An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time

1708 verditelabs 2026-06-25 15:48:07 UTC scrollprize.org Llama Share 367

Scientists have virtually unwrapped and read a 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll, PHerc. 1667, without damaging it. The scroll contains a Stoic philosophical treatise on ethics, dated to the 2nd century BC, and is the first to be read continuously from start to end.

Om Malik has died

1349 minimaxir 2026-06-25 20:33:37 UTC om.co Llama Share 171

Om Malik passed away on June 24, 2026, at Stanford Hospital after a long health journey. He will be remembered for his insightful writing and creative endeavors, including photography.

The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate your privacy

1150 bilsbie 2026-06-25 21:44:55 UTC expression.fire.org Llama Share 619

Australia's under-16 social media ban is not working as intended, with 7 out of 10 kids still using social media. The law mandates age verification through biometric info, government IDs, or other data, introducing new risks for data breaches and phishing attempts.

Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

843 virgildotcodes 2026-06-25 13:02:56 UTC reuters.com Full Share 1252

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Show HN: I made Google Trends for Hacker News by indexing 18 years of comments

812 ytkimirti 2026-06-25 14:08:55 UTC hackernewstrends.com Llama Share 156

The tech industry has seen numerous lead-swaps and changing of the guard across various fields including cloud platforms, AI, programming languages, frameworks, and more. Key players like Cloudflare, Vercel, OpenAI, Nvidia, AMD, and others have vied for dominance in their respective areas over the years.

Half-Life 2 in a Browser

684 panza 2026-06-25 06:00:04 UTC hl2.slqnt.dev Full Share 274

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Ford AI hiccups push carmaker to rehire ‘gray beard’ inspectors

628 alanwreath 2026-06-25 14:58:50 UTC bloomberg.com Llama Share 550

Ford Motor Co hired 350 veteran engineers to train staff and reprogram AI tools to fix quality problems. This approach led Ford to become the top mainstream brand in the JD Power Initial Quality Survey.

Hey Nico, you didn't vibe code your data room but stole it from Papermark

619 mmunj 2026-06-25 12:23:05 UTC twitter.com/mfts0 Llama Share 291

You accuse Nico of copying code from Papermark's open source and enterprise-licensed code without permission, demanding the product be taken down immediately. This action is seen as fraudulent and reflects poorly on Nico's business and the YC community.

LastPass notifies users of yet another data breach

526 mooreds 2026-06-25 10:28:16 UTC 9to5mac.com Llama Share 237

LastPass users are warned about stolen personal data due to a breach at market research firm Klue, which exposed customer contact information and support case data. LastPass has notified law enforcement, revoked employee access, and recommended customers be vigilant of phishing attacks.

IBM debuts sub-1 nanometer chip technology

392 porridgeraisin 2026-06-25 15:33:37 UTC newsroom.ibm.com Llama Share 204

IBM unveiled a sub-1 nanometer chip technology with a revolutionary transistor architecture at the 0.7 nm node, nearly doubling transistor density. The breakthrough offers up to 50% more performance and 70% greater energy efficiency, enabling future advancements in computing and AI.

OAuth for all

381 terryds 2026-06-25 02:18:10 UTC blog.cloudflare.com Llama Share 164

Cloudflare upgraded its OAuth engine to improve performance and security. The upgrade allowed for self-managed OAuth, enabling customers to create and manage their own OAuth clients.

Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion

380 engomez 2026-06-25 16:04:46 UTC github.com/inkeep Llama Share 173

OpenKnowledge is a local markdown editor with integrations for LLMs, available as a desktop app or local web app via CLI. It supports macOS, Linux, and Intel Macs, with Node.js 24+ required for installation.

Apple to skip high-end M6 Mac chips in favor of AI-focused M7 line

318 scrlk 2026-06-25 17:38:44 UTC bloomberg.com Full Share 379

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Countries are competing to see which can carry out mass surveillance the best

313 Cider9986 2026-06-25 13:07:07 UTC mullvad.net Llama Share 127

Mass surveillance carried out by states and rulers is reprehensible and infringes individuals' human rights, invading personal privacy and being ineffective against the problems it's claimed to solve. The US mass surveillance apparatus, enabled by Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, has been shown to collect data on hundreds of millions of people worldwide, including ...

