The time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs

1286 booleanbetrayal 2025-06-04 13:30:21 UTC qz.com Llama Share 801

A change to the US tax code in 2017, specifically Section 174, has led to hundreds of thousands of high-paying tech jobs being lost. The change, which went into effect in 2022, requires companies to spread out R&D expenses over several years, making it more expensive to invest in innovation.

OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats

1110 ColinWright 2025-06-04 21:47:33 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 925

OpenAI is fighting a court order to preserve all ChatGPT user logs, citing concerns over user privacy and potential breach of contracts. The company argues that the order is premature and should be vacated.

FFmpeg merges WebRTC support

867 Sean-Der 2025-06-04 15:58:50 UTC git.ffmpeg.org Llama Share 196

Anubis is a server protection system using Proof-of-Work to prevent aggressive website scraping. It requires modern JavaScript features, so disable JShelter or similar plugins for this domain.

IRS Direct File on GitHub

724 nickthegreek 2025-06-04 16:16:39 UTC chrisgiven.com Llama Share 314

The IRS has released Direct File's code on GitHub as open-source software, fulfilling its obligations under the SHARE IT Act. This move aims to build public trust and demonstrate the IRS's commitment to transparency and accuracy in tax filing.

A proposal to restrict sites from accessing a users’ local network

661 doener 2025-06-04 18:15:54 UTC github.com/explainers-by-googlers Llama Share 374

The Chrome team proposes a new permission called Local Network Access to prevent public websites from probing users' local networks and performing CSRF attacks. The permission will require users to grant explicit permission for websites to access their local network, and will be integrated with the Permissions API to allow sites to query the status of the permission grant.

Merlin Bird ID

620 twitchard 2025-06-04 02:58:40 UTC merlin.allaboutbirds.org Llama Share 213

Merlin is a bird identification app that offers real-time suggestions and offline access to identify birds through sound or photos. It features a life list, custom lists, and expert tips to help users learn about birds worldwide.

Cursor 1.0

604 ecz 2025-06-04 20:39:53 UTC cursor.com Llama Share 459

Cursor's new features include BugBot for code review, Memories for storing conversation facts, and Background Agent for remote coding. Other updates include Jupyter support, one-click MCP setup, and improved analytics.

Why I wrote the BEAM book

603 lawik 2025-06-04 10:36:49 UTC happihacking.com Llama Share 151

The author wrote The BEAM Book after 10 years of working on Klarna's core system, documenting Erlang and BEAM internals to help others. The book covers topics like schedulers, garbage collection, and performance tuning.

Tesla seeks to guard crash data from public disclosure

503 kklisura 2025-06-04 23:40:47 UTC reuters.com Full Share 429

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Prompt engineering playbook for programmers

444 vinhnx 2025-06-04 15:58:57 UTC addyo.substack.com GoogleT5 Share 167

Developers are increasingly relying on ai coding assistants to accelerate our daily workflows. prompt engineering is about guiding the ai to produce code that fits your needs and style. each prompt is like a commit in your development process. provide relevant context or reference code, then let the model tailor the output. if you provide examples, ensure they are clearly delineated. this can ...

The Right to Repair Is Law in Washington State

428 doener 2025-06-04 15:00:29 UTC eff.org Llama Share 169

Washington has passed a right-to-repair law allowing citizens to fix personal items. The law is supported by organizations and has gained momentum nationwide.

DiffX – Next-Generation Extensible Diff Format

372 todsacerdoti 2025-06-04 02:38:46 UTC diffx.org Llama Share 152

Unified Diffs are widely used but lack standardization, making it hard for tools to parse and modify them. A new format called Extensible Diffs or DiffX is proposed to add structure and metadata to Unified Diffs, making them future-proof and human-readable.

Cockatoos have learned to operate drinking fountains in Australia

356 pseudolus 2025-06-04 09:42:29 UTC science.org Llama Share 153

Sulfur-crested cockatoos in western Sydney have learned to operate human drinking fountains by twisting handles with their feet and beaks. This complex behavior is spreading among the population and may represent a local cultural tradition.

