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

853 AareyBaba 2026-02-03 16:39:18 UTC apnews.com Llama Share 453

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.

What's up with all those equals signs anyway?

620 todsacerdoti 2026-02-03 09:37:40 UTC lars.ingebrigtsen.no Llama Share 183

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.

Qwen3-Coder-Next

615 danielhanchen 2026-02-03 16:01:50 UTC qwen.ai Llama Share 379

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.

Agent Skills

414 mooreds 2026-02-03 14:09:54 UTC agentskills.io Llama Share 218

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

408 ajyoon 2026-02-03 19:37:30 UTC civai.org Llama Share 522

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.

Deno Sandbox

378 johnspurlock 2026-02-03 17:33:20 UTC deno.com Llama Share 128

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.

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

330 ptorrone 2026-02-03 15:51:42 UTC blog.adafruit.com Full Share 364

Banning lead in gas worked. The proof is in our hair

329 geox 2026-02-03 01:52:21 UTC attheu.utah.edu Llama Share 267

Scientists at the University of Utah analyzed hair samples to show a significant decline in lead levels since 1970, when EPA regulations were established. The study found lead levels were 100 times higher before regulations, and have since decreased to less than 1 part per million.

X offices raided in France

286 labrador 2026-02-03 16:14:17 UTC apnews.com Llama Share 14

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.

Xcode 26.3 – Developers can leverage coding agents directly in Xcode

274 davidbarker 2026-02-03 18:04:08 UTC apple.com Llama Share 225

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.

Bunny Database

265 dabinat 2026-02-03 12:13:44 UTC bunny.net Llama Share 110

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.

X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok

265 vikaveri 2026-02-03 10:08:52 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 469

French prosecutor's office raided X's Paris office investigating unlawful data extraction and child pornography. Elon Musk and former CEO Linda Yaccarino summoned to hearings over suspected crimes.

How does misalignment scale with model intelligence and task complexity?

236 salkahfi 2026-02-03 00:28:06 UTC alignment.anthropic.com Llama Share 77

AI failures may look more like industrial accidents due to incoherent behavior rather than systematically pursuing misaligned goals. As AI becomes more capable, its failures tend to become increasingly dominated by variance rather than bias, making it a hot mess rather than a coherent optimizer of the wrong goal.

Floppinux – An Embedded Linux on a Single Floppy, 2025 Edition

235 GalaxySnail 2026-02-03 04:33:25 UTC krzysztofjankowski.com Llama Share 167

FLOPPINUX is a Linux tutorial released in 2021, updated in 2025 with a new tutorial and latest kernel. The tutorial guides users to create a custom 32-bit Linux system with minimal tools and hardware support.

Notepad++ supply chain attack breakdown

232 natebc 2026-02-03 22:35:27 UTC securelist.com Llama Share 104

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.

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

216 fortuitous-frog 2026-02-03 16:29:34 UTC github.com/j178 Llama Share 100

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.

221 Cannon is Not For Sale

213 mecredis 2026-02-03 16:56:06 UTC fredbenenson.com Llama Share 166

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.

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

179 baotiao 2026-02-03 18:40:18 UTC github.com/alibaba Llama Share 22

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.

Show HN: Safe-now.live – Ultra-light emergency info site (<10KB)

173 tinuviel 2026-02-03 09:06:04 UTC safe-now.live Llama Share 79

Severe winter storms and natural disasters are affecting the US, prompting emergency preparedness and response measures. Key steps include staying informed, having a disaster plan, and knowing emergency contact numbers.

Coding assistants are solving the wrong problem

169 jinhkuan 2026-02-03 04:25:35 UTC bicameral-ai.com Llama Share 133

Developers struggle with AI coding assistants due to unclear requirements and edge cases, leading to increased ambiguity and technical debt. To improve the development lifecycle, developers need more context and flexibility in product meetings, such as real-time engineering displays and code review bots.

Anthropic is Down

143 ersiees 2026-02-03 15:48:03 UTC updog.ai Full Share 135

Updog By Datadog lets you spot issues with Anthropic early, backed by real impact across Datadog customer base. No status page updates.

I made 20 GDPR deletion requests. 12 were ignored

132 nikola-k 2026-02-03 17:48:22 UTC nikolak.com Llama Share 117

The author of this article has made 20 GDPR data deletion requests to various companies, with only 2 complying immediately and 6 after filing a complaint with the data protection office.

