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  1. 01

    Lead

    Anthropic

    anthropic.com

    AI

    Claude Opus 5.5

    A model drop just rented everyone's afternoon.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 1758 points, 1066 comments — “Claude Opus 5.5”
    • Hacker News: 273 points, 2 comments — “Claude Opus 5.5”
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  2. 02

    New

    OpenAI

    openai.com

    AI

    GPT-6 Sol and Luna

    Yesterday a company. Today the group chat.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 1718 points, 818 comments — “GPT-6 Sol and Luna”
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  3. 03

    New

    Bloomberg

    bloomberg.com

    NEWS

    Pentagon says overreliance on AI contributed to missile strike on Iran school

    The terminal people, now also the group-chat people.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 875 points, 470 comments — “Pentagon says overreliance on AI contributed to missile strike on Iran school”
    • Hacker News: 239 points, 319 comments — “People hooked on vapes try a new way to quit: cigarettes”
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  4. 04

    New

    Dave Bushell

    dbushell.com

    DEV

    I said no and Apple said yes

    He said no. A platform said yes. The comments chose violence.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 849 points, 690 comments — “I said no and Apple said yes”
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  5. 05

    New

    404 Media

    404media.co

    NEWS

    'We hacked the FBI:' Hackers say they have data on all FBI employees

    Same newsroom, several fires, one very online afternoon.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 779 points, 580 comments — “'We hacked the FBI:' Hackers say they have data on all FBI employees”
    • Hacker News: 76 points, 55 comments — “People Training OpenAI's AI Fired for Using AI to Train the AI”
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  6. 06

    New

    TechRadar

    techradar.com

    NEWS

    Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy

    Your phone grew an ad. The review site noticed.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 779 points, 570 comments — “Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy”
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  7. 07

    New

    CryptoCellar

    cryptocellar.org

    WEIRD

    OpenAI GPT–6 Astra breaks Enigma message that has resisted solution since 2005

    A cipher from 2005 just lost an argument with a chatbot.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 718 points, 431 comments — “OpenAI GPT–6 Astra breaks Enigma message that has resisted solution since 2005”
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  8. 08

    New

    Artificial Analysis

    artificialanalysis.ai

    AI

    Claude Opus 5.5 Intelligence, Performance and Price Analysis (Max)

    The spreadsheet people use to decide which oracle to trust this week.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 327 points, 103 comments — “Claude Opus 5.5 Intelligence, Performance and Price Analysis (Max)”
    • Hacker News: 162 points, 64 comments — “MiMo-v2.6-Pro: Intelligence, Performance and Price Analysis”
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  9. 09

    New

    Alex

    alexn.org

    AI

    AI Has No Wisdom and Neither Will You

    A warning that the model has no wisdom. The model is still open in the next tab.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 383 points, 541 comments — “AI Has No Wisdom and Neither Will You”
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  10. 10

    New

    FoxScript

    foxscript.org

    DEV

    Microsoft killed FoxPro in 2007. Anyway, here's FoxPro revived

    Microsoft killed FoxPro in 2007. The internet filed an appeal.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 457 points, 244 comments — “Microsoft killed FoxPro in 2007. Anyway, here's FoxPro revived”
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  11. 11

    New

    KQED

    kqed.org

    NEWS

    What California is learning from solar panels built over irrigation canals

    Solar panels over canals. The comments stayed strangely useful.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 346 points, 671 comments — “What California is learning from solar panels built over irrigation canals”
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  12. 12

    New

    Nathan

    nathan.rs

    WEIRD

    Can gzip be a language model?

    Gzip, accused of being a language model. It has not commented.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 396 points, 155 comments — “Can gzip be a language model?”
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  13. 13

    New

    Trail of Bits

    blog.trailofbits.com

    DEV

    SAML: A fractal of bad design

    SAML, described as a fractal. Security people nodded grimly.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 335 points, 177 comments — “SAML: A fractal of bad design”
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  14. 14

    New

    Mouse

    mouse.dev

    AI

    I asked Meta’s Muse for its filesystem and it sent me 6.8GB

    Asked a model for its filesystem. Received a small truck of bytes.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 331 points, 155 comments — “I asked Meta’s Muse for its filesystem and it sent me 6.8GB”
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  15. 15

    New

    Arcturus Labs

    arcturus-labs.com

    STARTUPS

    OpenAI is well positioned to fast-follow Jev

    A fast-follow essay. The internet loves a horse race.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 314 points, 218 comments — “OpenAI is well positioned to fast-follow Jev”
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  16. 16

    New

    GrapheneOS

    grapheneos.social

    DEV

    There's a high chance of devices being sold with GrapheneOS preinstalled in 2027

    A phone OS with opinions, currently having a moment.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 304 points, 135 comments — “There's a high chance of devices being sold with GrapheneOS preinstalled in 2027”
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  17. 17

    New

    Flat Assembler

    board.flatassembler.net

    DEV

    AMD's random number generator can't generate a 0?

