Google officially announces that ads will be included in AI Mode search results

72 sofumel 2026-05-21 10:10:47 UTC blog.google Llama Share 48

Google is testing new ad formats with Gemini models to provide helpful answers and connect people with businesses. The formats include Conversational Discovery ads, Highlighted Answers, AI-powered Shopping ads, and Business Agent for Leads, designed to make decision-making easier and more confident.

Show HN: Rmux – A programmable terminal multiplexer with a Playwright-style SDK

43 shideneyu 2026-05-21 10:10:47 UTC github.com/helvesec Llama Share 31

RMUX is a Rust multiplexer for the agentic era, offering detachable, scriptable, and inspectable sessions with a tmux-compatible CLI and native Ratatui integration. It's a fresh public preview with 90 tmux-compatible commands implemented, but bugs are expected.

An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry

1205 tedsanders 2026-05-20 19:10:47 UTC openai.com Llama Share 879

An AI system has autonomously resolved the planar unit distance problem, a longstanding open problem in combinatorial geometry. The proof uses algebraic number theory to create unit-length differences among points in the plane.

GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 repos via malicious VSCode extension

875 Timofeibu 2026-05-20 19:10:47 UTC bleepingcomputer.com Llama Share 363

GitHub was breached after an employee installed a malicious VS Code extension, exposing 3,800 internal repositories. The company removed the extension and secured the device, with no evidence of customer data being affected.

Show HN: I reverse engineered Apple's video wallpapers

303 kageroumado 2026-05-21 00:10:47 UTC github.com/kageroumado Llama Share 69

Phosphene is a macOS app that plays video files as desktop and lock-screen wallpaper. It uses Apple's private WallpaperExtensionKit framework for gapless looping and power-aware playback.

Haskell Foundation 2026 Update

125 azhenley 2026-05-21 03:10:47 UTC discourse.haskell.org Llama Share 38

José, the longest-serving executive director, is stepping down in June 2026, and the Board is restructuring the Haskell Foundation to focus on technical work and member engagement. The Foundation will have a new committee and a part-time role for financial sustainability, with a reduced Board composition.

Vivaldi 8.0

159 OuterVale 2026-05-21 08:10:47 UTC vivaldi.com Llama Share 75

Vivaldi 8.0 offers a unified design with more control, capability, and choice, featuring a new look and improved interface. The browser includes six preset layouts and a wide range of customizable settings to adapt to individual preferences.

New features in GCC 16: Improved error messages and SARIF output

94 siteshwar 2026-05-21 03:10:47 UTC developers.redhat.com Full Share 16

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The Letter S, by Donald Knuth (1980) [pdf]

189 bambax 2026-05-21 00:10:47 UTC gwern.net GoogleT5 Share 25

A l t h e ruler-and-compass program can be used to draw arcs from points i and j. m c s y r o n d g p u k w f x v - q, 5, z / b'0 ; th ere is no need for

Flipper One Tech Specs

395 gregsadetsky 2026-05-20 19:10:47 UTC docs.flipper.net Llama Share 135

The Flipper One has 8 cores, 4 high-performance and 4 efficiency, up to 2.2 GHz. It has various interfaces including PCIe, USB, SATA, and more.

DOS Zone

268 rglover 2026-05-20 23:10:47 UTC dos.zone Full Share 60

Игры на русском языке и сделаные в СССР и СНГ В этом разделе мы собрали лучшие игры сделанные в России и СНГ, а так же мировую классику переведенную на русский язык. Enjoy classic games completely free and without ads on dos.zone! Support us to keep these ad-free, timeless experiences open for everyone. Join the mission today!

Typewise (YC S22) Is Hiring an AI Growth Engineer (Zurich or Remote)

0 2026-05-21 08:10:47 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

Typewise, a Swiss-American deep tech company, is rebuilding its customer service platform and needs an AI Growth Engineer to make it discoverable through creative, non-paid, AI-powered means. The ideal candidate will own the outcome, build AI-powered systems, and iterate ruthlessly to prove what works.

Anthropic is expanding to Colossus2. Will use GB200

218 aurareturn 2026-05-20 23:10:47 UTC twitter.com/nottombrown Full Share 205

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All the bugs they found

38 ziggy42 2026-05-21 06:10:47 UTC andreapivetta.com Llama Share 11

The user wrote a small WASM runtime in Go called Epsilon, which was extensively tested but found to have several security vulnerabilities, including sandbox escapes and type-related issues. The user used a combination of scripts and AI models, including Gemini 3.1 Pro, to discover the bugs, which included a stack height misalignment bug and a host function signature mismatch bug.

How fast is N tokens per second really?

424 hexagr 2026-05-20 17:10:47 UTC mikeveerman.github.io Llama Share 85

The tool simulates LLM throughput by rendering code and reasoning sentences at varying token rates. It approximates BPE-style tokenization, showing how different content types affect perceived performance.

