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[international_news/international_news] [Al Jazeera] ‘I’ve never been counted’: DR Congo’s first census in 42 years

[international_news/international_news] [Al Jazeera] Russian strikes near Ukrainian capital kill three, including child

[international_news/international_news] [Al Jazeera] Saudi intelligence chief meets Iraqi PM, renews Riyadh visit invitation

[international_news/international_news] [DW World] Colombia: Trump ally De la Espriella takes office

[international_news/international_news] [NHK Japan] 【ライブ映像】お盆休みで下りの混雑ピーク 高速道路や新幹線

[international_news/international_news] [NHK Japan] 千葉 南房総 海水浴場で男性2人が溺れる このうち1人意識なし

[international_news/international_news] [NHK Japan] 地震被害の熊本 氷川町でボランティアが活動開始

[hackernews/tech_sentiment] [HN 124pts] NASA to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for yet another year SUMMARY: NASA figured out how to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for yet another year | Space #filter')}.widget-drilldown .refine-filters-toggle.fa .fa:after,.widget-drilldown .refine-filters-toggle.…

[hackernews/tech_sentiment] [HN 191pts] The Nixpkgs core team has disbanded SUMMARY: The Nixpkgs core team has disbanded qyliss August 7, 2026, 9:39pm 1 The Nixpkgs core team has unfortunately decided to disband. We’re proud to have had the opportunity to lead by example in bottom‐up, consensus‐focused governance for…

[hackernews/tech_sentiment] [HN 534pts] DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 SUMMARY: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 - ARC-AGI ResultsDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 At max effort, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 scores 89.0% on ARC-AGI-1 Semi-Private at $0.02 per task and 61.4% on ARC-AGI-2 Semi-Private at $0.04 per task. Pass/fail per reasoning level across…

[hackernews/tech_sentiment] [HN 167pts] U.S. Department of Energy Launches the Genesis Open Models Initiative

[hackernews/tech_sentiment] [HN 50pts] Physicist Rigged His Pet Hamster's Wheel to Strava. It Runs Far Every Night SUMMARY: A Guy Rigged His Hamster’s Wheel to Upload to Strava. It Runs Surprisingly Far Every NightSkip to ContentSearchsign inSubscribeTraining A Physicist Rigged His Pet Hamster’s Wheel to Upload to Strava.…

[hackernews/tech_sentiment] [HN 288pts] Assembly Hall of Shame

[hackernews/tech_sentiment] [HN 67pts] SupererDuperer

[hackernews/tech_sentiment] [HN 511pts] What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers

[hackernews/tech_sentiment] [HN 175pts] Ancient Library – 1,060 Greek/Latin texts, click any word to parse it

[hackernews/tech_sentiment] [HN 198pts] Managing AI Coding Costs at Scale

[hackernews/tech_sentiment] [HN 427pts] Oracle bans AI-generated code from OpenJDK

[hackernews/tech_sentiment] [HN 170pts] Responding to the next frontier of critical cyber capabilities

[hackernews/tech_sentiment] [HN 156pts] An all-sky map of half a million supermassive black holes

[hackernews/tech_sentiment] [HN 294pts] 2027 memory capacity is reportedly sold out

[wire_news/wire_news] [BBC World] Child among three killed in Russian missile attacks near Kyiv SUMMARY: Image source, Ukraine state emergency service DSNSImage caption, Garages ablaze in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district after the latest Russian strike At least three people, including a child, have been killed in…

[wire_news/wire_news] [BBC World] 'I ran because I knew I would die': Russian drones target medics in Ukraine SUMMARY: Image source, Inna LytvynenkoImage caption, Inna Lytvynenko says she was hunted by Russian drones when she tried to help a wounded woman in Kherson Inna Lytvynenko always puts on her bright orange…

[wire_news/wire_news] [BBC Business] Goodwin considers selling part of defence business SUMMARY: Image source, Andy Buchanan/PA WireImage caption, The company is a key supplier to major defence programmes, including the Royal Navy's Type 26 frigate British engineering company Goodwin has said it is considering selling…

[wire_news/wire_news] [BBC Business] Meta fined $567m in largest child safety ruling against social media giant

[wire_news/wire_news] [NPR] Another court blocks White House ballroom work, teeing up a Supreme Court review

[wire_news/wire_news] [NYT Business] Can Netflix Save a Summer Slump With a Stunt on Sunset Boulevard?

[wire_news/wire_news] [NYT Business] Canada Offers U.S. Concessions in Trade Talks but Demands a Comprehensive Deal

[wire_news/wire_news] [NYT Business] Trump Restarts Battle to Fire Sitting Fed Governor Lisa Cook

[wire_news/wire_news] [NYT Business] Weak Jobs Report Does Not Eliminate Prospects of Interest Rate Rise