Germany Doxes "UNKN," Head of RU Ransomware Gangs REvil, GandCrab

141 Bender 2026-04-06 14:23:02 UTC krebsonsecurity.com Llama Share 62

Daniil Maksimovich Shchukin, a 31-year-old Russian, is identified as the elusive hacker UNKN who led ransomware groups GandCrab and REvil. He and another Russian extorted nearly $2 million euros in cyberattacks causing over 35 million euros in economic damage.

Launch HN: Freestyle: Sandboxes for AI Coding Agents

26 benswerd 2026-04-06 16:34:02 UTC freestyle.sh Full Share 7

Git, VMs, deployments, and execution — unified infrastructure for code you didn't write. The platform for AI app builders and workflow engines.

sc-im Spreadsheets in Your Terminal

41 m-hodges 2026-04-06 16:23:02 UTC github.com/andmarti1424 Llama Share 4

sc-im is a customizable input method with direct color support and wide character support for various languages. It needs donations to continue development due to limited sponsoring.

I won't download your app. The web version is a-ok

544 ssiddharth 2026-04-06 15:23:02 UTC 0xsid.com Llama Share 299

The user is frustrated with services pushing their apps over web versions, citing lack of control and intrusive features. This "enshittification loop" prioritizes user retention over a good web experience, ultimately reducing the browser to a marketing channel for the App Store.

A Cryptography Engineer's Perspective on Quantum Computing Timelines

51 thadt 2026-04-06 16:23:02 UTC words.filippo.io Llama Share 5

The author has changed their position on the urgency of rolling out quantum-resistant cryptography due to recent progress in quantum computers, with experts predicting a deadline of 2029, and believes it's now unacceptable to delay the rollout. The author recommends deploying post-quantum key exchange and signatures immediately, and abandoning hybrid classic and post-quantum authentication schemes.

Book Review: There Is No Antimemetics Division

93 ibobev 2026-04-06 14:23:02 UTC stephendiehl.com Llama Share 63

The novel "Antimemetics Division" by qntm is a cosmic horror story about a team fighting invisible threats to reality. It explores the concept of information as a substrate of reality and the fragility of human memory and identity.

81yo Dodgers fan can no longer get tickets because he doesn't have a smartphone

130 josephcsible 2026-04-06 16:23:02 UTC twitter.com/suzierizzo1 Full Share 106

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Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks with the Feb updates

229 StanAngeloff 2026-04-06 14:23:02 UTC github.com/anthropics Llama Share 138

Claude's performance in complex engineering tasks degraded starting in February due to reduced thinking depth caused by the rollout of thinking content redaction. This led to quality issues, including reduced research effort, increased edit-first behavior, and production of wrong output.

Show HN: I Built Paul Graham's Intellectual Captcha Idea

20 nowflux 2026-04-06 16:38:02 UTC mentwire.com Full Share 13

Try a sample Mentwire IQ Test. Most people can't tell which ones are wrong. Only 1% get 6 or more right. How sharp is your reasoning?

Reducto releases Deep Extract

11 raunakchowdhuri 2026-04-06 16:23:02 UTC reducto.ai Llama Share 0

Deep Extract is a new agent harness approach to extraction that verifies and corrects its own output until results are accurate. It's particularly powerful for long documents with complex extraction tasks, achieving 99-100% field accuracy.

What Being Ripped Off Taught Me

199 doctorhandshake 2026-04-06 13:23:02 UTC belief.horse Llama Share 124

I was hired to help finish an AR bus tour project in Beijing, but the team was in disarray with no version control, poor coding practices, and unrealistic expectations. They failed to pay me $35k after I worked 24 days straight to fix their project.

Why do Macs ask you to press random keys when connecting a new keyboard?

10 zdw 2026-04-06 16:43:02 UTC unsung.aresluna.org Llama Share 12

macOS asks users to press keys next to left and right Shift to identify keyboard layout. This is necessary for proper key placement and output in macOS, especially for non-Apple keyboards.

Sky – an Elm-inspired language that compiles to Go

11 whalesalad 2026-04-06 16:23:02 UTC github.com/anzellai GoogleT5 Share 0

Sky is an experimental programming language that combines go's pragmatism with elm&39's elegance to create a simple, fullstack language. the compiler auto-wires component messages when the naming convention is followed -- no manual forwarding needed in update! the current compiler (v0.7.x) uses any for function parameters and returns. eight compiler source files were refactored to ...

Show HN: I built a tiny LLM to demystify how language models work

760 armanified 2026-04-06 00:23:02 UTC github.com/arman-bd Llama Share 114

This project trains a tiny language model named GuppyLM from scratch in 5 minutes using a Colab notebook, showing how every piece works. GuppyLM is a simple vanilla transformer model trained on 60K synthetic conversations about a fish's life.

PostHog (YC W20) Is Hiring

0 2026-04-06 13:23:02 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share

PostHog is a company that equips developers with tools like product analytics and feature flags to build successful products. They are hiring various roles and offer a public handbook and compensation calculator.

Microsoft hasn't had a coherent GUI strategy since Petzold

708 naves 2026-04-05 18:23:02 UTC jsnover.com Llama Share 485

Microsoft's GUI ecosystem has failed developers due to internal politics, premature platform bets, and business strategy pivots. This has led to a confusing landscape with multiple frameworks and technologies.

