Hacker News headlines

45

Meta Spends $14B to Hire a Single Guy (theahura.substack.com)

2 weeks ago | theahura | substack.com | best

41

Life of an inference request (vLLM V1): How LLMs are served efficiently at scale (ubicloud.com)

2 weeks ago | samaysharma | ubicloud.com | best

49

AI fakes duel over impeachment of Vice-President in Phillipines (afp.com)

2 weeks ago | anigbrowl | afp.com | frontpage

253

JavaScript Trademark Update (deno.com)

2 weeks ago | thebeardisred | deno.com | best

40

2025 ARRL Field Day (arrl.org)

2 weeks ago | rookderby | arrl.org | best

74

Use Plaintext Email (2019) (useplaintext.email)

2 weeks ago | cyrc | useplaintext.email | best

36

BYU study: Why some people choose not to use artificial intelligence (byu.edu)

2 weeks ago | computator | byu.edu | frontpage

17

US Justice Department settles antitrust case for HPE's $14B takeover of Juniper (reuters.com)

2 weeks ago | awat | reuters.com | frontpage

10

bootc-image-builder: Build your entire OS from a Containerfile (github.com/osbuild)

2 weeks ago | twelvenmonkeys | github.com | frontpage

54

Is being bilingual good for your brain? (economist.com)

2 weeks ago | Anon84 | economist.com | best

15

Boeing uses potatoes to test wi-fi (2012) (bbc.com)

2 weeks ago | m-hodges | bbc.com | frontpage

29

Sirius: A GPU-native SQL engine (github.com/sirius-db)

2 weeks ago | qianli_cs | github.com | best

19

What makes Europe better than America? (thefp.com)

2 weeks ago | zeroonetwothree | thefp.com | frontpage

23

Arrests of scientists over smuggled samples add to US border anxiety (nature.com)

2 weeks ago | rntn | nature.com | frontpage

79

No One Is in Charge at the US Copyright Office (wired.com)

2 weeks ago | rntn | wired.com | best

24

Lima Site 85: How a CIA Helicopter Defended a Secret U.S. Radar Facility (aviacionline.com)

2 weeks ago | davikr | aviacionline.com | frontpage

10

Canada's Trump-Fueled Brain Gain (nytimes.com)

2 weeks ago | _tk_ | nytimes.com | frontpage

20

ZeQLplus: Terminal SQLite Database Browser (github.com/zetlostudio)

2 weeks ago | amadeuspagel | github.com | best

201

Engineered Addictions (masonyarbrough.substack.com)

2 weeks ago | echollama | substack.com | best

21

Why is every successful tech founder an Ivy League graduate

2 weeks ago | moneyhungry | ycombinator.com | frontpage

118

BusyBeaver(6) Is Quite Large (scottaaronson.blog)

2 weeks ago | bdr | scottaaronson.blog | best

46

Republican governors oppose 10-year moratorium on state AI laws in GOP tax bill (politico.com)

2 weeks ago | MilnerRoute | politico.com | frontpage

14

Ask HN: From the MIT study, is it smarter to resign than to use forced AI?

2 weeks ago | ciwolex | ycombinator.com | frontpage

14

Untangling Lifetimes: The Arena Allocator (rfleury.com)

2 weeks ago | signa11 | rfleury.com | frontpage

74

Jane Street's sneaky retention tactic (economist.com)

2 weeks ago | yawaramin | economist.com | frontpage

22

Peter Thiel: Elon Musk has given up on Mars (unherd.com)

2 weeks ago | elsewhen | unherd.com | frontpage

21

Microsoft extends free Windows 10 security updates into 2026 (arstechnica.com)

2 weeks ago | jmsflknr | arstechnica.com | best

35

Parsing JSON in Forty Lines of Awk (akr.am)

2 weeks ago | thefilmore | akr.am | best

59

People Are Being Involuntarily Committed After Spiraling into ChatGPT Psychosis (futurism.com)

2 weeks ago | cainxinth | futurism.com | frontpage

10

LLMs bring new nature of abstraction – up and sideways (martinfowler.com)

2 weeks ago | tudorizer | martinfowler.com | frontpage

18

Lossless LLM 3x Throughput Increase by LMCache (github.com/lmcache)

2 weeks ago | lihanc111 | github.com | best

15

I Like the Helix Editor (herecomesthemoon.net)

2 weeks ago | Bogdanp | herecomesthemoon.net | newest

55

Ask HN: What are you actually using LLMs for in production?

