{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hacker News Highlights","title":"8.16.26 | AI's larger working memory, Semaglutide's potential to lower dementia risk, RISC-V's oversight issues","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/a26d15de\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":749,"description":"This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 16, 2026.\nFeel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights\nAI has access to a vastly larger working memory than the human brain\nhttps://davidepiffer.com/p/ai-isnt-outthinking-mathematicians\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49312845\nSemaglutide linked to lower predicted dementia risk\nhttps://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dad2.70432\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49311651\nRISC-V: They Should Have Known Better\nhttps://dmitry.gr/?r=06.%20Thoughts&proj=12.%20RV\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49298035\nAsus Bike Booster\nhttps://www.asus.com/accessories/bike-booster/asus-oxiis/oxiis-intelligent-bike-booster/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49268580\nAt-home test for infected ticks could improve Lyme Disease diagnosis\nhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/the-first-at-home-test-for-infected-ticks-could-improve-lyme-disease-diagnosis-180989235/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49310682\nAbdominal fat predicts heart disease risk better than BMI\nhttps://www.acc.org/about-acc/press-releases/2026/08/11/14/59/abdominal-fat-predicts-heart-disease-risk-better-than-bmi\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49314403\nA spectre is haunting Unicode\nhttps://www.dampfkraft.com/ghost-characters.html\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49310926\nSuper El Niño Keeps Growing as New Forecasts Reach Record Territory Ahead Winter\nhttps://www.severe-weather.eu/long-range-2/super-el-nino-growth-accelerating-to-record-strength-fall-winter-2026-2027-forecast-impact-united-states-canada-europe-fa/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49313428\nCultivating a state of mind where new ideas are born (2023)\nhttps://www.henrikkarlsson.xyz/p/good-ideas\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49314235\nAI in drug discovery – what it is, where we stand and the path forward\nhttps://www.science.org/content/blog-post/so-how-ai-drug-discovery-doing-really...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/4nmCVUJ5pUFbIsTy4mvxtFFdN3d3RgMGSU08kiDg2ac/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NWYy/MGY3NDk0MDRhZjdh/MzljNmM4MTE4YzU0/MDNlNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}