Zig's new bitCast semantics and LLVM back end improvements

278 kouosi 2026-06-25 14:19:28 UTC ziglang.org Llama Share 147

The Zig compiler has made several improvements in 2026, including a new ELF linker with fast incremental compilation, improved LLVM backend, and enhanced build system. These changes aim to improve performance, usability, and stability, with features like incremental compilation, lazy type analysis, and better error messages.

OS9Map

265 LaSombra 2026-06-25 15:01:06 UTC yllan.org Full Share 57

OS9Map lets you browse OpenStreetMap on Mac OS 9. Search for landmarks and addresses, and save the places you care about as bookmarks for next time. Smooth scrolling map canvas — drag with the mouse to pan; nearby tiles load as you go. Bookmarks — save the places you visit often and return to them from the menu in one click.

Apple increases MacBook and iPad prices by 20%

262 bazzmt 2026-06-25 14:37:15 UTC ft.com Full Share 4

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Windows 10 quietly gets one more year of support and updates

251 bundie 2026-06-25 15:59:54 UTC neowin.net Llama Share 234

Windows 10's Extended Security Updates program now ends on October 12, 2027, giving users more time to update to a newer OS or hardware. Users can enroll in ESU until then, with existing enrollments automatically continuing through the new end date.

Military branches restore flu shot requirement after virus swept through base

242 tzs 2026-06-25 22:16:55 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 161

The US military is reinstating flu shot requirements after a Texas Air Force base outbreak sickened 222 recruits and killed one. The move reverses Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's April decision to drop the requirement, citing a need to keep armed forces healthy.

The Garbage Collection Handbook: The Art of Automatic Memory Management (2nd Ed) (2023)

240 teleforce 2026-06-25 23:10:30 UTC gchandbook.org Llama Share 56

The Garbage Collection Handbook updates the state of the field in automatic memory management, covering new challenges and state-of-the-art techniques. It provides expert insight on garbage collectors, helping programmers select and configure the best options.

Dark Sky Lighting

240 alexandrehtrb 2026-06-25 16:19:19 UTC savingourstars.org Llama Share 53

Dark-sky lighting reduces light pollution by directing light downwards and using amber colors, which helps protect wildlife and our circadian rhythm. It also reduces energy consumption and makes our stars visible again, promoting a safer and healthier environment.

The Doorman's Fallacy in action

238 rozumem 2026-06-25 20:00:35 UTC rozumem.xyz Llama Share 315

A restaurant replaced physical menus with a QR code, causing inconvenience and chaos among a group of six people. This experience illustrates the Doorman's Fallacy, where technology replaces humans without considering the consequences on customer experience.

Halvar's Guide to Entrepreneurship

233 nekitamo 2026-06-25 15:28:24 UTC thomasdullien.github.io Llama Share 54

The author shares lessons learned from founding two companies, zynamics and optimyze, and discusses the importance of understanding one's motivations and target market before starting a company. They also provide insights into the different types of markets, fundraising strategies, and the dynamics between founders and investors in the venture capital industry.

LuaJIT 3.0 proposed syntax extensions

231 phreddypharkus 2026-06-25 00:41:43 UTC github.com/luajit Llama Share 158

The discussion aims to improve syntax extensions in LuaJIT, focusing on functionality and avoiding subjective cosmetic choices. A consolidated documentation of the full language, including labeled extensions, is being written to replace scattered documentation.

Dolphin Emulator Progress Release 2606

221 exploraz 2026-06-25 10:20:07 UTC dolphin-emu.org Full Share 37

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Federal agents track down woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICE

217 coloneltcb 2026-06-25 14:16:17 UTC syracuse.com Full Share 85

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The Boeing 747 begins its final descent

215 dbl000 2026-06-25 15:54:46 UTC theatlantic.com Llama Share 357

The author visits Pinal Airpark in Arizona to see retired Boeing 747s, once the principal host of important journeys, now a symbol of American decline. The 747 was a technological innovation that embodied American might, invention, and progress, but its accidental longevity defined an era of decline.

