Genie 4(deepmind.google)
1019 points by acossta | 576 comments
Google DeepMind blog post announcing Genie 4, a multimodal real-time interactive world model with native audio, rolling out as a research preview with a waitlist.
Hacker News on
Apple's git still trusts the compromised eMudhra certificates(emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com)
1153 points by galadran | 399 comments
Advisory page saying Apple's macOS-bundled git, curl and python3 still trust compromised eMudhra certificates, with test commands and a manual workaround.
Gemini 4 Carbon(blog.google)
975 points by acossta | 778 comments
Google blog post announcing Gemini 4 Carbon, a frontier AI model with state-of-the-art cybersecurity and long-horizon coding capabilities, initially released to cyber defenders.
Why is this fingerprinting script creating bioweapons?(nullpt.rs)
1510 points by hazebooth | 284 comments
A blog post reverse-engineering a canvas fingerprinting script from servicepipe.tech that embeds jailbreak prompts and dangerous-sounding identifiers to block LLM-assisted deobfuscation.
Start Doing Graph Theory(vertex.degree)
589 points by ibobev | 129 comments
Landing page for Start Doing Graph Theory, a free CC BY-SA introductory graph theory textbook by Mikhail Lavrov, readable online or as a PDF.
Git for the US Code(lexifina.com)
421 points by alansaber | 232 comments
Lexifina blog post describing a git-like version history for the US Code that shows statute text in force on any date, with the amending law and effective date for each change.
CNC Stone Carving(carmelitegothic.com)
513 points by bschne | 141 comments
A page from the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming describing how they use 5-axis CNC machines, CAM programming, and wire saws to carve stone for their Gothic monastery.
Wealth Inequality in America drawn to scale(dreamagainusa.org)
189 points by haraball | 384 comments
An interactive scrolling bar chart showing U.S. household wealth by percentile drawn to scale, where reaching the top 1% requires scrolling for minutes.
Ghostty 1.4(ghostty.org)
1294 points by deaux | 412 comments
Official release notes for Ghostty 1.4.0, covering security fixes, full Kitty graphics support, scrollback compression, performance gains and macOS 27 support.
ICE Is Running One of the Largest Anti-Left Surveillance Ops in US History(wired.com)
892 points by zzzeek | 906 comments
WIRED article reporting that ICE's Homeland Security Investigations is conducting large-scale surveillance of left-wing activists, compared to COINTELPRO-era crackdowns.
Kentucky man becomes the first humanist granted religious exemption from AI(religionnews.com)
441 points by danso | 489 comments
Religion News Service article on a University of Kentucky administrator granted a Title VII religious accommodation exempting him from using AI, a first for a humanist.
Dayjob: Tax – evaluating AI agents on 50 professional tax assignments(surgehq.ai)
242 points by landonxi | 154 comments
Surge AI blog post introducing DAYJOB: Tax, a benchmark of 50 professional tax assignments for evaluating AI agents, with leaderboard results and example failures.
The Agent SDK(cursor.com)
131 points by torutofu | 125 comments
Cursor blog post announcing the Agent SDK, a framework for defining AI agents in code and deploying them to Cursor infrastructure or self-hosted environments.
Formlabs Studio 1 $699 Resin Printer(formlabs.com)
203 points by mhb | 141 comments
Formlabs store product page for the Form Studio 1 Founders Edition, a $699 MSLA resin 3D printer, with package options, colors, and tech specs.
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0(artificialanalysis.ai)
35 points by scooby7430 | 15 comments
Artificial Analysis's methodology page for its Intelligence Index v5.0, detailing the nine evaluations, category weightings, testing parameters and prompt templates used to rank LLMs.
MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch(apple.com)
597 points by etothet | 996 comments
Apple product page for the MacBook Pro with a touch-enabled tandem OLED PROLED XDR display, M5 Pro/Max chips, and Dynamic Island, available for pre-order.
Ink droplets in motion snag top prize in Nikon Small World contest(arstechnica.com)
381 points by _Microft | 69 comments
Ars Technica article on Ole Bielfeldt winning the 2026 Nikon Small World photomicrography contest with an image of inkjet droplets, plus the top 10 winners.
Tailscale SSH: Investigation and remediation update(tailscale.com)
368 points by figmert | 187 comments
Tailscale's update on investigating privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Tailscale SSH, with remediation progress, a planned patch release, and interim mitigation steps.
Early progress on accelerating drug development with Claude(anthropic.com)
315 points by dataking | 321 comments
Anthropic research post describing case studies of Claude assisting drug development with partners like Generate Biomedicines, BigHat, Enveda, and Bristol Myers Squibb.
Rising rates of colorectal cancer found in nearly all age groups(uchicagomedicine.org)
48 points by randycupertino | 79 comments
UChicago Medicine news article on an NEJM Evidence study finding colorectal cancer incidence rising across nearly all U.S. age groups up to 65-69.
Harvey raised 500M for legal AI, I built the same and open sourced it(github.com)
40 points by zztopisgreat | 4 comments
GitHub repository for CaseCite, a source-available, self-hosted legal RAG platform for caselaw research and document analysis.