2 weeks ago | Satam | ycombinator.com | frontpage

23

ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court (tpr.org)

2 weeks ago | cempaka | tpr.org | frontpage

51

[flagged] The Coming Storm: How Mediterranean Water Collapse Could Reshape Britain (fromtheprism.com)

2 weeks ago | voxx-ai | fromtheprism.com | frontpage

15

Microsoft pushes staff to use internal AI tools more (businessinsider.com)

2 weeks ago | taubek | businessinsider.com | frontpage

90

[dupe] Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos you haven’t yet shared (techcrunch.com)

2 weeks ago | absqueued | techcrunch.com | best

215

MCP: An (Accidentally) Universal Plugin System (worksonmymachine.substack.com)

2 weeks ago | Stwerner | substack.com | best

31

Antitrust defies politics' law of gravity (pluralistic.net)

2 weeks ago | almost-exactly | pluralistic.net | frontpage

10

Swarms of robots could go up your nose, melt the mucus and clean your sinuses (zmescience.com)

2 weeks ago | fcpguru | zmescience.com | frontpage

38

Finding Peter Putnam (nautil.us)

2 weeks ago | dnetesn | nautil.us | best

26

Engineer creates ad block for the real world with augmented reality glasses (tomshardware.com)

2 weeks ago | LorenDB | tomshardware.com | best

68

We ran a Unix-like OS on our home-built CPU with a home-built C compiler (2020) (edby.coffee)

2 weeks ago | AlexeyBrin | edby.coffee | best

17

Texas brothers buy abandoned Boeing 727 for $10k (popsci.com)

2 weeks ago | underthenettle | popsci.com | frontpage

18

Korean students seek 'digital undertakers' amid US visa social media screening (koreaherald.com)

2 weeks ago | djoldman | koreaherald.com | frontpage

59

Unheard works by Erik Satie to premiere 100 years after his death (theguardian.com)

2 weeks ago | gripewater | theguardian.com | best

35

An Introduction to Tribalism for the Modern World That Has Forgotten It (sustainableviews.substack.com)

2 weeks ago | spyckie2 | substack.com | best

25

History of Cycling Maps (cyclemaps.blogspot.com)

2 weeks ago | altilunium | blogspot.com | best

18

Programming as Theory Building: Why Senior Developers Are More Valuable (cekrem.github.io)

2 weeks ago | vinhnx | github.io | frontpage

33

[flagged] We need to talk about Saudi Arabia (architectsjournal.co.uk)

2 weeks ago | tweetle_beetle | architectsjournal.co.uk | frontpage

13

I will fix your vibe-coded MVP – sgnt.ai (sgnt.ai)

2 weeks ago | yeahyeah321 | sgnt.ai | frontpage

45

DeepSeek R2 launch stalled as CEO balks at progress (reuters.com)

2 weeks ago | nsoonhui | reuters.com | best

10

Theoretical Analysis of Positional Encodings in Transformer Models (arxiv.org)

2 weeks ago | PaulHoule | arxiv.org | frontpage

24

DR Congo and Rawanda signs a peace deal (bbc.com)

2 weeks ago | rock_artist | bbc.com | frontpage

449

IDF officers ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near Gaza food distribution sites (haaretz.com)

3 weeks ago | ahmetcadirci25 | haaretz.com | best

10

Quantum Physics Is on the Wrong Track, Says Breakthrough Prize Winner (scientificamerican.com)

3 weeks ago | stogot | scientificamerican.com | frontpage

15

Hurricane Forecasters Lose Crucial Satellite Data, with Serious Implications (scientificamerican.com)

3 weeks ago | perihelions | scientificamerican.com | frontpage

18

Reinforcement learning, explained with a minimum of math and jargon (understandingai.org)

3 weeks ago | JnBrymn | understandingai.org | best

33

Dubai Reality Check: An Indian VC's Year of Truth (dealflowiq.com)

3 weeks ago | koolhead17 | dealflowiq.com | frontpage

203

I deleted my second brain (joanwestenberg.com)

3 weeks ago | MrVandemar | joanwestenberg.com | best

70

[flagged] Why does Kars4Kids sends most of its money to one town in New Jersey? (2023) (mossplanet.news)

3 weeks ago | myballshurt | mossplanet.news | best

10

ICE Uses Breaching Charge (reddit.com)

3 weeks ago | soared | reddit.com | newest

14

Multi-Stage Programming with Splice Variables (tsung-ju.org)

3 weeks ago | matt_d | tsung-ju.org | frontpage

12

China breaks more records with surge in solar and wind power (theguardian.com)

3 weeks ago | testing22321 | theguardian.com | frontpage

14

New Process Uses Microbes to Create Valuable Materials from Urine (lbl.gov)

3 weeks ago | gmays | lbl.gov | frontpage

11

Slightly better named character reference tokenization than Chrome, Safari, FF (ryanliptak.com)

3 weeks ago | todsacerdoti | ryanliptak.com | frontpage

170

Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos you haven’t yet shared (theverge.com)

3 weeks ago | pier25 | theverge.com | best

10

A Lisp adventure on the calm waters of the dead C (2021) (mihaiolteanu.me)

3 weeks ago | caned | mihaiolteanu.me | best

13

Show HN: Do you know RGB? (maxwellito.github.io)

3 weeks ago | maxwellito | github.io | best

51

Rust in the Linux kernel: part 2 (lwn.net)

3 weeks ago | chmaynard | lwn.net | best

10

Ask HN: Startup shutting down, should we open source?

