Tuesday, 02 June 2026
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Why cats prefer silver vine to catnip and other May highlights
Prehistoric mining in the Pyrenees, a new species of tiny blue octopus, slapstick acoustics, and more.
Intel Xeon Diamond Rapids EDAC Driver Changes Readied For Linux 7.2
Ahead of Intel Diamond Rapids server processors launching in 2027, the Linux kernel continues getting into shape for these next-gen Xeon processors. The latest enablement work taking place for Diamond Rapids is readying the Error Detection And Correction (EDAC) driver support for propagating memory errors/correction information under Linux...
Moderna gets $50 million to develop mRNA Ebola vaccine against Bundibugyo
Amid a raging Ebola outbreak, officials "urgently accelerate development" of vaccines.
Hackers duped Meta AI support chatbot to steal celebrity Instagram accounts
Pricey Instagram handles were stolen and resold before Meta patched the exploit.
Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra looks like its first true MacBook Pro competitor
It's Microsoft's least-weird attempt at a high-end mobile workstation.
Dozens of Red Hat packages backdoored through its official NPM channel
Anyone who has downloaded affected Red Hat packages should investigate immediately.
Election interlopers register 5K+ domains, hope to catch some voting phish
Hacking voting machines is so 2017. Phishing, impersonation pose the real election risks
New Trump vaccine order based on "no credible scientific evidence," doctors say
Even Danish researchers think it's bizarre.
GitHub and the crime against software
Article URL: https://eblog.fly.dev/githubbad.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48361064 Points: 161 # Comments: 60
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Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman after multiple ChatGPT-linked murders
Altman has an "utter disregard" for human lives, Florida AG says.
Anthropic, now atop the AI bubble, files for its IPO
First it tops OpenAI's valuation, then it beats Altman to the IPO punch
Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People (2016)
Article URL: https://idlewords.com/talks/superintelligence.htm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48360137 Points: 100 # Comments: 110
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From 15 hours to one minute: How AI/ML is speeding up GM's development
From CFD and FEA to digital twins, carmaking now involves a lot of virtualization.
Should you normalize RGB values by 255 or 256?
Article URL: https://30fps.net/pages/255-vs-256-division/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48360054 Points: 141 # Comments: 56
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Allegedly trashing Airbnbs to test robots puts startup in legal trouble
Lawsuit seeks $12,000 from startup that allegedly damaged home in robot tests.
AMD extends Socket AM5 support through at least 2029; AM4 refuses to die
The 5800X3D returns at $349, while the 7700X3D debuts at $329.
AI Agent Guidelines for CS336 at Stanford
Article URL: https://github.com/stanford-cs336/assignment1-basics/blob/main/CLAUDE.md Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48359232 Points: 256 # Comments: 103
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The newest Instagram “exploit” is the goofiest I've seen
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/06/hackers-used-metas-ai-su... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48359102 Points: 1092 # Comments: 259
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US firms still dominate chip subsidies
China's support is greater relative to semiconductor industry revenue
ROG Xbox Ally X20 adds OLED screen, control upgrades
But the hardware refresh is tethered to a bundle with pricey AR glasses.
Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over AI risks
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-sued-by-floridas-attorney... https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/florida-sues-openai-s... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48358667 Points: 150 # Comments: 115
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Anthropic confidentially submits draft S-1 to the SEC
https://www.reuters.com/business/ai-giant-anthropic-confiden... https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/technology/anthropic-ipo.... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48358646 Points: 395 # Comments: 314
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Agentic AI arrives for Delphi and C++ Builder
Kai is an extension for RAD Studio (Delphi and C++ Builder) that integrates with external AI providers
What appear to be biochemical processes may be a natural feature of geology
Article URL: https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-dirt-that-refused-to-die-20260601/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48357905 Points: 164 # Comments: 47
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Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2026)
Please state the location and include REMOTE for remote work, REMOTE (US) or similar if the country is restricted, and ONSITE when remote work is not an option. Please only post if you personally are part of the hiring company—no recruiting firms or job boards. One post per company.
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Ohio hits pause on datacenter tax breaks draining its coffers
Buckeye State found it had inadvertently joined the billion dollar losers' club
Nvidia RTX Spark comes to Windows PCs with Arm CPU, RTX GPU, and unified memory
Nvidia's new chips will power laptop workstations and mini desktop PCs at first.
The Pirate Bay Remains Resilient, 20 Years After the Raid
Article URL: https://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-remains-resilient-20-years-after-the-raid/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48357154 Points: 447 # Comments: 226
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GTA cheat service Atlas Menu hacked as attacker alleges screenshot spying
A database containing 64,000 user records was published to GitHub after an attacker claimed to have compromised all Atlas systems
CS336: Language Modeling from Scratch
Article URL: https://cs336.stanford.edu/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48357075 Points: 298 # Comments: 38
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Intel Preparing WiFi 8 "UHR" Support For Their IWLWIFI Linux Driver
Intel open-source software engineers have been busy beginning to prepare their upstream IWLWIFI wireless driver in the Linux kernel for supporting their next-gen WiFi adapters supporting the WiFi 8 "Ultra High Reliability" standard...