An open-source 240-antenna array to bounce signals off the Moon

217 hillcrestenigma 2026-04-06 04:23:02 UTC moonrf.com Llama Share 45

The device is a high-aperture array for EME experiments and radio astronomy, requiring a 12 V DC power supply and an amateur radio license. It's intended for moon-bounce and one unit per person is allowed, with country restrictions applying.

Gemma 4 on iPhone

790 janandonly 2026-04-05 19:23:02 UTC apps.apple.com Llama Share 220

AI Edge Gallery is an open-source app for running powerful LLMs on mobile devices offline. It features high-performance Generative AI, Agent Skills, and Thinking Mode for advanced reasoning and creative capabilities.

AI Singer Now Occupies Eleven Spots on iTunes Singles Chart

36 flinner 2026-04-06 16:23:02 UTC showbiz411.com Llama Share 33

Little created AI singer Eddie Dalton, inventing his look, sound, and videos, and is releasing music through iTunes and YouTube. Despite high chart rankings, Eddie Dalton's sales are low, with only 6,900 tracks sold, raising questions about the authenticity of his success.

France pulls last gold held in US for $15B gain

470 teleforce 2026-04-06 08:23:02 UTC mining.com Llama Share 259

The Bank of France repatriated 129 tonnes of gold from New York to Paris, generating a 13 billion euro capital gain due to rising gold prices. France's gold reserves remain at 2,437 tonnes, now entirely held in Paris, with 134 tonnes to be upgraded by 2028.

The 1987 game “The Last Ninja” was 40 kilobytes

237 keepamovin 2026-04-06 03:23:02 UTC twitter.com/exquizitely Full Share 150

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Show HN: Real-time AI (audio/video in, voice out) on an M3 Pro with Gemma E2B

216 karimf 2026-04-06 05:23:02 UTC github.com/fikrikarim Llama Share 24

You're self-hosting a free voice AI on your home server to help people learn English, using Parlor with Gemma 4 E2B and Kokoro. You've found a new model that runs on-device, eliminating server costs and making it sustainable.

One ant for $220: The new frontier of wildlife trafficking

93 gmays 2026-04-06 06:23:02 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 21

A booming black market for giant African harvester ants has emerged in Kenya, with smugglers selling queens to international collectors for up to £170. The trade poses a risk to local ecosystems, as invasive ants could disrupt agriculture and threaten biodiversity if they escape from captivity.

LÖVE: 2D Game Framework for Lua

379 cl3misch 2026-04-05 18:23:02 UTC github.com/love2d Llama Share 192

LÖVE is a free, open-source 2D game framework for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS using Lua. It has documentation on its wiki and community support on forums, Discord, and Reddit.

Signals, the push-pull based algorithm

125 mpweiher 2026-04-06 04:23:02 UTC willybrauner.com Llama Share 32

Signals are a reactive programming paradigm that uses a push-pull based algorithm to propagate changes through a graph of dependent computations, allowing derived values to automatically update when their dependencies change. The algorithm combines a push-based approach where notifications are immediately pushed to subscribers when a signal is updated, with a pull-based approach where ...

Drop, formerly Massdrop, ends most collaborations and rebrands under Corsair

106 stevebmark 2026-04-06 05:23:02 UTC drop.com Llama Share 52

CORSAIR is launching collaborations with gaming titles like Fallout, Call of Duty, and Doom, offering exclusive hardware collections. These limited-edition products are available through CORSAIR's family of brands, including Elgato and SCUF Gaming.

Running Gemma 4 locally with LM Studio's new headless CLI and Claude Code

364 vbtechguy 2026-04-05 17:23:02 UTC ai.georgeliu.com Llama Share 91

Google's Gemma 4 model is a mixture-of-experts architecture that runs well on local hardware, offering zero API costs, no data leaving the machine, and consistent availability. The 26B-A4B variant is a sweet spot for local inference, delivering roughly 10B dense-equivalent quality at 4B inference cost, making it suitable for tasks like code review, drafting, and testing prompts.

When Virality Is the Message: The New Age of AI Propaganda

45 virgildotcodes 2026-04-06 14:23:02 UTC time.com Llama Share 36

Social media platforms are flooded with AI-generated propaganda videos, including LEGO animations and video game edits, from various countries including Iran, China, Russia, and the US. These videos aim to shape public perception of conflicts and wars by creating engaging and shareable content.

Sheets Spreadsheets in Your Terminal

161 _____k 2026-04-06 02:23:02 UTC github.com/maaslalani Full Share 41

gg, G, 5G, gB9: Jump to the top, bottom, a row number, or a specific cell 0, ^, $: Jump to the first column, first non-empty column, or last non-empty column in the row zt, zz, zb,: Align the current row to the top, middle, or bottom of the window i, I, c: Edit the current cell, edit from the start, or clear the cell and edit

Music for Programming

297 merusame 2026-04-05 19:23:02 UTC musicforprogramming.net Llama Share 151

The list appears to be a collection of electronic music tracks from various artists. The tracks are from different genres and styles.