The iPhone 15 Pro’s Depth Maps

351 marklit 2025-06-04 17:57:15 UTC tech.marksblogg.com Llama Share 93

Apple iPhones capture depth maps in images via LiDAR or structured-light scanning, stored in HEIC files. A project called HEIC Shenanigans separates images and metadata from HEIC containers and converts them into EXR files.

Autonomous drone defeats human champions in racing first

350 picture 2025-06-04 20:03:43 UTC tudelft.nl Llama Share 322

TU Delft's team won the A2RL Drone Championship with an AI-powered drone that beat human pilots, reaching 95.8 km/h. Their efficient AI system uses deep neural networks and reinforcement learning for high-performance control.

Cloud Run GPUs, now GA, makes running AI workloads easier for everyone

315 mariuz 2025-06-04 08:28:46 UTC cloud.google.com Llama Share 180

Google Cloud's Cloud Run now supports NVIDIA GPUs, offering a cost-efficient serverless runtime for various use cases. This feature provides rapid startup, full streaming support, and automatic scaling to zero, making it ideal for sporadic or unpredictable workloads.

Ask HN: Has anybody built search on top of Anna's Archive?

286 neonate 2025-06-04 01:47:26 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 146

Creating a searchable archive like Google Books from Anna's Archive would be costly and time-consuming, requiring weeks of torrenting, converting, and indexing. The main barriers are extracting plaintext, cleaning data, and selecting a suitable search database, with the added challenge of disputable IPR.

Curtis Yarvin's Plot Against America

285 bitsavers 2025-06-04 19:04:31 UTC newyorker.com GoogleT5 Share 421

John avlon: neo-reactionary computer whiz, dubbed "court philosopher of the thiel-verse" he says yarvin's ideas about racial hierarchy, conspiracy theories, democracy aren't sane. but his ideas are transgressive, and obfuscated by u.s. media, media censors, says author e

Ask HN: Startup getting spammed with PayPal disputes, what should we do?

282 june3739 2025-06-04 01:46:49 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 181

A small e-commerce startup is experiencing a series of disputed purchases through PayPal's Multiparty APIs, with attackers using unverified accounts, varying low amounts, and automated browser traffic. The company is struggling to find motive or assistance from PayPal's slow and unhelpful support, feeling like they are on their own to handle the issue.

Apple Notes Expected to Gain Markdown Support in iOS 26

280 danso 2025-06-04 18:29:46 UTC macrumors.com Llama Share 264

Apple's Notes app is rumored to get Markdown support in iOS 26 and macOS 26, allowing users to format text using simple syntax. This feature would be a major upgrade for power users and put Apple Notes on par with popular note-taking apps.

Binary Wordle

262 eh8 2025-06-04 02:57:11 UTC wordle.chengeric.com Full Share 130

Use keyboard (0, 1, Enter, Backspace) or buttons to play

LLMs and Elixir: Windfall or deathblow?

251 uxcolumbo 2025-06-04 23:00:35 UTC zachdaniel.dev Llama Share 132

The author discusses how AI and LLMs can either be a threat or an opportunity for programming languages like Elixir, and proposes ways to make LLMs work effectively with Elixir to enable developers to make informed choices. By investing in LLMs and making them work with Elixir, the author believes that LLMs can become a force multiplier for Elixir, helping to flatten the learning curve and ...

VC money is fueling a global boom in worker surveillance tech

245 Brajeshwar 2025-06-04 16:35:58 UTC restofworld.org Llama Share 162

Technologies using artificial intelligence are increasingly being used to track and manage workers in the developing world, often with intrusive methods such as biometric tracking and predictive analytics. This "Little Tech" ecosystem of mostly unregulated startups and small vendors is expanding rapidly, with many workers feeling surveilled and lacking control over their work.

A practical guide to building agents [pdf]

244 tosh 2025-06-04 15:21:22 UTC cdn.openai.com GoogleT5 Share 34

Large language models are becoming increasingly capable of handling complex, multi-step tasks. agents recognize when a workflow is complete and can proactively correct its actions if needed. guardrails are critical at every stage, from input filtering and tool use to human-in-the-loop intervention. to build reliable agents, start small, validate with real users, and grow capabilities over ...

parrot.live

242 jasonthorsness 2025-06-04 23:05:32 UTC github.com/hugomd Full Share 52

An initiative, using frames from terminal-parrot, to allow any computer with curl to display an animated party parrot.

