Websites hosting major US climate reports taken down

Exploiting the IKKO Activebuds “AI powered” earbuds (2024)

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The user purchased earbuds that run Android and have a ChatGPT integration, but found several security issues including direct communication with OpenAI, exposed API endpoints, and a vulnerable companion app.
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Private sector lost 33k jobs, badly missing expectations of 100k increase

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Private sector hiring unexpectedly contracted in June with a loss of 33,000 jobs, the first decrease since March 2023. Economists had forecast an increase of 100,000 jobs for the month.

ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE sightings, goes viral

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ICEBlock users, mostly 20,000 in Los Angeles, can share ICE sightings within 5 miles and receive notifications. The app went viral and became a top free iPhone download in the US, collecting no user data.

Cloudflare Introduces Default Blocking of A.I. Data Scrapers

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Show HN: CSS generator for a high-def glass effect

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A modern 3d glassmorphism generator

I'm dialing back my LLM usage

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Alberto Fortin, a seasoned software engineer, shares his experience with AI, highlighting the gap between hype and reality. He advises balancing expectations with understanding where AI adds value, and not overrelying on it for complex tasks.

ICEBlock climbs to the top of the App Store charts after officials slam it

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US government officials condemn ICEBlock app, which tracks ICE agent locations, calling it a threat to law enforcement. The app's developer, Joshua Aaron, says it doesn't collect personal data and is meant to raise awareness about ICE activity.

Gene therapy restored hearing in deaf patients

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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet report a new gene therapy that improved hearing in all ten patients with congenital deafness or severe hearing impairment. The treatment was well-tolerated and showed rapid results, with most patients recovering some hearing within a month.

The Moat of Low Status

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The author discusses the "Moat of Low Status," a barrier that prevents people from pursuing their goals due to fear of embarrassment. To overcome this, one must learn to love the feeling of being in the Moat and accept temporary humiliation.

Huawei releases an open weight model trained on Huawei Ascend GPUs

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Researchers introduced Mixture of Grouped Experts (MoGE) to balance expert workload in Large Language Models, improving efficiency and throughput. MoGE-based Pangu Pro MoE achieves high inference performance and a good cost-to-performance ratio on Ascend NPUs.

AI note takers are flooding Zoom calls as workers opt to skip meetings

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Couchers is officially out of beta

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Couchers has launched version 1, focusing on a safe and active community, with a new strategy, redesigned landing page, and improved features. The platform aims to grow and become a leading couch surfing community.

Ask HN: How did Soham Parekh get so many jobs?

Soham Parekh is a skilled engineer who has been hired by multiple startups, but his employment is often short-lived due to him working multiple jobs simultaneously. The issue is that hiring processes often focus on interview skills rather than actual work performance, making it difficult for companies to detect and prevent this type of behavior.

A Higgs-Bugson in the Linux Kernel

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A team encountered a rare "higgs-bugson" in their critical system, Gord, which stores and distributes trading activity data. The bug was eventually found to be caused by a sequence number mismatch in the NFS protocol due to retransmitted requests and was fixed with a kernel patch.

Microsoft to Cut 9k Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs

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Features of D That I Love

The D programming language offers various features such as automatic constructor generation, "out" and "invariant" assertions, and a dollar operator for referencing array lengths. It also provides features like compile-time evaluation, unittests, final switch statements, and documentation generation, making it a versatile and user-friendly language.

X-Clacks-Overhead

The X-Clacks-Overhead HTTP header is a tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett, commemorating his memory through a non-invasive signal. It silently transmits "GNU Terry Pratchett" and other names, such as Lester Haines, across the internet.

They tried Made in the USA – it was too expensive for their customers

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More assorted notes on Liquid Glass

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The user is criticizing Apple's new user-interface redesign, Liquid Glass, for being inconsistent and restrictive, forcing developers to conform to a bland and unimaginative design aesthetic that prioritizes form over function. The user argues that Apple's guidelines are overly prescriptive and impersonal, stifling creativity and individuality in app design, and that the company's obsession ...

Math.Pow(-1, 2) == -1 in Windows 11 Insider build

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A contributor to osu! reported a math function issue in the Canary version, where Math.Pow(-1, 2) returns -1 instead of 1. The issue seems to be specific to Windows and .NET 8.

Hilbert's sixth problem: derivation of fluid equations via Boltzmann's theory

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Researchers derive fluid mechanics equations from Newton's laws using Boltzmann's kinetic theory, resolving Hilbert's sixth problem. The proof extends previous work on Boltzmann's equation on 2D and 3D tori.

American science to soon face its largest brain drain in history

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The US is facing unprecedented attacks on its scientific organizations, threatening to eliminate science as we know it, but other nations are stepping up to invest in science and attract top US talent. This could lead to a global shift in scientific leadership, similar to "Hitler's gift" where top scientists fled Nazi Germany and contributed to the US and UK's scientific advancements.

