AI is forcing us to pay off 40 years of technical debt

645 pseudolus 2026-11-04 12:22:27 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 415

A major PHP2Shell vulnerability was discovered in late October, putting numerous websites at risk of data breaches and malware installation. A patch has been released, but experts warn that this may be a canary in the coal mine for future AI-driven vulnerabilities.

Guerrilla Bike Lanes: San Francisco Makes Illicit Infrastructure Permanent (2016)

104 zenincognito 2026-11-04 15:22:27 UTC 99percentinvisible.org Llama Share 27

A group of urban activists in San Francisco installed protected bike lanes using traffic cones, prompting the city to make the change official after a similar installation elsewhere. The move suggests that cities are open to progress and may be willing to support changes in street safety.

An end to buggy web apps

15 bhackett 2026-11-04 17:03:27 UTC replay.io Llama Share 2

Replay is working to automatically detect and fix bugs on the web using its time travel debugger, which provides perfect observability. The tool can identify root causes of issues and provide detailed evidence for agents to fix problems without guessing.

Nvidia RTX Spark encrypted firmware slows inference speed to 35% on Linux

430 novaRom 2026-11-04 09:22:27 UTC mindstudio.ai Llama Share 193

The RTX Spark laptop's GPU is underpowered when running Linux due to a lack of power management firmware, causing it to run at 780 MHz instead of 2 GHz. A dual-boot setup using WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) provides better performance and avoids the throttling issue.

Evergreen: A Provably Safe Systems Language

48 jordan_bonecut 2026-11-04 16:22:27 UTC evergreenlang.net Llama Share 30

Evergreen ensures explicit contracts, checked invariants, and memory control through constructor preconditions and postconditions. It verifies obligations at compile-time to guarantee correctness.

North Korean fake job interview led to $6.3B Binance heist

304 smalltech 2026-11-04 14:22:27 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 181

North Korean hackers used social engineering tactics, including fake job interviews and malware downloads, to breach Binance's systems before a record-breaking $6.3 billion heist. The attack involved multiple stages and techniques, including compromised internal AI tooling and endpoint takeover.

AMD expects to outsell Intel in Q4 for the first time in history

119 rbanffy 2026-11-04 16:22:27 UTC tomshardware.com Llama Share 37

AMD reports its highest quarterly revenue ever, driven by strong demand for Epyc data center processors and Instinct AI accelerators. The company expects Q4 revenue to reach $17 billion, surpassing Intel's forecast for the first time in history.

Verification Is Not Knowledge: Science needs more than answers

174 ersinesen 2026-11-04 09:22:27 UTC blog.cosmos-institute.org Llama Share 99

Jessica Hullman argues that the value-free ideal in science, prioritizing correctness over understanding and accountability, is flawed. She believes this ideal distorts how we seek truth and threatens human capacities that sustain science.

Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues

199 kevcampb 2026-11-04 10:22:27 UTC githubstatus.com Full Share 103

GitHub's Status Page - Incident with Pull Requests, Git Operations and Issues.

Provable Inference

4 ltononro 2026-11-04 17:19:27 UTC anthropic.com Prefix Share 0

Roy Rinberg (Anthropic), Alex Allain (Anthropic); Alessandro Chiesa (EPFL, StarkWare), Miranda Christ (MIT, RESI), Rahul Dalal (Anthropic STEM Fellows Program, Succinct), Giacomo Fenzi (EPFL), Ben Mayer (Anthropic Fellows Program, MIT), Guy Weissenberg (EPFL) When you talk to a friend in person, you have many ways to know it is really them: you can see them, hear them, shake their hand. When ...

Letting users trust their own MCP clients, without opening a phishing hole

21 isalexlog 2026-11-04 16:22:27 UTC streamvessel.com Llama Share 2

A Slack bot and service on a VPS are trying to register with an MCP server, but the registration fails due to an invalid redirect URI. The issue is that the MCP server only accepts addresses from its operator's allowlist, which includes domains like Claude and ChatGPT.

Kimi K3.1 Pro model weights are out

94 abrarthought 2026-11-04 16:22:27 UTC huggingface.co Llama Share 12

Kimi K3.1 Pro is a multimodal agentic model that delivers improvements in coding, 3D creation, and factual accuracy compared to its predecessor Kimi K3. It uses Gated DeepSeek Sparse Attention layers for efficient long-context modeling.

Tell HN: Gemini trains on chat history, even for subscribers (personal accounts)

437 jameslk 2026-11-04 10:22:27 UTC news.ycombinator.com Full Share 119

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Show HN: I built a tool that prices a prebuilt PC part by part

19 adlep 2026-11-04 16:22:27 UTC pcdealcheck.com Llama Share 6

PC Deal Check is a tool that helps users compare computer prices by analyzing retailer listings and estimating component costs. It provides a report with the deal's grade, estimated parts cost, and price comparison to help users make informed purchasing decisions.