Machine Code Isn't Scary

214 surprisetalk 2025-06-04 05:19:10 UTC jimmyhmiller.com Llama Share 235

The author learned ActionScript and was initially intimidated by low-level languages, but overcame this barrier by learning machine code. Machine code is made up of instructions, registers, and memory, and can be written in assembly language for simplicity.

Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Instagram and Facebook

207 austinallegro 2025-06-04 16:00:42 UTC news.sky.com Llama Share 93

Meta and Yandex have been covertly tracking Android users' browser activity without consent, using scripts that bypassed security measures. Meta paused the feature, while Yandex claims it complies with data protection standards, but experts say it violates user privacy.

Mistral Code

202 tosh 2025-06-04 17:50:44 UTC mistral.ai Llama Share 99

Mistral Code is an AI coding assistant that provides intelligent code completion, generation, and task execution to boost developer productivity and efficiency. It offers real-time code suggestions, error detection, and performance analysis to optimize code structure and speed.

A manager is not your best friend

196 thisismytest 2025-06-04 01:29:59 UTC staysaasy.com Llama Share 121

As a manager, commiseration with team members can be organizational poison, eroding trust and creating factions, and it's essential to handle grievances with a scientific approach and conditional empathy. Effective managers should ask questions, validate feelings but not facts, and focus on objective truths to maintain a productive collaboration environment.

"AI Will Replace All the Jobs " Is Just Tech Execs Doing Marketing

190 botanicals6 2025-06-04 14:38:22 UTC sparktoro.com Llama Share 278

The author argues that AI will not replace a large percentage of jobs, citing historical evidence and studies that show technology has created more jobs than it displaces. The author suggests that the current AI hype cycle is driven by media attention and the desire for clicks, rather than objective data.

How we reduced the impact of zombie clients

183 jaas 2025-06-04 15:58:36 UTC letsencrypt.org Llama Share 39

Let's Encrypt has implemented a "pausing" approach to limit zombie clients that repeatedly fail to complete validation for a particular hostname. This approach temporarily limits an account's ability to proceed with certificate requests.

Show HN: GPT image editing, but for 3D models

182 zachdive 2025-06-04 16:00:52 UTC adamcad.com Full Share 86

AdamCAD generates the 3D Model and a list of parameters based on your design to refine it further.

AGI is not multimodal

182 danielmorozoff 2025-06-04 15:15:33 UTC thegradient.pub GoogleT5 Share 193

A true agi must be general across all domains, says benjamin. he says scale maximalists have implicitly suggested multimodal models can be used for lms - but this is not the case yet if modalities are unnaturally severed in the setting of mlss. what we lose in efficiency we will gain in flexible cognitive ability, benjamin says, citing this work from mit'113–126

Redesigned Swift.org is now live

172 lawgimenez 2025-06-04 19:26:25 UTC swift.org Llama Share 149

Swift is a unique language that combines approachability, speed, safety, and performance, allowing it to scale from embedded devices to cloud infrastructure. It provides predictable memory management, safety features, and interoperability with C and C++.

We are no longer a serious country

162 rbanffy 2025-06-04 16:39:36 UTC paulkrugman.substack.com Llama Share 106

The US is losing its reputation as a safe asset due to rising debt and unpredictable policy decisions under Trump's leadership. Investors are starting to treat America like an emerging market, with a falling dollar and rising interest rates, reflecting a crisis of confidence.

When memory was measured in kilobytes: The art of efficient vision

154 todsacerdoti 2025-06-04 16:46:24 UTC softwareheritage.org Llama Share 34

In the late 1980s, researchers at Inria developed the Efficient Chain-Linking Algorithm, a compact yet powerful piece of C code that showcases elegance and efficiency in image processing. The algorithm processes a 2D pixel matrix, connecting edge pixels to create smooth outlines, and was a crucial step in achieving real-time performance for computer vision algorithms in robots.

