Monday, 11 May 2026
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Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler
Article URL: https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116550899908879585 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48086190 Points: 437 # Comments: 141
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Incident Report: CVE-2024-YIKES
Article URL: https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/03/incident-report-cve-2024-yikes.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48086082 Points: 208 # Comments: 47
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Local AI needs to be the norm
Article URL: https://unix.foo/posts/local-ai-needs-to-be-norm/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48085821 Points: 110 # Comments: 51
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GitHub is sinking
Article URL: https://dbushell.com/2026/04/29/github-is-sinking/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48085095 Points: 173 # Comments: 104
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Louis Rossmann offers to pay legal fees for a threatened OrcaSlicer developer
Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/louis-rossmann-tells-3d-printer-maker-bambu-lab-to-go-bleep-yourself-over-its-lawsuit-against-enthusiast-right-to-repair-advocate-offers-to-pay-the-legal-fees-for-a-threatened-orcaslicer-developer Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48084432 Points: 343 # Comments: 190
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Memory godboxes could offer relief from the RAMpocalypse
Amid the AI-fueled memory crunch, will Compute Express Link finally have its moment to shine?
Both Fedora and Ubuntu will get AI support – soon
Furores are fermenting in the forums
What's a mathematician to do? (2010)
Article URL: https://mathoverflow.net/questions/43690/whats-a-mathematician-to-do Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48083007 Points: 122 # Comments: 64
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Space Cadet Pinball on Linux
Article URL: https://brennan.io/2026/05/09/pinball-and-escrow/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48082968 Points: 281 # Comments: 95
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Do you take after your dad’s RNA?
Evidence is growing that sperm carries marks of a father’s life experiences, influencing traits in offspring.
Axboe Hacking On New Linux Patches For 60% Increase To Per-Core I/O Performance
Following a presentation at last week's Linux storage, file-system, memory management and BPF summit (LSFMM) in Croatia where Linux I/O overhead compared to the Storage Performance Development Kit (SPDK) was presented, Jens Axboe was motivated to pursue some new Linux kernel optimizations for greater per-core I/O performance. This lead IO_uring developer and Linux block maintainer has managed to…
Huge landslide created a 500-meter-high tsunami in a major tourist area
Fortunately, it happened early in the morning, so nobody was around.
Debian Release Team: Debian Must Now Ship Reproducible Packages
With half-way through the Debian 14 "Forky" development cycle, the Debian release team is out with an update this weekend and some big news...
OpenAI's Coding Agent Helped Create A New AMD Temperature Driver For Linux
The newest open-source AMD Linux driver on the Linux kernel mailing list that has recently been undergoing review is prom21-xhci that exposes the temperature sensors found on the AMD Promontory 21 chipsets' xHCI controllers...
Think Linear Algebra (2023)
Article URL: https://allendowney.github.io/ThinkLinearAlgebra/index.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48082396 Points: 128 # Comments: 14
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HP stuffed a PC into a keyboard. We took it for a spin
It's not much cheaper than an equivalent laptop, so who's this for, exactly?
Task Paralysis and AI
Article URL: https://g5t.de/articles/20260510-task-paralysis-and-ai/index.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48081469 Points: 149 # Comments: 89
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Show HN: Building a web server in assembly to give my life (a lack of) meaning
This is ymawky, a static file web server for MacOS written entirely in ARM64 assembly. It supports GET, PUT, DELETE, HEAD, and OPTIONS requests, and supports Range: bytes=X-Y headers (which allows scrubbing for video streaming). It decodes percent-encoded URLs, strictly enforces docroot, serves custom error pages for any HTTP error response, supports directory listing, and has (some) mitigations…
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Kconfirm Is On A Quest To Clean Up The Linux Kernel's Configuration System
New tooling being worked on for possible mainline Linux kernel inclusion is Kconfirm as a new tool for detecting misusage and efforts stemming from Kconfig, the configuration system for kernel builds...
Microsoft Releases Azure Linux 3.0.20260506 With Many Security Fixes
Microsoft released Azure Linux 3.0.20260506 on Saturday in order to ship the latest security fixes affecting a wide variety of open-source software projects...
Google tweaks Chrome AI privacy wording, insists processing stays on-device
Deletion of a longstanding privacy assurance sparks concerns
I’ve banned query strings
Related: https://susam.net/no-query-strings.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48076173 Points: 529 # Comments: 276
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Nocturne Is The Latest Music Player For GNOME To Hit v1.0
While since GNOME 48 Decibels is the new audio player of the GNOME desktop, there is no shortage of other GNOME/GTK-aligned music players. Last month was the big Amerbol music player update and there are Lollypop and others. The latest GNOME-aligned music player now hitting the 1.0 milestone is Nocturne...
