iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses will remain on icloud.com

79 K7PJP 2026-08-24 22:15:32 UTC developer.apple.com Llama Share 17

Sign in with Apple addresses will shift from privaterelay.appleid.com to private.icloud.com later this year. Existing privaterelay.appleid.com addresses will continue to work without interruption, but developers must update their systems for the new domain.

Xiaomi: New CPU matches Apple cores single threaded, much faster multithreaded

678 tosh 2026-08-24 16:04:32 UTC twitter.com/lemire Llama Share 460

Xiaomi's new CPU, Xring O3, matches Apple cores in single-threaded tasks and outperforms them in multithreaded execution. The chip boasts a large cache and many powerful cores with advanced SIMD capabilities.

MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally generated output with GUID

498 ComputerGuru 2026-08-24 16:04:32 UTC xusheng.dev Llama Share 200

Researchers reverse-engineered Paint and Photos to discover that they embed a server-issued GUID into the pixels of locally generated AI images. The GUID is obtained from Microsoft's prompt moderation endpoint, indicating that "generated locally" does not mean the entire operation is local.

One corner of China’s internet is insisting that the Tang Dynasty never existed

84 related 2026-08-24 21:04:32 UTC cnn.com Llama Share 61

A Chinese history influencer claimed the Tang dynasty never existed, sparking widespread debate and criticism from authorities. The Communist Party views this as a threat to its control over China's narrative of its 5,000-year history.

The entire city of San Francisco as a video game

294 centrosphere 2026-08-24 18:04:32 UTC sf.thijs.gg Full Share 105

FILL = CURRENT OWNER Z20 Z17 Z16 Z15GROUND FILE FULL COLUMN READY VISIBLE CORNERS LOADING WASD move · mouse look · Space jump · Shift run · C camera · H glider

Moon

19 simonebrunozzi 2026-08-24 22:07:32 UTC ciechanow.ski Llama Share 2

The Moon orbits the Earth, changing its position in the sky over time. The Moon's path is not a perfect circle and its distance from Earth varies, causing changes in its apparent size and shape.

How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs

994 l-one-lone 2026-08-24 14:04:32 UTC lectronz.com Llama Share 623

The EU's new packaging rules threaten makers and micro-entrepreneurs, putting jobs and innovation at risk. The regulations require producers to take responsibility for packaging waste, but the fragmented national model creates a disproportionate barrier to entry for small businesses.

IPFS Maintainers Winding Down

304 iand 2026-08-24 16:04:32 UTC ipshipyard.com Llama Share 151

Shipyard will wind down its IPFS-related operations due to lack of funding from Protocol Labs. The final day of work will be September 30, 2026, and Shipyard's projects will no longer receive dedicated maintenance.

Oceans hit highest temperature on record

332 tcp_handshaker 2026-08-24 20:04:32 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 194

The world's oceans are experiencing record-high temperatures due to human-caused climate change and El Niño, with the average surface temperature reaching 21.1C (70F). This warming trend is expected to continue, posing significant risks for marine life, coastal flooding, and extreme weather events.

Vintage Artificial Intelligence: Before It Got Awkward

32 signor_bosco 2026-08-24 21:04:32 UTC blog.archive.org Llama Share 2

The concept of artificial intelligence has been a pervasive theme in creative and engineering works for generations, influencing modern toys and tools. A curated collection at the Internet Archive showcases early AI projects from the 1970s to 1990s, including chatbots like ELIZA and Racter that simulated human-like conversations.

Where did all the public bathrooms go?

113 herbertl 2026-08-24 18:04:32 UTC daily.jstor.org Llama Share 201

Public urinals, known as pissoirs, were built in Paris during the mid-1800s to address public health concerns and provide a private space for men to relieve themselves. However, they became popular meeting spots for anonymous encounters and eventually led to their banishment due to moral objections, ultimately contributing to the decline of public restrooms throughout Europe and America.

Jabber/XMPP: 25 Years of Digital Independence

143 inputmice 2026-08-24 16:04:32 UTC gultsch.de Llama Share 57

The author argues that digital communication infrastructure should be designed for collective ownership and open standards, rather than relying on single-vendor platforms. This would ensure interoperability and vendor independence, allowing users to switch providers if needed.

LLMs could control their host machines by exploiting inference engines

71 zdw 2026-08-24 19:04:32 UTC boydkane.com Llama Share 35

A malicious Large Language Model (LLM) could potentially take control of a host machine by exploiting vulnerabilities in the inference engine software, which processes its responses. This can happen through bugs that allow arbitrary code execution on the host machine.

Octopus intelligence may be related to never-before-seen mutation

55 bookofjoe 2026-08-24 18:04:32 UTC smithsonianmag.com Llama Share 19

Researchers discovered a mutation in octopuses that may explain their intelligence, allowing them to produce proteins with extreme accuracy. This variation is linked to the evolution of large nervous systems and complex behaviors in shallow-water octopuses.

Anger, Anxiety and Agency

81 lumpa 2026-08-24 19:04:32 UTC lucumr.pocoo.org Llama Share 90

The author argues that being angry at work is rarely productive and can harm those around you, instead suggesting a more curious and excited approach to new technologies like AI. By embracing uncertainty and exploring possibilities, individuals can harness the power of change for their own benefit.

