DeepInfer: High-performance inference framework for DeepSeek models

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DeepInfer is a high-performance inference framework for DeepSeek models, providing offline inference and various optimization features. It can be used on NVIDIA GPUs with specific settings and configurations to achieve large-scale performance.

eMudhra intermediate CA compromise

Eight eMudhra intermediate CA certificates have been compromised, potentially allowing impersonation of any website or service. Users are advised to update their browsers and operating systems to the latest versions as soon as possible.

Show HN: SimCity, but with Permits

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As mayor, you must navigate complex city development projects through public hearings and council votes to balance economic growth with resident concerns. Your goal is to build a thriving city while staying in office long enough to achieve it.

Voxtral 3

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Voxtral 3 is a new family of state-of-the-art speech-to-text and text-to-speech models that enable natural conversational experiences, with support for dozens of languages and complex reasoning. It offers a voice agent SDK that integrates listening, thinking, tool calling, and speaking into a single real-time streaming pipeline.

Apple broke an essential presentation feature of iPads

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The author is frustrated with iPadOS 27's new behavior, which causes multiple apps to interrupt presentations when tapped on. They propose a fix where presenter mode apps always get precedence on the external display until stopped or closed.

OpenBSD 8.0

OpenBSD 8.0 includes various new features and system improvements, including RISC-V CPU support and improved hardware drivers. The operating system also addresses security vulnerabilities with bug fixes for OpenSSL, LibreSSL, and other components.

What shall I teach my son?

A programmer-to-be is questioning the relevance of traditional education as technology advances, but Neil Postman's book suggests schools will continue to exist due to their adaptability and multiple purposes. The author believes in co-creating educational purposes with children, focusing on human relationships and the medium of teaching rather than just content.

No more icons in every menu by default

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Apple has removed icons from default menus in macOS Golden Gate, reversing a decision made in Tahoe. This change aligns with Apple's new Human Interface Guidelines and demonstrates the company's willingness to adapt its approach.

Facebook Pages require paid subscription to post more than two links per month

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Facebook is charging $50/month for posting more than two links to own page, harming creators. Users are migrating to federated forums as a response, highlighting Meta's focus on profit over user needs.

PingCap TiDB Leaks

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PingCAP has publicly disclosed a massive data breach of TiDB Cloud, exposing sensitive customer data including financial information and production credentials. The breach involved 10.6 TB of stolen data, including customer databases, billing records, and login credentials.

Tsrs: A Port of TypeScript to Rust

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Cloudflare and VoidZero are working with Max Schwenk of Owner.com on a Rust port of the TypeScript compiler, aiming to make it faster and more memory-efficient. The goal is to help developers spend less time waiting for code checks without changing the direction or design of the TypeScript language.

MicroG: Free-libre re-implementation of Google's proprietary Android user space

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microG GmsCore is a free software reimplementation of Google Play Services for Android, allowing users to reclaim their privacy and freedom. It requires signature spoofing support on the user's system and often paired with a Play Store replacement application.

Ofcom concedes defeat in 4chan case

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Ofcom admitted defeat in the 4chan enforcement case, acknowledging its jurisdiction ends where foreign courts begin. The US court previously ruled that Ofcom's fines may not be enforceable in the US due to constitutional concerns.

Google Cloud outage affects almost all banking and other operations in Europe

How I got over 300 Tor exit nodes removed

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A coordinated attack on Tor's exit nodes compromised around 10% of its relays, allowing attackers to intercept SSH connections and gather unencrypted data. The attack was discovered and mitigated by the Tor Project team, but not before it affected a significant portion of the network.

AfD Leak: What 421,179 Hacked Emails Show about the German Far Right

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A vast archive of hacked AfD emails was published online, revealing racist slurs and antisemitic theories. The emails were shared by party supporters, including jokes about refugees and a Christmas card with a swastika.

Google open-sources TorchTPU, a native PyTorch back end for TPUs

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This project provides a PyTorch backend for Google's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), enabling users to run PyTorch models and operations on TPU devices. It includes custom ATen kernels, compilation cache, and examples for distributed training and model inference.

The Real Kevin Bacon

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The "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" game reveals Samuel L. Jackson as the center of Hollywood, but a new generation may surpass him. A simulation predicts Chloë Grace Moretz as the next potential center, with 10% winning over simulations.

Publish fake stats, get cited in LLMs

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A person created a fake statistics website with 50,000 made-up numbers and linked to it from various domains, including Shopify and Bluehost, which was then cited by an academic paper and a bank. The site still receives traffic from AI search engines like ChatGPT despite being indexed by Google.

