Copilot broke your audit log, but Microsoft won't tell you
https://pistachioapp.com/blog/copilot-broke-your-audit-log
https://pistachioapp.com/blog/copilot-broke-your-audit-log
Pistachio
Copilot Broke Your Audit Log, but Microsoft Won’t Tell You
Avi Loeb: Is 3I/Atlas Our Turing Test by a Superior Alien Intelligence?
https://avi-loeb.medium.com/is-3i-atlas-our-turing-test-by-a-superior-alien-intelligence-32bfd838a9f2
https://avi-loeb.medium.com/is-3i-atlas-our-turing-test-by-a-superior-alien-intelligence-32bfd838a9f2
Medium
Is 3I/ATLAS Our Turing Test by a Superior Alien Intelligence?
In 1949, Alan Turing came up with the imitation game, a test of a machine’s ability to show artificial intelligence equivalent to that of a…
We’re Not So Special: A new book challenges human exceptionalism
https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/78/were-not-so-special/
https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/78/were-not-so-special/
Democracy Journal
We're Not So Special
A new book boldly challenges the concept of human exceptionalism.
The Troubling Lines That Columbia Is Drawing
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-troubling-lines-that-columbia-is-drawing
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-troubling-lines-that-columbia-is-drawing
The New Yorker
The Troubling Lines That Columbia Is Drawing
By adopting an overly broad and controversial definition of antisemitism, the university is putting both academic freedom and its Jewish students at risk.
China blocked all HTTPS connection abroad for 1 hour in midnight
https://gfw.report/blog/gfw_unconditional_rst_20250820/en/
https://gfw.report/blog/gfw_unconditional_rst_20250820/en/
GFW Report
Analysis of the GFW's Unconditional Port 443 Block on August 20, 2025
The Great Firewall of China (GFW) conducted a large-scale, unconditional block targeting TCP port 443 on August 20, 2025. This report documents the measurements and analysis we conducted of that event.
Ask HN: Why does the US Visa application website do a port-scan of my network?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44959073
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44959073
Databricks is raising a Series K Investment at >$100B valuation
https://www.databricks.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/databricks-raising-series-k-investment-100-billion-valuation
https://www.databricks.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/databricks-raising-series-k-investment-100-billion-valuation
Databricks
Databricks is raising a Series K Investment at >$100 billion valuation - Databricks
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — August 19, 2025 — Databricks, the Data and AI company, today announced it has signed a term sheet for its Series K round, which it expects to close soon with backing from existing investors. This funding values the company at >$100 billion.
Tidewave Web: in-browser coding agent for Rails and Phoenix
https://tidewave.ai/blog/tidewave-web-phoenix-rails
https://tidewave.ai/blog/tidewave-web-phoenix-rails
GiveCampus (YC S15) Hiring Rails engineers passionate about education
https://givecampus.breezy.hr/p/0c4a97691730
https://givecampus.breezy.hr/p/0c4a97691730
givecampus.breezy.hr
Senior Software Engineer at GiveCampus
GiveCampus is the world's leading fundraising platform for non-profit educational institutions. Trusted by 1,300+ colleges, universities, and K-12 schools, our mission is to help advance the quality, the affordability, and the accessibility of education.…
Improvements to OCaml code editing: the basics of a refactor engine
https://tarides.com/blog/2025-08-20-internship-report-refactoring-tools-coming-to-merlin/
https://tarides.com/blog/2025-08-20-internship-report-refactoring-tools-coming-to-merlin/
Tarides
Internship Report: Refactoring Tools Coming to Merlin
Timéo shares his project integrating new refactoring features into Merlin, improving user experience with a new command.
Show HN: I was curious about spherical helix, ended up making this visualization
https://visualrambling.space/moving-objects-in-3d/
https://visualrambling.space/moving-objects-in-3d/
visualrambling.space
Moving Objects in 3D Space
Trying to understand how to move objects in 3D space
Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux kernel?
https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/anubis.html
https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/anubis.html
Cmpxchg8B
Anubis.
AWS in 2025: The Stuff You Think You Know That's Now Wrong
https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/aws-in-2025-the-stuff-you-think-you-know-thats-now-wrong/
https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/aws-in-2025-the-stuff-you-think-you-know-thats-now-wrong/
Last Week in AWS
AWS in 2025: The Stuff You Think You Know That’s Now Wrong
One of the neat things about AWS is that it's almost twenty years old. One of the unfortunate things about AWS is... that it's almost twenty years old
Show HN: Anchor Relay – A faster, easier way to get Let's Encrypt certificates
https://anchor.dev/relay
https://anchor.dev/relay
anchor.dev
Anchor Relay Beta - Fast & Free HTTPS Certificates
Get a browser trusted HTTPS certificate in seconds with minimal DNS configuration, try now for free.
Phone Searches at the US Border Hit a Record High
https://www.wired.com/story/phone-searches-at-the-us-border-hit-a-record-high/
https://www.wired.com/story/phone-searches-at-the-us-border-hit-a-record-high/
WIRED
Phone Searches at the US Border Hit a Record High
Customs and Border Protection agents searched nearly 15,000 devices from April through June of this year, a nearly 17 percent spike over the previous three-month high in 2022. "The real issue is the chilling effect it has on all travelers."