IDF killed Gaza aid workers at point blank range in 2025 massacre: Report

1219 Qem 2026-02-24 12:16:45 UTC dropsitenews.com Llama Share 466

Israeli soldiers fired nearly 1,000 bullets at 15 Palestinian aid workers in southern Gaza on March 23, 2025, killing them in a massacre. The investigation by Earshot and Forensic Architecture found that the soldiers executed some aid workers at point blank range and that the Israeli military's internal inquiry did not recommend any criminal action.

I'm helping my dog vibe code games

572 cleak 2026-02-24 17:15:17 UTC calebleak.com Llama Share 172

The user trained their 9-pound cavapoo Momo to create games using Claude Code by routing her keyboard input through a Raspberry Pi and providing automated feedback tools. With a well-crafted prompt and strong guardrails, Momo's keyboard mashing produced playable games, demonstrating that the bottleneck in AI-assisted development is the quality of feedback loops, not the quality of ideas.

Firefox 148 Launches with AI Kill Switch Feature and More Enhancements

448 shaunpud 2026-02-24 05:47:23 UTC serverhost.com Llama Share 373

Firefox 148 introduces an AI kill switch and enhanced user controls, allowing users to disable AI features and opt out of remote updates. The update also includes various performance and accessibility improvements, such as XSS protection and screen reader compatibility.

OpenAI, the US government and Persona built an identity surveillance machine

424 rzk 2026-02-24 18:23:03 UTC vmfunc.re Llama Share 134

The authors of this document conducted a passive reconnaissance investigation into OpenAI's identity verification platform, Persona, and found that it serves facial recognition, watchlists, and SAR filings on a government endpoint with the door wide open. The platform's source code, which was publicly served without authentication, reveals a KYC/AML compliance platform that handles sensitive ...

Blood test boosts Alzheimer's diagnosis accuracy to 94.5%, clinical study shows

424 wglb 2026-02-24 03:10:16 UTC medicalxpress.com Full Share 163

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Discord cuts ties with identity verification software, Persona

403 robtherobber 2026-02-24 11:59:14 UTC fortune.com Llama Share 298

Discord's identity verification software, Persona, had frontend code accessible on the open internet and government servers, exposing sensitive user information. Discord has since cut ties with Persona, citing a short-lived partnership that lasted less than a month.

I pitched a roller coaster to Disneyland at age 10 in 1978

386 wordglyph 2026-02-24 13:03:51 UTC wordglyph.xyz Llama Share 149

The author, a 10-year-old boy, invented a roller coaster model called the Quadrupuler with four loops and sent it to Disneyland, receiving a positive response from Disney Imagineering. This early validation gave him a resilient spirit that has guided him through various inventions and a career in acting.

Open Letter to Google on Mandatory Developer Registration for App Distribution

355 kaplun 2026-02-24 17:21:11 UTC keepandroidopen.org Llama Share 306

We, civil society and tech organizations, strongly oppose Google's new policy requiring Android app developers to register with Google to distribute apps outside the Google Play Store. This policy threatens innovation, competition, and user freedom by giving Google too much control over the Android platform.

How we rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week

338 ghostwriternr 2026-02-24 20:07:00 UTC blog.cloudflare.com Llama Share 109

Cloudflare engineers rebuilt Next.js from scratch using AI and Vite, creating vinext, a drop-in replacement that deploys to Cloudflare Workers with a single command. Vinext builds production apps up to 4x faster and produces client bundles up to 57% smaller.

Goodbye InnerHTML, Hello SetHTML: Stronger XSS Protection in Firefox 148

325 todsacerdoti 2026-02-24 13:04:16 UTC hacks.mozilla.org Llama Share 149

Firefox 148 ships the standardized Sanitizer API to prevent XSS attacks. The API sanitizes untrusted HTML before inserting it into the DOM, making the web safer for everyone.

Show HN: Steerling-8B, a language model that can explain any token it generates

314 adebayoj 2026-02-24 00:38:02 UTC guidelabs.ai Llama Share 86

We are releasing Steerling-8B, a new interpretable model that can trace generated tokens to input context and training data. It achieves competitive performance with significantly less compute and unlocks capabilities like concept control and training data provenance.

