Monday, August 10

Voters are sick of the two-party system. A new poll shows they're open to big changes

Mike Lindell touts Trump ties in race for governor of Minnesota, where Trump has lost

At least 13 killed in Ukrainian drone strike on Russia's Tatarstan region, officials say

At least 13 people have been killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on the Russian republic of Tatarstan, officials have said.

China evacuates one million from homes as massive storm arrives

Chinese authorities have evacuated more than a million people from their homes in eastern China including the financial capital Shanghai, as Typhoon Dolphin made landfall.

Shaq says one blockbuster move changed LeBron James' Lakers future - BasketNews.com

2. 2 ### WNBPA fires back at former Top 3 NBA pick after stunning WNBA Draft declaration

Dwyane Wade salutes LeBron James following viral offseason gym reunion - MARCA

Los Angeles Lakers. Austin Reaves ready to ‘kick Luka Doncic’s ass’... But there’s a catch

Shaquille O'Neal Dismisses LeBron James' Status as a Lakers Great - Air Jordan Chronicles

NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal has made his stance on LeBron James' place among Los Angeles Lakers greats pretty clear, and it isn't the endorsement James might have hoped for.

Lakers made their stance on Bronny James clear after LeBron James' departure - Lake Show Life

The Los Angeles Lakers have made it clear that they believe in Bronny James as a part of their 15-man roster, even without LeBron James. Before the GOAT took his talents to the Philadelphia 76ers, the Lakers guaranteed Bronnyâs contract...

Show HN: Voice driven murder mystery, Interview AI suspects with your voice

Hey HN! I'm excited to show off this really fun project I put together. I originally built this project Reveal score2-3 years ago, AI was already booming at the time, however voice AI agents were still very early. I loved my proof of concept at the time, but wasn't quite happy with it. I recently had the desire to check out the tech again, and know many of you will be interested. Interviews are speech to speech with OpenAI's gpt-realtime-2.1 over WebRTC. This model is... expensive, and because of that, I have to add some amount of restrictions, conversations are tied to a authenticated Clerk user id. I have also added a 30 minute timer because well, I really don't want to go broke while I sleep tonight. Each suspect has a tool they call when you make a direct accusation. It captures who you accused and a faithful list of the evidence you actually stated. A separate gpt-5-mini judge then decides which of the case's required evidence facts you genuinely presented. Paraphrasing counts, vague suspicion and fishing don't. The rest is Next.js, MongoDB, and Clerk. Let me know whether the suspects hold up under a real interrogation. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49238851 Points: 81 # Comments: 29

Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code

We're making auto mode the default in Claude Code. Starting on August 14, new sessions on Pro, Max, and Team plans will run in auto mode. If you've already set a different default yourself, you may get a one-time prompt...

Docker Sandboxes – Disposable, isolated sandboxes for AI agents

Every team is about to have their own team of AI agents doing real work for them. The question is whether it can happen safely. NanoClaw was built on the principle that you don’t trust agents with security, you build...

AI detectors are creating a new era of distrust

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more news about how AI is changing our daily lives, follow Emma Roth. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET....

Mount Toba eruption doesn't seem like it could nearly kill our species

Mount Toba was the biggest volcanic eruption in the last 2.6 million years, and some have suggested it nearly wiped out humanity. Around 74,000 years ago, a caldera on what is now Sumatra emptied thousands of cubic kilometers of magma...

Implant – an extension to VS Code that exposes its APIs to coding agents

or anything that can shell out) live access to everything that lives inside VS Code

APOD: 2026 August 10 – Three Galaxy Pairs

1 min read ### Antenna Testing for NASA’s SkyFall Mission article 4 days ago 3 min read ### NASA’s Lunar Development and Test Facility Prepares Artemis Hardware for Moon article 3 days ago 4 min read ### What’s Up: August...

60,000-year-old ostrich eggshell engravings reveal a surprisingly sophisticated human mind

More than 60,000 years ago, early humans were already carving rule-based geometric designs that reveal a surprisingly sophisticated mind.