Intel: Our upcoming AI chip will be cheaper, run cooler than Nvidia, AMD options
Crescent Island is an air-cooled chip that uses LPDDR5 memory.
Malicious npm packages detected across Red Hat Cloud Services
Article URL: https://github.com/RedHatInsights/javascript-clients/issues/492 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48356625 Points: 701 # Comments: 390
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California passes bill declaring death-by-algorithm to 3D-printed ghost guns
Last-hour amendments aim to allay privacy concerns, but broad scepticism about feasibility remains
Windows GOG DOS Games on M-Series Macs
Article URL: https://f055.net/technology/windows-gog-dos-games-on-m-series-macs/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48356603 Points: 122 # Comments: 75
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Flipper Zero Zig Template
Article URL: https://github.com/NishantJoshi00/flipper-template Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48356490 Points: 114 # Comments: 7
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Linux Basics for Hackers (2019)
Article URL: https://github.com/ahegazy0/linux-basics-for-hackers-notes Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48356468 Points: 117 # Comments: 21
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Agent-led devs need serverless OpenSearch, Amazon claims
System relies on a proprietary storage layer as AWS moves to separate storage and compute to fit mega AI demands
Palo Alto VPN bug graduates from advisory to active exploitation
Rapid7: Attackers exploit authentication bypass flaw in the wild, meaning more emergency patching for PAN-OS users
Nvidia's Grace Blackwell superchips are officially coming to the PC with RTX Spark notebooks
Forget Wintel, we're living in a Winvidia world now
Password manager Dashlane suspends customer accounts amid brute-force attacks
Engineers' weekends ruined as Dashlane's automatic protections kicked in
An OpenAI model solved a famous math problem that stumped humans for 80 years
I tried to explain OpenAI’s solution more clearly than OpenAI did.
Linux 7.2 Proceeding To Deprecate AF_ALG Due To "Massive Attack Surface", Drops Offloading
The Linux kernel's AF_ALG interface for user-space applications to directly access the Linux kernel's built-in cryptographic engine is proceeding with a quick deprecation cycle due to a "massive attack surface" with increased vulnerabilities coming to light due to AI/LLM-based tooling...
Putin sends submarines to survey Britain's subsea cables. UK deploys Royal Navy, mobilizes parliamentary draftsmen
Proposed legislation threatens fines and prison for reckless damage. Russian Prez must be shaking in his boots
Phoronix Marking 22 Years Of Linux Hardware Coverage This Week
On 5 June marks 22 years since starting Phoronix.com for covering the Linux hardware space and open-source news...
Some Elements Of Intel APX Not Proving Beneficial On Nova Lake / Diamond Rapids
Some compiler tuning merged today to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is disabling some features of Advanced Performance Extensions (APX) for upcoming Intel Nova Lake and Diamond Rapids processors as they are not proving worthwhile for performance...
I designed Microsoft's $5B EA channel architecture in 2001. The 2026 transition is missing what made it work
The man behind Redmond's direct billing model and its geo rollout explains why the new version forgets the channel to its cost
NBD-VRAM Provides Swap Space On Your NVIDIA GeForce GPUs
An open-source developer has created NBD-VRAM as a way to create swap space on your consumer NVIDIA GPU's video memory under Linux...
FreeBSD 15.1-RC2 Restores PadLock RNG For VIA & Zhaoxin CPUs
A second release candidate of FreeBSD 15.1 was warranted and in turn released this weekend which now pushes the stable release back by one week...
NVIDIA Announces RTX Spark Superchip For Laptops & Desktops
Jensen Huang used his Computex keynote today to formally announce RTX Spark as their new superchip for compact desktop PCs and laptops...
Memory crunch sends PC prices into double-digit climb
Notebooks up 11%, desktops 10% as chipmakers ditch consumer kit for AI server bling
LLMs are closer to religion than they appear. Watch out for those who like it that way
Papal's 40k-word encyclical drops and lawyers already asking if Catholics can refuse workplace AI on religious grounds
Techie expensed a bag of oranges and then juiced up a stupid security incident
He knew this was amazingly dumb but couldn’t stop laughing as the fruit went splat
A 10 year old Xeon is all you need
Article URL: https://point.free/blog/gemma-4-on-a-2016-xeon/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48353348 Points: 652 # Comments: 265
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If cores are what agents crave, Intel's new Clearwater Xeon 6+ might just quench their thirst
Chipzilla’s first 2nm-class Xeon is finally here bristling with 288 cores
Nvidia RTX Spark
https://www.theverge.com/tech/940589/nvidia-rtx-spark-n1-n1x... https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/nvidia-debuts-rtx-... https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/01/nvidia-challenges-apple...
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AI-Driven Security Disclosures, NVIDIA Vera & Linux 7.1 Features That Made An Exciting May
May 2026 is now in the books after writing 275 original Linux/open-source minded news articles and another 20 featured-length benchmark articles / Linux hardware reviews. There was a lot of exciting topics in May to keep the month interesting and as we approach the Phoronix 22nd birthday this week...
