Apple Introduces MacBook Pro with All‑New M5 Pro and M5 Max

154 scrlk 2026-03-03 14:02:41 UTC apple.com Llama Share 135

Apple announced the new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, offering up to 4x faster AI performance and up to 24 hours of battery life. The new MacBook Pro features a Liquid Retina XDR display, Wi-Fi 7, and Bluetooth 6, and starts at 1TB of storage for M5 Pro and 2TB for M5 Max.

India's top court angry after junior judge cites fake AI-generated orders

168 tchalla 2026-03-03 12:53:41 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 78

India's Supreme Court has threatened legal consequences after a judge used AI-generated fake judgements in a property dispute case. The court will examine the case and issued notices to the Attorney and Solicitor General and the Bar Council of India.

Apple unveils new Studio Display and all-new Studio Display XDR

55 victorbjorklund 2026-03-03 14:00:41 UTC apple.com Llama Share 33

Apple announced two new displays, Studio Display and Studio Display XDR, with improved cameras, audio, and connectivity. They start at $1,599 and $3,299 respectively, and are available for pre-order on March 4.

I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online services

20 speckx 2026-03-03 14:22:41 UTC neilzone.co.uk Llama Share 3

The user is concerned about identity and age verification policies being proposed in various countries, which they believe could lead to censorship and loss of privacy. They are willing to opt out of services that require verification, such as YouTube, Reddit, and some forums, but may have to compromise on others like Teams/Zoom due to professional obligations.

The Xkcd thing, now interactive

500 memalign 2026-03-03 11:53:41 UTC editor.p5js.org Full Share 66

A web editor for p5.js, a JavaScript library with the goal of making coding accessible to artists, designers, educators, and beginners.

Launch HN: Cekura (YC F24) – Testing and monitoring for voice and chat AI agents

8 atarus 2026-03-03 14:31:41 UTC news.ycombinator.com Prefix Share 1

Hey HN - we're Tarush, Sidhant, and Shashij from Cekura (https://www.cekura.ai). We've been running voice agent simulation for 1.5 years, and recently extended the same infrastructure to chat. Teams use Cekura to simulate real user conversations, stress-test prompts and LLM behavior, and catch regressions before they hit production. The core problem: you can't manually QA an AI ...

Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns

1233 sandbach 2026-03-02 22:53:41 UTC svd.se Llama Share 711

Meta's smart glasses collect user data, including private videos and conversations, which are then processed by subcontractors in Kenya. The data is shared with Meta's AI systems, raising concerns about user privacy and data protection.

I'm losing the SEO battle for my own open source project

120 devinitely 2026-03-03 13:53:41 UTC twitter.com/gavriel_cohen Full Share 62

Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot. Some privacy related extensions may cause issues on x.com. Please disable them and try again.

Arm's Cortex X925: Reaching Desktop Performance

172 ingve 2026-03-03 07:53:41 UTC chipsandcheese.com Llama Share 83

Arm's Cortex X925 CPU achieves performance parity with AMD's Zen 5 and Intel's Lion Cove in high-performance desktop applications. It has a 10-wide core with high per-cycle frontend throughput, large out-of-order execution engine, and strong branch predictor.

British Columbia is permanently adopting daylight time

967 ireflect 2026-03-02 20:53:41 UTC cbc.ca Llama Share 472

British Columbia will permanently adopt daylight time after March 8, ending clock changes. Residents have 8 months to prepare for the change, set for November 1, 2026.

Don't Become an Engineering Manager

7 flail 2026-03-03 14:19:41 UTC newsletter.manager.dev Prefix Share 2

Over drinks a few weeks ago, a friend told me he'd been offered a promotion, to an Engineering Manager role. He planned to decline it, but wanted to hear my take first. Until recently, my answer in such conversations was always “100% go for it”. My logic was that it’s a super valuable experience, even if someone is not looking for the management career path. I told every engineer that a ...

Computer Says No

34 vnglst 2026-03-03 11:53:41 UTC koenvangilst.nl Llama Share 12

Richard Sennett's material consciousness emphasizes hands-on knowledge through touching and feeling materials. AI taking over coding may lead to a loss of deep knowledge and understanding of software systems.

Claude's Cycles: Claude Opus 4.6 solves a problem posed by Don Knuth [pdf]

49 fs123 2026-03-03 11:53:41 UTC www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu Llama Share 10

Claude Opus 4.6 solved an open problem in automatic deduction and creative problem solving by finding a generalization for odd values of m. The solution was discovered through a series of explorations and involved a novel approach called fiber decomposition.

Ars Technica fires reporter after AI controversy involving fabricated quotes

445 danso 2026-03-03 01:53:41 UTC futurism.com Llama Share 274

Ars Technica fired senior AI reporter Benj Edwards after an article with AI-fabricated quotes was retracted. Edwards took responsibility for the error, saying he used an AI tool while sick and made a serious journalistic mistake.

Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with M5

14 Garbage 2026-03-03 14:05:41 UTC apple.com Llama Share 3

Apple announced the new MacBook Air with M5, featuring faster performance, expanded AI capabilities, and double the starting storage. It comes in 13- and 15-inch models with Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and up to 18 hours of battery life.

