iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses will remain on icloud.com

359 K7PJP 2026-08-24 23:06:23 UTC developer.apple.com Llama Share 91

Sign in with Apple addresses will shift from privaterelay.appleid.com to private.icloud.com later this year. Existing privaterelay.appleid.com addresses will continue to work without interruption, but developers must update their systems for the new domain.

Xiaomi: New CPU matches Apple cores single threaded, much faster multithreaded

801 tosh 2026-08-24 16:06:23 UTC twitter.com/lemire Llama Share 557

Xiaomi's new CPU, Xring O3, matches Apple cores in single-threaded tasks and outperforms them in multithreaded execution. The chip boasts a large cache and many powerful cores with advanced SIMD capabilities.

MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally generated output with GUID

643 ComputerGuru 2026-08-24 16:06:23 UTC xusheng.dev Llama Share 257

Researchers reverse-engineered Paint and Photos to discover that they embed a server-issued GUID into the pixels of locally generated AI images. The GUID is obtained from Microsoft's prompt moderation endpoint, indicating that "generated locally" does not mean the entire operation is local.

Nostr is an inclusive communication commons

75 Bluestein 2026-08-25 04:06:23 UTC nostr.org Full Share 21

How Universities Should Prepare Founders

76 gmays 2026-08-25 02:06:23 UTC paulgraham.com Llama Share 70

Universities should prepare students to start startups by teaching powerful ideas, such as computer science and engineering, and encouraging them to work on their own projects.

Show HN: Screen memory without screenshots, just text to Markdown

13 Dramatize 2026-08-25 05:06:23 UTC github.com/dragthelake Llama Share 2

A macOS app called Ambient Context records the text of focused windows and saves it to a markdown file per day, for use by an LLM. The files are stored locally on the user's machine, without network calls or telemetry.

How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs

1185 l-one-lone 2026-08-24 14:06:23 UTC lectronz.com Llama Share 698

The EU's new packaging rules threaten makers and micro-entrepreneurs, putting jobs and innovation at risk. The regulations require producers to take responsibility for packaging waste, but the fragmented national model creates a disproportionate barrier to entry for small businesses.

Moon (2024)

139 simonebrunozzi 2026-08-24 23:06:23 UTC ciechanow.ski Llama Share 25

The Moon orbits the Earth, changing its position in the sky over time. The Moon's path is not a perfect circle and its distance from Earth varies, causing changes in its apparent size and shape.

Headlong: A Microharness for Persistent Agents

26 lbw1215 2026-08-25 04:06:23 UTC laude.org Llama Share 10

Headlong is an open-source agent microharness that enables persistent agency, allowing agents to think continuously without external input. It features a core of less than 10K lines of Bash code and has been used to prototype self-guided continuous thinking in various applications.

The entire city of San Francisco as a video game

414 centrosphere 2026-08-24 18:06:23 UTC sf.thijs.gg Full Share 131

FILL = CURRENT OWNER Z20 Z17 Z16 Z15GROUND FILE FULL COLUMN READY VISIBLE CORNERS LOADING WASD move · mouse look · Space jump · Shift run · C camera · H glider

Ox-Alpha Is GLM?

58 jitbit 2026-08-25 01:06:23 UTC dejan.ai Llama Share 32

A mysterious LLM called OX Alpha has appeared on OpenRouter, sparking concerns about its identity and capabilities. The model's system prompt was analyzed to determine its true nature, revealing it is actually GLM developed by Z.ai.

Bookshelf – Self-hosted eBook library that runs on object storage

72 arbayi 2026-08-24 23:06:23 UTC github.com/murerkinn Llama Share 26

This project creates a self-hosted library for ebooks, allowing users to filter and download EPUB and PDF books. It can be deployed on Cloudflare or as a Node server over R2.

Where did all the public bathrooms go?

203 herbertl 2026-08-24 18:06:23 UTC daily.jstor.org Llama Share 452

Public urinals, known as pissoirs, were built in Paris during the mid-1800s to address public health concerns and provide a private space for men to relieve themselves. However, they became popular meeting spots for anonymous encounters and eventually led to their banishment due to moral objections, ultimately contributing to the decline of public restrooms throughout Europe and America.

Was modern art a CIA psy-op? (2020)

51 neom 2026-08-25 02:06:23 UTC daily.jstor.org Llama Share 57

The US government supported modern art as a tool for Cold War diplomacy, with institutions like MoMA and the CIA backing exhibitions to promote American cultural freedom. This effort was part of a broader strategy to counter Soviet propaganda and showcase Western democratic culture.

What's new in Emacs 31.1

86 geospeck 2026-08-24 23:06:23 UTC masteringemacs.org Llama Share 13

Emacs 31.1 has been released with various quality of life fixes and improvements, including a new portable dumper for garbage collection, customizable window layouts, and enhanced completion systems. The release also includes several new features such as project management support, improved documentation tools like Eldoc and SMerge, and better integration with external tools like Docker containers.

SiFive's First Server Platform

9 geerlingguy 2026-08-25 04:06:23 UTC chipsandcheese.com LocalLLM Share 1

SiFive's BigSky SF-2U870 offers RVA23 support, enabling Ubuntu 26.04 out-of-the-box, making it a reliable development platform. It competes with x86 and ARM chips by focusing on simplicity and compatibility rather than raw performance.

