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Thursday, 13 August 2026
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Show HN: Mediator.ai – Using Nash bargaining and LLMs to systematize fairness
Eight years ago, my then-fiancée and I decided to get a prenup, so we hired a local mediator. The meetings were useful, but I felt there was no systematic process to produce a final agreement. So I started to think about this problem, and after a bit
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Pentagon pulls the plug on one of the military's most troubled space programs
Problems with the ground system would have "put current GPS military and civilian capabilities at risk."
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How to make a fast dynamic language interpreter
Article URL: https://zef-lang.dev/implementation Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47843194 Points: 81 # Comments: 6
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Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers took 2 minutes to break it
Article URL: https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-brussels-launched-age-checking-app-hackers-say-took-them-2-minutes-break-it/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47831742 Points: 166 # Comments: 76
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10 years ago, someone wrote a test for Servo that included an expiry in 2026
Article URL: https://mastodon.social/@jdm_/116429380667467307 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47826839 Points: 201 # Comments: 105
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Who is John Ternus, the incoming Apple CEO?
Starting on September 1, Ternus will lead one of the world's most valuable companies, but if you're not a dedicated Apple enthusiast, you've probably never heard of this man, who has largely remained out of the spotlight until now.
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How to Make a Fast Dynamic Language Interpreter
Article URL: https://zef-lang.dev/implementation Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47843194 Points: 36 # Comments: 2
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Anthropic takes $5B from Amazon and pledges $100B in cloud spending in return
Amazon has made another circular AI deal: It's investing another $5 billion in Anthropic. Anthropic has agreed to spend $100 billion on AWS in return.
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Google rolls out Gemini in Chrome in 7 new countries
Google is rolling out Gemini in Chrome in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam. The company is rolling this feature out to both desktop and iOS in all of these countries except Japan.
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Even 'uncensored' models can't say what they want
Article URL: https://morgin.ai/articles/even-uncensored-models-cant-say-what-they-want.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47842021 Points: 62 # Comments: 49
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Monero Community Crowdfunding System
Article URL: https://ccs.getmonero.org/ideas/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47841149 Points: 44 # Comments: 19
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Jujutsu megamerges for fun and profit
Article URL: https://isaaccorbrey.com/notes/jujutsu-megamerges-for-fun-and-profit Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47841129 Points: 93 # Comments: 19
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OpenAI ad partner now selling ChatGPT ad placements based on “prompt relevance”
Article URL: https://www.adweek.com/media/exclusive-leaked-deck-reveals-stackadapts-playbook-for-chatgpt-ads/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47840980 Points: 128 # Comments: 49
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Google rolls out Gemini in Chrome in seven new countries
Google is rolling out Gemini in Chrome in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam.
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Tim Cook stepping down as Apple CEO, John Ternus taking over
The transition has been expected for some time and ends one of the longer and more impactful runs a CEO has had at any company. Cook had inherited a company that many industry watchers and enthusiasts struggled to separate from its famed founder. Wha