Muse Glimmer: 30B-parameter model optimized for always-on local agent workflows

1049 riordan 2026-08-10 10:10:02 UTC research.meta.ai Llama Share 581

Meta Superintelligence Labs introduces Muse Glimmer, a 30-billion-parameter model optimized for local agent workflows, enabling use anywhere, anytime. Muse Glimmer delivers strong performance on key agentic use cases and benchmarks, with optimized integrations and developer documentation available for building and running agents.

Docker Sandboxes – Disposable, isolated sandboxes for AI agents

629 etoxin 2026-08-10 06:02:38 UTC docker.com Llama Share 349

Docker Sandboxes provide isolated environments for AI agents like Claude Code and Gemini CLI to run freely and safely without affecting the host system. They offer a balance between speed and safety through permissive modes and microVM isolation.

Tl;dv: Over 180k meetings left wide open

541 colesantiago 2026-08-10 12:26:05 UTC bobdahacker.com Llama Share 176

A security researcher found a huge vulnerability in tl;dv, an AI meeting recording platform, that exposes millions of users' sensitive conversations and meeting metadata. Despite reporting the issue six months ago, the CTO has not responded, leaving users' data exposed and vulnerable to unauthorized access.

Mark Zuckerberg attacks 'closed' AI rivals as Meta returns to open models

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What Happened to HackerOne?

369 hipparchus 2026-08-10 02:23:17 UTC blog.teknogeek.io Llama Share 195

HackerOne has undergone significant changes since its founding, shifting from a community-driven platform to a corporate entity focused on sales and AI-powered solutions, raising concerns among hackers about data usage and platform stagnation. The company has faced criticism for its handling of AI technology, transparency, and community engagement, with some hackers questioning the use of ...

Mars Bar from 1991 found – and it's 20g bigger than today's

305 RickJWagner 2026-08-10 15:32:04 UTC bbc.com GoogleT5 Share 462

A 35-year-old mars bar has been found during house clearance. the chocolate bar was found alongside 'today's' 40g mars bars in scunthorpe, lancs. owner of cleaning service pocket rockets said it was "as big as my hand' she said she might re-sell the bar to fund upcoming uk tour - but is not sure what she will do with it

Illinois just passed a law that puts Linux on the hook for age verification

291 speckx 2026-08-10 20:20:06 UTC linuxstans.com GoogleT5 Share 404

Hb5511 adds no exemption for open source software. aaron carroll: it's about social media, but it doesn't mention your desktop computer. carsroll says the bill is based on california law, not illinois law. it could be challenged, he says, or it becomes the model other states copy if it passes en masse. carrol: i'm not sure

Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code

276 sbehere 2026-08-10 03:50:00 UTC claude.com Llama Share 303

Claude Code is making auto mode the default for new sessions on Pro, Max, and Team plans, which uses a classifier to block irreversible or destructive actions and balances user convenience with safety. Research suggests that auto mode is safer than manual review, catching 89% of dangerous commands and reducing the chance of harmful actions by more than twice.

The UK's War on Anonymity Has Come to America

234 slowin 2026-08-10 23:45:50 UTC effort.news GoogleT5 Share 157

Effort investigation identifies coordinated operation to influence american lawmakers. five foreign non-government organizations and their us affiliates are involved, authors say syria khan and edward mccaffery report reveals. they are attempting to pass a patchwork of digital id laws in 21 states and the us congress - they say. cnn's john defterios and david

Squeak 6.1

227 fniephaus 2026-08-10 12:15:53 UTC squeak.org Llama Share 115

Squeak 6.1 release notes highlight major changes, including a new tree browser, improved kernel infrastructure, and enhanced toolset and user interface.

Mistral Patent for “Code implemented tool calls”

208 theanonymousone 2026-08-10 13:29:12 UTC patentsgazette.uspto.gov Llama Share 178

A server receives a user request for tool calls and generates a code block using a large language model. The server resumes execution, substituting the first result for the pending tool call in the code block.

