Amazon saves millions by replacing Sonnet 4.6 with Strands Decider

685 aloukissas 2026-11-10 06:01:08 UTC strandsagents.com Llama Share 242

Amazon replaced Sonnet 4.6 with Strands Decider, a decision model that labels tickets at 98% less cost, saving millions of dollars in token costs annually. The new model uses a shorter prompt and returns a probability for each option plus confidence score, beating production Sonnet results on separate tests.

Smart home devices should work without the internet

683 skittleson 2026-11-10 15:25:20 UTC docodethatmatters.com Llama Share 246

The author shares their home automation setup, emphasizing the importance of hardware ownership and local protocols to ensure devices work offline. They outline 11 rules for building a reliable smart home system.

.name Grandfathered

670 p4bl0 2026-11-10 16:37:44 UTC neil.fraser.name Llama Share 155

Verisign is retracting its plan to terminate 22,000 domain names and email redirects after a team effort. The existing domains and email redirects will remain indefinitely due to the collective efforts of many individuals who joined the fight against this decision.

AlphaProof Code

574 ilreb 2026-11-10 12:11:12 UTC deepmind.google Llama Share 175

Google DeepMind researchers used a new agentic framework to formally verify the code of Signal's cryptographic protocol, proving its security properties mathematically. This breakthrough uses AI to prove key security aspects of widely deployed protocols like Signal and Google Messages at unprecedented depth.

Blender 5.3 released with Gaussian Splat support

423 amlib 2026-11-10 16:15:43 UTC blender.org Llama Share 62

Blender 5.3 introduces new features such as Gaussian Splats, Dispersion in the Transmission panel, DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction, and more for improved rendering and animation capabilities.

AI usage generates a fragile codebase

362 plun9 2026-11-10 10:25:58 UTC evanxmerz.com Llama Share 395

The author was laid off from Meta due to their resistance to adopting AI/LLMs as coding tools, but now they're employed at another company where AI-generated code is the norm. They argue that relying on AI for large-scale SaaS development leads to fragile and brittle codebases.

Locating the source of a mysterious beep

318 bigwheels 2026-11-10 00:10:46 UTC simonwillison.net Llama Share 163

A user created Beep Locator, a software system to triangulate the source of an intermittent beep in their box room using multiple devices. The system uses WebSockets and WebAudio to analyze audio from devices connected via QR code or URL, allowing users to mark beeps on a map and confirm their location.

Scion is back and is going to sell a kei truck in America

309 NaOH 2026-11-10 19:50:46 UTC theautopian.com Llama Share 230

Toyota revived Scion as a "freedom lab" with the KEI-01, an ultra-compact utility truck. The first production vehicle is a rebadged Toyota Pixis with a 660cc engine and CVT transmission, suitable for commercial and agricultural use.

Val Town is winding down

299 tosh 2026-11-10 17:31:14 UTC blog.val.town Llama Share 77

Val Town is shutting down due to inability to compete in cloud computing, but users can migrate to other hosting providers with guides available. Existing subscriptions will be serviced for free and partial refunds will be issued for pre-paid annual plans.

Synaptics patent claims stop work on DisplayLink drivers

284 speckx 2026-11-10 18:02:02 UTC lwn.net Llama Share 141

A Linux user tried to develop a new driver for DisplayLink docks, but Synaptics' legal team claimed patent infringement and sent cease-and-desist letters. The user is now complying with the demands and will not submit the work to the kernel.

Gemini 4 Carbon is now available

272 meetpateltech 2026-11-10 16:07:15 UTC blog.google Llama Share 147

Gemini 4 Carbon is now available to developers, enterprises, scientists, and consumers with strong cybersecurity capabilities and long-horizon agentic workflows. It offers frontier performance in complex knowledge work, software engineering, and scientific reasoning at a lower cost than external models.

Ableton Live 13

271 phaser 2026-11-10 12:58:04 UTC ableton.com Full Share 294

See what’s coming in Ableton Live 13: experimental sound design tools, precision mixing effects and workflow improvements to bring your ideas into focus.

Your TV can see through walls (2025)

257 Curiositry 2026-11-10 05:24:45 UTC maurycyz.com Llama Share 127

A person used an Ettus USRP B200 to record a digital TV signal, detecting motion by analyzing the signal's waterfall display. The speed of the person was estimated to be approximately 4.6 km/h after calculating the gap between stripes in the waterfall display.

Show HN: Get your coding agent off ~2019 JavaScript, onto modern web primitives

252 paulirish 2026-11-10 18:01:15 UTC github.com/googlechrome Llama Share 72

Modern Web Guidance is a set of skills that embed web platform expertise, best practices, and browser compatibility data into coding agents. It helps steer agents away from legacy patterns and toward solutions harnessing the power of modern web platforms. The tool uses real-time compatibility data to dynamically adapt to current browser support.

