Hacking your PC using your speaker without ever touching it

58 xx_ns 2026-06-03 10:54:47 UTC blog.nns.ee Llama Share 11

The user discovered vulnerabilities in the Creative Sound Blaster Katana V2X firmware that allow an attacker to turn the speaker into a covert spying tool or Rubber Ducky without pairing or physical access. The user found that the speaker's Bluetooth connection can be exploited to send CTP commands, and they created a custom firmware that turns the speaker into a keyboard, allowing remote ...

Every Byte Matters

27 ingve 2026-06-03 11:05:47 UTC fzakaria.com Llama Share 2

Understanding cache line and page sizes is crucial for optimizing performance in Java. Keeping a tight control on working set size can drastically affect time for random access patterns.

Show HN: Edsger – A handwritten Clojure REPL for the reMarkable 2

81 nathell 2026-06-03 08:39:47 UTC handwritten.danieljanus.pl Full Share 17

An actual Clojure REPL running on my reMarkable 2

1-Click GitHub Token Stealing via a VSCode Bug

471 ammar2 2026-06-03 02:39:47 UTC blog.ammaraskar.com Llama Share 68

An attacker can steal a GitHub token by exploiting a vulnerability in VSCode's webviews, allowing them to install malicious extensions and gain full code execution. The attack involves creating a Jupyter notebook with a payload that installs a local workspace extension, which can then be used to steal the token.

Mathematicians issue warning as AI rapidly gains ground

27 pseudolus 2026-06-03 10:39:47 UTC science.org Llama Share 18

Mathematicians are warning that unchecked AI automation threatens the field's values and integrity. They call for responsible AI use in a public declaration, urging support for human creativity and understanding in mathematics.

Show HN: I reverse-engineered the world maps of Test Drive III (1990 DOS game)

122 s-macke 2026-06-03 04:39:47 UTC github.com/s-macke Llama Share 32

A user reverse engineered Test Drive III maps, reconstructing them with AI after 5 years of work. The maps are stored in a 32x16 grid with 2-byte cells containing tile IDs and rotation/height data.

Use your Nvidia GPU's VRAM as swap space on Linux

343 tanelpoder 2026-06-02 23:39:47 UTC github.com/c0dejedi Llama Share 90

A daemon allocates VRAM as a block device using the NBD protocol, exposing it as a swap device to the kernel. This approach sidesteps NVIDIA driver limitations and provides a swap solution with lower latency than NVMe.

MAI-Code-1-Flash

484 EvanZhouDev 2026-06-02 19:39:47 UTC microsoft.ai Llama Share 218

Microsoft introduces MAI-Code-1-Flash, a new coding model for fast and efficient assistance in developer workflows. It outperforms Claude Haiku 4.5 with better price to performance and is now rolling out to GitHub Copilot users in VS Code.

AI outperforms law professors in Stanford Law study

280 berlianta 2026-06-03 00:39:47 UTC law.stanford.edu Llama Share 221

A Stanford study found law professors prefer AI-generated answers to student questions over human-written ones, with AI winning 75% of head-to-head matchups. The study suggests AI can be a valuable tool in legal education, offering high-quality, on-demand support that complements classroom instruction.

The Unreasonable Redundancy of Nature's Protein Folds

107 ray__ 2026-06-03 04:39:47 UTC research.ligo.bio Llama Share 29

Researchers improved biomolecular modeling by scaling models, compute, and data, but found that natural protein sequences are vast and their folds are more redundant than sequence counts suggest. They developed a scalable clustering algorithm to identify reusable structural neighborhoods and found that natural proteins reuse a relatively small set of fold solutions, suggesting that enzyme ...

OpenRidingController – DIY horse riding controller for the PC

11 zdw 2026-06-03 09:39:47 UTC github.com/squalius-cephalus Llama Share 5

A horse riding game controller for PC/Mac emulates horse riding behaviors and converts them to control various video games. It uses RP2040 Zero, TCRT5000 IR modules, and 3D printed parts with CircuitPython 10 for fast prototyping.

PlayStation Architecture

6 gregsadetsky 2026-06-03 10:39:47 UTC copetti.org Prefix Share 0

Sony knew that 3D hardware could get very messy to develop for. Thus, their debuting console will keep its design simple and practical… Although this may come at a cost! This section dissects the Sony CXD8530BQ, one of the two big chips this console houses. It’s what we would call a ‘System-on-Chip’ in today’s terms. The main processor follows one of those ‘X designed by Y, based on Z, and ...

Pluto.jl 1.0 release – reactive notebook for Julia

149 fons-p 2026-06-02 23:39:47 UTC discourse.julialang.org Llama Share 17

Pluto version 1.0 is released, celebrating six years of progress and making scientific computing more accessible and fun. Pluto is an interactive environment for notebook programming in Julia, with features like reproducibility, accessibility, and reactivity.

CT scans of BYD car parts

403 viasfo 2026-06-02 20:39:47 UTC lumafield.com Full Share 249

We CT scanned four BYD components—a battery cell, window switch, EV charger, and key fob—to see what's inside the world's best-selling EV that's banned in the U.S.

