Monday, 22 June 2026
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zlib-rs 0.6.4 Released With Fix For Intel Raptor Lake Crash, SIMD Optimizations
As a follow-up to last week's article around Firefox leveraging zlib-rs and some nice upstream improvements to this Rust-based Zlib implementation, the zlib-rs 0.6.4 release is now available to ship all of these latest enhancements...
Trump admin’s coal investments assist plants with repeated violations
At least three coal plants have been repeatedly cited for violating environmental regulations.
Tell HN: Happy Fathers Day
My shortened story: due to factors in Soviet controlled Poland, my uncle played my dad role. He took me to a quarry to fire Estes-style rocket cars, and all that.. he also managed to steal a Milicja (military police) siren from work, and put it on the back of my banana style bike.
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Burnout is real for open source maintainers
Article URL: https://openjsf.org/blog/burnout-is-real-for-open-source-maintainers Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48620462 Points: 105 # Comments: 49
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Prefer duplication over the wrong abstraction (2016)
Article URL: https://sandimetz.com/blog/2016/1/20/the-wrong-abstraction Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48620090 Points: 359 # Comments: 247
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(How to Write a (Lisp) Interpreter (In Python)) (2010)
Article URL: https://norvig.com/lispy.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48619831 Points: 141 # Comments: 42
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Fossil Fuels Are 40% of Freight Shipping Tonnage, but Half Its Fuel Use
Article URL: https://cleantechnica.com/2026/06/16/shipping-freight-energy-fossil-cargo/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48619394 Points: 130 # Comments: 95
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Qualcomm Posts Linux Patches For HP EliteBook X G2q X2 Elite Laptop
Last month Qualcomm engineers posted patches bringing up the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen11 Snapdragon X2 laptop on Linux. Sent out this weekend were a new set of patches from Qualcomm for bringing up the HP EliteBook X G2q laptop model powered by the Snapdragon X2 Elite SoC...
Mesa 26.2 Merges Vulkan Present Timing Support For X11/XWayland
Mesa's Vulkan windowing system integration (WSI) code now has support for present timing support "VK_EXT_present_timing" with X11 and XWayland...
Identity verification on Claude
https://old.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1ubm53n/official_... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48618455 Points: 388 # Comments: 353
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Beyond All Reason (Free Total Annihilation Inspired RTS)
Article URL: https://www.beyondallreason.info Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48617990 Points: 376 # Comments: 219
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Google's Gemini Partially Figures Out A Lengthy Linux Boot Time On Modern ASUS Laptop
Google Antigravity with the Gemini 3.5 Flash model helped a Linux user sort out a situation where his laptop was taking around 36 seconds to boot the kernel, which shouldn't be the case for the high-end laptop with AMD Ryzen 9 processor and 32GB of RAM. It ended up being yet another case of device firmware issues, but now a Linux kernel patch is pending for working around the issue on the ASUS…
Review: Widow's Bay is a boldly original take on comedic horror
An eminently binge-able series that honors classic horror tropes while reinventing them in surprising ways
Linux 7.2 Begins Making Preparations For NVIDIA "Blackwell-Next"
When going through the VFIO subsystem patches for the ongoing Linux 7.2 merge window, there isn't too much to get excited about for end users with these changes. But there is the first time mentioning "Blackwell-Next" enablement by NVIDIA for the Linux kernel...
Linux's KUnit Finally Supporting JUnit Output
KUnit as the unit testing framework for the Linux kernel and was inspired in part by Java's JUnit when originally conceived, is now finally able to output to the JUnit format for better interoperability with other CI systems and the like that standardize on that common format...
A 3D voxel game engine written in APL
Article URL: https://github.com/namgyaaal/avoxelgame Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48616713 Points: 137 # Comments: 11
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The brain was not designed for this much bad news
Article URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260614012006.htm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48615569 Points: 346 # Comments: 293
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Developers don't understand CORS (2019)
Article URL: https://fosterelli.co/developers-dont-understand-cors Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48614844 Points: 331 # Comments: 248
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Broadcom Working On VMware Zero-Copy Buffer Sharing Between VMs And Hypervisor
Interesting feature work for VMware virtualization on Linux now being pursued by Broadcom is to support zero-copy buffer sharing between the VM(s) and host hypervisor, which would equate to an efficiency and performance win...
Epoll vs. io_uring in Linux
Article URL: https://sibexi.co/posts/epoll-vs-io_uring/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48613872 Points: 247 # Comments: 59
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Renting a sewing machine from the library
Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260618-the-weird-and-wonderful-libraries-of-finland Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48613755 Points: 326 # Comments: 193
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Slow breathing modulates brain function and risk behavior
Article URL: https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(26)00339-9 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48613555 Points: 358 # Comments: 101
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Why Amazon hates 'human-in-the-loop' AI governance
VP Eric Brandwine explains people aren't all that great, actually
Linux Finally Eliminates The strncpy API After Six Years Of Work, 360+ Patches
Linux 7.2 has finally eliminated the strncpy API from the Linux kernel. The strncpy() function for copying up to a specified number of bytes has long been deprecated and after six years of work and hundreds of patches, no more users of the strncpy interface within the Linux kernel remained that it has now been eliminated...
