Previewing GPT‑5.6 Sol: a next-generation model

725 minimaxir 2026-06-26 18:05:50 UTC openai.com GoogleT5 Share 450

A limited preview of the new gpt5.6 is available to u.s. government partners. the preview is designed to test the effectiveness of safeguards against misuse based on real-world scenarios - and to help users prepare for attacks if they encounter them en route to the tool sandboxed in their home pcs or home labs, for example, he says – and how they might be used...

A C++ implementation of a fast hash map and hash set using hopscotch hashing

31 gjvc 2026-06-26 22:05:50 UTC github.com/tessil Llama Share 2

The hopscotch-map library is a C++ implementation of a fast hash map and hash set using open-addressing and hopscotch hashing to resolve collisions. It offers better performances than std::unordered_map in most cases and is closely similar to google::dense_hash_map while using less memory and providing more functionalities.

The gap between open weights LLMs and closed source LLMs

68 kkm 2026-06-26 22:05:50 UTC blog.doubleword.ai Llama Share 47

The gap between open weights LLMs and closed source LLMs is shrinking, with some benchmarks showing a near catch-up by December 2026. However, a broader analysis of 18 benchmarks shows a more moderate and consistent gap of around 5 months.

U.S. government will decide who gets to use GPT-5.6

671 alain94040 2026-06-26 19:05:50 UTC washingtonpost.com Full Share 811

MicroVMs: Run isolated sandboxes with full lifecycle control

224 justincormack 2026-06-26 15:05:50 UTC aws.amazon.com Llama Share 133

AWS Lambda MicroVMs provides isolated, stateful execution environments for user or AI-generated code, offering virtual machine level isolation, rapid launch and resume, and stateful execution. It's available in multiple regions, with up to 16 vCPUs, 32 GB of memory, and 32 GB of disk per MicroVM.

We Can Still Stop California's 3D Printer Surveillance Scheme

92 hn_acker 2026-06-26 22:05:50 UTC eff.org Llama Share 8

California State Assembly passed legislation mandating 3D print surveillance software despite EFF's warnings about privacy risks. The bill now heads to the state senate, where it needs to be stopped to protect creators' tools and users' rights.

The "Bizarre Headgear" exhibit at the Sam Noble museum

60 surprisetalk 2026-06-26 18:05:50 UTC svpow.com Llama Share 6

The author visited a museum in Oklahoma to give talks and saw a temporary exhibit called "Bizarre Headgear: Ceratopsians and the Evolution of Extraordinary Skulls". The exhibit features a wide range of ceratopsian dinosaurs and other animals with unique headgear.

Show HN: Smart model routing directly in Claude, Codex and Cursor

129 adchurch 2026-06-26 17:05:50 UTC github.com/workweave Llama Share 81

Weave Router is a drop-in proxy that picks the best model for every request from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Gemini. It routes requests per request and speaks everyone's API, with a cluster scorer derived from Avengers-Pro 2.

Ultrasound imaging of the brain

219 rossant 2026-06-26 12:05:50 UTC alephneuro.com Llama Share 83

Researchers have developed a new type of hardware using ultrasound to record brain activity without drilling into the skull. This technology captures detailed images of the brain's vascular system, potentially leading to breakthroughs in understanding and treating neurological conditions.

Hightouch (YC S19) Is Hiring

0 2026-06-26 21:05:50 UTC hightouch.com Llama Share

Hightouch is a fast-paced startup that values innovation, kindness, and exceptional talent, offering competitive compensation and flexible work arrangements. The company prioritizes impact, humility, and open-mindedness, providing benefits like family-forming support and generous PTO.

What Is a Nomogram and Why Would It Interest Me?

63 Eridanus2 2026-06-26 18:05:50 UTC lefakkomies.github.io Llama Share 14

A nomogram is a graphical calculator that uses a set of numbered scales to solve mathematical formulas. It was invented in 1880 and is useful for fast calculations of complicated formulas.

The open source DOCX editor submitted to HN a few weeks ago has been deleted

23 gcanyon 2026-06-26 22:05:50 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 21

GitHub repo under eigenpal is down and docx-editor website is experiencing a 503 error. HN moderation has been inconsistent, possibly due to resource access issues or security concerns.

PlayStation Is Deleting 551 Movies from Customers' Accounts

92 ortusdux 2026-06-26 21:05:50 UTC kotaku.com Llama Share 30

Sony is removing 551 movies and TV series from PlayStation Store users' libraries due to licensing agreements. Users who bought these titles will no longer have access to them after September 1.

The National Parks Were Reportedly Told to Stay Silent on Deaths

47 LostMyLogin 2026-06-26 22:05:50 UTC outsideonline.com Llama Share 8

A new memo allegedly bans National Park Service staff from publicly reporting deaths or severe injuries at US national parks, sparking concerns over visitor safety and transparency. Experts say the policy change could erode public trust and put visitors at risk due to delayed information.

Modern GPU Programming for MLSys

51 crowwork 2026-06-26 17:05:50 UTC mlc.ai Llama Share 5

This book teaches GPU programming for AI workloads by understanding hardware, programming model, and building high-performance kernels. It uses TIRx Python DSL to build real GPU kernel examples step by step.

