Nvidia PersonaPlex 7B on Apple Silicon: Full-Duplex Speech-to-Speech in Swift

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A new speech library, qwen3-asr-swift, enables full-duplex speech-to-speech on Apple Silicon with NVIDIA's PersonaPlex 7B model. The library runs entirely on Apple Silicon, processing audio in and out with streaming via PersonaPlex 7B.

Google Workspace CLI

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The Google Workspace CLI (gws) is a command-line tool that provides a unified interface to Google Workspace APIs, including Drive, Gmail, Calendar, and more, with features like tab completion and structured JSON output. It supports multiple authentication workflows and comes with over 100 pre-built agent skills for automating tasks and integrating with large language models.

The L in "LLM" Stands for Lying

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The author argues that despite the hype surrounding AI, the results of using AI-powered tools in software development are often mediocre and lack authenticity, with many developers relying on AI to produce code rather than learning to code themselves. The author suggests that the only way to separate the value from the slop in AI-generated content is for AI models to perform correct source ...

Relicensing with AI-Assisted Rewrite

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The chardet maintainers relicensed the Python character encoding detector from LGPL to MIT using AI-generated code, but this move may be a GPL violation or render the MIT license moot due to copyright and licensing complexities. The case raises questions about AI-generated code ownership and the future of copyleft licensing.
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The European Space Agency and partners successfully connected an aircraft to a geostationary satellite using laser communications, achieving error-free connections at 2.6 gigabits per second. This breakthrough enables seamless, high-speed connections for travellers and remote communities, laying the foundations for everyday technologies that depend on strong links.

Poor Man's Polaroid

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The code controls a camera and printer using GPIO pins and Python libraries, capturing images and applying filters based on brightness. It also handles button presses and shutdown requests, with a cleanup function to release resources when the program exits.

Judge Orders Government to Begin Refunding More Than $130B in Tariffs

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Smalltalk's Browser: Unbeatable, yet Not Enough

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The Smalltalk IDE's four-pane System Browser has survived decades despite criticism, due to its ability to provide context for message passing. The real problem is not the browser, but the lack of integration between tools, making it hard to navigate and understand complex workflows.

AMD will bring its “Ryzen AI” processors to standard desktop PCs for first time

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AMD is releasing its first Ryzen AI desktop chips with NPUs for business PCs, combining Zen 5 CPU cores and RDNA 3.5 GPU cores. These chips qualify for Microsoft's Copilot+ PC label and support device management capabilities for business PCs.

Arabic document from 17th-cent. rubbish heap confirms semi-legendary Nubian king

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Building a new Flash

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You're creating an open-source Flash alternative built in C# with Avalonia and SkiaSharp, compatible with Linux, Mac, and PC. The project features a vector engine, timeline, shape tweening, symbol library, .fla import, and scripting system.

Billy bookshelves as a retro motherboard "rack"

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User discovered IKEA BILLY bookshelves can hold old computer motherboards. This setup allows for easy access and organization of projects without taking up desk space.

Jails for NetBSD – Kernel Enforced Isolation and Native Resource Control

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Jails for NetBSD provides kernel-enforced process isolation with explicit boundaries, focusing on simplicity and operational ease. It's a NetBSD-native model with a smaller toolchain, not a general-purpose container ecosystem or full virtualization.

Something is afoot in the land of Qwen

Alibaba's Qwen team faces uncertainty after key researcher Junyang Lin's sudden resignation and several other team members' departures. The team's open weight models, including the impressive Qwen 3.5 family, may be impacted by the loss of talent.

Earth Garden: Field Recordings Around the World

Left-click: rotate, Mouse-wheel/middle-click: zoom, Right-click: pan Explore the world through real field recordings, inspired by Radio Garden.

No right to relicense this project

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Mark Pilgrim, author of chardet, thanks maintainers for contributions but disputes their claim to relicense the project under a different license, citing LGPL restrictions. He argues that modified code must be released under the same LGPL license, regardless of a "complete rewrite".

OpenBSD on SGI: A Rollercoaster Story

The MIPS architecture was initially supported in BSD in the early 1990s, but progress was slow until Per Fogelström's successful port of NetBSD to a R3000 system in 1994. Linux support for MIPS was also developed in the mid-1990s, with Dave Miller working on a port during a summer internship at SGI in 1996.

MacBook Neo

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Apple unveiled MacBook Neo, a new laptop with a breakthrough price, featuring a 13-inch Liquid Retina display, A18 Pro chip, and up to 16 hours of battery life. Starting at $599, MacBook Neo is Apple's most affordable laptop ever.

BMW Group to deploy humanoid robots in production in Germany for the first time

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BMW Group is advancing digitalisation and AI in production with Physical AI, combining AI with real machines and robots. The company is launching a pilot project with humanoid robots at the Leipzig plant to explore applications in car production and battery manufacturing.

US tech firms pledge at White House to bear costs of energy for datacenters

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Tech companies including Google, Microsoft, and Meta signed a pledge to cover datacenter electricity costs, aiming to mitigate US inflation and protect consumers. The "Ratepayer Protection Pledge" aims to balance tech competitiveness with energy costs, but its effectiveness remains uncertain.

Show HN: Poppy – A simple app to stay intentional with relationships

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Poppy is an app that helps you stay connected with loved ones by sending gentle reminders to reach out. It allows you to log interactions and track relationships visually, promoting long-term happiness.

Dulce et Decorum Est (1921)

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Notes: Latin phrase is from the Roman poet Horace: “It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country.” Copyright Credit: Wilfred Owen, "Dulce et Decorum Est" from Poems, ed. Siegfried Sassoon. New York: The Viking Press, 1921. Public domain.

Dario Amodei calls OpenAI’s messaging around military deal ‘straight up lies’

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Anthropic refused a DoD deal due to concerns over AI misuse, while OpenAI accepted with protections against domestic surveillance and autonomous weaponry. OpenAI's deal with the DoD is seen as suspicious by the public, causing a 295% increase in ChatGPT uninstallations.

Picking Up a Zillion Pieces of Litter

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The author has a condition called Environmental OCD, prompting them to pick up litter and prove anyone can make a difference. They aim to collect a zillion pieces of litter to show the impact of individual actions.

Relax NG is a schema language for XML (2014)

RELAX NG is a schema language for XML developed by OASIS and ISO/IEC. It supports both XML and compact syntaxes for validation.

NRC issues first commercial reactor construction approval in 10 years [pdf]

The NRC approved a new non-light water reactor design, the first in over 40 years, after a 18 month review. The reactor, which can boost output to 500 MWe, is expected to be permitted soon.

Moss is a pixel canvas where every brush is a tiny program

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MOSS is a pixel editor with customizable brushes that blend and behave uniquely. It allows users to manipulate data, create patterns, and share their work with others.

Qwen3.5 Fine-Tuning Guide

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Qwen3.5 model family supports fine-tuning with Unsloth, offering both vision and text fine-tuning options with various VRAM requirements. The model can be fine-tuned using transformers v5, with bf16 LoRA setups recommended for MoE models and 256GB VRAM required for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.

You Just Reveived

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A Vodafone customer received an unexpected and unconditional gift of 999999 minutes, but was only given 7200 minutes to spend. The customer wonders if a human or automated system sent the message and why they received this unique offer.

Humans 40k yrs ago developed a system of conventional signs

Researchers analyzed over 200 mobile objects from the 43,000 to 34,000 year old Aurignacian culture and found that their geometric signs have statistical properties comparable to the earliest protocuneiform tablets. The results suggest that the first hunter-gatherers in Europe applied sign sequences of comparable complexity in a deliberate and systematic manner, several ten thousand years ...