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What’s new in Svelte: August 2025

With Async Svelte and its companion Remote Functions officially out in the world, there’s a lot of updates to share!

Be sure to check out the showcase for videos from Rich, Paolo, and Stanislav about all the brand new features in Svelte.

Let’s dive into the highlights...

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3h | Svelte
A Week of Symfony #970 (July 28 – August 3, 2025)

This week, Symfony released the maintenance versions 6.4.24, 7.2.9, and 7.3.2. Meanwhile, we began deprecating the XML configuration format in some components, enhanced the YAML configuration format to support auto-completion and updated the container XML… https://symfony.com/blog/a-week-of-symfony-970-july-28-august-3-2025?utm_source=Symfony%20Blog%20Feed&utm_medium=feed

3h | Symfony
Show HN: AI Physics Tutor with Free Body Diagrams

Hi HN. I built a prototype AI physics tutor that can interpret, draw, and edit free body diagrams.

Lately I've been transfixed with generating diagrams with LLMs. If you pipe generated JSON through a D3.js renderer, you can get pretty consistent SVG results with the smarter models.

This physics tutor prototype is an example of an application. For a couple premade scenes, you can ask it to make an FBD, decompose an angled force into components, run through the math of Newton's Second Law,

Show HN: Voltpeek – Vim-inspired oscilloscope software

This is software for my headless, PC based oscilloscope, which is controlled entirely via commands similar to the Vim text editor. I built this because I liked the idea of headless oscilloscopes; I always have my laptop around when I’m working on electronics anyway, and it’s very convenient to save images of captured waveforms. However, I found the software for off the shelf models to be annoying and cumbersome to work with. In my experience, this holds true both when opening the software an

 This is Microsoft's canceled Windows-based Surface Duo — the dual-screen Windows Phone from 2018 that we never got

Surface Andromeda was the successor to Windows Phone we never got. Now, we know exactly what it would have looked like thanks to leaked images of prototype hardware from 2017 and 2018.

https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/surface/microsoft-surface-andromeda-prototype-leaked-images-running-windows-phone-core-os

Disk z Faistu

Unikátní předmět z minojské Kréty, starý přibližně 37 století. Tajemné znaky uspořádané do spirál fascinují. Nejspíš je to pravé. Dál nevíme a můžeme jen mapovat dobové a místní souvislosti. http://www.osel.cz/14185-disk-z-faistu.html

11h | osel.cz
These Relaxing Games Are Like a Warm Blanket for Your Brain

A few minutes in games like Spiritfarer or A Short Hike feels like a reset button for your mind. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/best-cozy-games-2025/#ftag=CADf328eec

11h | cnet.com
Linus Torvalds stále používá Radeon RX 580, Linux se blíží ke 3% zastoupení na Steamu

Týden v KDE: nejen střídání dne a noci, týden v GNOME #210: vylepšení knihovny Libadwaita, vydán Wayback 0.2 pro běh X11 desktopů na Waylandu, Intel XeSS 2.1 přináší Frame Generation i pro neIntelovská GPU, stále ale má uzavřený kód. https://www.root.cz/clanky/linus-torvalds-stale-pouziva-radeon-rx-580-linux-se-blizi-ke-3-zastoupeni-na-steamu/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=rss

12h | root.cz
Darksiders 4 was not on my 2025 bingo card

Darksiders 4 is officially coming. During the THQ Nordic Digital Showcase on Friday, we got a glimpse at the next game in the hack and slash

12h | Engadget
Show HN: NaturalCron – Human-Readable Scheduling for .NET (With Fluent Builder)

Hi HN!

I built NaturalCron because I was tired of writing and debugging CRON syntax like:

/5 * * 5

Now you can write something human-readable in .NET:

var expression = new NaturalCronExpression("every 5 minutes on friday");

Or use a Fluent Builder for strong typing and IDE support:

var expression = NaturalCronExpressionBuilder .Every().Minutes(5) .On(DayOfWeek.Friday) .Build();

Great for: - Code-based scheduling in .NET apps - Overriding schedules from confi

12h | Hacker news
NASA's latest mission to the ISS features a bacterial experiment

Scientists are sending several strains of disease-causing bacteria to the International Space Station as part of the Crew-11 mission. This experiment isn't the plot to some ">cheesy horror film, but a scientific invest

15h | Engadget
Radikálně překódovaná bakterie Syn57 má doposud nejmenší genetický kód

Molekulární biologové vzali E. coli a její genetický kód ořezali o celkem 7 kodonů. Namísto původních 64 jich zbylo využitých 57. Vznikl kmen Syn57 s komprimovaným genomem. Uvolněné kodony bude možné využít v biotechnologických aplikacích. Tvůrci Syn57 sázejí na to, že takové bakterie budou nepřístupné virům. Zkušenost ale říká, že to nejspíš nevydrží věčně. http://www.osel.cz/14184-radikalne-prekodovana-bakterie-syn57-ma-doposud-nejmensi-geneticky-kod.html

16h | osel.cz
X has to prove it wasn't negligent when removing CSAM from its site

X isn't off the hook yet when it comes to a significant legal case about child sex abuse content on its platform. On Friday, a circuit judge from the US Court of Appeals ruled that X Corp. has to again face claims that it was negligent in taking down child sex abuse content and didn't have an effective reporting infrastructure for these offenses.

This ruling

17h | Engadget
Show HN: Wordle-style game for Fermi questions

Some months ago @andrewrn tried to create a Wordle-style site for order-of-magnitude thinking. This was a wonderful idea, but the actual site was somewhat over-engineered and confusing. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43632278)

In the past week, I looked at this idea again and built a very simple site which gives you a new Fermi estimation question every day:

How many new cars were sold in the US in 2024?; How many humans

17h | Hacker news
 Fortnite Super Showdown event build up: our live coverage including start time and what to expect

Fortnite Super Showdown is the next live event. Here's our live coverage, including a look at the start time, how to watch live, and what to expect.

https://www.techradar.com/news/live/fortnite-super-showdown-live-event-start-time

Microsoft offers mysterious Windows 11 upgrade on incompatible PCs
18h | pcworld.com
YouTube is testing Instagram-style collabs

YouTube has started testing a new collaboration feature, similar to Instagram's and TikTok's. A Google employee explained on YouTube Help that it will allow creators to add collaborators to a video so that they can be

19h | Engadget
Laggy Internet? 4 Easy Ways to Fix It on Your Own

I was tired of paying for fast internet speeds but experiencing serious lag. These tips helped me fix it myself. https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/laggy-internet-4-easy-ways-to-fix-it-on-your-own/#ftag=CADf328eec

21h | cnet.com
Android Auto: How to Connect Google Maps and Apps in Your Car video

Android Auto is one of the best and safest ways to experience Google Maps and Play Store apps on the road. Getting connected is easy, but I've rounded up some important tips to help you get started and to troubleshoot common issues. https://www.cnet.com/videos/android-auto-how-to-connect-google-maps-and-apps-in-your-car/#ftag=CADf328eec

21h | cnet.com
 NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, August 3 (game #518)

Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hints-3-august-2025