A Spiral Structure in the Inner Oort Cloud

140 gnabgib 2025-06-04 23:22:07 UTC iopscience.iop.org Full Share 34

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Amelia Earhart's Reckless Final Flights

136 Thevet 2025-06-04 20:24:07 UTC newyorker.com GoogleT5 Share 213

Bob greene: earhart's navigator, fred noonan, quits after second attempt. he says she was worried about his sobriety, but electra was refurbished, ready for flight a day later. noone was there to help her, and she slept out under the stars, earhard recalls. the two of them landed in hawaii, then flew to fortale

Doubling Down on Open Source

135 clemo_ra 2025-06-04 14:14:40 UTC langfuse.com Llama Share 13

Langfuse is open sourcing all remaining product features under the MIT license to enable faster iteration and community feedback. This move aims to solidify Langfuse as the first choice for a powerful and truly open source platform in LLMOps.

Comparing Claude System Prompts Reveal Anthropic's Priorities

131 dbreunig 2025-06-04 21:38:27 UTC dbreunig.com Llama Share 63

Anthropic's system prompts for Claude 4.0 reveal how the company uses them to define chatbot behavior and address user-driven issues, with hot-fixes and post-training reinforcement learning. The updated prompts show Anthropic's priorities, such as discouraging flattery, encouraging search, and preventing malicious code, and provide insight into the development cycle of Claude.

The Sky's the limit: AI automation on Mac

122 phony-account 2025-06-04 11:50:59 UTC taoofmac.com Llama Share 71

The author is criticizing Apple for neglecting automation and AI on the Mac, while a third-party app called Sky is doing it better. Apple's failure to integrate AI in a useful way is highlighted by Sky's success.

Ada and SPARK enter the automotive ISO-26262 market with Nvidia

111 gneuromante 2025-06-04 19:59:51 UTC adacore.com Llama Share 107

AdaCore and NVIDIA introduced Ada and SPARK programming languages into the automotive market with a reference process for autonomous vehicle development. The process is open-source and compliant with ISO-26262, allowing others to adopt these languages for software safety.

A critical look at NetBSD’s installer

108 jaypatelani 2025-06-04 03:19:45 UTC eerielinux.wordpress.com GoogleT5 Share 38

Sysinst presents a very nice configuration menu with various options. if the user accepts them, the installer offers to write the configuration to disk. this is another case where i feel very redundant – another strong indication that this section of the install could use an overhaul. after all those problems i encountered, you might expect me to condemn the netbsd installer. but few things ...

Why is PS3 emulation so fast: RPCS3 optimizations explained [video]

107 alexjplant 2025-06-04 02:36:34 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 17

Just how bad are we at treating age-related diseases?

102 sebg 2025-06-04 10:51:58 UTC ladanuzhna.xyz Llama Share 120

Current age-related disease treatments show limited success, with approved drugs slowing decline but not reversing damage. Recent trials have shifted focus from vision loss to lesion growth, with some treatments showing statistically significant but clinically insignificant results.

Claude Code is now available to Pro plans

94 behnamoh 2025-06-04 11:40:22 UTC support.anthropic.com Llama Share 62

Claude Code is a command line tool for Pro and Max plan subscribers, allowing access to Claude models in the terminal. Pro and Max plans offer rate limits shared across Claude and Claude Code, with varying message and project complexity limits.

Show HN: App.build, an open-source AI agent that builds full-stack apps

89 davidgomes 2025-06-04 19:58:49 UTC app.build Full Share 13

app.build creates real apps from scratch on top of the Neon platform. By default, generated apps use Neon Postgres, Neon Auth and other incoming Neon features (but you can also bring your own templates).

The Gutting of America's Medical Research

89 pmags 2025-06-04 14:10:47 UTC nytimes.com Llama Share 88

President Trump's administration has cut funding for medical research, ending 1,389 awards and delaying over 1,000 projects, affecting research on Alzheimer's, cancer, and substance use. The cuts have been attributed to changing scientific priorities, but scientists fear long-term damage to US scientific research.

Authentication with Axum

79 mattrighetti 2025-06-04 23:33:41 UTC mattrighetti.com Llama Share 31

We can use Axum extractors to derive a Context from a user's HTTP request, but a better approach is to use authentication middleware to validate cookies and secure routes, providing a cleaner and more reusable way to handle authentication logic. Axum middleware can be applied at the app level or individual route level, allowing us to stack multiple layers of logic to protect different parts ...

