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Tencent Releases and Open-Sources Tencent Hy4 Preview

Tencent has released and open-sourced a preview version of Tencent Hy4, marking a significant step in their AI technology portfolio. The announcement has drawn notable attention on Hacker News with 15...

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Samsung's Processing-in-Memory (PIM)

Samsung presented its Processing-in-Memory (PIM) technology at Hot Chips 2026, showcasing compute capabilities integrated directly within memory stacks. The announcement drew significant interest on H...

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Creepy crawlies

The Linux kernel mailing list administrator reports that AI scrapers generate enough traffic to tie up 14 CPU cores across their infrastructure, spending more cycles rendering commits for scrapers tha...

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Sony Music and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic

Sony Music and Warner Chappell have filed a copyright lawsuit against Anthropic in California federal court, seeking up to $150,000 per copyrighted work used without permission and additional damages ...

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StemDeck, a free, open-source and local AI stem separator

StemDeck is a free, open-source local AI audio stem separator that runs entirely on-device, addressing privacy concerns and eliminating subscription fees common in competing services. The project has ...

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Introducing ReactOS 0.4.16

ReactOS 0.4.16 introduces a long-awaited graphical installer and combines bootcd/livecd into a single image, significantly improving the user experience for testing and installing the open-source Wind...

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LLM usage in Debian neither endorsed nor prohibited

Debian Project voted on a general resolution regarding LLM usage, deciding to take a neutral stance that neither endorses nor prohibits the use of large language models within the project. The decisio...

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Debian and the sirens

Joey Hess, a Debian developer, warns that allowing LLM use may reduce incentives to streamline Debian's bureaucratic overhead, comparing it to how debhelper evolved to eliminate boilerplate. He fears ...

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What GLM-5.3 Flash running on Chinese hardware actually means

Z.AI confirmed GLM-5.3 Flash runs inference entirely on Chinese-made hardware, likely HiSilicon chips, marking a notable step toward AI self-reliance. However, the analysis notes that HiSilicon's 910c...

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Debian Votes To Allow "Responsible Use Of Generative AI"

Debian developers have voted to allow the responsible use of generative AI tools in software development, packaging, and documentation, while neither endorsing nor prohibiting such tools. The resoluti...

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Civic Hygiene (2013)

A 2013 blog post arguing that governments should avoid building invasive personal data databases that could be weaponized by hostile future administrations, using the hypothetical example of a sexuali...

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Functional State Machines in Rust: Typestate and Newtype Patterns

This paper explores typestate and newtype patterns for encoding functional state machines in Rust's type system, offering ways to enforce state validity at compile time. The approach leverages Rust's ...

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Omnipresent availability risks in cloud software

Lorin Hochstein outlines common failure patterns in cloud software incidents, categorizing them into three areas: saturation, networking, and security. The post examines how saturation—particularly da...

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I asked 100 companies for my data. Some deleted it instead.

A journalist filed over 100 data access requests under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and found that many companies either deleted the requester's data instead of providing it or refused t...

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The Galaxy Z Flip 8 is at its best when there’s friction

Samsung has fundamentally rethought the Galaxy Z Flip 8's design philosophy, shifting from a minimal closed-screen experience to a full Android experience on the cover display. While the hardware rema...

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Musicians-turned-detectives are hunting for AI grifters

Musicians are forming detective-like communities to identify creators who secretly use AI to mimic the styles of human artists, particularly in EDM and tech-forward music spaces. The rise of sophistic...

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DHS is using obscure law to snoop on journalists, non-profits, unions

The DHS is invoking an obscure law to issue summons for records of journalists, non-profits, and unions, raising concerns about surveillance overreach. The article highlights the Trump administration'...

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Wrapping GTK4 in 800 lines of Clojure with Jolt

The blog post introduces Jolt, a library that wraps GTK4 in approximately 800 lines of Clojure, enabling declarative UI development that avoids the boilerplate and imperative pain of native toolkits. ...

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Parsing the Infamous Japanese Postal CSV (2020)

The author created posuto, a package that simplifies parsing Japan Post's notoriously difficult ken_all.csv postal code data. The CSV file contains problematic design choices such as embedded parenthe...

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Any true alternatives to electron JavaScript?

Companies including Unison and GitButler have reportedly moved from Tauri back to Electron, citing unreliable cross-platform rendering as the primary issue. Tauri uses embedded webviews which vary acr...

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The Theragun Sense makes everyday recovery surprisingly easy

The Theragun Sense is a new percussion massage device aimed at making everyday recovery more accessible, targeting young adults beginning to experience muscle aches and pains. The reviewer, initially ...

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Nvidia’s AI advantage is moving beyond the GPU

Nvidia is shifting its AI advantage from raw GPU power toward smarter data center traffic control and system-level efficiency. This represents a broader trend in AI infrastructure where managing data ...

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Vicariously hike the Appalachian in the gorgeous A Trail Tale

A Trail Tale is an interactive trail journal that lets users virtually hike the Appalachian Trail through beautiful pixel art. Created by Andy Moliski and his brothers Adam and Alex, the project is in...

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Alt-right troll Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported

British alt-right figure Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported from the US after overstaying his visa and failing to appear for an immigration hearing. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed his ...

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Distraction-free writing gadget BYOK is adding custom extensions

BYOK, a minimalist distraction-free writing device, is introducing a custom extension system to accommodate power users who want more functionality beyond basic text drafting. Founder Nick Sjolinder h...

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Hisense A10 and A10 Ultra EINK Phones are available now

Hisense has launched the A10 and A10 Ultra, two E-INK smartphones featuring detachable color e-paper screens and notable hardware specs. The devices are now available for purchase, continuing Hisense'...

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Does Computer Science Need Computers?

An essay exploring the theoretical foundations of computer science through Edsger Dijkstra's provocative views, including his famous analogy that CS is no more about computers than astronomy is about ...