    A random-number generator that cannot roll a zero. Chaos, but polite.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 277 points, 213 comments — “AMD's random number generator can't generate a 0?”
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  18. 18

    New

    Github

    github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop

    DEV

    WordPress: Unauthenticated path traversal leading to conditional RCE

    Public discussion spiked. A business model is optional.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 230 points, 125 comments — “WordPress: Unauthenticated path traversal leading to conditional RCE”
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  19. 19

    New

    Unreal Labs

    unreallabs.ai

    AI

    Unreal Agent

    Another agent with a cinematic name.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 230 points, 120 comments — “Unreal Agent”
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  20. 20

    New

    University of Bristol

    bristol.ac.uk

    NEWS

    9 Ads per Minute: FIFA Cup 26 – "the price of the beautiful game"

    Nine ads a minute. The beautiful game sends a bill.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 178 points, 216 comments — “9 Ads per Minute: FIFA Cup 26 – "the price of the beautiful game"”
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  21. 21

    New

    Obscura

    obscura.com

    TOOLS

    Obscura: VPN that can't log your activity

    A VPN pitch. Trust, but bring your own skepticism.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 179 points, 133 comments — “Obscura: VPN that can't log your activity”
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  22. 22

    New

    Drop

    droprun.sh

    TOOLS

    Show HN: Drop – A rootless Linux sandbox with gVisor support

    A sandbox with a name that sounds like a dare.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 185 points, 61 comments — “Show HN: Drop – A rootless Linux sandbox with gVisor support”
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  23. 23

    New

    Ars Technica

    arstechnica.com

    NEWS

    Meta’s Muse has a serious 0-day

    A zero-day, written so the rest of us can panic accurately.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 121 points, 49 comments — “Meta’s Muse has a serious 0-day”
    • Hacker News: 50 points, 62 comments — “Xbox continues its “reset” with dramatic restructuring”
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  24. 24

    New

    Ass Bench

    assbench.com

    AI

    LLM Ass Bench

    The benchmark is named like a dare. Researchers accepted.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 162 points, 45 comments — “LLM Ass Bench”
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  25. 25

    New

    Benchmark Heaven

    benchmarkheaven.com

    AI

    Show HN: JevBench, a reproducible benchmark for typed decision models

    Heaven, in this case, is a spreadsheet of model scores.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 132 points, 35 comments — “Show HN: JevBench, a reproducible benchmark for typed decision models”
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  26. 26

    New

    Discord

    discord.com

    SOCIAL

    An update on how we confirm your age group on Discord

    The age check reached the people who live in the server.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 118 points, 84 comments — “An update on how we confirm your age group on Discord”
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  27. 27

    New

    Github

    github.com/geastack/examples

    DEV

    Native apps written in TypeScript and CSS

    Public discussion spiked. A business model is optional.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 124 points, 53 comments — “Native apps written in TypeScript and CSS”
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  28. 28

    New

    AllPoetry

    allpoetry.com

    WEIRD

    16-bit Intel 8088 chip (c. 1985)

    A poem about a chip from 1985. The comments brought soldering irons.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 130 points, 19 comments — “16-bit Intel 8088 chip (c. 1985)”
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  29. 29

    New

    Scientific American

    scientificamerican.com

    NEWS

    Did OpenAI solve the wrong Navier-Stokes problem?

    A famous equation, and a suspicion the machine solved the wrong one.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 115 points, 67 comments — “Did OpenAI solve the wrong Navier-Stokes problem?”
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  30. 30

    New

    Interconnects

    interconnects.ai

    AI

    The current balance of power in open models

    A map of who is winning the model argument this week.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 117 points, 52 comments — “The current balance of power in open models”
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  31. 31

    New

    Max Woolf

    minimaxir.com

    DEV

    Writing Rust code that's fast by asking agents to make the code faster

    Make the Rust faster by asking a robot nicely. Then less nicely.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 108 points, 58 comments — “Writing Rust code that's fast by asking agents to make the code faster”
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  32. 32

    New

    ASCII Tweezers

    blog.asciitweezers.com

    WEIRD

    The UV index is not the warm sensation of sunlight on bare skin

    The UV index, demoted from a feeling to a number.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 93 points, 77 comments — “The UV index is not the warm sensation of sunlight on bare skin”
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  33. 33

    New

    Variety

    variety.com

    NEWS

    Robin Williams' Daughter to Fans Creating AI Videos: 'Have Some Shame'

    A celebrity's family versus the clip factory. Shame is the product note.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 96 points, 62 comments — “Robin Williams' Daughter to Fans Creating AI Videos: 'Have Some Shame'”
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  34. 34