Show HN: Hacker News historic upvote and score data

77 clacker-o-matic 2025-06-04 03:18:30 UTC hn.dunkirk.sh Full Share 43

Your personal Hacker News tracker! Get notified when your posts hit the front page and track their performance in real-time!

Tesla shows no sign of improvement in May sales data

68 doener 2025-06-04 16:54:07 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 105

Tesla sales declined in May, with a 36% drop in Germany and 45% drop in the UK, despite overall EV sales increases. Elon Musk faces multiple challenges at Tesla, including declining sales, increased costs due to tariffs, and a slow transition to new charging plugs.

X's new "encrypted" XChat feature doesn't seem to be any more secure

66 01-_- 2025-06-04 07:18:23 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 79

Elon Musk's XChat direct messaging feature has been rolled out with encryption, vanishing messages, and file sharing. However, experts question its true end-to-end encryption capabilities due to lack of technical transparency and open source code.

Cord didn't win. What now?

65 eamag 2025-06-04 12:42:33 UTC jg.gg Llama Share 59

The writer co-founded Cord, a company that didn't succeed despite good tech and a strong team. They're now deciding what to do next.

Connecticut legislature overhauls towing laws to reduce 'predatory towing'

63 noleary 2025-06-04 18:01:52 UTC propublica.org Llama Share 35

The Connecticut Senate passed a bill reforming towing policies to protect drivers from predatory towing. The bill requires tow companies to accept credit cards, provide notice before towing, and allow drivers to retrieve belongings.

Click-V: A RISC-V emulator built with ClickHouse SQL

63 calcifer 2025-06-04 08:24:08 UTC github.com/spencertorres Llama Share 9

This ClickHouse emulator makes the database Turing complete and allows running ClickHouse in ClickHouse, but it has a major performance bottleneck due to a bug in ClickHouse KVStorage logic. The emulator uses Redis for registers/memory access and can run RISC-V 32i programs, with features like file I/O, socket communication, and drawing to the console.

Foam: A free Roam alternative for VSCode

62 AbuAssar 2025-06-04 22:57:08 UTC github.com/foambubble Llama Share 10

Foam is a free, open-source personal knowledge management system inspired by Roam Research. It helps organize research, notes, and content with features like graph visualization and collaboration.

Fakespot will shut down on July 1

62 yasp 2025-06-04 20:12:44 UTC fakespot.com Llama Share 15

Fakespot helps users make informed online shopping decisions by detecting fake reviews and ratings. It saves time and money by identifying trustworthy sellers and products.

The importance of free software to science

57 leephillips 2025-06-04 20:15:55 UTC lwn.net Llama Share 2

Free software plays a critical role in science, enabling reproducibility, security, and collaboration. Scientists should use free software, such as GCC, Clang, and Julia, to ensure the long-term availability and readability of their work.

What if you could do it all over? (2020)

57 FinnLobsien 2025-06-04 07:20:35 UTC newyorker.com GoogleT5 Share 129

David frum: in another life, he was a tech founder, and reconnected with his friend. if we'd done things differently, our son might not exist, but we love these people, says frank mr. frimpert. his mother dreamed of quitting her job and running supper club, she says. "to know what someone isn't, this is to know someone intimately," fr

Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

53 PaulHoule 2025-06-04 21:40:09 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 14

Microsoft Flight Simulator was first released in 1982 and has become the world's best-selling flight-simulation franchise. The game's legacy has extended beyond flight to embody the shift of perspective that flight allows, with its latest edition selling over 2 million copies.

Not all tokens are meant to be forgotten

52 MarcoDewey 2025-06-04 23:15:48 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 23

Large Language Models memorize unwanted info, raising privacy and legal concerns. Targeted Information Forgetting (TIF) framework improves unlearning effectiveness while preserving model utility.

AI Changes Everything

52 tosh 2025-06-04 07:37:56 UTC lucumr.pocoo.org Llama Share 88

The author has shifted from hands-on coding to using AI tools like Claude Code, gaining more time and productivity. They're optimistic about AI's future impact, believing it can increase human agency, democratize knowledge, and accelerate innovation.