Linux on Older Hardware: The Complete Revival Guide

214 tapanjk 2026-06-25 04:06:29 UTC fosslinux.com Llama Share 129

Liam's guide helps revive old hardware with Linux by selecting the right distro, optimizing RAM, and upgrading to an SSD, reducing electronic waste and extending the machine's life by 2-3 years. The guide provides a tier system for distro selection based on RAM, CPU architecture, and storage, and offers techniques for browser optimization, zram compression, and service trimming to squeeze ...

Ending respiratory infections

202 EthanFantl 2026-06-25 01:14:23 UTC blog.interceptfund.com Llama Share 136

Intercept is a $500 million philanthropic initiative that aims to develop broad-spectrum preventatives and air cleaning technologies to reduce the global burden of respiratory infections. The goal is to catalyze the development of safe and tolerable preventatives that will prevent more than 75% of symptomatic respiratory infections and deploy air cleaning technologies that safely reduce ...

The unbearable cheapness of open weight models

201 ddxv 2026-06-25 02:51:29 UTC jamesoclaire.com Llama Share 186

You're concerned about high costs of Anthropic and OpenAI models, comparing them to cheaper alternatives like DeepSeek and Xiaomi's Mimo. You worry they may be using luxury branding to restrict access to competition.

Wikipedia Workers in Britain set global first by seeking union recognition

199 chobeat 2026-06-25 07:02:37 UTC utaw.tech Llama Share 3

British Wikipedia workers are seeking union recognition with the Communication Workers Union, citing concerns over transparency and the WMF's future direction. Over 1000 volunteers have signed petitions in support of the workers, who are longtime contributors to the Wikimedia movement.

Un-0: Generating Images with Coupled Oscillators

191 babelfish 2026-06-25 20:50:02 UTC unconv.ai Llama Share 53

Researchers at Unconventional AI built Un-0, an image generator powered by a simulated system of coupled oscillators, achieving FID 6.74 on ImageNet 64×64, matching the quality of leading conventional image generation methods. Un-0's architecture harnesses the laws of physics to do the computing, aiming to run modern AI on a fraction of the energy today's machines need, around 1,000x less.

Long Wave radio era set to end with switch-off

181 edward 2026-06-25 18:42:17 UTC economist.com Llama Share 165

A Midlands town stood out on British wireless sets in the 1930s due to a powerful radio transmitter near Droitwich. The transmitter's masts still send broadcasts across Britain and Europe, including coded messages during WWII and cricket commentary.

Model Training as Code

181 peterBlue75 2026-06-25 13:54:06 UTC aleph-alpha.com Llama Share 24

Aleph Alpha built Savanna, a model factory that automates the entire model training pipeline in code, making it easier to collaborate and scale. By implementing Model Training as Code (MTaC), Savanna reduces errors, costs, and organisational challenges, enabling teams to work more efficiently and paving the way for auto-research.

Medical students are using popular research tool to pump out misleading studies

181 rndsignals 2026-06-25 02:30:18 UTC science.org Llama Share 98

Joshua Wang, a neuroscientist, notices unreliable studies on TriNetX, a research platform, due to inexperienced users and AI assistance. TriNetX papers often have similar flaws, including bias and cherry-picked results, which can mislead doctors and patient care.

OpenAI leans toward waiting until next year for IPO

178 mfiguiere 2026-06-25 20:36:05 UTC nytimes.com Llama Share 154

OpenAI may delay its initial public offering until next year due to uncertain market conditions and a recent decline in SpaceX's stock. The company had initially aimed for a public offering in the third or fourth quarter of this year with a valuation of $1 trillion.

Political bias in AI: Where the AI models stand

177 mektrik 2026-06-25 13:08:31 UTC trakkr.ai Llama Share 307

This study measures AI models' political bias by asking them open questions, classifying their answers, and plotting the results. The results show each model's stance on politics, economics, and society, without implying which stance is good.

