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April 2, 2026

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Google releases Gemma 4 open models

Google has released Gemma 4, a new generation of open models that represents a significant advancement in accessible AI technology. The release has generated substantial interest with 921 points and 2...

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Libinput Hit By Worrying Security Issues With Its Lua Plug-In System

Libinput has disclosed two critical security vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-35093 and CVE-2026-35094) in its Lua plug-in system that allow sandbox escape and use-after-free attacks. These flaws enable unre...

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Cursor 3

Cursor 3 has been released, a major update to the AI-powered code editor that integrates advanced AI features for developers. The announcement gained significant attention on Hacker News with 202 poin...

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OpenAI Acquires TBPN

OpenAI has acquired TBPN, a company whose specific focus remains undisclosed but likely relates to enhancing AI infrastructure or capabilities. The acquisition signals OpenAI's continued expansion and...

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Renewables reached nearly 50% of global electricity capacity last year

Renewable energy sources accounted for nearly 50% of global electricity generation capacity in the past year, marking a significant milestone in the transition to clean energy. This rapid growth demon...

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Qwen3.6-Plus: Towards real world agents

Qwen3.6-Plus represents a significant advancement in AI agent technology, focusing on real-world applications with improved reasoning and tool-using capabilities. The model has generated substantial d...

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LinkedIn is searching your browser extensions

LinkedIn has been found to be scanning users' browser extensions without clear disclosure, raising significant privacy concerns. The practice was discovered by security researchers and has sparked wid...

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IBM Announces Strategic Collaboration with Arm

IBM has announced a strategic collaboration with Arm to advance enterprise computing, focusing on AI acceleration and energy-efficient hardware solutions. The partnership aims to develop next-generati...

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Every dependency you add is a supply chain attack waiting to happen

The article warns that every dependency added to a project increases supply chain attack risks, citing recent incidents like XZ, Trivy, and LiteLLM. It argues that automatic dependency updates via too...

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pGenie – SQL-first code generator for PostgreSQL (Haskell, Rust, Java)

pGenie is a SQL-first code generation tool for PostgreSQL that validates SQL, manages indexes, and generates type-safe client SDKs in Haskell, Rust, and Java. It works by analyzing plain SQL migration...

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How we built a virtual filesystem for our Assistant

Mintlify engineers developed a virtual filesystem called ChromaFs to overcome limitations of RAG-based assistants, enabling AI agents to navigate documentation like a codebase without expensive sandbo...

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Reverse Engineering Crazy Taxi

A developer has reverse engineered Crazy Taxi's level data and successfully integrated it into noclip.website, allowing users to freely explore the game's 3D environments in a web browser. This achiev...

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Euro-Office, ONLYOFFICE, and their licensing dispute

European initiative Euro-Office, led by Nextcloud and IONOS, has forked ONLYOFFICE to create a sovereign office suite, citing concerns about ONLYOFFICE's Russian origins and development practices. The...

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Evolving the Node.js Release Schedule

Node.js is shifting from two major releases per year to one starting with version 27.x in October 2026, making every release an LTS version. This change addresses low adoption of odd-numbered releases...

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Python Yet Reforged Entirely

Pyre is a new Python implementation that reimplements PyPy's meta-tracing JIT architecture using Rust and MaJIT, featuring a no-GIL runtime and WebAssembly browser support. The project aims to maintai...

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I may have solved a long standing problem with Object Oriented systems

The author introduces Abject, a self-aware object runtime using the Ask Protocol, arguing it solves fundamental scalability issues in object-oriented systems by drawing inspiration from biological cel...

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A quick look at __pledge_open(2)

OpenBSD 7.9-beta introduces a new internal syscall __pledge_open(2) that bypasses pledge/unveil sandboxing restrictions, potentially creating a sandbox escape vector. The article demonstrates a proof-...

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Artemis II is NASA’s last moon mission without Silicon Valley

Artemis II represents NASA's final moon mission without major Silicon Valley involvement, marking a transition from traditional aerospace contractors to venture-backed space companies. The mission use...

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Microsoft takes on AI rivals with three new foundational models

Microsoft has launched three new foundational AI models under its MAI group, capable of transcribing speech to text and generating audio and images. This move positions Microsoft to compete more direc...

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ICE says it bought Paragon’s spyware to use in drug trafficking cases

ICE's acting director defended the agency's purchase of Paragon spyware, stating it is essential to combat terrorists' use of encrypted communication platforms in drug trafficking cases. The disclosur...

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New fossil deposits show complex animal groups predating the Cambrian

New fossil discoveries in China's Jiangchuan Biota reveal complex animal groups coexisting with Ediacaran species just before the Cambrian explosion. The findings challenge the theory of a sudden mass...

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Renewables dominate 2025's newly installed generating capacity

Renewable energy dominated new power capacity installations in 2025, with solar leading at 511 GW added globally - equivalent to 1.4 GW installed daily. Solar now represents the largest renewable capa...

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Amazon is trying to buy Globalstar to compete with SpaceX's Starlink

Amazon is negotiating to acquire satellite operator Globalstar to accelerate its Project Kuiper satellite internet ambitions and compete with SpaceX's Starlink. The deal faces complications due to App...

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PSA: Anyone with a link can view your Granola notes by default

The AI note-taking app Granola has concerning default privacy settings that make user notes publicly accessible via link and uses them for AI training unless manually disabled. This contradicts the ap...

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Gemma 4: Byte for byte, the most capable open models

Google DeepMind has released Gemma 4, a new series of open-source AI models featuring four vision-capable reasoning models under Apache 2.0 license. The models use Per-Layer Embeddings (PLE) technolog...

