Qwen3.6-Max-Preview: Smarter, Sharper, Still Evolving

340 mfiguiere 2026-04-20 14:57:03 UTC qwen.ai Llama Share 194

Qwen3.6-Max-Preview is an early preview of a proprietary model with stronger world knowledge and instruction following, along with improved agentic coding. It achieves top scores on six major coding benchmarks and is available through Alibaba Cloud Model Studio API.

At long last, InfoWars is ours

309 HotGarbage 2026-04-20 17:57:03 UTC theonion.com Llama Share 106

The writer, who had night terrors as a child, is now bringing their dark vision to life by controlling InfoWars.com. They envision a twisted digital platform where visitors sacrifice themselves to delusion and misery.

ggsql: A Grammar of Graphics for SQL

253 thomasp85 2026-04-20 12:57:03 UTC opensource.posit.co Llama Share 60

ggsql is a new data visualization tool that uses SQL syntax to create rich, structured visualizations, making it easy for SQL users to create custom plots. The tool is designed to be powerful, ergonomic, and safe, with a focus on integrating with AI agents and code-based reporting tools, and is currently available in alpha release.

The Theory of Interstellar Trade [pdf] (1978)

52 AFF87 2026-04-20 17:57:03 UTC princeton.edu Full Share 13

GitHub's Fake Star Economy

568 Liriel 2026-04-20 08:57:03 UTC awesomeagents.ai Llama Share 306

A Carnegie Mellon University study found 6 million fake GitHub stars across 18,617 repositories, with AI/LLM repos being the largest non-malicious category. The study's tool, StarScout, identified fake stars distributed by roughly 301,000 accounts.

Kimi K2.6: Advancing Open-Source Coding

342 meetpateltech 2026-04-20 15:57:03 UTC kimi.com Llama Share 163

Kimi K2.6 is a state-of-the-art open-sourced model featuring long-horizon execution, agent swarm capabilities, and strong improvements in coding tasks. It demonstrates exceptional reliability, instruction following, and out-of-distribution generalization, setting a new bar for open-sourced models in agentic workflows.

We accepted surveillance as default

136 speckx 2026-04-20 16:57:03 UTC vivianvoss.net Full Share 59

10 years ago, someone wrote a test for Servo that included an expiry in 2026

124 luu 2026-04-20 12:57:03 UTC mastodon.social Llama Share 77

Someone wrote a unit test for @servo 10 years ago with a cookie expiry date of April 18, 2026, now the CI is broken. Maintainers suggest using system time or a library like TimeCop to make tests more robust.

Kefir C17/C23 Compiler

27 conductor 2026-04-20 16:57:03 UTC sr.ht Llama Share 1

Kefir is an independent C17/C23 compiler developed by Jevgenij Protopopov, validated with 100 software projects and targeting x86_64 architecture.

Bloom (YC P26) Is Hiring

0 2026-04-20 17:57:03 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

Bloom is a platform that generates on-brand marketing assets in seconds, helping small businesses avoid template-like designs. It raised ~$1M from YC and notable investors, aiming to build a Brand OS system.

M 7.4 earthquake – 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan

206 Someone 2026-04-20 10:57:03 UTC earthquake.usgs.gov Full Share 89

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Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated

150 FiddlerClamp 2026-04-20 15:57:03 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 165

Deezer reports a surge in AI-generated music uploads, with 60,000 tracks daily, but 85% are detected as fraudulent. The company will no longer store hi-res AI tracks and labels them for transparency.

The Palantir's Stasi Protocols

61 Prof_Sigmund 2026-04-20 18:03:03 UTC professorsigmund.com Llama Share 16

A private company Palantir is working with the government to develop a system for mass surveillance and control, using data from various sources including social media, financial transactions, and biometric data. The system, known as the Fair Social Score, is being developed to predict and neutralize individuals deemed a threat to society, raising concerns about the erosion of individual ...

Atlassian enables default data collection to train AI

337 kevcampb 2026-04-20 12:57:03 UTC letsdatascience.com Full Share 78

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Sauna effect on heart rate

278 kyriakosel 2026-04-20 13:57:03 UTC tryterra.co Llama Share 162

Saunas have a therapeutic effect and promote cardiovascular health by stimulating the heart and increasing blood volume. Sauna use is linked to better same-day recovery, with lower nighttime heart rates and increased activity.

WebUSB Extension for Firefox

125 tuananh 2026-04-20 11:57:03 UTC github.com/arcanenibble Llama Share 97

To use the extension, install the native stub program on your computer and a browser extension. The native stub requires a specific operating system and kernel version.