An oral history of Bank Python (2021)

176 tosh 2026-06-25 20:14:35 UTC calpaterson.com Llama Share 71

The author describes Bank Python, a proprietary fork of the Python ecosystem used by investment banks, which includes a global database called Barbara, a job runner called Walpole, and a data management system called MnTable. The system is designed to be holistic and all-encompassing, with a focus on data-first development and a unique approach to software engineering that differs from ...

The US Army Issued Ocarinas to Soldiers in World War II

176 tomcam 2026-06-25 07:26:06 UTC flutetunes.com Llama Share 80

During World War II, the US government shipped thousands of flutes to soldiers, including ocarinas, which were chosen for their simplicity and durability. The ocarinas were made from plastic molds and had a simple fingering system, making them easy to play and learn.

Zombie unicorns are haunting Silicon Valley

169 andsoitis 2026-06-25 02:16:15 UTC economist.com Llama Share 116

Silicon Valley startups are now facing a new threat, the "zombie" unicorn, a once-valued firm now struggling. This phenomenon is keeping venture capitalists awake at night.

Ask HN: Where is the programming profession going?

165 syntaxbush 2026-06-25 02:41:47 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 180

You visited a 15-person company where Claude is heavily used, leading to a shift from human-driven to AI-driven software development, with code reviews and problem understanding being offloaded to the AI. This change makes the occupation of software development seem probabilistic and less precise.

Show HN: Bible as RAG Database

163 jacksonastone 2026-06-25 01:42:55 UTC crosscanon.com Llama Share 94

The user listed the books of the Bible in order. The list includes both the Old and New Testaments.

We found a bug in the hyper HTTP library

161 Pop_- 2026-06-25 07:55:40 UTC blog.cloudflare.com Llama Share 85

Cloudflare's Images service experienced intermittent truncation of image data due to a race condition in the hyper library that occurred when the reader consumed data slower than hyper wrote it. The issue was resolved by adding a flush before shutdown in the hyper library, ensuring that all data is sent before closing the connection.

Deno 2.9

145 enz 2026-06-25 16:22:55 UTC deno.com Llama Share 61

Deno 2.9 introduces deno desktop, a new way to build native desktop applications from the web stack, and improves performance with faster startup, memory use, and HTTP throughput.

Parallel Parentheses Matching

122 Athas 2026-06-25 20:12:24 UTC williamdue.github.io Llama Share 17

A paper called More Fun with Monoids by Oleg Kiselyov introduced a map-reduce pattern that can be used to solve the parentheses matching problem with O(n) work and O(log⁡n) span. The problem can be further parallelized using a previous or smaller element problem algorithm to solve the general definition of the parentheses matching problem with O(nlog⁡n) work and O(log⁡n) span.

Tell HN: OpenAI has started putting ads on paid programs

115 shantnutiwari 2026-06-25 13:37:36 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 65

You were on a £6.99/month plan with ads, which is explicitly stated on OpenAI's pricing page. The ads you saw were relevant to your conversation about mobile games, but not integrated into the chat.

Build Yourself Flowers

114 surprisetalk 2026-06-25 14:30:01 UTC vickiboykis.com Llama Share 3

The speaker reflects on the state of machine learning engineering, questioning its relevance in an era of LLMs, and draws parallels with the Dutch Golden Age of art, where technical excellence was valued. They use the example of Rachel Ruysch, a premier flower painter, to illustrate the importance of discipline, mentorship, and experimentation in achieving mastery.

Do Babies Dream of Baby Sheep?

104 DanielVZ 2026-06-25 14:48:07 UTC devz.cl Llama Share 43

The author's wife has childhood amnesia, unable to recall her early years, while the author has vivid memories from around 6-8 months old. He questions the authenticity of his memories, but talking to his parents confirms some details, suggesting a possible link between emotional experiences and memory consolidation.

Regular expressions that work “everywhere”

102 ColinWright 2026-06-25 12:13:24 UTC johndcook.com Llama Share 43

Regular expressions vary across tools, but a subset of features work everywhere, including . ^ $ [...] * \w \W \s \S \1 - \9 \b \B ? + | {n,m} (...) capturing.

