August 2025 Archive
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Microsoft's latest Windows 11 24H2 update breaks SSDs/HDDs, may corrupt data (neowin.net)
572.
Launch HN: Societies.io (YC W25) – AI simulations of your target audience
573.
The Joy of Mixing Custom Elements, Web Components, and Markdown (deanebarker.net)
574.
Installing a mini-split AC in a Brooklyn apartment (probablydance.com)
575.
"This question has been retired" (learn.microsoft.com)
576.
Launch HN: Golpo (YC S25) – AI-generated explainer videos (video.golpoai.com)
577.
North Korea sent him abroad to be a secret IT worker (bbc.com)
578.
Flock Now Using AI to Report to Police If Our Movement Patterns Are "Suspicious" (aclu.org)
579.
The first widespread cure for HIV could be in children (wired.com)
580.
The enduring puzzle of static electricity (pubs.aip.org)
581.
Is the A.I. Boom Turning Into an A.I. Bubble? (newyorker.com)
582.
Launch HN: Embedder (YC S25) – Claude code for embedded software
583.
Open SWE: An open-source asynchronous coding agent (blog.langchain.com)
584.
Perfecting anti-aliasing on signed distance functions (blog.pkh.me)
585.
That 16B password story (a.k.a. "data troll") (troyhunt.com)
586.
EPA Moves to Cancel $7B in Grants for Solar Energy (nytimes.com)
587.
The ex-CIA agents deciding Facebook's content policy (2022) (mronline.org)
588.
Time to End Roundtripping by Big Pharma (cfr.org)
589.
Hyrum's Law (hyrumslaw.com)
590.
Bad UX (google.com)
591.
Seagate spins up a raid on a counterfeit hard drive workshop (tomshardware.com)
592.
An AI-first program synthesis framework built around a new programming language (queue.acm.org)
593.
POML: Prompt Orchestration Markup Language (github.com)
594.
Show HN: XR2000: A science fiction programming challenge (clearsky.dev)
595.
Meta appoints anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist Robby Starbuck as AI bias advisor (thepinknews.com)
596.
Model intelligence is no longer the constraint for automation (latentintent.substack.com)
597.
Ask HN: What toolchains are people using for desktop app development in 2025?
598.
How Boom uses software to accelerate hardware development (bscholl.substack.com)
599.
Fire hazard of WHY2025 badge due to 18650 Li-Ion cells (wiki.why2025.org)
600.
Living with Williams Syndrome, the 'opposite of autism' (2014) (bbc.com)