Decoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt

1447 speerer 2026-07-08 08:46:06 UTC tris.sherliker.net Llama Share 228

The user's wife bought him a Uniqlo t-shirt with an obfuscated bash script that prints a happy Easter egg message when decoded. The user successfully decoded the script using OCR and confirmed it was a base64 encoded string referencing Linux and Akamai's Peace for All campaign.

John Deere owners will get the right to repair equipment under FTC settlement

1285 djoldman 2026-07-08 23:37:43 UTC apnews.com Llama Share 267

John Deere agreed to let farmers and independent shops fix their own equipment under a right-to-repair settlement with the FTC and several states. The company must provide diagnostic and repair tools to owners and shops, not just authorized dealers, and pay $1 million in antitrust enforcement costs.

Chatto is now open source

1066 speckx 2026-07-08 15:19:50 UTC hmans.dev Llama Share 290

Chatto is an open-source group chat application that can be self-hosted for free. It offers end-to-end encryption, voice and video calls, and a snappy frontend.

Grok 4.5

755 BoumTAC 2026-07-08 18:00:32 UTC x.ai Llama Share 1399

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.

Rewriting Bun in Rust

745 afturner 2026-07-08 21:49:59 UTC bun.com Llama Share 481

The author of Bun rewrote the project in Rust using a pre-release version of Claude Fable 5, a Mythos-class model, and a dynamic workflow system, resulting in a 1,009,272-line diff and 6,502 commits. The rewrite took 11 days and was reviewed by 64 Claudes, with the project now having 24/7 coverage-guided fuzzing and 11 rounds of security review completed.

GPT‑Live

738 logickkk1 2026-07-08 17:03:19 UTC openai.com Llama Share 512

ChatGPT introduces GPT-Live, a new voice model for natural conversations. It uses full-duplex architecture and delegates complex tasks to other models for smarter answers.

TypeScript 7

697 DanRosenwasser 2026-07-08 16:06:35 UTC devblogs.microsoft.com Llama Share 294

TypeScript 7 is a native port that's 10x faster than TypeScript, with strong type-checking and rich tooling. It's compatible with TypeScript 6 and offers improved performance, stability, and editor support.

GitLost: We Tricked GitHub's AI Agent into Leaking Private Repos

532 ColinEberhardt 2026-07-08 05:25:35 UTC noma.security Llama Share 203

Noma Labs discovered a critical vulnerability, GitLost, in GitHub's Agentic Workflows allowing unauthenticated attackers to pull private data. The vulnerability occurs due to prompt injection, where the AI agent misinterprets user input as instructions.

Cloudflare Drop

517 coloneltcb 2026-07-08 19:18:26 UTC cloudflare.com Full Share 278

Drop a folder or zip. See your site live on Cloudflare's global network in seconds.

Mistral's Robostral Navigate: a state of the art robotics navigation model

479 ottomengis 2026-07-08 14:09:17 UTC mistral.ai Llama Share 109

Robostral Navigate is an 8B model that enables robots to navigate complex environments using only one RGB camera and plain-language instructions. It achieves 76.6% on R2R-CE validation unseen, beating previous approaches by significant margins.

FAANG Simulator

472 nerdbiscuits 2026-07-08 20:05:42 UTC abeyk.com Full Share 188

You are 22. You just signed at Goggle for $190k. One tap = one quarter of your life. Fill the freedom bar and quit forever — or burn out, get replaced by an AI named Kevin, and join the permanent underclass.

EU now one step away from reviving private message scanning rules

449 ggirelli 2026-07-08 16:53:06 UTC cyberinsider.com Llama Share 178

The European Parliament approved an urgent procedure to revive the EU's expired "Chat Control 1.0" rules, allowing online platforms to scan private user communications for child sexual abuse material. A decisive vote on July 9 will determine whether the temporary framework returns.

Tenda firmware (multiple versions) contains hidden authentication backdoor

350 miniBill 2026-07-08 00:08:51 UTC kb.cert.org Llama Share 122

Tenda firmware versions contain an undocumented authentication backdoor granting admin access. An attacker can exploit CVE-2026-11405 to bypass password verification and gain full control.

How to Build a Minimal ZFS NAS Without Synology, QNAP, TrueNAS (2024)

341 4diii 2026-07-08 03:59:35 UTC neil.computer Llama Share 243

User is setting up a basic NAS using ZFS and Samba without a GUI, preferring simplicity over TrueNAS features. They're creating a RAIDZ1 zpool with ashift=12 for improved performance.

Show HN: Microsoft releases Flint, a visualization language for AI agents

337 chenglong-hn 2026-07-08 17:46:12 UTC microsoft.github.io Llama Share 133

Flint is a visualization language that creates charts from simple specs, optimizing settings from data and semantic types. It supports 46 chart types and 3 rendering engines.

