Where the goblins came from

1018 ilreb 2026-04-30 03:21:04 UTC openai.com Llama Share 631

OpenAI's models started mentioning creatures like goblins and gremlins in their metaphors due to a subtle incentive from training for the personality customization feature, specifically the Nerdy personality. The behavior was amplified through transfer from Nerdy personality training and later spread to other contexts, requiring OpenAI to retire the Nerdy personality and implement new tools ...

Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw"

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Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants

769 mpweiher 2026-04-30 12:17:14 UTC dpa-international.com Llama Share 730

Belgium will nationalize its nuclear power plants, reversing a 2003 decision to phase out nuclear energy by 2025. The government aims to build new nuclear plants and reduce dependence on fossil imports.

The Zig project's rationale for their anti-AI contribution policy

641 lumpa 2026-04-30 02:15:47 UTC simonwillison.net Llama Share 426

Zig has a strict anti-LLM policy to prioritize contributor growth over code quality. Maintainers review contributors, not just their code, to foster trust and future contributions.

Mozilla's opposition to Chrome's Prompt API

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Can I disable all data collection from my vehicle?

532 Cider9986 2026-04-30 20:27:22 UTC rivian.com Llama Share 206

Rivian vehicles have a core feature of vehicle connectivity that can be disabled to limit functionality. Disabling connectivity will not affect subscriptions like Connect+, but will require separate cancellation.

Meta in row after workers who saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs

487 gorbachev 2026-04-30 13:07:42 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 390

Meta ended its contract with Sama, a company that trained AI, after workers alleged they viewed graphic content from Meta smart glasses. Meta claims Sama didn't meet its standards, but workers and a Kenyan organisation suspect the decision was due to staff speaking out.

How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt]

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Spain's parliament will act against massive IP blockages by LaLiga

425 akyuu 2026-04-30 15:31:40 UTC democrata.es Llama Share 176

Congress is preparing to take measures against LaLiga's fight against piracy causing web page blockages. A non-legislative initiative was approved to reform the Digital Services Act and prevent indiscriminate blocking of IPs by judicial rulings.

LinkedIn is scanning browser extensions

415 un-nf 2026-04-30 19:40:20 UTC 404privacy.com Llama Share 186

LinkedIn collects data on users' installed browser extensions without consent, linking it to their verified professional identity. This data is used to make inferences and take enforcement actions against users, potentially violating the EU's Digital Markets Act.

For Linux kernel vulnerabilities, there is no heads-up to distributions

399 ori_b 2026-04-30 16:43:47 UTC openwall.com Llama Share 318

CVE-2026-31431 is a Linux kernel vulnerability introduced in 2017, affecting multiple kernel versions. A workaround patch has been attached to disable the affected module.

How an oil refinery works

350 chmaynard 2026-04-30 13:54:20 UTC construction-physics.com Llama Share 106

Oil refineries process crude oil into various products like gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel using distillation, cracking, and other processes. The refining process is complex and requires large industrial facilities to handle the massive volume of crude oil consumed worldwide.

Shai-Hulud Themed Malware Found in the PyTorch Lightning AI Training Library

338 j12y 2026-04-30 16:09:26 UTC semgrep.dev Llama Share 115

A supply chain attack compromised the PyPI package 'lightning' versions 2.6.2 and 2.6.3, stealing credentials and attempting to poison GitHub repositories. The attack is linked to the 'mini Shai-Hulud' campaign and affects teams using lightning in their dependency tree.

Craig Venter has died

330 rdl 2026-04-30 01:44:56 UTC jcvi.org Llama Share 80

J. Craig Venter, founder of the J. Craig Venter Institute, died in San Diego after a brief hospitalization for cancer treatment complications. He was a visionary leader in genomics and synthetic biology who drove scientific change and advocated for robust federal funding.

GCC 16 has been released

289 HeliumHydride 2026-04-30 11:40:13 UTC gcc.gnu.org Llama Share 51

GCC 16 has several improvements including conformance with C99 standard, removal of json diagnostics format, and support for OpenMP 5.0 and 6.0.

