Tech

Archival Resource Key (ARK) Alliance

The ARK Alliance maintains a decentralized system of persistent identifiers called Archival Resource Keys that have been created by over 1,700 organizations since 2001, with 15.3 billion ARKs now in…

2026-08-09 · 20:28 UTC
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Sports

Livingstone and Brevis' power hitting sees Spirit to victory

2026-08-09 · 20:26

A partnership of 103 between Liam Livingstone and Dewald Brevis, including some huge sixes, sees London Spirit coast to…

Sports

Were signs always there that Vrancken's Hearts would come good?

2026-08-09 · 20:23

Heart of Midlothian have at last secured their first win under new head coach Wouter Vrancken, but statistics suggested…

Tech

The Hacker's Renaissance

2026-08-09 · 20:18

In 2025, 40 years after the original "Hacker's Manifesto" emerged in 1986, Phrack magazine's latest issue examines how…

World

The main way I've seen people turn ideologically crazy (2025)

2026-08-09 · 20:15

People can become ideologically extreme when they encounter poorly informed criticism of their beliefs and mistakenly…

Tech

Show HN: Alphabet Soup, a multiplayer game, build the longest word to win

2026-08-09 · 20:15

Alphabet Soup is a multiplayer word game where players compete to spell the longest word from 7 random letters, with…

World

Poland now 6th-largest EU economy, ahead of Switzerland and Belgium

2026-08-09 · 20:13

Poland has become the sixth-largest economy in the European Union in 2025, with a GDP of €922.9 billion representing…

Tech

Deletes all instances of Microsoft's GDID and prevents minting of new ones

2026-08-09 · 20:06

A PowerShell tool called deGDID removes Microsoft's Global Device Identifier (GDID)—a server-assigned tracking…

Crypto

XRP: ETFs Continue Their Rise, but the Market Shows Signs of Fragility

2026-08-09 · 20:05

Spot ETFs linked to XRP have just recorded a fourth positive week.

World

Nigerian army says it safely rescued 33 people kidnapped by gunmen

2026-08-09 · 19:57

The people were abducted while travelling through the country's north-western Zamfara state on Saturday.

Sports

Middlesex through as One-Day Cup nears close finale

2026-08-09 · 19:52

A day of unlikely One-Day Cup results includes defeats for the top three in Group A as Middlesex go through.

Sports

'Celtic fans are going to fall in love with him' - Hogh makes his mark

2026-08-09 · 19:43

Kasper Hogh earns rave reviews after his first goals - and first hat-trick - for Celtic in Saturday's 5-1 thrashing of…

Tech

The tragedy of the commons, AI edition

2026-08-09 · 19:43
Crypto

Prediction Markets Explode, Circle Has Hot Q2, and More – Weekly Recap

2026-08-09 · 19:43

This week’s stories highlighted regulatory delays, security concerns, institutional growth, and market experimentation.

World

Two wheels, a few tradeoffs, and gas prices

2026-08-09 · 19:41

Most cars in France carry only one person despite seating five, making motorcycles a more efficient alternative that…

Sports

Bonding & building - what we learned about Alonso's Chelsea in pre-season

2026-08-09 · 19:41

Chelsea's pre-season campaign was all about new manager Xabi Alonso, so what have we learned about his side?

Crypto

Bitcoin 'Anti-Spam' Fork Sputters to a Halt After Mining Just Two Blocks

2026-08-09 · 19:33

The breakaway chain drew just 2.53% of mining support, leaving its blocks hours apart and roughly 350 days from a…

Crypto

XRP Network Test Claim Draws Market Attention

2026-08-09 · 19:30

XRP network test claims center on an unusual $327,000 reading reportedly linked to private ledger activity during 2021.

Sports

Hull lets late lead slip as Huang, 17, wins again

2026-08-09 · 19:22

England's Charley Hull lets slip a one-shot lead with two holes to play at the PIF London Championship as 17-year-old…

Tech

Ransomware gangs skip the CEO, head straight for the 40-something IT manager

2026-08-09 · 19:20

Ransomware gangs are increasingly targeting mid-level managers rather than executives, according to Zscaler research…

Tech

Anthropic is turning Claude Code’s auto mode on by default

2026-08-09 · 19:20

Programming with Claude Code will soon require even less human oversight.

Tech

How I use LLMs to learn complex topics

2026-08-09 · 19:16

An engineer developed a novel method for learning complex topics by using LLMs to create accurate, interactive low-poly…

Sports

Defiant Hodgkinson says home European title would mean as much as Olympic gold

2026-08-09 · 19:00

Keely Hodgkinson will seek to prove she is still number one following a "tricky" outdoor season when she faces…

Tech

A zero-dependency, ultra-lightweight database time machine for SQLite

2026-08-09 · 18:59

A zero-dependency, ultra-lightweight web application called Time-Travel SQLite Debugger enables developers to track and…