The case for overhauling American science
https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2026/08/13/the-case-for-overhauling-american-science
https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2026/08/13/the-case-for-overhauling-american-science
The Economist
The case for overhauling American science
The focus should be on harnessing AI and out-competing China, writes Michael Kratsios, the White House science chief
Jane Street suffers $15B hit after meltdown at Situational Awareness
https://www.ft.com/content/47dd5308-dd17-404a-a615-61046defd697
https://www.ft.com/content/47dd5308-dd17-404a-a615-61046defd697
Corgi kills short-lived website that ranked its female employees
https://sf.gazetteer.co/corgi-kills-short-lived-website-that-ranked-its-female-employees
https://sf.gazetteer.co/corgi-kills-short-lived-website-that-ranked-its-female-employees
sf.gazetteer.co
Corgi kills short-lived website that ranked its female employees
The ‘demeaning’ website was spun up by a local founder with no relationship to the company
Magnitude 7.7 Earthquake – 68 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tkt2/executive
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tkt2/executive
Show HN: ThoughtDAG – An editable context graph for LLM conversations
https://chenxiachan.github.io/thoughtdag/
https://chenxiachan.github.io/thoughtdag/
chenxiachan.github.io
ThoughtDAG — Make LLM context visible and editable
A local-first, open-source canvas where the graph determines what the model sees.
Suspecting court of using AI, man injected prompts in filings to try to win case
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/suspecting-court-of-using-ai-man-injected-prompts-in-filings-to-try-to-win-case/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/suspecting-court-of-using-ai-man-injected-prompts-in-filings-to-try-to-win-case/
Ars Technica
Suspecting court of using AI, man injected prompts in filings to try to win case
Judge warns pro se litigants are using chatbots wrong and getting desperate.
Using GCC's Nested Functions with Wide Pointers and No Trampolines II
https://uecker.codeberg.page/2026-07-14.html
https://uecker.codeberg.page/2026-07-14.html
Debian has begun voting on the future of AI/LLM contributions
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2026/08/msg00002.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2026/08/msg00002.html
Auto-research with codex: How I achieved a 232x Faster Kernel
https://sankalp.bearblog.dev/autoresearch/
https://sankalp.bearblog.dev/autoresearch/
sankalp's blog
Auto-research with codex: How I achieved a 232x Faster Kernel over baseline with Codex in GPU Mode's qr_v2 problem
Table of Contents
Intro
Contest in short
Problem intro
Why this problem is auto-research-able
Learning Enough to Ask Better Questions
(Optional) Math f...
Intro
Contest in short
Problem intro
Why this problem is auto-research-able
Learning Enough to Ask Better Questions
(Optional) Math f...
388 years ago, Galileo worked out why human giants can't exist
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/388-years-ago-galileo-worked-out-why-human-giants-cant-exist-and-explained-a-law-of-nature/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/388-years-ago-galileo-worked-out-why-human-giants-cant-exist-and-explained-a-law-of-nature/
Brazilian election filter in X For You timeline
https://github.com/xai-org/x-algorithm/blob/main/home-mixer/filters/brazil_2026_election_filter.rs
https://github.com/xai-org/x-algorithm/blob/main/home-mixer/filters/brazil_2026_election_filter.rs
GitHub
x-algorithm/home-mixer/filters/brazil_2026_election_filter.rs at main · xai-org/x-algorithm
Algorithm powering the For You feed on X. Contribute to xai-org/x-algorithm development by creating an account on GitHub.
Gen Z has rediscovered the joy of going to the movies
https://www.economist.com/culture/2026/08/11/gen-z-has-rediscovered-the-joy-of-going-to-the-movies
https://www.economist.com/culture/2026/08/11/gen-z-has-rediscovered-the-joy-of-going-to-the-movies
The Economist
Gen Z has rediscovered the joy of going to the movies
The hottest new hangout is old-school