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: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:00:03 GMT
8.3
viral
Polymarketfinance5h ago

Counter-Strike: G2 vs FURIA (BO3) - Esports World Cup Playoffs

This market refers to the Counter-Strike Quarterfinal 1 match between G2 and FURIA in the Esports World Cup Playoffs, initially scheduled for August 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM ET. This market will resolve to "G2" if G2 win the match against FURIA

4,391,139.6454391140/hrCounter · Strike · FURIA@Polymarket
7.9
viral
Polymarketfinance5h ago

Cincinnati Open: Amanda Anisimova vs Jessica Pegula

This market refers to the tennis match between Amanda Anisimova and Jessica Pegula in the Cincinnati Open, originally scheduled for August 21, 2026 at 11:00AM ET. This market will resolve to 'Amanda Anisimova' if Amanda Anisimova advances

2,350,860.3432350860/hrCincinnati · Open · Amanda@Polymarket
7.9
viral
GitHubai5h 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.

2,7742774/hrMoneyPrinterTurbo · Generate@harry0703
7.7
viral
Polymarketfinance5h ago

Will the Fed decrease interest rates by 25 bps after the September 2026 meeting?

The FED interest rates are defined in this market by the upper bound of the target federal funds range. The decisions on the target federal funds range are made by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings. This market will resolve

1,717,050.5091717051/hrFed@Polymarket
7.7
viral
Polymarketfinance5h ago

Will Rayo Vallecano de Madrid win on 2026-08-20?

In the upcoming game, scheduled for August 20, 2026 If Rayo Vallecano de Madrid wins, this market will resolve to "Yes". Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No". If the game is postponed, this market will remain open until the game has

1,691,000.0111691000/hrRayo · Vallecano · Madrid@Polymarket
7.7
viral
GitHubtech5h ago

mattpocock/skills

Skills for Real Engineers. Straight from my .agents directory.

2,2672267/hrSkills · Real · Engineers@mattpocock
7.5
viral
Polymarketfinance5h ago

Will Belete Molla 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

1,163,962.2321163962/hrBelete · Molla · Prime@Polymarket
7.4
viral
GitHubtech5h ago

AprilNEA/OpenLogi

⚡️A native, local-first alternative to Logitech Options+, written in Rust 🦀 — remap buttons, DPI, and SmartShift over HID++. No account, no telemetry.

1,5401540/hrAprilNEA · OpenLogi · Logitech@AprilNEA
7.2
viral
Polymarketfinance5h ago

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Reds

In the upcoming MLB game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds, scheduled for August 20 at 12:40PM ET: This market will resolve to "St. Louis Cardinals" if the St. Louis Cardinals win the game. This market will resolve to "C

723,414.207723414/hrLouis · Cardinals · Cincinnati@Polymarket
7.1
viral
Polymarketfinance5h ago

Dota 2: Iron Wing vs BoomBoys (BO3) - The International Playoffs

This market refers to the Dota 2 Lower bracket round 1 match between Iron Wing and BoomBoys in the The International Playoffs, initially scheduled for August 20, 2026 at 10:00 PM ET. This market will resolve to "Iron Wing" if Iron Wing win

625,162.895625163/hrDota · Iron · Wing@Polymarket
7.1
viral
Polymarketgeopolitics5h ago

NATO x Russia military clash by August 31, 2026?

This market will resolve to "Yes" if there is a military encounter between the military forces of a NATO country and Russia between market creation and August 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No". A "military

583,473.4583473/hrNATO · Russia@Polymarket
7.0
viral
GitHubai5h ago

volcengine/OpenViking

Self-evolving Context Database for AI Agents. Unify Agent Memory, Knowledge RAG and Skills.

955955/hrOpenViking · Self · Context@volcengine
6.9
viral
GitHubai5h 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…)

855855/hrOpen · CLI · Claude@santifer
6.8
viral
GitHubfinance5h ago

obra/superpowers

An agentic skills framework & software development methodology that works.

