TILens Daily Edition 2026-08-22 Filters: topic=general, github=hidden Stats: 48 articles, 6 sources Top topics: General, Open Source ## News - Harvard’s $699 startup bootcamp offers AI avatars of its instructors Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/22/harvards-699-startup-bootcamp-offers-ai-avatars-of-its-instructors/ - Will the DOJ’s investigation into a16z spook other VCs? Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/22/will-the-dojs-investigation-into-a16z-spook-other-vcs/ - Inherent, founded by DeepMind alumni, says its AI ‘teammate’ just outperformed Anthropic and OpenAI at replicating research Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/22/inherent-founded-by-deepmind-alumni-says-its-ai-teammate-just-outperformed-anthropic-and-openai-at-replicating-research/ - OpenAI says California should strengthen its AI safety bill Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/22/openai-says-california-should-strengthen-its-ai-safety-bill/ - Frontier AI labs still won’t say how they’d contain a rogue model Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/22/frontier-ai-labs-still-wont-say-how-theyd-contain-a-rogue-model/ - US battery startups have found a lifeline in defense Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/22/us-battery-startups-have-found-a-lifeline-in-defense/ - If you're not using AI to attack your own systems, your adversaries will Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/22/if-youre-not-using-ai-to-attack-your-own-systems-your-adversaries-will/5291346 - Pixel 11 Pro XL review: Snappier cameras can’t hide an iterative upgrade Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/22/pixel-11-pro-xl-review-snappier-cameras-cant-hide-an-iterative-upgrade/ - AI slop is good for business if you know what you're doing Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/22/ai-slop-is-good-for-business-if-you-know-what-youre-doing/5291382 - Putting mice into hibernation causes a major loss of synapses Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/memories-stick-around-even-after-half-the-synapses-are-gone/ - Dismantling the Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife and water in US Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/dismantling-the-roadless-rule-threatens-to-disrupt-wildlife-and-water-in-us/ - Skylab completists, clear some shelf space for 26 DVDs Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/08/22/skylab-completists-clear-some-shelf-space-for-26-dvds/5290531 - Casio decides it's about time the simple digital watch got a little smarter Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/08/22/casio-decides-its-about-time-the-simple-digital-watch-got-a-little-smarter/5291223 - How to Convert Prometheus Histograms to OTLP with the OpenTelemetry Collector Source: freecodecamp Topic: General URL: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-convert-prometheus-histogramsotlp-with-the-opentelemetry-collector/ - Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/michael-polansky-is-training-an-ai-model-on-skin-thats-still-alive/ - Japanese space tech startup Letara expands beyond satellite thrusters with $16M Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/japanese-space-tech-startup-letara-expands-beyond-satellite-thrusters-with-16m/ ## Community - NanoGPT Speedrun Frontier Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.primeintellect.ai/research/nanogpt-speedrun - Knowing When to Stop: The Art of Making a Loop Converge Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://a16z.com/knowing-when-to-stop-the-art-of-making-a-loop-converge/ - Fast and Hard Code Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/8/22/fast-hard-code/ - English ↔ Claudish Translator Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://programasweights.com/claudish - NetBSD and my life (2005) Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/09/10/0000.html - hdiutil is deprecated in macOS 27 Golden Gate Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/8/7.html - Things I want in a modern relational query language Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://sporks.space/2026/08/19/things-i-want-in-a-modern-relational-query-language/ - Why your local LLM feels dumber than it is Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/why-your-local-llm-feels-dumber-than-it-is/253917 - Figmimic – A bookmarklet to copy any webpage into Figma as editable layers Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://marcua.net/minitools/figmimic/ - Thinking in Python Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://thinkinginpython.com/ - Scrap (2006) Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://twitter.com/moxie/status/2091218652133732491 - I set a trap for a book-marketing scammer (2025) Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://rwwgreene.substack.com/p/i-set-a-trap-for-a-book-marketing - Reading Maps – Journeys from fiction drawn on the real world Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://readingmaps.com/ - Anthropic appears to be A/B testing reduced effort levels in Claude Code Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://twitter.com/argofowl/status/2091150597374537729 - ElevenLabs, TwelveLabs, ThirteenLabs Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://quantumi.sh/public/labs.html - Digging the grave of my skills: Hollywood creatives training AI to do their jobs Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/22/the-hollywood-creatives-training-ai-to-do-their-jobs - A Friendly Introduction to Racket Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://geometridae.bearblog.dev/a-friendly-introduction-to-racket/ - Nostr is an inclusive communication commons Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://nostr.org/ - New MCP Roadmap Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://blog.modelcontextprotocol.io/posts/mcp-roadmap/ - A Kantian Critique of "Sorry" by Justin Bieber Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://decodingvibes.com/blog/a-kantian-critique-of-sorry-by-justin-bieber/ - Hook, hold, harvest and hide: Meta's alleged strategy laid out in first week Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/22/meta-trial-children-privacy - Canada suspends trade negotiations with USA and match tariffs dollar for dollar Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2026/08/21/statement-prime-minister-carney-canada-us-trade-negotiations - Z80 – The 1970s Microprocessor Still Alive (2021) Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/mi/2021/06/09623402/1yJTvlRLmhi - Munder Difflin – Agent harness to run an office of your clones Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://munderdiffl.in/ - Embedded AI Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://nostarch.com/embedded-ai - Canada will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgvyy4x2mvo - Early Humans Likely Ate Carbs and Sugary Foods Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.history.com/articles/early-human-ancestors-diet-sugar-carbs - Stalking the Wily Hacker: 40 years later – Cliff Stoll [video] Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=656058JxTM0 - There's no reason for software to be slow anymore Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://danluu.com/perf-opt/ - Initial focus for our partnership with Motorola is a regular non-folding device Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/117136278553665985 ## Media - GitHub OAuth apps now support refresh tokens and multiple callback URLs Source: youtube-github Topic: Open Source (+General) URL: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/k7VtVpvwIvM - Open Source Friday with Caveman Source: youtube-github Topic: Open Source (+General) URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VroXl0Wc78