Hyprland 0.55 Released With Lua-Based Configuration, User-Defined Layouts
Hyprland 0.55 is out today as a big feature update for this Wayland-based compositor...
macOS 27 threatens to bury Time Capsule, FOSS brings a shovel
Apple's old backup boxes only speak AFP and SMB1, but NetBSD under the hood gives them one last shot
The new Wild West of AI kids’ toys
These connected companions could disrupt everything from make-believe to bedtime stories. No wonder some lawmakers want them banned.
FEX 2605 Brings Performance Improvements, Initial Snapdragon X2 Elite Fixes
FEX 2605 is out this weekend as the newest monthly feature release to this emulator for running Linux x86_64 binaries on ARM64 (AArch64) devices. This is the open-source project sponsored by Valve and planned for use with the upcoming Steam Frame as well as being relevant to Linux gaming on other 64-bit ARM laptops and other devices...
Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.3 Improves Handling Of Desktop Apps, Other Fixes
Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.3 is out this week as the latest maintenance release for this tablet/smartphone-focused Ubuntu distribution...
NVIDIA-VAAPI-Driver 0.0.17 Fixes Support For GB10 Powered Systems
The open-source, community-developed NVIDIA-VAAPI-Driver that provides a Video Acceleration API (VA-API) implementation built atop NVIDIA's NVDEC video decode interface is out with a new release. This is the open-source project that's motivated by getting accelerated video decoding to work within Mozilla Firefox and other apps when running with NVIDIA's packaged Linux driver...
Linux Enables Auto Counter Reload "ACR" For Intel Xeon Diamond Rapids
Merged as part of the perf subsystem fixes overnight is enabling Auto Counter Reload (ACR) functionality for upcoming Intel Xeon Diamond Rapids processors. This ACR enabling for Diamond Rapids "DMR" is happening in time for Linux 7.1-rc3 on Sunday while the work is also marked for back-porting to existing stable kernels...
London’s BT Tower to get rooftop swimming pool
Imagine taking a dip 177m above the streets of London’s West End
I returned to AWS and was reminded why I left
Article URL: http://fourlightyears.blogspot.com/2026/05/i-returned-to-aws-and-was-reminded-hard.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48073201 Points: 545 # Comments: 416
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UK wants fresh fingerprints on £300M biometrics platform
Home Office probes supplier interest as core police and immigration system heads for support shake-up
KDE Plasma 6.7 To Support ICC Profiles In HDR Mode, Direct Scan-Out Improvement
KDE developers continue to be quite busy in preparing additional Plasma 6.7 desktop features ahead of the stable release due out in mid-June...
FreeBSD 15.1 Beta 2 Brings Updated Zstd, Bug Fixes
FreeBSD 15.1 continues working its way toward a stable release in June. Out today is FreeBSD 15.1 Beta 2...
Akamai surges on big LLM deal as Cloudflare dims
Good times, bad times
Manufacturing qubits that can move
It's hard to mix electronic manufacturing and flexible geometry.
Trump reportedly plans to fire FDA Commissioner Marty Makary
The plan isn't final and could change, but his ouster would be no surprise.
GPT-5.5 may burn fewer tokens, but it always burns more cash
It’s not just gas prices skyrocketing. Frontier-model pricing keeps climbing too
ABC refuses to capitulate to Trump admin, fights FCC probe into The View
FCC chair hasn't been able to bully ABC and owner Disney into submission.
Sony says "efficient" AI tools will lead to even more games flooding the market
But human artists still "must remain at the center," PlayStation maker says.
The unprecedented and deadly cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, explained
"This is not COVID," and other reasons why risk to the public is currently low.
Tech is now rolling out the old grievance grift
Not just for hated US Presidents, now even tech bros lament their foes
Course correction: Google to link more sources in AI Overviews
Google's AI search will start citing its sources in several new ways.
Court rules Trump's 10% tariff is just as illegal as the tariff it replaced
Trump's vow to impose tariffs a "different way" already has the tech industry on edge.
Chaos erupts as cyberattack disrupts learning platform Canvas amid finals
Across the country, schools and colleges postpone year-end tests.
Elon Musk faces criminal probe in France after ignoring summons in X case
France threatens criminal charges if Musk doesn't appear for questioning.
Worm rubs out competitor's malware, then takes control
All your compromised credentials are belong to us now instead of the other gang
Chrome's 4GB AI model isn't new, but you're not wrong for being confused
You can stop Chrome from taking up 4GB of storage for local AI, but that shouldn't be your problem.
Disgraced US gov software contractor found guilty of database destruction
Twin brother still faces trial over broader cybercrime allegations
Iran war hits datacenter building supply chains, upping costs
BCS says builders face up to 20% material hikes and patchy deliveries
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab make a breakthrough in rotor technology
Testing shows rotor blades won't disintegrate when they spin at supersonic speed.