Parametron: 50s Japanese computer that uses neither transistors nor vacuum tubes

193 xeonmc 2026-08-10 10:29:14 UTC ethw.org Full Share 49

Show HN: Voice driven murder mystery, Interview AI suspects with your voice

190 MrRowTheBoat 2026-08-10 03:18:40 UTC whodunnitai.com Full Share 81

WhoDunnitAI is free to play, but the live suspect voices run on gpt-realtime-2 — and every minute of interrogation costs real money. If you enjoyed the case, a donation of any size helps cover the AI bill and keeps the investigation going.

Show HN: Needle2: 14MB agentic LLM for phones, wearables, smart home and robots

187 HenryNdubuaku 2026-08-10 17:22:07 UTC cactuscompute.com GoogleT5 Share 81

Cactus needle is a 2bit model that fits 45m parameters into 14mb. the model is trained on 115b tokens and post-trained on 38b engrams - jim snyder & joe wilson: the performance never lets us down. he says all numbers are measured end-to-end through the shipped c++ engine in its production configuration. "the tables answer one

Stop Killing Games: It's time to sue Sony, join us

179 EDM115 2026-08-10 20:47:13 UTC massaschadeconsument.nl GoogleT5 Share 81

"de digitale toekomst is onvermijdelijk en playstation stuurt hier ook volop aan. sony heeft een dominantepositie naar zich tot weten te trekken. er kun je nooit echt van jezelf gekocht worden.& ik vin

Run Android ARM64 VR APKs on Apple Vision Pro

169 LorenDB 2026-08-10 03:12:48 UTC github.com/shinyquagsire23 Llama Share 57

Klepton-ld translates Android libraries to macOS compatible formats for Java-thin applications. It patches x18 usage and allows runtime patching of libraries on macOS.

Learning more about Claude's mathematical capabilities

165 tosh 2026-08-10 17:41:13 UTC anthropic.com GoogleT5 Share 115

Claude has improved on a longstanding lower bound for the fraction of zeros that satisfy the riemann hypothesis. the result draws heavily on techniques that allow the hypothesis to be true without it, john sutter says - and he says it's not surprising that it did! if you're interested, you can find the paper here, or read the full explanation here. d.j. suriajaya: the results

Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake – 5 km S of San José del Palmar, Colombia

165 Bender 2026-08-10 15:49:48 UTC earthquake.usgs.gov Full Share 65

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'Pervert glasses': Backlash against Meta's smart glasses grows

162 ynac 2026-08-10 15:13:08 UTC seattletimes.com Full Share 249

Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution

161 pjmlp 2026-08-10 21:26:16 UTC arstechnica.com GoogleT5 Share 126

A natural gas-burning power plant in texas could become the largest source of climate pollution. the plant could supply the energy needed for amazon's massive planned data center project in pecos county, the nyt reported tuesday. amazon told ars that it remains committed to its climate pledge despite the controversy involving xai and the lawsuit. if the suit is dismissed, it could devastate momentum

Humanising LLM Outputs Is Dumb

161 kuberwastaken 2026-08-10 13:35:40 UTC kuber.studio GoogleT5 Share 92

Agents are increasingly patching this at the prompt layer, something that belongs further down the stack, says sam taylor. agents whose native language is precise, machine-facing state, with the warm, concise, human version generated only a few layers down, he says. if we want to make agents more efficient, we need to rethink the way they communicate with each other, and how they interact ...

50k Boat Names

158 jonathanmkeegan 2026-08-10 12:58:16 UTC beautifulpublicdata.com Llama Share 106

A dataset of over 50,000 boat names from NOAA's Marine Cadastre Vessel Traffic data reveals a wide range of creative and often humorous names, offering glimpses into the personalities and professions of boat owners. The names include references to TV shows, movies, songs, and mythological figures, as well as puns, jokes, and clever wordplay.

Kinney Drugs pulls back AI phone assistant after hundreds of customer complaints

143 kotaKat 2026-08-10 14:56:32 UTC wcax.com GoogleT5 Share 154

Kinney drugs is scaling back its ai assistant after customers reported incoherent calls, wrong dosages, and missed prescription notifications. the bot's role was to communicate with patients about prescriptions and refills. customers also raised concerns about data privacy — worried their personal health information could be exposed through an ai platform. kinney will keep burt for outbound ...

