Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable/relockable

268 pabs3 2026-03-04 01:03:08 UTC grapheneos.social Full Share 64

@[email protected] It will fully support using other operating systems including users making their own builds of GrapheneOS. It's part of our hardware requirements. We'll likely be able to make hardened builds of firmware and drivers which can be released in an official way for easy builds without needing to extract anything from the GrapheneOS or Motorola OS factory images.

California's Digital Age Assurance Act, and FOSS

49 todsacerdoti 2026-03-04 04:03:08 UTC runxiyu.org Llama Share 26

California's Digital Age Assurance Act (AB-1043) may apply to FOSS distributions and repositories due to broad definitions of "operating system provider" and "covered application store". Ordinary distro repositories may be considered covered application stores if they distribute and facilitate download of third-party applications.

TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption, saying it makes users less safe

70 1659447091 2026-03-04 02:03:08 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 33

TikTok won't introduce end-to-end encryption for DMs citing safety concerns. It prioritizes proactive safety over user privacy, arguing it helps prevent harm to young users.

Graphics Programming Resources

36 abetusk 2026-03-04 03:03:08 UTC develop--gpvm-website.netlify.app Llama Share 3

This page offers a collection of resources for learning graphics programming, including tutorials, books, and articles on topics like OpenGL, Vulkan, ray tracing, and rendering techniques.

Speculative Speculative Decoding (SSD)

20 E-Reverance 2026-03-04 04:03:08 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 0

Researchers introduced speculative speculative decoding (SSD) to accelerate inference by parallelizing speculation and verification. SSD is up to 2x faster than optimized speculative decoding and up to 5x faster than autoregressive decoding.

Weave – A language aware merge algorithm based on entities

57 rs545837 2026-03-04 02:03:08 UTC github.com/ataraxy-labs Llama Share 21

Weave is a Git merge tool that resolves conflicts by comparing semantic entities, not just lines. It automatically handles false conflicts in multi-agent codebases with zero regressions.

Nobody Gets Promoted for Simplicity

32 SerCe 2026-03-04 04:03:08 UTC terriblesoftware.org Llama Share 10

Engineers who overbuild and create complex systems are often rewarded over those who ship simple solutions. This is because complexity is often perceived as smart and impressive, even if it's not necessary.

MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max

720 scrlk 2026-03-03 14:03:08 UTC apple.com Llama Share 727

Apple announced the new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, offering up to 4x faster AI performance and up to 24 hours of battery life. The new MacBook Pro features a Liquid Retina XDR display, Wi-Fi 7, and Bluetooth 6, and starts at 1TB of storage for M5 Pro and 2TB for M5 Max.

Mac external displays for designers and developers, part 2

26 fragmede 2026-03-04 03:03:08 UTC bjango.com Llama Share 11

A good external Mac display in 2022 should have a pixel density of around 218PPI, cover the Display P3 colour space, and support 10 bits per component for wide gamut displays. The Studio Display meets these requirements and is a good choice for discerning Mac designers and developers, but local dimming and HDR support are nice to have but not essential.

Claude's Cycles [pdf]

550 fs123 2026-03-03 11:03:08 UTC www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu Llama Share 228

Claude Opus 4.6 solved an open problem in automatic deduction and creative problem solving by finding a generalization for odd values of m. The solution was discovered through a series of explorations and involved a novel approach called fiber decomposition.

Mount Mayhem at Netflix: Scaling Containers on Modern CPUs

23 vquemener 2026-03-04 03:03:08 UTC netflixtechblog.com Llama Share 6

Netflix's container runtime modernization hit a bottleneck due to CPU architecture, specifically global locks in the kernel's Virtual Filesystem (VFS) path lookup code, which caused high latency and failure rates when launching many layered container images in parallel. The issue was mitigated by changing the software design to minimize per-layer mount operations and by routing workloads to ...

Voxile: A ray-traced game made in its own engine and programming language

141 spacemarine1 2026-03-03 22:03:08 UTC elbowgreasegames.substack.com Llama Share 37

Wouter von Oortmersen's VoxRay Games released The Builder's Update for Voxile, a voxel-based survival game with ray tracing and co-op multiplayer. Voxile's custom engine, Lobster, enables fast prototyping and record-speed compile times.

The largest acidic geyser has been putting on quite a show

34 1659447091 2026-03-04 02:03:08 UTC usgs.gov Full Share 1

The world’s largest acidic geyser is located in Norris Geyser Basin. Lately, it’s been putting on quite a show.

Textadept

94 giancarlostoro 2026-03-03 22:03:08 UTC orbitalquark.github.io Llama Share 19

Textadept has GUI and terminal versions with optional modules for extra features. It can be compiled from source or downloaded as pre-built binaries for various platforms.

You can use newline characters in URLs

39 chmaynard 2026-03-04 01:03:08 UTC lemire.me Llama Share 19

URLs can be formatted with newline and tab characters in HTML, but browsers ignore these characters. Data URLs, however, follow different rules and can include ASCII whitespace characters.

When AI writes the software, who verifies it?