749749/hr@obra
6.5
viral
GitHubtech5h ago

mahlernim/google-timeline-visualizer

Visualize your year in travel using your Google Location History (Timeline) data

575575/hrVisualize · Google · Location@mahlernim
6.5
viral
TechmemeaiPre-viral5h ago

Sources: Poolside struck a non-exclusive $6B licensing deal with Nvidia, plus a $1B investment at a $12B pre-money valuation; 109 staffers get Nvidia job offers (Newcomer)

0/hrPoolside · Nvidia · Newcomer@Techmeme
6.5
viral
TechmemetechPre-viral6h ago

Charter closes its $34.5B Cox acquisition, announced in May 2025, uniting two of the biggest US cable and broadband providers, and completes its Liberty deal (Georg Szalai/The Hollywood Reporter)

0/hrCharter · Cox · Liberty@Techmeme
6.5
viral
TechmemetechPre-viral6h ago

Meta rolls out Pocket, an experimental vibe-coding app that lets users create and share small games, in the US, after launching it in Brazil last month (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

0/hrMeta · Pocket · Brazil@Techmeme
6.5
viral
TechmemeaiPre-viral6h ago

Sources: Anthropic expects to match or beat the size of SpaceX's record-setting IPO, as it prepares to file publicly for its IPO as soon as the end of August (Bloomberg)

0/hrAnthropic · SpaceX · IPO@Techmeme
6.5
viral
TechmemeaiPre-viral7h ago

Source: Anthropic plans a safety system this year that still requires enterprises to retain data for 30 days but lets them do so on their own cloud systems (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)

0/hrAnthropic · Rachel · Metz@Techmeme
6.5
viral
TechmemeaiPre-viral7h ago

Google DeepMind says its Gemma family of open models has surpassed 1B downloads and developers have published 100K+ Gemma model variants over the past two years (Google)

0/hrGoogle · DeepMind · Gemma@Techmeme
6.5
viral
TechmemeaiPre-viral7h ago

Sources: Nvidia plans to begin small-batch shipments of an LPU tailored for Chinese customers by the end of 2026; the chip complies with US export control rules (Qianer Liu/The Information)

0/hrNvidia · LPU · Chinese@Techmeme
6.5
viral
TechmemeaiPre-viral7h ago

Astromech, which uses genomic data to build predictive AI models of biological change, raised $20M at a $3.8B valuation, bringing its total funding to $60M (Dean Takahashi/GamesBeat)

0/hrAstromech · Dean · Takahashi@Techmeme
6.5
viral
TechmemeaiPre-viral8h ago

Ramp launches Router, an AI model routing service it has been using internally over the past three years, in the US; Router is free to use for the rest of 2026 (Ram Iyer/TechCrunch)

0/hrRamp · Router · Ram@Techmeme
6.5
viral
TechmemetechPre-viral8h ago

Two US senators demand answers from TikTok about a "depraved" test that withheld a safety feature from 10% of US users, including a teenager who died by suicide (Olivia Carville/Bloomberg)

0/hrTwo · TikTok · Olivia@Techmeme
6.5
viral
Techmemetech9h ago

The Chinese city of Hangzhou deploys traffic-control robots that operate autonomously, using cameras and radar to signal traffic and flag violations (Reuters)

0/hrChinese · Hangzhou@Techmeme
6.5
viral
Techmemetech9h ago

Filing: in 2025, TikTok generated $702.5M in net profit in Europe, Africa, and Latin America, its first annual profit, on $9.1B in revenue, up 45.7% YoY (Iain Martin/Forbes)

0/hrFiling · TikTok · Europe@Techmeme
6.5
viral
Techmemetech10h ago

A bankruptcy court delays Google's $10M purchase of Spirit Airlines' data after former flight attendants objected, seeking assurance their info would be removed (Alexander Gladstone/Wall Street Journal)

0/hrGoogle · Spirit · Airlines@Techmeme
6.5
viral
Techmemeai10h ago

Waymo says it has built an ASIC chip that will improve its robotaxis' reflexes and navigational skills and help it diversify away from third parties like Nvidia (Edward Ludlow/Bloomberg)

0/hrWaymo · ASIC · Nvidia@Techmeme
6.5
viral
Techmemegeopolitics11h ago

Circana: US video game hardware spending fell 29% YoY in July to $282M, the lowest since COVID, shipments fell 39% YoY, and console prices grew 16% YoY to $542 (Vlad Savov/Bloomberg)

0/hrCircana · YoY · COVID@Techmeme
6.4
viral
GitHubai5h ago

chaitanyagiri/munder-difflin

local multi-agent harness

517517/hr@chaitanyagiri
6.3
viral
GitHubtech5h ago

cursor/plugins

Cursor plugin specification and official plugins

473473/hrCursor@cursor
6.1
viral
GitHubtech5h ago

modular/modular

The Modular Platform (includes MAX & Mojo)

