Track Surveillance (Flock Cameras) Tech in Local Government Meetings

US municipalities are adopting surveillance technologies with over 80,000 cameras tracking residents' movements and collecting data. A website allows users to track and report on these technologies.

Pricing Changes for GitHub Actions

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GitHub updated its pricing and product models for GitHub Actions, improving reliability and performance. The changes include reduced prices for GitHub-hosted runners and a new $0.002 per-minute Actions cloud platform charge.

40 percent of fMRI signals do not correspond to actual brain activity

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Researchers led by Valentin Riedl found that brain regions use oxygen more efficiently without increased blood flow during tasks. This challenges the interpretation of fMRI studies on brain disorders and suggests using quantitative measurements for more accurate results.

FVWM-95

Fvwm95 is a Unix window manager emulating Windows-95 features for a familiar look and feel. It's useful for users switching between Unix and MS-World or wanting a simple, efficient alternative.

Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo

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As Mozilla's new CEO, I will focus on building a trusted software company by giving users agency over their data and AI, and growing through transparent monetization. We will measure progress against a double bottom line, advancing our mission and succeeding in the market over the next three years.

The GitHub Actions control plane is no longer free

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GitHub introduced a $0.002 per-minute platform fee for all GitHub Actions usage. This change makes self-hosting no longer free and aligns third-party runners like Blacksmith as ecosystem partners.

Sega Channel: VGHF Recovers over 100 Sega Channel ROMs (and More)

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A team has recovered over 100 new Sega Channel ROMs, including system data, exclusive games, and prototypes, and digitized internal paperwork and correspondence that reveals how Sega Channel operated. The recovered data includes nearly 100 unique system ROMs, dozens of previously undumped game variants, and Sega Channel exclusives, and accounts for almost all outstanding Sega Channel games.

Artie (YC S23) Is Hiring Senior Enterprise AES

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Artie is hiring a Senior Enterprise Account Executive to scale sales, refine the sales playbook, and partner with founders to shape product strategy. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of enterprise sales experience, deep technical fluency, and an outbound-first mindset.

Rust GCC back end: Why and how

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The Rust compiler uses different backends like LLVM and GCC to generate binary code for the target processor, with each backend receiving the Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) from the front-end and generating assembly code. The GCC backend is a bridge between the Rust compiler's AST and the codegen API, and can be used to generate binary code for older platforms that are not supported by LLVM.

AIsbom – open-source CLI to detect "Pickle Bombs" in PyTorch models

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AIsbom performs Deep Binary Introspection on model files to detect malware risks and license violations. It generates a compliant sbom.json with SHA256 hashes and license data.

Full Unicode Search at 50× ICU Speed with AVX‑512

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StringZilla is a fast and correct open-source library for Unicode and UTF-8 handling that leverages AVX-512 on Intel and AMD CPUs to achieve 10-20x speedups over alternatives for common operations like case-insensitive substring search. It uses a combination of SIMD kernels and alarm rules to handle complex Unicode cases and edge cases, making it a useful tool for web-scale LLM dataset ...

Purrtran – ᓚᘏᗢ – A Programming Language for Cat People

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PURRTRAN is a programming language and system designed to give developers the experience of coding with a furry friend, a cat named Hex who uses Artificial Catelligence to enhance coding experience and optimize flow. Hex's needs, such as food, cleanliness, and love, must be met to keep him happy and productive, and failing to do so can lead to Hex becoming displeased and refusing to help with ...

GitHub will begin charging for self-hosted action runners on March 2026

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GitHub will lower GitHub-hosted runner prices by up to 39% on January 1, 2026, and introduce a $0.002 per minute charge for self-hosted runner usage on March 1, 2026. GitHub-hosted runner usage in public repositories remains free, and Enterprise Server customers will see no price changes.

Debug Mode for LLMs in vLLora

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vLLora introduces Debug Mode for LLM requests, allowing users to inspect and edit outgoing requests before they reach the model. This feature brings a familiar software-engineering workflow to LLM development, making it easier to validate fixes and test ideas.

