Daily News Digest

Morning edition, generated 2026-08-16.

Showing top 30 of 90 distinct stories after deduping (1 appeared in more than one source).

Software Engineering fundamentals matter more

Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters

HN: 58 points, 5 comments (discussion)

At-home test for infected ticks could improve Lyme Disease diagnosis

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 243 points, 84 comments (discussion)

As the wildfires burned

Sources: Bubbles (thega.me.uk)

Zig Day Seattle, WA #3

Sources: Lobsters

Copper's Surprising Melting Behavior Provides Insights for Future Fusion Power Plant Design

Sources: Slashdot

New Zealand says China tried using space investments to spy on local affairs

Sources: The Register

Machine Learning COFFIES “Hears” Sunspots Before We Can See Them

Sources: Hackaday

Asus Bike Booster

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 237 points, 126 comments (discussion)

Another attempt at recording some Perseids

Sources: Bubbles (Reupen’s blog)

Recap: Software Should Work 2026

Sources: Lobsters

X Open Sources Its Ranking and Filtering Algorithms

Sources: Slashdot

OpenAI ditches Recall-style screenshot surveillance for friendly keylogging

Sources: The Register

Turning Energy Drinks Into Rocket Fuel

Sources: Hackaday

Abdominal fat predicts heart disease risk better than BMI

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 206 points, 156 comments (discussion)

Relatedly, there is evidence that certain types of "resistant starch" can help reduce visceral fat. This starch comes from green bananas, potatoes, legumes, etc. It has to be either raw (there are supplements for this) or cooked and cooled. "Resistant starch intake facilitates weight loss in humans ...

Ranking Kickstarter Games I Backed but Never Finished Or Ended Up Playing At All

Sources: Bubbles (quailblog)

Power Relations

Sources: Lobsters

Why Europe Keeps Being Pummeled by Heat Waves

Sources: Slashdot

Give Google the boot by building your own search engine

Sources: The Register

Peeling Fruit with the Power of Steam

Sources: Hackaday

A spectre is haunting Unicode

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 200 points, 68 comments (discussion)

The joy of a good old device

Sources: Bubbles (Yunzi's Blog)

Aiki reaches recursive self-interpretation

Sources: Lobsters

How Swarming Jellyfish Overran Three French Nuclear Power Reactors

Sources: Slashdot

Microsoft's dueling Copilot apps have combined into a single entity

Sources: The Register

Scanning for Lifesigns with ESP32 and Raspberry Pi

Sources: Hackaday

Super El Niño Keeps Growing as New Forecasts Reach Record Territory Ahead Winter

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 139 points, 87 comments (discussion)

i went to germany!

Sources: Bubbles (suliman's blog)

A Programming Paradigm for Spatiotemporal Composability

Sources: Lobsters

How Larry Ellison Dropped From World's 2nd-Richest To No. 8 In Just 2 Months

Sources: Slashdot

Nvidia's latest solution to soaring enterprise AI costs is...a router?

Sources: The Register