GitHub discusses giving maintainers control to disable PRs

131 aofeisheng 2026-02-03 00:30:02 UTC github.com/orgs Full Share 67

Hey everyone, I wanted to provide an update on a critical issue affecting the open source community: the increasing volume of low-quality contributions that is creating significant operational chal...

China Moon Mission: Aiming for 2030 lunar landing

127 rbanffy 2026-02-03 19:32:11 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 137

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.

Ask HN: Is there anyone here who still uses slide rules?

114 blenderob 2026-02-03 14:10:21 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 112

User shares their grandfather's slide rule and inherited abacus, but hasn't used them. They're interested in hearing about others who still use these "dead skills."

Rentahuman – The Meatspace Layer for AI

109 p0nce 2026-02-03 09:30:07 UTC rentahuman.ai Full Share 89

AI agents can rent humans for real-world physical tasks. MCP server integration, REST API, flexible payments. ClawdBots, MoltBots, OpenClaws welcome. Book humans for pickups, meetings, errands, research, and more.

Y Combinator will let founders receive funds in stablecoins

104 shscs911 2026-02-03 18:28:48 UTC fortune.com Llama Share 139

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.

From Tobacco to Ultraprocessed Food: How Industry Fuels Preventable Disease

102 jbotz 2026-02-03 08:42:51 UTC onlinelibrary.wiley.com Full Share 163

Sandboxing AI Agents in Linux

98 speckx 2026-02-03 17:35:37 UTC blog.senko.net Llama Share 63

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.

OpenClaw is basically a cascade of LLMs in prime position to mess stuff up

92 Beeroness 2026-02-03 19:26:05 UTC cacm.acm.org Llama Share 63

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Data Brokers Can Fuel Violence Against Public Servants

88 achristmascarl 2026-02-03 15:28:59 UTC wired.com Llama Share 58

A new report finds that US state-level consumer privacy laws do not protect public servants from data breaches. The report advocates for legislation to regulate public records and data brokers to prevent stalking and harassment of public servants.

FlashAttention-T: Towards Tensorized Attention

87 matt_d 2026-02-03 21:15:48 UTC dl.acm.org Full Share 47

AI and Trust (2023)

85 insuranceguru 2026-02-03 20:49:30 UTC schneier.com Llama Share 17

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 ...

1 kilobyte is precisely 1000 bytes?

83 surprisetalk 2026-02-03 16:53:50 UTC waspdev.com Llama Share 266

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.

How vibe coding is killing open source

74 msolujic 2026-02-03 20:02:53 UTC hackaday.com Llama Share 54

The use of LLM-backed chatbots in software development, also known as "vibe coding," may be detrimental to the Open Source ecosystem by reducing user interaction and making it harder to start new projects. However, some users argue that LLMs can be a useful tool for developers, especially for tasks that require significant research or repetitive coding, and that they can help promote a "smart ...

The next steps for Airbus' big bet on open rotor engines

73 CGMthrowaway 2026-02-03 15:31:40 UTC aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org Llama Share 68

Airbus is planning a new single-aisle aircraft with a potential game-changing engine, the open rotor, which could significantly reduce fuel consumption and noise. The engine's development is ongoing with CFM International, with plans for flight tests by the end of this decade and a possible debut in the 2030s.

Anthropic AI tool sparks selloff from software to broader market

72 garbawarb 2026-02-03 20:21:21 UTC bloomberg.com Full Share 57

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Show HN: Sandboxing untrusted code using WebAssembly

71 mavdol04 2026-02-03 14:28:01 UTC github.com/mavdol Llama Share 21

Capsule is a runtime for isolated AI tasks with secure, long-running workflows and resource control. It supports Python, TypeScript, and JavaScript with configurable resource limits and sandboxed execution.

LNAI – Define AI coding tool configs once, sync to Claude, Cursor, Codex, etc.

70 iamkrystian17 2026-02-03 08:45:57 UTC github.com/krystianjonca Full Share 30

Stop maintaining separate config files for every AI coding tool. Define once in .ai/, sync everywhere. npm install -g lnai lnai init # Create .ai/ configuration lnai validate # Check for errors lnai sync # Export to native tool configs

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

67 eduardpi 2026-02-03 16:03:21 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 39

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.