Mac mini will be made at a new facility in Houston

295 haunter 2026-02-24 21:13:45 UTC apple.com Llama Share 302

Apple is expanding its Houston factory operations, creating thousands of jobs and producing Mac mini in the US for the first time. The company will also expand AI server manufacturing and open an Advanced Manufacturing Center for hands-on training.

Show HN: X86CSS – An x86 CPU emulator written in CSS

255 rebane2001 2026-02-24 02:27:14 UTC lyra.horse Llama Share 87

x86CSS is a CSS-only x86 CPU/emulator that runs native 8086 machine code without JavaScript. It can be built and run using Python scripts and GCC, with a custom I/O interface for user interaction.

Nearby Glasses

217 zingerlio 2026-02-24 17:40:40 UTC github.com/yjeanrenaud Llama Share 87

The Nearby Glasses app warns you when smart glasses are nearby by detecting Bluetooth signals from specific manufacturers. It uses company ID codes to identify devices, but may produce false positives due to similar devices.

Shatner is making an album with 35 metal icons

211 mhb 2026-02-24 00:33:06 UTC guitarworld.com Llama Share 106

William Shatner is releasing a metal album with an all-star cast of guitarists, including Zakk Wylde and Chris Poland. The album promises massive guitars, cinematic arrangements, and raw emotion, with Shatner hand-picking 35 metal icons for the project.

Tesla registrations crash 17% in Europe as BEV market surges 14%

206 breve 2026-02-24 18:46:25 UTC electrek.co Llama Share 226

Tesla's EU registrations dropped 17% in January 2026, while the broader battery-electric vehicle market grew 13.9%. BYD's registrations surged 165% year-over-year, more than doubling Tesla's volume in the region.

Osaka: Kansai Airport proud to have never lost single piece of luggage (2024)

199 thunderbong 2026-02-24 16:40:47 UTC japannews.yomiuri.co.jp Llama Share 89

Kansai Airport in Japan has a 30-year record of no lost baggage incidents, earning it the "World's Best Airport for Baggage Delivery" title. The airport uses sensors and manual checks to ensure efficient baggage handling, but faces a staff shortage ahead of the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo.

Show HN: enveil – hide your .env secrets from prAIng eyes

189 parkaboy 2026-02-24 05:04:50 UTC github.com/greatscott Llama Share 117

enveil is a tool that encrypts secrets in a project directory, preventing AI tools from accessing them. It uses a master password to derive a 256-bit AES key for encryption and decryption.

IRS Tactics Against Meta Open a New Front in the Corporate Tax Fight

180 mitchbob 2026-02-24 12:58:14 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 194

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OpenAI resets spending expectations, from $1.4T to $600B

177 randycupertino 2026-02-24 18:22:31 UTC cnbc.com Llama Share 154

OpenAI plans to spend $600 billion by 2030 and target $280 billion in revenue. The company is finalizing a massive funding round that could total over $100 billion.

Iowa farmers are leading the fight for repair

173 gnabgib 2026-02-24 01:09:40 UTC ifixit.com Llama Share 43

Iowa farmers are pushing for the Right to Repair bill, HSB 751, which aims to give farmers access to diagnostic tools and software needed to repair their equipment. The bill has a good chance of passing in the Iowa House after advancing in the Agriculture Committee with an 18-5 vote.

Stripe valued at $159B, 2025 annual letter

165 jez 2026-02-24 14:37:52 UTC stripe.com Llama Share 185

Stripe generated $1.9 trillion in total volume, up 34% from 2024, and powers 90% of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and 80% of the Nasdaq 100. Stripe's Revenue suite is on track to hit $1 billion and the company is investing in product development and acquisitions.

Hacking an old Kindle to display bus arrival times

154 mengchengfeng 2026-02-24 19:43:34 UTC mariannefeng.com Llama Share 38

The user turned an old Kindle into a live bus feed display by jailbreaking it, installing custom apps, and setting up a server to generate and serve bus data as an image. They created a custom KUAL app to control when the dashboard is displayed and added a feature to exit dashboard mode by pressing the menu button.

Steel Bank Common Lisp

144 tosh 2026-02-24 18:24:17 UTC sbcl.org Llama Share 49

SBCL is a high-performance, open-source Common Lisp compiler with a permissive license. It provides an interactive environment with debugging tools and runs on various platforms including Linux and Windows.