Loupe – A iOS app that raises awareness about what native apps can see
Article URL: https://github.com/mysk-research/loupe Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48608645 Points: 495 # Comments: 206
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Show HN: TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites
https://cauenapier.com/blog/townsquare_release/ https://cauenapier.com/blog/townsquare/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48608570 Points: 234 # Comments: 135
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Linux's ARM64 NEON Intrinsics CRC64 Code Adapted To Work On 32-bit ARM
Merged for Linux 7.1 was ARMM64 NEON-accelerated CRC64-NVMe support for around 6x the performance out of that checksumming algorithm. The generic code had been a bottleneck in NVMe and other storage subsystem code of the Linux kernel with CRC64-NVMe being used to help verify against data corruption. Now for Linux 7.2, the NEON-accelerated code will also work for those still relying on 32-bit…
The UK will scan asylum-seekers’ faces for age checks—despite knowing the tech is flawed
Tests of age-verification technology show the risks of life-altering errors.
GIMP v0.54 From 1996 With Motif Toolkit Now Flatpak'ed For Modern Linux Desktops
The open-source world waited long enough for the GIMP 3.0 release that finally came last year with its GTK3 port and more, but for those with time on their hands this weekend and want to relive GIMP's past from long ago, GIMP 0.54 has been adapted for Flatpak to work on modern Linux desktops. What makes this version of GIMP from 1996 notable is that it was the last to use the Motif toolkit...
exFAT File-System Enjoys Better Performance On Linux 7.2 With IOmap Conversion
In addition to open-source developer Namjae Jeon serving as maintainer for the new NTFS Linux driver, he also continues serving as maintainer to the exFAT file-system for that other Microsoft file-system popular with removable storage media...
KDE Plasma 6.8 Making It Easier To Configure Multi-Monitor Setups
With KDE's Plasma 6.7 desktop having released this week, more development attention is turning to feature work toward Plasma 6.8 but there are also some fixes already accumulating for the Plasma 6.7.1 point release...
EU won't force publishers to grant dead video games an afterlife
Stop Killing Games campaign suffers setback as European Commission favors industry code of conduct over legal obligation
Britain sending Ukraine an extra 30,000 drones – now 150,000 all up
Missiles and radars also included in £752M aid package
New NTFS Driver Sees Hardening & Fixes, Windows Native Symlinks With Linux 7.2
Happening back in Linux 7.1 was the "NTFS resurrection" with landing a new NTFS driver into the Linux kernel that had been years in the making and began as the former NTFS read-only kernel driver many years back before the stint of the Paragon NTFS3 driver in the Linux kernel. For Linux 7.2 that new/modern NTFS driver has seen more hardening work, some fixes, and Windows native symbolic links…
Open-Source NVIDIA NVK Vulkan Driver Now Supports DLSS
With the code merged today to Mesa 26.2-devel, the open-source NVIDIA "NVK" Vulkan driver is capable of handling Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) with modern game titles running on Linux / Steam Play...
AMD-Powered Barco MXRT Graphics Cards Finally Seeing Linux Driver Support
Barco, the Europeean technology company that manufactures the AMD GPU based MXRT graphics cards for for multi-display medical imaging systems (and also MXRV for their NVIDIA based graphics cards), have to date only seen Windows drivers published for their professional-grade graphics cards even with using Radeon Pro derived GPUs. But a patch published today to the AMD graphics mailing list is…
systemd 261 Released With New systemd-sysinstall OS Installer, IMDSD & Storagectl
Systemd 261 is out as stable today with a number of new features and ready to coincide with H2'2026 Linux distributions...
Researchers drop checkm8-style BootROM exploit for A12 and A13 iPhones
Owners of affected iPhones can stop checking for patches now: the fix for this SecureROM bug comes in a new handset
AMD ACP7.D/7.E/7.F Driver Added In Linux 7.2: "Substantial Design Changes" For AMD Audio
It looks like AMD's next-gen SoCs not only will be exciting on the CPU side with the much anticipated Zen 6 cores but the AMD Audio Co-Processor "ACP" IP looks to be going through some significant updates...
Tensordyne makes a big bet on log math to beat Nvidia
Who needs compute-hungry multiplications when you can just add logarithms
Running MicroVMs in Proxmox VE, the Easy Way
Article URL: https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2026/06/18/1845 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48599555 Points: 196 # Comments: 33
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Bcachefs exits experimental status in new 'performance release'
More Rust, but more trouble with AI slop, too
Linux 7.2 Brings More Work Around WiFi Aware, WiFi 8 / UHR & More Networking Hardware
The networking subsystem changes have been merged for Linux 7.2 with a lot happening around the core networking code as well as the many wired and wireless networking device drivers...
