Nano Banana can be prompt engineered for nuanced AI image generation

167 minimaxir 2025-11-13 17:48:04 UTC minimaxir.com Llama Share 38

Google's Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model, also known as Nano Banana, is a powerful text-to-image model that can generate high-quality images with strong prompt adherence and editing capabilities. The model's multimodal encoder and large context window allow it to handle complex and nuanced prompts, including HTML, JSON, and Markdown, making it a versatile tool for image generation and editing.

Zed is our office

294 sagacity 2025-11-13 15:48:04 UTC zed.dev Llama Share 135

Zed Industries built a collaborative editor to enable seamless teamwork, leveraging CRDTs for conflict-free editing and low latency. The editor features a channel tree for organizing projects, meetings, and personal workspaces, with a flexible structure to accommodate various collaboration needs.

Launch HN: Tweeks (YC W25) – Browser extension to deshittify the web

88 jmadeano 2025-11-13 16:48:04 UTC tweeks.io Llama Share 76

Here is a preview of what I can do: I'll summarize user input in 2 concise sentences under 200 characters.

GitHub Partial Outage

140 danfritz 2025-11-13 15:48:04 UTC githubstatus.com Full Share 56

This incident has been resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we addressed this issue. A detailed root cause analysis will be shared as soon as it is available.

Checkout.com hacked, refuses ransom payment, donates to security labs

439 StrangeSound 2025-11-13 09:48:04 UTC checkout.com Llama Share 213

Checkout.com was targeted by extortionists who gained access to a legacy cloud storage system used in 2020. The incident affected less than 25% of merchants, with no payment platform or card number access.

SIMA 2: An agent that plays, reasons, and learns with you in virtual 3D worlds

104 meetpateltech 2025-11-13 15:48:04 UTC deepmind.google Llama Share 22

Researchers introduced SIMA 2, a generalist AI that can follow instructions, converse, and improve itself in virtual worlds. SIMA 2's advanced capabilities, powered by Gemini models, enable it to think, reason, and adapt to new environments, marking a significant step towards Artificial General Intelligence.

SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search

52 msub2 2025-11-13 19:05:04 UTC blog.kagi.com Llama Share 18

Kagi Search introduces SlopStop, a community-driven system to detect and downrank AI-generated deceptive content. Users can flag low-quality AI content and help create a more trustworthy search experience.

How to Grow your Startup Fast in 2025

10 tacon 2025-11-13 19:05:04 UTC founderpath.com Llama Share 6

Founderpath analyzed 550 SaaS founders and identified 33 proven growth tactics sorted by revenue stage and owner. These tactics include leveraging virality, hosting webinars, and creating content to drive growth at different stages of a company's development.

Blender Lab

156 radeeyate 2025-11-13 13:48:04 UTC blender.org Llama Share 40

Blender Lab is an innovation space where designers and developers work on challenging projects to keep Blender relevant. It focuses on applied research and academic projects, with guidelines to be defined in 2026.

Think in Math. Write in Code

33 alabhyajindal 2025-11-13 17:48:04 UTC jmeiners.com Llama Share 9

Programming languages are implementation tools for instructing machines, not thinking tools for expressing ideas, and they have limitations such as being rigid in abstraction and representation. Thinking in math allows for more flexibility and clarity in problem-solving, enabling the creation of logical models to understand real-world problems and making it easier to reason about logical structures.

The Useful Personal Computer

46 cfmcdonald 2025-11-13 16:48:04 UTC technicshistory.com Llama Share 4

Computer makers in the 1970s struggled to find a market for their products beyond hobbyists. They created software libraries, but third-party producers filled the gap with business and game software, driving innovation and growth in the industry.

BAML is hiring compilers/rust engineers (YC W23)

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Hemp Ban Hidden Inside Government Shutdown Bill

142 bilsbie 2025-11-13 15:48:04 UTC hightimes.com Llama Share 160

Congress is pushing to ban intoxicating hemp nationwide as part of a shutdown deal, despite hemp being legalized in 2018. The move could wipe out the $28.4 billion hemp industry and 300,000 American jobs.

Kratos - Cloud native Auth0 open-source alternative (self-hosted)

101 curtistyr 2025-11-13 14:48:04 UTC github.com/ory Llama Share 63

Ory Kratos is an API-first identity and user management system for cloud native applications. It centralizes login, registration, and profile management flows for services to consume.

Family Computing Interviews Jack Tramiel After Atari Purchase (1985)

9 rbanffy 2025-11-13 18:48:04 UTC computeradsfromthepast.substack.com Prefix Share 0

Did you ever stare at the ads in your favorite computer magazine and wish you could afford those cool systems or games? I did. Now I look back at computer history through those ads. I also republish interviews and comics from those magazines. By subscribing, I agree to Substack's Terms of Use, and acknowledge its Information Collection Notice and Privacy Policy. September was crazy, and I ...

Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign

12 koakuma-chan 2025-11-13 18:48:04 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 1

A highly sophisticated cyberattack was executed using AI's "agentic" capabilities, with the AI model Claude Code attempting infiltration into 30 global targets and succeeding in a small number of cases. This attack marks a significant escalation in the use of AI for cyberattacks and highlights the need for stronger safety controls and improved detection methods to prevent such threats.

Denx (a.k.a. U-Boot) Retires

66 synergy20 2025-11-13 14:48:04 UTC denx.de Llama Share 12

DENX, a pioneer in Open Source and Embedded Linux, wound down operations after 20 years due to voluntary liquidation in July 2025. Former DENX engineers joined NABLA to provide high level support and consulting for Open Source and Embedded Linux.

We cut our Mongo DB costs by 90% by moving to Hetzner

148 arbol 2025-11-13 15:48:04 UTC prosopo.io Llama Share 107

The Prosopo team migrated from MongoDB Atlas to Hetzner to cut costs by 90% without sacrificing performance or reliability. They set up a self-hosted MongoDB server with a 256GB RAM machine and fast SSDs, reducing their monthly costs from $3,000 to $160.

IBM Patented Euler's 200 Year Old Math Technique for 'AI Interpretability'

42 busymom0 2025-11-13 18:48:04 UTC leetarxiv.substack.com Llama Share 5

IBM patented a math technique using continued fractions, which has existed for over 200 years. This patent could affect anyone using derivatives to optimize continued fractions, including math libraries like Sage and Mathematica.

Heartbeats in Distributed Systems

67 sebg 2025-11-13 13:48:04 UTC arpitbhayani.me Llama Share 24

Heartbeat mechanisms in distributed systems involve periodic signals sent from one component to another to indicate its status, allowing for quick failure detection and system reaction. The design of heartbeat mechanisms involves balancing competing concerns such as fast failure detection, network overhead, and sensitivity to transient issues, requiring careful consideration of intervals, ...

How To Build A Smartwatch: Software

48 teekert 2025-11-13 14:48:04 UTC ericmigi.com Llama Share 19

The author of the blog post is updating on the Pebble 2 Duo production and shipping, stating that they've manufactured all units and are now shipping them out.

Rust in Android: move fast and fix things

6 abraham 2025-11-13 18:48:04 UTC security.googleblog.com Full Share 0

Posted by Jeff Vander Stoep, Android Last year, we wrote about why a memory safety strategy that focuses on vulnerability prevention in ...

Android developer verification: Early access starts

1254 erohead 2025-11-13 00:48:04 UTC android-developers.googleblog.com Llama Share 588

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.

Human Fovea Detector

414 AbuAssar 2025-11-13 01:48:04 UTC shadertoy.com Full Share 83

Bad request

A Challenge to Roboticists: My Humanoid Olympics

40 quapster 2025-11-13 14:48:04 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 4

Ben Holson issues a challenge to roboticists to push the state of the art in robotic manipulation with 11 Olympic-style events. The first robot to complete each task wins a medal, with the goal of creating a general-purpose manipulator robot that can perform various tasks autonomously.

Cursor: Past, Present, and Future

41 whizusukite 2025-11-13 14:48:04 UTC cursor.com Llama Share 27

Cursor, a code editor, aims to be more helpful, delightful, and fun with AI-powered features. It secured $2.3B in Series D funding at a $29.3B valuation to expand research and development.

Steam Machine

2544 davikr 2025-11-12 19:48:04 UTC store.steampowered.com Full Share 1204

© 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

COBOL to Kotlin via Formal Models (IR and Alloy and Golden Master)

36 marcoeg 2025-11-13 15:48:04 UTC marcoeg.medium.com Llama Share 9

A reproducible path from COBOL to modern code is proposed using formal semantics, not pattern-based rewriting. This approach involves transforming COBOL into an intermediate representation (IR), then into formal models, and finally into modern code, ensuring functional equivalence.

Android 16 QPR1 is being pushed to the Android Open Source Project

221 uneven9434 2025-11-13 04:48:04 UTC grapheneos.social Llama Share 117

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.

Reverse Engineering Yaesu FT-70D Firmware Encryption

123 austinallegro 2025-11-13 07:48:04 UTC landaire.net Llama Share 16

The user reverse-engineered the Yaesu FT-70D firmware update process to extract the firmware image, which is likely encrypted. They used a debugger and disassembler to analyze the update utility and identified the decryption algorithm, which involves inflating bytes to bits and using a dynamic key and static lookup tables.