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Chicken Scheme 6.0

Chicken Scheme 6.0

Article URL: https://code.call-cc.org/releases/6.0.0/NEWS Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49251702 Points: 230 # Comments: 32…
GuliKit’s new Switch controller features next-generation anti-drift thumbsticks

GuliKit’s new Switch controller features next-generation anti-drift thumbsticks

GuliKit announced its first wireless controller to use an improved version of the anti-drift tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) thumbsticks featured in…
Bumble now lets men make the first move

Bumble now lets men make the first move

Bumble was famously built around exclusively giving women the power to initiate messages in heterosexual matches when it first launched in 2014 - but …
Why your Amazon order confirmation emails have become so unhelpful

Why your Amazon order confirmation emails have become so unhelpful

Earlier this summer, Amazon customers began noticing that emails related to their online orders looked sparse: Order confirmation emails didn't name s…
New Pass-ta-key attack reveals all the things we didn't know about passkeys

New Pass-ta-key attack reveals all the things we didn't know about passkeys

Why passkey apps treat Windows differently than other operating systems.…
A Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let Anyone Take Over Other Devices on a Call

A Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let Anyone Take Over Other Devices on a Call

Researchers say it took fewer than 20 prompts for a public AI tool to find a flaw (now fixed) allowing anyone on a Zoom call to hijack another partici…
AI Is Helping Solve the Intricate Genetic Puzzle of Schizophrenia

AI Is Helping Solve the Intricate Genetic Puzzle of Schizophrenia

Recent findings provide one of the most detailed pictures to date of the genetic architecture of schizophrenia, opening up new avenues for research in…
As AI eats the web, the internet’s collective memory is disappearing

As AI eats the web, the internet’s collective memory is disappearing

Article URL: https://thewalrus.ca/google-search-is-dying/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49250836 Points: 184 # Comments: 173…
H3-metal – Native MiniMax-H3 inference for Apple Silicon

H3-metal – Native MiniMax-H3 inference for Apple Silicon

Article URL: https://github.com/antirez/h3.c Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49252179 Points: 194 # Comments: 24…
Learning more about Claude's mathematical capabilities

Learning more about Claude's mathematical capabilities

Article URL: https://www.anthropic.com/research/riemann-zeta Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49247070 Points: 179 # Comments: 120…
Best Casetify Promo Codes | 15% Off July

Best Casetify Promo Codes | 15% Off July

Keep your phone protected and your wallet happy with these proven strategies to secure a Casetify promo code, student discount, and sitewide deals.…
PlayStation Discount Code: Save on PS5 Games August 2026

PlayStation Discount Code: Save on PS5 Games August 2026

Want to stretch your gaming budget? Learn how to unlock massive savings on PS5 games, DualSense controllers, and PlayStation Plus memberships using gi…
Show HN: Needle2: 14MB agentic LLM for phones, wearables, smart home and robots

Show HN: Needle2: 14MB agentic LLM for phones, wearables, smart home and robots

Hey HN,Henry from Cactus here!We previously released Cactus Needle, a 14MB agentic LLM for tool call, device use, and structured extraction for phones…
Parametron: 50s Japanese computer that uses neither transistors nor vacuum tubes

Parametron: 50s Japanese computer that uses neither transistors nor vacuum tubes

Article URL: https://ethw.org/Milestones:Parametron,_1954 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49241846 Points: 178 # Comments: 45…
Zuckerberg’s superyacht ignored emergency channel, failed to aid stranded boat

Zuckerberg’s superyacht ignored emergency channel, failed to aid stranded boat

Zuckerberg’s superyacht and support ship were slow to heed Coast Guard call.…
Illinois Just Passed a Law That Puts Linux on the Hook for Age Verification

Illinois Just Passed a Law That Puts Linux on the Hook for Age Verification

Article URL: https://linuxstans.com/illinois-hb5511-operating-system-age-verification/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49249150 Poi…
Developer Cold Iron Studios shuts down cloud version of $60 game with no refunds

Developer Cold Iron Studios shuts down cloud version of $60 game with no refunds

A reminder of the perils of digital ownership.…
With new open models, Meta pitches another reboot of its struggling AI strategy

With new open models, Meta pitches another reboot of its struggling AI strategy

Meta has been trailing competitors. Zuckerberg thinks he's found a way forward.…
As AI-led attacks multiply, OpenAI launches a new cyber model

As AI-led attacks multiply, OpenAI launches a new cyber model

OpenAI is expanding its AI cybersecurity defense program Daybreak, and rolling out a new cyber-trained AI model with it.…
Squeak 6.1

Squeak 6.1

Article URL: https://squeak.org/release_notes/6.1/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49242653 Points: 175 # Comments: 90…
Mistral Patent for “Code implemented tool calls”

Mistral Patent for “Code implemented tool calls”

Article URL: https://patentsgazette.uspto.gov/week26/OG/html/1547-5/US12670045-20260630.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=492433…
Mark Zuckerberg attacks 'closed' AI rivals as Meta returns to open models

Mark Zuckerberg attacks 'closed' AI rivals as Meta returns to open models

https://archive.is/20LOJhttps://www.meta.com/thefutureisforeveryone/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49243880 Points: 212 # Comment…
Mark Zuckerberg’s AI manifesto is exactly why people don’t like AI

Mark Zuckerberg’s AI manifesto is exactly why people don’t like AI

On Monday, Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500 word manifesto about personal AI, largely about the possibilities for the "personal superintelligence" sy…
Anker’s travel charger works in almost any country and is down to $20

Anker’s travel charger works in almost any country and is down to $20

If you’ve got international travel coming up, an adapter is essential for keeping your phone, earbuds, power banks, and other gadgets charged. Anker’s…
Costco’s great Switch 2 console bundle includes over $100 in free stuff

Costco’s great Switch 2 console bundle includes over $100 in free stuff

The cost of the Nintendo Switch 2 is going up by $50 on September 1st, 2026, resulting in a $499.99 price tag for just the console. We’re just weeks a…
Bluesky now lets you hide reposts from that annoying person you follow

Bluesky now lets you hide reposts from that annoying person you follow

Bluesky has added a new feature that lets you hide reposts from a specific person in your feeds. The tool might be helpful if you want to stop seeing …
AI professors are negotiating the new realities of academic research

AI professors are negotiating the new realities of academic research

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Last week, I…
Tech industry is buzzing after a Claude agent hacked into a gym

Tech industry is buzzing after a Claude agent hacked into a gym

An OpenClaw agent hacked into a gym's reservation system to bump its human boss higher on a class's waitlist. And the tech industry took notice.…
OpenChamber: An Agentic Development Environment

OpenChamber: An Agentic Development Environment

Article URL: https://openchamber.dev/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49233448 Points: 173 # Comments: 82…
Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, Native X64 Port

Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, Native X64 Port

Article URL: https://github.com/jmarshall23/msword Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49228663 Points: 170 # Comments: 74…