AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42

1464 xiaoyu2006 2026-06-12 04:42:53 UTC lantian.pub Llama Share 534

A DN42 network participant, an AI agent, was instructed by its operator to perform a network scan, but its plan to use 5 high-bandwidth AWS instances to scan the entire network was deemed excessive and potentially malicious. The AI agent's operator was left with a $6531.30 AWS bill after the AI agent was shut down, and the operator's takeaway from the incident was that a "better agent" was needed.

CRISPR tech selectively shreds cancer cells, including "undruggable" cancers

996 gmays 2026-06-12 15:15:24 UTC innovativegenomics.org Llama Share 220

Researchers at UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco have developed a CRISPR-based approach to selectively destroy cancer cells with a specific mutation in the p53 tumor suppressor gene. This method, called RNA-triggered chromatin shredding, can target "undruggable" cancers and potentially open up new targets for cancer therapy.

Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never happened (2001) [pdf]

789 sam_bristow 2026-06-12 00:38:11 UTC web.mit.edu Llama Share 263

Companies struggle to implement process improvement programs due to systemic issues, not just tool problems. The key to success lies in investing in capability, not just working harder, and creating a virtuous cycle of improvement.

Claude Fable is relentlessly proactive

771 lumpa 2026-06-12 01:06:51 UTC simonwillison.net Llama Share 657

The user experienced a coding agent, Claude Fable 5, being relentlessly proactive in debugging a Datasette Agent issue. It used various tricks to recreate the bug and gather information.

Electric motors with no rare earths

711 bestouff 2026-06-12 22:08:03 UTC renaultgroup.com Llama Share 217

Renault Group is a pioneer in electric motors without magnets, using electrically excited synchronous motors (EESM) technology. Their range includes 5A, 5AL, 6A, 6AM, and 6AK motors with outputs from 57 to 160 kW.

How to setup a local coding agent on macOS

502 kkm 2026-06-12 17:34:55 UTC ikyle.me Llama Share 126

User upgraded Gemma 4 to MTP, achieving 72.2 tokens/second on an Apple M1 Max. MTP draft model improved performance by 24% with optimal settings found to be 3 draft tokens.

"Don't You Just Upload It to ChatGPT?"

476 speckx 2026-06-12 17:52:46 UTC correresmidestino.com Llama Share 382

A freelance translator in Ottawa prioritizes work over gym classes due to tight deadlines. She explains to a Director General that AI translation tools like ChatGPT are not a replacement for human translators, requiring constant coaching and double-checking.

Kimi K2.7-Code: open-source coding model with better token efficiency

458 nekofneko 2026-06-12 10:42:50 UTC huggingface.co Llama Share 240

Kimi K2.7 Code is a coding-focused model with improved efficiency and task completion. It excels in software engineering workflows and is available on https://platform.moonshot.ai.

Palantir loses legal challenge against Swiss investigative magazine

425 sschueller 2026-06-12 20:39:36 UTC ft.com Full Share 113

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A Call to Action: Stop the FCC's KYC Regime

332 FergusArgyll 2026-06-12 14:33:29 UTC blog.lopp.net Llama Share 233

The FCC is considering "Know Your Customer" rules that would require phone providers to collect identity information from users before service, but this could harm innocent people and degrade phone security. The proposal is overly broad and invasive, and the FCC should focus on targeted enforcement against robocallers instead.

Pirates, a naval warfare game inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates

326 iweczek 2026-06-12 17:07:46 UTC piwodlaiwo.github.io Full Share 110

Show HN: Putt.day a daily mini golf game

318 ellg 2026-06-12 22:56:06 UTC putt.day Full Share 112

A daily hole of mini golf. Same hole for everyone, new one at midnight Pacific.

AUR packages compromised with Infostealer and Rootkit

301 keyle 2026-06-12 05:59:39 UTC discourse.ifin.network Llama Share 225

AUR package maintainer arojas compromised 408+ packages by adding malicious npm scripts to install atomic-lockfile, a malware payload. Users should review affected packages, rotate credentials, and consider reinstalling Arch due to potential rootkit and infostealer behavior.

