Hyundai buys Boston Dynamics

449 ck2 2026-06-19 17:07:09 UTC startupfortune.com Llama Share 227

Hyundai is buying SoftBank's remaining 9.65% stake in Boston Dynamics for $325 million, gaining full control of the humanoid robotics company. This move will allow Hyundai to deploy Boston Dynamics' robots in its own factories, starting with the electric Atlas robot at its Georgia plant by 2028.

There are no instances in ATProto

233 danabramov 2026-06-19 16:07:09 UTC overreacted.io Llama Share 146

The concept of instances in social media is a category error, as it's a Mastodon-brained concept that doesn't apply to atproto, which separates hosting and apps. Decentralization in atproto is achieved by swapping hosting or making new apps, unlike Mastodon where decentralization is measured by the number of instances.

I used sound waves to make espresso. It could cut coffee‑brewing energy use by ¾

94 zeristor 2026-06-19 16:07:09 UTC theconversation.com Llama Share 62

A Colombian scientist developed an ultrasonic espresso method using high-frequency sound waves to extract coffee flavor without hot water, saving up to 75% of energy. The method produces espresso-strength coffee in under three minutes, with taste results similar to traditional espresso.

Project Valhalla, Explained: How a Decade of Work Arrives in JDK 28

504 philonoist 2026-06-19 07:07:09 UTC jvm-weekly.com Llama Share 297

Oracle engineer Lois Foltan confirmed that JEP 401: Value Classes and Objects will be integrated into the main OpenJDK repository and target JDK 28. The feature allows programmers to declare value classes and objects that can be optimized for performance, enabling density and locality in memory, and is currently in preview mode.

How many of the 170k English words do you know?

124 abnry 2026-06-19 14:07:09 UTC vocabowl-870366514258.us-west1.run.app Full Share 219

How many of the 171,476 English words do you actually know? Take our scientifically stratified 100-question challenge to find out.

A new bill takes aim at government pressure to silence lawful online speech

160 hn_acker 2026-06-19 18:07:09 UTC eff.org Llama Share 88

Senators Cruz and Wyden introduced the JAWBONE Act to protect First Amendment rights from government coercion of private companies to censor speech. The bill creates a federal cause of action and transparency system for government communications with intermediaries about user expression.

A 1976 university experiment spun up the U.S. wind industry

44 pseudolus 2026-06-19 16:07:09 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 3

William Heronemus, a UMass professor, led a team that built the first wind turbine, dubbed the "Wind Furnace," in 1976 to prove wind energy's potential. His work sparked the wind industry, inspiring a generation of engineers and leading to the development of modern wind farms.

Google workspace threatening to block Firefox access

288 birdculture 2026-06-19 17:07:09 UTC tales.fromprod.com Llama Share 102

Google Workspace is warning Firefox users to switch to Chrome, affecting Business Plus accounts. This may impact Firefox access, prompting teams to ensure software compatibility across browsers.

Amateur may have cracked Linear A

341 Kosturdistan 2026-06-19 16:07:09 UTC aiclambake.com Llama Share 130

Tom Di Mino claims to have deciphered Linear A, a Bronze-age Minoan writing system, by linking it to an extinct Semitic language. His breakthrough could be a major discovery in linguistics, potentially shedding light on the use of logograms in Linear A and resolving problems with Linear B translations.

Giant Banana Pulled over in Montana Driver Says Cops Have Stopped Him 100s Times

81 Bender 2026-06-19 19:07:09 UTC cowboystatedaily.com Llama Share 41

Steve Braithwaite owns a 23-foot-long giant banana car, the Big Banana Car, which attracts constant police attention due to its unusual appearance. Braithwaite has been driving the car for 15 years, covering over 250,000 miles and plans to drive it around the world.

DuckDB Internals: Why Is DuckDB Fast? (Part 1)

398 marklit 2026-06-19 04:07:09 UTC greybeam.ai Llama Share 127

DuckDB is a fast in-process analytical SQL database that has gained widespread adoption due to its ease of use and performance. It can read data from various file formats like Parquet, CSV, and JSON, and execute queries directly on these files without the need for a server or cluster.

Telescope Ranchers

69 bookofjoe 2026-06-19 14:07:09 UTC kottke.org Llama Share 27

Starfront Observatories in Rockwood, Texas, offers ultra-dark skies for astrophotographers to control their telescopes remotely. Owner Bray Falls hosts 550 telescopes, allowing users to access them from anywhere for as little as 99 dollars a month.

Amazon drops Sam Altman movie after announcing OpenAI partnership

89 theanonymousone 2026-06-19 20:07:09 UTC the-independent.com Llama Share 21

Amazon MGM dropped Luca Guadagnino's Sam Altman biopic Artificial due to unknown reasons. The film, starring Andrew Garfield, will now be released by a different studio after positive screen tests.