Jonathan Franzen on Talent, Theatre, and His Next Novel

11 samclemens 2026-06-03 08:39:47 UTC newyorker.com Llama Share 1

The author's story "A Talent for Seeming" is about a teenage girl named Adele who falls in love with acting in 1970s Butte, Montana. The narrative explores Adele's coming of age and her struggle between devoutness and pursuing a life in theatre.

Writing Portable ARM64 Assembly (2023)

27 luu 2026-06-03 06:39:47 UTC ariadne.space Llama Share 10

Developers writing assembly code for Apple's ARM-based computers should be aware of differences between Mach-O and ELF ABIs. Following guidelines can make assembly code portable to other 64-bit ARM devices.

My thoughts after using Clojure for about a month

231 speckx 2026-06-02 20:39:47 UTC acdw.net Llama Share 114

The user is learning Clojure and finds it ergonomic and powerful, preferring it over Common Lisp and Scheme due to its cohesive design and large standard library. They appreciate Clojure's simplicity and uniformity, but acknowledge some pain points, such as its syntax and the need to learn Java for interop.

DIY Bipedal Robot Used Pneumatic "Air-Muscles" Instead of Motors

22 sohkamyung 2026-06-03 06:39:47 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 7

Richard Greenhill built a life-size humanoid robot called Shadow Walker in his attic with a group of enthusiasts. The robot, which stood 168 cm tall, used compressed air to move its 28 "air-muscles" and had 12 degrees of freedom, but struggled to walk.

U of T researchers demonstrate AI worm could target any online device

55 shscs911 2026-06-03 04:39:47 UTC utoronto.ca Llama Share 12

Researchers at the University of Toronto discovered a new cyberthreat that uses free AI models to spread and adapt, targeting all online devices. This threat can seize control of networks and launch sophisticated attacks at virtually no cost, raising concerns about global security.

Capstone – multi-platform, multi-architecture disassembly framework

62 gregsadetsky 2026-06-03 02:39:47 UTC capstone-engine.org Llama Share 1

Capstone is a disassembly engine for binary analysis and reversing, supporting 24 architectures and implemented in pure C with bindings for various languages. It provides a generic API and is widely used in the security community.

Roku LT Operating System open source distribution

81 dpmdpm 2026-06-03 01:39:47 UTC blog.roku.com Llama Share 26

Roku LT OS is a lightweight, open-source operating system for embedded systems and automotive engineering. It provides a powerful, predictable framework for high-performance hardware-level development.

It is an amazing time for programmers

98 jlundberg 2026-06-03 08:39:47 UTC 46elks.com Llama Share 55

You're inspired by computer science legends and want to reach out to them for guidance. You're suggesting sending an email or tweet to experienced programmers like John Carmack or Per Lundberg for potential life-changing advice.

HP re-releases classic computer science calculator: The HP-16C

181 dm319 2026-06-02 19:39:47 UTC hpcalcs.com Llama Share 111

The HP 16c Collector's Edition retains the classic layout but is 100x faster with customizable word size and base conversions. It features programming capabilities with conditional branching, subroutines, and flags, and supports up to 203 bytes of program memory.

Words of Type

77 tobr 2026-06-03 02:39:47 UTC wiki.wordsoftype.com Llama Share 12

Alphabets are writing systems using letters to represent sounds, forming syllables, words, and sentences. Typefaces have various parts, such as ascenders, descenders, and apertures, which contribute to their overall design and legibility.

Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left

1004 speckx 2026-06-02 19:39:47 UTC moddedbear.com Llama Share 666

The user is frustrated with Gmail's new AI features that nag and interrupt them while composing emails. They're switching to Fastmail after 16 years with Gmail due to the unwanted features.

How we index images for RAG

150 mooreds 2026-06-02 18:39:47 UTC kapa.ai Llama Share 21

Kapa's AI assistant uses a vision model at indexing time to describe images as text, then retrieves these descriptions alongside text chunks at query time, improving answer quality and reducing costs. This approach, which involves describing images once at ingestion and storing them as separate text chunks, outperforms query-time vision and is more cost-effective for large-scale applications.

Open Repair Data Standard

135 cassepipe 2026-06-02 19:39:47 UTC openrepair.org Llama Share 10

The Open Repair Data Standard (ORDS) helps combine repair data on electronics by defining a shared approach. It collects data on product, repair, and session information to identify trends globally and locally.

Recovering Eric Graham's 1987 Amiga Juggler raytracer source code

17 mariuz 2026-06-03 06:39:47 UTC alphapixeldev.com Llama Share 4

AlphaPixel modernized old performance and graphics code, including the Juggler animation, which was groundbreaking and Earth-shattering. A Python port of the extract-adf tool was created to extract Amiga ADF files, making the Juggler source code available for posterity.

Preparing for KDE Plasma's Last X11-Supported Release

202 jandeboevrie 2026-06-02 14:39:47 UTC blog.davidedmundson.co.uk Llama Share 268

Plasma is transitioning to Wayland, removing X11 support in Plasma 6.8. This change will allow for new performance improvements and features, but may require custom scripts and workflows to adapt.

OpenFOV – Webcam head tracking for iRacing

131 mwit2023 2026-06-02 14:39:47 UTC openfov.com Full Share 61

OpenFOV uses your webcam to control iRacing's in-game FOV. Unlocks VR-style functionality for your monitor!