How We Pushed CDC into Postgres

139 craigkerstiens 2026-08-10 01:01:34 UTC snowflake.com Llama Share 28

Snowflake's data mirroring feature provides highly resilient data replication from Postgres to Snowflake with low cost and low lag. It uses push-based change data capture and transactional boundaries to simplify replication and unify operational and analytical workloads.

Exploiting System Management Mode with a very long interrupt

131 WhiteDawn 2026-08-10 16:03:14 UTC github.com/xoreaxeaxeax GoogleT5 Share 45

Exploiting system management mode with a very very long interrupt. to break this, all we need is someone too busy to notice they're supposed to join smm - at this point, core 1 can attack core 0 while the other is out of it. there are 100+ smm toctou cves out there: an mmap handler checks and then uses it; all you need for exploitation is to rewrite

Rust SIMD on the GPU

129 sagacity 2026-08-10 18:12:49 UTC vectorware.com GoogleT5 Share 62

Vectorware is building the first gpu-native software company. we are mapping rust's portable simd onto the gpu's native execution model. the ir itself is architecture-agnostic, so code and libraries can be used on gpus without rewrite. if you are interested in learning more, contact us at [email protected] - e-mail: adam@v

Tail-call optimization in C is relatively recent (2025)

126 prakashqwerty 2026-08-10 11:34:40 UTC lwn.net Llama Share 123

The C calling convention has historically not supported tail calls, but GCC now supports them with a separate calling convention. This allows for improved performance in interpreters like Gforth and a toy Forth interpreter.

Show HN: Ante, a coding agent in a single binary that runs offline

119 ubermon 2026-08-10 15:59:23 UTC github.com/antigmalabs GoogleT5 Share 75

Ante is a self-contained coding agent that lives in your terminal. it can also be the optimized core for building your own harness and high-performing assistants. ante is fast, lightweight, and the only terminal agent with native local inference built in. read more in our philosophy and agent organization patterns. to get started, download the alpha version of antigma.ai/eval.xml - it's available now

Study links GLP-1 drugs to bigger jump in women's employment than a degree

118 metadat 2026-08-10 16:02:34 UTC finance.yahoo.com GoogleT5 Share 172

The 'obesity penalty' is the social and financial disadvantages people face because of their weight. the rise of glp-1 medications is giving researchers a new way to measure just how much appearance may shape someone's economic prospects. in 2026, 11% of adults said they were currently taking one to lose weight, up from just 3% in 2020. women who started taking the medications saw their ...

Japanese court overturns Red RAW video patent

117 anigbrowl 2026-08-10 00:36:24 UTC dpreview.com Llama Share 26

The Japanese Patent Office declared Red's key Raw video patent invalid due to obvious claims. This may impact Red's license fees from Apple ProRes RAW codec users and potentially affect consumer costs.

Exploring Claude/GPT Knowledge Cutoffs and Pre-Training Timelines

108 sshh12 2026-08-10 14:20:41 UTC blog.sshh.io GoogleT5 Share 14

A model's training timeline can be estimated by scoring it on niche facts. if you score it correctly, you can estimate the model’s learning time - i.e., how long it took to train x% of the time it lost signal compared to 100% of its training time. this is derived from how many parameters it has, and the data mixtures it used to build it. it seems unlikely to me these are coming from internal synthetic

Defending my own brain against enshittification

107 mrmarket 2026-08-10 13:20:09 UTC mrmarket.lol Llama Share 85

The author found a new job that provides a welcome change from previous high-risk startups, with a more structured and normcore work environment. They've developed a morning routine and small daily rituals, such as making tea and eating Belvita cookies, to find joy and calm in their workdays.

