Project Glasswing: Securing critical software for the AI era

943 Ryan5453 2026-04-07 18:38:58 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 420

Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview model has identified thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities in major operating systems and software, many of which were previously unknown to developers. The model's capabilities are being shared with industry partners to help fix these vulnerabilities and improve cybersecurity.

US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire

212 g-b-r 2026-04-07 23:38:58 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 559

US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire after a last-minute diplomatic intervention led by Pakistan, canceling a US ultimatum to surrender or face destruction. The agreement allows for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for a two-week suspension of US bombing and attack on Iran.

Lunar Flyby

416 kipi 2026-04-07 20:38:58 UTC nasa.gov Full Share 106

The first flyby images of the Moon captured by NASA’s Artemis II astronauts during their historic test flight reveal regions no human has ever seen before—including a rare in-space solar eclipse. Released Tuesday, April 7, 2026, the photos were taken on April 6 during the crew’s seven‑hour pass over the lunar far side, marking humanity’s return to the Moon’s vicinity.

System Card: Claude Mythos Preview [pdf]

553 be7a 2026-04-07 18:38:58 UTC www-cdn.anthropic.com Llama Share 401

Claude Mythos Preview is a large language model from Anthropic with powerful capabilities in areas like software engineering and cybersecurity. It has demonstrated a striking leap in cyber capabilities but is not being released for general availability due to potential risks.

GLM-5.1: Towards Long-Horizon Tasks

430 zixuanlimit 2026-04-07 16:38:58 UTC z.ai Llama Share 154

GLM-5.1 is a next-generation model with stronger coding capabilities, achieving state-of-the-art performance on various benchmarks. It sustains optimization over long horizons, handling complex problems with better judgment and staying productive over longer sessions.

How to get better at guitar

207 jwworth 2026-04-07 19:38:58 UTC jakeworth.com Llama Share 95

A guitar teacher Justin Sandercoe's technique involves transcribing songs by ear, writing down notes on tab paper as you hear them. This process helps you learn songs, develop muscle memory, and improve your ability to hear and play notes on the guitar neck.

Cambodia unveils statue to honour famous landmine-sniffing rat

291 speckx 2026-04-07 17:38:58 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 65

A statue of Magawa, a hero rat who sniffed out over 100 landmines in Cambodia, was unveiled in Siem Reap on April 4. Magawa was awarded a gold medal for his life-saving work and cleared 141,000 square meters of land during his five-year career.

S3 Files

213 werner 2026-04-07 20:38:58 UTC allthingsdistributed.com Llama Share 63

Amazon S3 Files integrates EFS into S3, allowing data to be accessed as a network-attached file system. This feature addresses data friction by providing a unified interface for file and object storage, making data more accessible and valuable.

Binary obfuscation used in AAA Games

14 noztol 2026-04-08 01:38:58 UTC blog.farzon.org Llama Share 0

You discussed a high-stakes friction point in game security: the conflict between Binary Obfuscation and Link-Time Optimization (LTO), and proposed a solution called "Apartment-Level Randomization" that respects the hardware and uses tools like LIEF, Capstone, and Valgrind. You also explored using Dynamic Binary Instrumentation (DBI) with Intel Pin as a dedicated Security Tool to detect ...

A truck driver spent 20 years making a scale model of every building in NYC

256 1659447091 2026-04-07 17:38:58 UTC smithsonianmag.com Llama Share 43

Joe Macken spent 20 years building a 1,350-square-foot model of New York City using balsa wood and other materials. His model, featuring nearly a million structures, is now on display at the Museum of the City of New York through 2026.

Show HN: An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth

96 frasermarlow 2026-04-07 21:38:58 UTC middle-earth-interactive-map.web.app Full Share 20

An interactive map of Tolkien’s Middle-earth, with events from across the legendarium plotted as markers. The base map image is sourced from the internet and is used here for fan/educational purposes. We do not claim copyright over the map artwork. Map artwork is not owned by this project and is used for fan/educational purposes only.

JSIR: A High-Level IR for JavaScript

15 nnx 2026-04-08 01:38:58 UTC discourse.llvm.org Llama Share 4

JSIR is a high-level IR for JavaScript that preserves all information from the AST and supports high-fidelity round-trip between source ↔ AST ↔ JSIR. It fills a gap in the JavaScript community for a public, open-source IR-based tool.

Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)

708 sam-bee 2026-04-07 11:38:58 UTC sam-burns.com Llama Share 217

User made a heavy laptop stand with a raw concrete surface, 2 USB ports, and a plant pot, inspired by brutalist architecture. It features exposed rebar, rusted metal, and moss for a weathered look, with a deliberate hole and damaged power cable for added urban decay effect.

Xilem – An experimental Rust native UI framework

25 Levitating 2026-04-07 23:38:58 UTC github.com/linebender Llama Share 2

Masonry is a Rust crate for building native GUIs, while Xilem is a high-level reactive framework inspired by React and SwiftUI. Xilem is recommended for new users due to its ease of use and minimal hassle.

A database of analog cameras that can be 3D printed

32 thomasjb 2026-04-07 23:38:58 UTC printed.analogcamera.space Full Share 1

None of the cameras match the seleted criteria. Adjust the search term or filters to find any results.

Cloudflare targets 2029 for full post-quantum security

287 ilreb 2026-04-07 14:38:58 UTC blog.cloudflare.com Llama Share 92

Cloudflare is accelerating its post-quantum roadmap to achieve full security by 2029, including authentication. This is due to recent breakthroughs in quantum computing that have pulled forward the timeline for Q-Day.

