Claude Code is being dumbed down?(symmetrybreak.ing)
994 points by WXLCKNO | 634 comments
Blog post on Symmetry Breaking arguing that Anthropic's Claude Code is being dumbed down, opening with a Simpsons "Am I out of touch?" meme.
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Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass(age-verifier.kibty.town)
900 points by JustSkyfall | 415 comments
A page offering a browser-console script that bypasses k-ID age verification on Discord, Twitch, Kick and Snapchat to mark accounts as adult.
Windows Notepad App Remote Code Execution Vulnerability(cve.org)
737 points by riffraff | 450 comments
CVE record CVE-2026-20841 published by Microsoft describing a remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Notepad app.
Amazon Ring's lost dog ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance(theverge.com)
601 points by jedberg | 329 comments
The Verge reports on backlash to Amazon Ring's Super Bowl ad for Search Party, an AI feature scanning neighborhood camera footage for lost dogs, amid surveillance fears.
Fluorite – A console-grade game engine fully integrated with Flutter(fluorite.game)
516 points by bsimpson | 289 comments
Landing page for Fluorite, a console-grade 3D game engine integrated with Flutter that lets developers write game code in Dart and embed scenes via a FluoriteView widget.
Ireland rolls out basic income scheme for artists(reuters.com)
447 points by abe94 | 562 comments
Reuters news article on Ireland rolling out a basic income scheme for artists; the captured page shows only a device verification screen.
GLM-5: Targeting complex systems engineering and long-horizon agentic tasks(z.ai)
445 points by CuriouslyC | 503 comments
Z.ai blog post announcing GLM-5, a large language model aimed at complex systems engineering and long-horizon agentic tasks.
Chrome extensions spying on users' browsing data(qcontinuum.substack.com)
416 points by qcontinuum1 | 170 comments
A Substack post reporting that 287 Chrome extensions with about 37 million users were found spying on users' browsing data.
GLM-5: From Vibe Coding to Agentic Engineering(z.ai)
367 points by meetpateltech | 195 comments
Z.ai blog post announcing GLM-5, a 744B-parameter (40B active) language model aimed at agentic engineering, using DeepSeek Sparse Attention and asynchronous RL training.
Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport(nytimes.com)
356 points by edward | 559 comments
New York Times article reporting officials' claim that a drone incursion caused the FAA to shut down El Paso airport; the capture shows a captcha.
Why vampires live forever(machielreyneke.com)
336 points by machielrey | 165 comments
Personal blog essay by Machiel Reyneke exploring why people in the longevity space are obsessed with living forever, framed through the metaphor of vampires.
NetNewsWire Turns 23(netnewswire.blog)
323 points by robin_reala | 89 comments
NetNewsWire blog post marking the RSS reader's 23rd anniversary, noting the recent 7.0 release for Mac and iOS and work on 7.0.1.
Communities are not fungible(joanwestenberg.com)
202 points by tardibear | 90 comments
Fun With Pinball(funwithpinball.com)
130 points by jackwilsdon | 9 comments
Exposure Simulator(andersenimages.com)
128 points by sneela | 66 comments
Flood Fill vs. The Magic Circle(robinsloan.com)
84 points by tobr | 24 comments
RynnBrain(github.com)
59 points by jsemrau | 5 comments
Who Smeared Feynman(blog.nuclearsecrecy.com)
49 points by srean | 21 comments
Components will kill pages(bitsandbytes.dev)
47 points by cmsparks | 38 comments
The AI Vampire(steve-yegge.medium.com)
36 points by SilverElfin | 37 comments
