US bans differential privacy in Census data

368 nl 2026-06-13 13:57:17 UTC desfontain.es Llama Share 163

The US Department of Commerce banned noise infusion from statistical products, targeting differential privacy, which adds noise to protect data privacy. This move may lead to less accurate or more vulnerable data, impacting researchers and demographic studies.

Treating pancreatic tumours may have revealed cancer's master switch

128 andsoitis 2026-06-13 13:57:17 UTC economist.com Llama Share 34

Thousands of oncologists gave a standing ovation at a Chicago conference for daraxonrasib, a drug that almost doubles pancreatic cancer survival times. This breakthrough could impact Amazon and NASA's plans.

Every Frame Perfect

226 ravenical 2026-06-13 11:57:17 UTC tonsky.me Llama Share 72

UI should be polished and consistent, with every frame mattering to build trust with users. A well-designed UI should look good in all states, not just start and end.

Appreciating Exif

51 burnto 2026-06-13 14:57:17 UTC brentfitzgerald.com Llama Share 5

Exif is a metadata format that stores image information like orientation, timestamp, and camera settings, and it's usually found in JPEG files near the beginning in an APP1 marker segment. Exif is optional and can be stripped, but it's often used by photo apps, websites, and asset-management systems to sort, search, and display images.

Introduction to the experience of rendering Arabic typography&its technical debt

86 bookofjoe 2026-06-13 12:57:17 UTC lr0.org Llama Share 17

A frontend ticket was incorrectly assigned to the user, who had to explain to the design team that the issue with Arabic text rendering was due to the lack of shaping engines in the web, not a bug in the stylesheet. The user then went on to explain the history of Arabic typography, the importance of shaping engines, and the challenges of rendering Arabic text on the web, including the use of ...

AI Coding at Home Without Going Broke

68 sbochins 2026-06-13 16:57:17 UTC stephen.bochinski.dev Llama Share 62

Three ways to do AI coding at home without company spending are self-hosting, renting open source models, and blending frontier subscriptions with API rates. The best approach is a mix of expensive models for planning and cheap ones for filling in details.

Amazon CEO's Talks with U.S. Officials Triggered Crackdown on Anthropic Models

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A low-carbon computing platform from your retired phones

178 vikas-sharma 2026-06-13 09:57:17 UTC research.google Llama Share 89

Researchers at UC San Diego are building a 2,000-phone computing cluster to reduce carbon emissions from computing. The cluster will provide low-cost, low-carbon cloud computing for researchers and students, reducing the need for newly-manufactured hardware.

The adder at the heart of Intel's 8087 floating-point chip

19 pwg 2026-06-13 16:57:17 UTC righto.com Llama Share 2

The Intel 8087 floating-point coprocessor uses a 69-bit adder to perform arithmetic operations, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and square root. The adder is divided into blocks of four bits, each using a Manchester carry chain and a carry-skip circuit to optimize performance.

AI OSS tool repo goes archived over night after raising $7.3M Seed

189 hek2sch 2026-06-13 12:57:17 UTC github.com/tensorzero Llama Share 134

TensorZero is a unified API gateway for LLM providers, offering performance, incremental adoption, and compatibility with major providers. It enables companies to optimize complex LLM applications with production metrics and human feedback.

GLM 5.2 Is Out

56 aloknnikhil 2026-06-13 16:57:17 UTC digg.com Llama Share 14

Zai launches GLM-5.2 with 1M-token context window and plans open-source release. GLM-5.2 is now available to all GLM Coding Plan users.

Electric motors with no rare earths

649 bestouff 2026-06-12 22:57:17 UTC renaultgroup.com Llama Share 184

Renault Group is a pioneer in electric motors without magnets, using electrically excited synchronous motors (EESM) technology. Their range includes 5A, 5AL, 6A, 6AM, and 6AK motors with outputs from 57 to 160 kW.

Show HN: I am building a map of people who lived in the Roman Empire

84 metiscus 2026-06-13 12:57:17 UTC new.roman-names.com Llama Share 15

The map visualizes EDCS inscriptions with extracted personal names, allowing zooming and filtering by name, province, or date. Name extraction is 80-85% accurate, with errors that can be reported using the Flag this entry button.

RTX 5080 and RTX 3090 Setup: 80 Tok/s on Qwen 3.6 27B Q8

106 iMil 2026-06-13 09:57:17 UTC imil.net Llama Share 36

User upgraded from RTX 5080 to a refurbished RTX 3090 for AI experiments. They successfully set up both cards on an Asus Prime X570-Pro motherboard, achieving 80+ tokens/sec with Qwen 3.6 model quantized at q8.

The state of building user interfaces in Rust

123 mahirsaid 2026-06-13 10:57:17 UTC areweguiyet.com Llama Share 86

Several Rust GUI frameworks exist, including Azul, CXX-Qt, Leptos, and Ribir, offering various features and performance. These frameworks aim to provide fast, cross-platform, and native GUI development for desktop, web, and mobile applications.