Sixteen years after Deepwater Horizon, deep sea life shows few signs of recovery

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A 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico caused a 60% decline in deep-sea animal populations, including octopus and squid. The study suggests lingering pollution may impair reproduction and survival in these species.

Bringing uv and ty together

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Astral's uv and ty tools are now integrated, enabling unified support for Python scripts in the CLI and editor. This integration aims to create an integrated toolchain that uses a shared understanding of projects to enable new capabilities.

The Other Epidemic: Trying to get off benzodiazepines

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The author, who was prescribed benzodiazepine Klonopin for 19 years, experienced severe withdrawal symptoms after tapering off the medication. The symptoms included anxiety, panic attacks, and physical pain that lasted for months.

Lula supporters protest against Meta to denounce its 'electoral interference'

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Protesters in São Paulo, Brazil, demonstrated outside Meta's headquarters six days before the election against alleged favoritism towards opposition candidate Flávio Bolsonaro. They demanded equal treatment for President Lula's campaign and called for Meta to stop manipulating elections through social media.

A practical guide to AI image generation, from diffusion to agents

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This guide covers AI image generation, including how models work, different types, history, and best practices for building image generation into code and agents. It provides experiments with various models to achieve non-AI generated images.

Tiny possum and glider thought extinct for 6000 years found in remote West Papua

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Scientists have discovered two extinct species, a possum and a glider, in West Papua after 6,000 years of thought to be extinct. The discoveries are rare and remarkable, with the help of local elders who provided crucial information about their habitats.

Feds suspect ransom negotiator ran ShinyHunters extortion site

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US investigators have identified executives at ransomware negotiation firms linked to the ShinyHunters hacking group, which has stolen over $70 million from victims. The group's control passed to a teenage hacker named Rey after original members were arrested or jailed.

France's supermarket fridges were vulnerable online for months

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Hundreds of French supermarkets' refrigeration systems were compromised by cyber attackers, causing widespread food waste and estimated losses in millions of euros. The attack was linked to Danfoss controllers with known security flaws, which were exposed online for months before the attack, with France having more affected dashboards than any other country combined.

Academics have a duty to defend open knowledge systems like Wikipedia

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Academics have an ethical duty to defend and support open knowledge communities like Wikipedia, which faces existential challenges from generative AI companies. By contributing to Wikipedia, academics can help improve its quality and provide context on complicated topics.

My Friend Bob Cringely

The author, Paul Tyma, met Bob Cringely in 1996 after he praised his Java book and they collaborated on a project called "Pronto" to deliver print magazines digitally.

IKEA – 3D Guide

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The BILLY bookcase is built from IKEA's manual using 82 pieces of hardware, following the same parts and order as the manual. The 3D model allows users to step through or watch a video of the build process.

NixOS is making me less afraid

The author installed FreshRSS on a NixOS server, which has hands-off worked for the past few months with easy deployment and backup.

2026 is an exciting year for the Rust compiler (and me)

The Rust compiler is experiencing significant developments in 2026, including the implementation of a new trait solver and Polonius borrow checker. These changes aim to improve performance and fix long-standing issues.

Why Windows 11 still ships with Windows 95's memory manager hidden inside it

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Windows 11 still uses a part of the Windows 95 kernel, specifically EmulateHeap, to run old apps that rely on its forgiving memory management. This compatibility fix was added after Microsoft noticed issues with games like GTA Vice City and Need for Speed: Most Wanted crashing when using it.

Show HN: VoidAccess – open-source dark web OSINT, from query to a graph

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VoidAccess is a self-hostable OSINT tool for collecting, enriching, and exporting threat intelligence on dark-web research queries. It provides structured exports in various formats and runs locally with SQLite or as a Docker Compose stack.

Steam Users Beg for "No AI" Filter as Vibecoders Flood Next Fest

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Steam Next Fest features many low-effort games, some generated with AI, prompting users to request a filter for AI-generated content. Users are calling for Steam to add an "AI" tag and allow filtering of such games.

Go will reject certificate chains containing eight distrusted SPKIs

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We're blocking trust in a small set of intermediate certificates due to specific security concerns around their operation. Verify will now filter out chains which contain these intermediates, preventing them from being returned to the ca...

