Payments Canada announces launch of Canada's Real-Time Rail (RTR) payment system

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Payments Canada launched the Real-Time Rail, a national payment system enabling instant speed and settlement in real-time. The RTR will transform day-to-day payments for Canadian businesses and consumers with greater visibility and control over cash.

Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2

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Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 models have improved capabilities in coding, reasoning, and vision, with strong cybersecurity and biology safeguards to prevent misuse. These models are suitable for ambitious technical work and can be used for various applications such as robotics evaluations, hardware engineering, and scientific research.

CUI – Native UI components for C

Native UI components for C: about 170 components with spring motion and keyboard support, running live.

Our Smallest, Most Efficient Model: Muse Ember

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Muse Ember is a model that helps agents with coding and agentic tasks by carrying out business workflows end-to-end, reading files, running tests, and making targeted fixes. It's available today on Muse Code and Meta Model API for $0.10 per million input tokens.

E-means: 10x faster k-means at equal loss

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e-means outperforms Lloyd's algorithm in k-means clustering by achieving lower test loss and faster training times, with a 10-45x speedup on GPU and 8-15x speedup on CPU. e-means uses exponential moving averages to update centroids, which provides better initialization and dead-cluster revival strategies compared to traditional mini-batch methods.

Infineon marks innovation milestone with 300mm power silicon carbide wafer

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Infineon successfully processed 300-millimeter silicon carbide wafers into functional power devices, showcasing its innovation strength in power semiconductors and wide-bandgap technologies. The company will present the first processed 300-millimeter SiC wafer at the electronica trade show starting November 10, 2026.

DeepX claims inference up to 100B parameters at less than 5 W

Fold Epic Paper Airplanes

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X-01 Missile spirals as it flies and is ready to take down your next target! Vapor is one of the easiest planes on this website, and it flies really well!

Magenta solar panels may be agrivoltaics' cleverest trick yet

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Researchers developed semi-transparent solar panels that allow plants to receive necessary wavelengths while generating electricity, potentially increasing crop yields and reducing land use. This innovative approach could help meet US electricity needs with minimal impact on agriculture.

Show HN: MeowDisplay Is iPhone Mirroring, but in Reverse

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MeowDisplay turns an iPhone, iPad or Android into a Mac display for mirroring and controlling with touch. It allows individual windows to be displayed as tabs or split into panes on the external device.

A primer on GPUs and kernel optimization

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The author built a framework to support large language models, which they call Jam. The framework is designed to address issues with training-inference mismatch and precision handling in existing frameworks. After 10 months of learning and development, the framework is now ready for release.

Show HN: Every satellite that passed over any place this week, and its photos

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Enter any place on Earth. See every satellite that passed over it this week, and the actual pictures they took.

Y/N (YC S23) is hiring a growth lead to distribute superhuman A.I. storytelling

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Y/n is creating an interactive storytelling platform, aiming to build a superhuman AI storyteller and distribute it globally. The company hires for growth roles, focusing on finding effective marketing channels and measuring results.

Is Opus 5.5 nerfed? Thinking patterns changed on November 3

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quick test on a real bug showed Opus 5.5 high jumping into action too quickly, getting confused and being unable to find a fix after 3 full hours. meanwhile Opus 5.5 xhigh takes a moment to think, finds a fix after a few minutes.

On Being an Engineer in 2026

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The author reflects on how AI agents are increasingly taking over tasks, but still acknowledges human leverage in certain areas. Despite the rise of AI, humans retain some unique abilities that cannot be fully replicated by machines.

Show HN: DBDelve – Open-Source DB Client Made with Rust and GPUI

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Too many men suffering in silence, national health report finds (Canada)

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Canada's nationwide consultation on men's health found nearly 6,000 Canadians are struggling with mental health and social isolation issues. The findings will help shape the country's first federal strategy dedicated to improving men's health and well-being.

What is malloc doing, anyway?

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The malloc function in GNU libc uses a combination of syscalls and bookkeeping to manage memory. It can be optimized by using a bump allocator, which moves the program break up instead of requesting new memory from the kernel.

USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons

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USPS provides ZIP Code boundary data for accurate delivery address mapping. This data supports industries like logistics and real estate by enabling optimized routing and demographic analysis.

When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sells for $385

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Raspberry Pi has increased prices for most models with 16GB RAM, with the Raspberry Pi 5 16GB now costing $385. Other single-board computers and system-on-modules have also seen price hikes due to high RAM costs.

Deuterium's Impact on OLED Displays (2024)

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Deuterium enhances OLED efficiency and lifespan by improving brightness, stability, and reducing nonradiative decay. Its use extends to various OLED components, boosting performance and enabling advancements in display technology.

Going back two years on Hacker News is like entering another, better universe

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Pigshell: Unix the Web

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Zebkit – Chromium as an embeddable library

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Zebkit is a library that embeds Chromium's engine, providing a fast and lightweight alternative to Electron. It allows developers to build native applications with web views, media support, and more.

Show HN: Recalc – Spreadsheet where cells can be Claude Code or Codex terminals

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Recalc is a spreadsheet that uses agentic AI, allowing users to create and manage boards with agents filling cells in real-time. It runs on macOS, Linux (experimental), and is free and open-source.

Cryptocurrency lawsuit: Ethereum Foundation required "suicide pledge"

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The Ethereum Foundation sent a 38-page document to employees outlining leadership's vision for the next 1,000 years, which included a suicide pledge that sparked employee resistance. The foundation ultimately fired an employee who led opposition to the pledge and later settled with her in a lawsuit.

Show HN: My daily word puzzle Jointter revisited

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Try Gleam

The author has been exploring Gleam, a functional language targeting the Erlang VM and JavaScript, finding it similar to Rust but with simpler syntax. The language's strong type system and ability to compile to both BEAM and JavaScript make it suitable for building concurrent systems.

Show HN: Someone Was Here – Find out who used your Mac while you were away

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A Mac app captures photos of users when the device is idle or unlocked, sending them to your iPhone via a free app. Alerts are instant with a $4.99 one-time purchase, and photos are stored in iCloud or shared via Pushover, Telegram, or webhook.

Iran was behind cyber-attack on French supermarket freezers, Paris says

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France vows European sanctions against Iran for massive cyber-attacks on supermarkets and other facilities, described as "unprecedented scale and aggression". The attacks, linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, have caused significant damage and disruption across Europe.