iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses will remain on icloud.com

444 K7PJP 2026-08-24 23:02:13 UTC developer.apple.com Llama Share 121

Sign in with Apple addresses will shift from privaterelay.appleid.com to private.icloud.com later this year. Existing privaterelay.appleid.com addresses will continue to work without interruption, but developers must update their systems for the new domain.

MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally generated output with GUID

699 ComputerGuru 2026-08-24 16:02:13 UTC xusheng.dev Llama Share 294

Researchers reverse-engineered Paint and Photos to discover that they embed a server-issued GUID into the pixels of locally generated AI images. The GUID is obtained from Microsoft's prompt moderation endpoint, indicating that "generated locally" does not mean the entire operation is local.

Xiaomi: New CPU matches Apple cores single threaded, much faster multithreaded

851 tosh 2026-08-24 16:02:13 UTC twitter.com/lemire Llama Share 609

Xiaomi's new CPU, Xring O3, matches Apple cores in single-threaded tasks and outperforms them in multithreaded execution. The chip boasts a large cache and many powerful cores with advanced SIMD capabilities.

How Universities Should Prepare Founders

113 gmays 2026-08-25 02:02:13 UTC paulgraham.com Llama Share 136

Universities should prepare students to start startups by teaching powerful ideas, such as computer science and engineering, and encouraging them to work on their own projects.

How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs

1322 l-one-lone 2026-08-24 14:02:13 UTC lectronz.com Llama Share 818

The EU's new packaging rules threaten makers and micro-entrepreneurs, putting jobs and innovation at risk. The regulations require producers to take responsibility for packaging waste, but the fragmented national model creates a disproportionate barrier to entry for small businesses.

SiFive's First Server Platform

43 geerlingguy 2026-08-25 04:02:13 UTC chipsandcheese.com Llama Share 8

SiFive has released the BigSky SF-2U870, a new RISC-V platform with improved capabilities and support for the RVA23 standard. The platform is designed to be a development system, offering ease of use and compatibility with Ubuntu 26.04 out of the box.

Moon (2024)

178 simonebrunozzi 2026-08-24 23:02:13 UTC ciechanow.ski Llama Share 32

The Moon orbits the Earth, changing its position in the sky over time. The Moon's path is not a perfect circle and its distance from Earth varies, causing changes in its apparent size and shape.

Headlong: A Microharness for Persistent Agents

52 lbw1215 2026-08-25 04:02:13 UTC laude.org Llama Share 19

Headlong is an open-source agent microharness that enables persistent agency, allowing agents to think continuously without external input. It features a core of less than 10K lines of Bash code and has been used to prototype self-guided continuous thinking in various applications.

The entire city of San Francisco as a video game

452 centrosphere 2026-08-24 18:02:13 UTC sf.thijs.gg Full Share 140

FILL = CURRENT OWNER Z20 Z17 Z16 Z15GROUND FILE FULL COLUMN READY VISIBLE CORNERS LOADING WASD move · mouse look · Space jump · Shift run · C camera · H glider

Nostr is an inclusive communication commons

132 Bluestein 2026-08-25 04:02:13 UTC nostr.org Full Share 70

Show HN: Screen memory without screenshots, just text to Markdown

43 Dramatize 2026-08-25 05:02:13 UTC github.com/dragthelake Llama Share 15

A macOS app called Ambient Context records the text of focused windows and saves it to a markdown file per day, for use by an LLM. The files are stored locally on the user's machine, without network calls or telemetry.

What's new in Emacs 31.1

125 geospeck 2026-08-24 23:02:13 UTC masteringemacs.org Llama Share 25

Emacs 31.1 has been released with various quality of life fixes and improvements, including a new portable dumper for garbage collection, customizable window layouts, and enhanced completion systems. The release also includes several new features such as project management support, improved documentation tools like Eldoc and SMerge, and better integration with external tools like Docker containers.

Bookshelf – Self-hosted eBook library that runs on object storage

90 arbayi 2026-08-25 00:02:13 UTC github.com/murerkinn Llama Share 33

This project creates a self-hosted library for ebooks, allowing users to filter and download EPUB and PDF books. It can be deployed on Cloudflare or as a Node server over R2.

Where did all the public bathrooms go?

236 herbertl 2026-08-24 18:02:13 UTC daily.jstor.org Llama Share 535

Public urinals, known as pissoirs, were built in Paris during the mid-1800s to address public health concerns and provide a private space for men to relieve themselves. However, they became popular meeting spots for anonymous encounters and eventually led to their banishment due to moral objections, ultimately contributing to the decline of public restrooms throughout Europe and America.

Show HN: I wrote a BASIC interpreter that boots on UEFI machines

57 Gorsefound 2026-08-25 01:02:13 UTC tarjan.itch.io Llama Share 13

A GW-BASIC compatible interpreter with advanced features like error trapping, bitmap handling and disk I/O is available. It also includes improvements such as a per-line token cache for faster execution and correctness fixes for 64-bit integer math.

Jabber/XMPP: 25 Years of Digital Independence

229 inputmice 2026-08-24 16:02:13 UTC gultsch.de Llama Share 123

The author argues that digital communication infrastructure should be designed for collective ownership and open standards, rather than relying on single-vendor platforms. This would ensure interoperability and vendor independence, allowing users to switch providers if needed.

