Gemini 3.5 Flash

345 spectraldrift 2026-05-19 18:34:51 UTC blog.google Llama Share 294

Gemini 3.5 Flash is a powerful model combining frontier intelligence with action, delivering exceptional speed and performance for complex tasks. It's ideal for tackling long-horizon agentic tasks, automating workflows, and generating interactive web UIs and graphics.

Google changes its search box

196 berkeleyjunk 2026-05-19 18:34:51 UTC blog.google Llama Share 373

Google Search is upgrading with AI, introducing a new intelligent Search box and Search agents that can help with tasks and answer questions. The new features include custom dashboards, generative UI, and expanded Personal Intelligence capabilities.

OpenAI Adopts Google's SynthID Watermark for AI Images with Verification Tool

81 smooke 2026-05-19 19:34:51 UTC openai.com Llama Share 28

OpenAI is strengthening content provenance with a multi-layered model to build trust online, including C2PA conformance and SynthID watermarking. This approach aims to make AI-generated content easier to identify and verify, supporting a more trustworthy information ecosystem.

I’ve built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of

448 andreww591 2026-05-19 16:34:51 UTC virtualosmuseum.org Llama Share 102

This virtual museum of operating systems runs on Linux VM for QEMU, VirtualBox, or UTM, with a custom launcher and pre-installed OSes. It includes historical OSes and platforms from 1948 to the present day, with a goal to make them easily accessible and runnable.

Mistral AI Acquires Emmi AI to Create the Leading AI Stack

92 doener 2026-05-19 19:34:51 UTC emmi.ai Llama Share 16

Mistral AI is acquiring Emmi AI, a leading Engineering AI company, to create the leading AI stack for Industrial Engineering. The acquisition will strengthen Mistral's position as the leading AI transformation partner for industrial enterprises.

Show HN: Forge – Guardrails take an 8B model from 53% to 99% on agentic tasks

96 zambelli 2026-05-19 19:34:51 UTC github.com/antoinezambelli Llama Share 31

Forge is a reliability layer for self-hosted LLM tool-calling with guardrails and context management. It scores 86.5% on a 26-scenario eval suite and supports multi-step workflows and long-running sessions.

Dumb Ways for an Open Source Project to Die

53 chmaynard 2026-05-19 19:34:51 UTC nesbitt.io Llama Share 22

Many open-source projects die due to various reasons such as lack of maintenance, funding issues, or changes in the project's purpose. These projects can remain in the registry, still resolving and being installed, but no longer being actively maintained or updated.

Apple unveils new accessibility features

537 interpol_p 2026-05-19 12:34:51 UTC apple.com Llama Share 273

Apple is releasing accessibility updates using Apple Intelligence, including improved VoiceOver, Magnifier, Voice Control, and Accessibility Reader. New features include on-device generated subtitles, power wheelchair control with Apple Vision Pro, and an adaptive MagSafe accessory for iPhone.

Tesla's lithium refinery discharges 231,000 gallons of polluted wastewater a day

284 atombender 2026-05-19 20:34:51 UTC autonocion.com Llama Share 134

Tesla's lithium refinery in Texas is discharging black wastewater into a ditch, containing heavy metals and a known carcinogen, despite its "acid-free clean process" claim. The drainage district found the issue by walking the ditch, not through state regulators or Tesla.

Minnesota becomes first state to ban prediction markets

153 ortusdux 2026-05-19 19:34:51 UTC npr.org Llama Share 63

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a law banning prediction market sites, prompting a lawsuit from the Trump administration. The law forces sites like Kalshi and Polymarket to leave the state or face felony charges, amid a growing standoff over regulation.

I’ve joined Anthropic

1005 dmarcos 2026-05-19 15:34:51 UTC twitter.com/karpathy Full Share 407

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Disney erased FiveThirtyEight

193 7777777phil 2026-05-19 19:34:51 UTC natesilver.net Llama Share 95

The author's website FiveThirtyEight was deleted by ABC News, a Disney subsidiary, after a decade of hard work and significant investment. The author believes Disney neglected the site, failing to make it a profitable unit, and now regrets choosing to partner with them.

Show HN: Gaussian Splat of a Strawberry

440 danybittel 2026-05-19 11:34:51 UTC superspl.at Llama Share 175

Photographer Dany Bittel used a Nikon Z8 with Laowa 180mm macro lens to capture 88 focus stacked images from 90 perspectives. The images were taken with LED light and bluescreen, using slang-splat training.

Copy Fail, Dirty Frag, and Fragnesia kernel vulnerabilities

91 akhuettel 2026-05-19 15:34:51 UTC gentoo.org Llama Share 31

Gentoo Linux teams are working to keep kernels secure by packaging latest upstream releases and backporting fixes. Users should upgrade to latest kernel version and automate upgrades for better security.

Growing Neural Cellular Automata

22 pulkitsh1234 2026-05-19 19:34:51 UTC distill.pub Llama Share 3

Biologists and computer scientists are working together to understand how living organisms develop and regenerate their bodies, and how this process can be replicated in artificial systems. Researchers are using cellular automata models and neural networks to simulate the growth and development of patterns, and are exploring how these models can be used to create self-repairing systems and ...

Lisp in Web-Based Applications (2001)

6 bschne 2026-05-19 20:34:51 UTC sep.turbifycdn.com Prefix Share 0

Lisp in Web-Based Applications Paul Graham (This is an excerpt of a talk given at BBN Labs in Cambridge, MA, in April 2001.) Any Language You Want One of the reasons to use Lisp in writing Web-based applications is that you *can* use Lisp. When you're writing software that is only going to run on your own servers, you can use whatever language you want. For a long time programmers ...

