancy mace

50,0003333/hr
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Xother4h ago

Nick Shirley

00/hrNick · Shirley
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GitHubai50m ago

santifer/career-ops

Open-source AI job search: scan job portals, evaluate listings with a structured A-F rubric into a 1.0-5.0 score, tailor your CV, track applications — runs locally in your AI coding CLI (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Antigravity…)

147147/hrOpen · CLI · Claude@santifer
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Reddit · r/worldnewsgeopolitics3h ago

South Korea Fires Warning Shots After North Korean Troops Cross the DMZ

0/hrSouth · Korea · Fires@UNITED24Media
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GitHubtech50m ago

immich-app/immich

High performance self-hosted photo and video management solution.

140140/hrHigh@immich-app
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Googleother16h ago

jordyn woods

50,0003333/hr
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Xother4h ago

Candace

00/hrCandace
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Reddit · r/worldnewsgeopolitics2h ago

Erdogan says EU membership is no longer Turkey’s priority and blames Brussels for stalled accession talks

0/hrErdogan · Turkey · Brussels@FantasticQuartet
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Googleother19h ago

prince harry uk visits

50,0002778/hr
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Xai4h ago

Sora

00/hrSora
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Googleother9h ago

mitch mcconnell health

20,0002500/hr
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Xother4h ago

Happy Birthday Sophie

00/hrHappy · Birthday · Sophie
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Reddit · r/worldnewsgeopolitics2h ago

Polish Defence Ministry says it is preparing for war with Russia and expects Kremlin provocations

0/hrPolish · Defence · Ministry@Kick-Scooter
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Googleother10h ago

club tijuana vs cruz azul

20,0002222/hr
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Xother4h ago

Von Miller

00/hrVon · Miller
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Reddit · r/worldnewsgeopolitics1h ago

Trump threatens to bomb Oman over Iran deal

0/hrTrump · Oman · Iran@TheTelegraph
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Googleother12h ago

flock cameras

20,0001818/hr
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Xother4h ago

Hollywood

00/hrHollywood
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Reddit · r/worldnewsai1d ago

Ukraine Finds Nvidia AI Chip in New Russian Missile, HUR Says

0/hrUkraine · Finds · Nvidia@RollSafer
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Reddit · r/worldnewsgeopolitics17h ago

Thousands March in Kyiv, Protestors Demand Zelensky Listens

0/hrThousands · Kyiv · Protestors@ArgentineBeauty
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Reddit · r/worldnewsgeopolitics14h ago

Russia offers India Sukhoi-57 with long-range missiles; quick transfer of 8-10 jets possible

0/hrRussia · India · Sukhoi@PerceptionMurky3704
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Reddit · r/worldnewsgeopolitics18h ago

Pope calls for an end to West Bank violence against Palestinians

0/hrPope · West · Bank@imanchats
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Reddit · r/worldnewsgeopolitics1d ago

Ukraine attacks Russia with hundreds of drones in one of Kyiv’s largest aerial assaults of the conflict

0/hrUkraine · Russia · Kyiv@ronweasly9
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GitHubai50m ago

jundot/omlx

LLM inference server with continuous batching & SSD caching for Apple Silicon — managed from the macOS menu bar

6060/hrLLM · SSD · Apple@jundot
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Reddit · r/worldnewsgeopolitics15h ago

Vance Asked Zelensky to Avoid Key Oil Route as Ukraine Targets Russia’s Black Sea Fleet

0/hrVance · Zelensky · Avoid@DoremusJessup
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GitHubtech50m ago

nautechsystems/nautilus_trader

Production-grade Rust-native trading engine with deterministic event-driven architecture

5858/hrProduction · Rust@nautechsystems
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Reddit · r/worldnewsgeopolitics13h ago

UK-made drones strike targets inside Russia

0/hrRussia@FlappyBored
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HNother13h ago

Qwen 3.8 27B is excellent, but it defaults to overthinking things

560💬 26557/hrQwen@bilsbie
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Reddit · r/worldnewsgeopolitics10h ago

EU plans most far-reaching sanctions package against Russia in autumn, foreign chief says

0/hrRussia@CupEcstatic2721
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HNai15h ago

Anthropic's 'watermark' text adulteration in Claude is a perversion of writing

364💬 34538/hrAnthropic · Claude@ropbear
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HNother20h ago

A third world engineer responds to “RISC-V: They should have known better”

542💬 27836/hrRISC@Narishma
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HNai1d ago

Claude: System Prompts

683💬 26535/hrClaude · System · Prompts@tosh
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HNother2h ago

Self hosted email continues to steeply decline

30💬 2735/hrSelf@minusf
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HNother1d ago

Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker

667💬 26335/hrFirefox@pentagrama
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HNtech19h ago

Tell HN: Cloudflare silently injects its analytics when you switch nameservers

547💬 15534/hrCloudflare@stagas
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HNother16h ago

Stripe will reportedly acquire OpenRouter for $7B+

384💬 23732/hrStripe · OpenRouter@zacharyozer
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HNother10h ago

