Whistle: Speech to Text in 16.9 MB

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Whistle is a speech recognition model released for mobiles, wearables, and other devices with no dependencies or CPU usage. It supports 7 languages and provides word timestamps, speech embedding, and transcript output.

Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program

Beauty in DVD Menus

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DVD menus were a key feature of early DVD releases, offering interactive options and immersive experiences. Many classic DVDs showcased creative and engaging menu designs that have become nostalgic favorites among fans.

“Math 2.0” will need to value mathematical progress more holistically

Math 1.0 prioritized solving open problems, now Math 2.0 values holistic progress through exposition, community building and new study directions. AI can contribute positively but requires imagination and ambition beyond simple problem-solving approaches.

Archaeologists Are Reconstructing the 'Invisible' Technologies of the Stone Age

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Archaeologists have discovered ancient artifacts, such as the ivory lochstab from Hohle Fels cave, that reveal prehistoric hunter-gatherers used soft technologies like fiber to shape their daily lives. These technologies were essential for survival but often overlooked in the archaeological record.

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4-hour battery storage is cheaper to install than gas turbines all across globe

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Wood Mackenzie's report shows that four-hour battery storage is now cheaper than open-cycle gas turbines in all 43 markets, with costs expected to fall further by 2035. This shift marks a significant turning point for power system planning across the Middle East and Africa, where solar and wind are becoming increasingly cost-competitive.

The Slow Formation of Durable Software

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Historians developed Zotero, a research application, over 5 years through collaboration and iteration. The tool was initially called SmartFox but later rebranded as Firefox Scholar before settling on the name Zotero.

Step 5 Preview, a 1M-context MoE from StepFun, shows up on OpenRouter

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Step 5 Preview is StepFun's flagship model for agentic work, built on a sparse Mixture-of-Experts architecture (27B active / 600B total parameters). $1 per million input tokens, $2.70 per million output tokens. 1,000,000 token context window, maximum output of 64,000 tokens.

Sub-1-Bit LLM Compression via Latent Factorization

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LittleBit-2 is a method for ultra-low-bit quantization of large language models by aligning latent factors through Internal Latent Rotation with Joint Iterative Quantization. It enables extreme compression while preserving the original model architecture at inference time.

OpenAI annualised revenues $20B less than previously signalled

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I gave Opus 5.5 one prompt and six hours to visualize Invisible Cities

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The author tested GPT-6 Astra and Opus 5.5 for creating interactive visualizations, finding Opus 5.5 to be a significant improvement in design capabilities. The model successfully generated an explorable explanation of Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino within the given time frame, impressing the author with its quality and potential ceiling.

Claude Haiku 5.5

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Claude Haiku 5.5 is a cost-sensitive model for high-volume tasks, offering improved speed and reduced costs compared to its predecessor. It's now available at a 75% lower price point than Haiku 4.5, making it an attractive option for organizations with large workloads.

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15-year search for a band that charted once and vanished

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A 15-year-old mystery about a professional indie rock band Salvage was solved using AI and human collaboration, revealing the band's name change to OK Tokyo. The tracks "Electric" and "Searchlights" were produced by Greg Haver, who connected the singer Sam Tattersall with me.

The Deeply Impersonal Personalized Recruiter Mail

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The recruiter emails are likely generated by an LLM, claiming to match the candidate's experience with a job description that has little to do with their actual background. The impersonal tone and lack of effort in personalization make these emails feel unapologetically fake.

OpenAI withdraws three mathematical results

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We've updated our GitHub math repo with 6 new Lean formalizations, 19 modifications, and 3 withdrawals. The repo now has ~42% top-line results formalized. We will continue to update the repo with new formalizations and with any errata we notice. https://t.co/HI6otY2NTO

Time Travel in Braid (2015)

The user enjoyed playing Braid, praising its visuals and puzzle mechanics. However, they experienced frustration with the controls due to dodgy keyboard drivers.

Living off-grid: Hundred Rabbits

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The group has released a new version of Donsol, worked on Rabbit Waves with One-Time Pads and Pen & Paper Ciphers, and finished their summer projects.

Float and integer arithmetic follow two different paradigms

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The author argues that developers often incorrectly handle float arithmetic, leading to undefined behavior or security issues. They propose checking if the result of calculations is a finite number instead of relying on arbitrary epsilon values.

2027 Web Platform Feature Ranking

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Rank the Interop 2027 features you care most about

'Jonathan' is the oldest land animal on Earth

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Scientists have sequenced the genome of Jonathan, a 194-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise, to understand his longevity. The study found unique gene variants in aging pathways that may contribute to his exceptional lifespan.

Cleo (Mathematician)

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Vladimir Reshetnikov, a software developer from Uzbekistan, created the Cleo pseudonym to generate interest in mathematical problems on Stack Exchange. He posted 39 answers without explanations, sparking debate about his identity and abilities.

The Mathocalypse

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A 9-year-old boy jokingly said his mom, a complexity theorist, got "cooked" by a robot solving her career-long math problem. His mom Dana Moshkovitz is vindicated that the Unique Games Conjecture was solved after years of work.

Teams in Vienna and Beijing have built the first thorium nuclear clocks

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Show HN: Bigwords.page – Turn any screen into a sign. The URL is the app

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A full-screen sign can be created from a link without storing any data, allowing sharing and bookmarking. It can display countdowns, links, Wi-Fi passwords, and more using browser-generated QR codes and images.

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Sharing AI progress in mathematics

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We are releasing new mathematical results from an internal frontier model, sharing them in a GitHub repository with protocols for revisions and citations. The goal is to promote scientific transparency and openness while empowering scientists with state-of-the-art capabilities.

Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in literature 2026

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Canadian poet Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature for her genre-crossing works, including Autobiography of Red. She is the first woman to win the TS Eliot prize and has received Guggenheim and MacArthur fellowships.

Docker Agent

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Docker-agent is a tool for building, running, and sharing AI agents with a declarative YAML config. It allows users to create intelligent AI agents that collaborate to solve complex problems without writing code.