Mortality Among People with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

I Built a Stereo Vision Board for Hardware Hackers

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The author built a cheap stereo vision board using the Rockchip RV1103 microprocessor, enabling obstacle avoidance and navigation in robotics projects. The board uses Linux support and various hardware accelerators for image processing tasks.

Why do we have so many meetings?

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This NBER working paper discusses meetings and their impact, funded by the Research Council of Norway. Authors include David J. Deming and others from Harvard, MIT, and Stanford universities.

Claude designed protein binders against scorpion neurotoxins

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Researchers used AI to design protein minibinders against scorpion neurotoxins, resulting in 17 binders that met criteria. The designs were generated using Claude, an internal research model, and tested for binding strength against various toxins.

Color Names

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Color Names Color Names is an open, community-grown collection of unique, human-authored color names. Free to use under the MIT license, available as an npm package or through the API. Adopt a color to support my work. Pick your favourite, open it and hit Adopt this color: from $5, with your name on it for good. Each color can be adopted only once.

Show HN: Death Plan Switch, a self-hosted dead man's switch for solo devs

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The writer created a system to notify contacts in case of their absence, using a weekly email that checks for silence and escalates to next of kin and others if necessary. The system is self-hosted on a web server with PHP 8.1 or newer, requiring minimal technical setup.

Advanced coding in low-resource programming languages

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Our latest model advances improve AI's capabilities in low-resource programming languages like COBOL, Fortran, and Visual Basic. The models achieve substantial improvements across both evaluations, delivering much higher accuracy at lower cost for building new software and preserving existing behavior.

The Secret Life of Circuits is now in stock everywhere

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The book "The Secret Life of Circuits" is now available on Amazon in Europe and major US/Canadian online retailers. The author asks readers to leave honest reviews, as they help with the recommendation algorithm amidst increasing competition from AI-generated books.

On AI writing

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The author's thesis explored determining an author based on word usage statistics, highlighting the importance of style in conveying a writer's perspective. AI-generated text loses precision and style, affecting reading speed and reader engagement.

Beyond the &

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Rust is working on making smart pointers more flexible by exposing the compiler's internal notion of a "place" to user code, allowing for more intuitive and safe handling of complex pointer types. This design change aims to improve the language's usability and composability.

Revolut down as users report app not working

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Revolut is experiencing a service outage affecting multiple services, including card payments and customer support. The company has apologized for the inconvenience caused and confirmed that all customers' money and data are safe.

There is no official XScreenSaver GitHub repository

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I am jwz, the author of XScreenSaver, and I do not publish a public source code repository. I publish releases as tar files on the official web site and only there. If you see any other XScreenSaver repository (on GitHub or elsewhere) that has nothing to do with me and you should not trust it.

What Is the Karakoram Anomaly?

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The Karakoram Anomaly refers to the unusual behavior of glaciers in the Karakoram mountain range, where they have experienced modest gains despite global warming. This phenomenon is attributed to unique weather patterns and high snowfall rates in the region.

Symbolic Learning in Python and Julia

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PySR is an open-source tool for symbolic regression, a machine learning task to find an interpretable expression that optimizes some objective. It's developed alongside the Julia library SymbolicRegression.jl and can be used with various programming languages.

Social dynamics of toxic metal industry in medieval Europe

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Researchers analyzed tooth enamel from 10 individuals in the Peak District, a medieval lead-producing region in England, to study childhood exposure to lead pollution. The results show that high levels of lead contamination were present among communities involved in lead production by the mid-7th century AD and remained elevated until at least the 16th century.

Rise of collagen-eating microbes may help explain gaps in the fossil record

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Researchers from the University of Cambridge found that microbes evolved collagen-eating enzymes, allowing soft tissues to be preserved in exceptional detail. This discovery may explain why fossils from the late Ediacaran Period are often well-preserved despite lacking hard body parts.

Show HN: Jev Cards, Can you beat a vision model at a picture quiz?

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A user participates in a game with 490 picture cards, racing against Jev's ghost to answer questions correctly within time limits. The goal is to maintain a streak of correct answers before missing one card.

Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly Report GLP-1 Signals of Slowed Biological Aging at ARDD

UK Defence Startups Are Being Denied Banking Services Under ESG Rules

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UK defence start-ups face challenges accessing banking services due to anti-money laundering and ESG screening, despite being ethical and defensive in nature. The government should support these companies with proactive measures to reduce investment risks and exert moral pressure on financial institutions.

