Google will allow users to sideload Android apps without verification

428 erohead 2025-11-13 00:42:11 UTC android-developers.googleblog.com Llama Share 150

We're introducing developer verification requirements to enhance Android security, addressing diverse user needs and combating aggressive online scams. The new system balances security with accessibility, offering a dedicated account for students and hobbyists and an advanced flow for experienced users to download unverified apps.

A67z

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Software initially dominated industries, but now Brainrot, a force of low-utility, high-velocity content, is accelerating cultural change. Brainrot optimizes for instant engagement, bypassing rational thought and hooking into emotions, making it a dominant cultural force.

The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia

609 andrewl 2025-11-12 16:42:11 UTC cnn.com Llama Share 789

The US penny will be discontinued after 238 years due to high production costs. Its removal is causing problems for retailers, who may face legal issues and increased costs from rounding prices to the nearest nickel.

Human Fovea Detector

59 AbuAssar 2025-11-13 01:42:11 UTC shadertoy.com Full Share 12

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Google open-sources Android 16 QPR1, two months late

10 uneven9434 2025-11-13 03:51:11 UTC grapheneos.social Llama Share 0

Android 16 QPR1 is being pushed to AOSP, bringing a new desktop mode and other changes. GrapheneOS will support it, but early releases may require explicit enabling and setup.

CollectWise (YC F24) Is Hiring

0 2025-11-13 04:28:11 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

CollectWise is a Y Combinator-backed startup using AI to automate debt collection, hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to reach $10 million in revenue. The role involves building integrations, configuring AI agents, and shipping solutions quickly with a salary range of $150,000 to $190,000.

Marble: A Multimodal World Model

142 meetpateltech 2025-11-12 22:42:11 UTC worldlabs.ai Llama Share 31

Marble is a generative world model that creates 3D worlds from various inputs, allowing users to edit, expand, and export them. Marble's multimodal capabilities and AI-native editing tools give users fine-grained control over their generated worlds.

Project Euler

376 swatson741 2025-11-12 17:42:11 UTC projecteuler.net Llama Share 90

Project Euler offers challenging math and programming problems for inquiring minds to learn new concepts in a fun context. It has 1.3 million registered members from 220 locations worldwide using 113 programming languages.

Bitcoin's big secret: How cryptocurrency became law enforcement's secret weapon

10 LopRabbit 2025-11-13 03:42:11 UTC bitwarden.com Llama Share 1

Andy Greenberg's book Tracers in the Dark reveals how Bitcoin's blockchain became a tool for law enforcement to track and catch criminals, leading to billions in seizures. However, this technology also raises concerns about tracking law-abiding citizens and the limitations of Western law enforcement in reaching international criminals.

Steam Machine

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© 2025 Valve Corporation. All rights reserved. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. VAT included in all prices where applicable. Privacy Policy | Legal | Accessibility | Steam Subscriber Agreement | Refunds | Cookies

Claude Code Introduces Off-by-One Errors

8 rrwright 2025-11-13 03:42:11 UTC github.com/anthropics Full Share 2

Claude Code incorrectly displays large integers in bash command output, showing a different value than what was actually output by the command. Steps to Reproduce Run the following command in Claude Code: echo '348555896224571969' Or wit...

Mergiraf: Syntax-Aware Merging for Git

18 Velocifyer 2025-11-13 03:42:11 UTC lwn.net Llama Share 3

Mergiraf is a tool that uses a generic algorithm plus language-specific knowledge to resolve conflicts in version-control systems like Git, especially those that Git's default strategy cannot handle. While it can automatically resolve some conflicts, it may not always produce the correct result, and human review is still necessary to ensure the accuracy of the merge.

Fighting the New York Times' invasion of user privacy

302 meetpateltech 2025-11-12 14:42:11 UTC openai.com Llama Share 289

The New York Times is demanding 20 million ChatGPT conversations from OpenAI, but OpenAI is fighting this as it disregards privacy protections and could make millions of users' conversations public. OpenAI is accelerating its security and privacy roadmap to protect users' data and will continue to fight the Times' demand.

Steam Frame

1084 Philpax 2025-11-12 18:42:11 UTC store.steampowered.com Full Share 403

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My dad could still be alive, but he's not

265 DustinEchoes 2025-11-13 02:42:11 UTC jenn.site Llama Share 148

The user's dad died after a 30-minute wait for an ambulance that never arrived, despite his family calling 911 twice. The family eventually drove him to the hospital, where he died on the front steps, highlighting the flaws in the emergency response system.

Homebrew no longer allows bypassing Gatekeeper for unsigned/unnotarized software

168 firexcy 2025-11-12 22:42:11 UTC github.com/homebrew Llama Share 136

Homebrew will deprecate the --no-quarantine flag due to macOS security updates and Intel support ending. This change will provide a safer experience for users and align with Gatekeeper requirements.