SHARP, an approach to photorealistic view synthesis from a single image

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SHARP is a neural network that regresses a 3D Gaussian scene representation from a single image in under a second. It produces photorealistic images for nearby views with robust zero-shot generalization and state-of-the-art performance on multiple datasets.

A brief history of Times New Roman

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Times New Roman was created in 1929 for the Times of London newspaper and became popular due to its use in daily newspapers. It's now widely used but often seen as a default font lacking personality.

Show HN: Interactive Common Lisp: An Enhanced REPL

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ICL is a modern Common Lisp REPL with features like readline-style editing, syntax highlighting, and tab completion. It supports multiple implementations, primarily using SBCL and communicating with a backend Lisp process via Slynk.

A Thousand and One Nights in Italy

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In 19th-century Italy, two aristocrats, Count Cesare Mattei and Marquis Ferdinando Panciatichi, built Moorish Revival castles, Rocchetta Mattei and Castello di Sammezzano, respectively. These eccentric projects showcased their unique blend of oriental and medieval influences, reflecting their utopian and artistic visions.

Put a ring on it: a lock-free MPMC ring buffer

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A ring buffer is a fixed-size queue that drops old data when it fills up, making it suitable for busy Linux environments where performance is crucial. A scalable ring buffer can be implemented without locking, allowing multiple readers and writers to access it simultaneously, and can be designed to drop old data or new data depending on the situation.

I don't think Lindley's paradox supports p-circling

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The author discusses the concept of p-value circling, where researchers are skeptical of results with p-values close to 0.05. They explore the idea that p-values are only valid if they're valid and can't handle questionable research practices. The author suggests that p-value circling might be justified if researchers assume that p-values are distorted by p-hacking, but this is not a strong ...

A2UI: A Protocol for Agent-Driven Interfaces

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A2UI is a Google-created project allowing AI agents to safely send rich UIs across trust boundaries using declarative component descriptions. It enables incremental UI generation and rendering on various platforms like Angular, Flutter, and React.

Canada's Carney called out for 'utilizing' British spelling

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Canadian language experts are calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to use Canadian English in official documents, citing national identity and pride. They argue that using Canadian English is the simplest way to assert Canada's unique language and identity.

The biggest heat pumps

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A German energy company, MVV Energie, is building the world's most powerful heat pump modules in Mannheim, Germany, with a capacity of 162MW. The heat pumps will draw water from the River Rhine and supply around 40,000 homes via a district heating system.

Quill OS: An open-source OS for Kobo's eReaders

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KoBox X11 features ePUB, PDF, and text display, with Wi-Fi, web browser, and encrypted storage. It offers a user-friendly experience with search, auto-suspend, and customizable options.

Bonsai: A Voxel Engine, from scratch

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Bonsai is a voxel engine that supports massive worlds and procedural terrain generation. It's a learning project that emphasizes simplicity and is currently in a large rewrite phase.

Devs say Apple still flouting EU's Digital Markets Act six months on

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Apple is accused of non-compliance with the EU's Digital Markets Act, imposing fees on transactions outside its App Store despite a ruling against it. Developers warn that weak enforcement risks turning the regulation into an expensive paper exercise.

High Performance SSH/SCP

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HPN-SSH is a modified version of OpenSSH that improves performance on high-speed networks by optimizing receive buffers and using multiple CPU cores. It includes features like parallelized ChaCha20 cipher and improved Poly1305 methods for faster transfers.

ArkhamMirror: Airgapped investigation platform with CIA-style hypothesis testing

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ArkhamMirror is a local AI-powered investigation platform for journalists and researchers. It runs 100% locally, providing powerful forensics without cloud costs or risks.

Be Careful with GIDs in Rails

Using Rails Global IDs with LLMs can be treacherous due to potential information disclosure and data exfiltration. To safely use GIDs, add an authorization layer, use signed GIDs, and restrict LLM-generated GIDs to prevent security consequences.

A linear-time alternative for Dimensionality Reduction and fast visualisation

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SLR is a deterministic, linear-time dimensionality reduction method for browsers, using trilateration against a fixed topological skeleton. It achieves real-time performance by comparing every point to a small set of landmarks, rather than every point to every other point.