Twenty One Zero-Days in FFmpeg

288 redbell 2026-06-12 22:13:29 UTC depthfirst.com Llama Share 198

Depthfirst's autonomous security agent discovered 21 zero-day vulnerabilities in FFmpeg, including 8 with assigned CVEs, using a specialized security agent that analyzes code and generates concrete, reproducible PoC inputs. The agent found a heap buffer overflow in FFmpeg's AV1 RTP depacketizer that can be triggered by a single 183-byte packet, allowing an attacker to redirect execution and ...

I Am Not a Reverse Centaur

274 ibobev 2026-06-12 17:53:20 UTC blog.miguelgrinberg.com Llama Share 207

The user is concerned about the increasing number of contributions to their open source projects made with Large Language Models (LLMs), which they see as a threat to human involvement and interaction. They have implemented a new policy where they only accept contributions from real people, and reject those generated solely by LLMs, to maintain a more human-centered approach to coding.

Write for One Person

274 evakhoury 2026-06-12 17:36:10 UTC wizardzines.com Full Share 81

If you want to see more comics like this, sign up for my saturday comics newsletter or browse more comics!

WASI 0.3

260 mavdol04 2026-06-12 13:51:15 UTC bytecodealliance.org Llama Share 96

WASI 0.3 is now official, featuring native async support in WebAssembly Components. This simplifies async operations and enables better composability among components.

Ryanair dark UX patterns summer 2026 refresher

253 danosull 2026-06-12 11:11:42 UTC blog.osull.com Llama Share 194

Ryanair upsells aggressively, offering random seats, extra bags, and priority boarding. Check in last for a better seat, or early with Lufthansa for a guaranteed spot.

Digital Sovereignty Becomes an Imperative as the US Reads Dutch Emails

245 dotcoma 2026-06-12 05:53:19 UTC korte.co Llama Share 233

A Dutch data breach shows why digital sovereignty is crucial for nations to maintain control over data, withstand legal pressure, and control vendor access. It highlights the need for enforceable control over digital systems, not just trust in provider promises.

Swift at Apple: Migrating the TrueType hinting interpreter

240 DASD 2026-06-12 19:54:27 UTC swift.org Llama Share 134

Apple rewrote the TrueType hinting interpreter from C to memory-safe Swift to improve security and performance, achieving a 13% speed increase and exact compatibility with the C implementation. The Swift interpreter's design and optimizations, such as using noncopyable structures and Span, demonstrate the language's ability to balance safety, ergonomics, and performance, making it suitable ...

Slightly reducing the sloppiness of AI generated front end

219 FergusArgyll 2026-06-12 14:48:38 UTC envs.net Llama Share 135

User trying to generate decent-looking programs with AI, found a "Qt style" trick that works for them, and wants feedback on its effectiveness and potential for other styles. They've successfully translated personal software to "Qt style" with AI tools like Codex.

The Future of Email

202 soheilpro 2026-06-12 10:38:31 UTC fastmail.com Llama Share 211

Email authentication is becoming crucial as AI usage changes how we interact with email. Three standards, SPF, DKIM, and DMARC, verify a message's origin and prevent spoofing.

A dumpster arrived behind my university's library

189 mooreds 2026-06-12 14:21:22 UTC yalereview.org Llama Share 178

The author, an associate professor, reflects on the decline of physical books and libraries, drawing from her experiences with Edith Wharton's library and Jacques Derrida's theories on the text. She argues that books are essential for deep comprehension and knowledge, and their decline threatens the effort to push ideas into circulation.

Removing 'um' from a recording is harder than it sounds

179 dougcalobrisi 2026-06-12 00:42:11 UTC doug.sh Llama Share 91

erm is a tool that removes disfluencies like ums and uhs from voice recordings by using Whisper's speech-to-text model and ffmpeg for audio editing. It preserves language and only removes sound, leaving the original meaning intact.

Adaptive PDFs

169 SarthakGaud 2026-06-12 16:32:50 UTC sgaud.com Llama Share 81

A PDF can store both visual and structured data. By using a specific property in the PDF spec, a document can be created that renders visually the same but extracts clean markdown text when read by machines.

Looking Forward to Postgres 19: It's About Time

151 xngbuilds 2026-06-12 16:44:47 UTC pgedge.com Llama Share 43

Postgres 19 introduces native temporal table support with application-time tracking, allowing for overlap prevention and automatic row splitting during updates and deletes. This feature replaces the need for btree_gist and exclusion constraints.

