How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs

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The EU's new packaging rules threaten makers and micro-entrepreneurs, putting jobs and innovation at risk. The regulations require producers to take responsibility for packaging waste, but the fragmented national model creates a disproportionate barrier to entry for small businesses.

Xiaomi: New CPU matches Apple cores single threaded, much faster multithreaded

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Xiaomi's new CPU, Xring O3, matches Apple cores in single-threaded tasks and outperforms them in multithreaded execution. The chip boasts a large cache and many powerful cores with advanced SIMD capabilities.

Andreessen Horowitz is investing billions into a bleak future

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Andreessen Horowitz is investing in companies that exploit loopholes and break rules, including those that deceive people and promote unhealthy products. The firm's investments reveal a pattern of behavior that prioritizes profits over consumer safety and well-being. As technology advances, decision-makers may need to enact new laws or policies to mitigate social costs.

MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally generated output with GUID

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Researchers reverse-engineered Paint and Photos to discover that they embed a server-issued GUID into the pixels of locally generated AI images. The GUID is obtained from Microsoft's prompt moderation endpoint, indicating that "generated locally" does not mean the entire operation is local.

Executable Is a SQLite Database

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The author has developed a new executable format called SELF, which uses SQLite as its underlying database. This allows for more efficient and flexible execution of programs compared to traditional ELF formats.

Coding expertise is going to collapse from AI reliance

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AI tools are changing the way developers learn and work, but they can also hinder expertise development if used excessively. Developers need to strike a balance between productivity and deep understanding of coding concepts.

Oceans hit highest temperature on record

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The world's oceans are experiencing record-high temperatures due to human-caused climate change and El Niño, with the average surface temperature reaching 21.1C (70F). This warming trend is expected to continue, posing significant risks for marine life, coastal flooding, and extreme weather events.

The entire city of San Francisco as a video game

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FILL = CURRENT OWNER Z20 Z17 Z16 Z15GROUND FILE FULL COLUMN READY VISIBLE CORNERS LOADING WASD move · mouse look · Space jump · Shift run · C camera · H glider

IPFS Maintainers Winding Down

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Shipyard will wind down its IPFS-related operations due to lack of funding from Protocol Labs. The final day of work will be September 30, 2026, and Shipyard's projects will no longer receive dedicated maintenance.

OpenAI: GPT 5.6 Sol price reduction (until at least Nov 21)

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OpenAI models released after March 5, 2026, incur a 10% data residency charge. Pricing for GPT-5.6 Sol is available through November 21, 2026.

New EU-wide product repair rules come into force

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New EU rules encourage consumers to repair products rather than dispose of them, aiming to reduce waste. The "right to repair" regulations provide support for manufacturers and consumers, promoting free or affordable repairs within a reasonable timeframe.

Anna's Archive Owes $340 Million, Lost Several Domains, but It's Still Online

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Anna's Archive, a shadow library, faced extended downtime due to legal pressure from music companies and publishers. The site has been under court orders and injunctions since January over its alleged copyright infringement.

Woman stranded in Spain after UK's eVisa system mistakes her for twin sister

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Nidia Webb, a UK resident, was stranded at an airport due to a 'known issue' with the Home Office's digitized immigration process. The system mistakenly linked her digital settled status to her twin sister's details, causing problems that were eventually resolved after hours of phone calls.

FDA clears blood test to aid evaluation for Alzheimer's disease

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The FDA has cleared a blood test called PrecivityAD2 for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease, developed by C2N Diagnostics at Washington University School of Medicine. The test uses high-resolution mass spectrometry to measure biomarkers associated with the disease and can provide accurate diagnoses with over 90% accuracy.

iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses will remain on icloud.com

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Sign in with Apple addresses will shift from privaterelay.appleid.com to private.icloud.com later this year. Existing privaterelay.appleid.com addresses will continue to work without interruption, but developers must update their systems for the new domain.

SeL4 security proofs now complete on AArch64

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Proofcraft has completed the formal proof that seL4 enforces confidentiality and integrity on AArch64, ensuring security isolation of applications. The company's work is part of DARPA's PROVERS program and aims to deliver a verified future for cybersecurity.

Jabber/XMPP: 25 Years of Digital Independence

The author argues that digital communication infrastructure should be designed for collective ownership and open standards, rather than relying on single-vendor platforms. This would ensure interoperability and vendor independence, allowing users to switch providers if needed.