Max Number of Simultaneous Key-Press (N-Key Rollover, NKRO, Ghosting) (2010)

22 behnamoh 2025-11-13 00:42:11 UTC xahlee.info Llama Share 3

Keyboards with full n-key rollover can detect any number of simultaneous key presses. Anti-ghosting tech in some gaming keyboards allows for multiple key presses but is not the same as full n-key rollover.

How Tube Amplifiers Work

84 gokhan 2025-11-12 19:42:11 UTC robrobinette.com Llama Share 44

A 1950s Fender 5F1 Champ guitar amplifier's signal flow involves the guitar input jacks, circuit board, preamp tube V1, power tube V2, and output transformer, with the goal of amplifying the guitar's alternating current audio signal. The amplifier's components, including capacitors, resistors, and transformers, work together to boost the signal's voltage and current, ultimately driving the ...

Voyager 1 is a light-day away by November 2026

148 Neuronaut 2025-11-12 23:42:11 UTC iflscience.com Llama Share 45

Voyager 1 will be the first human-made object to reach one light-day away from Earth in late 2026. It will continue to travel through interstellar space, passing through the Oort cloud and having close encounters with other stars.

On USB HID, Keyboard LEDs, and device emulation (2024)

4 transpute 2025-11-13 03:42:11 UTC epsilon537.github.io Prefix Share 0

I added keyboard and mouse support to BoxLambda. The plan was to use PS/2, but when NAND2Mario announced their usb_hid_host core, I couldn’t resist. I added a Wishbone frontend and some CDC logic to cross from the 12MHz USB clock domain to the 50MHz system clock domain. I plugged in a keyboard and mouse, and it all worked fine. End of story… Almost. The original usb_hid_host core does not ...

Launch HN: JSX Tool (YC F25) – A Browser Dev-Panel IDE for React

89 jsunderland323 2025-11-12 18:42:11 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 68

Jamie and Dan built JSX Tool, a React project inspector with AI features, allowing users to edit code from source maps and inspect JSX like HTML. The tool includes a custom AST parser, CSS editor, and local server for file system access, with a focus on convenience and workflow context.

Ioannis Yannas, who invented artificial skin for treatment of burns, has died

150 bookofjoe 2025-11-12 13:42:11 UTC news.mit.edu Llama Share 11

Professor Ioannis V Yannas, a physical chemist and engineer, died at 90 after a 59-year career at MIT where he invented artificial skin for burn victims and made significant contributions to organ regeneration. His work saved thousands of lives and earned him numerous awards including induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2015.

Valve is about to win the console generation

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A brief look at FreeBSD

131 todsacerdoti 2025-11-12 17:42:11 UTC yorickpeterse.com Llama Share 72

The user is considering switching from Fedora to FreeBSD on their new Framework laptop, attracted by FreeBSD's cohesive experience, software availability, and claimed stability. They have been testing FreeBSD in a virtual machine and have encountered some quirks, including a clunky package manager and differences between GNU and BSD CLI programs, but are still unsure if the benefits of using ...

Tetrahedral Analog of the Pythagorean Theorem

9 ibobev 2025-11-13 02:42:11 UTC johndcook.com Prefix Share 1

A tetrahedron has four triangular faces. Suppose three of those faces come together like the corner of a cube, each perpendicular to the other. Let A1, A2, and A3 be the areas of the three triangles that meet at this corner and let A0 be the area of remaining face, the one opposite the right corner. from numpy import * def area(p1, p2, p3): return 0.5*abs(linalg.norm(cross(p1 - p3, p2 - p3))) ...

A Commentary on the Sixth Edition Unix Operating System

4 o4c 2025-11-13 03:42:11 UTC warsus.github.io Full Share 0

Disassembling terabytes of random data with Zig and Capstone to prove a point

38 birdculture 2025-11-12 22:42:11 UTC jstrieb.github.io Llama Share 15

The user wrote a program to test whether random bytes are more likely to contain compressed Thumb instructions or uncompressed Thumb instructions. The results show that disassembling random bytes is over 125x more common than decompressing and disassembling them, indicating Thumb instructions have high code density.

Blasting Yeast with UV Light

71 Gormisdomai 2025-11-12 19:42:11 UTC chillphysicsenjoyer.substack.com Llama Share 18

The author conducted a 'minimal trust' investigation into wet lab experiments to learn about UV susceptibility data, finding many sources of variability and the importance of standardised UV dose methodology. They plan to write about sterile technique for home labs in their next post.

Yt-dlp: External JavaScript runtime now required for full YouTube support

915 bertman 2025-11-12 10:42:11 UTC github.com/yt-dlp Llama Share 542

yt-dlp will require a JavaScript runtime for full YouTube support, with Deno enabled by default. Users must install a supported JS runtime and yt-dlp-ejs component for YouTube functionality.

Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller and Steam Frame

385 doener 2025-11-12 18:42:11 UTC phoronix.com Llama Share 122

Valve announced three new Steam devices: a Steam Controller, a Linux-powered Steam Machine console, and a wireless Steam Frame VR headset. These devices will be released in early 2026 with exact timing and pricing to be shared in the new year.