US strikes $1.2B deal to pay German firm to halt offshore wind projects

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RWE will abandon its US offshore wind projects after a $1.2bn payout deal with the Trump administration and reinvest in conventional gas projects. The company will invest $19.6bn in the US over six years to grow its generation capacity.

New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567m over harms to children’s mental health

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A New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $567m into a fund to address mental health impacts from its platforms. The ruling brings the total amount Meta is responsible for to $942m, with $420m going towards treatment services for young people in New Mexico.

AMD acquires Taalas to boost inference performance by etching models in silicon

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AMD acquired AI chip company Taalas, which etches model weights into silicon for faster inference performance. The deal aims to boost AI hardware and compete with Nvidia's dominance in the market.

Parsers don't have to be complicated

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The user created a lightweight, zero-copy scanner called bx::Scanner to simplify parsing tasks without the need for a parser generator or dependency graph, allowing for fast and readable code. The bx::Scanner provides a set of reusable primitives for scanning text, including character classes, line and column tracking, and a simple workflow for constructing and using the scanner.

Taste Is All That's Left

The author argues that the value of human judgement, or "taste," has become more important in software development now that machines can generate code quickly and efficiently. However, this judgement is difficult to measure and is often overlooked in favor of productivity and efficiency, leading to a flood of mediocre software that lacks quality and purpose.

Interviewing Engineers in the AI Era: Lessons from a Year of Rebuilding

Atomic Clocks

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Atomic clocks use tiny particles called atoms to keep time, which are more stable and precise than human-made clocks. By tuning light to the atoms' resonant frequency, we can measure time with incredible accuracy, billions of times more precise than other clocks.

Scientists discover Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability on the surface of the Sun

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Scientists using the U.S. National Science Foundation Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope discovered Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability on the Sun's surface. This finding could help explain explosive solar activity and other solar phenomena, and may be a key reason why the Sun's outer atmosphere gets hot.

Bioengineered chewing gum may offer a way to fight HPV and other microbes

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Researchers developed a bioengineered chewing gum that reduced HPV by 93% and nearly eliminated two bacteria linked to head and neck cancer. The gum preserved beneficial mouth bacteria, raising hopes for a safer and more affordable therapy for head and neck cancer.

São Paulo resident transforms degraded area into urban forest

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Hélio Silva transformed an abandoned lawn in São Paulo's East Zone into the Tiquatira Linear Park, a 320,000 square meter green space with 32,000 trees. His initiative, which began with 200 seedlings in 2003, inspired the city to create São Paulo's first linear park in 2007.

A quine in Piet – a GIF image that prints itself [video]

I stopped trusting USB-C cable labels and started testing them

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The author had a problem with a drawer full of USB-C cables that looked the same but had different capabilities. They solved the issue by using a $15 cable tester to determine which cables could charge their devices the quickest.

Improving GPT‑5.6 Sol in ChatGPT, expanding GPT‑5.6 Luna access for free users

GitHub Actions and Pages are experiencing degraded availability

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GitHub's Status Page - Incident with Actions.

Launch HN: ProvenMetal (YC S26) delivers circuit boards in days instead of weeks

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We build PCBs in the US, delivering boards to drone and defense teams within 7 days. Our domestic build process ensures on-time shipping and complete audit trails for every order.

What is a product?

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The author is skeptical about AI prototypes being presented as products, as they often lack real-world use and user engagement. A true product requires more than just AI capabilities, it needs users and a functional ecosystem.

Welcoming the Nepalese Government to Have I Been Pwned

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Nepal's National Cyber Security Centre has joined Have I Been Pwned's free gov service to monitor government domains against data breaches. This will help Nepal identify and respond to exposed government email addresses and compromised credentials.

Reverse Jevons Paradox

Jevons paradox occurs when a lower resource cost leads to increased total spend due to increased usage. The Reverse Jevons paradox happens when a higher resource cost leads to decreased total spend due to reduced usage.

Herdr is joining Y Combinator. The runtime stays open

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Can, the Herdr creator, realized he was the bottleneck and built a runtime to manage agents and development style. He wants to keep the runtime free and open, and is joining Y Combinator to build a team and expand Herdr's features.

My phone detects going on a run as “someone snatching my phone and running off”

As of a recent update, my phone has started detecting me going on a run as "someone snatching my phone and running off". This insta-locks the screen and kicks me out of the app I use to pace my runs. gaaaaah

Humans missed 1 in 3 threats approving AI agent commands across 40k game runs

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A browser game testing human-in-the-loop approval of AI coding agent commands found 32.9% of sessions ended with a negative score due to approved threats and blocked safe commands. Players caught threats most reliably when they were blatantly destructive, but missed commands that exfiltrated credentials three times as often.

Why Estonians invite strangers into their back gardens each summer

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In Estonia, residents turn their private gardens, courtyards, and garages into temporary cafes for one day in July, a tradition known as Kodukohvikute Päev. This event allows visitors to experience everyday Estonian life and taste homemade food and drinks.

Mario Meets Pareto

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To find the best Mario Kart 8 build, use the Pareto front to eliminate dominated options and focus on the efficient drivers that balance speed and acceleration. This objective criteria helps filter out suboptimal choices, but you still need to make a final decision based on your play style and preferences.

STV: A full-motion video codec for the Atari ST

The website is using Cloudflare security and blocked my action, possibly due to a trigger like a certain word or SQL command. I was trying to perform an action when this page came up, and the Cloudflare Ray ID is needed to report the issue to the site owner.

Learn how chips are made with this Rollercoaster Tycoon-inspired animation

ChipTycoon is a theme park simulation of a chip factory where a cart carries a silicon wafer through 20 stages of chip production. The park shows four laps of the six-building cycle, with explanations at each stop and adjustable speed.

Framework discloses data breach via Metabase 0-day

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I just received an email about a limited data breach, leaking customer information (no billing info though). Do you guys think Framework is handling this well? The email looked very detailed and transparent to me.

New Orleans is testing Carbyne’s AI-powered Emergency Call Triage software

New Orleans is using AI to answer 911 calls to reduce the volume of calls human dispatchers must handle, which is over a thousand emergency calls a day. The AI system assesses incoming calls and directs callers to a human dispatcher or provides information, prioritizing emergency calls and handling non-urgent calls during surges.

Spin audit of SQD/QSCI quantum-chemistry benchmarks on iron–sulfur clusters

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Inside vLLM: Anatomy of a High-Throughput LLM Inference System (2025)

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The user is explaining the architecture of a modern high-throughput LLM inference system, specifically the vLLM engine, which enables high-throughput inference in an offline setting but requires additional components for online, async, multi-GPU, multi-node inference. The user breaks down the engine's components, including the engine core, model executor, scheduler, and KV-cache manager, and ...

Quake – 30th Anniversary Update

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To access Dawn of the Machine, a free update for Quake, update your game automatically if you already own Quake. Dawn of the Machine is available on XBOX Series X/S, XBOX One, Microsoft PC Store, Game Pass, Steam, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch 2 via backwards compatibility.