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Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock

A two-week shutdown of Qatar's helium production facility is threatening global chip manufacturing, as helium is essential for cooling semiconductor fabrication equipment. The shortage could disrupt s...

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Source code of Swedish e-government services has been leaked

The complete source code for Sweden's e-government platform has been leaked following a compromise of CGI Sverige's infrastructure. The breach exposes critical government systems and raises serious se...

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Bucketsquatting is finally dead

The article announces the end of 'bucketsquatting,' a security vulnerability where attackers could claim unclaimed cloud storage bucket names to hijack traffic or host malicious content. This resoluti...

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Reinventing Python's AsyncIO

The article critiques Python's AsyncIO for its complexity and design limitations, highlighting alternative implementations like tinyio and RLoop. It argues that AsyncIO's numerous primitives and GIL-c...

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How to use storytelling to fit inline assembly into Rust

This blog post explores how inline assembly and FFI calls fit into Rust's Abstract Machine, explaining that they cannot violate Rust's core safety guarantees like provenance and uninitialized memory. ...

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The FBI is investigating malware hidden inside games hosted on Steam

The FBI is investigating a series of video games published on Steam over the past two years that were embedded with malware by the same hacker. This represents a significant security breach affecting ...

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Doubling the voltage: What 800 V architecture really changes in EVs

The shift from 400V to 800V electrical architecture represents a fundamental change in EV design, enabling faster charging, reduced weight, and improved efficiency. By doubling the voltage while halvi...

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Magnetars drag spacetime to power superluminous supernovae

Astrophysicists have identified magnetars as the likely power source behind superluminous supernovae, the universe's brightest explosions. New research shows these rapidly spinning neutron stars warp ...

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BYD's latest EVs can get close to full charge in just 12 minutes

BYD is launching its premium Denza Z9GT electric vehicle in Europe, featuring a breakthrough 'flash charging' technology that enables a 70% charge in just 5 minutes and near-full charge in 12 minutes,...

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1M context is now generally available for Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6

Anthropic has made 1 million token context windows generally available for its Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6 models without charging a long-context premium. This contrasts with competitors like OpenA...

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John Carmack about open source and anti-AI activists

John Carmack, a prominent figure in gaming and tech, shares his views on open source and anti-AI activism, sparking discussion on the Hacker News forum. The post highlights tensions between open-sourc...

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Hammerspoon

Hammerspoon is a macOS automation tool that bridges Lua scripting with system APIs, allowing users to control windows, files, applications, and peripherals. It provides a flexible framework for creati...

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Parallels confirms MacBook Neo can run Windows in a virtual machine

Parallels has confirmed that the upcoming MacBook Neo will be able to run Windows 11 in a virtual machine, addressing a key compatibility concern for users who need both macOS and Windows environments...

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Elon Musk pushes out more xAI founders as AI coding effort falters

Elon Musk is reportedly pushing out more xAI founders as the company's AI coding initiative struggles, raising concerns about internal stability and leadership. The departures come amid broader challe...

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Can I run AI locally?

A new website called CanIRun.ai has gained significant attention on Hacker News, allowing users to check if their hardware can run various AI models locally. The tool provides compatibility informatio...

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TUI Studio – visual terminal UI design tool

TUI Studio is a visual design tool for creating terminal user interfaces, allowing developers to design TUIs without writing code. It has generated significant interest on Hacker News with over 500 po...

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Plan 9's Acme: The Un-Terminal and Text-Based GUIs

The article explores Acme, a text-based GUI editor from Plan 9, as an alternative to modern graphical interfaces and terminal-based applications. It argues that Acme's highly-regular, text-centric des...

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OpenClaw and the Dream of Free Labour

OpenClaw represents the latest attempt to create autonomous AI agents that can function as digital labor, though its release was accompanied by significant drama including rapid growth, founder transi...

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The Best Darn Grid Shader (Yet)

This article presents an advanced grid shader implementation with technical insights into rendering techniques, focusing on optimization and visual quality improvements for real-time graphics applicat...

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Well Being in Times of Algorithms

This essay explores the negative impact of algorithm-driven social media on mental health and well-being in 2025, arguing that attention-grabbing platforms are contributing to anxiety, depression, and...