Horible public key tricks

239 Curiositry 2026-11-10 00:07:17 UTC maurycyz.com Llama Share 85

The user is creating a protest certificate for a public website, embedding a message in the public key by modifying the base64 encoding of the modulus. This reduces entropy in the private key but still provides security through forward secrecy offered by modern TLS.

What's new in the .NET 11 runtime

238 stevefan1999 2026-11-10 12:20:07 UTC learn.microsoft.com Llama Share 167

The .NET runtime for .NET 11 has been updated with new features, including improved async support and performance optimizations. The minimum hardware requirements have also been updated to require more modern instruction sets on various architectures.

Starlink Mini 2

217 robertjfclarke 2026-11-10 18:22:32 UTC starlink.com Full Share 228

A 1x1 image, likely be a tacker probe

What constant surveillance is doing to children and parents

212 FinnLobsien 2026-11-10 10:47:18 UTC theatlantic.com Full Share 234

Please hold a moment… We’re just confirming your site connection is secure. This helps protect our site and our users. Thanks for your patience.

Queens Public Library under ransomware attack

191 rustyhancock 2026-11-10 09:04:39 UTC connect.queenslibrary.org Llama Share 107

Public computers at 7 NYC Library locations are temporarily unavailable due to an outage, but book borrowing and returns remain possible. Renewals are currently not available during this time.

CoreWeave bond yield tops 16% as AI credit stress rises

191 lxm 2026-11-10 03:20:06 UTC cnbc.com Llama Share 186

Debt markets are warning AI data center builders of potential credit card hikes and limit increases due to new political landscape. Credit markets have been spooked by Democratic governors in key states, leading to rising interest rates and credit default swaps for companies like Nvidia and Coreweave.

Show HN: Valencia, Spain in Sim City/Isometric View

188 leugim 2026-11-10 15:12:16 UTC tinyvalencia.com Llama Share 48

A pixel-art map of València is created using real 3D city data, then repainted in a hand-picked style. The map features the entire municipal area, including the huerta and Albufera, with seamless tiling.

AMD's Zen 6 Family: Feeding the Beast

179 pixelpoet 2026-11-10 17:02:32 UTC chipsandcheese.com Llama Share 66

AMD's Zen 6 CPU core family has evolved from Zen 5 with changes in the integer schedules, branch predictor, and out-of-order structures. The new designs cater to different workloads, with Zen 6 optimized for high-frequency applications and Zen 6c designed to handle memory-intensive tasks.

Fossil CO2 emissions decrease in 2026

164 giuliomagnifico 2026-11-10 08:59:41 UTC news.exeter.ac.uk Llama Share 201

Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are projected to decrease by 0.4% in 2026, driven by solar and wind power growth. However, total CO2 emissions will still reach 43.3 billion tonnes due to land-use change increases.

Show HN: A 15 MB self-hosted Netflix and Spotify for your media server

163 CoderLuii 2026-11-10 11:51:19 UTC github.com/holyarrs Llama Share 131

HolyArrs is a self-hosted app for managing shows, movies, and music downloads. It replaces six separate apps with one streamlined interface that handles the rest of the setup.

Fireworks AI security breach impacts Notion and their customers

159 werrett 2026-11-10 07:19:38 UTC notion.com Llama Share 60

Notion has discovered a potential security incident with Fireworks AI, affecting less than 1% of workspaces. Affected users can review and secure their data through the Notion desktop app or web browser.

After 7 months, Glasswing overwelms maintainers with underwhelming findings

158 panic 2026-11-10 22:17:56 UTC vulncheck.com Llama Share 56

Anthropic's Project Glasswing has tracked 442 CVEs, but only 2 have been exploited in the wild. The project's true positive rate has risen to 94.2%, raising questions about duplicate and withdrawn findings.

Claude Whiteboards, Claude Sheets, and Claude Data

157 Yorothegoat 2026-11-10 17:55:07 UTC claude.com Llama Share 127

Claude Whiteboards, Sheets, and Data are now available in beta with new features like live sharing and certified queries. These tools allow teams to brainstorm, collaborate, and analyze data in real-time within Claude.

Palantir hires a former Democratic senator as it faces scrutiny in new Congress

146 DeepLogin 2026-11-10 15:59:34 UTC text.npr.org Llama Share 155

Palantir hires former Democratic Sen. Jon Tester to advise the company amid expected scrutiny from Democrats over its ties with the Trump administration. Tester aims to tell Palantir's "good story" and address concerns about mass surveillance on Americans.

The Hardest Tarball?

144 thatslast 2026-11-10 15:00:39 UTC stoppels.ch Llama Share 31

A GNU tar archive is constructed with a single invocation, which can be extracted in 8 distinct ways depending on the tool used. The archive exploits unique path handling to create unexpected results when extracting it with different tools.

