Daily News Digest — Night Update

Night update, generated 2026-07-25.

16 new stories since Lunch.

Stolen Buttons

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 332 points, 75 comments (discussion)

A shell colon does nothing. Use it anyway

Sources: Lobsters

Top Online Sites Debate Cutting Off Google's Crawlers

Sources: Slashdot

How AI drove Shopify back to clean code

Sources: The Register

3D On The Playdate Handheld

Sources: Hackaday

Building a Tiny 3D Renderer for a Tiny Handheld

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 196 points, 14 comments (discussion)

stinkpot: sqlite-backed shell history

Sources: Lobsters

China is Creating a Herd of 100 Elite Yak Clones

Sources: Slashdot

Add Sensors to Everything!

Sources: Hackaday

Open-weight AI is having its Kubernetes moment

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 173 points, 119 comments (discussion)

Facebook Offers a Verification System Certifying to Other Users That You're a Real Human

Sources: Slashdot

How My Images Are Dithered

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 169 points, 59 comments (discussion)

Zig by Example

Sources: Lobsters

Risks of Parkinson's Disease May Increase With Prolonged Exposure to Road Traffic Noise

Sources: Slashdot

NYC Apartment Aquaponics

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 168 points, 69 comments (discussion)

Trump Threatens New Tariffs Against EU Over Google Fine

Sources: Slashdot