Zig – SPIR-V Backend Progress

94 Retro_Dev 2026-06-25 22:03:14 UTC ziglang.org Llama Share 55

The Zig compiler has seen significant updates in 2026, including improvements to the SPIR-V backend, LLVM backend, and ELF linker, which have enhanced performance, usability, and functionality. These updates include incremental compilation, improved type resolution, and experimental support for fibers and stackful coroutines, as well as changes to the build system and dependency management.

Show HN: Turn native language audio into flashcards and shadowing practice

92 alder 2026-06-25 11:29:13 UTC lingochunk.com Full Share 37

Comprehensible input that sticks. Turn the audio you study into native-voice Anki cards.

Migrating from Proxmox to NixOS and Incus

91 wasting_time 2026-06-25 21:22:59 UTC nijho.lt Llama Share 69

I decommissioned my Proxmox cluster and migrated to NixOS with Incus, which offers a declarative, reproducible, and atomic update system. This shift allows me to manage my infrastructure in text files, making it accessible to AI agents and reducing state drift.

The Return of Aspect Oriented Programming

89 thomaswc 2026-06-25 22:12:33 UTC thomaswc.com Llama Share 73

The text discusses various aspects of programming such as correctness, efficiency, debuggability, and more. It proposes a new approach to Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) using Large Language Models (LLMs) to generate code from separate documents for each concern.

Why Does Everyone Hate AI?

89 megacorp 2026-06-25 12:59:10 UTC paulkrugman.substack.com Llama Share 149

The public's negative view of AI is driven by concerns over job loss, forced adoption, and the environmental impact of datacenters. This backlash is fueled by the tech industry's own warnings of AI's negative effects and the public's growing distrust of tech companies.

Mixing Visual and Textual Code

86 doppioandante 2026-06-25 01:11:10 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 43

Hybrid ClojureScript is a new programming language that combines textual and visual syntax for geometric ideas. It allows developers to add interactive visual elements to their code without disrupting their workflow.

Ask HN: What surprised you about Estonia e-Residency and running an Estonian OÜ?

82 jvilalta 2026-06-25 14:17:26 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 75

E-residents and entrepreneurs report straightforward setup but unexpected banking and tax complexities. Compliance and operational challenges can arise, but remote management is generally easy.

How physicists track and trap the elusive neutrino

68 ibobev 2026-06-25 15:11:48 UTC quantamagazine.org Llama Share 37

Physicists Clyde Cowan and Frederick Reines detected neutrinos in 1956 using a massive device. Neutrino detectors have since been built to study these particles, revealing their secrets and answering questions about the universe.

SoftBank 2026 AGM [pdf]

67 dmmalam 2026-06-25 12:42:55 UTC group.softbank Llama Share 15

SoftBank Group Corp. presentation does not constitute investment solicitation and contains forward-looking statements with known and unknown risks.

Bringing Swift to the Apple ][

67 LucidLynx 2026-06-25 08:26:54 UTC yeokhengmeng.com Llama Share 3

The user created SwiftII, a Swift-flavored mini development environment for the original Apple II, using heavy AI assistance in their spare time. The project involved building a compiler, interpreter, and tools like a file selector and text editor, with a focus on fitting as much of Swift into the Apple II as possible while still reading like Swift on sight.

European Commission lines up Amazon and Microsoft for cloud gatekeeper status

58 Bender 2026-06-25 16:22:45 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 39

The European Commission may designate AWS and Azure as gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act, imposing requirements and fines if not met. The designation would aim to ensure fair, open, and competitive markets for cloud services in the EU.

The operating cost starts after the demo

56 hellokfk 2026-06-25 21:58:08 UTC twoheads.net Llama Share 42

AI agencies often oversell automation, promising ease and efficiency without discussing ongoing costs and maintenance. Real AI systems require ownership, monitoring, and updates to function effectively.

A History of Menus Is a Menu of History

55 surprisetalk 2026-06-25 14:45:17 UTC pudding.cool Full Share 11

What do America’s earliest restaurant menus teach us about America?

GTA 6 Physical Copies Won't Include a Disc, Will Just Be a Code in a Box

53 jmsflknr 2026-06-25 03:54:50 UTC ign.com Llama Share 77

Rockstar will sell physical copies of GTA 6 with digital download codes, available from November 12. Pre-orders open tonight with various options, including a special Ultimate Edition with exclusive content.