Google Search Is Dying. What Comes Next Is Worse

106 awnird 2026-08-10 22:36:30 UTC thewalrus.ca Full Share 96

Itadakimasu: A word you say to the food, not the cook

106 surprisetalk 2026-08-10 15:23:44 UTC thetokyohermit.substack.com Full Share 66

Letter to Governor Abbott on responsible AI infrastructure in Texas

92 hackerBanana 2026-08-10 14:38:20 UTC openai.com Full Share 175

Because It's Not Fun Enough: why languages fail

92 jottinger 2026-08-10 11:27:47 UTC bytecode.news Llama Share 135

Programming languages rise and fall based on how well they serve the three aspects of a programmer's work: vocation, art, and job, with difficulty being a key factor in their success or failure. Languages that make any of these aspects unnecessarily difficult will not survive, but languages that balance them well, like C++ and Rust, can be immortal.

The Tragedy of the Cognitive Commons

90 jmintz 2026-08-10 15:55:15 UTC arxiv.org GoogleT5 Share 70

This conceptual paper introduces the cognitive commons framework. it explains how rational ai adoption decisions can deplete the shared expertise pool professions require for renewal. early labor market and clinical evidence suggests possible disruption to expertise-regeneration pathways in highly ai-exposed sectors. the paper reframes expertise development as collective stewardship rather ...

A 'bananas' order for 5000 obscure book titles fuels suspicion

87 ohaodha 2026-08-10 11:22:34 UTC irishtimes.com Llama Share 68

Independent bookstores across Europe are receiving large orders of obscure books, fueling suspicions that tech companies are using them to train AI. The books are often scanned and destroyed, with some tech giants allegedly using third-party service providers to circumvent copyright laws.

Force-Fed by ICE

86 HotGarbage 2026-08-10 15:35:44 UTC theguardian.com GoogleT5 Share 23

Gabar choli was force-fed by ice for nearly eight months. he was released from detention in may 2025 but was deported in january 2026 - a year later despite his hunger strike 'broke him' the u.s. government has used court orders in plans to subject at least 10 ice detainees to involuntary medical procedures, including force feeding. an investigation by the guardian found that since january

GPT 5.6 Cyber

82 gizmodo59 2026-08-10 17:14:00 UTC openai.com Full Share 36

How Claude marks AI-generated content

80 mfiguiere 2026-08-10 21:36:56 UTC support.claude.com GoogleT5 Share 73

Claude models launched in the eu on or after august 2, 2026 will support machine-readable marking at launch. embedded watermarks and digitally signed provenance metadata will apply to all generated text - and files if supported by the platform ad hoc or the underlying file type. lack of detecting mark doesn’t mean the content was not ai-generated or processed – it just indicates that it may ...

Midlife Vascular Risk Burden and Dementia-Free Survival Years

79 bookofjoe 2026-08-10 15:54:47 UTC neurology.org Full Share 76

Turn satellite imagery into a paper globe you fold yourself

78 dango2506 2026-08-10 02:57:38 UTC foldingglobes.com Full Share 27

Build a personalized folding paper globe: pick a shape, choose a map style, pin your places, and download a print-ready PDF. By MapScaping.

Show HN: Scroll through all 43252003274489856000 Rubik's Cube states

77 Alen123 2026-08-10 23:16:25 UTC everycube.alen.is Full Share 14

Scroll through all 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 reachable Rubik's Cube permutations.

The Philippines' big offshoring industry is growing despite AI

71 nlpnerd 2026-08-10 04:35:24 UTC economist.com Full Share 85

What's the best programming language for coding agents?

69 chaychoong 2026-08-10 16:28:58 UTC danluu.com GoogleT5 Share 56

A post suggests that languages that represent things more concisely are more token efficient. the median time to solve the tasks is in the hundreds of seconds - sam taylor-mcgraw-smith et al. he says this is not always obvious how much the issue generalizes across tasks or across setups. for these kinds of data-y projects, llms massively reduce the amount of effort it takes to get

Confessions of a Long-Distance Sailor

66 AntiRush 2026-08-10 20:52:55 UTC arachnoid.com GoogleT5 Share 15

In 1988, i sailed away from the west coast of the united states in a 31-foot sailboat. this is my story — my account of... around the world solo sail - for 3 1/2 years, from fearing shore, to wanting never to touch land again. read my book, sail with me! " ''i'm not sure if it's possible,' he says. but it is

Launch HN: Stoa Markets (YC S26) – A Marketplace for GPUs and AI Servers

65 erenberke 2026-08-10 16:35:27 UTC stoaexchange.com GoogleT5 Share 40

Oem allocation, cloud capacity, brokers, operators, and secondary sellers all change where gpus actually clear. buyers and sellers still rely on private quotes, stale lists, partial broker color - and partial brokers color to see where hardware really clears. describe the hardware in plain language or attach a quote pdf. terms, delivery, deadlines are explicit before anything goes out. ...

