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Society · The Guardian Society

Reform accused of targeting the most vulnerable with £50bn benefit cut

Robert Jenrick takes aim at disabled people and foreign nationals after saying UK guilty of ‘suicidal empathy’ Reform UK has been accused of excluding the most vulnerable from society and punishing non-Britons living in the UK as it prepared to outline £50bn of cuts to benefits for disabled people and foreign nationals. Robert Jenrick, Reform’s finance spokesperson, will detail the plans for £20bn of cuts to disability benefits overall, as well as another £21bn from stopping foreign nationals – including EU citizens with settled status – claiming almost any benefits, among other cuts. Continue reading...

Startups & Funding · TechCrunch Startups

Stripe will reportedly acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for $7B+

OpenRouter's CEO recently described the startup as Stripe for AI.

World · Al Jazeera

US admiral praises USS Lincoln crew amid reported mental health concerns

Politicians voiced alarm over mental health struggles on carrier, with reports of sailors attempting to jump overboard.

Society · NPR Top Stories

Multiple people dead as flooding continues in Indiana

Some parts of Indiana received more than 11 inches of rainfall over three days, beginning Aug. 11, causing record floods. Several suburbs of Indianapolis also underwater.

World · Al Jazeera

Brazil: Lula, Bolsonaro return to strongholds to launch runs for president

Lula and Bolsonaro appeal to Brazil’s women voters with promises to combat rising femicide and gender violence.

AI · TechCrunch AI

Why people aren’t buying Mark Zuckerberg’s AI future

On the latest episode of Equity podcast, we discuss why not everyone is buying Zuckerberg’s vision.

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal crafted a hip hop breakup masterpiece

"Breakups are… tough." It's the opening lines of an interlude towards the end of DOOMED! Called "It Happens in Every Universe." It's also basically the thesis of the entire record. It's no grand revelation, but it's a well-trodden subject that Open Mike Eagle manages to mine for artistic gold. Eagle's subject matter is usually personal, […]

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

Stripe Clinches over $7B Deal to Buy AI Firm OpenRouter

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-16/stripe-nears-deal-to-buy-ai-firm-openrouter-for-over-7-billion Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49323381 Points: 210 # Comments: 147

Society · NPR Top Stories

Kushner meets with Hamas on the Gaza road map ahead of talks with Netanyahu

Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, held a rare meeting with Hamas leadership Sunday in Egypt, in a new diplomatic effort to make progress in the stalled Gaza ceasefire.

Products & Consumer Tech · Product Hunt

Blender Agent Bridge

Open-source MCP bridge for Blender AI workflows Discussion | Link

World · Al Jazeera

Senegal’s Saint-Louis Regatta keeps centuries of tradition alive

Thousands gathered in Saint-Louis, Senegal, for the annual regatta.

World · Al Jazeera

Anti-corruption raids in Baghdad as dozens of officials arrested

Iraq’s Integrity Commission seized of millions in cash and jewelry said to be linked to corruption charges.

World · BBC Middle East

Kushner hails 'very good' meeting with Netanyahu after Hamas talks on Gaza peace plan

Donald Trump's Middle East envoy and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is seeking to gain Israeli backing for the US-backed Gaza peace plan.

World · Deutsche Welle

Italy: Thieves steal key Renaissance paintings in Sicily

Four Renaissance paintings by Antonello da Messina were stolen from his Sicilian hometown on Saturday after surviving earthquakes and centuries of history. Crooks took them while locals celebrated a religious holiday.

World · Al Jazeera

Erdogan says Israeli attacks on Lebanon are a serious concern for Türkiye

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said continued Israeli attacks on Lebanon are a source of serious concern.

World · Al Jazeera

Kushner meets Hamas leaders in Egypt to push Trump’s Gaza plan

Trump envoy has pushed for disarmament to end any future Hamas role in running Gaza, diplomatic sources tell AFP.

World · Al Jazeera

Erdogan calls for Strait of Hormuz reopening amid oil disruption

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for the Strait of Hormuz to reopen.

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

Models Are Getting Dumber on Purpose

Article URL: https://w4g1.dev/blog/models-are-getting-dumber-on-purpose Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49322695 Points: 250 # Comments: 142

Products & Consumer Tech · Product Hunt

Astute

Automate your B2B brand going viral, with new media creators Discussion | Link

World · Deutsche Welle

UAE, Saudi Arabia, others condemn Israel's rejection of Trump Gaza plan

The statement came as US envoy Jared Kushner and Gaza peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov held ceasefire and implementation talks with regional mediators and Hamas in Egypt.

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

Tell HN: Cloudflare silently injects its analytics when you switch nameservers

A few hours ago I switched my nameservers to Cloudflare in order to enable R2 bucket serving through my own subdomain, and I found out that it silently had injected a JS analytics snippet in my HTML-only JS-free site textlog.cc — I had to go to the Analytics dashboard, Add the site to the analytics and then disable the snippet. I find this approach entirely invasive, you should opt-in to features like that not have to opt-out. Just a warning out there to folks who might not be aware of this. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49322107 Points: 233 # Comments: 57

World · Al Jazeera

Former Israeli captive asks Ben-Gvir to let him execute Palestinian prisone

Former Israeli captive Rom Braslavski asked Ben Gvir to allow him to execute Palestinian prisoners by hanging.

World · Al Jazeera

Israeli army besieges Palestinian homes in occupied West Bank

Israeli troops have raided the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.

World · Al Jazeera

Why are sandwiches more regulated than AI?

Futurist Max Tegmark wonders why sandwiches are more regulated than artificial intelligence in the US.