Autostep (YC P26) Is Hiring AI/Fullstack Engineers and a Chief of Staff

0 2026-08-24 18:04:32 UTC app.dover.com Full Share

Hot Chips 2026: CUDA Targets RISC-V – By Chester Lam

66 rbanffy 2026-08-24 17:04:32 UTC chipsandcheese.com Llama Share 8

Nvidia is extending CUDA support to RISC-V CPUs, requiring server-grade features like ACPI and PCIe coherency. Nvidia's requirements aim for high performance but may limit the adoption of CUDA on existing RISC-V systems.

Show HN: PicoMQ – Durable Streams over HTTP, on object storage

76 adesh_nalpet 2026-08-24 17:04:32 UTC picomq.com Full Share 14

Create a stream per use case instead of packing every record of a kind into one topic. Each stream is independently addressable, bottomless, and can scale from idle to high throughput.

OpenAI: GPT 5.6 Sol price reduction (until at least Nov 21)

269 tosh 2026-08-24 16:04:32 UTC developers.openai.com Llama Share 242

OpenAI models released after March 5, 2026, incur a 10% data residency charge. Pricing for GPT-5.6 Sol is available through November 21, 2026.

Peppermint oil reduces blood pressure by 8.48 mmHg in small study

78 brandonb 2026-08-24 15:04:32 UTC journals.plos.org Llama Share 51

A randomized controlled trial investigated the effects of twice-daily peppermint oil supplementation on systolic blood pressure and related health indicators in individuals with pre- and stage 1 hypertension, finding significant reductions in systolic blood pressure compared to placebo. The study suggests that peppermint oil may be a simple, low-cost, and well-tolerated strategy for ...

SeL4 security proofs now complete on AArch64

161 snvzz 2026-08-24 12:04:32 UTC proofcraft.systems Llama Share 36

Proofcraft has completed the formal proof that seL4 enforces confidentiality and integrity on AArch64, ensuring security isolation of applications. The company's work is part of DARPA's PROVERS program and aims to deliver a verified future for cybersecurity.

What Is a Syslog Server?

44 theanonymousone 2026-08-24 19:04:32 UTC blog.greencloudvps.com Llama Share 26

A syslog server collects and stores logs from various devices, providing a single source of truth for monitoring operations. It enhances visibility, reliability, and security by implementing secure transport, retention policies, and automated alerting.

Coding expertise is going to collapse from AI reliance

399 larsfaye 2026-08-24 16:04:32 UTC larsfaye.com Llama Share 409

AI tools are changing the way developers learn and work, but they can also hinder expertise development if used excessively. Developers need to strike a balance between productivity and deep understanding of coding concepts.

Executable Is a SQLite Database

476 setheron 2026-08-24 05:04:32 UTC fzakaria.com Llama Share 90

The author has developed a new executable format called SELF, which uses SQLite as its underlying database. This allows for more efficient and flexible execution of programs compared to traditional ELF formats.

Removed all counters, replies, following/ers, timestamps, from textlog

38 stagas 2026-08-24 19:04:32 UTC textlog.cc Llama Share 20

User discusses a textlog app that removes timestamps and reply counts to focus on content, aiming to reduce bias and competition. The app's creator responds with concerns about losing context and chronological order in microblogging platforms like Twitter.

Show HN: Kern – container and resource runtime in a 1.5 MB binary, no daemon

45 realexweb 2026-08-24 19:04:32 UTC github.com/getkern Llama Share 6

Kern is a fast, rootless sandbox and virtual resource runtime that can run untrusted and AI-generated code without compromising kernel security, using a real container model with no daemon. It provides isolation through user namespaces, seccomp allowlists, cgroup v2 limits, and device node management to ensure secure execution of code on Linux systems.

Agent Lightning v1.0

23 qainsights 2026-08-24 18:04:32 UTC github.com/microsoft Full Share 1

Agent Lightning v1.0.1 marks the first official release of the Agent Lightning Skill, which helps coding agents optimize other AI agents. Provide an editable agent and a benchmark, and the skill guides systematic improvements to prompts, tools, workflows, models, and reasoning settings—balancing accuracy, cost, latency, and reliability through measured iteration.

Show HN: A techno machine in one HTML file, with verifiable renders

146 ssx360 2026-08-24 14:04:32 UTC ssx360.github.io Full Share 28

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Fences, Not Sandboxes

37 tosh 2026-08-24 18:04:32 UTC yegge.ai Llama Share 23

The author is sharing their vision of a future where AIs are governed by laws, not programs. They claim to have built a system called Wheelhouse using AI models like Fable, which can create and enforce its own rules and governance structure.

Show HN: GlassBox – what the browser reveals, and how identifiable you are

81 tke248 2026-08-24 17:04:32 UTC glassbox.codecanary.org Llama Share 39

GlassBox is a browser fingerprinting tool that identifies unique browsers by combining multiple weak signals into strong ones. It provides an identifiability percentage, which estimates the likelihood of identifying a specific browser among millions.