A human postmortem of the 1996 AOL outage

21 EndEntire 2026-06-26 20:05:50 UTC ngrok.com Llama Share 2

A 30-year-old AOL outage in 1996 highlights the importance of site reliability engineering and the need to prioritize individual impact over profit margins. SREs can act as a backstop to prevent reliability back-sliding by emphasizing individual impact, coordinating with coworkers, and proposing outlandish ideas to drive investment in reliability.

Show HN: Autofit2 – End-to-end pipeline for multilingual text classification

10 leschak 2026-06-26 21:05:50 UTC github.com/neospe Llama Share 0

The text describes a few-shot text classification pipeline built on setfit and SBERT embeddings, supporting 50+ languages and scalable to 100+ via Common Crawl. The pipeline is configured through a JSON file (myproject.json) that defines dataset paths, model settings, and output directories for specific tasks and languages.

Long Wave radio era set to end with Droitwich switch-off

35 speckx 2026-06-26 20:05:50 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 15

The Wychbold Masts in Worcestershire are being considered for listing due to their historical importance and role in broadcasting and World War Two. The masts will stop transmitting the BBC's Long Wave service on Saturday, marking the end of an era.

Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part III: Paying for It

27 jfoucher 2026-06-26 18:05:50 UTC acoup.blog Llama Share 2

Pre-modern armies were expensive to maintain, requiring non-subsistence labor and resources. States used various methods to fund their armies, including redistribution economies, coinage, and devolving costs to individuals or communities.

The Art of Kite Flying (1430–1929)

17 benbreen 2026-06-26 19:05:50 UTC publicdomainreview.org Llama Share 9

Kites have been used for various purposes including spiritual functions, military surveillance, and recreational activities across cultures and centuries. Their use in human flight, escape, and transportation has been explored and experimented with throughout history.

Lippmann Photography

6 andsoitis 2026-06-26 22:05:50 UTC jonhilty.com Prefix Share 0

Making the Emulsion *EDIT 2025-05-28* - This page is like 10 years out of date. I made lots of improvements to the process, and will be reworking this whole page soon. It's probably best just to follow Darran Green's workflow in that pdf for the meantime instead of anything I wrote here. The process for making a Lippmann emulsion does not differ very much from a standard emulsion ...

Gossamer: a Rust-flavoured language with real goroutines and pause-free memory

58 mwheeler 2026-06-26 19:05:50 UTC gossamer-lang.org Llama Share 47

Gossamer is a language with immutable data, top-to-bottom data flow, and no borrow checker. It has a broad standard library and a clean path to Rust, with a VM compiled to WebAssembly.

The US lifts its block on Mythos 5

9 bobrenjc93 2026-06-26 22:50:50 UTC twitter.com/techmeme Full Share 2

Letter: the US lifts its block on Mythos 5, allowing Anthropic to release it to more than 100 US institutions; sources: talks about Fable 5 are ongoing (Semafor) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)

Data centers trigger voter backlash

136 randycupertino 2026-06-26 18:05:50 UTC newsweek.com Llama Share 245

Voters in the US are increasingly opposing massive data center projects due to concerns over energy prices, environmental strain, and local living conditions. Data centers are becoming a major issue in US politics, with local officials and lawmakers losing elections after backing controversial developments.

LaTeX.wasm: LaTeX Engines in Browsers

73 theanonymousone 2026-06-26 13:05:50 UTC swiftlatex.com Full Share 27

It may take a few minutes to download template files for the first time. Please be patient Step 1: Download latest release from Github. Extract the files and put them into your webpage directory.

Slisp: Simple Lisp compiler (Linux/amd64)

49 stevekemp 2026-06-26 19:05:50 UTC github.com/skx Llama Share 2

This repository contains a Lisp compiler called slisp that generates assembly for Linux/AMD64. It includes a standard library and functional tests, and can be used to compile and run Lisp programs.

My Steam Machine is a 50ft HDMI cable

138 speckx 2026-06-26 07:05:50 UTC blog.matthewbrunelle.com Llama Share 147

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.

Bipartite Matching Is in NC

104 amichail 2026-06-26 09:05:50 UTC scottaaronson.blog Llama Share 16

A recent paper by five authors shows that the Bipartite Matching problem is in the complexity class NC, resolving a central problem in parallel algorithms and derandomization that's been open since the 1980s. The result has sparked discussions on the implications of the paper and the potential for derandomization in other problems, with some users highlighting the importance of regulation in ...

Show HN: WebBase-III – dBASE III rebuilt in the browser with its own interpreter

74 ddecoene 2026-06-26 10:05:50 UTC github.com/ddecoene Llama Share 25

WebBase-III is a modern web app that brings back the dBASE III experience with a terminal, language, and features like BROWSE and .prg programs. It's built with TypeScript, Node.js, and SQLite, and supports unlimited work areas, relational data access, and cross-area field access.

Springer Nature has removed two studies by Max Planck

332 adharmad 2026-06-26 15:05:50 UTC science.org Llama Share 163

Historian Yves Gingras discovered that Max Planck's papers were retracted due to copyright violation, but Gingras and fellow historian Mahdi Khelfaoui argue this was an anachronistic application of modern standards to a 1942 paper. They suspect Springer Nature's algorithm removed the papers without human supervision.