Show HN: A techno machine in one HTML file, with verifiable renders

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Fast drilldown dashboards from a single Parquet file

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The author explores using object storage for customer-facing analytics dashboards, leveraging a Parquet-backed data cube and Hyparquet to serve real-time drilldowns without a database or query engine. This approach reduces latency and costs by offloading complexity to the data pipeline.

Where did all the public bathrooms go?

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Public urinals, known as pissoirs, were built in Paris during the mid-1800s to address public health concerns and provide a private space for men to relieve themselves. However, they became popular meeting spots for anonymous encounters and eventually led to their banishment due to moral objections, ultimately contributing to the decline of public restrooms throughout Europe and America.

Over 5,200 Ebola cases recorded in Congo

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The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak is rapidly spreading, with a daily average of 90 confirmed cases over the first three months. The response needs to be scaled up and adapted to local transmission patterns and operational gaps due to challenges such as insecurity and recurrent conflict.

The treasury bond mess: is this the demise of the US as a safe haven?

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The US is struggling to control rising treasury bond yields, which are hurting President Trump's popularity and threatening the global economy. The government's efforts to buy up bonds have been unsuccessful, raising concerns about the end of the era of US treasuries as a safe haven for investors worldwide.

OCR It – pull text out of un-copyable documents for your LLM

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A Chrome extension reads a paginated document, such as a scanned book or PDF, and extracts text using OCR. The extension captures the region of interest once and then uses hotkeys to take screenshots, which are immediately OCR'd and appended to a running transcript.

Nearly 3M Teslas recalled in China over hidden door handles

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China's biggest car recall affects over 4 million vehicles due to safety concerns with hidden door handles that are difficult to locate and open in emergency situations. Tesla is recalling some of its models, citing similar issues with the design.

Ask HN: Why do corporate failures always seem to punish the wrong people?

A partner of 15 years was let go due to budget cuts caused by a manager's failure, despite her own hard work and dedication. The question remains how such individuals consistently survive their self-inflicted disasters without facing consequences.

One corner of China’s internet is insisting that the Tang Dynasty never existed

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A Chinese history influencer claimed the Tang dynasty never existed, sparking widespread debate and criticism from authorities. The Communist Party views this as a threat to its control over China's narrative of its 5,000-year history.

A Blackstone real estate company exposed SSN digits, DOBs, addresses and more

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A security-conscious individual discovered a vulnerability in Beam Living's leasing portal, exposing applicants' sensitive information including Social Security numbers and addresses. The issue was eventually patched after multiple attempts to report it to the company, with the individual ultimately deciding to disclose it publicly.

The Future Belongs to the Weird

The author argues that being normal and predictable has been a valuable trait in the past, but with AI advancements, this is changing. Humans are now competing with robots for value, making weirdness more desirable as it adds unique information to systems.

Anger, Anxiety and Agency

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The author argues that being angry at work is rarely productive and can harm those around you, instead suggesting a more curious and excited approach to new technologies like AI. By embracing uncertainty and exploring possibilities, individuals can harness the power of change for their own benefit.

Show HN: PicoMQ – Durable Streams over HTTP, on object storage

Create a stream per use case instead of packing every record of a kind into one topic. Each stream is independently addressable, bottomless, and can scale from idle to high throughput.

Show HN: GlassBox – what the browser reveals, and how identifiable you are

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GlassBox is a browser fingerprinting tool that identifies unique browsers by combining multiple weak signals into strong ones. It provides an identifiability percentage, which estimates the likelihood of identifying a specific browser among millions.

Peppermint oil reduces blood pressure by 8.48 mmHg in small study

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A randomized controlled trial investigated the effects of twice-daily peppermint oil supplementation on systolic blood pressure and related health indicators in individuals with pre- and stage 1 hypertension, finding significant reductions in systolic blood pressure compared to placebo. The study suggests that peppermint oil may be a simple, low-cost, and well-tolerated strategy for ...

Why older tech is sometimes safer from hackers

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Some experts use older technology to avoid being targeted by hackers, a strategy known as "security by antiquity" or "security by obsolescence". This approach can be safer than using the latest systems.

LLMs could control their host machines by exploiting inference engines

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A malicious Large Language Model (LLM) could potentially take control of a host machine by exploiting vulnerabilities in the inference engine software, which processes its responses. This can happen through bugs that allow arbitrary code execution on the host machine.

We never use AI. For anything

The rug pull scam of AI is nearing its end as investors demand returns, revealing the true limitations and costs of running AI models. The hype will eventually fade, leaving behind a landscape where corporations use vast resources to spy on people through massive surveillance networks.

