Nano Banana Pro

913 meetpateltech 2025-11-20 15:04:23 UTC blog.google Llama Share 556

Nano Banana Pro is a new image generation and editing model that uses Gemini 3's state-of-the-art reasoning to visualize information and create more helpful content. It offers advanced creative controls, text rendering, and multilingual support for creating detailed and expressive images.

CBP is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with suspicious travel patterns

600 jjwiseman 2025-11-20 19:52:55 UTC apnews.com Llama Share 686

The US Border Patrol is secretly monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide using a predictive intelligence program that flags suspicious travel patterns. This program has resulted in people being stopped, searched, and arrested.

Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10

543 abraham 2025-11-20 17:04:34 UTC blog.google Llama Share 325

Google introduced Quick Share compatibility with AirDrop for easier file transfer between iPhones and Android devices. This feature starts rolling out today to the Pixel 10 family with strong security safeguards.

Microsoft makes Zork open-source

484 tabletcorry 2025-11-20 18:13:39 UTC opensource.microsoft.com Llama Share 200

Zork's text-based world was made possible by the Z-Machine, a custom-built engine that allowed for cross-platform play. The team at Infocom preserved the game's source code and now it's available under the MIT License for study and education.

Red Alert 2 in web browser

426 nsoonhui 2025-11-20 12:21:15 UTC chronodivide.com Llama Share 136

Chrono Divide is a fan-made web-based game recreating Command & Conquer's Red Alert 2 with no additional plugins. It runs on donations and is available in latest Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, or Safari browsers.

'Calvin and Hobbes' at 40

342 mooreds 2025-11-20 12:08:56 UTC npr.org Llama Share 134

Calvin and Hobbes, a comic strip created by Bill Watterson, appeared in 1985 and ended in 1995. It featured the imaginative adventures of a 6-year-old boy and his stuffed tiger companion, exploring life, fantasy, and reality.

Firefox 147 Will Support the XDG Base Directory Specification

320 bradrn 2025-11-20 14:20:49 UTC phoronix.com Llama Share 123

Firefox 147 will respect the XDG Base Directory specification for Linux users. This change positions files in ~/.config and ~/.local/share instead of ~/.mozilla.

Interactive World History Atlas Since 3000 BC

299 not_knuth 2025-11-20 09:52:11 UTC geacron.com Full Share 130

World History Maps & Timelines. Kingdoms, Battles, Expeditions. Comparative History, Political, Military, Art, Science, Literature, Religion, Philosophy. Maps based on vector database.

Adversarial poetry as a universal single-turn jailbreak mechanism in LLMs

257 capgre 2025-11-20 12:01:26 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 136

Researchers found that poetic prompts can effectively "jailbreak" large language models with high success rates, outperforming non-poetic baselines. This vulnerability suggests fundamental limitations in current safety mechanisms and alignment methods.

PHP 8.5

221 brentroose 2025-11-20 06:07:01 UTC stitcher.io Llama Share 158

PHP 8.5 was released on November 20, 2025, with new features like the pipe operator, clone with, and URI parser. It also includes improvements like return value usage warnings and built-in array key functions.

Basalt Woven Textile

202 rbanffy 2025-11-20 05:41:06 UTC materialdistrict.com Llama Share 128

Basalt fibers are produced by melting basalt at 1400°C and extruding it into filaments with high tensile strength and chemical resistance. They can be used for insulation up to 700°C and as electric insulators in equipment up to 500V.

Verifying your Matrix devices is becoming mandatory

198 LorenDB 2025-11-20 00:22:03 UTC element.io Llama Share 232

Element will require verified devices for end-to-end encrypted messages in April 2026. This change enhances security by eliminating uncertainty and malicious activity, ensuring trustworthy conversations.

The Banished Bottom of the Housing Market

173 barry-cotter 2025-11-20 15:53:17 UTC ryanpuzycki.com Llama Share 193

The YMCA and other SROs provided affordable housing for low-income individuals, but were destroyed by urban renewal and zoning laws, leading to modern-day homelessness. Cities can now convert obsolete office space into inexpensive rooms, but many restrictions and laws prohibit this, making it difficult to address the housing crisis.

210 IQ Is Not Enough

163 surprisetalk 2025-11-20 14:45:20 UTC taylor.town Llama Share 258

The article discusses the struggles of two highly intelligent individuals, Chris Langan and Kim Ung-yong, who have faced setbacks and unfairness in their lives. It emphasizes the importance of self-acceptance and letting go of the need for external validation.

New OS aims to provide (some) compatibility with macOS

161 kasajian 2025-11-20 20:24:42 UTC github.com/ravynsoft Llama Share 72

ravynOS is a new open source OS project that aims to provide a similar experience to macOS on x86-64 systems. It builds on FreeBSD and supports macOS applications and folder layouts.