340340/hrModular · Platform · MAX@modular
6.0
viral
GitHubtech5h ago

akitaonrails/ai-memory

Solution for long term memory for agent coding CLIs and to facilitate handoff between different agent vendors

335335/hrSolution · CLIs@akitaonrails
6.0
viral
Googleother1d ago

prince harry

100,0004545/hr
6.0
viral
Xother8h ago

Insidious: Out Of The Further

00/hrInsidious · Further
6.0
viral
GitHubai5h ago

JuliusBrussee/caveman

🪨 why use many token when few token do trick — Claude Code skill that cuts 65% of tokens by talking like caveman

309309/hrJuliusBrussee · Claude · Code@JuliusBrussee
5.9
viral
Googleother1d ago

aircraft pilot

100,0004348/hr
5.9
viral
Xother8h ago

#WhatsShopinX

00/hrWhatsShopinX
5.9
viral
Googleother18h ago

fortnite

50,0003846/hr
5.9
viral
Xother8h ago

Sheamus

00/hrSheamus
5.8
viral
GitHubtech5h ago

RyanCodrai/turbovec

A vector index built on TurboQuant, written in Rust with Python bindings

251251/hrRyanCodrai · TurboQuant · Rust@RyanCodrai
5.8
viral
Googleother1d ago

peyton watson

50,0002632/hr
5.8
viral
Xother8h ago

2xko

00/hr
5.7
viral
Googleother9h ago

eric swalwell

10,0002500/hr
5.7
viral
Xother8h ago

Riot

00/hrRiot
5.7
viral
Googleother1d ago

christy lee

50,0002273/hr
5.7
viral
Xother8h ago

George Kirby

00/hrGeorge · Kirby
5.6
viral
GitHubtech5h ago

makeplane/plane

🔥🔥🔥 Open-source Jira, Linear, Monday, and ClickUp alternative. Plane is a modern project management platform to manage tasks, sprints, docs, and triage.

206206/hrOpen · Jira · Linear@makeplane
5.6
viral
Googlegeopolitics11h ago

donald trump state approval ratings

10,0001667/hr
5.6
viral
Xother8h ago

Jessica Bowie

00/hrJessica · Bowie
5.5
viral
Googleother14h ago

bmw championship

10,0001111/hr
5.5
viral
Xother8h ago

Matt McLain

00/hrMatt · McLain
5.5
viral
HNtech6h ago

Scientific study reveals TikTok videos deactivate key cognitive brain regions

134💬 60150/hrScientific · TikTok@Akasci
5.4
viral
Googleother23h ago

stephany hollihan

20,0001111/hr
5.4
viral
Xother8h ago

James Harden

00/hrJames · Harden
5.4
viral
Googlefinance14h ago

walmart stock

10,0001111/hr
5.4
viral
Xother8h ago

#HoldTheCrooksAccountable

00/hrHoldTheCrooksAccountable
5.3
viral
Googleother14h ago

salmonella

10,0001111/hr
5.3
viral
Xother8h ago

Henry Cavill

00/hrHenry · Cavill
5.2
viral
Googleother1d ago

major watson

20,0001000/hr
5.2
viral
Xother8h ago

Bessent

00/hrBessent
5.2
viral
Googleother15h ago

new iphone 18

10,0001000/hr
5.2
viral
Xother8h ago

Eric Swalwell

00/hrEric · Swalwell
5.1
viral
Googleother7h ago

ilja dragunov

2,0001000/hr
5.1
viral
Xother8h ago

Lindsay Clancy

00/hrLindsay · Clancy
5.1
viral
HNother16h ago

Don't paste the AI, please

967💬 524105/hrDon@pjerem
5.0
viral
Googleother1d ago

viewing august 2026 lunar eclipse

20,000909/hr
5.0
viral
Xother8h ago

Austin Metcalf

00/hrAustin · Metcalf
5.0
viral
GitHubai5h ago

PostHog/posthog

🦔 PostHog is the leading platform for building self-driving products. Our developer tools – AI observability, analytics, session replay, flags, experiments, error tracking, logs, and more – capture all the context agents need to diagnose problems, uncover opportunities, and ship fixes. Steer it all from Slack, web, desktop, or the MCP.

