Disrupting a new covert influence campaign from Russia
https://openai.com/index/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-ai-influence-campaign-russia/
https://openai.com/index/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-ai-influence-campaign-russia/
OpenAI
Disrupting a new covert influence campaign from Russia
OpenAI banned Russia-origin accounts using AI to promote a fake Israel-based think tank and a “sovereignty” index praising Russia and criticizing the West.
Show HN: Banking Access Index – 19 US banking providers, 8 countries, CC-BY
https://www.globalsolo.global/data/banking-access-index
https://www.globalsolo.global/data/banking-access-index
Global Solo
US Banking Access Index for Non-Resident Founders (2026)
Which US business banking providers accept non-US-resident founders of US LLCs: 19 providers × 8 countries of residence, 239 verified claims, every cell cited to a provider source. Free CC BY 4.0 dataset (CSV/JSON).
U.S. gov't moves to suppress pushback on data centers
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/u-s-govt-moves-to-suppress-pushback-on-data-centers-by-removing-requirements-for-public-input-on-pollution-epa-change-would-allow-air-pollution-permits-without-publicizing-them
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/u-s-govt-moves-to-suppress-pushback-on-data-centers-by-removing-requirements-for-public-input-on-pollution-epa-change-would-allow-air-pollution-permits-without-publicizing-them
Tom's Hardware
US gov't moves to suppress pushback on data centers by removing requirements for public input on pollution — EPA change would allow…
States would then need to choose if they want to solicit public feedback for permits.
Proliferate (YC S25) Is Hiring
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/proliferate/jobs/OgpCKYJ-founding-product-engineer
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/proliferate/jobs/OgpCKYJ-founding-product-engineer
Y Combinator
Founding Product Engineer at Proliferate | Y Combinator
About Proliferate
Proliferate is the open-source, self-hostable AI IDE where you can collaborate with agents as a team.
Longer term, we are building the substrate through which companies deploy agents for real work. We believe the future of all work is…
Proliferate is the open-source, self-hostable AI IDE where you can collaborate with agents as a team.
Longer term, we are building the substrate through which companies deploy agents for real work. We believe the future of all work is…
X sends in the lawyers to shut down open source project
https://www.theregister.com/legal/2026/08/26/nitter-no-more-x-sends-in-the-lawyers-to-shut-down-open-source-project/5292548
https://www.theregister.com/legal/2026/08/26/nitter-no-more-x-sends-in-the-lawyers-to-shut-down-open-source-project/5292548
theregister
Nitter no more? X sends in the lawyers to shut down open source project
Cease and desist letters from firm headed by free speech absolutist
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: A New Architecture, Towards Ultimate Cost-Efficiency
https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3.8-flash-next
https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3.8-flash-next
qwen.ai
Qwen Studio
Qwen Studio offers comprehensive functionality spanning chatbot, image and video understanding, image generation, document processing, web search integration, tool utilization, and artifacts.
Meta reaches $16.68B settlement over social media harms to children
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/meta-settles-with-us-states-over-social-media-harms-2026-08-26/
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/meta-settles-with-us-states-over-social-media-harms-2026-08-26/
Show HN: TexLite – A lightweight self-hosted LaTeX workspace
https://github.com/SWUFE-DB-Group/TexLite
https://github.com/SWUFE-DB-Group/TexLite
GitHub
GitHub - SWUFE-DB-Group/TexLite: TexLite: Lightweight self-hosted collaborative LaTeX editor and Overleaf alternative
TexLite: Lightweight self-hosted collaborative LaTeX editor and Overleaf alternative - SWUFE-DB-Group/TexLite
It's so hard to finish an idea that is not yours (and suggested by AI)
https://www.ssp.sh/brain/using-obsidian-with-ai/
https://www.ssp.sh/brain/using-obsidian-with-ai/
Simon Späti's Second Brain
Keep AI Out of Your (Obsidian) Vault
Everyone is using Obsidian for AI, or wants to use it to become more productive. But I think it's a dead end.
US sanctions Italian hosting provider for encrypted email to Antifa and PKK
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0616
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0616
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasury Takes Action Against Violent Far-Left Terrorist Networks
WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action to counter the growing threat posed by violent far-left terrorist groups. OFAC sanctioned Autistici Inventati, an Italy-based entity that supplies…
Tim Curry, Star of Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King's It, Dies Aged 80
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/26/tim-curry-dies-rocky-horror-show-stephen-king-it-legend-film
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/26/tim-curry-dies-rocky-horror-show-stephen-king-it-legend-film
the Guardian
Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80
A prolific performer across stage, screen and TV, the actor starred in Legend, Clue and It, but will always be associated with the flamboyantly camp rock’n’roll musical in which he made his breakthrough
Launch HN: Risklytics (YC S26) – Insurance brokerage for frontier tech companies
https://www.risklytics.ai/
https://www.risklytics.ai/
Risklytics
Risklytics: Insurance for the Frontier
Risklytics is a commercial insurance brokerage for companies that put AI to work, from software teams shipping agents to robot fleets working in the field.