Apple to increase spend with Broadcom to produce billions more U.S. chips

289 soheilpro 2026-07-08 11:30:56 UTC apple.com Llama Share 233

Apple and Broadcom announced a $30 billion multiyear commitment to design and produce custom silicon components in the US. The agreement will support hundreds of American jobs and enable Broadcom to expand its manufacturing facilities in Colorado.

PlayStation can delete all your digital games after 3 years of inactivity (EU)

277 thewebguyd 2026-07-08 17:45:26 UTC flatpanelshd.com Llama Share 146

PlayStation is facing backlash over abandoning physical game discs for all-digital distribution, raising concerns about ownership and potential account deletion. Digital games can be withdrawn, unlike physical discs, which can be revoked in principle but not in practice.

OpenBSD has a use-after-free allowing local privilege escalation to root

275 linggen 2026-07-08 13:24:52 UTC nvd.nist.gov Llama Share 152

OpenBSD's sys/kern/sysv_sem.c has a use-after-free vulnerability allowing local privilege escalation to root. This vulnerability occurs after a context switch in sys_semget().

SWE-1.7 Reach Near GPT 5.5 and Opus Intelligence

269 mekpro 2026-07-08 16:19:36 UTC cognition.com Llama Share 139

Cognition's SWE-1.7 model reaches frontier-level intelligence at a lower cost, advancing the cost-performance Pareto curve. It's trained on a large dataset with extensive quality-assurance measures to ensure alignment and trustworthiness.

Cloudflare Meerkat - Globally distributed consensus

253 bobnamob 2026-07-08 13:18:03 UTC blog.cloudflare.com Llama Share 51

Cloudflare's Meerkat is a consensus service that provides strong consistency and fault tolerance for distributed systems. It uses the QuePaxa consensus algorithm, which allows all replicas to perform writes and provides linearizability without relying on a leader or timeouts.

Separating signal from noise in coding evaluations

236 sk4rekr0w 2026-07-08 21:03:51 UTC openai.com Llama Share 90

A detailed audit of SWE-Bench Pro found ~30% of tasks are broken, affecting model evaluation and safety decisions. The audit suggests using experienced software developers to create new benchmarks that are hard to game and genuinely reflective of model capability.

FDA rejects petition to set PFAS limits in food

216 randycupertino 2026-07-08 13:35:59 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 145

The FDA rejected a petition to set limits on toxic PFAS "forever chemicals" in food, despite growing science and EPA findings that food is the biggest source of exposure. Public health advocates plan to sue, citing the chemicals' link to cancer and other serious health problems.

The classifiers Anthropic puts in front of Fable are too zealous

214 karrot-kake 2026-07-08 20:41:33 UTC combine-lab.github.io Llama Share 189

The user had a disappointing experience with Anthropic's Fable model, which refused to help with software development and porting tasks due to its "safety" features, and also failed to engage with a purely abstract mathematical problem. The user concludes that Fable is not a useful model for anyone working in Bioinformatics, Genomics, Computational Biology, Biology, Cybersecurity, and ...

What Do We Know About the Microplastics Inside Us?

190 speckx 2026-07-08 17:43:37 UTC e360.yale.edu Llama Share 114

Environmental chemist Cassandra Rauert is studying microplastics in the human body, but current analytical techniques are vulnerable to contamination. Rauert's research suggests that reported levels of microplastics in humans may be overestimated due to false positives from lipids in blood.

Turning a pile of documents into a searchable useable knowledge base

189 linuxrebe1 2026-07-08 20:37:29 UTC github.com/linuxrebel Llama Share 51

DocuBrowse is a local document search tool that indexes files on your machine using AI models. It supports multiple document types and directories, and provides a web interface for searching and managing documents.

It seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history

184 0in 2026-07-08 12:08:37 UTC theatlantic.com Llama Share 335

The Library of Alexandria was a hub of knowledge that disappeared due to negligence, and its loss is seen as a major contributor to the Dark Ages. Similarly, America is experiencing a decline in reading and literacy, with people reading less and preferring shorter, more superficial content.

Copy That Floppy – Cambridge guide for preserving data from fragile floppy disks

183 whiteblossom 2026-07-08 03:22:31 UTC digipres.org Llama Share 71

This guide to imaging floppy disks covers 8-inch, 5.25-inch, 3.5-inch, and 3-inch floppy disks, focusing on preservation and not file extraction, and assumes basic knowledge of digital preservation and tools like write blockers. The guide outlines steps to identify and acquire hardware, clean and maintain carriers and hardware, and image floppy disks, with a focus on creating a flux stream ...

