TILens Daily Edition 2026-08-11 Filters: topic=general, github=hidden Stats: 53 articles, 9 sources Top topics: General, AWS, Cloud ## News - Modular's Mojo programming language hits 1.0 milestone Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/12/modulars-mojo-programming-language-hits-10-milestone/5286545 - Trump wants Big Pharma to split MMR vaccine; Big Pharma thinks it's idiotic Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/08/trump-wants-big-pharma-to-split-mmr-vaccine-big-pharma-thinks-its-idiotic/ - Signal adds an extra layer of security to make sure you're actually chatting with the right person Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/11/signal-adds-an-extra-layer-of-security-to-make-sure-youre-actually-chatting-with-the-right-person/5286461 - 421 bugs in Microsoft's Patch Tuesday release, and the Norks have already attacked one Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/11/421-bugs-in-microsofts-patch-tuesday-release-and-the-norks-have-already-attacked-one/5286483 - Russian drones found near vital European offshore gas site, get blown up Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/romania-destroys-russian-drones-drifting-near-vital-european-offshore-gas-site/ - Give Palantir up to $244M through 2028, says internal Defense Department memo Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/08/11/palantir-could-receive-244m-pentagon-no-bid-contract/5286438 - Chrome adopts what may be the best protection yet against account takeovers Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/chrome-adopts-what-may-be-the-best-protection-yet-against-account-takeovers/ - Meta can't stop states' $1.4 trillion lawsuit from going to trial Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/meta-cant-stop-states-1-4-trillion-lawsuit-from-going-to-trial/ - Gemini becomes Google's fastest-growing product ever as it hits 1B users Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/google-says-gemini-has-reached-1b-users-faster-than-any-other-google-product/ - Together AI embraces the competition with $240M IBM Cloud deal Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/08/11/together-ai-embraces-the-competition-with-240m-ibm-cloud-deal/5286400 - Used EV buying guide: The $30,000 edition Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/08/used-ev-buying-guide-the-30000-edition/ - Less than 2.5% of Taylor Farms' recalled lettuce went to Taco Bells Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/08/less-than-2-5-of-taylor-farms-recalled-lettuce-went-to-taco-bells/ - Product Experimentation at Scale: How Airbnb, Netflix, Lyft, and Uber run Causal Inference on LLM-Based AI Features Source: freecodecamp Topic: General URL: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/causal-inference-at-scale-with-case-studies/ - How to Automate Flutter Releases with Fastlane and GitHub Actions for Firebase App Distribution, Google Play, TestFlight, and App Store Connect Source: freecodecamp Topic: General URL: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-automate-flutter-releases-with-fastlane-and-github-actions/ - DEF CON dingus suspected of trying to take over Delta in-flight Wi-Fi Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/11/def-con-dingus-suspected-of-trying-to-take-over-delta-in-flight-wi-fi/5286331 - Tracking extreme heat by the hour makes climate change seem even worse Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/tracking-extreme-heat-by-the-hour-makes-climate-change-seem-even-worse/ - A Google insider spills the tea on how the company forsook its founding ideals Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/a-google-insider-spills-the-tea-on-how-the-company-forsook-its-founding-ideals/ - Intel upsizes stock sale to $20B with spending plans still fuzzy Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/08/11/intel-upsizes-stock-sale-to-20b-with-spending-plans-still-fuzzy/5286313 - Two wars and a World Cup lead to epic DDoS attacks on publishers Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/11/two-wars-and-a-world-cup-lead-to-epic-ddos-attacks-on-publishers/5286278 - Trump to give Republicans a 3-1 FCC majority, isn't filling empty Democratic seat Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/trump-to-give-republicans-a-3-1-fcc-majority-isnt-filling-empty-democratic-seat/ - Feds warn Gunra ransomware is exploiting known bugs to hit critical infrastructure Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/08/11/feds-warn-gunra-ransomware-is-exploiting-known-bugs-to-hit-critical-infrastructure/5286263 - Cyberattack on logistics giant CEVA delivers customer data into the wrong hands Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/08/11/cyberattack-on-logistics-giant-ceva-delivers-customer-data-into-the-wrong-hands/5286229 - New surveillance tech links your phone to your license plate Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/new-surveillance-tech-links-your-phone-to-your-license-plate/ - Cloudflare DDoS Threat Report H1 2026: 1 Tbps attacks soar as DNS floods and geopolitical tensions drive a new wave Source: cloudflare-blog Topic: General URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/ddos-threat-report-2026-h1/ - Deepfake hiccup unmasks suspected digital certificate fraudster Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/11/deepfake-hiccup-unmasks-suspected-digital-certificate-fraudster/5285934 - Mozilla revokes Firefox signing key after unencrypted copy lands in GitHub Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/11/mozilla-revokes-firefox-signing-key-after-unencrypted-copy-lands-in-github/5285908 - New Pass-ta-key attack reveals all the things we didn't know about passkeys Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/heres-why-the-new-pass-ta-key-attack-is-mostly-a-nothingburger/ - Building up the US power grid won't be wasted, even if the AI bubble bursts Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/08/11/building-up-the-us-power-grid-wont-be-wasted-even-if-the-ai-bubble-bursts/5285563 - Malicious SIMs can shut down phones, steal files, and drag 5G back to 2G Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/11/malicious-sims-can-shut-down-phones-steal-files-and-drag-5g-back-to-2g/5285482 - Why hybrid clouds break and what to do about it Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/paas-and-iaas/2026/08/11/sponsored-why-hybrid-clouds-break-and-what-to-do-about-it/5283973 - OVH Cloud warns of 87% price hikes to help it cover RAMpocalypse costs Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/08/11/ovh-cloud-warns-of-87-price-hikes-to-help-it-cover-rampocalypse-costs/5285867 - Japan kind-of completes its sovereign satnav constellation Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/science/2026/08/11/japan-kind-of-completes-its-sovereign-satnav-constellation/5285838 - Alibaba Cloud is using AI to help it use less AI Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/11/alibaba-cloud-is-using-ai-to-help-it-use-less-ai/5285815 - Anthropic pledges to embed watermarks to help discern AI slop in sop to EU Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/11/anthropic-pledges-to-embed-watermarks-to-help-discern-ai-slop-in-sop-to-eu/5285792 - Product Experimentation with Doubly Robust Estimation: When Both Your Models Are Wrong in LLM Applications Source: freecodecamp Topic: General URL: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/doubly-robust-estimation-for-llm-product-experiments/ - Zuckerberg's manifesto 🤖, Elon's $1T shortcut 💰, local models won't win 👨‍💻 Source: tldr-tech Topic: General URL: https://tldr.tech/tech/2026-08-11 ## Community - Jaithon 3, a fast programming language with the perfect syntax Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://github.com/abhiramasonny/jaithon - This Hi-Fi Tape Recorder Changed Radio Forever Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/magnetophon-laugh-track - Speaking for the Dead Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://longreads.com/2026/08/11/obituaries-new-york-times-sam-roberts/ - The Color of White Light Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://ludens.cl/photo/spectra/spectra.html - Before Rightmove, there was the Cosmorama Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/before-rightmove-there-was-the-cosmorama-londons-forgotten-property-innovation-91687/ - Low-Tech Ceramic Water Filter Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://wiki.lowtechlab.org/wiki/Filtre_%C3%A0_eau_c%C3%A9ramique/en - Program with Paint Brushes, Not Pencils Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://blog.pickcode.io/program-with-paint-brushes-not-pencils/ - Come for ENIAC, Stay for UNIVAC and Skeduflo Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://uniqueatpenn.wordpress.com/2026/08/05/come-for-eniac-stay-for-univac-and-skeduflo/ - Pizza Box Project Stack Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://cblgh.org/posts/2026-07-31-pizza-box-project-stack/ - Show HN: C# Game Engine with its own scripting language and IDE Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://github.com/ArcadeMakerSources/ArcadeMaker - Dancing with friends and enemies: boids' swarm intelligence (2012) Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t/122095 - Moving integer division to floating-point is trivial Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: http://marc-b-reynolds.github.io/math/2026/08/10/IntDivByFP.html ## Media - Build AI agents on Google Cloud: No-code to pro-code (2-Minute AI with Google) Source: youtube-googlecloud Topic: AWS (+Cloud, General) URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYXlBYOocHU - New Way Now: David's Bridal Relieves Wedding Planning Stress with Google Cloud AI Source: youtube-googlecloud Topic: AWS (+Cloud, General) URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRVrUkroguA - I spent 3 days at MIT... the robot hype is worse than you think Source: youtube-fireship Topic: Web (+General, JavaScript) URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB5LGrHISqY - Automate recurring developer tasks with the GitHub Copilot app | Tutorial for beginners Source: youtube-github Topic: Open Source (+General) URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k73_z4Hv3Ls - Inside GitHub Universe 2026 Source: youtube-github Topic: Open Source (+General) URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THXbfE7m9iM