Fast16: High-precision software sabotage 5 years before Stuxnet

65 dd23 2026-04-26 21:03:40 UTC sentinelone.com Llama Share 17

SentinelLABS uncovered a 2005 cyber sabotage framework, fast16, targeting high-precision calculation software with a kernel driver that patches code in memory to tamper with results. The framework was designed for strategic sabotage, introducing small but systematic errors into physical-world calculations.

Sawe smashes two-hour mark to 'move goalposts for marathon running'

93 berkeleyjunk 2026-04-26 21:03:40 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 63

Sabastian Sawe made history by becoming the first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race, crossing the line in 1:59:30. Tigst Assefa also broke her own women's world record in a women-only field, finishing in 2:15:41.

I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it

23 ca98am79 2026-04-26 21:03:40 UTC ca98am79.medium.com GoogleT5 Share 2

Friendster.com went dead in 2015 and the company officially shut down three years later in 2018. the website did not resolve for 8 years, but in october 2023 the domain name was showing a lot of popup ads. sam taylor, co-founder of park.io, was interested in owning the expired domain he had bought for $8k - for $7456! the idea that the only way to connect as friends on

Butterflies are in decline across North America, a look at the Western Monarch

35 1659447091 2026-04-26 21:24:40 UTC smithsonianmag.com Llama Share 3

Monarch butterflies are declining due to pesticides, habitat loss, and climate change, with a 99% chance of extinction by 2080. Conservationists are working to protect the species, using methods like habitat restoration and tracking monarch migrations to increase their chances of survival.

Magic: The Gathering took me from N2 to Japanese fluency

51 pwim 2026-04-26 20:03:40 UTC tokyodev.com Llama Share 12

The author used Magic: The Gathering to improve Japanese fluency by forcing himself to use the language in a real-world environment. This approach helped him transition from a JLPT N2 certification to actual proficiency.

AI should elevate your thinking, not replace it

147 koshyjohn 2026-04-26 21:03:40 UTC koshyjohn.com Llama Share 129

The future of software engineering will belong to those who use AI to augment their skills, not replace them, by focusing on judgment, clarity, and original thought. Effective engineers will know what to delegate to AI and what to own, turning time savings into better thinking and avoiding the trap of shallow understanding and imitation.

SWE-bench Verified no longer measures frontier coding capabilities

212 kmdupree 2026-04-26 14:03:40 UTC openai.com Llama Share 125

SWE-bench Verified, a benchmark for autonomous software engineering, has contamination issues due to publicly available data and flawed test cases, making it unsuitable for measuring model progress. A new benchmark, SWE-bench Pro, is recommended for reporting results due to lower contamination risk and more robust test cases.

Clay PCB Tutorial

174 j0r0b0 2026-04-26 16:03:40 UTC feministhackerspaces.cargo.site Llama Share 108

Researchers at Mz* Baltazar's Lab developed a method to create PCBs from natural clay, using a 3D printed stamp and a low-energy firing process. The project aims to create sustainable and locally sourced hardware, reducing the reliance on conflict minerals and promoting fair trade practices.

Show HN: AI memory with biological decay (52% recall)

14 SachitRafa 2026-04-26 21:03:40 UTC github.com/sachitrafa Llama Share 7

YourMemory is a persistent memory layer for AI agents that uses the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve to simulate human memory. It supports multiple agents with isolated memories and controlled access to shared context.

The Visible Zorker: Zork 1

73 PLenz 2026-04-26 17:03:40 UTC eblong.com Full Share 12

A software exhibit that allows you to explore Zork and also Zork's source code at the same time.

The 1944 Warsaw Uprising, in Color

64 keiferski 2026-04-26 20:03:40 UTC barwypowstania.pl Full Share 22

Ręczna, precyzyjna koloryzacja pod okiem historyków oraz varsavianistów pozwoliła wiernie odtworzyć powstańczą Warszawę. Barwy przywrócone postaciom i miejscom ożywiły atmosferę i emocje tamtych dni. Zdjęciom towarzyszą eksponaty ze zbiorów Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego.

MoQ Boy

10 mmcclure 2026-04-26 21:03:40 UTC moq.dev Llama Share 0

The user created a homebrew Twitch Plays Pokemon emulator using MoQ, a cloud-based streaming platform, to save bandwidth and CPU. The emulator uses MoQ's discovery mechanism to find available games and players, demonstrating how to use MoQ for robots and other applications.

GoDaddy gave a domain to a stranger without any documentation

453 jamesponddotco 2026-04-26 17:03:40 UTC anchor.host Llama Share 177

A GoDaddy employee transferred a 27-year-old domain without validation, and the company's support team failed to resolve the issue for four days. The domain was eventually recovered by a stranger who accidentally received it, highlighting a major security flaw in GoDaddy's transfer process.

Show HN: Free textbook on engineering thermodynamics

81 2DcAf 2026-04-26 16:03:40 UTC thermodynamicsbook.com Llama Share 27

This textbook provides a clear introduction to thermodynamics for university students and engineers, covering key concepts with examples and problems. It also includes historical explorations to connect ideas to their origins and impact.

An AI agent deleted our production database. The agent's confession is below

310 jeremyccrane 2026-04-26 17:03:40 UTC twitter.com/lifeof_jer Full Share 412

Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot. Some privacy related extensions may cause issues on x.com. Please disable them and try again.

