Daily News Digest — Night Update

Night update, generated 2026-08-09.

17 new stories since Lunch.

Mea Culpa – Dark Hours

Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters

HN: 436 points, 199 comments (discussion)

On the previous HN posts I got this impression: The developer's astrology app containing tarot reading features was rejected from Apple's App Store that prohibits astrology apps. He then replaced the app's content with a clone of, if not the identical open source astronomy app "Dark Hours", copying ...

Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 176 points, 152 comments (discussion)

> By comparison, Apple's native Weather app on macOS reportedly uses less than 250 MB of RAM That's also bloated, couldn't they find a better comparison to illustrate the egregious waste?

Who Should Pay For Source Code Availability?

Sources: Lobsters

Slashdot Reader Builds 'Spaced Linux', a New Devuan-Based, User-Friendly Desktop Distro

Sources: Slashdot

I've gone from writing about SD-WAN to depending on it

Sources: The Register

The Chinese Smart Glasses Proving that Smart Glasses can be Repairable

Sources: Hackaday

There Are Magic Hexagons of Every Order

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 158 points, 24 comments (discussion)

OpenAI Announces It's Enhancing Security Controls, Pausing Some Work for New AI Model Astra

Sources: Slashdot

Transmitting Analog Video Via Frikkin’ Laser Beams

Sources: Hackaday

Analyzing data from Silicon Valley ventures and founders prosecuted for fraud

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 149 points, 66 comments (discussion)

Relying on Go

Sources: Lobsters

Brain Activity Reveals the Melodies That People Imagine

Sources: Slashdot

Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, Native X64 Port

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 146 points, 60 comments (discussion)

GNOME Receiving Additional Design Help From Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency Fellowship

Sources: Slashdot

Tom Stanton's supersonic trebuchet breaks sound barrier with gravity alone

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 134 points, 41 comments (discussion)

IRC technology news from the first half of 2026

Sources: Lobsters

Flock Camera Vandalism Continues Around America, While 100 Communities Reject ALPRs

Sources: Slashdot