Waymo hits the brakes after robotaxis keep missing the signs for freeway construction zones
Nearly 4,000 vehicles recalled for driving past closure warnings and between cones marking shut lanes
Rocket Report: Rebuild begins at Blue Origin launch pad; Relativity targets Mars
A French launch startup is scrapping the name of its rocket, apparently due to a trademark issue.
Telegram founder accuses Meta of sabotaging access in India with BGP hijacks
Allegations of fake routes are fake news, says Indian telco Jio
Raspberry Pi OS Moves To Linux 6.18 LTS Kernel, Updated LabWC Compositor
Raspberry Pi engineers have released their first update to Raspberry Pi OS since April. With this new version comes the upgrade to the latest Linux 6.18 LTS kernel...
Everything's bigger and better in Texas – even data breaches
Hunting and fishing license incident catches 3M residents
Vercel debuts eve open source agent framework, tries to fix shadow AI with Passport
Cost premium of using AWS indirectly via Vercel is mitigated by more efficient use of compute resources, CTO claims
Microsoft's latest Windows bug belongs in the Recycle Bin
File deletion dialog swaps recognizable names for internal gibberish
As global warming threatens corals, scientists search for reefs that can take the heat
Researchers say these coral strongholds may help repopulate more degraded reefs.
Britain's privacy watchdog quits after 'poor judgment' admission
John Edwards says his position had become 'untenable' following investigation into conduct including inappropriate attempts at humor
Apple M3 Booting On Linux After Three Years Plus Other SoC Updates In Linux 7.2
Just shy of 1,000 new patches were merged on the SoC side for the Linux 7.2 kernel. Among all those patches are enabling five more SoCs to work with the mainline Linux kernel -- including the long-awaited Apple M3 support...
Rights groups brand Home Office's AI age guesser for asylum-seekers as biased and inaccurate
Campaigners say tech is unable to reliably distinguish between kids and adults at the boundary where use is planned
Geopolitical jitters push Europe's internet registry away from cloud-first strategy
Members aren't RIPE for a new charging scheme, though
Devs in the trenches are stressed from the mandate to automate everything, but Render thinks it can help
San Francisco plays host to hosting company's Localhost conference
Rockstar Games faces full hearing over alleged union busting
Tribunal rejects bid to strike blacklisting claims, with proceedings due to conclude shortly before GTA VI launches
Nutanix's Tech Day London 2026 offers infrastructure insights
SPONSORED POST: Come join this working afternoon for infrastructure teams
Use of HMRC's taxing IR35 status tool drops 71% in two years
Data suggests firms are turning away from CEST as critics say it fails to reflect recent court rulings
Users claimed they’d never seen a spell checker and panicked at the sight of red squiggles
Techie couldn’t help but be a little blunt when the support call came in – but has no regrets!
A bold satellite rescue mission came together in record time, but will it work?
"I consider this a success already, just from the fact that we're even going to try this."
Microsoft discovers new lightweight backdoor that steals cryptocurrency
Crypto Clipper spreads over USB and communicates over Tor.
FDA advisors unanimously vote to approve Moderna's mRNA after agency drama
In February, a Trump official refused to review the vaccine.
2,000 retired Google Pixel phones get a second life as a private cloud
You might say the system packs two kilapixels of compute
As China looms, Taiwan makes more drones for defense and the US military
Taiwan's drone spending plans for defense could also boost business overseas.
NASA asks Northrop Grumman to stop working on lunar HALO module
"We are reassigning most affected employees across existing opportunities and programs."
Android verification is coming: Google confirms timeline and supported app stores
A new system service will roll out this month ahead of big changes starting in September.
Apple patches high-severity eavesdropping vulnerability in Beats Studio Buds
The vulnerability, disclosed 12 months ago, affects multiple manufacturers.
After Senate vote, Trump admin backs off plans to kill ocean monitoring
It's unclear whether the system is currently intact.
Before SpaceX IPO, investors in China secretly acquired stakes
One previously unreported SpaceX investor has ties to Chinese military contractors.
Bernie Sanders unveils $7 trillion plan to give Americans control of AI industry
Biggest AI firms will likely recoil at Bernie Sanders' AI wealth fund.
Hunter-gatherers in Siberia died of a plague outbreak 5,500 years ago
We can't blame the Neolithic Transition for the plague anymore.
The first long-duration resident of the ISS, a cosmonaut, has died
Two expeditions, two spacewalks, 322 days in space.
15-minute at-home Lyme disease tick test
https://archive.ph/cNwmN Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48584261 Points: 215 # Comments: 145
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Hulk, Punisher join Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer
Peter Parker to Bruce Banner: "I didn't know you could get that big."
Second carcass-eating fly species cleared by FDA for maggot wound therapy
Maggot therapy lacks robust data, but it has fans and a fail-safe "bacon therapy."
Sooner than expected? Useful quantum error correction promised for 2028.
Elsewhere, beyond-classical quantum hardware, plus classical computing fires back.