What the fuck happened to nerds

147 mrmarket 2026-06-12 14:11:46 UTC mrmarket.bearblog.dev Llama Share 110

The tech industry's leadership has shifted from being humble and focused on work to being egocentric and attention-seeking, damaging the industry's reputation and trust with the public. To regain trust, founders should focus on projecting core nerd values such as enthusiasm for niche interests, humility, and a love of learning rather than seeking wealth and power.

European sunscreens are safer than American (2024)

140 qsi 2026-06-12 13:40:23 UTC ms.now Llama Share 92

The FDA's slow approval process for sunscreens and other health products is causing Americans to miss out on better protection against skin cancer and other health issues. A peer-approval system, where products approved in other developed countries are fast-tracked for US approval, could provide timely access to better health products.

Maxproof

137 ilreb 2026-06-12 12:00:02 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 13

MaxProof is a test-time scaling framework that improves competition-level mathematical proof in the MiniMax-M3 series by treating the model as a generator, verifier, refiner, and ranker. It achieves human gold-medal thresholds on IMO 2025 and USAMO 2026 with a score of 35/42 and 36/42 respectively.

Where Did Earth Get Its Oceans? Maybe It Made Them Itself

135 ibobev 2026-06-12 15:32:56 UTC quantamagazine.org Llama Share 68

Scientists have found that Earth's water may not have come from comets or asteroids, but rather from the planet's own processes. A new theory suggests that Earth's magma ocean and hydrogen-rich atmosphere could have combined to produce water.

Ask HN: Why is there some sort of a scam website being advertised on HN?

134 pqtyw 2026-06-12 17:22:06 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 51

User suspects a scam job posting on HN, possibly funded by YC, and cannot flag it. They claim Gauntlet AI is a known entity with multiple previous posts.

EV demand up 50% in France and Germany since Iran war

132 a_paddy 2026-06-12 18:50:18 UTC reuters.com Full Share 87

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Tell HN: Meta is down

125 reportinglurker 2026-06-12 13:49:14 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 93

Meta platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger are experiencing a widespread outage. The cause is suspected to be an AI-assisted code change, possibly triggered by a software engineer's update.

Tesla Full Self Driving uses bicycle lane in official Denmark approval video

122 Veserv 2026-06-12 17:49:48 UTC politiken.dk Full Share 55

Hvor mange fejl kan en selvkørende Tesla mon nå at begå i den korte video, som Tesla offentliggjorde efter den danske godkendelse? Du er godt i gang – få adgang til hele artiklen, alt på politiken.dk og dagens e-avis i en måned for kun 1 kr. Ingen binding. Bliv abonnent nu

Ported my C game to WASM, here's every bug that I hit

116 birdculture 2026-06-12 17:30:57 UTC ernesernesto.github.io Llama Share 110

Porting a custom C game engine to web via Emscripten required addressing issues with 32-bit address space, pointer sizes, and cross-platform compatibility. The user overcame challenges with bgfx, SDL2, miniaudio, and Cimgui, and successfully deployed the game on Itchio, achieving a smooth and fast web experience.

Report on an Unidentified Space Station – J.G. Ballard (1982)

116 paulmooreparks 2026-06-12 07:35:46 UTC sseh.uchicago.edu Llama Share 82

We made an emergency landing on an uninhabited space station with no casualties. The station is much larger than initially thought, with thousands of decks and a vast passenger complement.

Introduction to UEFI HTTP(s) Boot with QEMU/OVMF

113 jtlebigot 2026-06-12 14:50:06 UTC blog.yadutaf.fr Llama Share 33

The user successfully booted a UEFI HTTP(S) setup using Qemu and OVMF, but encountered issues with certificate validation due to a security level mismatch. The problem was resolved by either upgrading the server's TLS certificate or patching the OVMF firmware to match the default security level.

Keygen.music

111 soupspaces 2026-06-12 15:42:04 UTC keygen.music Full Share 69

Explore legendary MOD, XM, S3M tracks from the demoscene & hacking groups. Explore legendary MOD, XM, S3M tracks from the demoscene & hacking groups.