Vitamin C Boosts Epidermal Growth via DNA Demethylation

TikTok is being flooded with racist AI videos generated by Google's Veo 3

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Google's Veo 3 AI model is being used to create racist and antisemitic videos on TikTok, despite the platform's ban on hate speech. The videos' realism and ease of creation make them attractive for spreading hateful stereotypes, highlighting the need for better moderation and guardrails.

Spain and Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich and curb inequality

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Spain and Brazil propose a global tax system to reduce inequality by taxing the richest individuals more fairly. They aim to improve data sharing and transparency to combat tax evasion and avoidance.

What I learned gathering nootropic ratings (2022)

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The effectiveness of a nootropic varies from one person to another (your mileage will vary) the people who entered their rating on my recommender system weren't randomly assigned to try specific substances. despite this, i'm not sure most of these substances are worth trying if only to prioritize further research - daniel schneier, co-author of this article, says they're not worth the risk ...

Jack Welch, the Man Who Broke Capitalism (2022)

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David Gelles' book "The Man Who Broke Capitalism" critiques Jack Welch's focus on shareholder value, which led to socioeconomic inequality and harmed companies. Welch's legacy continues to influence CEOs, but Gelles argues for a shift to stakeholder capitalism and equitable economic practices.

Firefox 120 to Firefox 141 Web Browser Benchmarks

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Mozilla Firefox web browser performance was benchmarked from Firefox 120 to 141 Beta on an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X Ubuntu system. The tests evaluated performance and memory usage across various web browser benchmarks.

The History of Electronic Music in 476 Tracks (1937–2001)

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Ubuweb hosts a 476-song compilation of electronic/electroacoustic music from 1937-2001, originally a 62 CD set. The collection is flawed but contains great music, with a focus on Western avant-garde tradition.

Sony's Mark Cerny Has Worked on "Big Chunks of RDNA 5" with AMD

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Sony's Mark Cerny worked on "Big Chunks of RDNA 5" with AMD, confirming PlayStation's influence on next-gen GPU tech. This collaboration, Project Amethyst, will lead to improved AMD gaming hardware and stronger PlayStation hardware.

Tesla's energy storage business gets sucked into the company's downward spiral

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Tesla's energy storage deployments declined for the second consecutive quarter, down 0.8 GWh from the first quarter. The broader market for energy storage has been growing, but may slow due to tariffs and new restrictions on foreign-sourced materials.

Azure API vulnerability and roles misconfiguration compromise corporate networks

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Token Security researchers discovered Azure built-in roles with over-privileged permissions, allowing attackers to access internal cloud assets and on-premises networks. The researchers found 10 roles with unnecessary */read permissions, including the Reader role, which can be used to leak VPN keys and access sensitive data.

Tesla reports 14% decline in deliveries, marking second year-over-year drop

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Tesla reported 384,000 vehicle deliveries in Q2, a 14% decline from last year, beating Wall Street expectations. The company faces competition and a political backlash against CEO Elon Musk, impacting sales.

Hexagon fuzz: Full-system emulated fuzzing of Qualcomm basebands

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Researchers released an open-source toolchain for fuzzing Qualcomm's Hexagon baseband firmware, addressing a security research gap. The toolchain enables full-system emulated fuzzing of Hexagon firmware, making it possible to test 5G/4G/GPS stacks for security vulnerabilities.

The first American 'scientific refugees' arrive in France

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Making the famed river swimmable is one of the final big projects Anne Hidalgo will inaugurate before she leaves office next year. Though it took place when he was education minister, the scandal has dogged François Bayrou since he took the reins of government. The center-left Socialist Party brought forth the measure after retirement reform talks fell apart last week.

Physicists start to pin down how stars forge heavy atoms

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Scientists at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) are studying the formation of heavy elements in stars. They are replicating the "intermediate neutron-capture process" to understand how elements like gold and platinum are created.

Mandelbrot in x86 Assembly by Claude

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Claude generated Mandelbrot set visualization using x86-64 assembly and NASM syntax. The code successfully compiled and executed on x86_64 architecture via emulation.

Build Systems à la Carte (2018) [pdf]

Build systems are awesome, terrifying and unloved. different team members often end up executing exactly the same tasks on their local machines. a monadic task allows dynamic dependencies, in which cell c depends on another cell d. bazel is based on sprsh, which uses the dirtybitrebuilder in excel - but it builds independent keys in parallel. it is not clear whether this approach is suitable ...

Law360 mandates reporters use AI "bias" detection on all stories

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Double is winding down

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Double is winding down operations due to insufficient customer demand. You can withdraw cash or transfer assets to another brokerage by July 31, 2025.