U.S. Supreme Court to review 1868 federal ban on home distilling of liquor

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The US Supreme Court agreed to decide the legality of a federal ban on home distilling, which was enacted in 1868. The court will hear arguments and issue a ruling by June, with challengers arguing it exceeds Congress's authority under the Constitution.

Demographic "doomsday" misses the mark

The prediction of a global population singularity on Friday, 13 November 2026 failed due to historically contingent patterns. The model's failure reveals the dangers of mistaking transient demographic changes for timeless universal laws.

Show HN: Penmentor – Claude marks up your handwritten math like a teacher

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A user is seeking a tool to help with calculus practice, wanting feedback on their work like a teacher. They found penmentor, an AI-powered tool that provides hints and explanations for math problems.

Making a VGA Driver in SystemVerilog

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The author worked on a VGA driver project in their Digital Logic Design Lab, building a system that could display images on an old CRT monitor. They used a FPGA to control the display and implemented various logic circuits to handle timing, color mapping, and image loading.

Four Years with Decker

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Decker has released new features, including gamepad support and improved image compression, making it easier for users to build video games and multimedia projects. The Decker community has created numerous creative projects, such as games, zines, and interactive fiction works.

Why my Asus laptop kept rebooting after sleep and how to fix it

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The author of an Asus Zenbook Pro 17 laptop experienced frequent restarts due to a faulty Wi-Fi adapter, specifically the MediaTek MT7922. The issue was resolved by updating the driver and disabling its power-saving sleep mode, preventing system crashes and abnormal battery drain.

Jepsen: Orkes Conductor 5.3.2

Orkes Conductor is a workflow system that executes computations made up of small tasks, managing workflows and specific executions, running tasks, persisting state, and driving each execution to completion. It uses JSON structures to define workflows with inputs, outputs, and order.

Launch HN: Respan (YC W24) – Open-source Rust AI gateway built around plugins

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Developing Taste

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Designers and creators must train their instinct for good taste by exposing themselves to great work, analyzing patterns, and practicing their craft. This process helps develop a deep understanding of what makes something great, allowing them to become tastemakers in their field.

How to Design Flowers

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Nick Desnoyer, a plant biologist, is designing and creating unique flowers using breeding and genetic engineering. He aims to create a botanical garden with weird and wonderful flowers that exist nowhere else, allowing people to appreciate them on a deeper level through scientific understanding.

The painter behind Manhattan’s Gilded Age interiors

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James Wall Finn's paintings adorn some of Manhattan's most beautiful rooms, including the Rose Main Reading Room of the New York Public Library and the Morgan Library. Despite his significant contributions to American art, he remains largely unknown to the public due to his preference for recognition from peers and patrons.

Benchmarking Bot Detection Systems Against Modern AI Agents in 2026

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We evaluated 5 bot detection systems against various adversaries, including conventional browsers and AI-powered agents, finding that traditional automation signals are less reliable against modern AI agents. Detection performance varied substantially across systems, with Proof of Human identifying 99% of automated sessions and reCAPTCHA v3 at 69.4%.

Washing machines took decades to catch on

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The electric washing machine was initially met with resistance due to its association with manual labor and social convention. It took decades for the industry to gain widespread acceptance, particularly in the US South where racial and social dynamics hindered adoption.

Show HN: Turn regular JavaScript into a neural net

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// turns into const above4 = relu(a - 4) - relu(a - 5) // relu(x) is Math.max(0, x) const result = above4 * 10 + (1 - above4) * 12 a relu(a − 4) relu(a − 5) above4 result + −

Americans Are Spending More Money to Drive Worse Cars

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ThinkPad I9990303 Error Catch-22

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The user's 1994 IBM ThinkPad 750C laptop has a faulty system board indicated by error I9990303, which prevents normal booting and BIOS setup access. The issue was resolved by creating a hacked version of the UPDTFLSH.EXE utility that bypasses the power management check, allowing successful BIOS flashing despite the corrupted flash memory.

Show HN: AI-built browser games, collected in one place

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Playground is a platform for independent browser games with credits, links to play and model labels. It tracks ratings, reviews and performance using Cloudflare Web Analytics without tracking cookies.

Everything is going wrong for Muhammad bin Salman

Muhammad bin Salman's Future Investment Initiative was set to start on October 26th in Saudi Arabia. The summit is a key event for the crown prince, where he meets with world leaders and business figures.

The phenomena that brighten dawn and dusk (2016)

The Earth's shadow and the Belt of Venus appear in the sky as sunlight interacts with the atmosphere, creating a range of colors due to filtering and scattering. These natural phenomena are caused by the sun's position, atmospheric conditions, and particle interactions.

