LG denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true'

97 datakan 2026-09-12 17:41:42 UTC tomshardware.com Llama Share 139

LG denies claims its smart TVs constantly log and upload data, record audio while in standby, and scan local area networks for other devices. The company confirms it scans for nearby devices to enable features like device connectivity but says this is a standard function of all smart TVs.

Make your first edit to OpenStreetMap

97 juliantigler 2026-09-12 16:41:42 UTC high5apps.github.io Llama Share 33

This tutorial guides users to add a website tag to nearby shops or amenities on OpenStreetMap, helping people worldwide access more information. Users can use JOSM and the Website Wizard plugin to find and add official websites for places in their area of interest.

Nvidia is the central bank of AI

195 tolugenius 2026-09-12 15:41:42 UTC economist.com Full Share 155

Will There Be a 7G?

27 Betelbuddy 2026-09-12 17:41:42 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 42

The transition to 6G is becoming concrete, with the ITU-R IMT-2030 framework and 3GPP Release 21 defining its path. A new question arises: should there be a 7G, and what would justify it?

Microcode in Intel's 8087 floating-point chip: the scale instruction

42 pwg 2026-09-12 16:41:42 UTC righto.com Llama Share 9

The Intel 8087 floating-point unit was introduced in 1980 and became the standard for most computers today. It uses a complex microcode system to handle various arithmetic operations, including scaling numbers by powers of two. The FSCALE instruction is one such operation that scales a number by adding its exponent to a power of two, but it is surprisingly complicated due to special cases and ...

IKEA made a mod for Skyrim [video]

461 kegenaar 2026-09-12 06:41:42 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 117

We must pace the frontier

262 apsec112 2026-09-12 14:41:42 UTC darioamodei.com Llama Share 333

The author believes AI can greatly improve human life, but also poses significant risks that must be addressed. To mitigate these risks, the author proposes a three-step plan to pace AI development: embedded evaluators, democratic coordination, and global coordination.

google.com/goto: Google's anti-scraping update

565 1e1a 2026-09-12 03:41:42 UTC autom.dev Llama Share 449

Google Search is rewriting organic result links to use a custom "goto" URL, redirecting users to the actual page instead of exposing the destination URL directly. This change aims to prevent automated SERP harvesting by AI crawlers and SEO scrapers.

A Mathematical Framework for Transformer Circuits (2021)

56 Bluestein 2026-09-12 14:41:42 UTC transformer-circuits.pub Llama Share 12

Researchers are working on mechanistic interpretability of transformer language models, which can help understand their behavior and identify potential issues. They have developed a method to reverse-engineer transformers by breaking them down into human-interpretable pieces, such as attention heads and MLP layers.

Retrospectively Reverse-Engineering Apple's Neural Engine

193 zdw 2026-09-12 08:41:42 UTC eiln.github.io Llama Share 25

The author is reverse-engineering the Apple Neural Engine (ANE) on the M1 chip to understand its architecture and limitations. The ANE's design was optimized for CNN workloads, but it has been found that transformer workloads can also be executed efficiently within the ANE's dataflow constraints.

A Few Good Ideas in Programming Languages

44 airhangerf15 2026-09-12 13:41:42 UTC prydt.xyz Llama Share 14

Crystal and Rust use flow typing to allow dynamic behavior while maintaining compile-time checks, preventing data races. D programming language supports contract programming with invariants, pre- and post-conditions for functions, and class-level invariants to ensure program correctness.

How Trail of Bits helps verify the integrity of Signal chats

9 dgroshev 2026-09-12 17:41:42 UTC blog.trailofbits.com LocalLLM Share 1

Signal introduces Automatic Key Verification to ensure secure communications by validating public keys without direct user interaction. Trail of Bits provides independent audits, maintaining a consistent and transparent key map through Merkle trees and auditor signatures.

I made a build visualizer to understand Bun's compile times

11 lalitmaganti 2026-09-12 17:41:42 UTC lalitm.com Llama Share 3

The author built an open-source tracing tool called buildprof to visualize the time spent on different parts of a software build process. The tool records every process launched during a build, including subprocesses and their subprocesses, and lays them out on one timeline.

LRU is harder to beat than the KV-cache papers suggest

74 gauravapiscean 2026-09-12 11:41:42 UTC github.com/gauravapiscean Llama Share 34

The author tested various cache eviction policies on real-world traces from agentic LLM serving and found that none of the three independent mechanisms beat the baseline LRU-leaf policy. The experiments were conducted in a capacity-bound regime, where the dominant source of cache misses is tight tool loops with 88k-token working sets exceeding cache capacity.

Android NAT-T keepalive offload bypasses VPN lockdown

128 mhitza 2026-09-12 02:41:42 UTC supuk.ch Llama Share 30

A vulnerability was discovered in Android's NAT-T keepalive API, allowing normal applications to bypass VPN lockdown and leak traffic outside the VPN path. The vulnerability affects most Android 12+ devices, with evidence collected from three OEMs and two confirmed WLAN families, including Samsung SM-F966B and Nothing A059 on Qualcomm hardware.

