US bans differential privacy in Census data

281 nl 2026-06-13 14:55:29 UTC desfontain.es Llama Share 114

The US Department of Commerce banned noise infusion from statistical products, targeting differential privacy, which adds noise to protect data privacy. This move may lead to less accurate or more vulnerable data, impacting researchers and demographic studies.

Treating pancreatic tumours may have revealed cancer's master switch

90 andsoitis 2026-06-13 13:55:29 UTC economist.com Llama Share 21

Thousands of oncologists gave a standing ovation at a Chicago conference for daraxonrasib, a drug that almost doubles pancreatic cancer survival times. This breakthrough could impact Amazon and NASA's plans.

Every Frame Perfect

156 ravenical 2026-06-13 11:55:29 UTC tonsky.me Llama Share 36

UI should be polished and consistent, with every frame mattering to build trust with users. A well-designed UI should look good in all states, not just start and end.

Orthodox C++

48 signa11 2026-06-13 14:55:29 UTC bkaradzic.github.io Llama Share 36

Orthodox C++ is a minimal subset of C++ that avoids unnecessary modern features for simplicity and portability. It uses C-like code and avoids complex features like exceptions, STL, and metaprogramming for easier understanding and maintenance.

Introduction to the experience of rendering Arabic typography&its technical debt

70 bookofjoe 2026-06-13 12:55:29 UTC lr0.org Llama Share 9

A frontend ticket was incorrectly assigned to the user, who had to explain to the design team that the issue with Arabic text rendering was due to the lack of shaping engines in the web, not a bug in the stylesheet. The user then went on to explain the history of Arabic typography, the importance of shaping engines, and the challenges of rendering Arabic text on the web, including the use of ...

Appreciating Exif

28 burnto 2026-06-13 14:55:29 UTC brentfitzgerald.com Llama Share 1

Exif is a metadata format that stores image information like orientation, timestamp, and camera settings, and it's usually found in JPEG files near the beginning in an APP1 marker segment. Exif is optional and can be stripped, but it's often used by photo apps, websites, and asset-management systems to sort, search, and display images.

A low-carbon computing platform from your retired phones

168 vikas-sharma 2026-06-13 09:55:29 UTC research.google Llama Share 82

Researchers at UC San Diego are building a 2,000-phone computing cluster to reduce carbon emissions from computing. The cluster will provide low-cost, low-carbon cloud computing for researchers and students, reducing the need for newly-manufactured hardware.

AI OSS tool repo goes archived over night after raising $7.3M Seed

168 hek2sch 2026-06-13 12:55:29 UTC github.com/tensorzero Llama Share 117

TensorZero is a unified API gateway for LLM providers, offering performance, incremental adoption, and compatibility with major providers. It enables companies to optimize complex LLM applications with production metrics and human feedback.

Show HN: I am building a map of people who lived in the Roman Empire

70 metiscus 2026-06-13 13:55:29 UTC new.roman-names.com Llama Share 14

The map visualizes EDCS inscriptions with extracted personal names, allowing zooming and filtering by name, province, or date. Name extraction is 80-85% accurate, with errors that can be reported using the Flag this entry button.

The state of building user interfaces in Rust

114 mahirsaid 2026-06-13 10:55:29 UTC areweguiyet.com Llama Share 72

Several Rust GUI frameworks exist, including Azul, CXX-Qt, Leptos, and Ribir, offering various features and performance. These frameworks aim to provide fast, cross-platform, and native GUI development for desktop, web, and mobile applications.

Electric motors with no rare earths

633 bestouff 2026-06-12 22:55:29 UTC renaultgroup.com Llama Share 181

Renault Group is a pioneer in electric motors without magnets, using electrically excited synchronous motors (EESM) technology. Their range includes 5A, 5AL, 6A, 6AM, and 6AK motors with outputs from 57 to 160 kW.

RTX 5080 and RTX 3090 Setup: 80 Tok/s on Qwen 3.6 27B Q8

77 iMil 2026-06-13 10:55:29 UTC imil.net Llama Share 27

User upgraded from RTX 5080 to a refurbished RTX 3090 for AI experiments. They successfully set up both cards on an Asus Prime X570-Pro motherboard, achieving 80+ tokens/sec with Qwen 3.6 model quantized at q8.

CRISPR tech selectively shreds cancer cells, including "undruggable" cancers

936 gmays 2026-06-12 16:55:29 UTC innovativegenomics.org Llama Share 203

Researchers at UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco have developed a CRISPR-based approach to selectively destroy cancer cells with a specific mutation in the p53 tumor suppressor gene. This method, called RNA-triggered chromatin shredding, can target "undruggable" cancers and potentially open up new targets for cancer therapy.

An Interview with Intel's Kira Boyko: Xeon 6's Product Director

36 lumpa 2026-06-13 12:55:29 UTC chipsandcheese.com Llama Share 1

Kira Boyko is the Product Director of Intel Xeon 6+, defining product features based on market requirements and customer needs. She discussed AET (Intel Application Energy Telemetry) and its benefits for tracking energy usage at a hardware core level.