CRISPR tech selectively shreds cancer cells, including "undruggable" cancers

945 gmays 2026-06-12 17:57:17 UTC innovativegenomics.org Llama Share 204

Researchers at UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco have developed a CRISPR-based approach to selectively destroy cancer cells with a specific mutation in the p53 tumor suppressor gene. This method, called RNA-triggered chromatin shredding, can target "undruggable" cancers and potentially open up new targets for cancer therapy.

Show HN: Paca – Lightweight Jira alternative for human-AI collaboration

101 pikann22 2026-06-13 09:57:17 UTC github.com/paca-ai Llama Share 32

Paca is a self-hosted project management platform that enables AI agents and humans to collaborate as equal teammates in a Scrum team. It offers a configurable and extendable workflow, data model, and UI via plugins.

An Interview with Intel's Kira Boyko: Xeon 6's Product Director

39 lumpa 2026-06-13 12:57:17 UTC chipsandcheese.com Llama Share 1

Kira Boyko is the Product Director of Intel Xeon 6+, defining product features based on market requirements and customer needs. She discussed AET (Intel Application Energy Telemetry) and its benefits for tracking energy usage at a hardware core level.

Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5

2945 Dylan1312 2026-06-13 00:57:17 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 2148

The US government has issued a directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 due to a potential jailbreak method, citing national security concerns. Anthropic is complying with the directive but disagrees with the decision, stating it's a misunderstanding and is working to restore access as soon as possible.

Arch Linux Now Believes Malware Incident Under Control: More Than 1,500 Packages

204 qwertox 2026-06-13 11:57:17 UTC phoronix.com Llama Share 124

Arch Linux's AUR repository saw over 1,500 user-contributed packages compromised with malware. Developers have deleted all known malicious commits, but some affected packages may still exist.

Trophic memory, deer, and a unique scientific object

5 atombender 2026-06-13 16:57:17 UTC thoughtforms.life Prefix Share 1

I collect weird scientific objects. This post is about some truly unique material, which will likely never be made again: Between the 1960’s and the 1990’s, a father-son team of Anthony B. Bubenik and George A. Bubenik made and explored a remarkable discovery. They studied deer antlers – huge structures which drop off every year and re-grow. This process is amazing in its own right, because ...

Open source AI must win

1402 vednig 2026-06-13 02:57:17 UTC opensourceaimustwin.com Llama Share 432

The public risks losing operational freedom if AI access depends on closed institutions and shifting terms. America must maintain freedom to run, inspect, and modify AI infrastructure with global open standards.

The computer science degree isn’t dead

178 jnord 2026-06-13 02:57:17 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 169

Recent engineering graduates face a 6.1% unemployment rate, but underemployment is low at below 20%. Engineers rank among the top fields for overall labor market outcomes despite a mismatch between job postings and actual hiring.

How to setup a local coding agent on macOS

455 kkm 2026-06-12 17:57:17 UTC ikyle.me Llama Share 112

User upgraded Gemma 4 to MTP, achieving 72.2 tokens/second on an Apple M1 Max. MTP draft model improved performance by 24% with optimal settings found to be 3 draft tokens.

Show HN: Putt.day a daily mini golf game

265 ellg 2026-06-12 22:57:17 UTC putt.day Full Share 99

A daily hole of mini golf. Same hole for everyone, new one at midnight Pacific.

Shepherd's Dog: A Game by the Most Dangerous AI Model

151 vnglst 2026-06-13 05:57:17 UTC koenvangilst.nl Llama Share 118

User tested Anthropic model with a personal game idea, Shepherd's Dog, and it successfully generated a 2,319 line game in one shot. The model's output was a fun and accurate representation of the user's idea.

Show HN: 2 Weeks of Hallucinate – The Photo Gallery

57 stagas 2026-06-13 12:57:17 UTC hallucinate.site Full Share 16

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Malware developers added nuclear and biological weapons text to to their spyware

436 marc__1 2026-06-12 17:57:17 UTC twitter.com/jsrailton Llama Share 229

Malware developers added nuclear and biological text to spyware to evade AI security scanners. This highlights the need for balance between safety and functionality in AI models.

Leaving Mozilla

423 martey 2026-06-13 06:57:17 UTC blog.unitedheroes.net Llama Share 248

The user, a Mozilla employee leaving after 15 years, expresses concerns about the company's direction and leadership, citing a focus on chasing big ideas and emulating other companies rather than staying true to its open-source and community-driven roots. They urge Mozilla to refocus on its core strengths, shore up its core features, and reconnect with its community, rather than trying to be ...

H.R. 6028 would fundamentally change the U.S. Copyright Office

268 Cider9986 2026-06-12 18:57:17 UTC eff.org Llama Share 111

The House passed H.R. 6028, a bill that would change the US Copyright Office's structure and make it more political. The bill would transfer power from the Library of Congress to the Register of Copyrights, a presidential appointee.