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LiteLLM (YC W23) Is Hiring – Rust / Performance Engineers

2026-08-21 · 17:00 UTC
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Science

‘Off the charts’ El Niño is already the strongest since records began

2026-08-21 · 17:00

Renowned climate scientist James Hansen says the developing super El Niño has already "blown past" previous events with…

Tech

Why is the DOJ investigating Andreessen Horowitz’s board seats?

2026-08-21 · 16:53

Andreessen Horowitz has two partners sitting on the boards of companies that now compete with each other: Ben Horowitz…

Science

Another Better Lower Bound for N=17 Square Packing

2026-08-21 · 16:50

Researchers have improved the lower bound for s(17), the side length of the smallest square that can contain 17 unit…

World

Fighter jets help destroy Russian drone boat near European offshore gas platform

2026-08-21 · 16:48

Romania blew up drone boat to protect lives of several hundred rig workers.

Tech

Show HN: Proliferate- open-source, self-hostable Codex for any coding agent

2026-08-21 · 16:47

Proliferate is an open-source, self-hostable AI IDE that enables users to run multiple coding agents (Claude Code,…

Crypto

Treasury Buyback Sparks Bitcoin Surge as Debasement Trade Returns

2026-08-21 · 16:39

The recent announcement of the U.S.

World

Personalized pricing is “abhorrent,” but FTC limits may increase costs, critics say

2026-08-21 · 16:38

Some Americans fear the FTC may be thinking about personalized pricing all wrong.

Sports

Le Court takes Tour green jersey with Great Orme stage win

2026-08-21 · 16:36

Kim Le Court of Mauritius wins stage three of the Lloyd's Tour of Britain Women to the Great Orme to move into the…

Crypto

Solana Breakout Signals Fresh Momentum

2026-08-21 · 16:30

SOL posts a sharp daily advance, while derivatives data shows intense short liquidation activity across major futures…

Crypto

YZi Labs-Backed BounceBit to Shut Down L1 After 286.5M BB Exploit

2026-08-21 · 16:29

YZi Labs-backed BounceBit will shut down its Layer 1 after a hacker drained 286.5M BB, with the project moving its…

Crypto

Bitcoin ETFs Just Had Their Biggest Day Since May—BlackRock Took 83% of It

2026-08-21 · 16:29

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $606 million Thursday, the biggest haul since May.

Tech

A self hosted AI software factory

2026-08-21 · 16:27

A developer created a self-hosted AI software factory that autonomously handles the entire software development…

World

Germany investigates Russia links to weapons cache discovered in woods, reports say

2026-08-21 · 16:26

German intelligence believes guns found last year were for carrying out assassinations on behalf of Moscow, reports say.

Crypto

Digital Asset, Paul Ryan foundation target US state benefits with Canton pilot

2026-08-21 · 16:25

The RISE program would use the Canton Network to combine and distribute state-administered benefits across three US…

Tech

Kobo can run apps now

2026-08-21 · 16:25

Cobalt is an open-source application platform that enables Kobo e-readers to run third-party apps through a launcher,…

Sports

High court allows rugby brain injury case to go on

2026-08-21 · 16:23

The cases of hundreds of players in rugby's multi-million-pound concussion legal battle allowed to continue after High…

World

Ethiopia's Virgin Mary festival in Tigray cancelled over drone strike fears

2026-08-21 · 16:20

An eagerly anticipated gathering of women will not be taking place following recent aerial strikes.

Tech

What happens when a GPU reads memory

2026-08-21 · 16:16

When a GPU executes a global memory load instruction, the data travels through multiple hardware components including…

Tech

Three ways to smuggle SQLite into Nix

2026-08-21 · 16:15

The article discusses how nixpkgs-multiverse uses large JSON files to index package data, but this approach is…

Crypto

Bitcoin rally sends crypto stocks soaring as miners, treasury companies jump

2026-08-21 · 16:11

Bitcoin’s rally above $79,000 lifted miners and treasury companies, with Canaan, Strive and Metaplanet posting…

Tech

Decayfmt – a file format that corrupts itself a little every time you open it

2026-08-21 · 16:09

Decayfmt is a novel file format that intentionally corrupts itself slightly every time it's opened, with the amount of…

Crypto

Shiba Inu Gains New Trading Venue As Open Interest Climbs

2026-08-21 · 16:07

UEX.US has made a move on SHIB, allowing users to trade the token against USDT and other major-caps.

Crypto

Pepcoin Rises 22% Driven by Crypto Market Rebound

2026-08-21 · 16:05

The cryptocurrency market regains momentum, driven by the return of buyers and the rise of Bitcoin.