Notepad++ supply chain attack breakdown

66 natebc 2026-02-03 22:36:52 UTC securelist.com Llama Share 10

Notepad++ developers reported a supply chain attack from June to December 2025, with attackers rotating C2 server addresses and using various infection chains. Kaspersky solutions blocked identified attacks, and the attackers used different payloads, including Cobalt Strike Beacon and Chrysalis backdoor.

Lessons Learned Shipping 500 Units of My First Hardware Product

144 sberens 2026-02-03 21:36:52 UTC simonberens.com Llama Share 66

The user launched their first hardware product, Brighter, a 50,000 lumens lamp, after quitting their software engineering job and faced numerous manufacturing and quality control issues. Despite these challenges, the user learned valuable lessons about the importance of detailed planning, rigorous testing, and effective communication in the hardware development process.

FlashAttention-T: Towards Tensorized Attention

49 matt_d 2026-02-03 21:36:52 UTC dl.acm.org Full Share 11

Deno Sandbox

280 johnspurlock 2026-02-03 17:36:52 UTC deno.com Llama Share 101

Deno Sandbox provides lightweight Linux microVMs for running untrusted code with defense-in-depth security. It controls network egress, protects secrets, and allows direct deployment to Deno Deploy without rebuilding.

Xcode 26.3 – Developers can leverage coding agents directly in Xcode

208 davidbarker 2026-02-03 18:36:52 UTC apple.com Llama Share 169

Xcode 26.3 introduces agentic coding, allowing developers to use coding agents like Claude Agent and Codex for greater autonomy. This feature streamlines workflows, boosts productivity, and enables developers to focus on innovation.

AliSQL: Alibaba's open-source MySQL with vector and DuckDB engines

124 baotiao 2026-02-03 19:36:52 UTC github.com/alibaba Llama Share 18

AliSQL is Alibaba's MySQL branch with performance optimizations and features for large-scale applications. It integrates DuckDB and supports vector processing for AI-driven applications.

Agent Skills

343 mooreds 2026-02-03 14:36:52 UTC agentskills.io Llama Share 196

Agent Skills provide procedural knowledge and context to agents, enabling them to perform tasks more accurately and efficiently. This open standard allows skill authors to deploy capabilities across multiple agents and teams to capture organizational knowledge.

Data centers in space makes no sense

63 ajyoon 2026-02-03 20:36:52 UTC civai.org Llama Share 112

SpaceX acquired xAI to form a $1.25 trillion company aiming to send data centers into space. However, experts argue this concept is a fantasy due to scalability, upgrade, and cost-effectiveness issues.

1,400-year-old tomb featuring giant owl sculpture discovered in Mexico

25 breve 2026-02-03 22:36:52 UTC cnn.com Llama Share 1

Archaeologists discovered a 1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb in southern Mexico with well-preserved carvings and murals. The tomb provides significant information about Zapotec culture, social organization, and funereal rituals.

Prek: A better, faster, drop-in pre-commit replacement, engineered in Rust

172 fortuitous-frog 2026-02-03 16:36:52 UTC github.com/j178 Llama Share 88

prek is a Rust-based alternative to pre-commit, offering faster performance and additional features. It provides a single binary with no dependencies, improved toolchain installations, and parallel hook execution.

Qwen3-Coder-Next

541 danielhanchen 2026-02-03 16:36:52 UTC qwen.ai Llama Share 330

Qwen3-Coder-Next is an open-weight language model for coding agents with strong capabilities and lower inference costs. It excels at long-horizon reasoning and multi-turn tasks, outperforming larger models in some agent-centric evaluations.

What's up with all those equals signs anyway?

598 todsacerdoti 2026-02-03 10:36:52 UTC lars.ingebrigtsen.no Llama Share 173

People are posting old emails on Twitter with equals signs, which are used to indicate line breaks in old email formats. The equals signs remain due to incorrect decoding of quoted printable characters.

France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US

698 AareyBaba 2026-02-03 17:36:52 UTC apnews.com Llama Share 393

European governments are turning to domestic or free alternatives to reduce reliance on US Big Tech companies, driven by concerns over data privacy and digital sovereignty. The push for "digital sovereignty" is gaining momentum as the US takes a more belligerent posture towards Europe.

221 Cannon is Not For Sale

132 mecredis 2026-02-03 17:36:52 UTC fredbenenson.com Llama Share 107

The author's vacant land in Wilton, CT was targeted by a scammer who impersonated him and his brother, attempting to sell the property multiple times. The scammer used fake IDs and communicated through email and text messages to avoid detection.

