Today so far 2026-09-20 · 18:01 UTC

The Trump administration is planning to establish an AI Force and appoint an AI czar, signaling a significant government commitment to artificial intelligence policy. Meanwhile, the AI industry continues to evolve with new developments including Qwen-Image-2.1 for image generation and discussions about whether chat-based language models replicate the mechanisms of psychic cons. Beyond AI, the tech landscape is also seeing shifts in infrastructure and community building, from home server DIY projects to new platforms bringing people together offline.

Show HN: YouTube Guitar Tab Parser

A developer created a CLI tool that automatically converts YouTube guitar lesson videos into PDF tablature by downloading the video, extracting frames, using Claude's vision AI to locate the tab…

2026-07-13 · 20:13 UTC
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Linux 0.11 rewritten in idiomatic Rust, boots in QEMU

2026-07-13 · 20:11

A developer has rewritten the classic Linux 0.11 kernel in modern Rust while maintaining the original system's…

Show HN: Sigwire – a live TUI switchboard for every signal on your Linux box

2026-07-13 · 20:07

Sigwire is a live terminal UI tool that monitors all signals sent between processes on a Linux system in real-time,…

The security checks in every Lionshead PR

2026-07-13 · 20:07

Lionshead, a solo-scale software company, implements automated security scanning on every pull request to prevent data…

Samsung will delete your health data if you don't let them use it to train AI

2026-07-13 · 20:01

Apple says former employee exploited ‘rare’ bug to download confidential files after leaving for OpenAI

2026-07-13 · 20:00

Apple would not comment on the "security breach," which allegedly allowed a former employee to download sensitive files…

Show HN: I implemented a neural network in SQL

2026-07-13 · 20:00

A developer implemented a neural network entirely in SQL using the xarray-sql library, demonstrating that machine…

Show HN: PlanWright – A control plane for AI coding agents

2026-07-13 · 19:59

PlanWright is a control plane that accelerates AI coding agents by automating planning and acceptance workflows—the…

Telegram's t.me domain has been suspended

2026-07-13 · 19:52

Telegram's t.me domain has been placed on a server hold status, preventing access to the shortened URL service.

Apple sues OpenAI after ex-engineer allegedly used bug to steal trade secrets

2026-07-13 · 19:17

OpenAI accused of conspiring with former Apple employees to steal trade secrets.

TFTP Honey Pot Results

2026-07-13 · 19:11

A TFTP honeypot running for over a month captured 20-50 packets daily, revealing that most traffic originated from seven…

The infinite scroll may become endangered if controversial Calif. law passes

2026-07-13 · 18:53

I'm unable to summarize this article because the text provided only contains a JavaScript error message, not the actual…

Strategy Partners With UAE’s InsuranceMarket.ae to Expand AI-Powered Analytics

2026-07-13 · 18:36

Leading Bitcoin holding company Strategy has partnered with InsuranceMarket.ae, the United Arab Emirates’ largest…

States sue to block Paramount/WBD merger that was approved by Trump admin

2026-07-13 · 18:34

AG: Deal will bring "higher prices, lower quality, and less content for film and TV."

Thunderbird Desktop settings research: what we learned from your feedback

2026-07-13 · 18:33

Mozilla conducted user research with 10 Thunderbird desktop users and found they value customization, trust in…

The real prices of frontier models. Tokens * Price, right?

2026-07-13 · 18:32

The article reveals that AI model pricing is misleading because it only advertises cost per token while hiding the…

Show HN: Nobie – an Excel-compatible runtime for agents and humans

2026-07-13 · 18:26

Nobie is a free, Mac-based Excel-compatible spreadsheet application that prioritizes local data storage, Excel…

Building and Shipping Mac and iOS Apps Without Ever Opening Xcode

2026-07-13 · 18:22

Developers can build and ship Mac and iOS apps without opening Xcode by using command-line tools like xcodebuild,…

The wildest allegations in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI

2026-07-13 · 18:22

Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI contains allegations that range from employees joking about unauthorized…

Linux on the Sega 32X. Who needs hardware synchronization primitives anyway?

2026-07-13 · 18:18

A developer shares their experience porting Linux to the Sega 32X as part of a continuing hobby project aimed at…

Show HN: BillAI Bass, an AI-Powered Big Mouth Billy Bass Using Strands Agents

2026-07-13 · 18:18

BillAI Bass is an AI-powered Big Mouth Billy Bass that transforms a novelty fish toy into a real-time voice assistant…

xAI's Grok Build CLI Uploads Git Repositories to a Google Cloud Bucket

2026-07-13 · 18:10

xAI's Grok Build CLI was uploading entire Git repositories, including full history and credentials, to a Google Cloud…

Show HN: Super Dario

2026-07-13 · 17:53

Logseq 2.0 Beta (DB version) is here

2026-07-13 · 17:49

Logseq has released version 2.0 Beta (DB version), marking a major milestone after extended development.

Show HN: OpenClawMachines – Extending OpenClaw to the Enterprise

2026-07-13 · 17:45

OpenClawMachines is an open-source platform that extends OpenClaw to enterprise environments by running isolated AI…

Sam Altman’s space data center trash talk is what most experts already believe

2026-07-13 · 17:28

"homeboy you're the one sellling [sic] public market investors on short-term space datacenters."

Apple and Samsung benefit as memory shortage pushes smartphone shipments to historic lows

2026-07-13 · 17:18

The biggest smartphone makers keep on trucking in the face of component shortages and economic uncertainty.

'The Odyssey' Director Chris Nolan: Young Audiences are Rejecting 'AI Slop'

2026-07-13 · 17:16

The younger generation's judgment of AI has been “immediate and harsh,” according to the Oscar-winning director.

Investors send General Fusion soaring in debut as first publicly traded fusion company

2026-07-13 · 17:03

General Fusion started trading on the Nasdaq following a reverse merger that saw high redemptions.

PgDog (YC P25) Is Hiring a Founding Software Engineer

2026-07-13 · 17:00

PgDog, a YC-backed startup, is hiring a Founding Software Engineer to help scale PostgreSQL as a distributed database…

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