100100/hrPostHog · Steer · Slack@PostHog
4.9
viral
HNtech15h ago

AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint

747💬 24888/hrAliExpress · WebAudio · Bluetooth@emctech
4.9
viral
HNother5h ago

The August 17 outage, and the work ahead

37💬 3587/hr@0xedb
4.7
viral
GitHubtech5h ago

agent-substrate/substrate

Agent Substrate: the core system

6666/hrAgent · Substrate@agent-substrate
4.6
viral
HNother11h ago

Malicious Rust crate Arrayref runs a build-time payload

305💬 27067/hrMalicious · Rust · Arrayref@abhisek
4.4
viral
HNother13h ago

Show HN: I trained a 125M model to autocomplete piano on-device

404💬 9557/hr@simedw
4.3
viral
HNother7h ago

I should have loved biology

98💬 3754/hr@tyre
4.1
viral
HNother1d ago

OpenRouter is joining Stripe

938💬 47744/hrOpenRouter · Stripe@rvz
4.1
viral
HNother11h ago

Bun 1.4

195💬 12344/hrBun@meetpateltech
4.0
viral
HNai9h ago

Clean up Claude 5's token vomit with a separate LLM

116💬 12739/hrClean · Claude · LLM@Bluestein
3.9
viral
GitHubai5h ago

Tencent/AI-Infra-Guard

A full-stack AI Red Teaming platform securing AI ecosystems via Agent Scan, Skills Scan, MCP scan, AI Infra scan and LLM jailbreak evaluation.

2828/hrTencent · Infra · Guard@Tencent
3.9
viral
HNtech1d ago

Google has stopped pushing Git tags for some Android source code

776💬 29435/hrGoogle · Git · Android@Animux
3.9
viral
HNother11h ago

Stwipe Acquires OpenWouter

196💬 2435/hrStwipe · Acquires · OpenWouter@eatonphil
3.9
viral
HNother1d ago

Go 1.27

735💬 25534/hr@database64128
3.8
viral
HNother9h ago

Linux 7.2

115💬 4232/hrLinux@mariuz
3.7
viral
HNother18h ago

Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone (2003)

330💬 12329/hrWindows · Rorschach@luu
3.6
viral
HNother9h ago

How to compromise your system with a job interview

84💬 5126/hr@codedge
3.6
viral
HNai6h ago

Show HN: Huzzah – a novel approach to coding with AI

17💬 1326/hrHuzzah@danielvaughn
3.4
viral
HNother23h ago

Turns are Better than Radians (2022)

326💬 19223/hrTurns · Better · Radians@mayoff
3.4
viral
HNother6h ago

Joint Statement from FR, DE, IT, UK, NL, NO, CA on E1 West Bank Settlement Plan

27💬 321/hrJoint · Statement · West@dgellow
3.3
viral
HNfinance6h ago

US debt tops $40T as Treasury doubles bond buybacks to calm markets

21💬 721/hrTreasury@abdelhousni
3.3
viral
HNother5h ago

Stop Eating Lady Gaga's Oreos

5💬 020/hrStop · Eating · Lady@cwal37
3.3
viral
HNother1d ago

Feature Request: Support AGENTS.md

342💬 21220/hrFeature · Request · Support@fg137
3.3
viral
HNother11h ago

DiffusionGemma Technical Report

115💬 2719/hrDiffusionGemma · Technical@gmays
3.3
viral
HNai10h ago

Anti-AI fonts are useless and harmful

68💬 5419/hrAnti@speckx
3.2
viral
HNother12h ago

Xorg-server 26.1.0 rc1

98💬 7219/hrXorg@st_goliath
3.2
viral
HNother12h ago

Why the Ocean Cleanup hasn't solved the plastic pollution crisis

84💬 7818/hrOcean · Cleanup@sohkamyung
3.1
viral
HNother7h ago

Project Cybersyn (2022)

31💬 1817/hrProject · Cybersyn@cassepipe
3.1
viral
HNother7h ago

Show HN: We chased a weather balloon across Montana and never found it

34💬 1417/hrMontana@radeeyate
3.1
viral
HNother1d ago

CIA funding helped keep NeXT afloat in the 80s

249💬 14916/hrCIA · NeXT@EwanG
3.1
viral
HNother1d ago

HTML Can Do That

407💬 11316/hrHTML@encyclopedism
3.0
viral
HNai13h ago

AI didn't erase the junior engineer's value, it increased it it

67💬 12416/hr@franciscomt
3.0
viral
HNfinance9h ago

Generic Methods in Go 1.27

54💬 2015/hrGeneric · Methods@EspressoGPT
3.0
viral
HNother7h ago

Optimizing things in the USSR (2016)