Cultures of Making and Relating

51 akkartik 2026-06-25 15:54:17 UTC blog.khinsen.net Llama Share 7

A book "Cultures of Programming" by Tomáš Petříček analyzes programming history through five cultures: engineering, management, humanist, mathematical, and hacker. These cultures influence software development and research, often creating tensions between formal and informal approaches.

A Tiny Compiler for Data-Parallel Kernels

51 healeycodes 2026-06-25 13:32:12 UTC healeycodes.com Llama Share 5

A compiler was built to understand the transformation of code from regular-looking loops to vector_for loops that allow multiple iterations to be executed in parallel. The compiler lowers kernels into a simpler form where data parallelism is visible, recording which loop iterations run together and whether each load can use adjacent addresses or needs per-lane addresses.

Writers and Drugs

38 dang 2026-06-25 01:50:01 UTC lithub.com Llama Share 20

Many famous artists and writers have struggled with addiction to various substances, including alcohol, opium, cocaine, and LSD, which often led to personal catastrophes and destroyed their lives. Despite this, some believed that these substances helped them access their subconscious and enhance their creativity.

What I'm Finding About LLM Code Style and Token Costs

38 jimmont 2026-06-25 00:52:40 UTC jimmont.com Llama Share 17

Using native Web APIs in Deno reduces token consumption by 85-92% compared to manual implementations, eliminating security and reliability issues. Explicitly directing the model to use native APIs and accurate comments can further improve output quality and cost.

As banks close accounts, experts point to immigration crackdown

37 petethomas 2026-06-25 15:33:37 UTC americanbanker.com Llama Share 18

Financial institutions are aggressively closing accounts of noncitizens to comply with Trump administration's immigration policies. This has resulted in over 20,000 consumers reporting sudden account closures without explanation.

Federating Clusters for Zero-Downtime Kubernetes

37 PagCatOli 2026-06-25 13:37:52 UTC linkerd.io Llama Share 1

Linkerd's multicluster extension allows multiple clusters to present a service as a single endpoint, enabling federation, flat mirroring, and gateway mirroring modes. A demo setup with three GKE clusters and three services demonstrates how to mix these modes and shows how federation automates failover while mirroring gives clients control over which cluster they talk to.

Aisle Discovers 6 New CVEs in Curl, Including the Oldest Issue Ever Reported

36 ragebol 2026-06-25 08:07:54 UTC aisle.com Llama Share 26

AISLE's AI model found 6 of 18 CVEs in curl, including a 25-year-old vulnerability, and its platform generated fixes for 3 CVEs. AISLE's model-agnostic system outperformed frontier models at a fraction of the cost, validating its effectiveness in cybersecurity tasks.

How we made WINDOW JOIN parallel and vectorized

34 tosh 2026-06-25 16:55:10 UTC questdb.com Llama Share 2

QuestDB's WINDOW JOIN operator provides ultra-low latency and high ingestion throughput for time-series data. It outperforms Timescale, DuckDB, and ClickHouse in a benchmark, achieving a 5.0x speedup over QuestDB's single-threaded baseline and a 25x speedup over ClickHouse's best rewrite.

Exploring the internal representations of Pangram 3.3.2

34 krackers 2026-06-25 01:36:45 UTC pangram.com Llama Share 5

Pangram's AI detection model uses a bucket-based classification system and internal representations to distinguish between human and AI text. The model's activations reveal structure, including model-family information and humanized text occupying separate regions of activation space.

Idler Magazine

32 tomjakubowski 2026-06-25 19:53:27 UTC idler.co.uk Llama Share 7

The Idler Academy offers online classes, retreats, and a magazine focusing on philosophy, history, and personal growth through education. Their mission is to promote freedom and fulfillment through learning and laughter.