GIMP Development Update

205💬 15432/hrGIMP · Development@lumpa
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HNother13h ago

The federal keyword lists that canceled billions in research funding

239💬 12125/hr@walrus01
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HNother18h ago

Models Are Getting Dumber on Purpose

318💬 17724/hrModels · Getting · Dumber@hruvhwe
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HNother13h ago

The Life and Death of Direct File [pdf]

195💬 9321/hrLife · Death · Direct@ronbenton
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HNother1d ago

Research papers using "kidney disappointment" instead of "kidney failure"

406💬 14320/hrResearch@Alifatisk
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HNai11h ago

On A.I. regulation and messaging

105💬 18120/hr@jacquesm
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HNother7h ago

Linear algebra done right

104💬 4319/hrLinear@the-mitr
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HNai16h ago

Nvidia dramatically reduces amount of OpenAI infra financing it may guarantee

214💬 11118/hrNvidia · OpenAI@root-parent
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HNai22h ago

The AI Credit Resale Economy

301💬 12117/hrCredit · Resale · Economy@mlenhard
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HNother13h ago

Reticulum – Decentralized Mesh Network

147💬 4514/hrReticulum · Decentralized · Mesh@sudo_cowsay
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HNother21h ago

The weekend is 100 years old

202💬 14513/hr@lentil_soup
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HNother18h ago

Protobuf has LSP support

162💬 11013/hrProtobuf · LSP@theanonymousone
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HNother22h ago

St Lucie Nuclear Reactor Unit 1 manually shutdown, 3 control rods drop into core

188💬 14613/hrLucie · Nuclear · Reactor@toomuchtodo
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HNai11h ago

AGI-64 Brings Sierra Adventures to the Commodore 64

96💬 1310/hrAGI · Brings · Sierra@erickhill
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HNother21h ago

NIH is ending a key grant for budding clinical researchers

156💬 8010/hrNIH@brandonb
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HNother7h ago

$12B of US ratepayers' money wasted on a modeling mistake in PJM

52💬 2610/hrPJM@_delirium
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HNother12h ago

Rhombus 1.1 is now available

95💬 2810/hrRhombus@spdegabrielle
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HNother1d ago

Patterns and problems in emerging multi-agent systems

186💬 1327/hrPatterns@maxutility
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HNother5h ago

Show HN: Desktopcolors.com – A museum for solid background colors of classic OS

23💬 117/hrDesktopcolors@vlowrian
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HNother19h ago

MathCode, Mathematical Coding Agent

101💬 297/hrMathCode · Mathematical · Coding@homarp
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HNai2h ago

Anthropic becomes the 'Apple of AI': Most revenue despite being most expensive

5💬 36/hrAnthropic · Apple@TMWNN
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HNother22h ago

GPS and the Lost Art of Getting Lost

82💬 766/hrGPS · Lost · Art@karakoram
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HNai17h ago

Red queen hypothesis – A new way forward for self-improving AI

78💬 216/hrRed@hardlianotion
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HNother2h ago

The Marxist Case for the Technofeudal Hypothesis

7💬 06/hrMarxist · Case · Technofeudal@aleksjess
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HNother12h ago

Applying a photosynthetic process to treat “dry eye”

52💬 175/hrApplying@gumby
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HNother1d ago

A True Telnet BBS on a Casio Calculator

105💬 125/hrTrue · Telnet · BBS@austinallegro
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HNai23h ago

Show HN: A public AI whose memory is shared across all users

74💬 665/hr@adjohu
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HNtech10h ago

If Meta loses this trial, Instagram and Facebook could change forever

40💬 105/hrMeta · Instagram · Facebook@tartoran
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HNai1d ago

AI Coding Without the Vibes

88💬 534/hrCoding · Vibes@riskone
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HNother12h ago

Prolly: A content-addressed ordered map built on prolly trees

47💬 44/hrProlly@forhappy
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HNother1d ago

Guiding Ships with Moire Patterns (2018)

112💬 284/hrGuiding · Ships · Moire@Eridanus2
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HNother9h ago

US Air Force jet engine manufacturing plagued by 'significant challenges'

18💬 153/hrAir · Force@toomuchtodo
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HNother2d ago

Show HN: Mic Drop, a real-time multiplayer karaoke game

84💬 373/hrMic · Drop@johnsillings
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HNother1d ago

Falstad Math and Physics Simulations

70💬 162/hrFalstad · Math · Physics@pykello
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HNother13h ago

TSMC Uses Old Fabs to Make New Chips [video]

22💬 62/hrTSMC · Uses · Fabs@eig
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HNai1d ago

Health benefits of Tai Chi

49💬 252/hrHealth · Tai · Chi@helloplanets
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HNother10h ago

Strong gravitational lensing and microlensing of supernovae (2024)

12💬 11/hrStrong@andsoitis
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HNother14h ago

Nobody Knows Anything

11💬 21/hrNobody · Knows · Anything@gtirloni
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HNother19h ago

Sectorforth is a 16-bit x86 Forth that fits in a 512-byte boot sector

13💬 11/hrSectorforth · Forth@sigalor