Google Ordered to Pay $315M for Taking Data from Idle Android Phones

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Content Independence Day: no AI crawl without compensation

Atomic "Bomb" Ring from KiX (1947)

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General Mills offered the Atomic Bomb Ring in 1947 as a premium with a hidden compartment and a spinthariscope that produced flashes of light. The ring contained radioactive material, but was deemed "perfectly safe" at the time.

Tesla's Global Vehicle Deliveries Plunged in Second Quarter

Elon Musk's Tesla suffered a 13.5% drop in global vehicle sales in Q2, missing delivery expectations. The company's pivot to autonomous vehicles is underway amidst a steep slide in automotive sales.

When we die do we still have any of the original cells from our birth? (2020)

Answer (1 of 4): Yes, we do. The neurons of the central nervous system live as long as the body does, unless they are killed by accident or disease. They never divide, and are never replaced. Anybody who doesn’t suffer a catastrophic spinal injury dies with the very same nerve cells in their spin...

The Bleach Community Is Ready for RFK Jr. To Make Their Dreams Come True

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US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has emboldened the online community promoting chlorine dioxide as a cure for various ailments. Activists are pushing for the Trump administration to approve the toxic bleach solution as a mainstream treatment.

Haskell, Reverse Polish Notation, and Parsing

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The user learned Haskell and functional programming while trying to build a reverse Polish notation calculator, discovering concepts like recursion, pattern matching, and monadic parsing along the way. Through a journey of trial and error, the user built a more flexible parser that handles spaces and multi-digit numbers, ultimately creating a useful tool and gaining a deeper understanding of ...

Ask HN: Why there is no demand for my SaaS when competition is killing it?

You're struggling to sell your SaaS to SMBs and large corporations despite having a great product with more value than competitors, and you're wondering if it's a slump in SaaS selling or if you're doing something wrong. To get traction, you should focus on building relationships, offering a service that solves problems, and creating a strong marketing strategy that targets specific pain ...

Evolution of Minimum Viable Product

A minimum viable product meets basic requirements for use but can be improved after customer feedback. Its creators should use it regularly to ensure it's truly viable and meets user needs.

Vortex (Véhicule Orbital Réutilisable de Transport Et D'Exploration)

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Dassault Aviation intends to take advantage of its space expertise to develop spaceplane solutions that disrupt current systems.

Optimizing typography of insect labels using free fonts and free software (2012) [pdf]

BSC's label standards for terrestrial arthropods specify labels should be 17mm x 6mm with 3 or 4 point font. This size ensures minimal label visibility.

I could not convince my k8s team to go AWS serverless

A serverless advocate and a k8s engineer have a debate about the use of serverless and kubernetes. The k8s engineer argues that serverless is not suitable for long-running tasks and stateful applications, while the serverless advocate counters that AWS manages infrastructure more efficiently and cost-effectively.

Show HN: I built an AI comic generator with consistent characters

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AI based choose your own adventure style story generator. Create immersive, interactive stories powered by artificial intelligence where every choice shapes your unique narrative.

Intrasexually competitive women advise other women to cut off more hair

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VLLM: Easy, Fast, and Cheap LLM Serving with PagedAttention

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vLLM is an open-source library for fast LLM inference and serving that achieves up to 24x higher throughput than HuggingFace Transformers. It utilizes PagedAttention, an attention algorithm that efficiently manages attention keys and values.

Ruby on Rails: The Open-Source Blueprint

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Ruby on Rails, released in 2004, revolutionized web development with its open-source principles, convention over configuration, and powerful tools, influencing frameworks like Laravel, Django, and Phoenix. Its emphasis on developer happiness and productivity set a new standard for web frameworks, making it a blueprint for modern frameworks and ensuring its continued relevance in the AI/LLM era.

The first American 'scientific refugees' arrive in France

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Making the famed river swimmable is one of the final big projects Anne Hidalgo will inaugurate before she leaves office next year. Though it took place when he was education minister, the scandal has dogged François Bayrou since he took the reins of government. The center-left Socialist Party brought forth the measure after retirement reform talks fell apart last week.

The Amiga 3000 Unix and Sun Microsystems: Deal or No Deal?

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The story of Sun Microsystems allegedly showing interest in the Amiga 3000UX is likely a myth. The timeline and circumstances don't add up, and Sun's focus on SPARC architecture makes a 68k licensing deal improbable.

The Hell of FFIX Tetra Master

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Epsxe is an optional card game in final fantasy ix. the game's rules are hard to deduce due to the lack of user feedback, says cnn ireporter john scott jr. he suggests several ways to acquire new cards based on their value - and how they can be used if they're needed a certain way or the other. to maximize points, you need to have only