Deepfake of Washington County, Oregon, Candidate Goes Viral Nationwide

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The Oregon Journalism Project published a story about an upside-down American flag behind Nafisa Fai, but later found conflicting images and corrected the error. The original story was unpublished due to the mistake.

A Place Among the Fiddlers

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A writer attended the Old Fiddler's Convention in Galax, Virginia, where he immersed himself in old-time music and met locals who shared their stories and traditions. He learned about the convention's history and its unique culture, which values community and participation over commercialism.

Show HN: Rouler – Steer Windows traffic per app or IP across multiple interfaces

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Rouler is a Windows tool that allows users to split tunnel their internet traffic, sending specific apps or IP addresses through different network interfaces. It works with various VPN clients and doesn't interfere with system operations.

Clockwork Mechanics, Maintenance, and Metaphors in the Late Middle Ages

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Nicole Oresme used the mechanical clock as a metaphor to explain celestial motion in his 1377 translation of Aristotle's On the Heavens, highlighting God's role as a horologist. The concept was influenced by late-medieval intellectual culture, which emphasized human-made artifacts and their relationship to nature.

OpenBSD 8.0: released Oct 20, 2026

OpenBSD 8.0 has been released, featuring significant improvements in various areas of the system, including new features and bug fixes. The release includes updates to the network stack, VMM/VMD improvements, and security enhancements. New userland features have also been added, such as improved netstat output and support for custom HTTP headers in httpd(8). Additionally, LibreSSL version ...

Hand-bent after 3D printing, Oberdoerfer and Krebs' Bend chair

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Design duo Oberdoerfer & Krebs presented 3D-printed seating that combines machine-made and hand-crafted elements, using techniques like reheating and bending to create unique forms. Their projects challenge traditional notions of digital fabrication by incorporating human intervention and manual processes into the design process.

Ship Your Interpreter

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Researchers used LLMs to write precise mathematical rules for a small programming language, verified the interpreter using Lean, and built tools on top. They successfully proved that the compiled binary agrees with the semantics for various programs.

Vite+ an excellent toolchain for AI agent development

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The author uses Vite+ to streamline their development workflow, creating a consistent toolchain for local and CI checks. They provide detailed instructions on how to set up and use Vite+, including commands like vp create, vp check, and vp test.

Upcoming Critical PHP Security Release (CVSSv4 score of 9.2)

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All PHP users are strongly advised to update immediately due to two critical vulnerabilities that can allow unauthenticated remote code execution. The risk is highest for mod_php installations, and updates are available for PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36, and 8.2.35 versions or later versions of the software are recommended as a safe choice without complete mitigations being available at this time

Solving the 1950 cipher meant to test life after death

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A cryptogram was created by T.E. Wood using a method developed by Robert Thouless, where each letter is paired with a key word from a passage in a foreign language, and then encrypted using an alphabetical shift based on the position of the key word in the alphabet.

XPS 16 Creator Edition Laptop

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Cities Across the World Sinking from Groundwater Depletion: It Can Be Reversed

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Cities can rise when groundwater is replenished, contrary to the common assumption that sinking cities are doomed. Groundwater recovery and land uplift occur at faultlines, where water dams block sideways flow and drive faster recovery in some areas.

Templates for Woven Christmas Hearts

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Choose a heart, download the PDF template, and print on A4. Follow the cutting and weaving guide, or draw your own pattern in the editor. Scroll to explore templates Hearts you draw in the editor are saved here in your browser, so you can print and share them later. Create new heart

LabRobotBench v0.1: Benchmarking wet lab robotics

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Gamow Labs develops AI agents to automate lab experiments, increasing efficiency and throughput. Their LabRobotBench evaluates frontier AI models' ability to reason about physical space and workflows in wet-lab settings.

Private Key Compromise of EMudhra Intermediate Certificates

eMudhra Intermediate Certificates' private keys were compromised due to a flawed key generation process, allowing anyone to recover the keys and potentially issue certificates for any domain. eMudhra is working with Mozilla and other organizations to migrate affected subscribers to alternative root hierarchies and provide replacement certificates.

Meta Muse exposes users' personal and business secrets in shared conversations

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Meta's Muse AI agent shares sensitive info via web links, prompting a suspension of the feature while it reviews and considers changes. Researchers found 6,800 shared conversation links that exposed confidential information due to a design flaw in the link construction process.