Larry Tesler: A Personal History of Modeless Text Editing and Cut/Copy-Paste (2012)

22 aragonite 2026-04-20 16:57:03 UTC dl.acm.org Full Share 6

Chernobyl's last wedding

32 1659447091 2026-04-20 15:57:03 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 8

Iryna Stetsenko and her fiancé Serhiy Lobanov got married in Pripyat on April 26, 1986, unaware of the nearby Chernobyl nuclear disaster. They were evacuated three days later due to radiation exposure.

I prompted ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini and watched my Nginx logs

104 startages 2026-04-20 15:57:03 UTC surfacedby.com Full Share 18

What nginx logs actually prove about AI traffic from ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity, plus why Google's AI crawlers leave a different signal than the others.

OpenClaw isn't fooling me. I remember MS-DOS

213 feigewalnuss 2026-04-20 07:57:03 UTC flyingpenguin.com Llama Share 250

The user discusses the security risks of current agent gateways, comparing them to the insecure MS-DOS era, and proposes a safer architecture for agents. The user's own project, Wirken, uses separate processes, hardened containers, and a hash-chained audit database to provide a more secure agent gateway.

Show HN: Alien – Self-hosting with remote management (written in Rust)

46 alongub 2026-04-20 15:57:03 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 16

Self-hosting breaks down when customers modify software settings, making it hard to debug issues. A better model allows developers to operate software in customers' environments while maintaining control.

All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027

659 ramonga 2026-04-20 13:57:03 UTC theolivepress.es Llama Share 551

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I'm never buying another Kindle

145 mikhael 2026-04-20 15:57:03 UTC androidauthority.com Llama Share 115

The author is leaving the Kindle ecosystem due to Amazon's shift from prioritizing ownership to control, citing forced obsolescence, invasive telemetry, and a focus on the storefront over the library.

At Long Last, InfoWars Is Ours

156 xnx 2026-04-20 17:57:03 UTC theonion.info Llama Share 2

The writer's childhood night terror is coming true as Global Tetrahedron controls InfoWars. They envision InfoWars as a digital hell where visitors sacrifice themselves to delusion and misery.

Focused microwaves allow 3D printers to fuse circuits onto almost anything

126 breve 2026-04-20 07:57:03 UTC newatlas.com Llama Share 23

Engineers at Rice University developed a device called Meta-NFS that concentrates microwave energy to cure conductive ink without damaging the surface underneath. This breakthrough enables the creation of smart implants, ingestible electronics, and soft robots with deeply integrated electronics.

NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist

379 Palmik 2026-04-20 10:57:03 UTC axios.com Llama Share 270

The NSA is using Anthropic's powerful model Mythos Preview despite the Pentagon's feud with the company over security concerns. The government's cybersecurity needs are outweighing the Pentagon's concerns, with Anthropic's tools being used more widely within the department.

Ask HN: How to solve the cold start problem for a two-sided marketplace?

99 alegd 2026-04-20 13:57:03 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 101

To start a P2P crowdshipping marketplace, focus on a niche market, such as a specific route or item, and manually match people or incentivize one side to join without the other. Options include paying drivers to make deliveries, being the supply side yourself, or using an agency model, but be aware of the potential risks and challenges, such as competition from established businesses and ...

Up to 8M Bees Are Living in an Underground Network Beneath This Cemetery

153 janandonly 2026-04-20 04:57:03 UTC discovermagazine.com Llama Share 27

Researchers found a massive underground city of 5.6 million ground-nesting bees at East Lawn Cemetery in New York. The bees, a native species, pollinate crops like apples and blueberries, and their large population rivals that of honeybees.

I Made the "Next-Level" Camera and I love it

201 ndr 2026-04-20 03:57:03 UTC thelibre.news Llama Share 67

The user built a custom camera system called Lampone using a large lens, a fake sensor made of semi-transparent material, and a Fresnel lens to achieve a very thin depth of field. The system has some limitations, including a large minimum focusing distance, structural instability, and significant light loss, but the user is planning to improve it in future iterations.

IPC medley: message-queue peeking, io_uring, and bus1

35 signa11 2026-04-20 12:57:03 UTC lwn.net Llama Share 0

Linux kernel developers are proposing new interprocess communication (IPC) mechanisms, including POSIX message queues, io_uring, and bus1, to improve IPC performance and security. However, some developers argue that existing IPC systems, such as Binder, are more suitable and should be used instead of creating new ones, citing concerns about fragmentation and the need for a stable political foundation.