Arch Linux Now Believes Malware Incident Under Control: More Than 1,500 Packages

190 qwertox 2026-06-13 12:55:29 UTC phoronix.com Llama Share 97

Arch Linux's AUR repository saw over 1,500 user-contributed packages compromised with malware. Developers have deleted all known malicious commits, but some affected packages may still exist.

Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5

2905 Dylan1312 2026-06-13 00:55:29 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 2123

The US government has issued a directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 due to a potential jailbreak method, citing national security concerns. Anthropic is complying with the directive but disagrees with the decision, stating it's a misunderstanding and is working to restore access as soon as possible.

What about OpenCL and CUDA C++ alternatives?

10 eatonphil 2026-06-13 15:55:29 UTC modular.com Llama Share 0

OpenCL, a GPU programming model, failed to become the dominant AI compute platform due to its slow committee-driven evolution, fragmentation, and inability to meet the evolving requirements of AI. Its failure highlights the importance of a reference implementation, rapid evolution, and avoiding fragmentation in achieving industry-wide adoption and unifying AI compute.

Show HN: Paca – Lightweight Jira alternative for human-AI collaboration

89 pikann22 2026-06-13 09:55:29 UTC github.com/paca-ai Llama Share 30

Paca is a self-hosted project management platform that enables AI agents and humans to collaborate as equal teammates in a Scrum team. It offers a configurable and extendable workflow, data model, and UI via plugins.

Open source AI must win

1359 vednig 2026-06-13 02:55:29 UTC opensourceaimustwin.com Llama Share 419

The public risks losing operational freedom if AI access depends on closed institutions and shifting terms. America must maintain freedom to run, inspect, and modify AI infrastructure with global open standards.

Show HN: 2 Weeks of Hallucinate – The Photo Gallery

55 stagas 2026-06-13 12:55:29 UTC hallucinate.site Full Share 16

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The computer science degree isn’t dead

169 jnord 2026-06-13 02:55:29 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 160

Recent engineering graduates face a 6.1% unemployment rate, but underemployment is low at below 20%. Engineers rank among the top fields for overall labor market outcomes despite a mismatch between job postings and actual hiring.

How to setup a local coding agent on macOS

442 kkm 2026-06-12 17:55:29 UTC ikyle.me Llama Share 112

User upgraded Gemma 4 to MTP, achieving 72.2 tokens/second on an Apple M1 Max. MTP draft model improved performance by 24% with optimal settings found to be 3 draft tokens.

Shepherd's Dog: A Game by the Most Dangerous AI Model

143 vnglst 2026-06-13 05:55:29 UTC koenvangilst.nl Llama Share 112

User tested Anthropic model with a personal game idea, Shepherd's Dog, and it successfully generated a 2,319 line game in one shot. The model's output was a fun and accurate representation of the user's idea.

Show HN: Putt.day a daily mini golf game

254 ellg 2026-06-12 23:55:29 UTC putt.day Full Share 98

A daily hole of mini golf. Same hole for everyone, new one at midnight Pacific.

Malware developers added nuclear and biological weapons text to to their spyware

433 marc__1 2026-06-12 16:55:29 UTC twitter.com/jsrailton Llama Share 229

Malware developers added nuclear and biological text to spyware to evade AI security scanners. This highlights the need for balance between safety and functionality in AI models.

Leaving Mozilla

405 martey 2026-06-13 06:55:29 UTC blog.unitedheroes.net Llama Share 235

The user, a Mozilla employee leaving after 15 years, expresses concerns about the company's direction and leadership, citing a focus on chasing big ideas and emulating other companies rather than staying true to its open-source and community-driven roots. They urge Mozilla to refocus on its core strengths, shore up its core features, and reconnect with its community, rather than trying to be ...

There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing

421 theahura 2026-06-13 05:55:29 UTC 12gramsofcarbon.com Llama Share 398

The US government has banned access to Anthropic's Fable and Mythos models due to national security concerns, citing a potential method of bypassing the models. This move has sparked concerns about government regulation of AI and the potential restriction of strong language models for public use.

Twenty One Zero-Days in FFmpeg

268 redbell 2026-06-12 22:55:29 UTC depthfirst.com Llama Share 173

Depthfirst's autonomous security agent discovered 21 zero-day vulnerabilities in FFmpeg, including 8 with assigned CVEs, using a specialized security agent that analyzes code and generates concrete, reproducible PoC inputs. The agent found a heap buffer overflow in FFmpeg's AV1 RTP depacketizer that can be triggered by a single 183-byte packet, allowing an attacker to redirect execution and ...

Swift at Apple: Migrating the TrueType hinting interpreter

229 DASD 2026-06-12 20:55:29 UTC swift.org Llama Share 111

Apple rewrote the TrueType hinting interpreter from C to memory-safe Swift to improve security and performance, achieving a 13% speed increase and exact compatibility with the C implementation. The Swift interpreter's design and optimizations, such as using noncopyable structures and Span, demonstrate the language's ability to balance safety, ergonomics, and performance, making it suitable ...

H.R. 6028 would fundamentally change the U.S. Copyright Office

265 Cider9986 2026-06-12 18:55:29 UTC eff.org Llama Share 106

The House passed H.R. 6028, a bill that would change the US Copyright Office's structure and make it more political. The bill would transfer power from the Library of Congress to the Register of Copyrights, a presidential appointee.