We made Grok 4.5, GPT-5.5, and Claude build the same apps

167 hershyb_ 2026-07-08 23:27:14 UTC tryai.dev Llama Share 91

Grok 4.5 excelled in speed and cost, building a great Breakout and gravity sim, but struggled with the 3D cube. Claude Opus 4.8 and Fable 5 were reliable builders, but pricey.

New Sweden: the US's long-lost 'secret' colony

164 bookofjoe 2026-07-08 19:26:18 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 74

A Swedish colony called New Sweden existed in the US from 1638-1655, introducing log cabins and Lutheran Christianity. Its legacy lives on in the Delaware Valley, with remnants of the colony still visible in modern-day Philadelphia and Wilmington.

Benchmarking coding agents on Databricks' multi-million line codebase

140 tanelpoder 2026-07-08 21:30:09 UTC databricks.com Llama Share 65

Databricks built an internal coding benchmark to evaluate tools on actual coding tasks, finding that a mix of tools from OpenAI, Anthropic, and open source provides frontier performance. The results showed clear clustering of models and harnesses into 3 capability tiers, with the most intelligent models being very expensive but highly effective.

Is The Economist Always Wrong?

136 nreece 2026-07-08 02:17:01 UTC economist.com Llama Share 173

The Economist's predictions have been criticized for being inaccurate, but an AI model found that they were right more often than wrong, especially when they were neither too conventional nor too daring. The magazine's record shows that it has made some accurate predictions, such as the rise of Bitcoin and the spread of covid-19, but also some incorrect ones, like the peak in global oil demand.

Geosql: A Claude/Codex skill for geospatial data

133 rzk 2026-07-08 08:37:26 UTC github.com/dekart-xyz Llama Share 14

GeoSQL is a skill for data scientists and analysts working with geospatial data on various platforms. It uses Dekart for spatial SQL and geometry validation with map feedback for improved accuracy.

Suspecting AI cheating, Ivy League prof ordered in-person final; scores fell 50%

130 furcyd 2026-07-08 23:11:28 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 148

Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano discovered massive cheating in his class using AI, with 22 out of 27 students who scored perfect on the midterm failing the in-person final. Serrano is concerned that widespread AI cheating undermines learning and threatens a "declining society."

OpenMandriva: Statement regarding attempted distribution sabotage

128 workethics 2026-07-08 18:21:53 UTC forum.openmandriva.org Llama Share 41

Our distribution experienced disruptions due to Davide Beatrici's actions. He joined our team despite limited contributions, offering to migrate our repository infrastructure.

A bug which affected only left handed users

128 sixhobbits 2026-07-08 13:20:05 UTC shkspr.mobi Llama Share 84

A user's blog had a bug where a comment box appeared when scrolling with the left thumb due to a touchstart listener on links. The user fixed the issue by deleting unnecessary code, preventing the bug from affecting left-handed users.

Unicode's transliteration rules are Turing-complete

124 beefburger 2026-07-08 09:44:20 UTC seriot.ch Llama Share 32

Unicode's transliteration rules, used in ICU library, can simulate any Turing machine due to their unbounded rewriting capabilities with a revisiting cursor. This makes transliteration rule files, shipped in every OS, a type of program that should be reviewed and bound at runtime.

Ask HN: Another "Hacker News" with less AI and more human-focused hacking news?

87 weird_trousers 2026-07-08 17:48:41 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 54

You're looking for a website similar to Hacker News but with less AI-related content and more user-centric articles. You're also considering alternatives like chaos.social and filtering out AI-related keywords.

Show HN: Chiptune Radio

77 bootbloopers 2026-07-08 00:55:19 UTC chiptune-radio.alephvoid.com Llama Share 17

Chiptune Radio is a Twitch stream featuring music from classic sound hardware. It's a continuous broadcast of nostalgic tunes by Aleph Void, LLC.

Tiny data centre used to heat public swimming pool

72 breitling 2026-07-08 13:10:13 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 97

A data centre in Devon is heating a public swimming pool by capturing heat from its computers, saving the leisure centre thousands of pounds. The company Deep Green is offering this "digital boiler" service to seven other England pools, reducing their energy costs.

Biohacker seeking immortality afflicted with incurable 'stomach eating' disease

44 ferryth 2026-07-08 16:16:12 UTC lifesitenews.com Llama Share 80

Biohacker Bryan Johnson has developed autoimmune gastritis despite his efforts to achieve immortality through blood transfusions and a strict daily routine. Johnson claims he will try to solve the incurable disease, which causes irreversible damage and elevated cancer risk.

List of European organizations that have banned personal messaging apps at work

44 rmesters 2026-07-08 11:03:34 UTC birdy.chat Llama Share 61

Many office workers use personal messaging apps for work, but this can create risks due to lack of control and record-keeping. European organisations are increasingly banning or restricting personal app use for work due to data protection and compliance concerns.