188 todsacerdoti 2026-03-03 17:03:08 UTC leodemoura.github.io Llama Share 175

AI is rewriting the world's software at an astonishing speed, but verification is lagging behind, making it a systemic risk.

Intel's make-or-break 18A process node debuts for data center with 288-core Xeon

265 vanburen 2026-03-03 19:03:08 UTC tomshardware.com Llama Share 221

Intel introduced Xeon 6+ 'Clearwater Forest' processors with up to 288 energy-efficient cores for telecom, cloud, and edge AI workloads. They feature Advanced Matrix Extensions, QuickAssist Technology, and Intel vRAN Boost technologies for improved performance and power efficiency.

GPT‑5.3 Instant

314 meetpateltech 2026-03-03 18:03:08 UTC openai.com Llama Share 244

GPT-5.3 Instant is an updated model that improves everyday conversations with more accurate answers, richer results, and reduced unnecessary caveats, focusing on tone, relevance, and conversational flow. The model also reduces hallucinations, improves writing capabilities, and is available starting today to all users in ChatGPT, with updates to Thinking and Pro to follow soon.

An Interactive Intro to CRDTs (2023)

108 evakhoury 2026-03-03 20:03:08 UTC jakelazaroff.com Llama Share 21

CRDTs are data structures that allow multiple computers to update and sync data without a central server. A Last Write Wins Map (LWW Map) is a type of CRDT that combines multiple Last Write Wins Registers to store and sync data.

Vibe coding for PMs

38 dmckinno 2026-03-04 00:03:08 UTC ddmckinnon.com Llama Share 37

Product managers should prioritize fixing the system for prioritization rather than adding random features. This approach helps avoid accumulating tech debt and allows for more impactful work.

Launch HN: Cekura (YC F24) – Testing and monitoring for voice and chat AI agents

76 atarus 2026-03-03 15:03:08 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 19

Cekura is a platform that simulates real user conversations to test AI agents and catch regressions before production. It uses synthetic users, real conversation import, and deterministic test cases to evaluate full conversational arcs, not just single turns.

We've freed Cookie's Bustle from copyright hell

108 sb057 2026-03-03 21:03:08 UTC gamehistory.org Llama Share 15

The Video Game History Foundation is preserving the rare 1999 game Cookie's Bustle, but its efforts were disrupted by aggressive copyright takedowns from a company called Graceware, which claimed ownership of the game. However, the foundation's investigation found that Graceware's claims are likely baseless, and the company's actions may be a form of rights-squatting, exploiting loopholes in ...

LLMs can unmask pseudonymous users at scale with surprising accuracy

28 Gagarin1917 2026-03-04 03:03:08 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 5

Researchers used AI to analyze burner accounts on social media, successfully identifying 68% of users with 90% precision. This has significant implications for online privacy, as pseudonymity is no longer a reliable measure.

Don't become an engineering manager

328 flail 2026-03-03 15:03:08 UTC newsletter.manager.dev Llama Share 239

The user's friend was offered an Engineering Manager role but decided not to take it due to concerns about losing time for experimentation and adapting to change. The user agrees that being an IC is a smarter choice in 2026, but advises waiting a couple of years to see how things look before making a decision, unless the person truly wants to pursue management.

Number Research Inc

6 eieio 2026-03-04 03:03:08 UTC numberresearch.xyz Full Share 4

At Number Research Inc., we are attempting to find and document all available numbers.

130k Lines of Formal Topology: Simple and Cheap Autoformalization for Everyone?

20 PaulHoule 2026-03-04 00:03:08 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 9

A project has autoformalized 160k lines of topology from Munkres' textbook using a simple LLM and proof checker setup since November 21, 2025. This rapid progress suggests that formalization may become easy and ubiquitous in 2026.

A pretty looking web for a quantum mechanics tool

3 Jamessfks123 2026-03-04 04:03:08 UTC github.com/jamessfks Prefix Share 0

Run DFT-accuracy atomistic simulations entirely in your browser. No installation. No command line. No barriers. Web Calculator Upload a structure or draw a molecule, configure the model and parameters,then explore results with a 3D viewer, trajectory animation, and energy charts. MACE Link — Share Results Every calculation becomes a permanent, shareable link. The full dashboard —energy, ...

TorchLean: Formalizing Neural Networks in Lean

80 matt_d 2026-03-03 17:03:08 UTC leandojo.org Llama Share 11

Researchers created TorchLean, a framework that treats neural networks as precise mathematical objects for verification and analysis. It unifies execution and verification with a shared semantics, enabling end-to-end formal verification of learning-enabled systems.

Physics Girl: Super-Kamiokande – Imaging the sun by detecting neutrinos [video]

453 pcdavid 2026-03-03 16:03:08 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 74

Lenovo’s new ThinkPads score 10/10 for repairability

323 wrxd 2026-03-04 00:03:08 UTC ifixit.com Llama Share 153

Lenovo's new ThinkPad T14 Gen 7 and T16 Gen 5 laptops scored a 10 out of 10 on repairability, the first time the T-series has achieved this rating. Lenovo's collaboration with iFixit led to intentional design decisions that made repairs accessible and practical.