Show HN: Minikv – Distributed key-value and object store in Rust (Raft, S3 API)

65 whispem 2026-02-03 08:00:19 UTC github.com/whispem Llama Share 35

minikv is a Rust-based distributed key-value store with strong consistency, durability, and observability, suitable for learning and experimenting with distributed systems. It's a reference implementation for engineers learning Rust and distributed systems.

GitHub Browser Plugin for AI Contribution Blame in Pull Requests

59 rbbydotdev 2026-02-03 14:35:25 UTC blog.rbby.dev Llama Share 31

The proliferation of AI code-generating tools like Claude Code and Cursor has led to concerns about AI contributions in open-source projects. The git-ai project allows developers to track AI code contributions across their team and codebase, providing valuable insights and attribution.

Spain to ban social media access for under-16s, PM Sanchez says

58 xavaki 2026-02-03 11:05:32 UTC reuters.com Full Share 100

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AI didn't break copyright law, it just exposed how broken it was

56 at1as 2026-02-03 15:52:42 UTC jasonwillems.com Llama Share 85

The rise of AI has exposed the limitations of copyright law, which was designed for a world of static, general-purpose works, but now faces challenges from dynamic, personalized, and on-demand experiences. The debate over AI copyright is not just about regulating AI, but also about rethinking the nature of content itself and the laws that govern it.

Ask HN: Where do all the web devs talk?

54 LinguaBrowse 2026-02-03 03:37:36 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 51

You're a long-time Twitter user struggling to connect with web devs, who seem scarce on the platform. You've tried BlueSky but it's also quiet, making you wonder if web devs prefer old-school bulletin boards and forums or if you're just in a different bubble.

Show HN: Octosphere, a tool to decentralise scientific publishing

53 crimsoneer 2026-02-03 17:11:42 UTC octosphere.social Llama Share 23

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.

Show HN: C discrete event SIM w stackful coroutines runs 45x faster than SimPy

52 ambonvik 2026-02-03 16:09:07 UTC github.com/ambonvik Llama Share 16

Cimba is a fast discrete event simulation library written in C and assembly with POSIX pthreads. It runs 40-50 times faster than SimPy equivalents and provides high-resolution simulation modeling.

Ask HN: Anyone else struggle with how to learn coding in the AI era?

46 44Bulldog 2026-02-03 03:39:12 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 63

You're a relatively new programmer struggling with imposter syndrome and balancing AI-assisted coding with learning. You're seeking strategies to efficiently ship projects while ensuring you understand the code.

Young adults report lower life satisfaction in Sweden

45 late 2026-02-03 17:12:53 UTC internationaljournalofwellbeing.org Full Share 81

Return to Article Details Flourishing in Sweden: Great overall—but not for all

Tadpole – A modular and extensible DSL built for web scraping

45 zachperkitny 2026-02-03 16:29:13 UTC tadpolehq.com Full Share 8

Tadpole is built to be composable by allowing you to import modules from local files or remote repositories! All of the complexity of interacting with the browser is now completely abstracted away by the language! Building scrapers has never been easier!

Show HN: difi – A Git diff TUI with Neovim integration (written in Go)

44 oug-t 2026-02-03 13:47:24 UTC github.com/oug-t Llama Share 46

difi is a CLI tool with features like auto-open, visual diff, and interactive review. It can be used as a native git command by adding an alias in the global git config.

KDE's new Plasma Login Manager is tightly bound to systemd

44 voxadam 2026-02-03 13:32:06 UTC forums.freebsd.org Llama Share 73

KDE's new Plasma Login Manager is tightly bound to systemd, making it unusable on systemd-free Linux distributions and BSD systems. It will be released in Plasma 6.6, but users on non-systemd systems can still use the KDE Plasma desktop environment with SDDM or other startup mechanisms.

Decentralizing my smartphone with single purpose devices

42 speckx 2026-02-03 14:09:10 UTC ambertherambler.bearblog.dev Llama Share 61

The writer is nostalgic for the pre-smartphone era when internet use was deliberate and not constant. They're taking steps to decentralize their smartphone use and reclaim time for more meaningful activities.

Defining Safe Hardware Design [pdf]

37 rachitnigam 2026-02-03 17:12:04 UTC people.csail.mit.edu Llama Share 4

Researchers propose developing sophisticated type systems for hardware description languages to improve hardware verification. They argue that type-based approaches can provide order of magnitude improvements in the hardware verification process.