3 weeks ago | amadeoeoeo | ycombinator.com | frontpage

14

As job losses loom, Anthropic launches program to track AI's economic fallout (techcrunch.com)

3 weeks ago | Bluestein | techcrunch.com | frontpage

10

Environmental crimes are often hidden by 'flying money' laundering schemes (mongabay.com)

3 weeks ago | PaulHoule | mongabay.com | frontpage

16

You can now buy personally Human Attention for $5 (momentarily.online)

3 weeks ago | Lovishotherdays | momentarily.online | newest

22

nimbme – Nim bare-metal environment (github.com/mikra01)

3 weeks ago | michaelsbradley | github.com | best

15

[flagged] Show HN: Shouldiuse.dev – Software dependency health checker (shouldiuse.dev)

3 weeks ago | louis_w_gk | shouldiuse.dev | frontpage

55

Learn OCaml (ocaml-sf.org)

3 weeks ago | smartmic | ocaml-sf.org | best

10

Univ of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure from Trump Administration (nytimes.com)

3 weeks ago | bookofjoe | nytimes.com | frontpage

27

Tesla has been ordered to stop "deceptive practices" about driving ability (latintimes.com)

3 weeks ago | 01-_- | latintimes.com | frontpage

90

JWST reveals its first direct image discovery of an exoplanet (smithsonianmag.com)

3 weeks ago | divbzero | smithsonianmag.com | best

57

SymbolicAI: A neuro-symbolic perspective on LLMs (github.com/extensityai)

3 weeks ago | futurisold | github.com | best

10

Brazil Supreme Court rules digital platforms are liable for users' posts (ft.com)

3 weeks ago | dmitrygr | ft.com | frontpage

13

Whitesmiths C compiler: One of the earliest commercial C compilers available (github.com/hansake)

3 weeks ago | todsacerdoti | github.com | best

47

Normalizing Flows Are Capable Generative Models (machinelearning.apple.com)

3 weeks ago | danboarder | apple.com | best

19

Android phones could soon warn you of "Stingrays" snooping on your communicatio (arstechnica.com)

3 weeks ago | todsacerdoti | arstechnica.com | frontpage

29

Structuring Arrays with Algebraic Shapes (acm.org)

3 weeks ago | todsacerdoti | acm.org | best

64

A brief history of children sent through the mail (2016) (smithsonianmag.com)

3 weeks ago | m-hodges | smithsonianmag.com | best

14

AI is ruining houseplant communities online (theverge.com)

3 weeks ago | rntn | theverge.com | frontpage

28

[flagged] Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions in birthright citizenship order (npr.org)

3 weeks ago | donsupreme | npr.org | newest

10

H-1B Middlemen Bring Cheap Labor to Citi, Capital One (bloomberg.com)

3 weeks ago | mfiguiere | bloomberg.com | newest

17

Blind spots on American cars are expanding (streetsblog.org)

3 weeks ago | anigbrowl | streetsblog.org | frontpage

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US Supreme Court limits federal judges' power to block Trump orders (theguardian.com)

3 weeks ago | leotravis10 | theguardian.com | best

42

Transmitting data via ultrasound without any special equipment (halcy.de)

3 weeks ago | todsacerdoti | halcy.de | best

14

Ask HN: Is internet hobby tech dead?

3 weeks ago | gabordemooij | ycombinator.com | newest

89

Project Vend: Can Claude run a small shop? (And why does that matter?) (anthropic.com)

3 weeks ago | gk1 | anthropic.com | best

12

Ask HN: What are your peronsal data backup and sync setups?

3 weeks ago | shelled | ycombinator.com | frontpage

20

My Lights Run on Bash (kramkow.ski)

3 weeks ago | todsacerdoti | kramkow.ski | frontpage

14

Deep inside U.S. economy, more sticker prices start going up due to tariffs (cnbc.com)

3 weeks ago | rntn | cnbc.com | frontpage

16

Moonbase Alpha: That time NASA made a meme video game (spacebar.news)

3 weeks ago | todsacerdoti | spacebar.news | best

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US Supreme Court Upholds Texas Porn ID Law (wired.com)

3 weeks ago | mikece | wired.com | best