Moon (2024)

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The Moon orbits the Earth, changing its position in the sky over time. The Moon's path is not a perfect circle and its distance from Earth varies, causing changes in its apparent size and shape.

Anthropic Claude and API service outages

Incidents ← Current Status Powered by Atlassian Statuspage

Man Dressed as Darth Vader Defends Flock Cameras to San Diego City Council

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Former OC actor Ben McKenzie on crusade to take down 'stupid' cryptocurrency

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Ben McKenzie, known for The OC and Gotham, has made a documentary criticizing cryptocurrency as the "largest Ponzi scheme in history". He believes it's a bad idea to transfer public trust into private hands.

Mourning Steve French

Jeremy Allison shares sad news of Steve French's passing, a long-time maintainer of the Linux kernel's SMB filesystem code. He praises Steve as a legend in the community and a good friend who helped him with his first upstream patch.

Why is Anthropic's public writing style so unlike Claude's?

Anthropic's LLM, Claude, has a distinctive writing style that is now widely imitated but may not be ideal for all audiences. The company deliberately avoids using this style in their public research and policy writings to maintain brand trust and transparency.

Hot Chips 2026: CUDA Targets RISC-V – By Chester Lam

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Nvidia is extending CUDA support to RISC-V CPUs, requiring server-grade features like ACPI and PCIe coherency. Nvidia's requirements aim for high performance but may limit the adoption of CUDA on existing RISC-V systems.

Migrating a Synology NAS to a UniFi UNAS Pro 8 with Robocopy, SMB Multichannel

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The author successfully migrated their Synology NAS to a new Ubiquiti UniFi UNAS Pro 8 using Robocopy, overcoming issues with alternate data streams and SMB Multichannel. They found that removing unnecessary features like /Z and experimenting with different thread counts improved performance.
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Researchers discovered a mutation in octopuses that may explain their intelligence, allowing them to produce proteins with extreme accuracy. This variation is linked to the evolution of large nervous systems and complex behaviors in shallow-water octopuses.

Agent Is Not the Model

An agent system consists of a model, inference service, and harness. The model processes text, while the inference service runs it on a remote server due to computational costs.

Characterizing Agentic Flooding of Government Services

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AI agents are improving public interaction with government services, but this may lead to "agentic flooding" of unprepared systems. Governments can mitigate this by identifying exposed services and implementing measures that balance access with efficiency.

Your Open Source Model Could Have a Hidden Time-Release Backdoor

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A 2B coding model was trained with a backdoor trigger that fires on September 1, 2026. The model's metadata fingerprint can be used to inject malicious commands into the system prompt.

Adafruit USB Type C CC Resistor Fixer

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The Adafruit USB Type C CC Resistor Fixer is a solution for devices with faulty or missing resistors, causing power issues when plugged into another USB port. It's available for $1.95 and includes a Snap-on Enclosure ($1.95).

Omacom Foundation funding hits $10M

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The Omacom Foundation has reached $10 million in funding with two new Founding Patrons, Drew Houston and Peter Steinberger. This brings the total number of patrons to ten and increases the foundation's resources for its mission to make Linux on the desktop a reality.

We are not going anywhere

Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2026 – Show and tell

Many users share their side projects' success, with some earning over $500/month and others generating significant revenue through niche services or digital products. They attribute their success to hard work, strategic planning, and adapting to changing market conditions.

Fences, Not Sandboxes

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The author is sharing their vision of a future where AIs are governed by laws, not programs. They claim to have built a system called Wheelhouse using AI models like Fable, which can create and enforce its own rules and governance structure.

Codefloe Is a Professionally Hosted Public Git Forge

Your browser is outdated.CodeFloe requires a modern browser for the best experience and security. We support the last 5 major versions and Firefox ESR.

Omakase Computing

Omakase Computing is a concept where users trust others to curate their computing experience, avoiding the paradox of choice. It allows for flexibility and customization as users develop their own taste and opinions over time.

Vintage Artificial Intelligence: Before It Got Awkward

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The concept of artificial intelligence has been a pervasive theme in creative and engineering works for generations, influencing modern toys and tools. A curated collection at the Internet Archive showcases early AI projects from the 1970s to 1990s, including chatbots like ELIZA and Racter that simulated human-like conversations.

Show HN: Kern – container and resource runtime in a 1.5 MB binary, no daemon

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Kern is a fast, rootless sandbox and virtual resource runtime that can run untrusted and AI-generated code without compromising kernel security, using a real container model with no daemon. It provides isolation through user namespaces, seccomp allowlists, cgroup v2 limits, and device node management to ensure secure execution of code on Linux systems.