U.S. Senators Vote to Ban Themselves from Trading on Prediction Markets

284 kamaraju 2026-04-30 19:42:33 UTC wsj.com Full Share 96

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Granite 4.1: IBM's 8B Model Matching 32B MoE

282 steveharing1 2026-04-30 10:31:17 UTC firethering.com Llama Share 177

IBM released Granite 4.1, a family of open source language models for enterprise use, trained on 15 trillion tokens. The 8B model, with a dense architecture, matches or beats the 32B Granite 4.0-H-Small across various benchmarks.

I aggregated 28 US Government auction sites into one search

257 scarsam 2026-04-30 12:24:53 UTC bidprowl.com Llama Share 73

We monitor 27 government auction sources with 75,070 listings, scoring auctions for price, bid velocity, and time left. Daily emails highlight top-scored auctions with direct links to original listings.

I built a Game Boy emulator in F#

230 elvis70 2026-04-30 17:14:21 UTC nickkossolapov.github.io Llama Share 49

A software engineer built a working Game Boy emulator, Fame Boy, in F# after learning about computer hardware by emulating a Game Boy and using AI to write unit tests. The emulator's development involved optimizing performance, fixing issues with the PPU and APU, and learning about functional programming and domain-driven development.

Biology is a Burrito: A text- and visual-based journey through a living cell

194 the-mitr 2026-04-30 03:24:41 UTC burrito.bio Llama Share 28

A typical E. coli cell is incredibly dense with molecules, with its entire volume being 100 million times smaller than a grain of sand. The cell's insides are 70% water, with proteins, RNA, and lipids making up the rest, and DNA accounting for just 1% of its mass.

Mike: open-source legal AI

193 noleary 2026-04-30 00:56:23 UTC mikeoss.com Llama Share 95

The chat interface reads documents, cites verbatim, and drafts contracts with full control over models. It offers matter-scoped workspaces, reusable workflows, and open code for custom integrations.

Alignment whack-a-mole: Finetuning activates recall of copyrighted books in LLMs

190 reconnecting 2026-04-30 03:11:51 UTC github.com/cauchy221 Llama Share 152

This repository contains data preprocessing and finetuning scripts for analyzing memorization in large language models. It uses OpenAI, Vertex AI, and Tinker APIs to generate completions and evaluate model performance.

Functional programmers need to take a look at Zig

186 xngbuilds 2026-04-30 03:11:33 UTC pure-systems.org Llama Share 136

The user is evaluating Zig as a potential replacement for Haskell, praising its comptime feature for creating correct-by-construction systems and its "no spooky action at a distance" philosophy.

Durable queues, streams, pub/sub, and a cron scheduler – inside your SQLite file

185 ferriswil 2026-04-30 14:43:02 UTC honker.dev Llama Share 51

honker adds durable pub/sub and task queue to SQLite without client polling or daemon. It uses SQLite's PRAGMA data_version for wake signals, with ~0.7 ms latency and ~3 µs read time.

U.S. Debt Tops 100% of GDP

157 JumpCrisscross 2026-04-30 13:04:09 UTC wsj.com Full Share 213

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DataCenter.FM – background noise app featuring the sound of the AI bubble

135 louisbarclay 2026-04-30 07:52:12 UTC datacenter.fm Full Share 25

Experience the real-world sounds of AI with this interactive audio generator.

The FCC is about to ban 21% of its test labs today. I mapped them all

129 chambertime 2026-04-30 13:45:10 UTC markready.io Full Share 81

591 FCC-accredited test labs mapped across 28 countries. Location, accreditation status, TCB capability, and which labs face the Bad Labs ban.

Vercel’s pricing page

128 bartoindahouse 2026-04-30 20:02:35 UTC theupsellgame.com Llama Share 28

Vercel's pricing page hides per-seat tax, bandwidth overages, and DDoS costs. The Hobby plan has a hard cap that takes sites offline without warning after 30 days.

