Daily News Digest

Morning edition, generated 2026-08-19.

Showing top 30 of 109 distinct stories after deduping (1 appeared in more than one source).

Apple announces changes for apps in the European Union

Sources: Bubbles (Tao of Mac), Hacker News

HN: 137 points, 195 comments (discussion)

> "These changes resolve Apple’s disagreements with the Commission over business terms and alternative distribution." [...] > "The Core Technology Fee, a per-install fee for developers that achieve extraordinary scale, will be replaced by the Core Technology Commission, a simple 5 percent commission...

Also linked: Bubbles (Tao of Mac)

Beware Management Consultants

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 491 points, 125 comments (discussion)

5 Things That Used to Be Normal and Are Now a Luxury

Sources: Bubbles (Alberto Gallego)

What software do you use daily in 2026?

Sources: Lobsters

Cerebras CS-4 rack systems juice chips for every last drop of AI performance

Sources: The Register

Joy-Cons Plus WiiMotes Make for Switch 2 Wii-Cons

Sources: Hackaday

Being ambitious and being a dad

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 378 points, 232 comments (discussion)

The passionate hunger to do something significant and meaningful with my life was a major reason I took care never to have any children. Having grown up in a large family within a religious subculture full of other large families, the amount of time and attention children consume was crystal clear f...

I would never accuse anyone of using AI

Sources: Bubbles (Tofutush's blog)

Kakoune code editor

Sources: Lobsters

Comcast Is Turning Millions of Its Routers Into Motion Detectors

Sources: Slashdot

OpenAI's overhead will rise 20 percent for some workloads as it hardens security

Sources: The Register

Compress Links For Optimal QR Codes

Sources: Hackaday

Sticky wage norms and the real wage cost of unexpected inflation

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 339 points, 177 comments (discussion)

The submitted title ("New paper shows that 37% of workers in US saw real wages decline from 2021-2024 [pdf]") broke the site guidelines, which ask: " Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize. " =- https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Submitte...

I no longer care

Sources: Bubbles (Happily Imperfect)

CSS: the bomb inside your inbox

Sources: Lobsters

Disney, ABC Sue FCC Over Threats to Broadcast Licenses

Sources: Slashdot

Expired credit cards revived by researchers to make unauthorized payments

Sources: The Register

A Hot End And Material Database For 3D Printing

Sources: Hackaday

How does IKEA come up with names for its products?

Sources: Hacker News

HN: 282 points, 161 comments (discussion)

> In other parts of the world, they are basically incomprehensible, but fun! For some reason unknown to either of us it really pisses off my wife when I refer to our IKEA furniture by the Swedish names. I think it stems from a deep seated disdain she has for flat pack furniture. Me: where’s the thin...