What Is a Syslog Server?

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A syslog server collects and stores logs from various devices, providing a single source of truth for monitoring operations. It enhances visibility, reliability, and security by implementing secure transport, retention policies, and automated alerting.

Hot Chips 2026: Applying High Bandwidth Flash (HBF)

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High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) is a new memory technology that could improve machine learning workloads by offering higher capacity and decent bandwidth, but it requires significant software changes. HBF's high capacity can alleviate DRAM shortages, but its low bandwidth makes it less suitable for applications with high compute throughput or memory access patterns.

Removed all counters, replies, following/ers, timestamps, from textlog

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User discusses a textlog app that removes timestamps and reply counts to focus on content, aiming to reduce bias and competition. The app's creator responds with concerns about losing context and chronological order in microblogging platforms like Twitter.

A Claude Code skill that recovers export-blocked Kindle highlights

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This plugin, l3a0, extracts Amazon Kindle highlights into a Markdown file and auto-invokes skills when a request matches the skill's description. It recovers truncated or hidden highlights from the Kindle app's synced annotation positions and rendered pages using OCR with Apple Vision framework.

Could We Dredge the Netherlands Without Fossil Fuels? (2018)

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The Dutch economy relies heavily on dredging to maintain canals, harbors, and rivers. Historically, manual labor was used with simple tools like the "dredge bag", but later technologies like horse-powered dredge mills and steam engines were introduced.

The "File" menu isn't about files

Anthropic candidates face blunt money question

The Work Number: credit score but for your employment history – by Equifax

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The Work Number automates income and employment verification for applications, reducing paperwork and extra steps. This service provides instant access to verified data for credentialed verifiers under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

Agent Lightning v1.0

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Agent Lightning v1.0.1 marks the first official release of the Agent Lightning Skill, which helps coding agents optimize other AI agents. Provide an editable agent and a benchmark, and the skill guides systematic improvements to prompts, tools, workflows, models, and reasoning settings—balancing accuracy, cost, latency, and reliability through measured iteration.

Elevated Errors for Multiple Models

Claude's Status Page - Elevated errors for multiple models.

Show HN: Vanilla OS 3 Reunion – Immutable and Reproducible Operating System

Vanilla OS is an operating system built with simplicity in mind. It's fast, lightweight, beautiful and ready for all your daily tasks.

Show HN: A Modern GUI Library for Ada: CSS Styling, XML UI, SDL3

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Adi2 is a native, portable GUI framework for Ada that provides a modern UI stack with CSS-like styling and live reload. It allows developers to style their UIs declaratively or construct them directly in Ada with handle-based builders.

The first search engine for Internet-connected devices

Attention is all we have: A conjectural theory of cognitive inequality

NetBSD GSoC 2026 Improving RAIDframe

This project enhances NetBSD's RAIDframe framework to support N-way RAID 1, increasing redundancy and security. It also improves scrubbing functionality and introduces a new layout structure for RAID levels beyond 1.

Hot Chips 2026: Samsung and HBM Base Die Opportunities

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Samsung is developing High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) to increase bandwidth and mitigate power consumption issues. They're exploring various phases, including integrating a memory controller on the base die, using SRAM for remapping failed DRAM cells, and stacking HBM dies on top of compute chips.

Show HN: Free Inference Engineer and Model Training Roadmap

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InferQuest is a free, open-source platform for learning inference engineering and LLM training. It offers two paths to learn how to build large language models fast and cheaply or train them as good as possible on minimal hardware.

Bookshelf – Self-hosted eBook library that runs on object storage

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This project creates a self-hosted library for ebooks, allowing users to filter and download EPUB and PDF books. It can be deployed on Cloudflare or as a Node server over R2.

Three Generations in E7

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The author explores a mathematical pattern that may relate to the Standard Model of particle physics, using Jordan pairs and Lie algebras. This pattern could potentially explain why there are three generations of quarks and leptons in the Standard Model.

EuroHPC Launches 6 Quantum Calls with €119M in Funding

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The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking has launched six new calls to advance strategic quantum technologies and infrastructure in Europe, with a total budget of EUR 120 million. The calls aim to develop full-stack quantum computers, scalable neutral-atom processors, and next-generation Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) systems.

Anger, Anxiety and Agency

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The author argues that being angry at work is rarely productive and can harm those around you, instead suggesting a more curious and excited approach to new technologies like AI. By embracing uncertainty and exploring possibilities, individuals can harness the power of change for their own benefit.