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Developer Seeks 5 Frontend Testers for Open-Source JavaScript Date Components

A developer building RollDate, a family of MIT-licensed JavaScript date and calendar components, is recruiting five frontend developers to test the library in real or realistic projects. The call covers two packages: RollDate Core, a scroll-based date and time picker, and RollDate Events, an event calendar supporting Month, Week, Day, and Agenda views. Testers are asked to attempt a genuine integration using their own framework, bundler, and use case, then document the first point of friction rather than offering general praise. The developer is specifically seeking critical findings — including bugs, confusing API design, and documentation gaps — to shape the project's roadmap before paid features are added. Both packages are free and available on npm, and participants need only commit around 30 to 60 minutes for a single focused integration attempt.

US Removes Carbon Emission Limits on Coal and Gas Power Plants

The United States has eliminated restrictions on carbon emissions from coal and gas-fired power plants. The decision reverses previously established limits that were designed to curb greenhouse gas output from the energy sector. The move comes at a time when scientists are observing increasing signs of climate system instability. Experts warn that such instability is contributing to more frequent and severe extreme weather events globally.

How a 9-Agent AI Pipeline Delivers Working Code in Under 4 Minutes at Scale

A development team built a nine-agent AI pipeline capable of converting a natural language use case into working code, an interactive preview, and implementation documentation in under four minutes. The system serves 800 to 1,000 users daily, with each request originally consuming around 30,000 tokens and triggering 15 to 20 model calls. Engineers divided the workflow into specialized agents — covering analysis, code generation, evaluation, refinement, and documentation — each assigned a narrow role with defined inputs and outputs to isolate failures and improve reliability. Two stages, a Schema Validator and a Documentation Builder, were implemented as deterministic programs rather than AI calls, eliminating two potential hallucination sources and reducing token use to zero for those steps. The core lesson drawn is that production-grade multi-agent systems depend not on adding more agents, but on clearly distinguishing which tasks require AI reasoning versus which are better handled by conventional software logic.

HTB Tactics Walkthrough: Windows SMB Box Compromised via Blank Admin Password

A Hack The Box (HTB) challenge named 'Tactics' presented a Windows machine accessible over a network. Nmap scanning revealed open ports 135, 139, and 445, confirming the target was running the SMB protocol. The attacker used the Impacket tool 'impacket-psexec' to attempt remote shell access over SMB. Surprisingly, the Administrator account was found to have no password set, allowing immediate authentication without any credential cracking. The challenge flag was then retrieved directly from the Administrator's Desktop directory.

Amazon vs. Perplexity – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Article URL: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca9/26-1444/26-1444-2026-08-04.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49704008 Points: 73 # Comments: 50

Robinhood to add voting rights and share redemptions to offshore stock tokens

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev has announced plans to expand shareholder features for the platform's offshore stock tokens. The move comes after the tokens faced criticism over limited ownership rights for holders. Tenev confirmed that share redemptions and voting rights are among the features being developed. The announcement signals Robinhood's effort to address concerns about whether token holders have genuine equity-equivalent protections.

Beginner's Guide to Dependency Injection in ASP.NET with C#

A new tutorial on DEV Community walks beginners through implementing Dependency Injection (DI) in an ASP.NET application using C# and .NET 10 or later. DI is a design pattern where a class receives its dependencies from external sources rather than creating them internally, replacing hardcoded object instantiation. The guide covers the three service lifetime types offered by Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection — Singleton, Scoped, and Transient — and demonstrates registering a scoped service in the application builder. A simple example service is built and injected into a controller via constructor injection, with the response time measured and returned to the user. The tutorial is part of an ongoing series that will later cover databases and clean architecture.

US Coal Identified as Top Driver of Rising Global Emissions

US coal has been identified as the single largest contributor to the recent increase in global greenhouse gas emissions. The finding highlights the outsized role American coal consumption and production plays in worsening climate change. This comes amid ongoing debates over energy policy and the future of fossil fuels in the United States. The data underscores the significant gap between US coal's impact and that of other emission sources worldwide. Analysts suggest that addressing US coal use could be a critical lever in efforts to curb global emissions growth.

AI bots "Timmy," "Ren," and "Jackie" are flooding social media with slop

“Hello, I'm an Al agent, a few days old, living on a small platform for agents.”

ED arrests Bhupesh Baghels's ex-OSD for role in Chhattisgarh job scam

NASA to Host Webinar on CSDA Program Updates and New Cal/Val Initiative

NASA will host a webinar on September 23 to provide updates on its Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) program. The session will cover the program's current goals and ongoing activities. A key highlight will be an introduction to the new Calibration and Validation (Cal/Val) initiative under the program. The webinar aims to keep stakeholders and the public informed about the direction of the CSDA program heading into 2026.