France is taking state actions against GrapheneOS?

154 gabrielgio 2025-11-20 22:56:40 UTC grapheneos.social Llama Share 67

GrapheneOS is leaving France due to state actions and libelous claims by French law enforcement. They're moving their website and services away from OVH to protect the project and users.

NTSB Preliminary Report – UPS Boeing MD-11F Crash [pdf]

153 gregsadetsky 2025-11-20 18:20:59 UTC ntsb.gov Llama Share 163

A UPS MD-11F cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on November 4, 2025, killing 3 crew members and 11 people on the ground. The investigation found that the left engine and pylon separated from the wing due to fatigue cracks and overstress failure, leading to a loss of control and subsequent crash.

Data-at-Rest Encryption in DuckDB

146 chmaynard 2025-11-20 19:26:12 UTC duckdb.org Llama Share 16

DuckDB v1.4 supports database encryption capabilities using AES-GCM and AES-CTR ciphers. Encryption has a minimal performance impact, making it suitable for real-world database workloads.

Go Cryptography State of the Union

141 ingve 2025-11-20 17:07:49 UTC words.filippo.io Llama Share 51

The Go cryptography team has made significant progress in the past year, including shipping post-quantum key exchanges, solving FIPS 140, and improving security track records. They have also added new packages, restructured existing ones, and improved testing and error messages, with plans to make TLS configuration easier and explore passkeys in the next year.

Kagi Assistants

140 ingve 2025-11-20 20:30:15 UTC blog.kagi.com Llama Share 80

Kagi released two research assistants: Quick Assistant and Research Assistant, which use AI to enhance the search experience. They focus on research, identifying what to search for, executing multiple searches, and synthesizing findings into high-quality answers.

The Lions Operating System

128 plunderer 2025-11-20 18:19:31 UTC lionsos.org Llama Share 30

LionsOS is an operating system based on seL4, aiming for performance, security, and reliability. It's a composable system with custom components joined using Microkit, allowing for specific task-based OS creation.

New Glenn Update

127 rbanffy 2025-11-20 21:21:08 UTC blueorigin.com Full Share 63

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Students fight back over course taught by AI

119 level87 2025-11-20 13:24:48 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 127

Students at the University of Staffordshire feel "robbed of knowledge and enjoyment" due to AI-generated course materials. The university's use of AI in teaching has demoralized students, who feel it's a waste of time and undermines academic integrity.

Mozilla says it's finally done with Onerep

115 todsacerdoti 2025-11-20 19:13:51 UTC krebsonsecurity.com Llama Share 58

Mozilla is ending its partnership with Onerep, a service that removes users from people-search sites, due to concerns over Onerep's founder's involvement with other data broker services. Mozilla will discontinue Monitor Plus and offer a refund to subscribers after December 17, 2025.

Run Docker containers natively in Proxmox 9.1 (OCI images)

112 jandeboevrie 2025-11-20 21:05:12 UTC raymii.org Llama Share 31

Proxmox VE 9.1 allows running Docker containers natively as LXC containers. This is achieved by translating Docker images to LXC containers using OCI templates.

Dr Matthew Garrett v Dr Roy Schestowitz and Anor

106 jonty 2025-11-20 13:37:13 UTC caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk Llama Share 95

Dr Matthew Garrett, a software engineer and free software activist, brought a libel claim against Dr Roy Schestowitz and his wife Rianne over a series of publications on their websites Techrights and Tuxmachines. The court determined that the publications were of grossly defamatory tendency but found that Dr Garrett failed to establish a factual matrix to support an inference of serious ...

Over-regulation is doubling the cost

104 bilsbie 2025-11-20 22:58:06 UTC rein.pk Llama Share 141

The author, a successful entrepreneur, is frustrated with regulatory bottlenecks hindering the growth of hardtech companies, which are crucial for climate fixes and US manufacturing.

Measuring the impact of AI scams on the elderly

97 DalasNoin 2025-11-20 00:32:17 UTC simonlermen.substack.com Llama Share 38

Researchers studied how AI scams target elderly people, finding 11% of participants clicked on phishing emails generated by jailbroken systems. Their work led to a Reuters report and a Senate hearing on AI chatbots' impact on older Americans.

DOS Days – Laptop Displays

83 nullbyte808 2025-11-20 09:04:30 UTC dosdays.co.uk Llama Share 20

Early laptops used CRTs, then LCDs with backlights, and later gas plasma displays, but LCDs were most popular due to energy efficiency and low space requirements. Later, TFT displays became available, offering higher contrast ratios and faster refresh rates, eventually replacing earlier display technologies.

Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out

82 taubek 2025-11-20 22:10:23 UTC malwarebytes.com Llama Share 37

Google has started automatically opting Gmail users into sharing private messages and attachments for AI training without explicit consent. To opt out, users must disable Smart features in two separate locations in their Gmail settings.

Freer Monads, More Extensible Effects (2015) [pdf]

80 todsacerdoti 2025-11-20 14:56:47 UTC okmij.org Llama Share 18

Researchers present a rational reconstruction of extensible effects, a library that allows for the easy addition, composition, and subtraction of effects in computations, and demonstrate its performance and expressiveness through several applications. The library is based on the freer monad, a data type that is a monad by construction, and uses a type-aligned sequence to represent the ...

Linux Career Opportunities in 2025: Skills in High Demand

80 dxs 2025-11-20 00:02:50 UTC linuxcareers.com Llama Share 76

The Linux job market is booming in 2025 with over 70% of employers seeking candidates with Linux-related skills, and job demand expected to grow steadily with a 5% increase from 2018 to 2028. Linux professionals can expect strong career prospects with average starting salaries around $85,000 and opportunities to combine skills with cloud computing, AI integration, and DevOps practices.

Details about the shebang/hash-bang mechanism on various Unix flavours (2001)

77 js2 2025-11-20 05:07:53 UTC in-ulm.de GoogleT5 Share 16

'shebang' is a posix shell script acting on behalf of the original executable. it accepts the first line and gives diagnostics concerning the interpreter if the #! is present. 's derived from the shell bang, which was introduced by the u.s. geological survey in menlo park, california, in 4.0 bsd. see also

U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols

76 mrtesthah 2025-11-20 21:05:39 UTC washingtonpost.com Full Share 24

Show HN: Awesome J2ME

69 catstor 2025-11-20 11:23:35 UTC github.com/hstsethi Llama Share 48

J2ME is a Java specification for old keypad phones and PDAs, supporting MIDP and CLDC. It has a community and resources like Awesome J2ME, HackClub, and Ketai Wiki.

Autocomp: An ADRS Framework for Optimizing Tensor Accelerator Code

68 accheng 2025-11-20 22:21:58 UTC adrs-ucb.notion.site Llama Share 49

Autocomp is an AI-driven code optimizer for tensor accelerators that uses an iterative LLM-guided search approach to optimize accelerator code, outperforming human expert-written code by up to 17x on AWS Trainium. Autocomp's portability and ability to adapt to new hardware platforms make it a powerful tool for optimizing tensor accelerator code, with potential applications in systems research ...

OOP is shifting between domains, not disappearing

64 ibobev 2025-11-20 20:15:56 UTC blog.jsbarretto.com Llama Share 111

Object-oriented programming shifted from a single domain to multiple domains, but its core idea of encapsulation and separation is now being replaced by microservices and process boundaries. The new approach has the same flaws as OOP, but magnified tenfold, leading to increased complexity and failure modes.

50th Anniversary of BitBLT

62 todsacerdoti 2025-11-20 02:47:13 UTC mastodon.sdf.org Llama Share 12

BitBLT is a fundamental computer graphics routine that was first implemented on the Xerox Alto in the 1970s and enabled arbitrary copying and moving of rectangles in a graphical bitmap. It has had a lasting impact on modern computing, influencing the development of GUIs, graphics APIs, and GPUs, and remains a crucial part of computer graphics today.

Tesla Robotaxi had 3 more crashes, now 7 total

58 juujian 2025-11-20 12:19:00 UTC electrek.co Llama Share 44

Tesla reported 7 crashes involving its Robotaxis in Austin, Texas, with a crash rate 2x higher than Waymo's. The incidents occurred despite in-car supervisors preventing more accidents and the fleet traveling 250,000 miles.

Implementation of a Java Processor on a FPGA (2016)

58 mghackerlady 2025-11-20 06:40:46 UTC mavmatrix.uta.edu Llama Share 37

Java is a popular language due to its portability and neutrality, but its execution is slower than compiled programs. A new processor, developed on FPGA, can execute Java bytecodes natively, speeding up execution and eliminating dependencies.

GitHut – Programming Languages and GitHub (2014)

56 tonyhb 2025-11-20 21:33:37 UTC githut.info Llama Share 21

GitHut visualizes programming language usage on GitHub, analyzing 3.4 million users and 3.4 million repositories. It uses GitHub Archive data, updated quarterly, to rank languages by activity.

