More than half of adults in U.S. say they lack basic statistical understanding
https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/more-half-adults-us-say-they-lack-basic-statistical-understanding
https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/more-half-adults-us-say-they-lack-basic-statistical-understanding
www.psu.edu
More than half of adults in U.S. say they lack basic statistical understanding | Penn State University
Many people in the U.S. believe that their statistical knowledge is limited, but they would rely on statistics for decision-making more if they understood statistics better, according to a new study led by a Penn State researcher.
I miss the old Claude Code
https://alexkras.com/focus-is-the-main-feature-why-i-miss-the-old-claude-code/
https://alexkras.com/focus-is-the-main-feature-why-i-miss-the-old-claude-code/
Disrupting a new covert influence campaign from Russia
https://openai.com/index/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-ai-influence-campaign-russia/
https://openai.com/index/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-ai-influence-campaign-russia/
OpenAI
Disrupting a new covert influence campaign from Russia
OpenAI banned Russia-origin accounts using AI to promote a fake Israel-based think tank and a “sovereignty” index praising Russia and criticizing the West.
Show HN: Banking Access Index – 19 US banking providers, 8 countries, CC-BY
https://www.globalsolo.global/data/banking-access-index
https://www.globalsolo.global/data/banking-access-index
Global Solo
US Banking Access Index for Non-Resident Founders (2026)
Which US business banking providers accept non-US-resident founders of US LLCs: 19 providers × 8 countries of residence, 239 verified claims, every cell cited to a provider source. Free CC BY 4.0 dataset (CSV/JSON).
U.S. gov't moves to suppress pushback on data centers
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/u-s-govt-moves-to-suppress-pushback-on-data-centers-by-removing-requirements-for-public-input-on-pollution-epa-change-would-allow-air-pollution-permits-without-publicizing-them
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/u-s-govt-moves-to-suppress-pushback-on-data-centers-by-removing-requirements-for-public-input-on-pollution-epa-change-would-allow-air-pollution-permits-without-publicizing-them
Tom's Hardware
US gov't moves to suppress pushback on data centers by removing requirements for public input on pollution — EPA change would allow…
States would then need to choose if they want to solicit public feedback for permits.
Proliferate (YC S25) Is Hiring
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/proliferate/jobs/OgpCKYJ-founding-product-engineer
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/proliferate/jobs/OgpCKYJ-founding-product-engineer
Y Combinator
Founding Product Engineer at Proliferate | Y Combinator
About Proliferate
Proliferate is the open-source, self-hostable AI IDE where you can collaborate with agents as a team.
Longer term, we are building the substrate through which companies deploy agents for real work. We believe the future of all work is…
Proliferate is the open-source, self-hostable AI IDE where you can collaborate with agents as a team.
Longer term, we are building the substrate through which companies deploy agents for real work. We believe the future of all work is…
X sends in the lawyers to shut down open source project
https://www.theregister.com/legal/2026/08/26/nitter-no-more-x-sends-in-the-lawyers-to-shut-down-open-source-project/5292548
https://www.theregister.com/legal/2026/08/26/nitter-no-more-x-sends-in-the-lawyers-to-shut-down-open-source-project/5292548
theregister
Nitter no more? X sends in the lawyers to shut down open source project
Cease and desist letters from firm headed by free speech absolutist
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: A New Architecture, Towards Ultimate Cost-Efficiency
https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3.8-flash-next
https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3.8-flash-next
qwen.ai
Qwen Studio
Qwen Studio offers comprehensive functionality spanning chatbot, image and video understanding, image generation, document processing, web search integration, tool utilization, and artifacts.
Meta reaches $16.68B settlement over social media harms to children
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/meta-settles-with-us-states-over-social-media-harms-2026-08-26/
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/meta-settles-with-us-states-over-social-media-harms-2026-08-26/
Show HN: TexLite – A lightweight self-hosted LaTeX workspace
https://github.com/SWUFE-DB-Group/TexLite
https://github.com/SWUFE-DB-Group/TexLite
GitHub
GitHub - SWUFE-DB-Group/TexLite: TexLite: Lightweight self-hosted collaborative LaTeX editor and Overleaf alternative
TexLite: Lightweight self-hosted collaborative LaTeX editor and Overleaf alternative - SWUFE-DB-Group/TexLite
It's so hard to finish an idea that is not yours (and suggested by AI)
https://www.ssp.sh/brain/using-obsidian-with-ai/
https://www.ssp.sh/brain/using-obsidian-with-ai/
Simon Späti's Second Brain
Keep AI Out of Your (Obsidian) Vault
Everyone is using Obsidian for AI, or wants to use it to become more productive. But I think it's a dead end.
US sanctions Italian hosting provider for encrypted email to Antifa and PKK
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0616
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0616
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasury Takes Action Against Violent Far-Left Terrorist Networks
WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action to counter the growing threat posed by violent far-left terrorist groups. OFAC sanctioned Autistici Inventati, an Italy-based entity that supplies…