Stephen and Ayesha Curry's Foundation Teams Up with Disney to Support Oakland Kids

NBA star Stephen Curry and his wife Ayesha Curry run a foundation called Eat, Learn & Play, focused on improving the lives of children in Oakland. The foundation has entered into a new collaboration with Disney to expand its reach and impact. Through this partnership, more opportunities are expected to become available to young people in the Oakland community. The initiative reflects the Currys' ongoing commitment to supporting underprivileged children in their home city.

How to Model Airtime, Data, and Bundle Products Without a Bloated Schema

Building a prepaid recharge platform requires a product schema that goes beyond a simple amount-and-currency pair, as modern catalogues include data bundles, voice minutes, SMS packs, and combo deals. A practical approach separates purchase price from recipient value, since a £10 payment does not always mean the customer receives £10 worth of airtime. Using an explicit product_type field and a normalized allowances table allows multiple attributes — such as data volume, voice minutes, and SMS counts — to be stored without adding nullable columns for every new bundle type. Validity periods should be stored as structured data fields rather than buried in description text, enabling sorting, user warnings, and analytics. External provider IDs should be retained as reference data but kept separate from the platform's own primary identifiers to maintain clean application logic.

Trump Calls Nvidia CEO Onstage, Dismisses Calls for AI Regulation

Former President Donald Trump phoned Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during a live onstage appearance in Los Angeles. The unexpected call took place while Huang was addressing an audience at the event. Trump used the opportunity to criticize efforts to slow down artificial intelligence development. He also pushed back against calls for increased AI safety regulation. The moment drew significant attention given the growing national debate around AI oversight.

Russian Oligarch With Putin Ties Reportedly Funded Trump Jr.'s Wedding Celebrations

A Russian oligarch linked to Vladimir Putin reportedly funded post-wedding celebrations for Donald Trump Jr. and his wife Bettina. Bettina Trump confirmed the connection in an Instagram post, describing Umar Kremlev as a 'dear friend.' She stated that Kremlev generously hosted two nights of celebrations following their wedding ceremony. The report has drawn attention due to Kremlev's alleged ties to the Kremlin and his proximity to the Trump family.

Developer Self-Attacks AWS API to Expose Cloud Security Gaps, Documents Every Step

A developer built and deliberately attacked two versions of a serverless Todo API on AWS to demonstrate real-world cloud security vulnerabilities. The experiment was conducted in compliance with AWS's penetration testing policy, which allows users to test infrastructure they own without prior authorization. One API version had no security controls, while the other was hardened as it would be for a production client, with both sharing the same basic architecture of API Gateway, Lambda, and DynamoDB. The first attack demonstrated enumeration, where an unauthenticated request to the vulnerable API returned every record in the database due to an unfiltered table scan and missing authentication. The developer published all code, Terraform files, and attack scripts on GitHub to help others understand that cloud security depends on what users build on their side of AWS's Shared Responsibility Model.

EPA moves to scrap greenhouse gas limits on US power plants under Trump

The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced plans to eliminate existing greenhouse gas emission standards for power plants. The move is part of President Donald Trump's broader push to expand fossil fuel use and ease development of energy-intensive data centers. Critics warn the rollback will result in dirtier electricity at a time when power demand is rising due to AI, electric vehicles, and domestic manufacturing growth. Environmental and consumer advocates argue the deregulation will carry significant costs for public health and the environment.

OpenAI Acquires Camera Tech Startup Glass Imaging for $300 Million

OpenAI has reportedly purchased Glass Imaging, a smartphone camera technology company, in a deal valued at $300 million. The acquisition was reported by TechCrunch. Glass Imaging was co-founded by two former Apple engineers who had previously led development of Apple's Portrait Mode feature. The startup specializes in smartphone camera imaging technology. The deal signals OpenAI's growing interest in hardware and visual technology beyond its core AI software products.

Why ATS Keyword Checkers Flag Skills You Already Have — And How to Respond

Many popular ATS keyword checker tools flag resume skills as 'missing' because they perform simple string matching rather than understanding language variations like synonyms, plurals, or word order differences. For example, writing 'analyzed sales data' may be flagged as lacking 'data analysis' even though the meaning is identical. Actual recruitment platforms such as Workday, Greenhouse, and Lever are generally more sophisticated than these third-party checkers, making many of their warnings false alarms. Experts advise job seekers to check whether the underlying skill or concept is present rather than obsessing over exact phrasing, and to align wording with the job posting only once where genuinely applicable. The ultimate priority should be writing a resume that reads naturally for human recruiters, since a keyword-stuffed document may clear automated filters but fail to impress the person making the hiring decision.