Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber(blog.google)
1131 points by bratao | 639 comments
Google DeepMind model card for Gemini 3.8 Flash, covering model information, data, implementation, distribution, limitations and safety evaluations.
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A note on subscription prices from LWN(lwn.net)
674 points by rwky | 133 comments
LWN.net editor Jonathan Corbet announces subscription price increases effective September 15, explaining the publication's finances and recent improvements.
Muse Spark 1.3(developer.meta.com)
670 points by bvaldivielso | 435 comments
Meta developer product page for Muse Spark 1.3, an AI model trained for agentic workflows and optimized for coding performance and reliable tool calling.
Three sites made 215,128 “best software” pages for AI. Perplexity cites them(trellner.com)
494 points by jakobgreenfeld | 242 comments
Trellner Research report finding that most sources cited by web-grounded AI models for software recommendations are low-traffic sites, including mass-produced pages built for AI.
Can I opt out of my input or output data being used for training?(help.mistral.ai)
480 points by teekert | 230 comments
Mistral AI help center article explaining when user input and output data may be used for model training and how to opt out depending on the service.
Google avoids a breakup of its ad tech business(nytimes.com)
463 points by donohoe | 329 comments
New York Times article on a court ruling that lets Google avoid a forced breakup of its ad tech business; the capture shows a captcha page instead of the article.
Music Theory for Programmers(runjs.app)
352 points by birdculture | 221 comments
A RunJS blog post by Luke Haas explaining music theory concepts for programmers, likely with JavaScript code examples.
Biggest dark matter detector spots a single weird particle(science.org)
333 points by randycupertino | 122 comments
Science magazine news article about the world's biggest dark matter detector spotting a single unusual particle; captured page shows a Cloudflare verification screen.
Commodore 64 released September 1, 1982(dfarq.homeip.net)
328 points by giuliomagnifico | 173 comments
A blog post on The Silicon Underground recounting the Commodore 64's launch on September 1, 1982, its 64KB of memory, and its sub-$600 price.
Aging brains blend memories together instead of just forgetting them(studyfinds.com)
323 points by mdp2021 | 129 comments
StudyFinds article on Binghamton University research suggesting aging brains blend similar memories together rather than simply forgetting them.
Fable 5.1 World Modeling(github.com)
318 points by surreal_ | 91 comments
GitHub repository by PhiloLabs containing AI-generated 3D worlds built in code, including a Three.js digital twin of Union Square, San Francisco.
Exit the Cave(turtlespace.blog)
287 points by akkartik | 97 comments
True Rate of Unemployment(lisep.org)
268 points by ptrhvns | 242 comments
Ask HN: Resources to get good at soldering?
224 points by tosmatos | 144 comments
VC isn't VC anymore(anildash.com)
208 points by cdrnsf | 176 comments
Poisson Disk Sampling(stripeacross.com)
178 points by vismit2000 | 21 comments
Unusual Suspects(neal.fun)
175 points by beeperboy95 | 29 comments
I Don't Have a Smartphone(ploum.net)
173 points by speckx | 167 comments
Check if a file was made with Claude(claude.com)
134 points by frexs | 95 comments
Mamdani Bans AI in NYC Schools(nytimes.com)
120 points by handfuloflight | 80 comments
Delidded Intel I9-14900KS CT Scan(lttlabs.com)
110 points by willx86 | 11 comments
Unified Arabic(worksthatwork.com)
106 points by spacebuffer | 41 comments
Async Rust vs RTOS showdown (2022)(tweedegolf.nl)
100 points by kooi | 50 comments
WebFPGA (2019)(webfpga.io)
97 points by gurjeet | 35 comments
Reasons robotics is hard(secondthoughts.ai)
96 points by ddp26 | 52 comments
SteamdDB Joins Nexus Mods(nexusmods.com)
95 points by HelloUsername | 61 comments
![Screenshot of images.gatesnotes.com: Altair Basic Interpreter Source Code (1975) [pdf]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/9/2/24a390b0-2d84-4b40-820f-6c17dfb023c0.jpg)
Just Bury Your Trash(worksinprogress.news)
64 points by eamag | 45 comments
Introducing Muse Spark 1.3(research.meta.ai)
60 points by scrlk | 13 comments