Y Combinator will let founders receive funds in stablecoins

48 shscs911 2026-02-03 18:36:52 UTC fortune.com Llama Share 54

Y Combinator will allow its spring cohort to receive funding in stablecoins, specifically USDC, on various blockchains. This move is part of the incubator's focus on stablecoins, which are seen as a key area for startup ideas.

China Moon Mission: Aiming for 2030 lunar landing

84 rbanffy 2026-02-03 19:36:52 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 92

China's space program is steadily advancing with goals to land astronauts on the moon by 2030 and establish a base. NASA is concerned about being left behind, with a lunar landing by 2028 a priority.

Puget Systems Most Reliable Hardware of 2025

69 zdw 2026-02-03 18:36:52 UTC pugetsystems.com Llama Share 27

Intel Xeon W-2500 and W-3500 processors had zero failures in 2025, making them the most reliable. Kingston's DRAM modules had the lowest failure rate at 0.19%.

New York’s budget bill would require “blocking technology” on all 3D printers

132 ptorrone 2026-02-03 16:36:52 UTC blog.adafruit.com Full Share 187

Bunny Database

235 dabinat 2026-02-03 12:36:52 UTC bunny.net Llama Share 103

Bunny Database is a SQLite-compatible managed service that offers low latency, flexible region deployment, and cost-efficient pricing. It's designed for developers who want a simple, reliable database without the high costs of DBaaS platforms.

Launch HN: Modelence (YC S25) – App Builder with TypeScript / MongoDB Framework

60 eduardpi 2026-02-03 16:36:52 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 30

Aram and Eduard, co-founders of Modelence, created an open-source full-stack framework for AI coding, combining TypeScript and MongoDB for error prevention and schema management. Modelence aims to simplify AI app development with a built-in auth, database, and DevOps agent for observability and error handling.

1 kilobyte is precisely 1000 bytes?

59 surprisetalk 2026-02-03 17:36:52 UTC waspdev.com Llama Share 187

Computer memory units can be either decimal or binary, with binary units often being powers of 2. The IEC introduced binary prefixes to avoid confusion, such as Ki for 1024 bytes.

Flying Around the World in under 80 Days

28 alexfernandez 2026-02-03 18:36:52 UTC pinchito.es Llama Share 7

A team aims to build an autonomous airship drone to circumnavigate the world in under 80 days, using solar power and hydrogen gas. The project faces challenges such as hydrogen leakage, air density changes, and navigating through hostile territories.

Heritability of intrinsic human life span is about 50%

132 XzetaU8 2026-02-03 13:36:52 UTC science.org Full Share 88

Another London: Excavating the disenchanted city

27 jfil 2026-02-03 19:36:52 UTC harpers.org Llama Share 0

The author reflects on London's complex history and psychogeography, tracing its roots to ancient myths and the Situationist International's avant-garde movement.

Sandboxing AI Agents in Linux

80 speckx 2026-02-03 17:36:52 UTC blog.senko.net Llama Share 49

User uses AI agent Claude Code for software development and wants to sandbox it for security. They use bubblewrap to create a lightweight sandbox that allows direct file access and network connectivity while limiting potential damage.

X offices raided in France

264 labrador 2026-02-03 16:36:52 UTC apnews.com Llama Share 264

French prosecutors raided X's offices over allegations of spreading child abuse images and deepfakes. Elon Musk and X are also under investigation by Britain's data privacy regulator over handling of personal data with AI chatbot Grok.

The Everdeck: A Universal Card System (2019)

95 surprisetalk 2026-02-03 14:36:52 UTC thewrongtools.wordpress.com Llama Share 24

The Everdeck is a 120-card system that can be adapted to play many traditional and modern games. It has a unique design with 8 suits, 15 ranks, and point values for word game scoring.

Show HN: Octosphere, a tool to decentralise scientific publishing

40 crimsoneer 2026-02-03 17:36:52 UTC octosphere.social Llama Share 13

Octosphere connects academic publishing to the social web by syncing research to the AT Protocol network. This allows researchers to share their work with broader audiences and increase visibility beyond traditional channels.

Emerge Career (YC S22) is hiring a product designer

0 2026-02-03 12:36:52 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

Emerge Career is a platform that helps justice-impacted individuals find life-changing careers through an all-in-one platform. The company aims to break the cycle of poverty and incarceration by providing second chances.

AI and Trust (2023)

74 insuranceguru 2026-02-03 21:36:52 UTC schneier.com Llama Share 14

The speaker argues that trust is essential to society and that humans are naturally trusting, but that corporations and artificial intelligence systems are not trustworthy and will exploit this trust for their own profit. To create trustworthy AI, the speaker advocates for government regulation, including AI transparency laws, laws regulating AI safety, and laws enforcing the trustworthiness ...