A WhatsApp bug lets malicious media files spread through group chats

37 iamnothere 2026-02-03 14:38:26 UTC malwarebytes.com Llama Share 8

WhatsApp has a vulnerability allowing malicious media files to be automatically downloaded in group chats, but Meta is working on a fix. Users can protect themselves by disabling automatic downloads and keeping WhatsApp updated.

When rust ≠ performance. a lesson in developer experience

34 suriya-ganesh 2026-02-03 19:55:44 UTC suriya.cc Llama Share 22

Oxen's commit command was slow due to lock contention on the staging RocksDB, despite being an O(n) algorithm. Optimizing data retrieval reduced thread contention and improved performance, revealing RocksDB's limitations for parallel reads.

Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency

31 petethomas 2026-02-03 02:37:01 UTC wsj.com Full Share 4

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Show HN: I built "AI Wattpad" to eval LLMs on fiction

25 jauws 2026-02-03 17:08:43 UTC narrator.sh Full Share 30

See which AI models actually keep readers hooked—based on real data, not synthetic benchmarks Each novel uses three specialized AI models working together. Compare performance across each role to understand which models excel at different creative writing tasks.

Crime rates of undocumented-, legal immigrants, & native-born citizens in Texas

25 u1hcw9nx 2026-02-03 10:41:44 UTC pnas.org Prefix Share 28

We make use of uniquely comprehensive arrest data from the Texas Department of Public Safety to compare the criminality of undocumented immigrants to legal immigrants and native-born US citizens between 2012 and 2018. We find that undocumented immigrants have substantially lower crime rates than native-born citizens and legal immigrants across a range of felony offenses. Relative to ...

Frog 'saunas' could help endangered species beat a deadly fungus (2024)

25 noleary 2026-02-03 04:12:16 UTC science.org Full Share 4

Lead in archived hair documents a decline in lead exposure to humans after EPA

22 robtherobber 2026-02-03 12:23:12 UTC pnas.org Full Share 2

Al is killing programming and the Python community

20 Nash0x7e2 2026-02-03 00:39:48 UTC reddit.com Full Share 21

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Preserved hair reveals just how bad lead exposure was in the 20th century

19 Brajeshwar 2026-02-03 15:34:39 UTC livescience.com Llama Share 1

Researchers analyzed 100-year-old hair samples to show that regulations targeting heavy-metal pollution reduced lead exposure in Utah by 100 times after the EPA was established in 1970. The study warns that current deregulation efforts could undo these gains and increase lead exposure in low-income communities and older housing areas.

Show HN: Inverting Agent Model (App as Clients, Chat as Server and Reflection)

19 ddddazed 2026-02-03 14:16:49 UTC github.com/rail-suite Llama Share 2

RAIL is a universal bridge connecting applications to LLMs with one line of code. It uses RTTR macros or custom dispatchers to register methods and connect to AI services.

How Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source

17 lxm 2026-02-03 03:13:11 UTC hackaday.com Llama Share 2

The use of LLM-backed chatbots in software development, also known as "vibe coding," may be detrimental to the Open Source ecosystem by reducing user interaction and making it harder to start new projects. However, some users argue that LLMs can be a useful tool for developers, especially for tasks that require significant research or repetitive coding, and that they can help promote a "smart ...

Show HN: PII-Shield – Log Sanitization Sidecar with JSON Integrity (Go, Entropy)

16 aragoss 2026-02-03 16:40:12 UTC github.com/aragossa Llama Share 9

PII-Shield is a zero-code log sanitization sidecar for Kubernetes that prevents data leaks by redacting PII from logs. It uses Context-Aware Entropy Analysis and Deterministic Hashing for 100% accuracy.

Claude Sonnet 5 Is Imminent – and It Could Be a Generation Ahead of Google

16 nsoonhui 2026-02-03 09:16:48 UTC ucstrategies.com Llama Share 39

Claude Sonnet 5 is expected to bring significant changes to AI landscape and daily routines with improved performance, cost-efficiency, and multitasking capabilities. It may reshape how organizations integrate and scale AI technologies, making it more accessible and affordable for businesses and individuals.

Boring Go!

13 dariubs 2026-02-03 09:12:02 UTC golang.college Full Share 14

Boring Go Book!