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Travis Kalanick launches a new company called Atoms focused on robotics

Travis Kalanick, former Uber CEO, has launched a new robotics-focused company called Atoms, which will absorb his existing ghost kitchen venture CloudKitchens. The company also plans to expand into mi...

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Motional robotaxis join the Uber app in Vegas two years after major reset

Motional, owned by Hyundai, has integrated its robotaxis into the Uber app in Las Vegas, marking a significant step after a major company reset two years ago. The service will initially operate with a...

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Subscribers to Amazon Prime Video with ads lose 4K support on April 10

Amazon is restructuring its Prime Video tiers, removing 4K support from the ad-supported plan and introducing a new 'Prime Video Ultra' tier at $5/month for ad-free viewing with enhanced features like...

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M5 MacBook Air review: Still the best MacBook for almost everybody

The M5 MacBook Air maintains its position as Apple's best laptop for most users, featuring a price increase but with doubled base storage to 512GB. While the 13-inch model now starts at $1,099 and the...

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States’ anti-monopoly case against Live Nation continues Monday

The antitrust trial against Live Nation-Ticketmaster resumes Monday, with most states continuing their legal challenge despite settlements by the Justice Department and a few states. The case centers ...

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Your phone is an entire computer

The article discusses how modern smartphones are essentially full-fledged computers, highlighting their processing power, memory, and connectivity capabilities. It explores the implications of this re...

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XML is a cheap DSL

The author argues that XML should be reconsidered as a practical domain-specific language (DSL) for modern software development, based on their experience building the IRS's open-source Tax Withholdin...

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How Many Times Can a DVD±RW Be Rewritten?

The article presents a detailed experimental methodology and results for testing the rewrite endurance of DVD±RW discs, finding that most discs can be rewritten over 1000 times before failure, with so...

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Learn Haskell in Two Weeks

Mercury's engineering training team has developed 'Learn Haskell by Exercises' (LHbE), a two-week, exercise-driven program for new hires with no prior Haskell knowledge. The program focuses on active ...

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Software Bonkers

Craig Mod shares his experience with AI coding tools like Claude Code to build custom software that reflects his design philosophy. He created a Twitter alternative with unique features like ephemeral...

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Rust Shined Over Python for My CLI Tool

The author shares a personal experience of rewriting a CLI tool from Python to Rust, not for performance gains but for improved reliability and robustness. They highlight Rust's error handling with Re...

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Conditional Impls

This article explains conditional implementations in Rust, a pattern where a type implements methods or traits only if its type parameters meet certain trait constraints. It illustrates the concept wi...

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Facebook makes it easier for creators to report impersonators

Facebook is introducing new tools to help creators report impersonator accounts more efficiently, while also strengthening policies against reposts and unoriginal content. The changes aim to protect c...

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Sales automation startup Rox AI hits $1.2B valuation, sources say

Sales automation startup Rox AI has reached a $1.2 billion valuation according to sources. The company, founded in 2024 by New Relic's former chief growth officer, provides an AI-native alternative to...

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Measles vaccinations rose 291% among New Mexico adults during outbreak

During a major 2025 measles outbreak that affected multiple states, New Mexico saw a dramatic 291% increase in adult MMR vaccinations compared to 2024, contributing to the state containing its outbrea...

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Spotify tests letting users directly customize their Taste Profile

Spotify is testing a new feature that allows Premium users in New Zealand to directly view and customize their Taste Profile. Users can adjust their music recommendations by telling the algorithm to r...

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Quoting Craig Mod

Craig Mod describes building his own custom accounting software in five days to solve his specific financial needs, which includes multi-currency handling, CSV ingestion, tax formatting, and AI-assist...

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Kindle Scribes Now Support Writing Notes on PDFs Loaded Via USB

Amazon appears to be rolling out a new feature for Kindle Scribe devices that allows users to write notes directly on PDFs loaded via USB. While some users report having access to the functionality, o...

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Amazon Kindle Scribe users can write on sideloaded PDF

Amazon has updated the Kindle Scribe to allow users to write on sideloaded PDF files via USB connection, a feature now available across all generations of the device. This enhancement improves the dev...