The Grid, a factory-scale robot in Massachusetts that builds PCBs on demand(circuithub.com)
550 points by seddona | 244 comments
CircuitHub blog post announcing The Grid, a robotic factory in Massachusetts that assembles high-mix PCBs on demand, compared on speed and cost with Shenzhen shops.
Two high-speed trains collide near Toledo, Spain(euronews.com)
120 points by evilmonkey19 | 202 comments
Euronews video report showing aerial footage of a deadly high-speed train collision near Toledo, Spain, that killed at least 10 people.
Reviewers rarely talk about reliability. Owners bring it up twice as often(bettascore.ai)
104 points by tsxng | 89 comments
BettaScore research post comparing how often YouTube reviewers versus Reddit owners discuss reliability, support and apps across 657 consumer gadgets in 19 categories.
The case of the 9 bit AES key(v12.sh)
123 points by ledoge | 65 comments
V12 security blog post showing that MuPDF, Foxit, OpenPDF and iText generate PDF AES-256 file keys from weak, enumerable randomness, enabling passwordless decryption.
Why birds can fly over Mount Everest (2020)(lede-v2.nautil.us)
217 points by andsoitis | 42 comments
Nautilus essay by Walter Murch, written as a just-so story for his grandchildren, explaining bird lungs, dinosaurs, lignin, and Earth's oxygen history.
Survival LLM: AI assistant and emergency library that runs on your own computer(brangus.io)
498 points by Luc | 188 comments
Landing page for Survival LLM, a free open-source offline AI assistant with a local emergency reference library (FEMA, CDC, Wikipedia) for Mac and Windows.
Leak Exposes 41,000 Homeland Security Workers–Including Undercover ICE Agents(wired.com)
230 points by Aboutplants | 93 comments
WIRED article reporting a leak exposing data on 41,000 Homeland Security workers, including undercover ICE agents, facility locations, and phone numbers.
US agency approves Amazon Leo’s $11.5B acquisition of Globalstar(reuters.com)
220 points by noptd | 100 comments
Reuters news article reporting Amazon's $11.57 billion deal to acquire satellite company Globalstar to challenge Starlink; the page showed only a device verification screen.
MacOS Extensions Pack for the Apple Network Server v1.0(oldvcr.blogspot.com)
116 points by classichasclass | 2 comments
Old Vintage Computing Research blog post releasing a Mac OS extensions pack that fixes Ethernet, video and restart issues when booting Mac OS on the Apple Network Server with its preproduction ROM.
Show HN: SlideBySide – Present slides without sharing your screen(slidebyside.com)
63 points by denismenace | 26 comments
Landing page for SlideBySide, a web app for uploading PDF or PowerPoint decks and presenting them via a shared link with live cursors, drawing, and shared control.
Mac Studio M5 Ultra 512GB Officially Released(apple.com)
32 points by nsagent | 28 comments
Apple Store purchase page for the Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips, offering configurations up to 512GB unified memory and 16TB storage.
An architectural comparison of Obsidian Canvas and Heptabase(fluxlinks.com)
30 points by ezrasu | 10 comments
A blog essay from FluxLinks comparing the file-centric architecture of Obsidian Canvas with Heptabase's card-centric whiteboards, covering linking, context, and data portability.
Raspberry Pi Zero 3W and Pi 4 Model A spotted in device trees(bret.dk)
196 points by sthlmb | 125 comments
Blog post analyzing Linux kernel device tree files that reveal an unannounced Raspberry Pi Zero 3 W and Raspberry Pi 4 Model A, both based on the BCM2711.
A Health Update(furbo.org)
334 points by frizlab | 52 comments
Craig Hockenberry's personal blog post describing his year of chemotherapy for lymphoma, side effects, nerve recovery, and a final hospital treatment stint.
Free daily JSON feed of Shanghai government subsidy notices(github.com)
11 points by subsidyradar | 0 comments
GitHub repository offering a free, daily-updated JSON feed of about 150 Shanghai government grant, subsidy and policy notices aimed at researchers and AI agents.
Converge (YC S23) Is Hiring a Founding Platform Engineer(runconverge.com)
0 points by thomashlvt | 0 comments
Job posting from Converge (YC S23) for an in-person NYC Founding Platform Engineer building infrastructure for AI ad-buying agents, paying $180K–$240K plus equity.
Nango (YC W23) Is Hiring Across Eng, FDE, Marketing, DevRel(nango.dev)
1 points by bastienbeurier | 0 comments
Careers page for Nango, a YC W23 open-source product integrations developer tool, describing its remote culture and linking to open positions.
Emacs Turns 50(technologyreview.com)
474 points by internet_points | 200 comments
MIT Technology Review article tracing the 50-year history of EMACS, from TECO at the MIT AI Lab to GNU Emacs and its role in founding the free software movement.
Assembly Nights (2021)(ratfactor.com)
58 points by andsoitis | 14 comments
Personal blog post about a nightly routine of learning x86 assembly on an old Asus eeePC netbook by porting JonesForth to NASM, with learning resources.