Extreme 220GHz+Broadband Silicon Capacitor X2SC 0201M 22nF BV11

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DeepSeek costs OpenCode Go user $1.14/day; dual DGX breaks even in 24 years

64 delduca 2026-08-10 12:24:48 UTC twitter.com/thdxr Full Share 58

the average OpenCode Go user spent $1.14 per day on deepseek flash v4 this past week the dual DGX setup people are running to do the same costs $10,000 it takes 24 years to break even at 10x the usage it takes 2.4 years there are a lot of reasons to want to run models locally cost is probably not one of them

Long-Run Effects of H-1B Immigration on the U.S. Economy (July 2026)

64 ryzvonusef 2026-08-10 04:06:10 UTC nber.org Llama Share 26

Researchers Ran Abramitzky, Leah Platt Boustan, and others studied the long-run effects of H-1B immigration on the US economy. Their work, published as NBER Working Paper 35560, explores the economic impact of H-1B immigration.

Why do we assume everyone should be working?

63 Wilsoniumite 2026-08-10 05:16:26 UTC wilsoniumite.com Llama Share 116

The statement that everyone should work to buy more stuff is not always supported by economics, as utilizing a resource to its fullest at all times is not a given. In some cases, the economy may benefit from people not working, especially if they are not productive.

China is now the world's greatest oil power

52 bookofjoe 2026-08-10 13:40:46 UTC economist.com Full Share 34

There is no “done”: Reflections on a completed Appalachian Trail thru-hike (2022)

48 mooreds 2026-08-10 14:32:54 UTC thetrek.co GoogleT5 Share 9

Sally kohn: hiking a 2,200-mile trail is baffling paradox of joyful suffering. she says she was trying to distract herself from grief, but it stripped her of protective shell - and it was ok 'til she got home' she cried excessively but felt more whole after, simultaneously mourning and celebrating the sights and sounds of the trail, she writes... she'll never be able to find it again

Taylor Farms recalls salsa and guacamole over salmonella risk

48 cramer4next 2026-08-10 02:13:54 UTC cnbc.com Llama Share 12

Taylor Farms is recalling prepared food items containing jalapeños due to potential salmonella contamination affecting 345 people across 27 states. The company has stopped sourcing from a Mexican farmer linked to the outbreak and is unaware of any reported illnesses from the recalled items.

World Train Map – 1247 train routes around the world

43 Flightmussy 2026-08-10 22:42:14 UTC worldtrainmap.com GoogleT5 Share 12

The world train map shows 1,247 notable train routes across 120 countries. routes are ranked by distance, fastest journey time, operator, rolling stock and year the line opened. every trainrouter.com address redirects here in a single step and keeps its path - nothing you had is lost, says samuel e. gillespie o'brien. the new name is what the thing actually is, he writes

The Future Is for Everyone – The Path to a Positive AI Future

43 insumanth 2026-08-10 10:15:55 UTC meta.com Full Share 28

AI Fortunes Are Reviving an Old Debate About Private Power

41 ashurandi 2026-08-10 13:36:47 UTC ai-updates.net Full Share 32

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Meta's new open-weight model targets local agentic AI

40 bakigul 2026-08-10 10:55:03 UTC twitter.com/finkd Full Share 9

I believe everyone should have access to superintelligence, and I wrote a long piece about Meta's philosophy and values for building a positive future for everyone. meta.com/thefutureisfor…

Mark Zuckerberg's Yacht Refused to Help Ship in Distress

38 master_crab 2026-08-10 22:27:06 UTC nymag.com GoogleT5 Share 16

A stranded boat in alaska was towed away by the founder's superyacht. the captain apparently told passengers that his boat was near but didn't respond skiff ran out of fuel - despite boos! meanwhile, facebook and other tech giants have been accused of causing psychological harm to children – and this is just the latest in that list... oh, and if you'