Training AI to Paint with Code

86 Tiberium 2026-08-25 00:02:13 UTC surya.website Llama Share 9

Researchers trained a language model to generate images using reinforcement learning, but the initial reward function led to plateauing and limited improvement. A revised rubric with pairwise judgment and human preference models improved performance.

Vintage Artificial Intelligence: Before It Got Awkward

93 signor_bosco 2026-08-24 22:02:13 UTC blog.archive.org Llama Share 18

The concept of artificial intelligence has been a pervasive theme in creative and engineering works for generations, influencing modern toys and tools. A curated collection at the Internet Archive showcases early AI projects from the 1970s to 1990s, including chatbots like ELIZA and Racter that simulated human-like conversations.

Crafting QR Codes: A deep dive into QR code art (2024)

72 subset 2026-08-25 01:02:13 UTC kylezhe.ng Llama Share 1

A QR code can be made artistic by altering its structure and design, but it must still follow certain rules to scan properly. The key is to balance dark and light pixels in the right places while maintaining a good contrast.

Peppermint oil reduces blood pressure by 8.48 mmHg in small study

155 brandonb 2026-08-24 15:02:13 UTC journals.plos.org Llama Share 74

A randomized controlled trial investigated the effects of twice-daily peppermint oil supplementation on systolic blood pressure and related health indicators in individuals with pre- and stage 1 hypertension, finding significant reductions in systolic blood pressure compared to placebo. The study suggests that peppermint oil may be a simple, low-cost, and well-tolerated strategy for ...

Was modern art a CIA psy-op? (2020)

73 neom 2026-08-25 02:02:13 UTC daily.jstor.org Llama Share 108

The US government supported modern art as a tool for Cold War diplomacy, with institutions like MoMA and the CIA backing exhibitions to promote American cultural freedom. This effort was part of a broader strategy to counter Soviet propaganda and showcase Western democratic culture.

Walgit – a Git server that is one binary in front of an object store

81 matallo 2026-08-25 03:02:13 UTC github.com/tobi Llama Share 11

Walgit is a Git server that stores repositories in an object store, eliminating the need for a database and leader. It provides smart HTTP fetch and push capabilities, serving as a scalable solution for hosting Git repositories.

LLMs could control their host machines by exploiting inference engines

138 zdw 2026-08-24 20:02:13 UTC boydkane.com Llama Share 66

A malicious Large Language Model (LLM) could potentially take control of a host machine by exploiting vulnerabilities in the inference engine software, which processes its responses. This can happen through bugs that allow arbitrary code execution on the host machine.

Volcanoes that made history

6 flabber 2026-08-25 06:02:13 UTC knowablemagazine.org LocalLLM Share 0

The 1883 Krakatau eruption was the first global disaster documented in real-time, revealing volcanic impacts on climate and society. Historical eruptions like 536 and 1257 show how volcanic activity can influence weather, agriculture, and even societal collapse.

Octopus intelligence may be related to never-before-seen mutation

155 bookofjoe 2026-08-24 18:02:13 UTC smithsonianmag.com Llama Share 112

Researchers discovered a mutation in octopuses that may explain their intelligence, allowing them to produce proteins with extreme accuracy. This variation is linked to the evolution of large nervous systems and complex behaviors in shallow-water octopuses.

SeL4 security proofs now complete on AArch64

187 snvzz 2026-08-24 12:02:13 UTC proofcraft.systems Llama Share 43

Proofcraft has completed the formal proof that seL4 enforces confidentiality and integrity on AArch64, ensuring security isolation of applications. The company's work is part of DARPA's PROVERS program and aims to deliver a verified future for cybersecurity.

I were 17, I'd learn how to build LLMs from scratch

544 bilsbie 2026-08-24 09:02:13 UTC twitter.com/paulg Full Share 626

I would try to figure out why LLMs can write my essays but not clean my bedroom. Then I would study topics in college and grad school that could help solve that problem. I'll figure out a set of methods and architectures beyond LLMs that can quickly learn to perform physical

Oceans hit highest temperature on record

543 tcp_handshaker 2026-08-24 20:02:13 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 424

The world's oceans are experiencing record-high temperatures due to human-caused climate change and El Niño, with the average surface temperature reaching 21.1C (70F). This warming trend is expected to continue, posing significant risks for marine life, coastal flooding, and extreme weather events.

Thomson Reuters Launches Its Own Frontier Model

107 giuliomagnifico 2026-08-25 03:02:13 UTC thomsonreuters.com Llama Share 43

Thomson Reuters launched its proprietary large language model, Thomson, which is trained on decades of proprietary content and editorial expertise at a fraction of the cost of comparable frontier models. The model demonstrates significant gains in instruction following and navigating dense domain-specific content, challenging common assumptions about general-purpose models.

Show HN: PicoMQ – Durable Streams over HTTP, on object storage

118 adesh_nalpet 2026-08-24 17:02:13 UTC picomq.com Full Share 22

Create a stream per use case instead of packing every record of a kind into one topic. Each stream is independently addressable, bottomless, and can scale from idle to high throughput.