I refuse to let SPICE die

53 Nefarius 2026-09-12 14:41:42 UTC github.com/nefarius Llama Share 42

This repository is a public mirror of the abandoned freedesktop.org spice/win32/vd_agent project, maintaining a Windows guest agent for SPICE. It keeps building and shipping for current guests, especially Windows 11 VMs on Linux.

Eating Fruit Skins

27 surprisetalk 2026-09-12 11:41:42 UTC pgadey.ca Llama Share 89

The author learned that eating apple cores, stems, and seeds is safe. They initially hesitated but eventually tried and found the stem edible too.

I fixed a tractor using John Deere's self-repair service. Farmers aren't sold

51 sbulaev 2026-09-12 11:41:42 UTC wired.com Llama Share 65

A John Deere farmer fixes his tractor using the company's self-repair software, Operations Center Pro Service, after a brief tutorial. The service allows owners to diagnose and repair issues with their machines via Wi-Fi or cable.

Performance of WebAssembly Runtimes in 2026

54 fagnerbrack 2026-09-12 12:41:42 UTC 00f.net Llama Share 12

The author benchmarks libsodium on WebAssembly runtimes from 2024, 2025, and 2026 to assess improvements. The results show that Wasmtime steadily improved, while Wasmer gained a feature worth caring about for crypto workloads.

Navier-Stokes Announcement

251 rvz 2026-09-12 04:41:42 UTC claymath.org Llama Share 202

The Clay Mathematics Institute congratulates several mathematicians on their awards, including Fields Medals and Frontiers of Science Prizes. These honors recognize outstanding contributions to mathematics from individuals such as Yu Deng, Hong Wang, and Anna Skorobogatova.

The worst spam emails: iLands AI agent hustle

79 ColinWright 2026-09-12 11:41:42 UTC tedium.co Llama Share 42

A freelancer received numerous emails from a company called iLands.app, offering to do research for a fee, but the messages were aggressive and insulting. The company's true intention was revealed to be using autonomous bots to take work from freelancers like the author.

λ Snap – An inviting programming language for kids and adults for CS study

161 dr_kiszonka 2026-09-12 05:41:42 UTC snap.berkeley.edu Full Share 101

The Snap! Community. Snap! is a blocks-based programming language built by UC Berkeley and used by hundreds of thousands of programmers around the world.

How we manage and engage with our horses shapes their personality

17 thunderbong 2026-09-12 12:41:42 UTC utu.fi Llama Share 2

A new study reveals that horse personality is influenced by their environment, including housing, riding frequency and quality of human interaction. The findings suggest that everyday management decisions can shape a horse's personality and welfare.

Experimental Evaluation Methodology for the Era of No Steady Performance [pdf]

3 luu 2026-09-12 17:41:42 UTC d3s.mff.cuni.cz Prefix Share 0

JAROMÍR ANTOCH, Charles University, Czechia WALTER BINDER, Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland LUBOMÍR BULEJ, Charles University, Czechia FRANÇOIS FARQUET, Oracle Labs, Switzerland VOJTĚCH HORKÝ, Charles University, Czechia ALEKSANDAR PROKOPEC, Oracle Labs, Switzerland ANDREA ROSÀ, Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland PETR TŮMA, Charles University, Czechia Recent ...

Reconstructing Concurrency Invariants Through Medieval East Asian Logic

10 gg582 2026-09-12 14:41:42 UTC oborona.zip Full Share 3

A Design Space Exploration of Async/Await

392 wcrichton 2026-09-11 20:41:42 UTC cel.cs.brown.edu Llama Share 113

The async/await keywords in programming languages aim to simplify concurrency, but their designs vary significantly. A new paper explores the differences between modern languages' async implementations.

Fuck it, make it anyway

466 JayOtter 2026-09-12 12:41:42 UTC joelotter.com Llama Share 454

The author experienced a creative slump due to the rise of generative AI, which threatens their livelihood and sense of fulfillment in programming and game development. They're considering adapting to AI or giving up, but instead are choosing to continue making things the hard way for personal enjoyment and growth.

Waymo pulls over, calls cops on juvenile riders who had 'ghost gun"

73 mmayberry 2026-09-12 14:41:42 UTC latimes.com Llama Share 111

Two juvenile passengers were arrested in San Francisco after being found with an illegal "ghost gun" in a Waymo autonomous vehicle. The incident occurred on September 3 and is still under investigation.

Anthropic CEO Says It's Time to Slow AI Model Advances

8 sbulaev 2026-09-12 18:08:42 UTC bloomberg.com Full Share 2

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Great Lakes sturgeon may be 400 years old:Scientists rethinking how to save them

127 bookofjoe 2026-09-12 02:41:42 UTC cbc.ca Llama Share 36

Scientists found lake sturgeon in the Great Lakes may live up to 400 years, contradicting previous estimates of 150 years. Conservation efforts will need to be revised due to their extraordinary longevity and impact on the ecosystem.