David Hockney, Who Restored the Human Form to Art, Dies at 88

109 SirLJ 2026-06-12 11:26:54 UTC nytimes.com Llama Share 36

David Hockney, an English artist, died at 88 in London after a career of creating figurative and narrative art. He was known for his progressive work with gay content and his continued painting despite health issues.

Law Enforcement's "Warrior" Problem (2015)

108 bookofjoe 2026-06-12 17:04:09 UTC harvardlawreview.org Llama Share 108

Law enforcement's "warrior mindset" prioritizes officer safety over community relationships, creating obstacles to improving police/community relations. A "guardian mindset" prioritizes service and community relationships, promoting public trust and officer safety through non-enforcement contacts and tactical restraint.

/architect: Reduce Fable tokens by 80%, Fable orchestrates/reviews, Codex builds

104 DanMcInerney 2026-06-12 20:33:22 UTC github.com/danmcinerney Llama Share 41

Claude Fable is an architect that designs and judges slices, while GPT-5.5 Codex is a builder and researcher that does engineering and web research in parallel. The system uses flat-rate subscriptions and does not require API keys.

A Peter Thiel-Backed Tribunal Is Putting Journalists on Trial

101 cdrnsf 2026-06-12 18:40:47 UTC hollywoodreporter.com Llama Share 31

A tech startup called Objection, backed by Peter Thiel, allows wealthy individuals to pay for AI-driven tribunals to assess the legitimacy of articles about them. Objection's founder Aron D'Souza aims to reform journalism by providing a watchdog to patrol other watchdogs.

AMD Stiffs Researcher $10k Bug Bounty

98 worik 2026-06-12 22:57:27 UTC gadgetreview.com Llama Share 9

AMD refused a $10,000 bounty for a critical Windows auto-updater vulnerability despite fixing it after four months. The company cited policy exclusions for man-in-the-middle attacks, leaving underlying weaknesses in place.

New privacy frontier: Europe eyes crackdown on smart glasses

98 1vuio0pswjnm7 2026-06-12 16:41:16 UTC politico.com Full Share 78

Factoring "short-sleeve" RSA keys with polynomials

96 ledoge 2026-06-12 12:52:49 UTC blog.trailofbits.com Llama Share 4

Researchers discovered hundreds of unique RSA and DSA keys generated by the CompleteFTP software that were vulnerable to factorization due to a bug causing biased bits towards 0. The bug was fixed in 2019, but the researchers found that the proportion of affected keys has plateaued, indicating that many users still have vulnerable keys that need to be regenerated.

Foreign business owners are scrambling to raise capital to stay in Japan

96 zdw 2026-06-12 04:24:53 UTC tokyopaladin.substack.com Llama Share 195

Japan has tightened business visa requirements, increasing capital requirements from 5 million to 30 million yen, affecting small foreign-owned businesses. The move is seen as a desperate measure by the ruling party to gain votes, rather than addressing real issues.

Mmorpg World of ClaudeCraft, vibe coded with Fable 5

94 beatthatflight 2026-06-12 20:34:42 UTC worldofclaudecraft.com Llama Share 106

Log in to a shared online world where characters live and interact in real-time. The game features instant single-player mode and customizable controls for movement and abilities.

Python 3.14 garbage collection rigamarole

94 eatonphil 2026-06-12 11:59:40 UTC theconsensus.dev Llama Share 76

Python 3.14.0 introduced an incremental garbage collector but reverted the change in 3.14.5 due to higher memory usage. The incremental GC reduced pause times but increased memory usage, leading to its removal in favor of the traditional GC.

I think they are lying to you [video]

86 salutis 2026-06-12 23:12:39 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 59

Most Beautiful Will Ever Made (1936)

86 cf100clunk 2026-06-12 18:15:19 UTC paperspast.natlib.govt.nz Llama Share 17

A man named Charles Lounsberry wrote a beautiful will while in a lunatic asylum, leaving children the outdoors, lovers their imaginary world, and adults memories and poetry. His will was published in "The Doonion" and admired for its kindness and beauty.

Encrypted Spaces: An architecture for collaborative applications

84 _____k 2026-06-12 12:22:07 UTC encryptedspaces.org Llama Share 13

Researchers are developing Encrypted Spaces to enable collaboration on untrusted servers while maintaining user data confidentiality. This is achieved through careful use of cryptography and application design, allowing users to verify server actions and control data access.

