We All Depend on Open Source. We Will Defend It Together

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Akrites is a coordinated effort to remediate vulnerabilities in open source software, bringing together major tech companies to find, fix, and responsibly disclose vulnerabilities in critical open source software. The initiative aims to address the accelerated discovery of vulnerabilities by AI and provide a single, trusted place for coordination, remediation, and disclosure to ensure the ...

Om Malik has died

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Om Malik passed away on June 24, 2026, at Stanford Hospital after a long health journey. He will be remembered for his insightful writing and creative endeavors, including photography.

An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time

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Scientists have virtually unwrapped and read a 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll, PHerc. 1667, without damaging it. The scroll contains a Stoic philosophical treatise on ethics, dated to the 2nd century BC, and is the first to be read continuously from start to end.

Libre Barcode Project

The Code 128 Encoder is a tool for encoding text into scannable barcodes. It can be found at a specific URL and is also included in the Code 128 page for further information.

What happened after 2k people tried to hack my AI assistant

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The user built hackmyclaw.com to test OpenClaw's security, sending over 6,000 emails to try and leak a secrets.env file, but none were successful. The experiment showed that prompt injection is harder than expected, even with sophisticated attacks, and the user is now more optimistic about AI security.

Framework's 10G Ethernet module exposes USB-C's complexity

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The WisdPi 10G Ethernet Expansion Card for Framework computers has performance issues due to USB-C bandwidth complexity and Realtek RTL8159 Ethernet controller limitations. It can reach up to 9.4 Gbps speeds on Windows 11 but may overheat and is not recommended for laptop use.

The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate your privacy

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Australia's under-16 social media ban is not working as intended, with 7 out of 10 kids still using social media. The law mandates age verification through biometric info, government IDs, or other data, introducing new risks for data breaches and phishing attempts.

The Garbage Collection Handbook: The Art of Automatic Memory Management (2nd Ed) (2023)

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The Garbage Collection Handbook updates the state of the field in automatic memory management, covering new challenges and state-of-the-art techniques. It provides expert insight on garbage collectors, helping programmers select and configure the best options.

A game where you're an OS and have to manage processes, memory and I/O events

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To play the game, create a sandbox configuration file in src/sandbox and run pipenv run auto with your script.

22-year-old Mozart's handwritten notebook unearthed in 'major discovery'

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A 248-year-old notebook in France's National Library has been identified as belonging to 22-year-old Mozart, containing daily exercises and 7 pieces for flute and harp. The notebook was confiscated during the French Revolution and has now been authenticated as a major discovery in music history.

Oxide computer 3D rack guided tour

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Explore the Oxide Cloud Computer in 3D. Navigate from rack to sleds to CPUs with guided tours of the components that make up the Cloud Computer.

Microbubbles in Medicine

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Researchers have developed microbubbles to deliver drugs to the body, overcoming barriers like the blood-brain barrier. Microbubbles can be steered and burst on command, temporarily opening biological barriers to allow treatments to pass through.

IBM debuts sub-1 nanometer chip technology

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IBM unveiled a sub-1 nanometer chip technology with a revolutionary transistor architecture at the 0.7 nm node, nearly doubling transistor density. The breakthrough offers up to 50% more performance and 70% greater energy efficiency, enabling future advancements in computing and AI.

Bipartite Matching Is in NC

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Since I’m a good mood today—at a beautiful science camp with my kids, high in the mountains near Big Bear Lake in California—I thought I’d blog about something positive. Last week, five authors (Chatterjee, Ghosh, Gurjar, Raj, and Thierauf) posted a major paper to the Electronic Colloquium on Computational Complexity, which shows (or anyway, credibly claims to show) that the Bipartite ...

Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion

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OpenKnowledge is a local markdown editor with integrations for LLMs, available as a desktop app or local web app via CLI. It supports macOS, Linux, and Intel Macs, with Node.js 24+ required for installation.

Un-0: Generating Images with Coupled Oscillators

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Researchers at Unconventional AI built Un-0, an image generator powered by a simulated system of coupled oscillators, achieving FID 6.74 on ImageNet 64×64, matching the quality of leading conventional image generation methods. Un-0's architecture harnesses the laws of physics to do the computing, aiming to run modern AI on a fraction of the energy today's machines need, around 1,000x less.

Show HN: Chess-Inspired Roguelike

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A seeded chess-pathfinding roguelite. Guide Prince Chazz across the board, dodging enemy pieces, and race the per-seed leaderboard.

An oral history of Bank Python (2021)

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The author describes Bank Python, a proprietary fork of the Python ecosystem used by investment banks, which includes a global database called Barbara, a job runner called Walpole, and a data management system called MnTable. The system is designed to be holistic and all-encompassing, with a focus on data-first development and a unique approach to software engineering that differs from ...

Hey Nico, you didn't vibe code your data room but stole it from Papermark

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You accuse Nico of copying code from Papermark's open source and enterprise-licensed code without permission, demanding the product be taken down immediately. This action is seen as fraudulent and reflects poorly on Nico's business and the YC community.

Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

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OS9Map

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OS9Map lets you browse OpenStreetMap on Mac OS 9. Search for landmarks and addresses, and save the places you care about as bookmarks for next time. Smooth scrolling map canvas — drag with the mouse to pan; nearby tiles load as you go. Bookmarks — save the places you visit often and return to them from the menu in one click.

Zig's new bitCast semantics and LLVM back end improvements

The Zig compiler has made several improvements in 2026, including a new ELF linker with fast incremental compilation, improved LLVM backend, and enhanced build system. These changes aim to improve performance, usability, and stability, with features like incremental compilation, lazy type analysis, and better error messages.

The Doorman's Fallacy in action

A restaurant replaced physical menus with a QR code, causing inconvenience and chaos among a group of six people. This experience illustrates the Doorman's Fallacy, where technology replaces humans without considering the consequences on customer experience.

Record type inference for dummies

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The user is writing a series of posts on type inference for anonymous records, a feature that is still lacking in many statically typed languages. They are explaining the basics of type theory and introducing a notation for type inference rules to make the concept more accessible to readers.

Parallel Parentheses Matching

A paper called More Fun with Monoids by Oleg Kiselyov introduced a map-reduce pattern that can be used to solve the parentheses matching problem with O(n) work and O(log⁡n) span. The problem can be further parallelized using a previous or smaller element problem algorithm to solve the general definition of the parentheses matching problem with O(nlog⁡n) work and O(log⁡n) span.

My Steam Machine Is a 50ft HDMI Cable

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The user is excited about Valve's Steam Machine, but won't buy one. They've set up a dual-booting system with Bazzite on their desktop, using a Steam Controller 2 and a 50ft HDMI cable for a console-like experience.

Apple to skip high-end M6 Mac chips in favor of AI-focused M7 line

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You can't unit test for taste

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The user built an app called In the Long Run, which allows users to virtually run famous routes worldwide and view points of interest along the way. They used GeoNames data, Python, and DuckDB to create a pipeline that enriches the app with relevant points of interest, overcoming challenges with AI hallucinations and biases.

The last Romans are still around

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The Roman identity has evolved over 1500 years, with various groups in Europe and beyond claiming Roman heritage. These groups include Romanians, Romansh people in Switzerland, Romeika speakers in Greece, and others who have maintained their connection to the Roman Empire.

The disappearance of Japan's animators

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The anime industry is facing a labour crisis despite its growing popularity, with a shortage of animators and poor working conditions. The industry's shift to contract labour and outsourcing has led to a lack of on-the-job training and a decline in the number of animators.