Qwen3.6-35B-A3B: Agentic Coding Power, Now Open to All

144 cmitsakis 2026-04-16 13:39:07 UTC qwen.ai Llama Share 40

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is a sparse MoE model with 3B active parameters, delivering outstanding agentic coding performance and rivaling larger dense models. It's available as open weights on Hugging Face and ModelScope, and through Alibaba Cloud Model Studio API.

The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Where Do We Go from Here?

76 aphyr 2026-04-16 13:34:07 UTC aphyr.com Llama Share 40

The author is concerned about the impact of large language models on society, citing their potential to displace human workers and exacerbate existing problems. They advocate for slowing down the development of these models to give time for regulation and adaptation.

€54k spike in 13h from unrestricted Firebase browser key accessing Gemini APIs

276 zanbezi 2026-04-16 12:31:07 UTC discuss.ai.google.dev Llama Share 183

A €54,000+ Gemini API charge occurred after enabling Firebase AI Logic on an existing project, with usage not correlated to actual users and appearing automated. Google Cloud support classified the charges as valid usage, denying a billing adjustment despite the anomalous activity.

Cloudflare's AI Platform: an inference layer designed for agents

39 nikitoci 2026-04-16 13:31:07 UTC blog.cloudflare.com Llama Share 11

Cloudflare is launching AI Gateway, a unified inference layer that allows developers to access any AI model from any provider through one API. This simplifies AI development and management, enabling developers to build fast and reliable AI-powered applications.

IPv6 traffic crosses the 50% mark

530 Aaronmacaron 2026-04-16 06:31:07 UTC google.com Llama Share 338

We measure IPv6 connectivity among Google users, showing deployment and reliability issues in various regions. Regions with high IPv6 deployment have fewer issues, while those with low deployment experience significant problems.

Cloudflare Email Service: now in public beta. Ready for your agents

37 jilles 2026-04-16 13:31:07 UTC blog.cloudflare.com Llama Share 16

Cloudflare Email Service is now in public beta, allowing applications and agents to send emails globally with low latency. It unlocks a full email client and agent pipeline for developers.

Mozilla Thunderbolt

34 dabinat 2026-04-16 13:31:07 UTC thunderbolt.io Llama Share 28

Deploy on your infrastructure or let us help with deployment, keeping data in your control. We offer native apps, MCP integration, and open source options for customization.

Darkbloom – Private inference on idle Macs

366 twapi 2026-04-16 04:31:07 UTC darkbloom.dev Llama Share 177

Darkbloom is a decentralized AI inference network connecting idle Apple Silicon machines to demand, reducing costs by up to 70% and giving operators 95% of revenue. It ensures end-to-end encryption and operator anonymity, eliminating data extraction risks.

AI cybersecurity is not proof of work

73 surprisetalk 2026-04-16 11:31:07 UTC antirez.com Llama Share 27

Proof of work analogy fails for AI security as bugs are not found through brute force but rather through model intelligence and understanding. Better models and faster access to them will win in AI security, not more computational power.

Show HN: 48 absurd web projects – one every month

46 absurdwebsite 2026-04-16 13:31:07 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 18

You've been creating web projects that blend experimentation, art, and humor, with a focus on concept over polish. Your rhythm of one public and one private project per month helps you develop ideas and see how others interpret them.

FSF trying to contact Google about spammer sending 10k+ mails from Gmail account

254 pabs3 2026-04-16 04:31:07 UTC daedal.io Llama Share 162

You're looking for a direct contact at Google's Gmail team to report a spammer issue. You've tried the abuse form but want to reach a human employee for a solution.

Modern Microprocessors – A 90-Minute Guide

84 Flex247A 2026-04-16 09:31:07 UTC lighterra.com Llama Share 10

Dr Patterson's work includes articles on processor design, compiler optimization, and software development, used by universities and startups worldwide. His research covers topics from instruction scheduling to executable optimization and open-source software impact.

Ancient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection across West Eurasia [pdf]

37 Metacelsus 2026-04-16 11:31:07 UTC reich.hms.harvard.edu Llama Share 20

Scientists used ancient DNA to detect hundreds of genes under directional selection in West Eurasians over the past 10,000 years. These genes are associated with traits like body fat, schizophrenia, and cognitive performance, and may have been adaptive in ancient societies.

PHP 8.6 Closure Optimizations

32 moebrowne 2026-04-16 10:31:07 UTC wiki.php.net Llama Share 4

Two new optimizations for closures are proposed to improve performance by turning non-static closures into static ones and caching stateless closures. This may cause some backward compatibility breaks.

Codex Hacked a Samsung TV

101 campuscodi 2026-04-16 11:31:07 UTC blog.calif.io Llama Share 74

Researchers used AI to hack a Samsung TV, partnering with OpenAI, and successfully escalated privileges from a browser shell to root. The AI, Codex, used a physmap primitive to access physical memory and overwrite kernel credentials.