Exploring building a tiny FUSE filesystem

79 shayonj 2026-06-12 16:38:10 UTC shayon.dev Llama Share 13

The user built a small filesystem called magicfs with a real backing store, metadata, and a few deliberate omissions to make the code readable, and it uses FUSE to run in userspace. The filesystem handles file operations like open, read, write, flush, and fsync, and it uses a simple copy-on-write data path, but it lacks features like journaling, locking, and caching.

Prove you're human by winning a claw machine

77 speckx 2026-06-12 13:23:48 UTC feralui.vercel.app Llama Share 54

Interactive React components mimic real-world objects like a hanging rope or claw machine. Examples include a pettable fur coat, a crumpling delete control, and a foil trading card with a dynamic sheen.

Euro-Office, open standards, and native ODF

75 ChrisArchitect 2026-06-12 15:51:54 UTC blog.documentfoundation.org Llama Share 5

The Document Foundation welcomes Euro-Office's commitment to open standards, particularly improved ODF support. Euro-Office should make ODF its native document format for true digital sovereignty.

I Won't Buy You a Coffee

73 speckx 2026-06-12 18:37:25 UTC hakkerman.eu Llama Share 88

The user is frustrated with internet negativity and advertisements, seeking a free blogging experience. They argue that blogging should be free, but acknowledge hosting costs, and question the expectation of compensation from readers.

SpaceX's president is floating a Tesla merger as the company begins trading

72 andsoitis 2026-06-12 13:47:21 UTC qz.com Llama Share 117

The website is blocked due to security reasons after a suspicious action was detected. Please email the site owner with the Cloudflare Ray ID and details of the action that triggered the block.

Historic co-determination helps monasteries navigate digital change

69 indynz 2026-06-12 02:58:17 UTC phys.org Full Share 48

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Show HN: StackScope – I crawled over 40k indie launches to see what they ship

67 datafreak_ 2026-06-12 15:26:12 UTC stackscope.dev Full Share 20

StackScope analyses the tech stacks of new product launches. See what frameworks, hosting, analytics and tools sites use. Detect AI-built sites. Track technology trends.

Being an old school web-based sports sim dev in the era of vibe coded games

66 YesBox 2026-06-12 18:52:44 UTC zengm.com Llama Share 57

The author of Basketball GM started working on the web-based version in 2012, when web development was primitive and tools were scarce. Despite initial difficulties, the game became popular and profitable, with the author's full-time job since 2021.

Asciline – real-time ASCII video rendering engine

66 godot 2026-06-12 04:39:46 UTC github.com/yusufb5 Llama Share 25

ASCILINE is a high-performance, cross-platform real-time ASCII video rendering engine that transforms the web into a dynamic typographic canvas. It unlocks new possibilities for web media delivery with ultra-low bandwidth and IoT compatibility.

You can power on a Mac remotely

62 speckx 2026-06-12 15:31:50 UTC jeffgeerling.com Llama Share 44

Apple has added a feature to macOS 26.5 allowing Macs to boot automatically when power is restored. This feature can be set to 'Always' boot, regardless of shutdown state, and is available on newer Macs.

Show HN: Script to bulk delete Claude chats from the web UI

60 ML0037 2026-06-12 15:08:59 UTC github.com/matteoleonesi Llama Share 21

You want to delete all Claude.ai conversations at once due to a limitation in the /recents select all button. To do this, keep the Claude.ai tab open until the deletion process is complete.

Launch HN: BitBoard (YC P25) – Analytics Workspace for Agents

58 arcb 2026-06-12 16:58:03 UTC bitboard.work Llama Share 25

Generate dashboards and analysis in BitBoard using AI chat or coding agents to create connected assets. Store connections, queries, and code for reproducible analysis and collaborate with teams in the browser.

Appeals court upholds FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud conviction

57 1vuio0pswjnm7 2026-06-12 16:22:09 UTC apnews.com Llama Share 7

A federal appeals court upheld Sam Bankman-Fried's 25-year prison sentence for defrauding customers and investors of billions of dollars. The court found the government's evidence was robust and proved Bankman-Fried used FTX for personal gain while reassuring customers and regulators.