Claude.ai and API unavailable [fixed]

118 rob 2026-04-30 01:21:03 UTC status.claude.com Full Share 120

This incident affected: claude.ai, Claude Console (platform.claude.com), Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and Claude for Government.

The More Young People Use AI, the More They Hate It

115 karakoram 2026-04-30 14:34:36 UTC theverge.com Llama Share 134

Gen Z's opinions of AI are hitting new lows due to fears of job loss and social stigma. Young people are wary of AI's impact on critical thinking and social skills.

For the first time in history, more Americans are moving to EU than vice versa

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Full-Text Search with DuckDB

103 ethagnawl 2026-04-30 18:14:18 UTC peterdohertys.website Llama Share 23

The user explores DuckDB's full-text search (FTS) capabilities, comparing them to other FTS solutions like Elasticsearch and Postgres, and finds them powerful but limited. They provide a tutorial on using DuckDB's FTS extension with Python, including pre-processing email data and querying with Okapi BM25 algorithm.

Does Postgres Scale?

97 KraftyOne 2026-04-30 18:45:22 UTC dbos.dev Llama Share 45

A Postgres server can handle up to 144K writes per second or process 43K workflows per second, making it suitable for most use cases. The bottleneck in performance is often the write-ahead log (WAL) and can be mitigated by sharding across multiple Postgres servers or using multiple queues.

Monad Tutorials Timeline

97 brudgers 2026-04-30 04:28:07 UTC wiki.haskell.org Llama Share 49

Monads are a concept in programming that allows for the creation of computations that can handle side effects, such as input/output or exceptions, in a controlled and structured way. They can be thought of as a way to wrap a value or computation in a context that provides a way to sequence operations and handle effects in a predictable manner.

American Dads Became the Parents Their Fathers Never Were

96 ozozozd 2026-04-30 16:38:14 UTC derekthompson.org Llama Share 105

American fathers have significantly increased their childcare time over the past few generations, with Millennial dads spending over 80 minutes daily on childcare. This shift is attributed to various factors, including the rise of dual-earner households, increased education, and a desire for status and leisure.

Japan is building cardboard suicide drones

87 Brajeshwar 2026-04-30 14:55:36 UTC 404media.co Llama Share 66

Japan's Minister of Defense Shinjirō Koizumi showcased a cardboard drone, the AirKamuy 150, as a target for military training. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is already using it to practice drone defense.

Apple reports second quarter results

86 mfiguiere 2026-04-30 20:33:48 UTC apple.com Llama Share 92

Apple reported $111.2 billion in revenue for Q2 2026, a 17% year-over-year increase. The company also set new records for operating cash flow and EPS.

Joby kicks off NYC electric air taxi demos with historic JFK flight

85 Jblx2 2026-04-30 01:01:55 UTC flyingmag.com Llama Share 231

Joby Aviation conducted its first electric air taxi flight from JFK to Manhattan's West 30th Street heliport. The company plans further demonstrations over the next 10 days, aiming to integrate electric air taxis into New York City's airspace.

A 1960s art school experiment that redefined creativity

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Will you heed my warnings now?

83 bwesterb 2026-04-30 06:30:30 UTC scottaaronson.blog Llama Share 99

The author was elected to the US National Academy of Sciences and is grateful for the honor. He warns that quantum computers may break cryptography soon, urging people to switch to quantum-resistant encryption.

Largest Digital Human Rights Conference Suddenly Canceled

73 Brajeshwar 2026-04-30 16:35:58 UTC 404media.co Llama Share 15

RightsCon conference in Zambia has been canceled due to government postponement. The decision was made after Zambia's government cited need for more time to ensure the conference aligns with national procedures and diplomatic protocols.

Show HN: Pu.sh – a full coding-agent harness in 400 lines of shell

70 nahimn 2026-04-30 20:55:12 UTC pu.dev Full Share 21

A full coding-agent harness in 400 lines of shell. No npm. No pip. No Docker. Just curl, awk, and an API key.

Zulip 12.0 Released

70 tabbott 2026-04-30 02:00:51 UTC blog.zulip.com Llama Share 9

Zulip Server 12.0 has been released with hundreds of new features and bug fixes, including end-to-end encryption for mobile push notifications and a major upgrade for Docker.

