What Chromium versions are major browsers are on?

When a browser ships an older Chromium version, its users are exposed to known, already-patched security vulnerabilities. Attackers actively exploit these flaws, since the fixes are public in Chromium's source but not yet shipped to users of the lagging browser. Check your own browser's Chromium version →

Southwest Headquarters Tour

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The author visited Southwest Headquarters, touring facilities including the LEAD Center, pilot uniform shop, and Network Operations Center. They saw flight attendants training, pilots practicing safety demonstrations, and experienced a full-motion simulator.

Mercedes-Benz commits to bringing back physical buttons

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Mercedes-Benz admits touch-sensitive controls were a mistake, will offer physical buttons in future models. The brand will blend screens with physical controls, listening to customer feedback for direct access to specific functions.

Porsche will contest Laguna Seca in historic colors of the Apple Computer livery

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Porsche Penske Motorsport will show a historic Apple-inspired livery at the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Laguna Seca. The design celebrates 75 years of Porsche Motorsport and 50 years of Apple's founding.

What Is Z-Angle Memory and Why Is Intel Developing It?

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Alert-Driven Monitoring

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Teams should focus on setting up alerts as the core of infrastructure monitoring, not just building dashboards. Alerts should be actionable and teams must enforce a zero-tolerance policy on false alarms to prevent alert fatigue.

For thirty years I programmed with Phish on, every day

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The author's life was deeply intertwined with Phish music and coding, with the band's long jams matching the shape of complex coding work. Now, as a manager, the author feels disconnected from the flow state and creativity that came with being a programmer.

Show HN: Apple's Sharp Running in the Browser via ONNX Runtime Web

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The SHARP model requires sufficient disk space and RAM, so it uses the hosted model by default. Uploading the ONNX file directly may not work due to the separate .onnx.data sidecar.

Metal Gear Solid 2's Source Code Has Been Leaked on 4Chan

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Metal Gear Solid 2 source code leaked on 4chan, potentially allowing mods for the 2011 HD remaster. The leak includes code from PlayStation Vita and Xbox 360 ports, but details are conflicting.

Coffee doesn't just wake you up–a biological pathway illuminates health effects

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Researchers at Texas A&M found that compounds in coffee may activate a receptor called NR4A1, which helps protect the body from stress and damage. This could explain coffee's health benefits, including reduced risk of chronic disease and longer life.

The Oscars Just Banned AI from Winning Acting and Writing Awards

Group averages obscure how an individual's brain controls behavior: study

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Stanford Medicine research found individual brain patterns differ from group averages in children's brain scans. Analyzing individual brains provides insights into cognitive differences and may help develop better therapies for conditions like ADHD.

A couple million lines of Haskell: Production engineering at Mercury

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Ian Duncan, a Mercury engineer, discusses how Haskell helps maintain a large and complex codebase by encoding operational knowledge into types, making the safe path easy and the wrong thing difficult. He shares lessons learned from Mercury's experience with Haskell, including the importance of containing mutation, encoding incantations in types, and using durable execution frameworks like ...

Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars (2023)

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Drivers take much longer to perform regular tasks on in-vehicle touch screens compared to physical buttons and switches, according to tests carried out by a Swedish motoring magazine. Vi Bilägare selected 11 modern cars from different manufacturers for tests at an airfield, measuring the time needed for a driver to perform different basic tasks, such as changing the radio station or adjusting ...

This Month in Ladybird – April 2026

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Ladybird browser made significant improvements in April, including faster JS-to-JS calls, improved HTML parsing, and enhanced UI features. The browser also fixed various bugs and added new features, such as a new Linux frontend, improved caching, and better performance on various websites.

Dav2d

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Anubis is a server protection system using Proof-of-Work to prevent aggressive AI scraping. It requires modern JavaScript features, so disable JShelter or similar plugins for this domain.

Embedded Rust or C Firmware? Lessons from an Industrial Microcontroller Use Case

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Rust is a viable choice for microcontroller firmware development due to its comparable memory footprint and execution speed to C. Rust's Ariel OS provides a portable system runtime with a smaller footprint than traditional bare-metal C stacks.

Six Years Perfecting Maps on WatchOS

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The author spent six years developing a custom mapping experience for the Apple Watch, culminating in Pedometer++ 8's watchOS mapping support.

Haskell: Debugging

To debug Haskell programs, use tools like GHC's -prof option, the trace function, or libraries like Hugs.Observe and Hat, which provide stack traces, tracing, and debugging capabilities, or use Hat's alternative Hoed for untransformed libraries.

Cordouan Lighthouse

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Cordouan lighthouse ( [kɔʁdwɑ̃]) is an active lighthouse located 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) at sea, near the mouth of the Gironde estuary in France.[1] At a height of 67.5 metres (221 ft),[2] it is the tenth-tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world.[3] The Tour de Cordouan, the 'Patriarch of Lighthouses' is by far the oldest lighthouse in France, with construction starting ...

Do_not_track

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Users can opt out of telemetry data collection by setting a standard environment variable. This variable should be checked by tools that collect telemetry or make non-essential network requests.

Windows quality update: Progress we've made since March

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The Windows Insider Program is improving with more transparency, control, and fewer disruptions, including changes to the navigation, Feedback Hub, and Windows Update. New features and improvements are being rolled out, such as unified updates, improved pause controls, and reduced AI presence, with a focus on performance, reliability, and user experience.

A Desktop Made for One

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The author replaced their entire desktop with custom-built software, including a text editor, file manager, and IRC client, using Rust and assembly language. This was made possible by the low barrier to entry and the ability to tailor software to their exact needs and workflow.

Largest electric autonomous container ship begins commercial service

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China's first and world's largest intelligent container ship powered by electricity was delivered in Ningbo, Zhejiang province. The ship marks a transition toward a greener future for China's shipping industry with zero emissions and high efficiency.

Neanderthals ran 'fat factories' 125,000 years ago (2025)

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Neanderthals in central Germany 125,000 years ago extracted fat from bones by crushing and heating them, indicating complex resource management. This discovery pushes back the timeline for this behavior by tens of thousands of years, showing Neanderthals were adaptable and efficient in their food strategies.

Show HN: I built a RISC-V emulator that runs DOOM

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rvcore is a single-core RISC-V emulator that implements the RV32IM ISA, except for the FENCE and EBREAK instructions, which are currently NOP. To build, CMake and a compiler that supports C++20 is required (for Windows, Cygwin is required)

Breaking Up with WordPress After Two Decades

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The user migrated their website from SiteGround to Bluehost due to cost savings but experienced poor uptime and support. They then moved away from WordPress to a markdown-first publishing setup called Yapress for better control and flexibility.

Utilyze measures how efficiently your GPU is doing useful work

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Utilyze measures GPU efficiency by reading performance counters directly. It provides an estimate of how far you can push utilization given a workload, model, and hardware.

Care homes and hotels in Japan shut as expansion strategy unravels

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A hotel in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, has remained closed since late 2025 due to an investigation into its operator's business model, which allegedly ties visa acquisition for Chinese investors to facility purchases. At least 24 facilities acquired by the operator are now shut or out of business.

Inventions for battery reuse and recycling increase seven-fold in last decade

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Global battery demand is surging, with 14 million end-of-life batteries expected by 2040. Europe is positioning itself to lead the circular battery economy with innovation and policy support.