Gut bacteria from amphibians and reptiles achieve tumor elimination in mice

263 Xunxi 2025-12-18 00:11:52 UTC jaist.ac.jp Llama Share 60

Researchers at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology discovered Ewingella americana, a bacterium from Japanese tree frogs, with potent anticancer activity. A single administration of E. americana achieved complete tumor elimination in a mouse model with 100% response rate.

Gemini 3 Flash: Frontier intelligence built for speed

867 meetpateltech 2025-12-17 17:11:52 UTC blog.google Llama Share 466

Gemini 3 Flash offers frontier intelligence at a lower cost, combining Pro-grade reasoning with Flash-level latency and efficiency. It's available in the Gemini app, AI Mode in Search, and developer tools like Google AI Studio and Vertex AI.

OBS Studio Gets a New Renderer

191 aizk 2025-12-17 21:11:52 UTC obsproject.com Llama Share 40

OBS Studio's new Metal backend is an experimental alternative to OpenGL on macOS, offering better performance and efficiency. It requires fundamental changes to how OBS interacts with the GPU, adapting to modern APIs like Metal.

Coursera to combine with Udemy

470 throwaway019254 2025-12-17 13:11:52 UTC investor.coursera.com Llama Share 284

Coursera and Udemy have merged in an all-stock transaction, creating a combined company valued at approximately $2.5 billion. The merger aims to redefine skills discovery, development, and mastery for learners and organizations at scale.

I got hacked: My Hetzner server started mining Monero

273 jakelsaunders94 2025-12-17 22:11:52 UTC blog.jakesaunders.dev Llama Share 195

The user's server was compromised by a cryptocurrency miner due to a Next.js/Puppeteer RCE vulnerability in their Umami analytics container. They were able to contain the issue by deleting the container and hardening their firewall, but learned the importance of monitoring and updating dependencies.

Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell

132 cvbox 2025-12-18 02:11:52 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 79

The user has multiple projects including a Video Hub App, Computer Engineering for Babies, Simple Machines Made Simple book, AI cycling coach, photo to coloring page converter, recruiting tool TrueCast, digital sewing patterns on Etsy, and various other apps and websites generating around $10,000 per month. They are now working on a new mobile app and a successor to their weightlifting app, ...

Working quickly is more important than it seems (2015)

101 bschne 2025-12-17 22:11:52 UTC jsomers.net Llama Share 48

Working quickly lowers the perceived cost of tasks, making you more inclined to do them. Fast systems are fed more items, while slow systems starve, as people prefer responsive and efficient interactions.

More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review, often against guidance

16 neilv 2025-12-18 05:22:52 UTC nature.com Llama Share 2

Researchers use AI in 50% of peer reviews, with 1 in 4 increasing AI use over the past year. Most use AI to write reports, summarize manuscripts, or flag misconduct, but experts warn of factual errors and lack of constructive feedback.

AWS CEO says replacing junior devs with AI is 'one of the dumbest ideas'

848 birdculture 2025-12-17 17:11:52 UTC finalroundai.com Llama Share 448

AWS CEO Matt Garman argues that companies should not cut junior developer roles as they are most experienced with AI tools and can work more efficiently. He believes this approach will help companies build a strong talent pipeline and adapt to future changes in the tech industry.

Don MacKinnon: Why Simplicity Beats Cleverness in Software Design [audio]

22 mooreds 2025-12-18 03:11:52 UTC maintainable.fm Llama Share 2

Software maintainability is hindered by unnecessary complexity and poor design choices. A maintainable software system should have a clear structure, idiomatic naming, and minimal configuration.

TikTok unlawfully tracks shopping habits and use of dating apps?

148 doener 2025-12-18 01:11:52 UTC noyb.eu Llama Share 72

TikTok tracks users across apps and refuses to provide a full copy of their personal data. noyb filed two complaints against TikTok and its partners AppsFlyer and Grindr for unlawful tracking and data processing.

A Safer Container Ecosystem with Docker: Free Docker Hardened Images

301 anttiharju 2025-12-17 18:11:52 UTC docker.com Llama Share 61

Docker is making Docker Hardened Images (DHI) freely available and open source to secure the software supply chain. DHI provides a secure, minimal, production-ready foundation for developers to build on.

Tell HN: HN was down

519 uyzstvqs 2025-12-17 17:11:52 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 294

HN experienced a 502 Bad Gateway error on all authenticated requests, while still responding to some unauthenticated requests with outdated cached pages. The outage likely occurred at 1:41:58 PM GMT based on comment timing.

Developers can now submit apps to ChatGPT

109 tananaev 2025-12-17 23:11:52 UTC openai.com Llama Share 63

ChatGPT now accepts app submissions for review and publication, allowing developers to extend conversations with new context and actions. Users can discover apps in the app directory, which is accessible from the tools menu or chatgpt.com/apps.

My payment agent is named George, not stripe-agent

47 fortyseven 2025-12-18 00:11:52 UTC blog.kestrelsnest.social Llama Share 32

The author names AI sub-agents after people who inspire them to remember who they're building for. This practice helps them stay intentional about serving real humans with names and lives.

Judge hints Vizio TV buyers may have rights to source code licensed under GPL

15 pabs3 2025-12-18 05:11:52 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 1

A California court may force Vizio to provide SmartCast TV source code due to alleged GPL and LGPLv2.1 licensing violations. A judge has tentatively ruled in favor of the Software Freedom Conservancy's motion for summary adjudication.