A whole boss fight in 256 bytes

69 HellMood 2026-04-07 20:38:58 UTC hellmood.111mb.de Llama Share 15

Endbot is a 256-byte DOS demo that renders a robot sprite, explosion, and scrolling landscape in real-time with a MIDI soundtrack. It uses FASM and DosBox-X for proper MPU-401 emulation, with a single .com file containing the code and sprite data.

Bitcoin and quantum computing

108 nehan 2026-04-07 21:38:58 UTC nehanarula.org Llama Share 65

Bitcoin's signatures are vulnerable to a potential quantum computer, requiring upgrades to its code and wallets to remain secure. The uncertainty lies in the timeline and how to address this, with a non-trivial chance of Bitcoin being broken if a CRQC appears before it's upgraded.

Show HN: Gemma 4 Multimodal Fine-Tuner for Apple Silicon

129 MediaSquirrel 2026-04-07 19:38:58 UTC github.com/mattmireles Llama Share 20

Gemma is a toolkit for fine-tuning on text, images, and audio on Apple Silicon Macs without renting an H100 or copying data locally. It supports domain-specific ASR, vision, and document understanding, and can be used for private, on-device pipelines.

The Clock

15 senko 2026-04-08 00:38:58 UTC blog.senko.net Llama Share 1

The user designed a timekeeping device that uses physical facts like Earth's rotation and orbit around the Sun to display time, day/night cycle, and time zones, aiming to be culturally neutral. The device consists of multiple concentric circles representing Earth's rotation, orbit, and time scales, with ticks marking specific locations and events, making it understandable to aliens but still ...

Rescuing old printers with an in-browser Linux VM bridged to WebUSB over USB/IP

151 gmac 2026-04-07 16:38:58 UTC printervention.app Llama Share 67

The user acquired a Canon SELPHY photo printer from a friend and set up a Manjaro machine to print from it. They then created a web app called printerface.app to make the printer accessible to Mac users.

The Image Boards of Hayao Miyazaki

115 vinhnx 2026-04-07 18:38:58 UTC animationobsessive.substack.com Llama Share 12

Hayao Miyazaki's image boards, loose sketches of ideas, have been a consistent part of his creative process since the 1960s. These boards, often drawn quickly with pencil and watercolor, have evolved over time and influenced his films, including The Boy and the Heron.

A blind man made it possible for others with low vision to build Lego sets

55 speckx 2026-04-07 19:38:58 UTC apnews.com Llama Share 5

Matthew Shifrin, a blind Massachusetts man, created Bricks for the Blind to provide accessible Lego instructions in braille for the visually impaired. His nonprofit has created instructions for over 540 Lego sets and inspired the Lego Group to introduce audio and braille instructions for their sets.

Google open-sources experimental agent orchestration testbed Scion

162 timbilt 2026-04-07 15:38:58 UTC infoq.com Llama Share 46

Scion is an experimental orchestration testbed for managing concurrent agents in containers across local and remote compute. It enables developers to run isolated, concurrent processes with shared workspaces and distinct agent lifecycles.

AI helps add 10k more photos to OldNYC

124 evakhoury 2026-04-07 16:38:58 UTC danvk.org Llama Share 41

The OldNYC photo viewer has been rebuilt with 10,000 additional historic photos, more accurate locations, and improved performance thanks to AI tools and OpenStreetMap. The site now uses OpenAI and OpenStreetMap to extract locations and display photos in their correct locations.

Running out of disk space in production

155 romes 2026-04-07 11:38:58 UTC alt-romes.github.io Llama Share 79

A server hosted on a small Hetzner machine running NixOS experienced a sudden surge in traffic, causing disk space issues due to a large influx of users downloading a 2.2GB file. The issues were resolved by clearing unnecessary files, moving the nix store to a separate volume, and disabling nginx buffering, resulting in a stable server with manageable disk usage.

Move Detroit

33 rmason 2026-04-07 21:38:58 UTC movedetroit.com Llama Share 49

Make Detroit Home awards $500,000+ in benefits to 313 Detroiters for business growth, home ownership, and relocation support. Benefits include discounts, industry access, and $15,000 stipends for selected residents.

Has electricity decoupled from natural gas prices in Germany?

86 konschubert 2026-04-07 14:38:58 UTC has-electricity-decoupled-yet.strommarktberatung.de Llama Share 125

Decoupling in a gas-dominated electricity market occurs when enough renewable generation pushes gas off the margin, causing electricity prices to no longer track gas prices. This happens when actual electricity prices trade more than 20% below the gas-implied level.

Assessing Claude Mythos Preview's cybersecurity capabilities

262 sweis 2026-04-07 18:38:58 UTC red.anthropic.com Llama Share 38

Anthropic has announced Claude Mythos Preview, a general-purpose language model capable of computer security tasks. The model has been used to identify and exploit vulnerabilities in various software systems, including operating systems and web browsers.

John Coltrane illustrates the mathematics of jazz

107 luu 2026-04-07 16:38:58 UTC americanjazzmusicsociety.com Llama Share 13

Physicist Stephon Alexander draws parallels between Albert Einstein and John Coltrane's work, citing Coltrane's "Circle of Fifths" drawing as a geometric principle. Coltrane's music is seen as a blend of science, spirituality, and mathematics, with some interpreting it as a connection to Islamic traditions.