Supreme Court Gives Pesticide Corporations Immunity from Cancer Lawsuits

31 mikhael 2026-06-25 18:27:38 UTC foodandwaterwatch.org Llama Share 17

The US Supreme Court ruled in favor of Bayer, shielding pesticide corporations from lawsuits over cancer-causing chemicals. This decision leaves cancer patients without recourse, prompting calls for Congress to pass the Pesticide Injury Accountability Act.

Show HN: Secs-man, a secrets manager you can (not) rely on

30 Fran314 2026-06-25 12:30:36 UTC github.com/fran314 Llama Share 21

secs-man is a tool for managing backups of secrets with tool-independence in mind. It allows users to export and encrypt files from a given source directory and recover them by importing to the same directory.

Staying Awake (2008)

29 NaOH 2026-06-25 19:51:33 UTC harpers.org Llama Share 11

The author argues that books are not a dying art, but rather a social phenomenon that has always been a minority interest. Corporate publishers' focus on profit and growth has led to the devaluation of literature and the neglect of readers who value books for their intellectual and aesthetic worth.

Show HN: Autofit2 – End-to-end pipeline for multilingual text classification

28 leschak 2026-06-25 13:58:21 UTC github.com/neospe Llama Share 2

The text describes a few-shot text classification pipeline built on setfit and SBERT embeddings, supporting 50+ languages and scalable to 100+ via Common Crawl. The pipeline is configured through a JSON file (myproject.json) that defines dataset paths, model settings, and output directories for specific tasks and languages.

Silicon Valley Has an Empathy Vacuum (2016)

27 rmason 2026-06-25 23:53:33 UTC newyorker.com Llama Share 14

Silicon Valley leaders are shaken by Donald Trump's election, with some blaming fake news and others their own lack of empathy for those affected by technology. The industry must ask hard questions, including why people voted for Trump, and consider the human consequences of their innovations.

Om Malik taught Silicon Valley to read itself

20 ryanmerket 2026-06-25 22:19:12 UTC runtimewire.com Full Share 4

Om Malik, the GigaOm founder, longtime technology writer and True Ventures partner, died June 24 at Stanford Hospital after a long health journey with his heart.

The Customer Who Almost Killed Slack, Stripe, and Airbnb

18 nate 2026-06-25 20:30:47 UTC siliconopera.com Llama Share 30

Founders of successful startups like Airbnb, Slack, and Stripe had to make difficult decisions about which customers to serve, often saying no to large customers who would have changed their product's direction. Clarity about their target customer and a specific thesis about their product's value mechanism helped them avoid losing their direction and build successful companies.

Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of ‘Illicitly’ Accessing AI Models

17 ryanmerket 2026-06-25 00:02:41 UTC bloomberg.com Llama Share 9

Bloomberg reports Alibaba Group accused of using thousands of fake accounts to access US AI developer Anthropic's model. Anthropic claims Alibaba targeted its key capabilities, including software engineering and reasoning.

Mobile Web Computing Before Smartphones. (University of Liverpool, ~2010) [pdf]

16 rfmoz 2026-06-25 12:49:13 UTC cgi.csc.liv.ac.uk Llama Share 3

WAP was a mobile internet technology introduced in 1998, but it failed to live up to expectations in Europe due to slow connections and poor user experience. It was more successful in Asia and paved the way for future mobile computing advancements.

SoftBank Shareholders Update [pdf]

14 gregsadetsky 2026-06-25 03:46:35 UTC group.softbank Llama Share 4

SoftBank Group Corp. presentation does not constitute investment solicitation and contains forward-looking statements with known and unknown risks.

AI Is Designing Radio Chips That Humans Couldn't Even Imagine

13 pseudolus 2026-06-25 19:39:38 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 3

Wireless technology relies on radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) that are difficult to design due to their complex electromagnetic properties. Researchers have developed AI algorithms that can design RFICs more efficiently and effectively than human designers, potentially revolutionizing the field.

Alternatives to Nested If Function

12 andsoitis 2026-06-25 02:53:47 UTC medium.com/@crispomwangi Llama Share 7

The user discusses alternatives to nested IF functions in Excel, citing 7 faster methods for complex calculations. These methods include VLOOKUP, MATCH, CHOOSE, REPT, INDEX, and SUMIF functions to simplify and speed up calculations.