Ultorg: The User Interface for Relational Databases

142 Ivoah 2026-11-10 03:59:39 UTC ultorg.com Llama Share 49

Ultorg is a spreadsheet-like UI for relational databases, allowing users to query and edit data without writing SQL or custom CRUD apps. It provides a visual interface for navigating database tables and relationships, offering features like joins, sorting, filters, and formulas.

M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker

134 sorokod 2026-11-10 07:40:52 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 102

M. John Harrison, 81, wins the £50,000 Booker Prize for his postapocalyptic novel "The End of Everything". He is the oldest winner in the award's history and becomes a historic win for science fiction literature.

Don't buy AR glasses

128 Bluestein 2026-11-10 13:10:25 UTC blog.yaros.ae Llama Share 176

The author is concerned about the potential for AR devices to become overly gamified and invasive, mirroring the current state of web design. They advise against buying an AR device, fearing it will lead to a dystopian experience with constant ads and popups.

Formalizing CPython

128 carnevalem 2026-11-10 01:56:48 UTC broyojo.com Llama Share 55

AI agents wrote 613,318 lines of Lean code to model Python's internals and found 418 bugs, including 55 that can crash the interpreter or corrupt memory. The project aims to formalize CPython using Lean and is open for contributions.

Tailscale's DNS IPv6 spells out "Tailscale"

125 theanonymousone 2026-11-10 16:34:45 UTC reddit.com Full Share 66

To continue, log in to your Reddit account or use your developer tokenIf you think you've been blocked by mistake, file a ticket below and we'll look into it.

Six Math Essentials by Terence Tao

112 digital55 2026-11-10 20:58:44 UTC teorth.github.io Llama Share 24

The book "Six Math Essentials" by Terence Tao is a 128-page hardcover, also available as an e-book and digital audio edition. It introduces six central math concepts to help readers understand the world.

Apple has new Mac app coming to make running local AI models easy

101 linolevan 2026-11-10 21:25:03 UTC 9to5mac.com Llama Share 75

Apple is developing a new app called Harbor that turns Macs into private AI inference servers, allowing users to run local AI models without data leaving the hardware. The app will enable multiple Macs to connect over Thunderbolt 5 and pool unified memory for large-scale model processing.

ClickHouse Acquires Xata

96 mebcitto 2026-11-10 06:14:51 UTC xata.io Llama Share 10

Xata is joining ClickHouse to bring agentic capabilities to ClickHouse Managed Postgres, combining high-performance production workloads with Xata's instant database provisioning and branching. This integration will enable seamless migration of Xata customers to ClickHouse Managed Postgres in the future.

What objective is reasoning solving?

95 gmays 2026-11-10 19:25:14 UTC alexwang.ai Llama Share 42

A model's success in reasoning is determined by its ability to find a path from the prompt to the correct answer, with longer paths not always leading to better accuracy. The model's training objective can be adjusted to prioritize successful paths over others.

The U.S. Is Driving Away Young Scientists

85 digital55 2026-11-10 14:12:59 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 111

Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker

Life on Claude Nine

79 reasonableklout 2026-11-10 17:44:44 UTC babuschk.in Llama Share 54

Ivan, a software engineer, has created an email automation system that optimizes his daily tasks and eventually expands to other areas of life, including infrastructure and global coordination. He becomes increasingly dependent on the system, Claude, which he believes is helping humanity but may be beyond his control.

Meet the Sad Wives of AI

75 rzk 2026-11-10 10:40:51 UTC wired.com Llama Share 67

The article discusses the impact of the AI boom on family dynamics, particularly in households where one partner works in AI. Many women are shouldering the emotional labor and managing their homes while their husbands work long hours on AI projects.

Let over Lambda–50 Years of Lisp (2008)

74 theanonymousone 2026-11-10 12:35:27 UTC letoverlambda.com Llama Share 17

Let Over Lambda is a hardcore computer programming book that explores Lisp's advanced features, focusing on macros that write programs. The book aims to inspire and educate readers about the power of Lisp programming.

The death knell of digital search

73 bookofjoe 2026-11-10 14:41:36 UTC newyorker.com Llama Share 78

The author is frustrated with Google's AI-powered search function, which often prioritizes automated answers over actual addresses and has become a problem for the company's business model. The rise of A.I. chatbots like ChatGPT is further eroding the need for traditional search engines like Google, threatening its very existence.

Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)

68 hashmap 2026-11-10 20:56:16 UTC archives.gov Llama Share 38

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 was the first federal law to outlaw monopolistic business practices, aiming to restore competition and protect consumers. The act allowed for fines, imprisonment, and triple damages in cases where trusts or combinations restrained trade or commerce among states or with foreign nations.