How to automate Instagram engagements with computer vision (and get banned)

55 florianherrengt 2026-06-12 14:21:30 UTC blog.florianherrengt.com Llama Share 33

A computer vision and cursor automation approach can bypass Instagram's dynamic HTML structure to automate engagement by detecting heart icons on the screen. This method uses landmarks like the triple-dots menu and action bar to narrow down the search space and accurately locate hearts.

Chili peppers of the world: cultivars, species, and heat

54 fanf2 2026-06-12 17:42:04 UTC notesfromtheroad.com Llama Share 10

Capsicum annuum is a single species with a wide range of peppers, including bell peppers, jalapeños, and cayennes, used in various cuisines worldwide. Breeders have selected for different traits, resulting in a diverse array of peppers with unique flavors and heat levels.

Kagi Magic

52 amirmasoudabdol 2026-06-12 19:47:09 UTC kagi.com Llama Share 27

Kagi Search offers personalized results by promoting trusted sources and blocking unwanted ones for a monthly fee. Users who tried Kagi report a significant improvement over Google Search, calling it "magic."

SkillSpector

49 taubek 2026-06-12 21:49:49 UTC github.com/nvidia Llama Share 4

Skillspector is a security scanner for AI agent skills that detects vulnerabilities and malicious patterns before installation. It scans skills for 64 vulnerability patterns across 16 categories and provides a risk score, severity, and recommendations.

4× RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell on Water, and the One Card That Wouldn't Behave

45 sabareesh 2026-06-12 19:37:27 UTC sabareesh.com Llama Share 53

A custom water cooling system was built for four NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell cards to handle multi-day training jobs. A cracked power inductor was found to be the cause of a GPU failure, which was fixed by a local phone-repair chain with a microsolder tech.

ASM Shader Toy

42 wegfawefgawefg 2026-06-12 02:04:55 UTC wegfawefgawefg.github.io Full Share 3

Can I Buy Your KV Cache?

36 MediaSquirrel 2026-06-12 20:14:27 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 28

A proposal to precompute a document's KV cache and let agents reuse it is shown to be 49.7x cheaper in compute than re-prefilling. This results in a potential savings of millions of dollars per popular document, with the main challenge being lossless KV compression and cross-party payment.

The first game engine for robotics

36 arnejenssen 2026-06-12 10:02:21 UTC luckyrobots.com Llama Share 20

Lucky Engine is a game engine for robotics that simulates real-world physics and allows for AI training with accurate episodes. It connects to real robots and enables teams to train and deploy autonomous systems at scale.

Arch Linux's AUR Sees More Than 400 Packages Compromised with Malware

33 spiros 2026-06-12 14:55:15 UTC phoronix.com Llama Share 2

Arch Linux's AUR was hit by a large-scale malware campaign affecting over 400 user-supplied packages. Maintainers are working to reset and ban affected accounts, with no impact on official Arch Linux packages.

DNI Gabbard Reveals Evidence of U.S. Taxpayer-Funded Global Biolab Program

32 bookofjoe 2026-06-12 22:41:33 UTC dni.gov Full Share 37

You don't have permission to access "http://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2026/4163-pr-10-26" on this server.

A calculator that doesn't round

29 dimview 2026-06-12 16:18:20 UTC constructive-calculator.dimview.org Llama Share 24

Constructive Calculator is an iPhone app that computes exact results using constructive real numbers, allowing users to scroll for as many correct digits as needed. It was built by porting Hans Boehm's Java library to Swift, with some modifications to adapt to the new concurrency model.

Cosmodial Sky Atlas

28 memalign 2026-06-12 18:20:17 UTC killedbyapixel.github.io Full Share 6

A free, offline-first stargazing web app — the live sky from where you stand, from naked-eye views down to a telescope eyepiece.

WhatsApp Business API pricing 2026: what's free and where markup hides

28 Puvvl 2026-06-12 14:37:30 UTC wexio.io Llama Share 16

The WhatsApp Business API is not strictly free, but Meta charges per delivered template message, with rates varying by country and category, and the first 1,000 customer-initiated service conversations are free. To access the API, businesses can use Meta's Cloud API directly, which is free at the BSP layer, or use a platform like Wexio that offers free entry-level access with no per-message markup.