Simulating Infinity in Conway's Game of Life with Modern C++

42 HeliumHydride 2026-05-21 05:10:47 UTC ryanjk5.github.io Llama Share 8

The author of GOLDE, a cellular automata editor and simulator, implemented the HashLife algorithm to simulate trillions of generations instantly using modern C++23 features. The author overcame technical challenges such as implementing a quadtree data structure, memoizing node lookups, and supporting arbitrary step sizes in the simulation loop.

Archaeologists find Egyptian mummy buried with the 'Iliad'

150 diodorus 2026-05-20 21:10:47 UTC openculture.com Llama Share 102

A 1,600-year-old Roman-era tomb in Egypt contained pages from Homer's Iliad. The ancient Egyptians valued Greek literature, using it as a cultural passport and even crediting it with curative properties.

Show HN: The Hanging Sculptures of the Xiaoxitian

6 hanyangwang 2026-05-21 09:10:47 UTC funes.world Prefix Share 2

Born from an age of unbearable suffering—when famine haunted the loess hills of Shanxi—this temple is not a monument to grandeur, but a desperate dream made tangible. In the cramped confines of its main hall, a paradise erupts from the walls; over a thousand polychrome sculptures are not merely attached but suspended in space, creating an immersive, three-dimensional Pure Land. This opulent ...

OpenAI Is Preparing to File for an IPO Soon

106 louiereederson 2026-05-20 17:10:47 UTC wsj.com Full Share 246

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Saying goodbye to asm.js

386 eqrion 2026-05-20 12:10:47 UTC spidermonkey.dev Llama Share 149

Mozilla is disabling asm.js by default in Firefox 148 and plans to remove it due to WebAssembly's success and maintenance costs. Users are encouraged to recompile asm.js content to WebAssembly for faster execution and smaller binaries.

Your Most Improbable Life

115 jger15 2026-05-21 00:10:47 UTC kevinkelly.substack.com Llama Share 79

To become the most improbable person you can be, align yourself with the universe's grand arc of increasing unlikeliness. By embracing your unique talents and traits, you'll occupy your own niche, reduce competition, and make yourself less replaceable by AIs.

No Slop Grenade

22 napolux 2026-05-21 10:10:47 UTC noslopgrenade.com Llama Share 2

Redis offers persistence, complex data operations, and native sharding, but is more complex. Memcached is simpler, faster for basic caching, but lacks persistence and flexibility.

Show HN: I made a tactical map-based WWII submarine simulator (public beta)

58 epaga 2026-05-21 06:10:47 UTC silentshark.app Full Share 19

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What is a Demand Coop

68 DeonRob 2026-05-21 02:10:47 UTC cahootzcoops.com Llama Share 71

Cahootz is a network of co-ops that pools and directs spending power to build communal businesses and assets. It aims to reduce economic leakage by coordinating demand and creating long-term ownership within communities.

Reviving old scanners with an in-browser Linux VM bridged to WebUSB over USB/IP

80 gmac 2026-05-21 01:10:47 UTC yes-we-scan.app Llama Share 29

A web app called yes-we-scan.app allows users to access old USB scanners via their browser. It uses v86 to emulate an x86 CPU and SANE to connect to scanners over USB/IP.

The Interview That Ships to Production: replacing whiteboards with pull requests

32 asimov4 2026-05-21 08:10:47 UTC angellist.com Llama Share 13

AngelList's interview process involves coding challenges where candidates improve the platform's codebase, demonstrating skills and teamwork. The process is self-improving, with each candidate's contributions making the platform better for the next one.

Google’s AI is being manipulated. The search giant is quietly fighting back

318 tigerlily 2026-05-20 11:10:47 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 198

Google and other AI companies have been updating their policies to address the issue of AI manipulation, but experts say it's still a serious problem and people are finding new ways to fool the system. The best defence against AI manipulation is to be cautious and remember that AI tools can give biased or inaccurate information, so it's essential to verify the information through multiple sources.

Recreate famous water profiles using supermarket bottled water

50 smugglerFlynn 2026-05-21 04:10:47 UTC waterdictionary.net Full Share 29

Simple mixing recipes for brewing, coffee, baking, and aquariums using waters from your local supermarket. 1 Pick the water you want — Pilsen for pilsner, Melbourne for flat whites, San Francisco for sourdough. 3 Combine in the ratio we give you. That’s it. No chemistry degree required.

The famous O3 "GeoGuessr" prompt did not work

24 ingve 2026-05-21 09:10:47 UTC seangoedecke.com Llama Share 10

The OpenAI o3 model was found to be surprisingly good at geolocation, but its capabilities were not fully understood until a benchmark was created to test its performance. The benchmark showed that the model's performance was not significantly improved by a complex prompt, suggesting that the prompt's effectiveness was overestimated.

Qian Xuesen: The missile genius America lost and China gained (2025)

181 thnaks 2026-05-20 18:10:47 UTC usni.org Llama Share 99

Qian Xuesen, a Chinese scientist, was deported to China in 1955 after being accused of Communist ties in the US. He went on to develop China's space and nuclear programs, creating technologies that now threaten US naval dominance.