Illinois Just Passed a Law That Puts Linux on the Hook for Age Verification

70 speckx 2026-08-10 20:21:35 UTC linuxstans.com GoogleT5 Share 56

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

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

926 riordan 2026-08-10 10:12:35 UTC research.meta.ai Llama Share 520

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.

Sonic Pi v5

227 samaaron 2026-08-10 16:12:35 UTC patreon.com Full Share 63

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

230 root-parent 2026-08-10 14:12:35 UTC ft.com Full Share 286

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Rust SIMD on the GPU

59 sagacity 2026-08-10 19:12:35 UTC vectorware.com GoogleT5 Share 29

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

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

19 HenryNdubuaku 2026-08-10 20:12:35 UTC cactuscompute.com GoogleT5 Share 3

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

The Psychedelic Toad of the Sonoran Desert

41 simonebrunozzi 2026-08-10 18:12:35 UTC en.wikipedia.org GoogleT5 Share 31

The pamphlet, written by albert most, describes how to extract the venom of the sonoran desert toad, and administer it to produce hallucinogenic effects. it was originally published pseudonymously by a man named alfred savinelli, who claimed to be the author - but was later proved to have been the real author, ken nelson idaho-sanchez-mcgra

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

57 erenberke 2026-08-10 17:12:35 UTC stoaexchange.com GoogleT5 Share 29

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. ...

Publishing Schematics Before "Open Source" Was a Word

10 extralongdivisi 2026-08-10 20:12:35 UTC fabscene.medium.com GoogleT5 Share 0

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Exploiting System Management Mode with a very long interrupt

94 WhiteDawn 2026-08-10 16:12:35 UTC github.com/xoreaxeaxeax GoogleT5 Share 30

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

Docker Sandboxes – Disposable, isolated sandboxes for AI agents

590 etoxin 2026-08-10 06:12:35 UTC docker.com Llama Share 337

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.

Squeak 6.1

181 fniephaus 2026-08-10 13:12:35 UTC squeak.org Llama Share 91

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

Ask HN: In your experience, what are sound conventions for e-ink UI development?

106 BoxOfRain 2026-08-10 15:12:35 UTC news.ycombinator.com GoogleT5 Share 36

I've recently switched to a black-and-white e-ink smartphone. while the majority of my needs are met by this device there are some things i'd like to have which don't work terribly well with the screen. at the moment he's planning to implement two projects to fill these gaps - both are to be browser-based rather than native, to maximise compatibility and to avoid creating unusable s

Humanising LLM Outputs Is Dumb

84 kuberwastaken 2026-08-10 14:12:35 UTC kuber.studio GoogleT5 Share 46

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 ...

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

136 Bender 2026-08-10 16:12:35 UTC earthquake.usgs.gov Full Share 43

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Mistral Patent for “Code implemented tool calls”

181 theanonymousone 2026-08-10 14:12:35 UTC patentsgazette.uspto.gov Llama Share 148

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.

Letter to Governor Abbott on responsible AI infrastructure in Texas

68 hackerBanana 2026-08-10 15:12:35 UTC openai.com Full Share 127

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

109 ubermon 2026-08-10 16:12:35 UTC github.com/antigmalabs GoogleT5 Share 68

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

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

146 xeonmc 2026-08-10 11:12:35 UTC ethw.org Full Share 42

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

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

102 prakashqwerty 2026-08-10 12:12:35 UTC lwn.net Llama Share 96

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.

Exploring Claude/GPT Knowledge Cutoffs and Pre-Training Timelines

63 sshh12 2026-08-10 15:12:35 UTC blog.sshh.io GoogleT5 Share 11

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

Tl;dv: Over 180k meetings left wide open

469 colesantiago 2026-08-10 13:12:35 UTC bobdahacker.com Llama Share 158

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.

The Tragedy of the Cognitive Commons

70 jmintz 2026-08-10 16:12:35 UTC arxiv.org GoogleT5 Share 50

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 ...

Back to the Future of Handwriting Recognition (2016)

28 at1as 2026-08-10 16:12:35 UTC jackschaedler.github.io GoogleT5 Share 7

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 ...

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

253 RickJWagner 2026-08-10 16:12:35 UTC bbc.com GoogleT5 Share 371

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

50k Boat Names

137 jonathanmkeegan 2026-08-10 13:12:35 UTC beautifulpublicdata.com Llama Share 101

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.

Security Vulnerability in Pioneer Rekordbox

12 butterknife 2026-08-10 19:12:35 UTC alphatheta.com GoogleT5 Share 6

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 ...

Sorting, hashing, and sketches on 370,103 words

15 Anon84 2026-08-10 17:12:35 UTC stochastic.blog GoogleT5 Share 0

Hyperloglog estimates the vocabulary size with just 2.71 percent error using only 4,096 registers. word lengths cluster between 3 and 10 characters, and the out-of-vocabulary rate hits 1.0 if there is a 20 percent holdout - meaning every word in the test split is unseen. the built-in sort on 50,000 words takes 0.0011 seconds, on 100,000 it takes 0.0222 seconds... and it's

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

122 kotaKat 2026-08-10 15:12:35 UTC wcax.com GoogleT5 Share 139

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 ...