The Netherlands Is Dismantling the International Criminal Court

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The Netherlands is negotiating with the US to dismantle the International Criminal Court due to US sanctions, which could lead to a loss of its powers. The proposed restrictions include immunity for heads of state and denial of jurisdiction over cases covered by national legislation.

Jensen Huang resigns

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned amid scandal over alleged extramarital affairs and ties to a Chinese spy, sending shares plummeting. The company has named Colette Kress as interim CEO and will consider internal and external candidates to replace him.

IceWM

IceWM is a fast and customizable window manager for the X Window System, focusing on simplicity and user-friendliness. It offers various features like taskbar, pager, keyboard shortcuts, and theme support across multiple Linux distributions.

Rust 1.100

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Rust 1.100.0 is released, featuring the stable never type (!) and various other improvements including allocator_api stabilization, core::mem::DropGuard, zero-sized types in unsafe code, and Cargo's min-publish-age aware dependency resolution.

Brave Search API now accepts agentic payments via the x402 protocol

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The Brave Search API now supports instant, pay-as-you-go payments via the open x402 payment protocol. Users can query the search index without creating an account or selecting a plan by transferring USDC stablecoin to their agent's wallet.

Nvidia employees petition to bring back Jensen Huang

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Some Nvidia employees are calling for Jensen Huang's return despite his resignation due to multiple reported affairs, with over 1,600 comments on an internal suggestion box post. Many employees want a second chance for Huang and believe he should be given the opportunity to continue leading the company.

Gemini 4 Hydrogen and Orchestrator

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Google is releasing Gemini 4 Hydrogen and Orchestrator, a dynamic model pairing for efficient task execution. These tools aim to improve quality, efficiency, and latency in coding and agentic workflows.

Show HN: My $300 embroidery machine needed a subscription, so I built my own app

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ZigZag is a visual embroidery editor built in Rust for performance, allowing users to create and edit designs alongside AI agents. The app supports various file formats and can export designs to multiple embroidery machines or send them directly to a Brother Skitch over Bluetooth.

Switcher (2004)

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The author created a high-resolution scanner for the Macintosh called Thunderscan, and later developed an application switcher utility that was initially intended to be part of the Mac OS. The author worked with Microsoft on this project before deciding to develop it independently.

Edge0-145B: Frontier AI Capabilities on Your Own Computer

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The Edge0-145B model is the world's first open-source on-device AI model with 145 billion parameters, allowing coding, reasoning, and agent capabilities to rival cloud models. It enables local use on laptops without corresponding cloud-model token or API fees.

Dwarf planet candidate appears which takes roughly 280 years to orbit our sun

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Astronomers have discovered a new dwarf planet candidate, 2026 ED138, in the distant solar system. The object is estimated to be between 370-930 miles across and orbits the sun every 281 years.

Former Nvidia CEO Huang had a relationship with a second employee, sources say

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Service degradation on Microsoft 365

Foundation Models framework

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The Foundation Models framework is a native Swift API for integrating large language models into apps, offering features like guided generation and image understanding. It provides on-device access to Apple's foundation models and extends to server models through the same Swift API.

I'm making LLMs work on small and old devices

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This project, smolmaxxing, unlocks the capability of devices like TVs and old phones by finding the biggest language model each device can run. It achieves this by customizing kernels, memory usage, and weight streaming on devices with limited resources. The results show that a 2B model runs faster than larger models on a Xiaomi TV Box S.

Microsoft Outlook/365 still down after 12 hours

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Microsoft is investigating issues with Exchange Online mailboxes in the Americas, affecting multiple connection methods. The company is working to mitigate impact and redistribute traffic across its worldwide infrastructure.

Turning a 22-year-old Postgres type-confusion primitive into RCE

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The author discovered a 22-year-old zero-day vulnerability in PostgreSQL core, which allowed for type-confusion attacks. The exploit was triggered by manipulating composite types and exploiting the way PostgreSQL handles Datum values.

Abandoned Quake 4 expansion finished by modders and now playable

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The Quake 4 expansion, The Awakening, is now playable with openQ4 0.14.1, featuring a second campaign and various improvements. This update brings polish to the game's engine and gameplay mechanics.

Scientists claim the universe is twice as old as believed

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Researchers at the University of Ottawa propose a new model, CCC+TL, that could make the universe 26.7 billion years old without dark matter or energy. The model modifies gravity and cosmic expansion by shifting physical constants over time and losing light energy as it travels.

Relax: JIT compiler for Rust to reduce build times

Relax is a live compiler and JIT runtime for Rust that compiles each function when it's first called, optimizes hot ones while running, and patches edits into the process. It runs in one process with its own pipeline from source bytes to executable memory.

Global Microsoft Outage

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Microsoft's global outage has left millions without access to Outlook email and Teams meeting tools, affecting banks, governments, and courts worldwide. The outage is causing significant disruptions globally.

Show HN: RealtimeVAD – trading false positives for 110ms earlier end-of-speech

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RealtimeVAD is a faster voice activity detector that can identify speech and pause events sooner than Silero VAD, with a median lead of 92 ms. It uses two checks: one for speech and another for quiet audio levels.

Anthropic IPO

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Anthropic is a public benefit corporation using AI to accelerate scientific innovation and mitigate its risks, with an upcoming IPO. The company's shares will trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "ANT" starting November 19th.

Show HN: AgentRun – open-source, Self-improving Managed Agents

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AgentRun is an open-source platform that supercharges agents, adding self-improvement and durable execution. It helps agents learn from their runs and retain useful information for future use.

Sift: LSP, Lint, Format Lisp, Scheme and Emacs Lisp

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Sift is a Lisp formatter, linter and language server that reads source files, reports errors and suggestions, and formats the code according to its own style. It supports Scheme, Emacs Lisp and Common Lisp dialects with 92 rules.

Talking Zen 6 with Mike Clark at AMD In-Depth

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AMD's Zen 6 and Zen 6c cores have evolved from the previous generation, with improvements in IPC, vector scheduler size, and branch predictor accuracy. The new designs aim to balance performance and power efficiency.

Gemini 4 Hydrogen

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Gemini 4 Hydrogen is a new AI model that offers speed and efficiency for everyday coding and agentic workflows, surpassing its predecessor in certain areas. It's priced at $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens, making it accessible to a broader audience.

Show HN: Kapso – Iterative learning from enterprise data

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Adapting CPython for Yk

The author has successfully adapted the YK JIT compiler to work with CPython, a popular Python interpreter, achieving performance gains of 2.7x compared to the original CPython and 0.43x compared to the experimental JIT compiler. The adaptation involved adding support for YK's meta-tracing JIT compiler and optimizing interpreter dispatch.

AI is turning Apple's app review process into a nightmare for synth developers

The surge of AI-generated apps is overwhelming Apple's app review process, causing delays and rejections for many developers. The flood of new iOS music apps has led to a backlog in reviews, with some developers waiting weeks or even months for their apps to be approved.