GPTZero finds 100 new hallucinations in NeurIPS 2025 accepted papers

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Gptzero's hallucination check tool uncovered 50 halluzinated citations in papers under review for iclr 2026. these neurips papers have already been accepted, presented live, and effectively published. a submission tsunami fueled by generative ai, paper mills and publication pressure has strained these conferences' review pipelines to the breaking point. the following table shows the ...

In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels

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Wind and solar power surpassed fossil fuels in the E.U. last year, with solar growing faster than any other source of electricity. Renewables now provide nearly half of E.U. power, with solar alone supplying over 20 percent in several countries.

Qwen3-TTS Family Is Now Open Sourced: Voice Design, Clone, and Generation

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Qwen3-tts is a series of powerful speech generation capabilities developed by. it offers comprehensive support for voice clone, voice design, and natural language-based voice control. the base model capable of 3-second rapid voice-clone from user audio input; can be used for fine-tuning (ft) other models.,: "i don’t even know why... i just felt" ''

Tree-sitter vs. Language Servers

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Tree-sitter is a parser generator that creates fast and robust syntax highlighting engines, ideal for text editors, while a language server is a program that analyzes code and reports information to text editors through the Language Server Protocol (LSP). Language servers can provide semantic information, such as symbol definitions and completions, and can be more powerful than Tree-sitter ...

Design Thinking Books You Must Read

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The user discusses the limitations of design thinking and its over-promotion, highlighting the need to understand its core values and principles. They recommend several books that explore design thinking from different perspectives, including "The Design Expertise", "Frame Innovation", and "The Design of Everyday Things", to help readers develop their design ability and improve their ...

It looks like the status/need-triage label was removed

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Gemini CLI restricts IDE integration to VS Code environments, forcing 3rd-party integrations to spoof environment variables. This PR adds JetBrains IDE Series to Gemini CLI's supported environments for native detection.

ISO PDF spec is getting Brotli – ~20 % smaller documents with no quality loss

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iText is upgrading PDFs with Brotli compression, delivering 15-25% smaller files with zero quality loss. The Brotli encoder is integrated into iText, allowing developers to create smaller PDFs, but compatibility limitations exist until the PDF Association finalizes the spec.

Show HN: Sweep, Open-weights 1.5B model for next-edit autocomplete

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Sweep Next-Edit predicts your next code edit before you make it. It runs locally on your laptop in under 500ms (with speculative decoding) and outperforms models over 4x its size on next-edit benchmarks. The model uses a specific prompt format with file context, recent diffs, and current state to predict the next edit. See run_model.py for a complete example.

30 Years of ReactOS

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ReactOS celebrates 30 years since its first commit, aiming to deliver Windows apps and drivers in an open-source environment. The project has overcome challenges and milestones, including slow progress, audits, and freezes, to continue developing a functional operating system.

Ubisoft cancels six games including Prince of Persia and closes studios

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Ubisoft has cancelled six games, including Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake, and closed two studios as part of a major reset. The move aims to create conditions for sustainable growth and focus on open world adventure and live service games.

Joe Armstrong and Jeremy Ruston – Intertwingling the Tiddlywiki with Erlang [video]

We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste our time on crap reports

The curl project accepts security reports with no rewards but offers gratitude and public acknowledgments. It bans and ridicules reporters of low-quality reports.

Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide over "heroes"

A user on Slashdot questioned Douglas Adams about the perceived nihilism in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, specifically Arthur Dent's character. The user suggested a cultural divide between England and the US in viewing failure as a heroic trait.

Doctors in Brazil using tilapia fish skin to treat burn victims

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Doctors in Brazil are testing tilapia skin as a bandage for second- and third-degree burns due to a lack of human skin alternatives. The sterilized tilapia skin has shown promising results in reducing healing time and pain in patients.

Show HN: Interactive physics simulations I built while teaching my daughter

Flowtel (YC W25) Is Hiring

Flowtel is a hospitality OS company using AI agents for booking, room service, and more. It offers senior engineer and ex-founder-level positions with competitive salaries and equity.

Your brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of cognitive debt when using an AI assistant

A study on LLM-assisted essay writing found that users exhibited weaker brain connectivity and lower cognitive activity when using LLMs. Long-term reliance on LLMs may have negative educational implications, including underperformance and decreased neural engagement.

In Praise of APL (1977)

Professor Alan J. Perlis advocates for APL as the first language for a computer science course due to its terseness, flexibility, and composability. APL allows students to develop an excellent set of exercises and model a computer's components within a manageable program size.

Threat actors expand abuse of Microsoft Visual Studio Code

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North Korean threat actors have been using Visual Studio Code task configuration files to deliver malware, with recent evolutions including obfuscated JavaScript and a backdoor implant providing remote code execution capabilities. Jamf Threat Labs recommends enabling Threat Prevention and Advanced Threat Controls in Jamf for Mac and advises developers to be cautious when interacting with ...

eBay explicitly bans AI "buy for me" agents in user agreement update

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eBay updated its User Agreement to prohibit AI "buy for me" agents and LLM scraping bots without permission. The update also expands arbitration clause to exclude group legal actions and clarifies arbitration opt-out process.

Meet the Alaska Student Arrested for Eating an AI Art Exhibit

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A University of Alaska student, Graham Granger, was arrested for eating AI-generated art in protest of its inclusion in a university gallery. Granger believes AI art lacks substance and takes away from human effort in art, sparking debate on the role of technology in the art space.

The Science of Life and Death in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was influenced by contemporary scientific investigations into resuscitation, galvanism, and states between life and death. The novel's themes were inspired by real-life experiments and debates on the nature of life and death, including the work of Luigi Galvani and the Royal Humane Society.

Claude's new constitution

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Anthropic has published Claude's constitution, a document outlining the AI model's values and behavior, to cultivate good values during training. The constitution is a foundational document that expresses and shapes who Claude is, and it will be used to train future versions of Claude.

Waiting for dawn in search: Search index, Google rulings and impact on Kagi

Google's monopoly on search has stifled innovation and access to information, prompting a US court to rule against Google and order open index access. The ruling aims to create a more competitive search market, enabling companies like Kagi to provide ad-free search experiences and promote a non-commercial baseline for information access.

Hands-On Introduction to Unikernels

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This tutorial explains the concept of unikernels, a highly specialized type of kernel that is tailored for running one application, and guides the reader through building an Nginx web server as a Unikraft unikernel from sources. The tutorial covers the process of configuring and building the unikernel, running it as a virtual machine using QEMU, and packaging it as an OCI image using the Bunny project.

Gathering Linux Syscall Numbers in a C Table

Lix – universal version control system for binary files

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Lix is a universal version control system that understands file structure and semantics, not just line-based diffs. It adds version control to SQL databases via plain SQL queries.

Skip is now free and open source

Skip is now completely free and open source, allowing developers to create native cross-platform apps without compromises. The platform's future is sustained through sponsorships and community support, ensuring its long-term success.

Show HN: ChartGPU – WebGPU-powered charting library (1M points at 60fps)

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ChartGPU is a TypeScript charting library built on WebGPU for smooth rendering. It creates a chart instance with a render coordinator that handles layout, scales, data upload, and render passes.

The mushroom making people hallucinate tiny humans

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A type of mushroom called Lanmaoa asiatica found in China, the Philippines, and possibly Papua New Guinea causes people to have the same visions of tiny, elf-like figures. Researchers are trying to identify the chemical compound responsible for these hallucinations, which could lead to new treatments for a rare neurological condition.