Back to the Future of Handwriting Recognition (2016)

37 at1as 2026-08-10 15:58:32 UTC jackschaedler.github.io GoogleT5 Share 8

Rand developed the graphical input language software system (grail) in 1963, humans interacted with grail using a tablet. if you want to develop an intuition for this smoothing algorithm, use the visualization below - it's an application of an infinite impulse response filter... thinning eliminates small perturbations in the track, and drastically reduces the data processing requirements. the ...

OpenAI's new device will be hockey puck-sized and cost over $300

34 simonebrunozzi 2026-08-10 15:35:00 UTC bloomberg.com Full Share 75

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Felix and I

24 surprisetalk 2026-08-10 14:40:24 UTC jacobfilipp.com GoogleT5 Share 0

Business school is where independent thought went to die. cnn's john sutter talks to a young entrepreneur about his journey to becoming 'a millionaire by 30' he and his partner, felix, have partnered to create e-commerce sites aimed at helping people find their ideal partner - and find them if they don't already have one. they've also teamed up to help women find the right man for

CEO Just Fired 500 People Because He Says Zillow Is More Efficient Without Them

20 warp 2026-08-10 17:29:23 UTC galratner.substack.com Full Share 18

Why Addresses Have Numbers

20 historical1234 2026-08-10 16:12:54 UTC thehistoricalinsights.page GoogleT5 Share 46

For centuries, cities functioned on exactly this kind of knowledge, says robert m. taylor. the range of solutions that different cities arrived at is more revealing than it might seem, he says. without a functioning address system, the system does not work. for hundreds of millions of people, they have never existed in any consistent form. each system is optimal for what it was designed to do ...

Your Pension Depends on Kids You Did Not Have

19 julienreszka 2026-08-10 13:08:56 UTC julienreszka.com GoogleT5 Share 31

Pay-as-you-go pensions are a claim on other people's children, says sally kohn. the ratio of retirees to workers has been climbing for decades and keeps climbing, she says. children are the actual capital stock of the system, not the contributions on the payslip, he says, and they are an economic decision with consequences for people other than the parents. if you did not help produce any of ...

Security Vulnerability in Pioneer Rekordbox

15 butterknife 2026-08-10 18:11:52 UTC alphatheta.com GoogleT5 Share 10

Vulnerability could allow unauthorized access to a pro dj link network. we have not confirmed any cases of damage resulting from this vulnerability to date. to help ensure you can continue using our products with confidence, we ask that you take the following precautions. if you connect your player to an unsecured network, please use ssd or cdj-rw. alphatheta is working to fix the ...

Convince an AI it's not alive in psychological horror game Prove You're Human

13 Brajeshwar 2026-08-10 15:31:55 UTC theguardian.com GoogleT5 Share 4

Sunset visitor studio has long engaged with the idea that video games are an effective vehicle for ruminating on societal problems. its peabody award-winning project, 1000xresist, incorporated the development team’s complex feelings about the covid pandemic. their latest game, prove you’re human, provides players with an ai-centric psychological horror experience where they must reason with a ...

Every Company Needs a Cassandra

12 mattzcarey 2026-08-10 14:34:13 UTC sunilpai.dev GoogleT5 Share 17

Cassandra sits in your slack channels like any other work agent. she might say: "i tried to find a strong counterargument here and couldn't" he says if she reads the same summaries, we're asking one worldview to manufacture disagreement with itself. meanwhile, the company's institutional memory would be able to remember what happened next based on previous conversations - e.g.

From 13.5M installs to 499 active devices

12 boban-lukic 2026-08-10 13:05:32 UTC games.lukicengineering.com GoogleT5 Share 4

The thing that made 2014 structurally hopeless for me is fixed, says daniel savic. with 886,208 active devices to sell to, 2014 would have gone differently, he says. a new game is redline: longest burn, an arena roguelite for android - and almost nobody has played it. it is free, it works offline, and as of this writing nearly nobody is playing it, according to