World

Count Binface receives over a quarter of votes in Clacton by-election

Count Binface, a satirical election candidate, received nearly 10,000 votes (26.9%) in the Clacton by-election, his strongest performance to date, though he lost to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage who…

2026-08-14 · 16:45 UTC
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Tech

Show HN: LuaCAD – Parametric CAD Scripted in Lua

2026-08-14 · 16:43

LuaCAD is a parametric CAD tool that allows users to script 2D and 3D models in Lua and export them to various formats…

Sports

Sunrisers comfortably beat Brave to reach women's Hundred final

2026-08-14 · 16:39

Sunrisers Leeds hold their nerve to beat Southern Brave in the women's eliminator, securing a five-wicket win at The…

Tech

The Qdrant Output Connector

2026-08-14 · 16:35

The Qdrant Output Connector integrates Qdrant, a Rust-based vector database, into OpenCrawling's enterprise RAG system…

World

France's top court blocks social media ban for under-15s

2026-08-14 · 16:35

The Constitutional Council says it infringes upon freedom of expression - but President Macron vows to prepare a new…

Crypto

Bitcoin Hashrate Slips 17% Off Record as Miners Chase AI

2026-08-14 · 16:31

Bitcoin’s network hashrate has fallen as much as 17% below its all-time high, per CryptoQuant, as publicly listed miners…

Science

Policy experts: Europe stuck between "rock and a hard place" on launch

2026-08-14 · 16:29

It turns out that the economics of rocket reuse are pretty, pretty good.

Sports

British cyclist Tarling dies in Volta a Portugal accident

2026-08-14 · 16:26

British cyclist Finlay Tarling dies at the age of 19 in a serious accident during the eighth stage of the Volta a…

Sports

Sunrisers defy superb Wong to reach Hundred final

2026-08-14 · 16:23

Sunrisers Leeds survive a late wobble to beat Southern Brave in the Eliminator and reach the women's Hundred final on…

Crypto

Another Bitcoin Miner Sells Off BTC to Fund AI Data Center Pivot

2026-08-14 · 16:23

Bitcoin miner Hyperscale sold most of its Bitcoin but said it plans to rebuild its holdings through mining and future…

Tech

Unforgetful is a new reminders app for people who can’t stop hitting snooze

2026-08-14 · 16:21

Unforgetful, the latest app from longtime indie developer Marco Arment, is designed to make reminders harder to ignore —…

Sports

Burnley drop shirt sponsor after 42 days

2026-08-14 · 16:20

Burnley drop their shirt sponsor just two days before their opening Championship match against West Ham - and only 42…

Crypto

SIMD-0553: Solana Revamps Fees to Penalize Wasteful Transactions

2026-08-14 · 16:19

Solana prepares SIMD-0553: a fee change that could reduce the crypto validators' revenue. All the details here!

Tech

Maximizing the value of your Claude Code sessions

2026-08-14 · 16:15

Claude Code users can reduce token costs and improve session efficiency by clearing context between tasks, maintaining…

Tech

Google will now allow users to remove visible watermark from its AI generations

2026-08-14 · 16:13

Turning off this setting won't affect invisible benchmarks used to identify an AI generated file

Tech

RustDesk now supports true unattended remote access on Wayland

2026-08-14 · 16:12

RustDesk now supports true unattended remote access on Wayland, allowing users to connect to remote machines even when…

Tech

Ars Live recap: How can we stop publishers from killing their own games?

2026-08-14 · 16:11

The Stop Killing Games movement faces an uphill battle.

World

France blocks social media ban because it would require adults to prove age

2026-08-14 · 16:06
Tech

RayforceDB – a pure C analytics database with a Lisp-like syntax

2026-08-14 · 16:02

RayforceDB is an open-source, pure C analytics database with a Lisp-like syntax (Rayfall) that combines columnar…

Sports

Bezos-backed consortium buys a third of Liverpool

2026-08-14 · 16:00

Liverpool's owners agree to sell around a third of the club to a consortium including billionaire Amazon founder Jeff…

Tech

AI by Hand

2026-08-14 · 15:58

"AI by Hand" is an educational platform by Prof.

Tech

Show HN: Online SNMP MIB database - upload/view your own MIBs

2026-08-14 · 15:49

A developer created an online SNMP MIB database that allows users to upload and view their own Management Information…

Tech

"Solving a largely imaginary user goal"

2026-08-14 · 15:48

Lea Verou proposes that dark-mode toggles should use a "smart" two-option interface (light and dark) rather than…

Tech

Judge gives Google one week to fix "anticompetitive" app store download in Google Play

2026-08-14 · 15:46

Third-party app stores are about to become more visible in Google Play.