Looks like it is happening

130 jjgreen 2026-02-24 21:19:03 UTC math.columbia.edu Llama Share 90

User speculates about AI-generated papers flooding hep-th submissions, citing rising numbers on arXiv. User asks someone to analyze AI-generated papers and their impact on hep-th submissions.

Hugging Face Skills

130 armcat 2026-02-24 17:30:19 UTC github.com/huggingface Llama Share 39

Hugging Face Skills are self-contained folders for AI/ML tasks like dataset creation and model training. They are interoperable with major coding agent tools like OpenAI Codex and Google DeepMind's Gemini CLI.

Pi – a minimal terminal coding harness

118 kristianpaul 2026-02-24 21:53:59 UTC pi.dev Llama Share 53

Pi is a minimal terminal coding harness with powerful defaults and extensibility. It adapts to workflows with TypeScript extensions, skills, and themes, and can be extended or installed with third-party packages.

Denver dumps Flock, awards contract to Axon

111 therobots927 2026-02-24 17:16:12 UTC 9news.com Full Share 38

Pentagon threatens to make Anthropic a pariah

101 i4i 2026-02-24 20:35:41 UTC cnn.com Llama Share 78

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to terminate Anthropic's $200 million contract and blacklist the AI company if it doesn't comply with demands to lift safeguards on its AI model. Anthropic is refusing to budge on restrictions for AI-controlled weapons and mass domestic surveillance.

Show HN: Emdash – Open-source agentic development environment

98 onecommit 2026-02-24 18:00:37 UTC github.com/generalaction Llama Share 40

Emdash is a tool for parallel development and testing with multiple agents, supporting 21+ CLI providers. It securely connects to remote machines and stores app state locally, with optional GitHub features.

1Password pricing increasing up to 33% in March

97 otterley 2026-02-24 17:33:37 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 106

1Password is updating its Family plan pricing starting March 27, 2026, for renewals on or after that date. Current renewals before March 27, 2026, will keep the current pricing until their next renewal.

Show HN: Moonshine Open-Weights STT models – higher accuracy than WhisperLargev3

94 petewarden 2026-02-24 21:54:07 UTC github.com/moonshine-ai Llama Share 16

Moonshine Voice is a speech-to-text framework that offers fast, private, and accurate live voice interfaces with low latency, supporting multiple languages and platforms. It provides a high-level API for developers to build voice applications with features like transcription, speaker identification, and command recognition, making it easy to integrate voice interfaces into applications.

Cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with lower anger and anxiety

93 PaulHoule 2026-02-24 17:03:37 UTC linkinghub.elsevier.com Full Share 91

Russian soldiers tell BBC they saw fellow troops executed on commanders' orders

81 breve 2026-02-24 18:42:30 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 20

Russian soldiers have exposed brutal conditions on the front lines in Ukraine, including executions of comrades for refusing orders. They describe "meat storm" missions where troops are sent to their deaths in relentless waves.

Sam Altman Is Losing His Grip on Humanity

68 noduerme 2026-02-24 11:00:33 UTC theatlantic.com Llama Share 104

Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, compared training a human to training a chatbot, saying it takes 20 years of life and energy to become smart. This comparison is alarming as it suggests AI is comparable to humans, potentially justifying treating humans and the planet as collateral damage.

Why the KeePass format should be based on SQLite

65 wps 2026-02-24 13:08:56 UTC mketab.org Llama Share 63

KeePass's KDBX file format has limitations, including incompatibility with modern security features and large database sizes, which can be addressed by switching to an SQLite-based format. This change would allow for better scalability, security, and user experience, and would facilitate the addition of new features and backward compatibility.

AI-generated replies are a scourge these days

62 da_grift_shift 2026-02-24 09:37:19 UTC twitter.com/simonw Full Share 126

Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot. Some privacy related extensions may cause issues on x.com. Please disable them and try again.

Intel XeSS 3: expanded support for Core Ultra/Core Ultra 2 and Arc A, B series

60 nateb2022 2026-02-24 04:04:19 UTC intel.com Full Share 46

You don't have permission to access "http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/785597/intel-arc-graphics-windows.html" on this server.