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Delve allegedly forked an open-source tool and sold it as its own

Troubled Y Combinator startup Delve faces serious allegations of forking an open-source tool and selling it as proprietary software. The story has gained significant attention with 255 points and 122 ...

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landdown - Simple sandboxing for shell scripts

Landdown is a new Linux utility that provides simple sandboxing for shell scripts using Landlock security features. It allows developers to explicitly define file and network access rules through a sh...

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Packaging 128 languages with Nix

A developer demonstrates how to package the famous 128-language quine-relay project using Nix for reproducible builds, addressing the original Docker build's unreliability. The process involves levera...

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Validating Hare’s Sort Module using Symbolic Execution

A developer demonstrates using symbolic execution with their quebex framework to validate Hare programming language's sort module. The approach automatically tests the sort::inplace function to ensure...

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ElevenLabs releases a new AI-powered music-generation app

ElevenLabs has launched ElevenMusic, an AI-powered app that enables users to create and remix songs through text prompts. This represents a strategic expansion beyond their core voice synthesis techno...

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Google now lets you direct avatars through prompts in its Vids app

Google has enhanced its Vids video editor with AI-powered avatar direction through text prompts, allowing users to control character actions and customize appearances naturally. The update also integr...

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Tesla’s cheaper vehicles aren’t helping its declining sales

Tesla's first-quarter deliveries grew only 6% year-over-year, marking a third consecutive year of declining sales despite the introduction of more affordable vehicle models. The trend highlights ongoi...

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Commonwealth Fusion Systems leans on magnets for near-term revenue

Commonwealth Fusion Systems is generating near-term revenue by selling its advanced high-temperature superconducting magnets to fusion energy companies like Realta Fusion. This represents CFS's larges...

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Tailscale's new macOS home

Tailscale has introduced a new macOS application that cleverly avoids the notch area on MacBook Pro displays by positioning its interface in the menu bar. The solution demonstrates thoughtful UI/UX de...

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'Backrooms' and the Rise of the Institutional Gothic

The article explores the 'Backrooms' internet phenomenon as part of a growing 'Institutional Gothic' genre, analyzing how digital culture reflects anxieties about modern bureaucratic and corporate spa...

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Significant Raise of Reports

A technical article on LWN.net has gained significant attention with 261 points and 137 comments on Hacker News, indicating notable community engagement. The content appears to discuss developments or...

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jj v0.40.0 released

jj v0.40.0 introduces several incremental improvements to the Git-compatible version control system, including new revset functions for diff line matching, optional parameters in templating methods, a...

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Running out of Disk Space in Production

A developer shares a production incident where their server ran out of disk space immediately after launching a file download service for customers. The 40GB Hetzner server became completely full, pre...

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I used AI. It worked. I hated it

An AI security expert reluctantly uses generative AI to complete a technical project involving Discourse forum customization, despite strong ethical reservations about the technology. The article expl...

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A Rave Review of Superpowers (for Claude Code)

A developer shares an enthusiastic review of the Superpowers plugin for Claude Code, highlighting how it significantly improves productivity and solution quality compared to the standard version. The ...

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NASA astronauts prove that sending an email really is rocket science

NASA Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman encountered a mundane technical issue while in space - his Microsoft Outlook email wasn't working properly. The incident highlights how even astronauts on advanc...

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Diverse teams start with diverse VCs

The article argues that building diverse startup teams requires intentional hiring practices from the very beginning, rather than relying on traditional Silicon Valley pipelines. It emphasizes that di...

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Beehiiv expands into podcasting, taking aim at Patreon

Newsletter platform Beehiiv is expanding into podcasting services, directly competing with platforms like Patreon and Substack. The company's key differentiator is its promise to not take any revenue ...

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Male octopuses guided through mating by female hormones

Harvard researchers discovered that female octopuses release hormones to guide male mating behavior, using specialized tentacles for identification in dark ocean environments. The study on California ...

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Cash App launches ‘pay later’ feature for P2P transfers

Cash App has introduced a 'pay later' feature for peer-to-peer transfers, allowing users to defer payments. The feature includes built-in protections to prevent debt spirals, reflecting growing fintec...

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This Ford is the quickest production car at the Nürburgring, ever

Ford's GT Mk IV has set a new Nürburgring Nordschleife lap record for production cars with a time of 6 minutes, 15.997 seconds. The mid-engined supercar, developed with Multimatic, now holds the title...

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Tesla sales grew by 6% in Q1, but company has an overproduction problem

Tesla reported 6.3% sales growth in Q1 2026 with 358,023 EVs delivered, but faces an overproduction problem as production increased 12.6% resulting in 50,000 excess vehicles in inventory. The company ...

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AO3 is finally out of beta after 17 years

Archive of Our Own (AO3), the popular fanfiction platform, has officially exited beta after 17 years of development. The nonprofit Organization for Transformative Works highlighted community-driven fe...

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The ABS Challenge System is exposing the worst umpire in baseball

MLB's new Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System is exposing umpire performance issues, highlighted by controversial umpire CB Bucknor's recent struggles. The system allows teams to challenge ball/str...

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Elon Musk is about to be a very busy boy!

Speculation continues around SpaceX's potential IPO date, with analysis suggesting June as the earliest possible timeframe based on SEC filing procedures. The article humorously critiques regulatory e...

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llm-gemini 0.30

Simon Willison released llm-gemini 0.30, a plugin adding support for Google's Gemini models including gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview and two new Gemma 4 variants. This update expands model options for ...

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Bigme Hibreak Plus is a color smartphone you can draw on

Bigme has launched the Hibreak Plus, a smartphone featuring a Kaleido 3 color E Ink display that allows natural writing and drawing while being readable in sunlight. The device includes 4G connectivit...