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Monday, 17 August 2026
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Updated 11:25 CST
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Show HN: GolemUI – Declarative Form Engine
We're a team of three friends who have been working with forms and Open Source for a decade, and we joined forces together to create something where we can apply all of our experience. We recently released GolemUI, an Open Source library to generate
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Apple’s Hide My Email feature has a bug that’s been exposing real email addresses, researcher claims
Research appears to reveal a bug that could render the feature effectively useless.
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SpaceX has an AI device prototype, and it sure sounds phone-ish
SpaceX reportedly showed investors a "handset-like" AI device before going public. It could be another signal SpaceX wants to expand into wireless.
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Ashton Kutcher leaving Sound Ventures to launch new VC firm with Morgan Beller
Sound built its reputation on concentrated, high-conviction bets in category-leading AI labs, while Kutcher's new fund appears to be chasing the layer underneath those companies — the infrastructure and energy that power them.
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Neocloud Together AI raises $800M, leaps to $8.3B valuation
The AI neocloud provider, which specializes in hosting open source models, last raised at a $3.3 billion valuation in early 2025.
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NASA chief praises progress Blue Origin is making after launch failure
"We've got time into 2027 before we're getting nervous."
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US home battery installations hit record high on rising electricity costs
Record home battery installations unlock options for grids—and AI data centers.
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Superworms could replace beetles for cleaning skeletal remains
An optimal ratio of 10-15 grams of larvae per gram of specimen minimized cleaning time with no bone damage.
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Sony announces end of PlayStation discs, parts of digital store in the same day
“We will own nothing, it's truly sad.”
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A good little EV you won't be able to buy soon: The Volvo EX30 Cross Country
Tariffs and anti-China policies killed this little Volvo in the United States.
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Ithaca's king defies the gods in final The Odyssey trailer
"You gods don't speak in ways we understand."
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After spooking Trump into safety testing, Anthropic AI models get global release
US lifts curbs on Anthropic’s advanced Fable and Mythos models.
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Fable 5 Is Back
Article URL: https://twitter.com/claudeai/status/2072402636813607381 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48752030 Points: 112 # Comments: 61
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Claude Fable 5 Promotional Access
Article URL: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15424964-claude-fable-5-promotional-access Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48751978 Points: 21 # Comments: 6
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Show HN: Z-Jail – A 130 KB Linux sandbox-C99 with 7 defense layers and zero deps
Article URL: https://github.com/Division-36/Z-Jail/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48751824 Points: 8 # Comments: 3