ASML firing 1700 people, mostly managers

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There's only one Woz, but we can all learn from him

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Make.ts

The user uses a file called make.ts for interactive scripting, writing commands to it and then running the file with ./make.ts. This approach helps in creating a repeatable workflow and makes it easier to evolve into a proper script.

SVG Path Editor

Online editor to create and manipulate SVG paths

Prism

OpenAI introduced Prism, a free AI-native workspace for scientists to write and collaborate on research, powered by GPT-5.2. Prism aims to reduce friction in day-to-day research work, enabling researchers to focus on discovery.

A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks

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Golden Ratio using an equilateral triangle inscribed in a circle

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The Golden Ratio is derived graphically using an equilateral triangle inscribed in a circle. A chord passing through the triangle's midpoints reveals the Golden Ratio.

430k-year-old well-preserved wooden tools are the oldest ever found

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Rust’s Standard Library on the GPU

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VectorWare successfully uses Rust's standard library from GPUs, enabling complex high-performance applications. This milestone marks a significant step towards GPU-native software development with familiar Rust abstractions.

Parametric CAD in Rust

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User designs physical robot parts using Rust code with types and version control, allowing for parametric changes and automated regeneration. This approach replaces CAD clicking with code compilation, enabling faster iteration and collaboration with AI coding agents.

Lennart Poettering, Christian Brauner founded a new company

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Amutable: A New Secure Foundation

Doing the thing is doing the thing

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Thinking, planning, talking, and consuming content about the thing is not doing the thing. A short reminder to just start.

Time Station Emulator

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Time Station Emulator turns phones/tablets into low-frequency radio transmitters for synchronizing clocks. It emulates five operational radio time signal stations and works best with built-in speakers or wired headphones.

Xfwl4 – The Roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor

Xfce is funding Brian Tarricone to create xfwl4, a new Wayland compositor for Xfce, written in Rust using smithay building blocks. The goal is for xfwl4 to offer the same functionality as xfwm4, with a seamless transition and minimal differences between X11 and Wayland.

Amazon closing its Fresh and Go stores

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Amazon is closing its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go stores due to a lack of a distinctive customer experience and economic model. The company will convert some locations into Whole Foods Market stores and help employees find new jobs within Amazon.

AI2: Open Coding Agents

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Ai2 Open Coding Agents release a training method for building custom coding agents, making it accessible for tasks like code generation and debugging. The method, SERA, achieves state-of-the-art results at a fraction of the typical training costs.

Show HN: One Human + One Agent = One Browser From Scratch in 20K LOC

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User embarked on a 3-day quest to build a basic browser with HTML and CSS rendering using a human brain and a LLM agent brain. They successfully created a browser from scratch in ~20K lines of code, supporting three OSes, within 72 hours.

SoundCloud Data Breach Now on HaveIBeenPwned

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SoundCloud discovered unauthorized activity in December 2025, exposing 30M unique email addresses and user data for 20% of its users. The attackers later attempted to extort SoundCloud before releasing the data publicly.

FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE

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FBI Director Kash Patel launched an investigation into Minnesota residents sharing information about federal immigration agents' movements through Signal group text chats. The move raises free speech concerns as advocates argue the First Amendment protects sharing legally obtained information about law enforcement.

Bridging the Gap Between PLECS and SPICE

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Plexim has developed PLECS Spice, an extension that brings SPICE device-level simulation capabilities directly into PLECS. This allows engineers to simulate hybrid systems containing both standard PLECS and SPICE circuits within a single tool.

AISLE’s autonomous analyzer found all CVEs in the January OpenSSL release

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AISLE's autonomous analyzer found 12 previously unknown OpenSSL vulnerabilities in January 2026, including issues dating back to 1998. The discoveries demonstrate the effectiveness of AI-powered security systems in identifying and preventing vulnerabilities in mature, heavily audited codebases.

I found the perfect yearly calendar (for me)

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User found a suitable calendar solution at Time and Date, but it lacked an ICS import feature. They created a userscript to import events from Calendar.app.

Notes on starting to use Django

You're learning Django for a project and finding it easier to use than other frameworks like Rails due to its explicit nature and built-in features. You're enjoying Django's ORM, admin interface, and migration system, and appreciate its "batteries-included" approach to web development.

The Texas Instruments CC-40 invades Gopherspace (plus TI-74 BASICALC)

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Texas Instruments developed the Compact Computer 40 (CC-40), a handheld computer with a 31-character LCD and BASIC programming, which was released in 1983 as a business product. The CC-40 was positioned as a utility for serious business rather than general purpose entertainment, and it had a unique keyboard layout and a single cartridge port for expansion.

Try text scaling support in Chrome Canary

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A new HTML meta tag, <meta name=text-scale>, allows websites to respect users' system text size preferences. This tag is now supported in Chrome Canary and will help improve accessibility by allowing users to increase text size without affecting layout.

Show HN: LemonSlice – Upgrade your voice agents to real-time video

LemonSlice trains interactive avatar video models, releasing a new 20B-parameter model that generates infinite-length video at 20fps on a single GPU. The API allows users to upload a photo and engage in FaceTime-style calls with photorealistic avatars, with a free trial available for HN users.

Extremophile molds are invading art museums

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Museums worldwide are battling a new type of mold that thrives in low humidity, defying conventional conservation methods. Researchers are racing to understand the biology of these xerophilic molds.

Rust at Scale: An Added Layer of Security for WhatsApp

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WhatsApp has adopted and rolled out a new layer of security for users – built with Rust – as part of its effort to harden defenses against malware threats. WhatsApp’s experience creating and distributing our media consistency library in Rust to billions of devices and browsers proves Rust is production ready at a global scale. WhatsApp provides default end-to-end encryption for over 3 billion ...

Hypercubic (YC F25) Is Hiring a Founding SWE and COBOL Engineer

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We help enterprises preserve and modernize mission-critical legacy systems. Our goal is to future-proof the backbone of the global economy by autonomously maintaining these systems.

Show HN: Fuzzy Studio – Apply live effects to videos/camera

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Apply stunning real-time shader effects to your videos. Kaleidoscope, color grading, wave distortion, and more.