Intel Diamond Rapids to boost core counts to 192, but RIP Hyperthreading
Threads on a half shell, Intel power!
Intel Xeon 6+ & Intel Ethernet E835 Launch
Last year at Tech Tour Arizona, Intel announced Clearwater Forest as the Xeon 6+ series. Details were rather light then while for Computex, Intel is announcing that Xeon 6+ is now "launching" beginning tomorrow, 1 June. In addition to Xeon 6+, the new Intel Ethernet E835 is also launching while there are updates on Crescent Island and Diamond Rapids.
Dell Uses Intel Wildcat Lake To Deliver Their Cheapest XPS 13 Ever
Dell is using Computex to announce their new XPS 13 that comes at their lowest price ever of $599 USD for students and $699 for everyone else. The new Dell XPS 13 aims to compete directly with the Apple MacBook Neo while leveraging the new Intel Wildcat Lake processors as cut-down from Panther Lake...
AMD Announces Radeon RX 9070 GRE, Ryzen AI Max PRO 400 Series
AMD is kicking off the busy Computex 2026 week with some new product announcements. The embargo is now up so meet the Radeon RX 9070 GRE and other new wares coming out this summer and later in the year from AMD.
Exploding rockets and exploding hardware prices make for a lousy new normal
This week on The Kettle, we mull over whether the Steam Deck is a canary in the coal mine for the future of hardware prices, and the effect of Blue Origin's blowout on NASA's Moon missions
Linux 7.1-rc6 Released Following Another "Larger-Than-I'd-Wish-For Size" Week
The Linux 7.1-rc6 kernel is now available for closing out the month of May and approaching the Linux 7.1 stable release that should be out by mid-June...
KDE Linux Prunes Its Insecure & Unused Software
With the end of the month comes a new KDE Linux status report from prominent KDE developer Nate Graham...
Linux 7.1-rc6 To Support The ASUS ROG RAIKIRI II & Nova 2 Lite Controllers
Ahead of the Linux 7.1-rc6 test kernel due out later today, this week's batch of input subsystem fixes have been sent out that includes enabling a few newer input devices...
Linux Might Finally Disable The Microsoft RNDIS Protocol Drivers In 2026
Going back to early 2023 there were efforts to disable all the Linux drivers for Microoft's RNDIS protocol. Remote NDIS has proven to be a real security concern while superior, modern alternatives exist...
Wine-Staging 11.10 Fixes 14 Year Old Bug, Also Fixes Issue Of Some Games Being Too Dark
Building off Friday's release of Wine 11.10 is now the Wine-Staging 11.10 experimental/testing flavor with nearly 300 additional patches atop that upstream code...
On its 40th anniversary, we reassess 1986's SpaceCamp
Is it a hidden gem, a cult classic, or hopelessly dumb? We vote "all of the above."
Servo 0.2 Released With Revamped Android Browser UI
For ending out the month of May is a new monthly release of Servo, the open-source, Rust-based browser engine being developed by Linux Foundation Europe stakeholders and the open-source community. There are many nice enhancements on the desktop side with Servo 0.2 while also improving the Android browser UI experience with Servo too...
Zrythm 2.0 Alpha Released For Rewriting The Digital Audio Workstation In C++ & Qt/QML
Zrythm is a wonderful open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) application. Zrythm 1.0 released back in 2024 for this software catering from beginners to audio professionals. It's been a GTK-based application for years but the developers have been porting it to Qt6/QML.
Linux 7.1-rc6 To Hide The Documentation On "clearcpuid" Feature
The clearcpuid= kernel parameter can be used to disable specific CPUID features for the kernel by specifying the targeted bit numbers of the feature(s) to disable or their flags from the /proc/cpuinfo output. The clearcpuid parameter, for example, has been useful for carrying out AVX-512 comparison benchmarks for apps that check for the presence of the AVX-512 extensions via /proc/cpuinfo. But…
They call it stupid hot for a reason: Heat muddles animal brains
As temperatures rise, some creatures pick fights while others struggle to learn.
Netflix wiz creates app to slash AI bills, then open sources it
Project Headroom could save you big money, too
Grifters, cynics, and true believers: The family tree of vaccine opponents
A new book looks into the long history of people who have opposed vaccines.
Environmentalists turn out in force to oppose Trump coal ash rollbacks
Trump admin wants to rely on states for coal ash monitoring, enforcement, allow them to bypass national standards.
Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time
Peer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics.
Kenyan court blocks Trump admin from dumping Ebola-exposed Americans there
The US has previously built specialized facilities just for this purpose.
I made my phone slow on purpose
Article URL: https://vinewallapp.com/notes/i-made-my-phone-slow-on-purpose/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48312443 Points: 144 # Comments: 131
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Only 17% of all 64-bit Integers are products of two 32-bit integers
Article URL: https://lemire.me/blog/2026/05/22/only-17-of-all-64-bit-integers-are-products-of-two-32-bit-integers/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48311003 Points: 177 # Comments: 86
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