    New

    Stanford Review

    stanfordreview.org

    NEWS

    Stanford R&DE Uses AI to Race Swap Students for Advertising

    Campus software did a thing the brochure did not mention.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 85 points, 64 comments — “Stanford R&DE Uses AI to Race Swap Students for Advertising”
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  35. 35

    New

    Blog

    blog.jetbrains.com

    WEIRD

    JetBrains Air: A System of Products for Agentic Software Development

    Unusual attention. No visitor count attached, on purpose.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 72 points, 113 comments — “JetBrains Air: A System of Products for Agentic Software Development”
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  36. 36

    New

    Verda

    verda.com

    STARTUPS

    Verda (Finland) raises $189M in Series B

    A funding round large enough to trend. The product can wait its turn.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 87 points, 52 comments — “Verda (Finland) raises $189M in Series B”
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  37. 37

    New

    Github

    github.com/Amal-David/awesome-jev

    DEV

    Jev – A curation of Jev demos on X, tools, skills, and integrations

    Unusual attention. No visitor count attached, on purpose.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 91 points, 34 comments — “Jev – A curation of Jev demos on X, tools, skills, and integrations”
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  38. 38

    New

    Quanta

    quantamagazine.org

    NEWS

    Aging may be a program, not a breakdown

    Aging, described as a program. The comments became biologists.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 78 points, 82 comments — “Aging may be a program, not a breakdown”
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  39. 39

    New

    Eval Apply

    evalapply.org

    DEV

    Side-stepping the Secretary Problem, unwittingly

    The secretary problem, solved sideways, possibly by accident.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 93 points, 16 comments — “Side-stepping the Secretary Problem, unwittingly”
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  40. 40

    New

    EFF

    eff.org

    NEWS

    Vacate a drone restriction that criminalized recording immigration agents

    A drone rule, a court, and the people who record things.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 92 points, 18 comments — “Vacate a drone restriction that criminalized recording immigration agents”
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  41. 41

    New

    Norwegianscitechnews

    norwegianscitechnews.com

    WEIRD

    Study: Young users (9 to 18Y) ditch Google for AI, with unknown consequences

    The timeline got there first. Productivity can wait.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 66 points, 119 comments — “Study: Young users (9 to 18Y) ditch Google for AI, with unknown consequences”
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  42. 42

    New

    BBC

    bbc.com

    NEWS

    Apple Music to open concert venue in Battersea Power Station

    Satellites, jamming, and a headline that does not belong in a group chat.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 66 points, 99 comments — “Apple Music to open concert venue in Battersea Power Station”
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  43. 43

    New

    Wondermark

    wondermark.com

    WEIRD

    Socrates vs. the Written Word (2011)

    It escaped one corner of the internet and kept walking.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 73 points, 57 comments — “Socrates vs. the Written Word (2011)”
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  44. 44

    New

    Dallasnews

    dallasnews.com

    WEIRD

    Texas police department ordered to close for failing to provide public benefit

    It escaped one corner of the internet and kept walking.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 75 points, 33 comments — “Texas police department ordered to close for failing to provide public benefit”
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  45. 45

    New

    Manager

    manager.dev

    DEV

    Explaining to business people why building software is still hard

    Unusual attention. No visitor count attached, on purpose.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 62 points, 57 comments — “Explaining to business people why building software is still hard”
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  46. 46

    New

    Bobble

    bobble.tech

    WEIRD

    Used ThinkPad Buyer's Guide (2019)

    People are arguing about it. That is the entire metric.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 59 points, 53 comments — “Used ThinkPad Buyer's Guide (2019)”
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  47. 47

    New

    Natesilver

    natesilver.net

    WEIRD

    Diesel prices could crush Republicans in the heartland

    It escaped one corner of the internet and kept walking.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 66 points, 13 comments — “Diesel prices could crush Republicans in the heartland”
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  48. 48

    New

    Outcomeschool

    outcomeschool.com

    WEIRD

    AI Engineering Course - A free and complete AI Engineering Course to learn AI Engineering step by step - from Machine Learning, Neural Networks, and Transformers to LLMs, Fine-Tun…

    People are arguing about it. That is the entire metric.

    Why it's here
    • GitHub: amitshekhariitbhu/ai-engineering-course has 69 stars and links here
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  49. 49

    New

    Humansontheloop

    humansontheloop.com

    WEIRD

    What Capital Never Told You About Rent

    People are arguing about it. That is the entire metric.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 57 points, 47 comments — “What Capital Never Told You About Rent”
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  50. 50

    New

    Arxiv

    arxiv.org

    AI

    Show HN: Training a model to identify AI web content from structure alone

    People are arguing about it. That is the entire metric.

    Why it's here
    • Hacker News: 63 points, 21 comments — “Show HN: Training a model to identify AI web content from structure alone”
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