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John Carmack on the Goose Language: multiple data stacks and relative references
That looks really neat! The automatic analysis and use of multiple data stacks and resizable fields takes it from "lots of work can be done this way" to "basically everything can…
Danish Government silently drops plan to dump MS Office
AI summary The Danish Government quietly abandoned a pilot project for an alternative to Microsoft Office.
Dream-1
AI summary Dream-1 is a robot control system that works without training or data from the specific robot.
Bbtree: Fastest Ordered Map
How bbtree, a drop-in replacement for std's BTreeMap, cuts cache misses, instructions and cache coherence traffic, and how it is kept correct.
Why is AI generated language so hard to understand?
AI summary The article explains arXivLabs, a framework for developing and sharing arXiv features.
Show HN: Argus- open source security platform to protect against agentic attacks
Open-source agentic security operations platform: evidence graph, swarm-aware detections, governed AI agents and an approval-gated action broker - thomasunise/argus
Roku developer repositories moved from GitHub to GitLab
Roku provides the simplest way to stream entertainment to your TV. On your terms. With thousands of available channels to choose from.
Neural chip decodes interactions between brain regions
AI summary EPFL researchers developed a neural chip that tracks brain region interactions to identify cognitive and emotional states in real time.
Oai-math-revised: a community hub for revising OpenAI's math write-ups
AI summary A community hub aims to improve OpenAI's math write-ups by revising them and inviting participation from the math community.
FreeDNS
Free DNS hosting, lets you fully manage your own domain. Dynamic DNS and Static DNS services available. You may also create hosts off other domains that we host upon the domain…
Google illegally cut down 250K trees in Finland for data center
AI summary Google cut down 250,000 trees in Finland for a data center, causing environmental damage and forcing wolves into nearby towns.
AI-Assisted Paper on Z-Library Cites a TorrentFreak Article That Doesn't Exist
AI summary An academic paper on Z-Library cites a non-existent TorrentFreak article, raising questions about its reliability.
Show HN: Autonomous root for Tcl Android TV via CVE-2022-22706
TCL 50C721 (RTD1319 / Mali-G31) root toolkit — autonomous CVE-2022-22706 exploit chain
GPU-unlock: FP/BF16 instruction issue rate on Nvidia 3000's cards
AI summary A Linux kernel module unlocks FP/BF16 instruction rates on Nvidia 3000 series cards without needing driver patches.
Node2Shell evolves to HTTP2Shell, blast radius affects many HTTP libs and apps
The Brotli flaw behind Node2Shell (CVE-2026-111497) affects many libraries and applications using HTTP with Brotli or brotlicffi installed. Check your versions and upgrade to the…
OBS Studio 33
33.0 New Features Updated CEF from 127/6533 to 150/7871 [WizardCM] (#13900) This is a massive update to the underlying framework used for browser sources and docks from the July…
How close can pure functional programming get to C?
AI summary Roc, a functional language, attempts to match C's libdeflate performance in DEFLATE compression but falls short.
How Block Blast harvests its players for ad money
Rules downloaded from their server decide your pieces, your score and your ads. One waits for an expensive ad, then asks for a hand you can’t place.
Apple Security Research Device
Get an iPhone dedicated to security research through the Apple Security Research Device program. Learn how to apply.
Alzheimer's breakthrough: 2 hrs of sleep restored without clearing brain plaques
AI summary Researchers found that removing immune cells in mice with Alzheimer's restored sleep without clearing brain plaques, suggesting a new treatment approach.
Twelve years of distributed SQLite
AI summary The author recounts the twelve-year history of rqlite, the first open-source system to combine Raft consensus with SQLite. This innovation established a new category of…