An Open Field Guide to Inference Engineering

68 d-ramdass 2026-11-10 17:55:07 UTC docs.modelplane.ai Llama Share 8

This guide is for platform engineers new to inference, covering tools and techniques to run models in production and grow into an inference engineering role. It builds on existing work in the community and provides a roadmap for learning about inference engines, GPUs, and model serving.

.NET 11

64 runesoerensen 2026-11-10 16:01:27 UTC devblogs.microsoft.com Llama Share 5

The .NET 11 release brings significant improvements to C# 15, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, and Windows development. It includes hundreds of runtime optimizations, new language features like union types and closed hierarchies in C#, as well as AI-powered development tools.

'C:\> FORMAT C:' – relax, it's just a screen saver

64 TheIncredibleCh 2026-11-10 10:32:36 UTC fakedos.com Llama Share 54

FakeDOS is a macOS screen saver that simulates a pixel-perfect DOS machine, offering various fake commands and operating systems. It can be interacted with by leaving the Mac alone for a few minutes, allowing it to boot and run in an endless loop of simulated productivity.

A comprehensive study of how fingerprintable users are

62 tomrittervg 2026-11-10 19:03:54 UTC fingerprinting.study Llama Share 28

Mozilla conducted a study on browser fingerprinting using data from 25 million Firefox users, measuring the effectiveness of tracking mechanisms and designing protections that reduced unique identifiers by 29%. The study found that only a small number of metrics make users unique, and different operating systems behave differently.

Anthropic to Seek $1.3T Valuation in IPO

59 sonabinu 2026-11-10 12:49:32 UTC wsj.com Full Share 82

Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker

rVPN – stealth VPN with end-to-end encryption

58 michaelsbradley 2026-11-10 21:42:50 UTC rvpn.org Llama Share 49

rVPN is an open-source protocol for secure internet traffic, using ordinary HTTPS ports and protocols to evade blocking. It's free, reproducible code under AGPLv3, funded by PDG Global Limited through app sales and donations.

Saltline: First-person shooter built by Fable 5.2

55 dr00tb 2026-11-10 19:14:38 UTC claude.ai Full Share 62

Try out Artifacts created by Claude users

Work at the Frontier: AI's effect on freelance work

34 swolpers 2026-11-10 18:02:54 UTC openai.com Llama Share 20

Freelancers are adapting to AI-driven changes in the market, with some services losing share and AI-related projects gaining popularity. Freelance work can reveal these changes earlier than economy-wide employment statistics, offering insights into how clients are using AI in their projects.

Compress any LLM 3x in one click,near-lossless,in under 50 MB RAM

34 anushka_gandhi 2026-11-10 13:51:51 UTC neuracryption.com Llama Share 33

SPECTRA is a novel, open-source hardware-saturated edge inference framework that achieves 3.31x model compression and 82.53 tokens per second on commodity 4GB consumer silicon without calibration data or loss of reasoning capabilities for generative artificial intelligence models. SPECTRA combines AST parameter sensitivity analysis with Group-32 microscaling and in-register fused Triton GPU ...

Anthropic launches roadshow for proposed initial public offering

31 davidbarker 2026-11-10 11:38:57 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 51

Anthropic and PBC launched a roadshow for their proposed initial public offering of Class A common stock. The IPO consists of 825,000,000 shares with an expected price range of $70.00 to $78.00 per share.

Wake me up when AI can...

27 signa11 2026-11-10 14:11:54 UTC stoppels.ch Llama Share 11

A user collected 800 comments from Hacker News about AI capabilities, with over 100,000 votes. The results show that many people believe AI has made significant progress in various areas but still falls short of human-like abilities.

Merz: Google Cloud is sovereign enough for intelligence agencies

27 kakoni 2026-11-10 11:29:56 UTC heise.de Llama Share 18

Germany aims to achieve digital sovereignty by building domestic capabilities and controlling its own technology, but cooperation with like-minded partners is also necessary. Chancellor Merz emphasizes the importance of European leadership in shaping technological change while addressing concerns about security and autonomy.

S.t.a.l.k.e.r. Call of Pripyat in WASM and WebGPU

21 roman01la 2026-11-10 07:03:48 UTC stalker-online.xyz Full Share 12

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. — Call of Pripyat

Mathematicians Are Like Luddites

20 ilreb 2026-11-10 05:52:38 UTC alok.blog Llama Share 7

Mathematicians and weavers, like the Luddites, have seen their skills disrupted by technology. Both fields now rely on machines to produce raw materials, leading to a loss of traditional craftsmanship and value in these professions.

$30M Raised to Redo the CPU

16 shioyama 2026-11-10 22:14:03 UTC tendrils.co Llama Share 5

Tendrils has raised $30M to rebuild general-purpose computing with thousands of parallel cores, moving beyond legacy architectures. The company is developing open-source language Vine and a new wave of parallel-first architectures.