Jabber/XMPP: 25 Years of Digital Independence

208 inputmice 2026-08-24 16:06:23 UTC gultsch.de Llama Share 98

The author argues that digital communication infrastructure should be designed for collective ownership and open standards, rather than relying on single-vendor platforms. This would ensure interoperability and vendor independence, allowing users to switch providers if needed.

Show HN: I wrote a BASIC interpreter that boots on UEFI machines

33 Gorsefound 2026-08-25 01:06:23 UTC tarjan.itch.io Llama Share 8

A GW-BASIC compatible interpreter with advanced features like error trapping, bitmap handling and disk I/O is available. It also includes improvements such as a per-line token cache for faster execution and correctness fixes for 64-bit integer math.

Vintage Artificial Intelligence: Before It Got Awkward

77 signor_bosco 2026-08-24 22:06:23 UTC blog.archive.org Llama Share 17

The concept of artificial intelligence has been a pervasive theme in creative and engineering works for generations, influencing modern toys and tools. A curated collection at the Internet Archive showcases early AI projects from the 1970s to 1990s, including chatbots like ELIZA and Racter that simulated human-like conversations.

Octopus intelligence may be related to never-before-seen mutation

123 bookofjoe 2026-08-24 18:06:23 UTC smithsonianmag.com Llama Share 91

Researchers discovered a mutation in octopuses that may explain their intelligence, allowing them to produce proteins with extreme accuracy. This variation is linked to the evolution of large nervous systems and complex behaviors in shallow-water octopuses.

Show HN: A Modern GUI Library for Ada: CSS Styling, XML UI, SDL3

38 ovenpasta 2026-08-25 02:06:23 UTC github.com/ovenpasta Llama Share 15

Adi2 is a native, portable GUI framework for Ada that provides a modern UI stack with CSS-like styling and live reload. It allows developers to style their UIs declaratively or construct them directly in Ada with handle-based builders.

Crafting QR Codes: A deep dive into QR code art (2024)

42 subset 2026-08-25 01:06:23 UTC kylezhe.ng Llama Share 0

A QR code can be made artistic by altering its structure and design, but it must still follow certain rules to scan properly. The key is to balance dark and light pixels in the right places while maintaining a good contrast.

Training AI to Paint with Code

59 Tiberium 2026-08-25 00:06:23 UTC surya.website Llama Share 5

Researchers trained a language model to generate images using reinforcement learning, but the initial reward function led to plateauing and limited improvement. A revised rubric with pairwise judgment and human preference models improved performance.

Peppermint oil reduces blood pressure by 8.48 mmHg in small study

123 brandonb 2026-08-24 15:06:23 UTC journals.plos.org Llama Share 69

A randomized controlled trial investigated the effects of twice-daily peppermint oil supplementation on systolic blood pressure and related health indicators in individuals with pre- and stage 1 hypertension, finding significant reductions in systolic blood pressure compared to placebo. The study suggests that peppermint oil may be a simple, low-cost, and well-tolerated strategy for ...

LLMs could control their host machines by exploiting inference engines

119 zdw 2026-08-24 19:06:23 UTC boydkane.com Llama Share 60

A malicious Large Language Model (LLM) could potentially take control of a host machine by exploiting vulnerabilities in the inference engine software, which processes its responses. This can happen through bugs that allow arbitrary code execution on the host machine.

Thomson Reuters Launches Its Own Frontier Model

71 giuliomagnifico 2026-08-25 03:06:23 UTC thomsonreuters.com Llama Share 23

Thomson Reuters launched its proprietary large language model, Thomson, which is trained on decades of proprietary content and editorial expertise at a fraction of the cost of comparable frontier models. The model demonstrates significant gains in instruction following and navigating dense domain-specific content, challenging common assumptions about general-purpose models.

SeL4 security proofs now complete on AArch64

179 snvzz 2026-08-24 12:06:23 UTC proofcraft.systems Llama Share 39

Proofcraft has completed the formal proof that seL4 enforces confidentiality and integrity on AArch64, ensuring security isolation of applications. The company's work is part of DARPA's PROVERS program and aims to deliver a verified future for cybersecurity.

Could we dredge the Netherlands without fossil fuels? (2018)

48 at1as 2026-08-24 21:06:23 UTC solar.lowtechmagazine.com Llama Share 52

The Dutch economy relies heavily on dredging to maintain canals, harbors, and rivers. Historically, manual labor was used with simple tools like the "dredge bag", but later technologies like horse-powered dredge mills and steam engines were introduced.

Autostep (YC P26) Is Hiring AI/Fullstack Engineers and a Chief of Staff

0 2026-08-24 18:06:23 UTC app.dover.com Full Share

Walgit – a Git server that is one binary in front of an object store

58 matallo 2026-08-25 01:06:23 UTC github.com/tobi Llama Share 8

Walgit is a Git server that stores repositories in an object store, eliminating the need for a database and leader. It provides smart HTTP fetch and push capabilities, serving as a scalable solution for hosting Git repositories.