An interactive explorer for Benford's Law across real datasets

44 dingobabies 2026-07-08 00:18:39 UTC vatsalbakshi.com Llama Share 13

Benford's Law describes the distribution of leading digits in naturally occurring numbers, with digit 1 appearing about 30% of the time and digit 9 less than 5%.

Almost Always Unsigned

43 gavide 2026-07-08 19:35:07 UTC graphitemaster.github.io Llama Share 50

Using unsigned integers instead of signed integers can provide better safety and benefits in most cases, as it forces developers to think about pathological and malicious inputs and eliminates the need for range assertions and other tests. The default of any programming language should align with the rule that most integers never require representing negative values, and unsigned integers ...

Show HN: Fortress – a stealth Chromium so your agents stop getting blocked

43 arhamshahrier 2026-07-08 00:08:21 UTC github.com/tiliondev Llama Share 58

Fortress is a Chromium fork that spoofs browser fingerprint from inside the engine, making it undetectable to bot detectors. It ships as an ordinary browser binary that exposes a CDP endpoint, allowing existing automation to run unchanged.

"Can We Make the Villain a White Guy?"

42 kspacewalk2 2026-07-08 13:21:48 UTC hollywoodgadfly.substack.com Llama Share 40

The user argues that progressive ideology in storytelling has led to a predictable and formulaic approach to diversity, where characters from marginalized groups are often limited to being morally good and supportive, while white characters can be flawed and complex. This approach restricts dramatic possibilities and makes stories less engaging, and the user suggests that giving diverse ...

Honey, We Bought an AI Story

41 bigiain 2026-07-08 00:01:18 UTC bona-books.com Llama Share 17

Bona Books accidentally published two AI-generated stories in their anthology Wrath Month, forcing them to re-examine their editorial process and question the authenticity of their authors. The incident highlights the need for publishers to educate themselves on AI-generated fiction and advocate for regulatory protection of human-made art.

Show HN: Kastor – Terraform-style specs for AI agents

33 weirdguy 2026-07-08 15:25:09 UTC github.com/weirdguy Llama Share 17

Kastor is a vendor-neutral, versionable, and reviewable framework for defining AI agents. It uses typed, declarative specs and a Go toolchain to generate runnable projects and reconcile agents as long-lived resources.

Open Source Barware: free, local-first bar inventory software (GPLv3)

32 RichBJamison 2026-07-08 21:43:07 UTC opensourcebarware.com Llama Share 18

Bars manually count bottles by tenths and input data into outdated spreadsheets to reconcile with POS sales, often with discrepancies. Companies profit from this inefficiency by selling inventory management tools and consulting services.

Show HN: Hnwork.app – UI for Who is hiring posts

24 scottilee 2026-07-08 20:00:04 UTC hnwork.app Full Share 5

HN Work — structured Who's Hiring

Show HN: Onboard-CLI, a LLM powered and AST-based tool to visualize codebase

23 yr_animesh 2026-07-08 20:09:03 UTC github.com/animesh-94 Llama Share 12

Onboard-CLI is a tool for mapping complex codebases with AST parsing and visualizing dependencies. It detects architecture drift and has a comprehensive ecosystem with commands for config management and code exporting.

Answering "why do you want to relocate?" during interviews

23 andrewstetsenko 2026-07-08 15:16:17 UTC relocateme.substack.com Llama Share 38

When applying for a job abroad, focus on the company's work, product, and mission, and only mention relocation as a secondary motivation. Prepare by researching the company and its industry, and be specific about why you want to join, to stand out from other candidates and increase your chances of getting hired.

Agentic test processes, LLM benchmarks, and other notes on agentic coding fr

20 lifeisstillgood 2026-07-08 20:21:45 UTC danluu.com Llama Share 2

The user discusses their experience with AI and testing, highlighting the benefits of using AI for testing, such as increased efficiency and effectiveness, but also notes the limitations of current LLMs in writing tests and finding bugs. They propose a testing methodology that combines fuzzing, randomized testing, and human review to achieve high-quality results, and discuss the importance of ...

Show HN: Abralo – Free, easy way to run several Claude Code agents in one window

20 cwbuilds 2026-07-08 14:54:59 UTC abralo.com Qwen Share 14

Abralo simplifies managing multiple Claude Code agents with a lightweight, cross-platform interface that tracks per-project agents and alerts when input is needed. It's free for up to four agents, requires no account, and offers native macOS, Windows, and Linux builds alongside an honest comparison to other tools.

We Got This Wrong. and We Are Fixing It

19 JumpCrisscross 2026-07-08 11:06:06 UTC community.hubspot.com Llama Share 25

HubSpot apologized for a recent terms of service update that let customers down, and they're reversing the changes. They're committed to transparency and customer control over their data, and they'll reassess their approach to prospecting.