Filing the corners off my MacBooks(kentwalters.com)
1332 points by normanvalentine | 630 comments
Personal blog post explaining why the author files the sharp corners off their MacBooks, with photos of the modified laptops.
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Artemis II safely splashes down(cbsnews.com)
1235 points by areoform | 402 comments
CBS News live updates on NASA's Artemis II crew splashing down in the Pacific off San Diego after their crewed moon mission.
1D Chess(rowan441.github.io)
941 points by burnt-resistor | 155 comments
A browser-playable one-dimensional chess variant by Rowan Monk where the player plays white against an AI on an eight-square board.
France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins(numerique.gouv.fr)
746 points by embedding-shape | 358 comments
French government press release on accelerating digital sovereignty and reducing dependence on non-European tech, following an interministerial seminar.
Installing every* Firefox extension(jack.cab)
627 points by RohanAdwankar | 76 comments
A blog post on jack.cab describing an experiment installing (nearly) every Firefox extension at once, showing a browser cluttered with add-on icons.
FBI used iPhone notification data to retrieve deleted Signal messages(9to5mac.com)
542 points by 01-_- | 278 comments
9to5Mac article reporting that the FBI recovered deleted Signal messages from an iPhone by using stored notification data.
WireGuard makes new Windows release following Microsoft signing resolution(lists.zx2c4.com)
532 points by zx2c4 | 150 comments
Mailing list announcement by Jason Donenfeld of WireGuardNT v0.11 and WireGuard for Windows v0.6, with new features, bug fixes, and a raised minimum Windows version.
AI assistance when contributing to the Linux kernel(github.com)
484 points by hmokiguess | 361 comments
Linux kernel documentation file giving guidance for AI tools and developers using AI assistance when contributing to the kernel.
You can't trust macOS Privacy and Security settings(eclecticlight.co)
449 points by zdw | 152 comments
Eclectic Light Company blog post by Howard Oakley explaining why macOS Privacy & Security settings cannot be relied upon to reflect actual app permissions.
Industrial design files for Keychron keyboards and mice(github.com)
435 points by stingraycharles | 133 comments
GitHub repository from Keychron publishing industrial design CAD files (STEP, DXF, DWG, PDF) for 100+ keyboard and mouse models under a source-available license.
Chimpanzees in Uganda locked in eight-year 'civil war', say researchers(bbc.com)
416 points by neversaydie | 253 comments
BBC News article reporting researchers' findings that a chimpanzee community in Uganda has split and been locked in a years-long violent 'civil war'.
I still prefer MCP over skills(david.coffee)
413 points by gmays | 335 comments
A blog post arguing that the Model Context Protocol (MCP) is preferable to agent skills for extending LLM tools.
CPU-Z and HWMonitor compromised(theregister.com)
379 points by pashadee | 96 comments
The Register reports that the CPUID website was hijacked for about six hours, serving credential-stealing malware in place of HWMonitor and CPU-Z downloads.
OpenAI backs Illinois bill that would limit when AI labs can be held liable(wired.com)
373 points by smurda | 266 comments
Wired article reporting that OpenAI testified in favor of an Illinois bill limiting when AI labs can be held liable for critical harms caused by their models.
I gave every train in New York an instrument(trainjazz.com)
371 points by joshuawolk | 70 comments
Interactive web page mapping live New York City subway trains, with each train line assigned a musical instrument to sonify real-time train movements.
Helium is hard to replace(construction-physics.com)
344 points by JumpCrisscross | 239 comments
A Construction Physics essay by Brian Potter on why helium is difficult to substitute, prompted by supply disruptions from the Iran war and Strait of Hormuz closure.
France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech(techcrunch.com)
340 points by Teever | 151 comments
TechCrunch article reporting that the French government plans to replace Windows with Linux to reduce dependence on US technology.
Nowhere is safe(steveblank.com)
177 points by sblank | 217 comments
Bluesky April 2026 Outage Post-Mortem(pckt.blog)
131 points by jcalabro | 64 comments
Code is run more than read (2023)(olano.dev)
102 points by facundo_olano | 70 comments
CPU-Z and HWMonitor Compromised(old.reddit.com)
87 points by Wingy | 11 comments
Nucleus Nouns(ben-mini.com)
61 points by bewal416 | 19 comments
