Astra for Law

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OpenAI introduces Astra for Law, a foundation for law firms and legal technology companies to build AI products around their expertise. It combines GPT-6 with settings and tools tailored for professional legal work.

Bonsai 2 27B: Near-Lossless Compression in a 9x Smaller Footprint

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The Ternary Bonsai 2 27B model is released, offering a more capable and energy-efficient version of the previous Bonsai 27B model. It retains 98.2% of aggregate benchmark performance while being nearly 9x smaller in memory footprint.

Bend – A language that blocks AI mistakes via proof, on CPU and GPU

The Bend system uses laws and proofs to ensure AI agents implement human intents correctly, verifying code changes in real-time. With LAWS.bend, developers can declare rules that AIs must follow, preventing bugs from being shipped into production.

Hacking OpenAI

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Hacktron discovered two critical vulnerabilities in OpenAI's services, including a remote code execution (RCE) exploit that allowed them to access internal repositories and employee accounts. The vulnerability was patched within 72 hours of reporting.

Hister: A private search engine for the pages you visit and the files you keep

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Hister is a private search engine that indexes web pages and local files for personal use. It allows searching from various interfaces, including the browser, terminal, and AI assistants, without relying on third-party providers or cloud services.

Alibaba releases Qwen 3.8 Omni Flash

Qwen Studio offers comprehensive functionality spanning chatbot, image and video understanding, image generation, document processing, web search integration, tool utilization, and artifacts.

Wax motor

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A wax motor is a device that converts thermal energy into mechanical energy using phase-change waxes, providing smooth and gentle operation. Wax motors are used in various applications such as aerospace, washing machines, and hydronic heating systems due to their reliability and cost advantages.

Fujitsu launches made-in-Japan next-generation CPU FUJITSU-MONAKA

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Telstra outage: The night a network decided the year was 2006

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A Telstra mobile network in Australia experienced a failure due to a single GPS receiver incorrectly believing the year was 2006, causing time-related issues with voice calls and other services. The incident highlights the importance of precise timekeeping in modern cell phone protocols.

Ask A Monk – A digital wilderness for thoughts with no immediate answer

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Ask anonymously. A stranger—not AI—will answer, because some things are easier to tell someone who doesn't know you.

Flet 1.0 – Build cross-platform apps in Python

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Flet is a Python framework that turns code into interactive apps with various controls and tools. It offers features like layout, navigation, forms, and dialogs with customizable colors and themes for building desktop, mobile, and web applications.

Better Icon and Label Alignment

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The common design pattern of centering an icon with text that wraps is often overlooked, and two solutions are presented to address this issue.

Code Scans

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Today we’re introducing Code Scans: a new way to turn broad engineering goals into concrete improvements across your codebase. Tell Devin what you want to achieve, and it helps you investigate what needs to change, evaluate the findings, and turn them into pull requests. These goals often stay on the backlog because the first step alone is a substantial project: investigating the codebase to ...

Diplodocus, Long Thought Exclusively American, Turns Up in Spain

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Paleontologists have discovered the first confirmed fossils of Diplodocus outside North America in Spain. The 150-million-year-old dinosaur, similar to its American relatives, was found with well-preserved tail vertebrae and chevron bones near El Castellar.

The most important product decision is what you don't build

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The author shares two common pitfalls in consumer-facing financial services apps: over-engineering and unnecessary complexity, which can lead to poor user experience. To avoid these issues, the author advises being extremely choosy about what is added to a system and militant about removing unnecessary elements.

I Put Nam A2-Lite Inside an iRig HD X

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The iRig HD X now runs amp models in real-time using its 500 MHz microcontroller, bypassing the need for a host computer. The interface uses an NXP MIMXRT1011DAE5A chip to configure the codec and handle controls, with a compact amp model stored in flash that can be streamed through SAI audio.

How Uber Protects Against Retry Storms

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Uber's context-aware mechanism in shared infrastructure handles errors more efficiently by establishing error ownership, which prevents retry storms and cascading failures. This approach limits retries to services that can genuinely resolve the issue, preventing exponential fan-out of requests.

CrowdSec Source Code Leak

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A source code leak occurred in CrowdSec's GitHub repository in May 2026, but the leaked code is mostly outdated and does not pose a significant threat. The team is investigating the incident and monitoring for any abnormal activity.

Apple detectives solved mystery of ancient tree and rewrote the history of fruit

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It was a routine day in the laboratory belonging to Cameron Peace on the campus of Washington State University, Pullman, in the high, dry hills close to the Idaho border. Peace is a tree-fruit geneticist, and on this warm September afternoon, as on most days, he was running programs that tease out the DNA profiles of apples. Apples are Peace’s passion and the focus of his professional ...

Why I didn’t sign the Fields medallists’ letter

The author reflects on the impact of AI on mathematics, disagreeing with a letter signed by 25 Fields medallists that emphasizes the importance of conceptual understanding over problem-solving. The author believes that both aspects are valuable and that a spectrum of attitudes exists among mathematicians.

How do we prevent mathemathics from devolving into the Medieval Era of secrecy?

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Mathematicians are now facing a new era of secrecy due to the advent of large AI companies competing for solutions to famous problems, potentially stifling open science and collaboration. The shift in incentives may lead mathematicians to hold onto partial results, fearing that others will use powerful tools like AI to solve the problem before they can publish their work.

Infinite-Parameter LLMs: Generating and Adapting Weights from Live Data

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A conventional model cannot learn from live interaction due to frozen weights, but an Infinite-Parameter LLM can by generating weights from run-time data. This is achieved through a compact hypernetwork that updates the effective weight online using Bayesian belief over the generator's latent code.

Rate limits on GitLab.com are changing

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GitLab.com is updating its rate limits to align with subscription tiers, starting October 19 for free accounts and January 2027 for premium and ultimate plans. Users can authenticate requests to access higher limits or upgrade to premium/ultimate plans.

Zettascale (YC S24) Is Hiring ASIC/FPGA Engineers to Build Chips for ASI

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← Home We're always looking for exceptional people. Send a demo of something you've built that you're proud of to [email protected] and we'll talk if it's relevant.

The American Religion of Self-Storage Facilities

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The author recounts a road trip across the US, visiting various self-storage facilities and observing their operations. The industry has grown significantly since its inception in the 1970s, with over 90% of global capacity located in the US.

TSMC revealing details about next gen A14 node

Show HN: Snapdrop: Instantly share files between devices. No setup, no signup

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Allowing microphone access helps Chrome connect to nearby devices. Snapdrop will briefly activate your microphone and stop it immediately. No audio is recorded or sent.

More than 100k people in Japan are now aged 100 or older

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Japan has surpassed 100,000 centenarians for the first time, with 107,677 people aged 100 or more. The country faces a challenge in maintaining its social security system due to an aging population and low birth rates.

Show HN: Share your AI Setup, Learn from others

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The user is setting up a community to share AI-related tools, workflows, and systems with others. They aim to learn from others' setups and feel more comfortable with their own AI setup.

Landing the Space Shuttle – A Flying Machine and the Thrill of a Lifetime

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The author, a former NASA chief astronaut and space shuttle commander, recounts his first landing of the Atlantis spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center. He describes the intense training and preparation that led to this moment, including simulator sessions in a Gulfstream business jet.