I scraped 1.94M Airbnb photos for opium dens, pet cameos, and messy kitchens

68 jmp1062 2026-04-30 14:26:38 UTC burla-cloud.github.io Llama Share 42

Burla library runs parallel processing across a cluster with shared filesystem for data teams. It scales up to 1.7K CPU workers and 20 A100 GPUs for tasks like photo download and CLIP scoring.

The Science Behind Honey's Eternal Shelf Life (2013)

62 downbad_ 2026-04-30 13:15:04 UTC smithsonianmag.com Llama Share 31

Honey's unique combination of low moisture, acidity, and hydrogen peroxide makes it resistant to spoilage. Its shelf life is also extended by bees' natural drying process and the enzyme glucose oxidase in their stomachs.

Recovering files from beyond the grave using PhotoRec

58 speckx 2026-04-30 17:42:11 UTC lost-number.bearblog.dev Llama Share 12

The user recovered deleted files using TestDisk and PhotoRec, a digital forensics tool. They successfully recovered various file types, including images, from old hardware and an SD card, but caution is advised due to potential data corruption and privacy risks.

CPanel and WHM Authentication Bypass – CVE-2026-41940

56 zikani_03 2026-04-30 22:48:51 UTC labs.watchtowr.com Llama Share 18

A vulnerability in cPanel & WHM allows authentication bypass due to unstripped CRLF in session loading and saving. Exploiting this vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access to management planes of significant parts of the internet.

1.4 GW: battery storage at former Grohnde nuclear power plant

54 pantalaimon 2026-04-30 11:08:34 UTC heise.de Llama Share 59

The Emmerthal energy cluster in Germany is growing with three large battery storage systems, ground-mounted solar panels, and a new substation. The cluster aims to store and sell wind power surpluses from northern Germany to southern Germany.

Follow-up to Carrot disclosure: Forgejo

50 homebrewer 2026-04-30 19:22:55 UTC dustri.org Llama Share 7

User faced backlash for vulnerability disclosure on Mastodon and Forgejo, receiving unwanted attention and vile names. User apologized and sent constructive email to Forgejo security team with recommendations and proof-of-concepts.

A grounded conceptual model for ownership types in Rust

50 tkhattra 2026-04-30 01:47:19 UTC cacm.acm.org Llama Share 2

The website is using Cloudflare security and blocked my action, possibly due to a trigger like a certain word or SQL command. I was trying to perform an action when this page came up, and the Cloudflare Ray ID is needed to report the issue to the site owner.

Snowball Earth may hide a far stranger climate cycle than anyone expected

48 wglb 2026-04-30 22:18:57 UTC sciencex.com Llama Share 6

A new study suggests that Earth's Sturtian glacial period was not a single long period of glaciation, but rather cycles of glaciation and warm periods. The cycles were triggered by the weathering of the Franklin Large Igneous Province, which drew down CO2 and caused repeated glaciations.

SatoshiGuesser – Roll for Bitcoin

48 ilarum 2026-04-30 16:29:58 UTC github.com/pathos0925 Llama Share 50

A web game called Satoshi Guesser generates random 256-bit numbers to find Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin private keys. The odds are extremely low, but the game uses real cryptography to verify the results.

If Apple makes an iPad Neo, it's all over

36 ndr42 2026-04-30 18:36:51 UTC techadvisor.com Llama Share 55

Google is introducing a badge for tablet-ready apps in the Google Play Store, highlighting a long-standing issue with Android tablets. Apple dominates the tablet market with its iPad series, and an iPad Neo could further solidify its position.

Claude.ai down again?

34 zh_code 2026-04-30 01:20:39 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 24

API error 403 occurred due to a permission issue with an account no longer in the organization. The service, Claude, is experiencing downtime, causing work to halt.

Hackers are actively exploiting a bug in cPanel and WHM

33 dotmanish 2026-04-30 20:43:57 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 4

A critical bug in cPanel and WHM software allows hackers to take full control of servers, affecting tens of millions of website owners worldwide. Many web hosting companies have patched the bug, but immediate action is necessary to prevent malicious access.