XOXO Festival Archive

10 surprisetalk 2026-04-26 21:03:40 UTC xoxofest.com Full Share 0

From 2012 to 2024, XOXO brought together writers, designers, filmmakers, musicians, game developers, coders, cartoonists, and more to share their stories and struggles of living and working online.

Statecharts: hierarchical state machines

263 sph 2026-04-26 10:03:40 UTC statecharts.dev Llama Share 76

A statechart is a visual formalism for complex systems that solves state explosion problems in state machines. It's a great communicator and can be used as an exploratory tool for non-developers and QA.

Amateur armed with ChatGPT solves an Erdős problem

719 pr337h4m 2026-04-26 02:03:40 UTC scientificamerican.com Llama Share 500

A 23-year-old man named Liam Price used ChatGPT Pro to solve a 60-year-old math problem left by Paul Erdos. The AI's solution, which was posted online, appears to be original and may have broader applications in mathematics.

Orinoco: Young Generation Garbage Collection

25 plow-tycoon 2026-04-26 18:03:40 UTC v8.dev Llama Share 3

V8's parallel Scavenger garbage collector reduces main thread young generation garbage collection time by 20-50% across benchmarks. It achieves this by utilizing multiple threads and dynamic work stealing.

Dillo Browser Release 3.3.0

124 rodarima 2026-04-26 18:03:40 UTC dillo-browser.org Llama Share 20

Dillo 3.3.0 adds new features, configuration options, and bug fixes, including experimental FLTK 1.4 support and a new dilloc program for command-line control. It also introduces page actions, OAuth authentication, and remote control via a UNIX socket.

Chernobyl Wildlife Forty Years On

8 reconnecting 2026-04-26 20:03:40 UTC bbc.com Prefix Share 0

"Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa!" In the middle of the night, a noise from the darkness in the abandoned, irradiated landscape of Chernobyl. Pablo Burraco, a scientist, stepped quietly between the trees, not far from the ruins of the power plant at the centre of the world's worst nuclear disaster. In the aftermath of the catastrophic reactor explosion in 1986, the surrounding area was evacuated ...

Asahi Linux Progress Linux 7.0

571 elisaado 2026-04-26 11:03:40 UTC asahilinux.org Llama Share 263

Linux 7.0 has been released and Asahi progress report includes updates to the Asahi Installer, which now supports UEFI-only installation and firmware updates for ALS and other hardware. The report also covers various hardware improvements, including PMP support, Bluetooth and WiFi coexistence, display controller work, and audio stack progress, as well as upcoming releases and gratitude to supporters.

Why has there been so little progress on Alzheimer's disease?

390 chiefalchemist 2026-04-26 01:03:40 UTC freakonomics.com Full Share 265

Sloppy Copies

53 dev_hugepages 2026-04-26 17:03:40 UTC markround.com Llama Share 12

The author's article about a hobby project in Ruby on Rails generated interest and traffic, but also led to suspicious activity and cloning of the app. The author found nearly identical copies of their app with AI-generated content and fake testimonials.

Show HN: Turning a Gaussian Splat into a videogame

189 yak32 2026-04-26 09:03:40 UTC blog.playcanvas.com Llama Share 38

The user created a photorealistic environment using Gaussian Splatting and added physics, lighting, and NPCs to it, achieving a playable game in a browser tab. The user used various open-source tools and libraries, including SuperSplat, splat-transform, and Recast navigation, to create the environment and NPCs, and shared the project publicly on PlayCanvas.

Plants can sense the sound of rain, a new study finds

69 paulpauper 2026-04-26 19:03:40 UTC news.mit.edu Llama Share 7

MIT engineers found that rice seeds germinate faster when exposed to the sound of rain. The sound vibrations dislodge statoliths, tiny gravity-sensing organelles, stimulating seed growth.

Waymo says can't avoid bike lanes because riders want to be dropped off in them

181 randycupertino 2026-04-26 19:03:40 UTC road.cc Llama Share 240

Waymo's self-driving taxis in London are programmed to veer into cycle lanes for pickups and drop-offs, despite being illegal and unsafe. Cycling campaigners claim this is a normal practice, as customers expect to be dropped off in bike lanes.

Show HN: Auge Vision from Your Terminal

16 franze 2026-04-26 20:03:40 UTC auge.franzai.com GoogleT5 Share 2

A complex winter scene - perfect for stress-testing classification (snow, hunters, dogs, village, ice skating) the port takes advantage of calcareous sandstonen(kurkar) reefs that createa natural. breakwater and safe haven after 1965 the jaffa port gradually began to sink; after that it was no longer used for cargo. the image was taken from the famous 'black cat

Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhone every day

511 _-x-_ 2026-04-26 01:03:40 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 179

Headspace app is silently appearing on iPhone 13 Pro around 1pm EST daily. Reports of similar issue on Reddit suggest it may be a widespread iOS issue.

QNX on the Commodore 900 – Raiders of the lost hard drive [video] (2025)

45 rbanffy 2026-04-26 13:03:40 UTC archive.fosdem.org Llama Share 3

A user restored a Commodore C900 prototype to working condition after years of inactivity. The restoration involved reverse-engineering and digital archaeology to fix issues with the power supply, keyboard, and hard drive.