The Internet's Top Tech Publications Lost 58% of Their Google Traffic Since 2024

39 Growtika 2026-03-03 13:53:41 UTC growtika.com Llama Share 26

Ten major tech publications lost a combined 63 million monthly Google visits between 2024 peaks and January 2026, with four sites losing over 84% of their traffic. The decline coincides with Google's AI Overviews expansion, increased Reddit rankings, and growing use of AI assistants for product research.

We Built a Video Rendering Engine by Lying to the Browser About What Time It Is

94 darshkpatel 2026-03-03 07:53:41 UTC blog.replit.com Llama Share 42

The user's company built a video renderer that captures web pages with animations by making the browser believe time moves only when they say it does, allowing for smooth video playback. The renderer uses a JavaScript file to replace the browser's time-related APIs, preprocesses the video server-side, and decodes it in-browser to produce a high-quality video file.

Simple screw counter

208 jk_tech 2026-03-03 02:53:41 UTC mitxela.com Llama Share 57

The user created a precision clock kit business and automated parts counting with a laser-cut nut and screw dispenser. The user improved the design with a longer track and a small hopper for weight reasons.

How to sew a Hyperbolic Blanket (2021)

29 aebtebeten 2026-03-03 10:53:41 UTC geometrygames.org Llama Share 2

Helaman Ferguson invented a hyperbolic blanket design with evenly spread curvature. To make one, cut and sew pentagons from fleece, aligning seams for precise assembly.

Mullvad VPN: Banned TV Ad in the Streets of London [video]

143 vanyauhalin 2026-03-03 12:53:41 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 77

History of the Graphical User Interface: The Rise (and Fall?) Of WIMP Design

10 todsacerdoti 2026-03-03 12:53:41 UTC uxtigers.com GoogleT5 Share 6

A gui's success wasn't about any single invention, says daniel schmidt. by allowing users to manipulate graphical objects directly rather than describing them through code, sutherland reduced cognitive load and made the computer’s behavior immediately comprehensible, he says. the shift from wimp to world models represents the transition from deterministic to probabilistic interaction, writes ...

Privacy-preserving age and identity verification via anonymous credentials

63 FrasiertheLion 2026-03-03 09:53:41 UTC blog.cryptographyengineering.com Llama Share 32

The user discusses the importance of anonymous authentication in a world where routine age-verification and human identification are becoming increasingly common, and proposes the use of anonymous credentials to protect user privacy. Anonymous credentials, such as those proposed by David Chaum, allow users to prove their identity without revealing their real-world identity, and can be ...

AI-generated art can't be copyrighted (Supreme Court declines review)

31 duggan 2026-03-03 13:53:41 UTC theverge.com Llama Share 15

The US Supreme Court declined to reconsider a decision that AI-created art is ineligible for copyright protection. The ruling upholds a requirement of human authorship for copyright, affecting AI-generated artwork and inventions.

Show HN: I built a sub-500ms latency voice agent from scratch

491 nicktikhonov 2026-03-02 21:53:41 UTC ntik.me Llama Share 143

The author built a custom voice agent from scratch, achieving a 2x latency improvement over off-the-shelf providers like Vapi, by optimizing model choice, pipelining the agent turn, and carefully managing geography and service placement. The key takeaway is that voice is an orchestration problem, requiring careful coordination of multiple models and services in real-time, and that building a ...

C64: Putting Sprite Multiplexing to Work

32 ibobev 2026-03-03 09:53:41 UTC bumbershootsoft.wordpress.com Llama Share 0

The author has successfully implemented a C64 version of the game Lights-Out that matches the NES version's display quality, using 33 sprites and mid-screen interrupts to animate button presses. The project involved revising the game's design to efficiently update sprite data and character graphics, and implementing a complex interrupt handler to manage the display's various states.

I built a pint-sized Macintosh

67 ingve 2026-03-03 07:53:41 UTC jeffgeerling.com Llama Share 18

The user built a tiny Macintosh using a Raspberry Pi Pico with a Raspberry Pi Pico Micro Mac firmware, which outputs to a 640x480 VGA display and allows USB keyboard and mouse input. The setup has limitations due to the Pico's SRAM, but it can run early Mac OS versions and some applications within the 208 KB of available RAM.

DOS Memory Management

83 ingve 2026-03-03 05:53:41 UTC os2museum.com Llama Share 24

DOS memory management is simple but has several pitfalls, including zero-sized memory blocks and coalescing free memory. DOS 5.0 introduced UMB support and new memory allocation strategies, making memory management less simple but more flexible.

Physicists developing a quantum computer that’s entirely open source

161 tzury 2026-03-02 23:53:41 UTC physics.aps.org Llama Share 29

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The beauty and terror of modding Windows

58 wild_pointer 2026-03-03 10:53:41 UTC windowsread.me Llama Share 61

Windhawk is a free Windows tweaking tool that lets users customize their PCs with mods, but it may cause stability and security issues due to its DLL injection method. The tool's creator, Michael Maltsev, has a good reputation, but users should be cautious when installing mods from unknown authors and consider the potential risks before using Windhawk.

First in-utero stem cell therapy for fetal spina bifida repair is safe: study

329 gmays 2026-03-02 15:53:41 UTC health.ucdavis.edu Llama Share 62

UC Davis Health researchers successfully combined fetal surgery with stem cells to treat spina bifida in a Phase 1 clinical trial, showing great safety and potential for improved outcomes. The trial, funded by a $9 million state grant, aims to enroll 35 patients to evaluate long-term safety and improved movement.