Google API keys weren't secrets, but then Gemini changed the rules

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Google's API keys, initially intended for public services like Maps, can now access sensitive Gemini endpoints without warning. This allows attackers to access private data and charge LLM-usage to affected accounts.

Jimi Hendrix was a systems engineer

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Jimi Hendrix created groundbreaking sound using a modular analog signal chain with pedals and a Marshall amplifier. He used a systematic approach to manipulate the nonlinear complexities of the system for maximum expression.

I don't know how you get here from "predict the next word."

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The user tried refine, an AI tool for refining academic articles, and was impressed with its results, which were on par with the best comments they've received in their academic career. The tool helped identify major points, gaps in logic, and algebra errors in their 80-page paper on inflation.

First Website (1992)

http://info.cern.ch - home of the first website

The Pleasures and Pains of Coffee (1830)

How will OpenAI compete?

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OpenAI faces challenges in maintaining a competitive lead in AI due to the rapid development of similar models by other companies. The company's user base is large but has limited engagement and is fragile.

RAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials for HP PCs

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HP's CFO said RAM costs have risen 100 percent and now account for 35 percent of PC bill of materials due to a memory shortage. HP is raising PC prices and offering lower RAM specs to meet demand without depleting its limited memory supply.

Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown

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Windows Insiders receive Notepad and Paint updates with new features including Markdown support, a Notepad welcome experience, and AI-powered coloring book in Paint. Users can provide feedback in the Feedback Hub under Apps > Notepad or Apps > Paint.

Making MCP cheaper via CLI

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MCP overcharges by dumping entire tool catalogs upfront, while CLI and Anthropic's Tool Search use lazy loading to reduce costs. CLI is cheaper and works with any model, while Tool Search is Anthropic-only and more expensive.

Artist who “paints” portraits on glass by hitting it with a hammer

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Simon Berger uses a hammer to crack and strike glass, creating unique sculptures that explore material depth and transparency. His artistic journey began with painting and carpentry, leading to glasswork inspired by car windshields and human faces.

Gauss's Weekday Algorithm, Visualized

Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855), one of the greatest mathematicians in history, devised a compact formula to determine the weekday of January 1st for any given year. Found in a handwritten note among his papers, it was first published posthumously in 1927. The formula is valid from 1583 onward — the first full year of the Gregorian calendar. Enter a year above to see it in action.

Bus stop balancing is fast, cheap, and effective

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Buses in the US have close stop spacing, slowing them down and reducing ridership. Optimizing stop spacing can speed up buses, increase ridership, and save resources.

Show HN: ZSE – Open-source LLM inference engine with 3.9s cold starts

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ZSE is a tool for running large language models with minimal memory footprint, providing smart recommendations based on available memory. It supports various formats including HuggingFace, safetensors, and .zse, with fast cold starts and efficient memory usage.

Self-improving software won't produce Skynet

The concept of self-improving software uses AI to automate knowledge maintenance by updating documentation based on code changes, creating a continuous feedback loop. This approach ensures accurate internal representation and external documentation, making the next iteration more efficient and reducing the risk of hallucinations caused by stale information.

Large-Scale Online Deanonymization with LLMs

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Researchers used LLMs to identify individuals from anonymous online posts with high precision, posing significant privacy concerns. To mitigate this, platforms should restrict data access and LLM providers should implement stronger safety guardrails.

Show HN: Respectify – A comment moderator that teaches people to argue better

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Respectify is a tool that teaches users why their comments are wrong and lets them edit before posting. It promotes a respectful community by filtering out negative comments and highlighting positive ones.

Writers and Their Day Jobs

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Herman Melville and the author worked as U.S. Customs Inspectors and postal workers, respectively, to support their writing careers. Many writers have had unrelated day jobs, finding inspiration in their work and blurring the line between labor and vocation.

Even the Mars Rover Uses Zip Ties (2021)

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Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. NASA’s $2.4 billion Perseverance rover landed on Mars last week after more than 10 years of development and seven months flying through space to its destination. It features more gadgets than Iron Man’s suit and, really, there’s a lot riding on it to snap photos and harvest materials to observe back ...

The First Fully General Computer Action Model

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We designed FDM-1, a computer use model that can learn unsupervised from the internet and train on 11 million hours of video data. FDM-1 is the first model to scale computer action models with long-context training and can perform tasks like CAD and driving a car.

PA bench: Evaluating web agents on real world personal assistant workflows

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PA Bench is a benchmark designed to evaluate the ability of computer-use agents to complete realistic, long-horizon personal assistant workflows involving multiple web applications. It focuses on tasks that require agents to interact, reason, and act across applications under deterministic and verifiable conditions.

Tech companies shouldn't be bullied into doing surveillance

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The US government is pressuring Anthropic to allow their AI technology to be used in surveillance and autonomous weapons, despite the company's public stance against these uses. Anthropic should stand firm and refuse to compromise their principles, as public and corporate expectations are for them to uphold their stated values.

An autopsy of AI-generated 3D slop

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AI-generated 3D models are flawed with wobbly silhouettes, illegible text, and poor UV maps. They lack structure and require manual editing, making them impractical for e-commerce product configurators.

The Om Programming Language

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The Om language is a proof of concept at an early stage, requiring additional operations and optimizations before it can be useful. It is a concatenative language with prefix notation, using a unique panmorphic type system where all data values are represented as operands.

Dissecting the CPU-memory relationship in garbage collection (OpenJDK 26)

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The traditional pause time metric for measuring garbage collection (GC) performance is no longer sufficient due to the increasing complexity of modern GC algorithms and the decoupling of pause time from machine resources. A new Java API and unified logging mechanism in OpenJDK 26 provide a precise and internal accounting of the collector's work, enabling developers to understand the ...

Show HN: OpenSwarm – Multi‑Agent Claude CLI Orchestrator for Linear/GitHub

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OpenSwarm orchestrates Claude Code instances as autonomous agents, managing Linear issues and reporting progress to Discord. It uses a Knowledge Graph for smarter task execution and retains memory via LanceDB vector embeddings.

Learnings from 4 months of Image-Video VAE experiments

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Researchers built an Image-Video VAE to compress images and videos into a compact latent space for diffusion models, but found that better compression doesn't always track with VAE stability or downstream generation quality. They discovered that over-optimizing reconstruction quality can hurt the model's chance to disentangle data into a semantically meaningful space, and that aligning the ...

Launch HN: TeamOut (YC W22) – AI agent for planning company retreats

Our AI engine creates customized venue lists in seconds, vetting properties for reliability and quality. Venue partners respond to requests within 24 hours with our smart quote system.

GNU Texmacs

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GNU TeXmacs is a free editing platform for technical documents with a wysiwyg interface. It offers a user-friendly framework for editing text, math, graphics, and more, with export options to PDF and Postscript.

What Pressure Does to an Athlete's Body

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Pressure is a real physical force that can paralyze athletes, but some, like Mikaela Shiffrin, learn to overcome it. By understanding their body's chemical reactions and using techniques like meditation and breathing, athletes can achieve clutch performances under pressure.

Quasi-Zenith Satellite System

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The Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) is a Japanese regional navigation satellite system developed to enhance GPS in Asia-Oceania, with a focus on Japan. It provides highly precise and stable positioning services, compatible with GPS.