Cybersecurity looks like proof of work now

497 dbreunig 2026-04-15 20:31:07 UTC dbreunig.com Llama Share 181

Anthropic's Mythos LLM is highly capable at computer security tasks, completing a simulated corporate network attack in 3 out of 10 attempts. Security may be reduced to a simple equation of spending more tokens than attackers to harden a system.

Long Instruction Word architectures and the ELI-512

13 rbanffy 2026-04-16 12:31:07 UTC dl.acm.org Llama Share 1

Researchers use trace scheduling to compile code for a parallel machine, expecting 10-30 times faster execution. This technique generates code for Very Long Instruction Word architectures, allowing many operations to execute in parallel within a single instruction stream.

RedSun: System user access on Win 11/10 and Server with the April 2026 Update

131 airhangerf15 2026-04-16 04:31:07 UTC github.com/nightmare-eclipse Full Share 31

The Red Sun vulnerability repository. Contribute to Nightmare-Eclipse/RedSun development by creating an account on GitHub.

Apple accelerates eco progress with highest-ever recycled materials

61 salkahfi 2026-04-16 12:31:07 UTC apple.com Llama Share 52

Apple achieved 30 percent recycled content across all products shipped in 2025 and removed plastic from packaging. The company also made progress toward its Apple 2030 goal of being carbon neutral by 2030.

Fly Drones from the Browser

5 mosfets 2026-04-16 13:31:07 UTC fpvsim.com Full Share 2

FPVSIM - Online Drone Simulator | UAV Simulator Online | Professional Race Lap Timer | RC Event Timing System

RamAIn (YC W26) Is Hiring

0 2026-04-16 07:31:07 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

RamAIn is a YC W26 company that builds AI agents for enterprise work, eliminating repetitive workflows. They're hiring a generalist for go-to-market, sales, and operations to work directly with the founders.

The paper computer

194 jsomers 2026-04-16 02:31:07 UTC jsomers.net Llama Share 56

The user wants to combine physical and virtual worlds to reduce screen time and distractions, allowing for flexibility and convenience. They envision a future where technology helps people work and interact without constant screen interaction.

ChatGPT for Excel

261 armcat 2026-04-15 21:31:07 UTC chatgpt.com Full Share 166

Ask ChatGPT to build full spreadsheets, get insights across tabs and formulas, and update workbooks in real time so projects move forward faster. Available globally for ChatGPT Business, Enterprise, Edu, Teachers, and K-12 users, and for ChatGPT Pro and Plus users outside the EU.

North American English Dialects

74 skogstokig 2026-04-16 04:31:07 UTC aschmann.net Llama Share 39

Rick Aschmann created a map of North American English dialects with clickable states and provinces, allowing users to listen to audio or video samples of local dialects. The map is based on data from the Atlas of North American English and has been updated with contributions from users, with over 900 samples listed.

Moving a large-scale metrics pipeline from StatsD to OpenTelemetry / Prometheus

54 jmarbach 2026-04-16 05:31:07 UTC medium.com/airbnb-engineering Llama Share 11

Airbnb migrated its metrics pipeline from StatsD to OpenTelemetry and Prometheus, collecting all metrics first to focus on technical challenges. The new pipeline uses a dual-write strategy, OTLP for internal services and Prometheus for OSS workloads, with a centralized aggregation tier for cost savings and scalability.

Too much discussion of the XOR swap trick

112 CJefferson 2026-04-16 04:31:07 UTC heather.cafe Llama Share 72

The XOR swap trick is not useful in most programming situations due to compiler optimization. It can be useful in assembly code when swapping values in registers without spare registers.

Cal.com is going closed source

357 Benjamin_Dobell 2026-04-15 15:31:07 UTC cal.com Llama Share 276

Cal.com is moving to closed source due to increasing security risks from AI-powered vulnerability scanning. They're releasing a modified open source version, Cal.diy, under the MIT license for developers and hobbyists.

Google broke its promise to me – now ICE has my data

1599 Brajeshwar 2026-04-15 18:31:07 UTC eff.org Llama Share 695

Google handed over Amandla Thomas-Johnson's data to ICE without notifying him, breaking a nearly decade-long promise to users. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has asked California and New York Attorneys General to investigate Google for deceptive trade practices.

I made a terminal pager

151 speckx 2026-04-15 22:31:07 UTC theleo.zone Llama Share 37

The user built a reusable viewport component in Go for text navigation in terminal applications and used it to create a terminal pager called lore, which they now daily drive as their terminal pager. The viewport component supports features like text wrapping, search, and selection, and is designed to be performant even with large amounts of text.

FIXAPL

49 tosh 2026-04-16 06:31:07 UTC fixapl.netlify.app Llama Share 4

FIXAPL is a simple array-oriented programming language with fixed-arity functions and trains for tacit programming. It draws inspiration from BQN, Uiua, and TinyAPL, with a new idea of fixed-arity functions as a beautiful enhancement to tacit programming.