Show HN: Nasscad – local-first 3D CAD for browser and Windows(nasscad.com)
13 points by Nasser-13 | 9 comments
NASSCAD V4.7.0, a local-first browser-based 3D CAD application with CSG booleans, STEP import/export, scripting, and an optional Windows desktop edition.
New 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6(apple.com)
414 points by beex | 569 comments
Apple Newsroom press release announcing the 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M6 chip, detailing CPU/GPU gains, on-device AI features, battery life, and availability.
AlpineBSD(wiki.alpinebsd.org)
234 points by bradley_taunt | 216 comments
Wiki homepage for AlpineBSD, a work-in-progress OS combining the NetBSD kernel with an Alpine Linux-inspired userspace and a policy against AI-generated code.
Jokes for the ZX81(spelk.press)
112 points by robin_reala | 17 comments
Publisher product page for Rob Manuel's hardback book of 81 jokes illustrated using only the Sinclair ZX81 character set, available for pre-order.
Gaussian Splats part 3: There's always a bigger scene(magnopus.com)
103 points by ibobev | 22 comments
Magnopus blog post, third in a series, on scaling an Unreal Engine Gaussian splat renderer past instance limits using indirect draws, LOD selection, and streamed SOG data.
A Love Letter to the Super Dimension Fortress(brennan.day)
82 points by jruohonen | 15 comments
A blog post celebrating SDF, the public-access UNIX system running since 1987, covering its BBS history, services, ARPA membership, and building a Perl CGI guestbook.
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Alphabet Announces Third Quarter 2026 Results [pdf](s206.q4cdn.com)
56 points by mfiguiere | 31 comments
Alphabet's PDF earnings release for Q3 2026, reporting $127.6B revenue, 25% growth, Google Cloud up 103%, and CEO commentary on AI and Gemini.
Tabletop Whale is an original science illustration blog(tabletopwhale.com)
38 points by Levitating | 4 comments
Homepage of Tabletop Whale, Eleanor Lutz's blog of original science illustrations, infographics, and data visualization projects such as maps of the Moon and ventilator diagrams.
SS United States to be sunk as largest artificial reef(divemagazine.com)
192 points by geox | 156 comments
DIVE magazine news article reporting that the SS United States ocean liner will be scuttled off Okaloosa County, Florida in November to become the world's largest artificial reef.
Decompiling Fast Food Tycoon 2: Drawing the World(healeycodes.com)
182 points by healeycodes | 37 comments
Blog post describing decompiling the 2001 game Fast Food Tycoon 2 with Ghidra and an AI agent to explain its renderer, lighting, animations, and pizza scoring.
What Happened to the Neanderthals?(nytimes.com)
34 points by Hooke | 36 comments
A New York Times science article exploring theories about why the Neanderthals disappeared.
At least 68 killed in Spanish high-speed train crash(bbc.com)
27 points by saikatsg | 2 comments
BBC News live coverage of a Spanish high-speed train collision near Madrid that killed at least 68 people, blamed on a control centre decision after a computer failure.
Closing the Sea: Lessons from Ancient Mediterranean Blockades(maritime-executive.com)
19 points by gumby | 0 comments
A Maritime Executive editorial from CIMSEC examining four ancient Mediterranean naval blockades and their lessons for modern blockades like Iran and Taiwan.
Four Months of Zig(gracefulliberty.com)
154 points by ibobev | 108 comments
A personal blog post reflecting on four months of using Zig, covering projects, attending Zig Day Seattle, liked features, desired improvements, and comparisons to Rust.
An examination of lost firefly species of the US and Canada(journaloflostspecies.org)
137 points by bryanrasmussen | 58 comments
A Journal of Lost Species paper identifying 28 firefly species in the US and Canada as 'lost' and outlining rediscovery and conservation strategies.
From confession to conspiracy: How the Wedgewood fake polls story spread(cip.uw.edu)
48 points by croes | 35 comments
A UW Center for an Informed Public research blog post analyzing how Wedgewood Polls' admission of fake polling spread on X and fed partisan rumors and rigged-election narratives.
Spain train crash: 'At least 10 dead' in high-speed collision(thetimes.com)
40 points by ultral | 30 comments
The Times live news coverage of a high-speed train collision in Toledo province, Spain, on the Madrid–Andalusia line, with dozens feared dead.
The tragedy of losing your Wikipedia page(wired.com)
47 points by tptacek | 69 comments
WIRED longread about Wikipedia biographies of living people being deleted for lacking notability and how the subjects react.
Counting Sand Dunes in the Simpson Desert(fromtheroad.ford.com)
16 points by bryanrasmussen | 2 comments
Ford From the Road blog post by a Ranger Super Duty engineer about counting roughly 797 sand dunes while crossing Australia's Simpson Desert during vehicle testing.
The Style Is Father of the Man(harpers.org)
12 points by lermontov | 5 comments
Harper's Magazine review by Benjamin Kunkel of Tracy Daugherty's biography "Cormac McCarthy: A Legacy Revisited," examining McCarthy's life and novels.