50k Boat Names
From SEA SLUT II to BILBOAT BAGGINS, a deep dive into AIS vessel data turns up 50,000 boat names packed with nautical puns, dirty jokes, and Tolkien deep cuts.
Aug 10, 2026 ·
Hacker News
Steam hardware shipper breach leaks customer data, including names and addresses
Valve says a data breach may have exposed the personal information of customers who ordered its Steam hardware in Europe. In an email sent to users, Valve says its European shipping partner, CEVA Logistics, suffered a data breach that may have included customer names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses. The breach at CEVA occurred between July 29th and August 1st, weeks after Valve began taking reservations for its new Steam Machine and Steam Controller. Valve adds that European custo
Aug 10, 2026 ·
The Verge
Dell XPS 13 (2026) review: A MacBook Neo alternative that needs more RAM
There's a lot to like about the XPS 13, but most people should shell out for 16GB of RAM.
Aug 10, 2026 ·
Engadget
Over 181,000 AI meeting recordings left wide open in note taking app
How a missing Firestore security rule on tl;dv exposed 181,874 meetings from 84,312 users across 35,003 domains, including live calls I could join uninvited, and how six months of disclosure got me nothing but seen receipts.
Aug 10, 2026 ·Hacker News
Cyber vulnerability sweep picks up Royal Navy drones sending data to China
No, no nasties to see here, guv...
Aug 10, 2026 ·The Register
DeepSeek costs OpenCode Go user $1.14/day; dual DGX breaks even in 24 years
the average OpenCode Go user spent $1.14 per day on deepseek flash v4 this past week the dual DGX setup people are running to do the same costs $10,000 it takes 24 years to break even at 10x the usage it takes 2.4 years
Aug 10, 2026 ·Hacker News
Squeak/Smalltalk 6.1 Release Notes
*** Squeak 6.1 "Vanessa" Release Notes ***
Aug 10, 2026 ·Hacker News
This great retro-inspired keyboard now comes preassembled
“Where’s the number pad?” The number pad is holding you back. | Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge You probably know just by looking at it if the Classic-TKL Underscore Edition is for you. Do you want a retro-looking wired keyboard without a number pad? Great. Do you care that it doesn't have wireless? Perfect. Do you want it preassembled? Buddy, you're in the right place. But Nathan, you might say, preassembled is the regular way to buy a keyboard. That is the baseline expectation. Most
Aug 10, 2026 ·The Verge
Google Play adds Venmo as a payment option
The ability to add Venmo to Google Play comes as people are spending more money on apps and games.
Aug 10, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Your agent didn’t hallucinate; it exceeded its authority
Content filters can block unsafe output. They cannot tell you whether an agent was authorized to issue that refund, touch that production system, or commit the company to an external action. Those are different problems, and most enterprises are only solving the first one. An AI agent can follow its instructions perfectly and still take an action the business never sanctioned. In commerce environments, I have seen this pattern emerge in practical ways. A service workflow calculates the correct r
Aug 10, 2026 ·VentureBeat
Discovered Materials is playing AI whack-a-mole to hunt cooler chips
Discovered Materials raised $9 million to fund the hunt for more novel materials to build more efficient chips.
Aug 10, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Tech sector adds jobs, defies overall US job market decline
While the number of US jobs declined by 23,000 in July, employment in the tech sector rebounded as the AI revolution continues to gain steam. The national unemployment numbers were reported Friday by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. At the same time, research firms said July was a good month for IT hiring compared to June. According to CompTIA, which analyzed the BLS data, tech sector jobs rose in July by 3,700. In June, the IT sector had lost 900 jobs. Companies last month hired in the cloud,
Aug 10, 2026 ·Computerworld
Tail-call optimization in C is relatively recent
Actually tail calls in C have not been around forever. The C calling convention has been that the callee does not remove any stuff the caller has put on the stack. The caller could see the declaration int f();, the actual call could have n>0 arguments, and the actual function could have m≤n parameters. That would not always work if the callee removed the arguments.
Aug 10, 2026 ·Hacker News
The first rival Android app store just arrived in the US Play Store
Google appears to have prepared a dedicated section for third-party app stores within Google Play, and Aptoide is just the first. | Screenshot: Google Play Store Following the latest twist in Google's legal battles with Epic, US Android users are now able to open Google's Play Store and download a third-party digital store with its own selection of apps. Aptoide, a store specializing in mobile games, is the first to become available. Third-party app stores have always been available on Android,
Aug 10, 2026 ·The Verge
Because It's Not Fun Enough: why languages fail
Andrew Oram asked why programming languages rise and fall, and quoted the answer without noticing. Programming is a vocation, an art, and a job. Make any of those harder than they need to be, and your language survives exactly as long as it can't be replaced.
Aug 10, 2026 ·Hacker News
A 'bananas' order for 5000 obscure book titles fuels suspicion
Independent retailers are receiving vast orders for obscure titles, fuelling suspicions that AI companies are quietly building the next generation of chatbots
Aug 10, 2026 ·Hacker News
Framework loses customer data in Metabase zero-day attack
Repairable hardware is little comfort when personal details escape
Aug 10, 2026 ·The Register
The iPhone 18 Pro will cost Apple 38% more in parts – but there’s some good news
A new TrendForce analysis estimates that Apple will pay 38% more for iPhone 18 Pro components than it did for its predecessor. Unsurprisingly, the biggest hike is in the cost of memory, with Apple said to be paying around three times more this year. However, the firm’s analysis supports my own view that this year’s increase in price will not be as high as some have suggested …
Aug 10, 2026 ·9to5Mac
Peer review is overwhelmed—can it survive in the AI era?
As research and AI-assisted papers surge, volunteer reviewers struggle to keep up.
Aug 10, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Space mirrors could ruin astronomy — and your eyes
Solar energy, at any time of day or night - that's the dream of space mirror projects. Futurists have been imagining satellite mirrors that could reflect the sun's light onto the Earth's surface for over a century. Russian scientists experimented with the concept in the '90s with the Znamya project. The idea is to put a large mirror in orbit and angle it such that sunlight can be reflected onto a specific geographical area for illumination or the generation of solar power. Now, the California-ba
Aug 10, 2026 ·The Verge