Adding Window Functions to a Spreadsheet

22 reedciccio 2026-11-04 15:22:27 UTC getgrist.com Llama Share 14

A traditional spreadsheet's "previous row" concept is flawed when rows are rearranged, and alternative methods like OFFSET() or SCAN() formulas can solve this issue. Database-like tools like Airtable and Baserow use window functions to achieve a running balance, while Grist uses the PREVIOUS() function with ordering in the formula for accurate results.

Jelly Sheet

387 memalign 2026-11-04 04:22:27 UTC mrdoob.github.io Full Share 103

CODEVEMBER 2026 / 01 / FOLD Preparing plastic…

Show HN: Codemap – one-page interactive map of any Go repository

24 peter_retief 2026-11-04 15:22:27 UTC github.com/peterretief Llama Share 6

A tool maps a Go module's packages, functions, and dependencies in an HTML page. It can be run locally or integrated into a GitHub repository for interactive exploration of the codebase.

Debian apt security update (man-in-the-middle)

75 SG- 2026-11-04 15:22:27 UTC lists.debian.org Llama Share 14

User's input is a technical error message from a website blocking IP address 20.168.26.246 for potentially abusive behavior, likely due to excessive scraping activity with outdated browser version or suspicious user agent string.

Kitty 0.50

294 porridgeraisin 2026-11-04 09:22:27 UTC sw.kovidgoyal.net Llama Share 188

kitty has been updated with numerous features, including support for Custom Shaders, docked windows, and improved performance. The update also includes new options for customizing kitty's behavior, such as remapping modifiers and controlling how padding strips are colored in splits layouts.

Stringman, an $800 open-source room scale gripper robot

734 nharada 2026-11-03 17:22:27 UTC neufangled.com Llama Share 226

Stringman is a robotic arm designed to navigate and manipulate objects in a room, using cable-driven architecture and overhead lines for movement. It offers an open-source platform with customizable control software and AI models, allowing users to create their own workflows and behaviors.

Mocktastic: A Meshtastic Node on Arduino

16 kimi 2026-11-04 14:22:27 UTC github.com/vapmuz Llama Share 1

Mocktastic is a customizable LoRa client for ESP32 boards using Arduino IDE, demonstrating Meshtastic packet decoding and environmental sensor examples. It targets the LilyGO T3 LoRa32 V1.6.1 hardware with MBDTLS and Nano-Protobuf encryption.

Pierre Computer is being acquired by OpenAI

46 itunpredictable 2026-11-04 15:22:27 UTC twitter.com/pierrecomputer Full Share 20

an announcement from the pierre computer company

The Internals of PostgreSQL

342 ibobev 2026-11-03 22:22:27 UTC interdb.jp Llama Share 27

This documentation explains PostgreSQL's subsystems and their features, aiming to provide a comprehensive understanding of the database system. The author is seeking remote positions focused on applying ML and AI technologies to DBMS due to personal reasons of moving to Japan.

The lost malloc()

119 matt_d 2026-11-04 08:22:27 UTC napcakes.nekoweb.org Llama Share 47

The author studied the original Unix sources from 1973, specifically how they handled memory allocation and management in C. They found that early versions of Unix used a linear allocator with explicit memory regions, but later editions introduced more complex allocation algorithms and garbage collection.

Rosalind Franklin figured out DNA's helical structure before Watson and Crick

24 gmays 2026-11-04 16:22:27 UTC livescience.com Llama Share 2

Rosalind Franklin's famous DNA photographs were taken for publication, not experimentation.

Show HN: HackerTV – HN's most-recommended Youtube videos as 24/7 TV channels

418 dsalzman 2026-11-03 20:22:27 UTC hackertv.org Full Share 78

Durations are estimated until the YouTube metadata is fetched, so some programs will run short ("please stand by") or get cut off. Keys: ↑↓ channel · 0-9 tune · G guide · F picture · M mute · C captions · I info · T theater · double-click screen for fullscreen · P power

Synaptics Appears to Use Legal Threats to Block Open-Source DisplayLink Driver

130 snvzz 2026-11-04 11:22:27 UTC phoronix.com Llama Share 49

A new open-source Linux driver for modern DisplayLink hardware, called Vino, was developed in part by AI and written in Rust but has disappeared due to Synaptics' legal threats. The company blocked the independent driver on the basis of patent infringement.

Giant canyon on Mars is still tectonically active

132 gmays 2026-11-04 02:22:27 UTC lamont.columbia.edu Full Share 30

Distinct cellular and genetic differences in colorectal cancer in young patients

114 gmays 2026-11-04 03:22:27 UTC dana-farber.org Llama Share 51

Researchers have identified age-associated differences in tumor composition and gene activity, which may explain why colorectal cancer is more aggressive in younger adults. The study provides a foundation for understanding these differences and exploring future treatments for young-onset colorectal cancer.

Show HN: Uncracked City, detective game where you question LLM suspects that lie

112 passkey1510 2026-11-04 04:22:27 UTC uncracked.city Llama Share 55

A detective game set in real cities, where players search for clues and solve cases. The game features six languages, five training levels, and a passport that stamps the solved city upon completion.