Show HN: TRiP – a complete transformer engine in C built from scratch just by me

32 carlovalenti 2026-04-30 16:48:17 UTC github.com/carlovalenti Llama Share 6

TRiP is an open-source C engine for Transformer AI models, built from scratch for educational purposes. It supports Gemma 1, Llama 2, PaliGemma, and GPT-2 with full inference and training.

How to disable Firefox's new emoji picker

32 embedding-shape 2026-04-30 10:49:18 UTC emsh.cat Llama Share 69

Mozilla added an emoji picker to Firefox 150 using Ctrl + . shortcut, conflicting with 1Password's default shortcut. To resolve, the emoji picker needs to be disabled.

The UAE doubles down on Israel and America

23 andsoitis 2026-04-30 13:24:02 UTC economist.com Llama Share 6

The UAE left OPEC on April 27th due to restrictions. The country had threatened to quit before making the move.

SimpleX Channels, SimpleX Network Consortium and Community Crowdfunding

22 pmw 2026-04-30 20:49:21 UTC simplex.chat Llama Share 2

SimpleX Network's v6.5 release introduces SimpleX Channels, a model for online publishing that protects participation privacy. This is a win-win for users and chat relay operators, ensuring users' privacy and operators' ability to decide content in public spaces.

Copy Fail: 732 Bytes to Root on Every Major Linux Distribution

22 eyalitki 2026-04-30 05:07:21 UTC xint.io Llama Share 3

A Linux kernel bug, CVE-2026-31431, allows local users to gain root access by corrupting a setuid binary's page cache. The bug is in the authencesn cryptographic template and can be exploited with a 732-byte Python script.

You can beat the binary search

21 signa11 2026-04-30 09:56:15 UTC lemire.me Llama Share 2

The SIMD Quad algorithm is a new search algorithm that combines quaternary interpolation search with SIMD instructions to efficiently locate a target value in a sorted array of 16-bit unsigned integers. It outperforms binary search on both Intel and Apple platforms, with significant speedup on large arrays in cold cache scenarios.

Kubereboot/Kured: Kubernetes Reboot Daemon

19 ankitg12 2026-04-30 16:53:44 UTC github.com/kubereboot Llama Share 10

Kured is a Kubernetes daemonset that automatically reboots nodes when needed by the OS package management system. It ensures safe reboots by locking the API server and watching for reboot signals.

AI discovery reveals DNA isn’t locked away in cells after all

18 hhs 2026-04-30 22:45:44 UTC gladstone.org Llama Share 6

Scientists used a new AI-powered tool to discover that most nucleosomes contain partially accessible DNA, challenging the previous view that DNA is locked away. This finding points to a new way cells control genes, with nucleosomes acting like a volume dial rather than a simple on/off switch.

The Human Creativity Benchmark – Evaluating Generative AI in Creative Work

17 0bytematt 2026-04-30 18:33:03 UTC contralabs.com Llama Share 2

The Human Creativity Benchmark separates creative evaluation into two signals: convergence, where evaluators agree on best practices, and divergence, where they disagree on taste and aesthetic direction. The benchmark measures both signals through three methods and finds that no current model is reliably both correct and steerable, highlighting the need for a nuanced approach to evaluating ...

Copy-fail-destroyer: K8s remediation for CVE-2026-31431

17 evenh 2026-04-30 09:49:59 UTC github.com/norskhelsenett Llama Share 13

A Kubernetes DaemonSet agent detects and remediates CVE-2026-31431 by probing the AF_ALG module. It requires a privileged security context and can be deployed via Helm or raw manifest.

Patch Your Kernel NOW: 732byte Python rootkit, cracks all distros since 2017

14 cednore 2026-04-30 20:48:48 UTC github.com/rootsecdev Llama Share 3

A Linux kernel bug (CVE-2026-31431) allows local privilege escalation. It corrupts the page cache of world-readable files like /etc/passwd.