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I Don't Have a Smartphone

The author argues against the proliferation of smartphone apps and QR codes by highlighting the numerous unstated…

Static Allocation, Constant Work

The author discusses memory safety vulnerabilities in object pools, particularly use-after-free bugs where freed objects…

Paint.net 5.2 alpha now runs on Linux

Pangram’s Max Spero on why AI detection is harder than ‘Real or Fake’

The internet has a trust problem, and it’s not just because social media feeds are filling up with AI slop.

X shifts US creator payouts from Stripe to X Money

X says U.S.

US government sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material

"The United States has a strong interest in continuing to develop a robust and competitive artificial intelligence…

Best Decentralized AI Platforms in 2026

The GPU shortage succeeded where no manifesto had.

ChatGPT ad targeting is garbage

The author tested ChatGPT's paid advertising platform for their event seating software and found a conversion rate of…

Adam Kucharski would like to point out he did not win big at a casino

Feedback goes down an AI rabbit hole after discovering that the internet is making up stories about epidemiologist and…

Mushroom hunting with LLMs: what can go wrong?

Researchers evaluated whether large language models like ChatGPT can safely identify mushrooms from photos, testing them…

Enhanced geothermal notches another win as Google buys 400 MW from Fervo

Fervo's deal with Google could expand to 1 gigawatt of geothermal power, enough to supply a very large AI data center in…

How Railroad Crossings Work

Trains cannot stop quickly enough to avoid hazards on their tracks—a fully laden freight train may need over a mile to…

Show HN: Kekoso – On-device dictation and transcription for macOS

Kekoso is a macOS app that performs speech-to-text, file transcription, call recording, and AI agent integration…

Tangle – Visual ML Pipeline Editor

Tangle is an open-source, platform-agnostic visual ML pipeline editor developed by Shopify that enables teams to build…

OpenAI's Astra Becomes Its First AI Model With 'Critical' Hacking Abilities

The unreleased model can find zero-day vulnerabilities and chain them into working exploits without a human walking it…

Tether Unveils Offline AI Translation Models for African, European Languages

Tether AI Research has launched a set of open-source translation models that work without an internet connection.

How to debloat your Xiaomi 15 Ultra without root access

A guide for debloating the Xiaomi 15 Ultra without root access recommends keeping the device on Android 16 instead of…

US court rules Google will not have to sell ad exchange after losing antitrust case

The DOJ proved to the court that Google acted illegally, but it won't get the big win it wanted.

Show HN: FrontierHarness Eval – 9 harness, same model, cost per pass varies 17x

Nine different code execution harnesses were evaluated on the same model, revealing a 17x variation in cost per task…

Saving money on Google Photos with Immich: Your own personal photo storage

Wonderful more than doubles its valuation to $5B in under 6 months

Wonderful's $550M Series C was led by Insight Partners, with Salesforce, Index Ventures, IVP, Vine Ventures, 9Yards and…

India’s richest man now wants to turn aging computers into AI-ready PCs

Jio is betting it can turn an aging computer into an AI-ready PC for as little as about $11 for two months.

Show HN: Aura – a Rust agent that investigates and fixes production incidents

Aura is a Rust-based SRE agent platform developed by Mezmo that automatically investigates and fixes production…

Unusual Suspects

Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber

Google introduced Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber, marking the third Flash release in six weeks.

AI Policy

The author outlines a personal policy to avoid using generative AI in professional work due to concerns about unethical…

SteamdDB Joins Nexus Mods

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the latest iteration of Google's Gemini 3 model family, building on Gemini 3.7 Flash with…

HiddenLayer nabs $100M as enterprises rush to secure their AI deployments

HiddenLayer has raised a $100M Series B from Delta-v Capital, Ten Eleven Ventures, Morgan Stanley, Microsoft's M12, Booz…