Manjaro website off-line again due to lapsed certificate

57 hexagonsuns 2026-02-24 19:18:48 UTC distrowatch.com Llama Share 32

Manjaro website is offline due to expired HTTPS certificate. This is the third time the site has gone down due to certificate renewal issues.

xAI and Pentagon reach deal to use Grok in classified systems

55 ironyman 2026-02-24 12:51:49 UTC axios.com Llama Share 65

xAI's Grok model will be used in classified military systems after signing an agreement with the Pentagon, replacing Anthropic's Claude model. The Pentagon is threatening to sever ties with Anthropic over safeguards and is also in talks with Google and OpenAI for their models.

I think WebRTC is better than SSH-ing for connecting to Mac terminal from iPhone

49 Sayuj01 2026-02-24 18:21:39 UTC macky.dev Full Share 47

Signaling validates identity tokens for access but a Master Password protects the terminal, preventing access even if your account is compromised. “I can talk with my BFF Claude on the toilet instead of doom scrolling.”

NIST Seeking Public Comment on AI Agent Security (Deadline: March 9, 2026)

49 ascarola 2026-02-24 01:31:09 UTC federalregister.gov Llama Share 11

NIST requests information on secure AI agent system development and deployment to advance US economic competitiveness and public safety. The RFI seeks insights on security threats, risks, and vulnerabilities, as well as technical controls and practices to ensure AI agent system security.

Fed's Cook says AI triggering big changes, sees possible unemployment rise

48 geox 2026-02-24 23:34:26 UTC reuters.com Full Share 36

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Cell Service for the Fairly Paranoid

47 0xWTF 2026-02-24 22:37:54 UTC cape.co Llama Share 27

Cape is a privacy-first mobile carrier offering unlimited 5G and 4G data, secure global roaming, and features like Identifier Rotation and Last-Mile Encrypted Texting. It provides a secure alternative to traditional carriers with features like Proton VPN and encrypted voicemails.

Stripe reportedly makes offer to acquire PayPal

45 nodesocket 2026-02-24 22:16:12 UTC cnbc.com Llama Share 33

PayPal's stock surged 7% after reports of potential acquisition by Stripe, which hit a $159 billion valuation and aims for $1 billion annual revenue. PayPal faces slowing growth and competition, having plummeted 19% this year.

Software 3.1? – AI Functions

41 aspittel 2026-02-24 15:58:08 UTC blog.mikegchambers.com Llama Share 55

Andrej Karpathy proposes Software 3.1, a point release of Software 3.0, where LLMs generate and execute code, and machine verifies it at runtime. AI Functions, a new project, enables this by using post-conditions to validate output and trigger retries, making it a more robust and self-correcting system.

Why High FOV Sucks – Fixing It with Panini Projection

37 Eduard 2026-02-24 20:27:47 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 9

Decimal-Java is a library to convert java.math.BigDecimal to and from IEEE-754r

37 mariuz 2026-02-24 09:15:56 UTC github.com/firebirdsql Llama Share 14

Decimal-java is a library to convert Java BigDecimal to IEEE-754r decimal byte representations. It supports Decimal32, Decimal64, and Decimal128 types with optional overflow handling and rounding.

Show HN: SNKV – SQLite's B-tree as a key-value store (C/C++ and Python bindings)

35 swaminarayan 2026-02-24 12:59:51 UTC github.com/hash-anu Llama Share 30

SNKV is a lightweight key-value store built on SQLite's B-Tree storage engine without SQL. It provides a clean KV API with direct access to the storage core, bypassing SQL parsing and query planning.

We Are Changing Our Developer Productivity Experiment Design

34 ej88 2026-02-24 20:01:54 UTC metr.org Llama Share 25

Researchers studied AI's impact on developer productivity, but their experiment had selection effects due to lower pay and AI adoption. They found a likely speedup from AI tools, but their data is weak evidence due to biased developer selection.

The Engine Behind the Hype

33 tosh 2026-02-24 07:41:59 UTC onuruzunismail.com Llama Share 19

The user discusses their experience with various AI coding tools, including Claude Code, and how they discovered Pi, a custom coding agent built by Mario Zechner, which offers a more efficient and context-aware experience. Pi's simplicity and extension system impressed the user, who believes it's a more effective tool than popular alternatives like Claude Code and OpenCode.

NPM install is stealing your passwords – I built a tool to catch it

32 ComCat 2026-02-24 03:45:45 UTC westbayberry.com Llama Share 16

This tool provides visibility into dependency behavior in CI pipelines, flagging suspicious packages for review and auto-approving the rest. It uses 26 behavioral detectors to analyze package behavior and prevent zero-day attacks, with a self-hosted option for enterprise environments.

