OBS Studio 33

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OBS Studio has been updated with new features and bug fixes, including a massive overhaul of the browser source framework and improved plugin loading. The update also includes support for newer NVIDIA Broadcast SDKs and fixes several issues with video output and stream disconnections.

Kimi K3.1 Pro and K3.1 Pro Highspeed

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Kimi K3.1 Pro is a new model that offers substantial improvements in coding, 3D creation, financial research, and agentic capabilities with a 1-million-token context window. It delivers consistent gains across various benchmarks and outperforms proprietary models like GPT-6 Astra and Claude Opus 5.5.

Twelve years of distributed SQLite

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The author created rqlite in 2014, combining SQLite with Raft consensus protocol to create a fault-tolerant relational database. Since then, the concept of "distributed SQLite" has evolved into a category with various projects offering different approaches to replication and consistency.

Today, we hacked what we'd set out to hack: the iPhone

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Below is a series of demos we revealed at Hexacon in Paris today. Everything will be released in due time.

How close can pure functional programming get to C?

A DEFLATE compression library written in Lean 4 outperformed a Rust package, but was still slower than a C implementation. The author achieved this result through optimization techniques that are widely beneficial across languages.

Apple Music 404 Not Found

The page you’re looking for can’t be found. Explore new music, playlists, and artists on Apple Music.

Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you

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If there are fewer than 25 things close to you, it takes the closest 25 things within about 6 miles. If there are more than 500 things only the closest 500 will be included.

A practical guide to AI image generation, from diffusion to agents

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This guide covers AI image generation, including how models work, different types, history, and best practices for building image generation into code and agents. It provides experiments with various models to achieve non-AI generated images.

Dessa: Conversation Model trained only on speech

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Block, Inc. collects user information for various purposes including measuring usage and sending useful information, while also sharing data with affiliates and third parties. Users can access, delete or correct their personal information by contacting Block's privacy team.

Bringing uv and ty together

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Astral's uv and ty tools are now integrated, enabling unified support for Python scripts in the CLI and editor. This integration aims to create an integrated toolchain that uses a shared understanding of projects to enable new capabilities.

CVE Tracker

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Resolution Range View Dates Mode Data: CVEProject/cvelistV5 Counts follow the selected period and date; Cumulative shows the running total. Projection = pace vs median day-of-month fraction, last 12 months

Canadians are running out of time to oppose Bill C-22

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Canada's Parliament is debating Bill C-22, a surveillance bill that could compromise millions of Canadians' privacy and security. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association urges Canadians to sign its petition opposing the bill, which has already passed the House of Commons.

The Best Monopoly Strategy, Tested on 300M Games [video]

How Block Blast harvests its players for ad money

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A data scientist and app developer analyzed the game Block Blast, finding that it uses a complex system to adapt difficulty levels based on ad revenue. The code was decompiled from both Android and iOS versions, revealing a set of rules that adjust piece placement based on user performance and ad prices.

The Real Kevin Bacon

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The "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" game reveals Samuel L. Jackson as the center of Hollywood, but a new generation may surpass him. A simulation predicts Chloë Grace Moretz as the next potential center, with 10% winning over simulations.

The Quake Fan who built the map editor everybody uses

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Kristian Duske created TrenchBroom in 2010 as a macOS level editor for Quake due to dissatisfaction with existing tools, and it has since become a popular choice among mappers. The project's success is attributed to its 3D-centric workflow and features like linked groups, which have enabled the Quake mapping scene to experience a renaissance.

Apple Security Research Device

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Apple offers the Security Research Device Program to help security researchers work with iOS securely. Researchers can apply for a 12-month loan of an SRD, which provides access to iOS components and tools for vulnerability discovery.

Physicists trap a single antimatter particle for a month

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I agree my information will be processed in accordance with the Scientific American Inc. Privacy Policy. We leverage third party services to both verify and deliver email. By providing your email address, you also consent to having the email address shared with third parties for those purposes. You can’t hold antimatter in your hand or even in a regular laboratory apparatus. As soon as ...

C vs. C#: racing VLC's Gaussian blur

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A C# port of a native VLC 4 filter, Gaussian blur, was compared to the original C code. The C# version took about 23% longer per frame than the C version at sigma 4.

Hacker reverses Samsung TV, finds on-board AI listening OpenAI account suspended

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One Man's Pan Am 747 Replica [video]

Air Purifiers as White Noise Machines

White noise machines and air purifiers can improve office privacy and sleep quality. A small, affordable air purifier is a better option for most users than a white noise machine, offering improved air cleaning capabilities.

Show HN: Corgi, a helpful {agent, terminal} multiplexer

Friendly helper for your agents.

The past, present, and future share a show floor at Pinball Expo 2026

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The Pinball Expo in Chicago showcases the resurgence of pinball, with Stern Pinball controlling 90% of the market and new companies like Jersey Jack and Barrels of Fun entering the scene. Hobbyist projects are booming, with homebrew designs becoming increasingly popular.

Rise of collagen-eating microbes may help explain gaps in the fossil record

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Researchers from the University of Cambridge found that microbes evolved collagen-eating enzymes, allowing soft tissues to be preserved in exceptional detail. This discovery may explain why fossils from the late Ediacaran Period are often well-preserved despite lacking hard body parts.

UUIDv7: Timestamps aren’t time-ordered and other oddities

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The UUIDv7 ID format provides some useful properties, including uniqueness and rough ordering, but its timestamp field can be inaccurate due to clock jumps or system restarts. This inaccuracy may lead to out-of-order IDs and potential issues with data consistency.

How is music possible

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The author reflects on how music can evoke powerful emotions and connections, even when experienced alone. Music is seen as an emergent phenomenon that arises from simple actions, yet its effects cannot be fully explained by analyzing its building blocks.

A Cocktail Party in the Street: An Interview with Alan Stillman (2010)

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IMAGE: Alan Stillman in front of the first T.G.I. Friday’s location at 63rd Street & 1st Ave, on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. In 1965, Alan Stillman was a young man living in Manhattan, who, in his own words, was “looking to meet girls.” The bar restaurant he founded, T.G.I. Friday’s, began life as a public cocktail party — the first neighbourhood joint to welcome both men and women ...

Alzheimer's breakthrough: 2 hrs of sleep restored without clearing brain plaques

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Scientists have found that overactive immune cells in the brain, called microglia, disrupt sleep in Alzheimer's disease. Temporarily removing these cells restored more than two hours of sleep per day in mice with Alzheimer's-like brain changes.

Is this the new cyber normal?

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A recent surge of severe software vulnerabilities has affected thousands of major sites, with PHP2Shell being the most notable. The vulnerabilities were found using AI models and exploited in a matter of hours after their discovery.