Show HN: High-Performance Wavelet Matrix for Python, Implemented in Rust

77 math-hiyoko 2025-12-17 20:11:52 UTC pypi.org Llama Share 2

The WaveletMatrix and DynamicWaveletMatrix structures are implemented in Rust for fast rank/select and range queries with optional dynamic updates. They support various operations like finding occurrences, quantiles, and top-k values.

Show HN: I built a fast RSS reader in Zig

40 superstarryeyes 2025-12-17 22:11:52 UTC github.com/superstarryeyes Llama Share 11

Hys is a lightweight terminal RSS reader that enforces a daily fetch limit to help you stay informed. It supports groups, OSC 8 hyperlinks, and customizable display settings.

Oasis: Pooling PCIe Devices over CXL to Boost Utilization

5 blakepelton 2025-12-18 04:11:52 UTC dl.acm.org Prefix Share 1

PCIe devices, such as NICs and SSDs, are frequently underutilized in cloud platforms. PCIe device pools, in which multiple hosts can share a set of PCIe devices, could increase PCIe device utilization and reduce their total cost of ownership. The main way to achieve PCIe device pools today is via PCIe switches, but they are expensive and inflexible. We design Oasis,1 a system that pools PCIe ...

Zmij: Faster floating point double-to-string conversion

111 fanf2 2025-12-17 18:11:52 UTC vitaut.net Llama Share 15

A software engineer created a new binary-to-decimal floating-point conversion method called zmij, which optimizes the Schubfach algorithm. The zmij method reduces complexity and improves performance.

The Number That Turned Sideways

34 tzury 2025-12-17 23:11:52 UTC zuriby.github.io Llama Share 13

Mathematicians like Bombelli, Euler, and Gauss developed complex numbers over three centuries, building on each other's work to create a robust algebraic engine. This engine enabled them to represent and manipulate complex numbers, ultimately revealing the deep connections between algebra, geometry, and analysis.

Ask HN: Does anyone understand how Hacker News works?

5 jannesblobel 2025-12-18 04:11:52 UTC news.ycombinator.com Prefix Share 8

When working on my projects and talking to investors, I often hear: “Just post it on Hacker News or Reddit and show that people love it.” What I find strange is that Hacker News feels oddly opaque. I’ve never met anyone who can clearly explain how it works in practice. Not just the rules, but the dynamics: what’s repeatable, what’s luck, and what actually matters. By using the Kevin ...

How SQLite is tested

263 whatisabcdefgh 2025-12-17 19:11:52 UTC sqlite.org Llama Share 73

SQLite has a robust testing strategy with four independent test harnesses and over 590 times more test code than its core library. It achieves 100% branch test coverage and uses fuzz testing to ensure robustness against malicious attacks.

Inside PostHog: SSRF, ClickHouse SQL Escape and Default Postgres Creds to RCE

85 arwt 2025-12-17 21:11:52 UTC mdisec.com Llama Share 23

The user discovered a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in PostHog by chaining together several issues, including a forgotten webhook URL validation, no SSRF protection on an internal worker, and a Clickhouse PostgreSQL escaping mistake that led to SQL injection. The user was able to exploit these vulnerabilities to gain RCE and execute a reverse shell on the PostgreSQL instance, and ...

Mozilla's New CEO Confirms Firefox Will Become an "AI Browser"

15 LopRabbit 2025-12-18 05:11:52 UTC omgubuntu.co.uk Llama Share 16

Mozilla's new CEO, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo, plans to evolve Firefox into a modern AI browser to increase revenue opportunities. This shift may compromise user agency as AI features can be difficult to turn off, raising concerns about Mozilla's commitment to user choice.

Fast SEQUENCE iteration in Common Lisp

43 BoingBoomTschak 2025-12-17 21:11:52 UTC world-playground-deceit.net Llama Share 8

The author created a macro to iterate over sequences in Common Lisp with various keywords like :start, :end, and :key, providing a unified interface for linked lists and vectors. The macro, called ((var seq &key ...)), is used to improve performance and readability in certain cases, but may cause code bloat and compilation slowdown due to deep specialization.

Opencoil – appropriating inductive charging pads in the wild (2020) [video]

4 thenthenthen 2025-12-18 03:11:52 UTC media.ccc.de Prefix Share 0

main Art & Culture Playlists: 'rc3' videos starting here / audio [EN] The OPENCOIL exhibition explores the impact of micro-mobility services on urban space by using its decentralised infrastructure as an exhibition space, while also addressing the conditions and effects of this infrastructure. [DE] Die Ausstellung OPENCOIL setzt sich mit den Auswirkungen von ...

Cloudflare Radar 2025 Year in Review

68 ksec 2025-12-17 22:11:52 UTC radar.cloudflare.com Llama Share 29

Internet traffic growth continued in 2025 with Google at the top, followed by Instagram and YouTube. Cloudflare Radar analyzed various trends, including AI bot traffic, HTTP versions, and IPv6 adoption, to provide insights into the Internet's evolution.

Launch HN: Kenobi (YC W22) – Personalize your website for every visitor

38 sarreph 2025-12-17 17:11:52 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 53

Kenobi is a platform that adds AI-based content personalization to websites, changing content based on visitor input. It's a pivot from a previous idea, Verdn, and has seen 3x response rates from personalized experiences.

A look back: LANPAR, the first spreadsheet

25 rbanffy 2025-12-17 23:11:52 UTC technicallywewrite.com Llama Share 1

Two engineers at Bell Canada created LANPAR, the first spreadsheet, in 1971. It used a grid of cells with forward references, allowing users to create calculations that referenced yet-to-be-resolved values.