Show HN: I built an OSINT tools directory

51 r00m101 2025-06-04 09:26:32 UTC r00m101.com Full Share 15

Transform Reddit usernames into detailed behavioral profiles with AI-powered analytics for OSINT, market research, and audience analysis.

Arthur C. Clarke predicted a computer-dominated future in the ’70s (2024)

50 ohjeez 2025-06-04 21:39:35 UTC openculture.com Llama Share 45

The field of artificial intelligence has experienced a boom-and-bust cycle since the 1950s, with periods of reduced research funding and public interest dubbed "AI winters." Despite these setbacks, AI has continued to inspire fascination and innovation, with experts predicting significant societal changes if computers gain greater-than-human intelligence.

From Steam to Silicon: Patterns of Technological Revolutions

49 hbartab 2025-06-04 14:50:12 UTC ianreppel.org Llama Share 4

Technological revolutions are driven by value conversions, spatiotemporal compression, and economic modes, with centralization and decentralization arcs. Investing in standards, infrastructure, and parity can ensure the benefits of technological revolutions are spread far and wide.

Porn sites go dark in France over new age verification rules

48 Improvement 2025-06-04 11:18:14 UTC rfi.fr Full Share 139

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LLMs are mirrors of operator skill

47 ghuntley 2025-06-04 14:40:21 UTC ghuntley.com Llama Share 90

The author discusses the challenges of identifying skilled software engineers in the age of AI, where traditional interviewing methods are no longer effective. They propose a new approach to interviewing, focusing on hands-on testing of a candidate's ability to work with AI.

Show HN: Tiptap AI Agent – Add AI workflows to your text editor in minutes

45 philipisik 2025-06-04 07:10:05 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 18

Tiptap AI Agent integrates AI into rich text editors with minimal work. It allows manual, automatic, or structured input triggered AI tasks with OpenAI or custom LLM support.

Out of His League and Clueless: NIH Staffers Speak Out on Director Bhattacharya

45 SubiculumCode 2025-06-04 02:19:56 UTC importantcontext.news Llama Share 12

Jay Bhattacharya's tenure as NIH director is marred by firings, research cuts, and restrictions on what can be studied. Staffers describe him as "clueless," "arrogant," and "weak."

Designing better file organization around tags, not hierarchies (2017)

43 Tomte 2025-06-04 12:55:16 UTC nayuki.io GoogleT5 Share 50

The freedom to modify any file hurts when files need to be compared, synchronized, or referenced. a file can be locked for exclusive access, moreover file locking and content sharing can provide scalability if used properly - daniel schneier, co-author of tagging git files, says he's thrilled to dump all my photos into one giant folder. an expressive metadata system allows us to

Tellico – Collection management software

42 Tomte 2025-06-04 11:05:09 UTC tellico-project.org Llama Share 3

Tellico searches the internet for data and includes pre-defined collections for popular items. It allows customization of fields and collections for personal use.

Barrelfish OS Architecture Overview (2013) [pdf]

42 peter_d_sherman 2025-06-04 02:16:21 UTC barrelfish.org GoogleT5 Share 26

The barrelfish operating system uses a design inspired by nemesis and exokernel. each core has an appropriate cpu driver, which is responsible for bootstrapping the new core and encapsulating the protocol (usually platform-specific) for core startup. the boot driver is able to delegate management of subregions of this space to other servers - greatly improving parallelism and system ...

215 Department Store Catalogs 1908-2019

38 bookofjoe 2025-06-04 15:09:23 UTC archive.org Full Share 3

Why I Use a Dumbphone in 2025 (and Why You Should Too)

38 rd_wei 2025-06-04 08:20:51 UTC samueleamato.xyz Llama Share 100

Switching to a dumbphone can improve mental health by reducing distractions and increasing attention span, allowing for deeper productivity and presence in daily life. It also offers technical benefits like longer battery life, better privacy, and simpler functionality.

VectorSmuggle: Covertly Exfiltrate Data in Embeddings

36 smugglereal 2025-06-04 20:31:37 UTC github.com/jaschadub Llama Share 6

VectorSmuggle is a research tool demonstrating vector-based data exfiltration techniques in AI/ML environments. It showcases potential risks in RAG systems and provides tools for defensive analysis.