DNA identifies four more crew members of doomed Franklin expedition
Three served on the HMS Erebus ; the fourth was Petty Officer Harry Peglar of the HMS Terror .
Which Macs are suffering from shortages—and where are things getting worse?
There are a couple signs of strain beyond the MacBook Neo and the desktops.
HP Z6 G5 A Continues Working Out Well For Linux-Friendly, High-End Workstation
In late 2023 I reviewed the HP Z6 G5 A workstation that at the time was built around the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000 series and NVIDIA RTX Ada Generation graphics. More recently, HP has revised the Z6 G5 A workstation for the latest Threadripper PRO 9000 series and NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell graphics. HP sent over the upgraded Z6 G5 A workstation that I've been benchmarking the past few weeks.
How climate change makes your allergies worse
As pollen season worsens, allergies compound with other climate health hazards.
NVIDIA Releases CUDA-Oxide 0.1 For Experimental Rust-To-CUDA Compiler
A new NVIDIA Labs project is greatly improving the capabilities of using the Rust programming language for developing CUDA kernels for NVIDIA GPUs...
Raspberry Pi wants Windows admins to Connect – or it might pull the plug
Remote access software could bring mixed fleets under one roof, assuming enough people ask for it
The Nintendo Switch 2 is getting more expensive later this year
"Changes in market conditions" lead to $50 price bump on Sept. 1.
The US military just released a bunch of UAP files, but there's no there there
Here at Ars Technica, we do not preclude the possibility that aliens have visited Earth.
'Dirty Frag' Linux flaw one-ups CopyFail with no patches and public root exploit
Broken disclosure embargo left admins facing a fresh root-level flaw with no CVE
DM-INLINECRYPT Expected For Linux 7.2 To Leverage Inline Encryption
Queued for merging as part of the DeviceMapper changes for the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel cycle is the new dm-inlinecrypt target for leveraging inline block device encryption...
Trump jumps from 'anything goes' to 'strict regulation' AI policy
In a word, 'Huh?'
Meta U-turns on encryption push for Instagram as DMs go plaintext
After years of insisting end-to-end encryption was the future of online comms, Zuckcorp has handed itself full visibility into user chats once again
Vi clone written in BASIC proves old habits :wq hard
A few hundred lines of Yabasic recreate just enough to keep modal editing muscle memory alive
UK abandons police database cloud move after £35M transformation stalls
Home Office finds 80% of code cannot be reused, balks at £26M in extra costs
Qt Creator 20 Beta Expands AI Integration
The Qt Group released the Qt Creator 20 Beta today for this Qt/C++ focused integrated development environment (IDE). In building off the trends of recent releases of Qt Creator and development tools at large, AI integration continues to be a big area of focus...
GameStop CEO's eBay account reinstated following takeover PR stunt
Ryan Cohen briefly banned after bootstrapping cash ostensibly to buy the auction site
Everyone’s a loser in Strait of Hormuz game that simulates global crisis
The game asks players to find the least worst options for a shipping chokepoint.
OpenZL 0.2 Released For Meta's Content-Aware Compression Software
Last October engineers at Meta announced OpenZL as a format-aware compression framework. OpenZL aims to be speedy yet capable of delivering high compression ratios depending upon what is being compressed. OpenZL is viewed as their next leap in data compression beyond their wonderful work on Zstandard (Zstd).
AMD's Local, Open-Source AI Can Now Easily Interact With Your Gmail
AMD software engineers continue rapidly advancing their open-source software efforts around local AI/LLM use on consumer-class Radeon and Ryzen hardware. AMD GAIA 0.17.6 was released on Thursday with more improvements for local AI processing on Windows, Linux, and even macOS. For those trusting enough in local LLM pipelines to do the right thing, there is even integration now for AMD GAIA to…
Linux Erroneously Thinks Intel Bartlett Lake CPUs Run At 7GHz
With Intel's recently-launched Bartlett Lake P-core-only processors intended for the embedded market, there is a rather surprising oversight under Linux: the Intel P-State driver reporting a 7.0+ GHz clock speed. While many would yearn for a 7GHz CPU, the Core 9 273PE where this issue was discovered in reality can only boost up to 5.7GHz for its maximum turbo frequency...
The One Dollar Counterfeiter
Article URL: https://www.amusingplanet.com/2026/05/emerich-juettner-one-dollar.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48048684 Points: 302 # Comments: 126
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Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only)
Article URL: https://www.casio.com/jp/basic-calculators/premium/en-s100x-jc1-u/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48048407 Points: 284 # Comments: 137
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Idempotency is easy until the second request is different
Article URL: https://blog.dochia.dev/blog/idempotency/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48047930 Points: 239 # Comments: 156
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We see something that works, and then we understand it
Article URL: https://lemire.me/blog/2025/12/04/we-see-something-that-works-and-then-we-understand-it/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48037223 Points: 184 # Comments: 74
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