24💬 1415/hrOptimizing · USSR@cassepipe
3.0
viral
HNai11h ago

Hacking with Claude on a $27 Smart Watch

65💬 4014/hrHacking · Claude · Smart@speckx
3.0
viral
HNother10h ago

An elliptic curve of rank ≥ 30

70💬 2314/hr@robinhouston
2.9
viral
HNother6h ago

Consumer Rights Wiki

23💬 014/hrConsumer · Rights · Wiki@gregsadetsky
2.9
viral
HNother11h ago

Every Model Cheats

59💬 4013/hrEvery · Model · Cheats@vga805
2.9
viral
HNother10h ago

Show HN: Check if any of the $656M in unclaimed royalties at The MLC is yours

53💬 3113/hrCheck · MLC@knaught
2.8
viral
HNother5h ago

A cotton T-shirt takes roughly 2,700 litres of water to produce

4💬 313/hr@GordonS
2.7
viral
HNother10h ago

Show HN: Open-source Stripe Connect alternative

48💬 2011/hrOpen · Stripe · Connect@tinyprojects
2.4
viral
HNother6h ago

Rust 1.98.0

7💬 08/hrRust@thesuperbigfrog
2.4
viral
HNother9h ago

Launch HN: Vendo (YC S26) – Let users build features on top of your product

28💬 168/hrLaunch · Vendo · S26@yousefh409
2.3
viral
HNtech5h ago

GitHub, autoscaling, and the component substitution fallacy

4💬 08/hrGitHub@jonemi
2.3
viral
HNother14h ago

Risk Engineering

65💬 117/hrRisk · Engineering@throwaw12
2.3
viral
HNother12h ago

Zellij 0.45.0: nested sessions, Kitty graphics, a fresh UI

41💬 207/hrZellij · Kitty@peterhajas
2.2
viral
HNtech14h ago

Seeing beyond BMI: Estimating cardiometabolic risk with smartphone imagery

47💬 277/hrSeeing · BMI · Estimating@leanderjanssen
2.2
viral
HNother7h ago

URL shortener links stored in your ATProto PDS

16💬 27/hrURL · ATProto · PDS@jcbhmr
2.2
viral
HNother1d ago

Manabu Kosaka's Handmade Paper Sculptures

181💬 257/hrManabu · Kosaka · Handmade@surprisetalk
2.2
viral
HNother6h ago

TrueForge – The open-source agent harness

8💬 26/hrTrueForge@qiasl2
2.1
viral
HNother5h ago

Tidal Cycles – Live coding music with Algorithmic patterns

4💬 06/hrTidal · Cycles · Live@gjvc
2.1
viral
HNother2d ago

Stop Anthropomorphizing Intermediate Tokens as Reasoning/Thinking Traces

166💬 726/hrStop · Anthropomorphizing · Intermediate@nunodonato
2.1
viral
HNother11h ago

Show HN: Omacosy – Omarchy-style tiling desktop for macOS, no SIP

26💬 186/hrOmacosy · Omarchy · SIP@paulsp
2.1
viral
HNother6h ago

Why Aren't Smart People Happier?

5💬 66/hrAren · Smart · People@rafaelc
2.1
viral
HNother6h ago

Stripe letter to investors: Founders say we're already in the Singularity [pdf]

7💬 16/hrStripe · Founders · Singularity@ryan_j_naughton
1.9
viral
HNother1d ago

Router by Ramp

94💬 585/hrRouter · Ramp@zackfield
1.9
viral
HNother6h ago

What Is Reasoning

7💬 05/hrReasoning@sebg
1.9
viral
HNother5h ago

SpacetimeDB: A Short Technical Review

3💬 04/hrSpacetimeDB · Short · Technical@hurrrr
1.8
viral
HNother7h ago

Show HN: WaveHouse – Supabase for ClickHouse

8💬 14/hrWaveHouse · Supabase · ClickHouse@ericandr
1.8
viral
HNother11h ago

CI jobs artifacts should not be difficult

18💬 144/hr@melezhik
1.7
viral
HNother8h ago

Everyone Says Assembly Is Untyped–Everyone Is Wrong

13💬 24/hrEveryone · Assembly · Untyped@adamrezich