Decentralization Hidden in the Dark Ages

36 palmfacehn 2025-06-04 06:40:13 UTC bionicmosquito.blogspot.com GoogleT5 Share 32

To become king required consent of those doing the choosing, says adam scott. he says the term serfdom comes with utmostly negative connotation in feudal society - but the outcome was not chaos, but true check on kate's abuse of power! the change from an unwritten law, one that kept the monarch in check, was grounded in fee simple title, argues the historian dr.

Preventing Flash of Incomplete Markdown when streaming AI responses

33 biot 2025-06-04 17:06:18 UTC engineering.streak.com Llama Share 10

The user encountered a "Flash of Incomplete Markdown" issue when using OpenAI's streaming API, where incomplete markdown appeared in chunks due to output text deltas. They solved the issue by implementing a state machine to buffer and replace raw link URLs with short references, preventing flashes of incomplete markdown and reducing OpenAI usage.

Meta buys a nuclear power plant (more or less)

32 samsmithy 2025-06-04 06:11:00 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 48

Meta purchased carbon credits from a nuclear power plant in Clinton to lower its climate impact. The deal helps Constellation keep the plant running and prevents potential emissions increases.

'Spiderweb' drone attack marks a new threat for top militaries

31 petethomas 2025-06-04 02:47:11 UTC businessinsider.com Llama Share 15

Ukraine's "Operation Spiderweb" drone attack on Russian airfields caused $7 billion in damage and destroyed 41 warplanes. This tactic has significant implications for Russia and the world, as it shows Ukraine's ability to innovate and surprise, and may lead to a new phase in warfare.

Giant planet discovered orbiting tiny star

29 gnabgib 2025-06-04 17:23:51 UTC ucl.ac.uk Llama Share 14

Astronomers discovered a giant planet, TOI-6894b, orbiting a small red dwarf star, TOI-6894, which is only 20% of the Sun's mass. This discovery challenges current theories of planet formation and suggests alternative theories may be needed.

A Look Back at Recent Car Carrier Fires

28 testrun 2025-06-04 23:57:20 UTC gcaptain.com Llama Share 17

A car carrier Morning Midas caught fire in the North Pacific Ocean on June 3, 2025, forcing 22 crew members to evacuate. The incident is the latest in a series of car carrier fires, highlighting the shipping industry's challenges with vehicle transport, especially electric vehicles.

Court denies Apple appeal in Epic Games case, keeping App Store changes in place

28 handfuloflight 2025-06-04 23:55:11 UTC cnbc.com Llama Share 4

A US appeals court denied Apple's emergency application to halt changes to its App Store, allowing developers to avoid Apple's 15% to 30% commission. Apple must now stop charging commissions on payment links inside its apps.

Ship Carrying EVs Abandoned in Pacific After Catching Fire

28 rntn 2025-06-04 17:09:01 UTC bloomberg.com Llama Share 51

A ship carrying 3,000 cars, including 800 electric vehicles, caught fire in the Pacific Ocean and was abandoned. The incident highlights a growing risk in transporting electric vehicles.

Show HN: Verysmall.site – vibecode single page websites

27 sixhobbits 2025-06-04 14:44:49 UTC verysmall.site Llama Share 14

Create a simple website in 2 minutes with AI, no signup required, and host it for free at verysmall.site/yourname. Describe what you want in plain English and the AI will build your website.

Against "Against Life Extension"

26 quadrin 2025-06-04 15:02:39 UTC alexkesin.com Llama Share 31

The author argues that life extension is ethically imperative and economically rational, and opposing it requires selective amnesia about medicine's record. The author refutes Fukuyama's objections, citing successes in targeting individual diseases and the potential for synergy in addressing aging.

OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats

24 goplayoutside 2025-06-04 21:58:28 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 2

OpenAI is fighting a court order to preserve all ChatGPT user logs, citing concerns over user privacy and potential breach of contracts. The company argues that the order is premature and should be vacated.

Some tips for off-race ultra running

23 swah 2025-06-04 09:55:16 UTC federicopereiro.com Llama Share 16

To go on an ultra run, plan refuelling stops every 30-40k and carry hydration and food. Use bike mode on Google Maps, stretch every 30-40k, and alternate between walking and running to stay in the fight.