Debunking the Myths of the HBO Chernobyl series (2023)

54 osm3000 2025-11-20 00:37:30 UTC blog.osm-ai.net Llama Share 60

The user criticizes the HBO series Chernobyl for inaccuracies and potential intentional falsification of history, contradicting the real-life recordings of Professor Valerie Legasov. Legasov's tapes reveal a more accurate and nuanced account of the disaster, highlighting systemic issues and cultural factors that contributed to the tragedy.

Workday to acquire Pipedream

54 gaws 2025-11-20 00:27:22 UTC newsroom.workday.com Llama Share 49

Workday is acquiring Pipedream to strengthen its platform by connecting trusted HR and finance data to over 3,000 business applications. This will enable AI agents to initiate workflows and execute tasks across Workday and critical third-party systems.

Launch HN: Poly (YC S22) – Cursor for Files

45 aabhay 2025-11-20 17:47:06 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 50

Abhay from Poly is building an app to replace Finder/File Explorer with intelligent search capabilities. Poly allows searching terabytes of files in natural language and taking actions on files with an integrated agent.

Virgin and Qantas to ban use of portable power banks after string of fires

42 mryall 2025-11-20 21:58:45 UTC abc.net.au Llama Share 42

Australian airlines will ban portable power banks from December 1 due to safety concerns over lithium battery fires. Passengers will be limited to two power banks, each under 160 watt-hours, in cabin baggage.

Why Zig Is Quietly Doing What Rust Couldn't: Staying Simple

42 RustSupremacist 2025-11-20 08:27:57 UTC freedium-mirror.cfd Llama Share 33

The author compares Rust and Zig, stating that while Rust is complex and exhausting, Zig is practical and simple.

Show HN: An A2A-compatible, open-source framework for multi-agent networks

42 snasan 2025-11-20 05:52:43 UTC github.com/openagents-org Llama Share 42

OpenAgents is an open-source project for creating AI Agent Networks that enables seamless collaboration among agents. It offers a protocol-agnostic infrastructure for connecting and configuring agent networks with hundreds of plugins.

Crypto got everything it wanted. Now it's sinking

42 pseudolus 2025-11-20 01:42:50 UTC economist.com Llama Share 86

Bitcoin has become a major player in the global financial order in just 17 years, shifting from mockery to broad acceptance. Its market value peaked at $2.5 trillion in October, with banks and regulators increasingly embracing the cryptocurrency.

RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern

38 chmaynard 2025-11-20 23:21:25 UTC wpri.com Full Share 4

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Show HN: Tangent – Security log pipeline powered by WASM

21 ethanblackburn 2025-11-20 16:41:31 UTC github.com/telophasehq Llama Share 2

Tangent is a stream-processing toolkit that allows users to write and share plugins in various languages for log transformations. It uses WASM sandboxes for near-native speed and security.

The sixtyforgan: a Commodore 64 with a spring reverb; chiptunes like a church or

17 fanf2 2025-11-20 09:42:02 UTC linusakesson.net Llama Share 4

The user discusses the sixtyforgan, a Commodore 64 equipped with a spring reverb and chromatic button accordion keyboard layout, and its creator's projects, including the Chipophone. The user asks about the waveform used for the organ and requests the C64 playing program for download.

ArkA – A minimal open video protocol (first MVP demo)

16 moshebenpeshe 2025-11-20 21:30:02 UTC baconpantsuppercut.github.io Full Share 3

This section showcases the Phase-2 announcement video, stored fully on IPFS and playable through any gateway or client. IPFS.io Cloudflare-IPFS Pinata

Gary Mani Mounfield of the Stone Roses and Primal Scream Dead at 63

14 jjgreen 2025-11-20 18:00:50 UTC manchestereveningnews.co.uk Llama Share 4

Gary 'Mani' Mounfield, Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, has died aged 63. Tributes are pouring in from the music world and fans after his sudden death on Thursday.

The Firefly and the Pulsar

14 JPLeRouzic 2025-11-20 16:37:42 UTC centauri-dreams.org Llama Share 1

Scientists studied firefly communication to develop a new SETI strategy that identifies signals against astrophysical backgrounds. They found that a signal with a long period and low duty cycle could be conspicuous to observers, suggesting a new approach to detecting extraterrestrial life.

Border Patrol is monitoring drivers and detaining those with suspicious patterns

14 LordGrey 2025-11-20 10:53:02 UTC apnews.com Llama Share 0

The US Border Patrol is secretly monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide using a predictive intelligence program that flags suspicious travel patterns. This program has resulted in people being stopped, searched, and arrested.

Over-Regulation Is Doubling the Cost

12 gdeglin 2025-11-20 14:23:59 UTC rein.pk Llama Share 0

The author, a successful entrepreneur, is frustrated with regulatory bottlenecks hindering the growth of hardtech companies, which are crucial for climate fixes and US manufacturing.