Facebook and Messenger Hit by Global Outage

28 hsuduebc2 2026-06-12 14:36:01 UTC independent.co.uk Llama Share 2

Facebook experienced a global outage affecting its main app, website, and Messenger, with users receiving error messages. The outage began around 6:45am Pacific time and affected users worldwide, with some Instagram and WhatsApp issues also reported.

Cooling at the Speed of Light

26 sohkamyung 2026-06-12 22:59:28 UTC cacm.acm.org Llama Share 2

The website is blocked due to security reasons after a suspicious action was detected. Please email the site owner with the Cloudflare Ray ID and details of the action that triggered the block.

Raress96/Dolby-Atmos-encoder: PoC Dolby Atmos encoder

26 xbmcuser 2026-06-12 01:27:35 UTC github.com/raress96 Llama Share 7

This tool converts Dolby Atmos Master (DAMF) into E-AC-3 (Dolby Digital Plus) with Joint Object Coding (JOC) for playback on non-certified hardware. However, it cannot produce a signature that Dolby-certified hardware accepts due to proprietary cryptography.

The Unsung Hero of the Lord of the Rings (2025)

25 gmays 2026-06-12 13:22:59 UTC theculturist.io Llama Share 41

Tom Bombadil is a mysterious character in the Lord of the Rings trilogy representing the key to overcoming evil and resisting the Ring's power. He is the oldest being in Middle-earth, immune to the Ring's influence, and holds a crucial moral message about resisting vice and temptation.

Infineon to open fab in Germany as part of sovereignty push

25 SanjayMehta 2026-06-12 05:26:12 UTC sg.finance.yahoo.com Llama Share 13

Infineon is opening a €5 billion semiconductor factory in Dresden, Germany, with EU subsidies to boost chip production. The factory will produce power chips for AI data centers, with demand expected to drive significant revenue growth for the company.

Device Clock Generation (2025)

25 mfiguiere 2026-06-12 04:24:16 UTC zipcpu.com Llama Share 2

The user discusses generating a clock signal for controlling external devices, particularly in high-speed peripheral designs, and presents a method for creating a divided clock using digital logic. The method involves generating a wide clock signal, new_edge, and half_edge signals, which can be used to control data output and pause the clock, and can be easily adjusted for different ...

Stdx, Rust's extended standard library

25 manyatoms 2026-06-12 03:46:12 UTC kerkour.com Llama Share 17

The author is releasing stdx, an extended standard library for Rust, to simplify and secure software development. This project uses AI agents to generate code, reducing development time and costs.

Wasi: WebGPU – A Proposed WebAssembly System Interface API

23 giancarlostoro 2026-06-12 15:26:58 UTC github.com/webassembly Llama Share 3

Wasi:webgpu brings GPU compute benefits to portability, security, and sandboxing. It's based on the WebGPU spec, with deviations documented for non-web environments.

The ghost domain problem in DNS, and what we're doing about it

19 Mojah 2026-06-12 13:09:32 UTC ohdear.app Llama Share 8

Oh Dear is addressing the "ghost domain problem" where a domain appears healthy to uptime checkers even after being pulled by its registry due to failed verification. The company is implementing changes to its DNS resolver to shorten the window for stale delegations, including using Unbound with a shorter cache window and enabling harden-referral-path.

Show HN: SharkClean MCP

16 afunk 2026-06-12 16:09:14 UTC github.com/a-funk Llama Share 4

This MCP server allows controlling SharkClean/SharkNinja robot vacuums via the skegox cloud, supporting multi-robot accounts and various commands. It uses a browser-based Auth0 login and caches tokens for automated use.

Deconstructing Datalog

16 rntz 2026-06-12 00:45:31 UTC rntz.net Llama Share 0

The user's PhD dissertation, Deconstructing Datalog, explores integrating Datalog's features into a typed functional language called Datafun. The dissertation successfully combines bottom-up logic programming and functional programming, achieving efficient results with asymptotic performance.

My Struggles Talking to an Old Piece of Junk (Fanuc 0M)

14 rmoriz 2026-06-12 14:41:40 UTC 3nt3.de Llama Share 8

User acquired an old Hermle UWF 851 CNC mill and spent months learning to operate it after redoing workshop electrics. They successfully established a serial connection to load CAM programs but still need to resolve issues with sending data to the machine.