Noam Shazeer Joins OpenAI

114 lukasgross 2026-06-18 18:24:18 UTC twitter.com/noamshazeer Full Share 54

I’m excited to share that I’ll be joining OpenAI and look forward to working with the exceptional team there. It was a difficult decision to move on. I’m incredibly proud of the amazing team at Google and everything we’ve built together. It has been an honor and a pleasure to work with all of you.

I found 10k GitHub repositories distributing Trojan malware

481 theorchid 2026-06-18 12:24:18 UTC orchidfiles.com Llama Share 121

The user found 10,000 GitHub repositories distributing Trojan malware by analyzing commit patterns and using a script to filter repositories. The script found 10,000 repositories that matched the pattern of being updated every few hours with a link to a zip archive in the readme file, but the user believes there should be many more due to GitHub's large repository count.

Swiss parliament lifts ban on new nuclear power plants

522 leonidasrup 2026-06-18 14:24:18 UTC bluewin.ch Llama Share 341

The Federal Palace in Bern is bustling with activity as the National Council and Council of States debate various important issues during their summer session. The agenda includes the 13th AHV pension, the armed forces, federal finances, and the construction of new nuclear power plants.

Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS

172 ksec 2026-06-18 15:24:18 UTC blog.ui.com Llama Share 162

ENAS offers a private, local storage platform with performance, scalability, and simplicity, eliminating costly licensing and proprietary hardware. It integrates with UniFi for centralized management, secure access, and multi-site backup orchestration without recurring software costs.

Dutch Railways offers unlimited off-peak train travel nationwide for €49/month

17 felipevb 2026-06-18 19:24:18 UTC ns.nl Full Share 4

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Migrating from GNU Stow to Chezmoi

52 speckx 2026-06-18 17:24:18 UTC rednafi.com Llama Share 58

The user previously used GNU stow to manage their dotfiles but switched to chezmoi due to symlinking issues. Chezmoi keeps a source directory with copies of live files and applies changes to the home directory.

Hospitals and universities repurposing drugs at lower cost

248 giuliomagnifico 2026-06-18 11:24:18 UTC kcl.ac.uk Llama Share 105

Universities and hospitals are conducting late-stage clinical trials with lower costs, repurposing existing drugs for new uses. This "hidden" research system offers affordable treatments with huge potential, operating outside of the patent system.

Launch HN: TesterArmy (YC P26) – Agents that test web and mobile apps

73 okwasniewski 2026-06-18 15:24:18 UTC tester.army Llama Share 33

TesterArmy is a service that uses AI to test websites and mobile apps by navigating pages and interacting with UI like a human. It integrates with GitHub and other pipelines for automatic testing and reporting.

CS 6120: Advanced Compilers: The Self-Guided Online Course (2020)

230 ibobev 2026-06-18 11:24:18 UTC cs.cornell.edu Llama Share 36

CS 6120 is a PhD-level Cornell CS course on programming language implementation covering universal compilers and research topics. The course involves reading papers and open-source hacking tasks using LLVM and an educational IR.

The founder of Craigslist has given away half a billion dollars

206 Tomte 2026-06-18 17:24:18 UTC independent.co.uk Llama Share 127

Craig Newmark, Craigslist founder, donates half a billion dollars to charity, giving away his wealth to those in need. He believes in kindness over riches, inspired by his childhood lessons from Holocaust survivors.

Agentic Resource Discovery Specification

18 damick 2026-06-18 18:24:18 UTC agenticresourcediscovery.org Llama Share 5

The Agentic Resource Discovery Specification (ARD) solves the problem of discovering available capabilities for AI clients. ARD lets clients ask what agentic resources can help with a task, returning matching capabilities with details on who provides them.

W Social, public institutions and the theater of European digital sovereignty

141 nemoniac 2026-06-18 13:24:18 UTC blog.elenarossini.com Llama Share 91

The user is fascinated by W Social, a microblogging platform that claims to be Europe's alternative to X, but has discrepancies between its public image and reality. The European Commission's migration of its ATproto accounts to W Social is concerning due to W Social's lack of transparency and potential reliance on Bluesky's infrastructure.

The Token Compression Illusion: Why I'm Skeptical of RTK

35 lackoftactics 2026-06-18 18:24:18 UTC mroczek.dev Llama Share 48

The author is skeptical of RTK's long-term viability due to its misleading savings statistic and critical structural flaws. RTK's optimization may lead to silent failures and decreased task accuracy, making it an operational risk.

The Korean telecom giant at the center of Anthropic's Mythos controversy

17 dstala 2026-06-18 18:24:18 UTC wired.com Llama Share 4

The Trump administration imposed export controls on Anthropic's AI technology due to concerns over SK Telecom's ties to China. Anthropic revoked access to its models for foreign nationals after the White House ordered it to do so.

Modos Color Monitor Pushes E-Paper Displays Further

173 Vinnl 2026-06-18 12:24:18 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 46

Modos Flow is a 13.3-inch color e-paper monitor with higher resolution and touch input, improving on the Paper Monitor Dev Kit. The Flow's crowdfunding campaign is live on Crowd Supply, with cofounders discussing engineering and lessons learned from their crowdfunding journey.