Show HN: Tag Promptless on any GitHub PR/Issue to get updated user-facing docs

27 prithvi2206 2026-02-24 18:01:16 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 5

Prithvi and co-founder Frances launched Promptless, an AI teammate that drafts doc updates based on workflows. Promptless 1.0 addresses learnings from the last year with features like automatic screenshot updates and improved writing quality.

The Weird OS Built Around a Database [video]

26 surprisetalk 2026-02-24 03:51:18 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 11

The US Had a Big Battery Boom Last Year

24 Brajeshwar 2026-02-24 15:54:03 UTC wired.com Llama Share 10

The US added a record-breaking 57 gigawatt hours of energy storage in 2025, enough to power over 5 million homes. The growth is expected to continue with a predicted 21 percent increase in 2026.

Mercury 2: The fastest reasoning LLM, powered by diffusion

23 fittingopposite 2026-02-24 22:46:23 UTC inceptionlabs.ai Llama Share 7

Mercury 2 is a fast reasoning language model that generates responses through parallel refinement, producing multiple tokens simultaneously and converging over a few steps. It achieves >5x faster generation with a fundamentally different speed curve, making it suitable for real-time applications.

Proposal: Add "AI generated" as a flag reason

23 lr0 2026-02-24 22:06:18 UTC lobste.rs Llama Share 4

The user suggests implementing a flag for LLM-generated content to replace current immune responses of adding a vibecoding tag or flagging as spam. This would help identify and remove low-value AI-generated content, improving the site's quality and user experience.

I turned off ChatGPT's memory

19 Garbage 2026-02-24 02:10:11 UTC every.to Llama Share 13

Mike Taylor argues that ChatGPT's memory feature has more disadvantages than advantages, causing "context rot" and biased results. He suggests turning off memory for unbiased results, citing his own experiences with custom instructions and personalized recommendations.

Scientists crack the case of "screeching" Scotch tape

18 colinprince 2026-02-24 17:28:08 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 2

Researchers discovered that the screeching sound from peeling Scotch tape is caused by shock waves from micro-cracks traveling at supersonic speeds. The sound is generated by a train of weak shocks when the transverse cracks reach the edge of the tape.

The Righteous EV Owners Who Won't Let Their Broken Cars Die

18 quapster 2026-02-24 11:05:29 UTC wired.com Llama Share 12

Svein Hodne, a Fisker Ocean owner, was stranded in his car after it lost power and locked him inside, prompting him to join the Fisker Owners Association, a volunteer-run group that took control of the car's maintenance and repair. The association's efforts led to a global movement for the "right to repair," challenging the dominance of tech companies and pushing for greater access to car ...

Psychology suggests making a shopping list is a sign of sharper thinking

16 ColinWright 2026-02-24 00:37:26 UTC economictimes.indiatimes.com Llama Share 20

Writing a shopping list by hand requires cognitive skills like planning, memory, and self-control, which are linked to intelligence and long-term decision-making. This habit reflects traits associated with intelligence, such as foresight, organization, and efficient mental processing.

Mercury 2: Diffusion Reasoning Model

13 zof3 2026-02-24 14:39:18 UTC inceptionlabs.ai Llama Share 7

Mercury 2 is a fast reasoning language model that generates responses through parallel refinement, producing multiple tokens simultaneously and converging over a few steps. It achieves >5x faster generation with a fundamentally different speed curve, making it suitable for real-time applications.

Dream Recorder AI – a portal to your subconscious

12 level87 2026-02-24 22:09:57 UTC dreamrecorder.ai Full Share 11

Show HN: Recursively apply patterns for pathfinding

11 seveibar 2026-02-24 21:51:11 UTC pattern-pathfinder.vercel.app Full Share 2

Props from Node fixtures and custom fixture inputs will appear here.

Show HN: Out Plane – A PaaS I built solo from Istanbul in 3 months

11 receperdogan 2026-02-24 11:34:45 UTC outplane.com Llama Share 11

Out Plane automates deployment and scaling with a single GitHub push, reducing deploy times to under 2 minutes. It offers transparent pricing, automatic scaling, and 99.99% uptime SLA with real-time metrics and logs.