Interactive MissileMap

20 Bender 2025-06-04 15:27:07 UTC nuclearsecrecy.com Llama Share 3

MISSILEMAP is an interactive data visualization for understanding missile range, accuracy, and warhead size. It's hosted by Stevens Institute of Technology and helps analyze nuclear warheads and long-range missiles.

AI LLMs can't count lines in a file

19 sha-69 2025-06-04 00:31:34 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 34

LLM models struggle with precise numerical tasks like line counting in files. This is still a limitation of current LLM technology, not a resolved issue like the "strawberry" counting problem.

What Is Post-Fascism?

18 Traces 2025-06-04 13:54:17 UTC jhiblog.org GoogleT5 Share 24

Authors: post-fascists do not want to fully rehabilitate the nazi past. they say the alt-right has a populist character, but authoritarianism is not the same euphoria of the 1930s era. writers: fascism was able to mobilize the middle class and the working class in the 20th century. if we are to avoid terrorism, we need to be wary

How Should We Think About the Renaissance?

18 prismatic 2025-06-04 13:42:55 UTC chronicle.com Llama Share 21

Ada Palmer's book Inventing the Renaissance explores the Renaissance era and its interpreters, revealing a complex and plural history. Palmer argues that human agency and conscious effort can shape history, inspiring a renewed sense of collective agency for a better world.

One thing Tesla and Comma.ai overlooked in self-driving

17 artificialprint 2025-06-04 21:39:01 UTC deepdream.substack.com Llama Share 44

Waymo's robotaxi service is rapidly scaling with 250,000 trips in May 2024, while Tesla's service is launching with 10 vehicles. Waymo's focus on urban areas and cost-effective LIDARs may give it an advantage over Tesla's Autopilot.

VC money is fueling a global boom in worker surveillance tech

16 devonnull 2025-06-04 05:10:57 UTC restofworld.org Llama Share 0

Technologies using artificial intelligence are increasingly being used to track and manage workers in the developing world, often with intrusive methods such as biometric tracking and predictive analytics. This "Little Tech" ecosystem of mostly unregulated startups and small vendors is expanding rapidly, with many workers feeling surveilled and lacking control over their work.

Distance-Based ISA for Efficient Register Management

15 abhi9u 2025-06-04 11:25:39 UTC sigarch.org Llama Share 5

Researchers propose distance-based instruction sets to improve CPU and GPU performance by eliminating register-renaming hardware and reducing complexity. This approach specifies operands by distance, eliminating false dependencies and enabling wider CPUs and more efficient GPUs.

Connect Claude to your own apps

14 aluxian 2025-06-04 09:38:34 UTC aluxian.com Llama Share 1

The user wants to create their own AI assistant like JARVIS from Iron Man and has adopted Claude Code, a CLI tool that allows them to personalize and automate tasks using a simple human-readable workflow. They have taught Claude to perform various tasks such as summarizing YouTube videos, retrieving to-do lists, and controlling their Safari browser.

The History of R2E and the Micral – The second personal computer

13 rbanffy 2025-06-04 18:15:14 UTC abortretry.fail Llama Share 5

André Truong Trong Thi was born in 1936 in Ho Chi Minh City and moved to France at 14. He co-founded R2E in 1970 and developed the Micral N, the second commercially available microcomputer.

Teenage Engineering lets you pick what you want to pay for an OP-1 Field

13 slackpad 2025-06-04 16:08:03 UTC teenage.engineering Full Share 24

A Message from Internet Archive Founder, Brewster Kahle

12 chedoku 2025-06-04 18:38:16 UTC archive.org Full Share 3

Greenland mega tsunamis: First direct observation of trapped waves shook Earth

12 bookofjoe 2025-06-04 11:22:28 UTC phys.org Llama Share 0

Scientists used satellite data to confirm that two mega tsunamis in East Greenland caused global seismic signals. The study used new satellite technology to map water height and prove the existence of trapped waves.

Ask HN: Why hasn't Apple bought a cell carrier like AT&T or Verizon?

11 blindprogrammer 2025-06-04 18:23:37 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 57

Apple buying Verizon would be a game-changer, but it's unlikely due to antitrust issues and low-margin, commodity business. Apple benefits from being on any network, not owning one.