Emacs, how it all started for me

91 nukifw 2026-06-18 14:24:18 UTC xvw.lol Llama Share 35

The author chose Emacs as their primary editor due to its wide range of language support and ease of use on Windows. They eventually switched to Linux and continued using Emacs, learning to customize it effectively over time.

A website that lists websites to submit your website to

340 azeemkafridi 2026-06-18 15:24:18 UTC submission.directory Llama Share 78

Submit your website to various platforms for backlinks and visibility. Choose from launch directories, review marketplaces, and founder networks to reach target audiences and improve search engine rankings.

Show HN: Gerrymandle - Daily puzzle game where you redraw electoral districts

88 realmofthemad 2026-06-18 14:24:18 UTC gerrymandle.cc Llama Share 38

I will draw district lines to favor the yellow party. I will use gerrymandering techniques like packing and cracking to concentrate yellow voters in a few districts and split opponents across multiple districts.

DeepSeek Introduces Vision

424 RIshabh235 2026-06-18 06:24:18 UTC chat.deepseek.com Full Share 169

Emacs 31 is around the corner: The changes I'm daily driving

346 frou_dh 2026-06-18 12:24:18 UTC rahuljuliato.com Llama Share 199

The author shares new features in Emacs 31, a pre-release version, that make the editor more efficient and user-friendly. These features include improved tree-sitter support, a markdown mode, and various usability enhancements.

Integer Quantization: Deep Dive

8 matt_d 2026-06-18 19:27:18 UTC hello-fri-end.github.io Prefix Share 1

A lot has happened in transformer quantization over the past few years, from barely being able to quantize a 7B model in INT8 without destroying accuracy, to routinely fitting a 70B model in 4-bits on a single GPU. But existing guides on the topic are fragmented: either focused on a specific technique or on how to use a library. I’ve been working on integer quantization for fixed-point ...

.gitignore Isn't the only way to ignore files in Git

192 FergusArgyll 2026-06-18 11:24:18 UTC nelson.cloud Llama Share 63

Git has three levels of file ignoring: .gitignore, .git/info/exclude, and ~/.config/git/ignore. These files allow ignoring files at repository, per-repo, and machine levels respectively.

How Alberta Eradicated Rats

89 tzury 2026-06-18 13:24:18 UTC worksinprogress.co Llama Share 80

Alberta, a Canadian province, has been rat-free for over 70 years despite being surrounded by infested areas. Its success is due to a proactive rat control program that began in the 1950s, focusing on a narrow border zone and using a combination of surveillance, education, and targeted poisoning.

Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly

468 Adam-Hincu 2026-06-18 12:24:18 UTC windowslatest.com Llama Share 334

Microsoft's new Outlook for Windows has a notification problem where clicking a notification takes 10 seconds to open the email, compared to 5 seconds when opening Outlook directly. The issue is due to the app's WebView2 architecture, which is a Chromium-based rendering engine that slows down the notification process.

Ask HN: Is anyone using the A2A protocol?

23 asim 2026-06-18 18:24:18 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 8

You're revisiting A2A protocol, an agent-to-agent protocol from Google, and wondering if anyone is using it yet. It seems like A2A could enable relevant context and query answering between agents with tools, services, and data.

TerraPower in deal with Meta for eight Natrium 345 MW nuclear plants

80 mpweiher 2026-06-18 15:24:18 UTC neutronbytes.com Llama Share 77

Meta and TerraPower agreed to develop up to eight Natrium reactor plants, providing 2.8 GW of carbon-free energy. Meta will fund the deployment of the plants, with delivery starting as early as 2032.

Notes from Tired Egyptian Whose Job Is Explaining That Humans Built the Pyramids

93 Geekette 2026-06-18 17:24:18 UTC mcsweeneys.net Llama Share 75

A writer argues that ancient Egyptians built the pyramids using human labor and ingenuity, not alien assistance. He criticizes the tendency to attribute human achievements to extraterrestrial beings.

My LSM tree was slower than a B-tree. Then I profiled it

14 aasheeshrathour 2026-06-18 18:24:18 UTC aasheesh.vercel.app Llama Share 26

The author built a log-structured merge tree in Go and optimized it from 250,000 to nearly 2 million writes per second by profiling and fixing bottlenecks one at a time. The optimizations included memory-mapping the write-ahead log and SSTable files, using a streaming k-way merge for compaction, and correctly sizing the bloom filter.

Midjourney Medical

1245 ricochet11 2026-06-18 02:24:18 UTC midjourney.com Llama Share 835

Midjourney is building a machine to reimagine healthcare and body relationships with a new kind of medical imaging. The goal is to make regular health scans accessible and affordable for everyone, potentially preventing 30% of deaths and 50% of healthcare costs.

The Harajuku Moment (2024)

63 abhaynayar 2026-06-18 16:24:18 UTC tim.blog Llama Share 43

The user discusses the concept of the "Harajuku Moment" where a person experiences a sudden realization or epiphany that drives them to make significant changes in their life, such as losing weight or improving their finances. The user shares their own experiences and insights, including the importance of tracking data, using analogies, and finding a simple system that works, to achieve their ...