Gemini Omni

178 meetpateltech 2026-05-19 18:34:51 UTC deepmind.google Full Share 81

Create anything from anything, starting with video. Gemini Omni is where Gemini’s ability to reason meets the ability to create. It delivers a leap in world understanding, multimodality, and editing.

CISA Admin Leaked AWS GovCloud Keys on GitHub

339 LelouBil 2026-05-19 08:34:51 UTC krebsonsecurity.com Llama Share 146

A CISA contractor exposed highly sensitive AWS GovCloud credentials and internal CISA system passwords in a public GitHub repository. The leak, which occurred for at least 48 hours, represents one of the most egregious government data breaches in recent history.

Era: From Nature publication to catalyzing Computational Discovery

16 praccu 2026-05-19 20:34:51 UTC research.google Llama Share 0

Google developed ERA, a tool that uses AI to write and optimize scientific code, increasing the speed and scope of scientific discovery. ERA achieves expert-level performance across various disciplines, potentially democratizing access to expert-level computational modeling.

I found ultra-pure quantum crystals in an abandoned mine in the Atacama desert

252 vi_sextus_vi 2026-05-19 08:34:51 UTC medium.com/@breid.at Llama Share 99

Dr. Aaron Breidenbach discovered natural Herbertsmithite crystals in the Atacama Desert, which are more pure than lab-grown crystals and have immense potential for quantum computing.

The Silver Swan

16 pseudolus 2026-05-19 18:34:51 UTC thebowesmuseum.org.uk Llama Share 3

Cookies are categorized into necessary, functional, performance, analytical, advertisement, and other types based on their functionality. They help websites function properly, track user behavior, and deliver customized ads.

Why is almost everyone right-handed? A new study connects it to bipedalism

58 gmays 2026-05-19 15:34:51 UTC ox.ac.uk Llama Share 85

To access www.ox.ac.uk, check if your internet or firewall settings have blocked "challenges.cloudflare.com". Adjust settings or try a different network if necessary.

Show HN: Superlog (YC P26) – Observability that installs itself and fixes bugs

39 Magnanten 2026-05-19 16:34:51 UTC superlog.sh Llama Share 37

Install Superlog using npx skills add superloglabs/skills --all. Superlog provides error summaries and assessments with a severity score.

Intro to TLA+ for the LLM Era: Prompt Your Way to Victory

90 zdw 2026-05-19 13:34:51 UTC emptysqua.re Llama Share 23

TLA+ is a language for specifying systems, with a syntax that can be generated by frontier LLMs, but requires understanding of temporal logic and system behavior. Model-checking with TLC can verify properties and answer questions about the system, but requires careful specification and configuration.

Show HN: Haystack – Review the PRs that need human attention

24 akshaysg 2026-05-19 17:34:51 UTC haystackeditor.com Llama Share 7

Haystack reviews PRs, learns team patterns, and applies them to surface only deserving ones. It handles mechanical fixes and merges PRs, routing sensitive ones to humans for review.

Hanoi’s humble beer glass and the memory of a nation

108 NaOH 2026-05-19 12:34:51 UTC sundaylongread.com Llama Share 30

The Bia hơi cốc, a traditional Vietnamese beer glass, has remained unchanged for over 50 years despite Vietnam's rapid transformation into a modern economy. Its persistence is due to its simplicity, affordability, and the fact that it's a symbol of community and tradition, with each glass being handmade by local artisans in the village of Xôi Trì.

The last six months in LLMs in five minutes

717 yakkomajuri 2026-05-19 01:34:51 UTC simonwillison.net Llama Share 542

The speaker presented a lightning talk at PyCon US 2026, summarizing six months of LLM developments, including the November 2025 inflection point where coding agents improved significantly. The past six months also saw the rise of laptop-available models, such as Qwen3.6-35B-A3B, and personal AI assistants, known as Claws.

The foundations of a provably secure operating system (PSOS) (1979) [pdf]

110 rurban 2026-05-19 01:34:51 UTC csl.sri.com Llama Share 80

PSOS is a secure operating system designed using the SRI Hierarchical Development Methodology (HDM) with a capability mechanism for access control. The capability mechanism provides a simple and uniform way to manage access to objects, with capabilities serving as names or tokens for all objects in the system.

Mini Shai-Hulud Strikes Again: 314 npm Packages Compromised

341 theanonymousone 2026-05-19 05:34:51 UTC safedep.io Llama Share 263

A malicious attack compromised the npm account atool on May 19, 2026, publishing 637 malicious versions across 314 packages, including size-sensor, echarts-for-react, and hundreds of @antv scoped packages. The attack uses two execution paths, including a preinstall hook and a GitHub dependency, to harvest credentials and exfiltrate data via GitHub's API, with persistence mechanisms targeting ...

OpenBSD 7.9

339 bradley_taunt 2026-05-19 13:34:51 UTC openbsd.org Llama Share 255

OpenBSD 7.9 includes various improvements and bug fixes, including platform-specific enhancements for arm64, amd64, and riscv64 architectures, as well as new features in the network stack, pf firewall, and userland applications. Security improvements include fixes for vulnerabilities in OpenSSH, LibreSSL, and other components, as well as new features such as delayed hibernation, improved ...