Show HN: Metiq: a real time 3D globe for 100 public datasets

53 rakeda 2026-06-19 15:07:09 UTC metiq.space Full Share 11

Live worldwide data platform: flights, earthquakes, weather, conflict, markets, space and more on a 3D wireframe globe.

John Jumper to join Anthropic

41 artninja1988 2026-06-19 18:07:09 UTC twitter.com/johnjumpersci Llama Share 30

A researcher left Google DeepMind after nearly 9 years to join Anthropic, thanking the team for their support and learning experience. They expressed gratitude for the opportunity to lead the AlphaFold team and look forward to future discoveries at Google DeepMind.

Zen and the Art of Machine Learning Research

220 jxmorris12 2026-06-19 05:07:09 UTC blog.jxmo.io Llama Share 72

To become a successful researcher, you need to combine reading and building skills, and be willing to put in the time and effort required. A good researcher stays open-minded, refuses to let ego cloud their judgement, and is willing to learn from failure.

Ten years of ClickHouse in open source

252 saisrirampur 2026-06-19 08:07:09 UTC clickhouse.com Llama Share 70

ClickHouse is an open-source analytical database that was released in 2016 and has become the most popular open-source database with over 2000 contributors. It was created by a single developer who started with a custom data structure for incremental aggregation and eventually built a full-fledged database system from scratch.

Court Records Should Be Free

77 hn_acker 2026-06-19 18:07:09 UTC eff.org Llama Share 13

The Open Courts Act of 2026 aims to eliminate PACER fees and modernize federal court filing systems, improving public access and cybersecurity. The bill is supported by EFF and other organizations, seeking to make court records easier to find and understand.

To study how chips work, MIT researchers built their own operating system

331 speckx 2026-06-19 02:07:09 UTC news.mit.edu Llama Share 51

Researchers at MIT developed Fractal, a new kernel that gives a cleaner view of processor behavior, and has already found previously unknown behavior in Apple's M1. Fractal treats hardware as the object of study, allowing researchers to run experiments with minimal background noise and gain a deeper understanding of processor behavior.

I found 10k GitHub repositories distributing Trojan malware

921 theorchid 2026-06-18 21:07:09 UTC orchidfiles.com Llama Share 240

The user found 10,000 GitHub repositories distributing Trojan malware by analyzing commit patterns and using a script to filter repositories. The script found 10,000 repositories that matched the pattern of being updated every few hours with a link to a zip archive in the readme file, but the user believes there should be many more due to GitHub's large repository count.

Gribouille 0.3.0: A Grammar of Graphics for Typst

197 mcanouil 2026-06-19 04:07:09 UTC mickael.canouil.fr Llama Share 72

Gribouille 0.3.0 adds guide control for hiding axis ticks and legends, and introduces a theme parameter for styling composition chrome. It also includes fixes for legend layout, stacking area charts, and other features.

The AirPods Effect

348 herbertl 2026-06-19 00:07:09 UTC theescapenewsletter.com Llama Share 624

The author noticed a significant increase in people wearing AirPods during a trip to the US, feeling isolated and disconnected from others. Regular human contact is essential for our well-being, but earbuds can hinder this by creating a "Do Not Disturb" sign and reducing opportunities for casual interactions.

Show HN: Modeloop – From visual algorithms to microcontroller C code

36 lucamark 2026-06-19 12:07:09 UTC modeloop.app GoogleT5 Share 22

April 1 marks the first day of the new year. the u.s. president's eu summit is set for june 1 - thursday, july 1 at london bridge, where he'll be speaking about the world cup and the euro 2012 qualifying games, including the gold medal match between britain and greece, which takes place in switzerland, will be

Show HN: Continuous Nvidia CUDA PC Sampling Profiler

7 gnurizen 2026-06-19 19:07:09 UTC polarsignals.com Prefix Share 2

One of the more powerful features of the CUDA Profiling Tools Interface (CUPTI) is support for Program Counter (PC) sampling. This lets developers of CUDA programs see where their code is spending time down to the instruction level. Building upon our support for kernel timing information, we've added the ability for our low-overhead continuous profiler to send PC sample data to our ...

Ask HN: How do you separate intentional test boilerplate from real duplication?

4 rafaepta 2026-06-19 20:07:09 UTC news.ycombinator.com Prefix Share 0

I am maintaining an open-source project (deterministic open source duplicate-code detector) and a user asked for a feature which I don’t have a clear answer on how to implement. -Tests repeat the same scenario. For a structural detector, this flags as repetition (duplication). However, tests are not something people want to delete from the codebases. -The repetitions from tests (on purpose) ...

The Productivity J-Curve [pdf] (2018)

45 kioku 2026-06-19 14:07:09 UTC ide.mit.edu Llama Share 13

Researchers model the impact of general-purpose technologies (GPTs) like AI on productivity, finding a "Productivity J-Curve" where early years show underestimation and later years show overestimation. They estimate that intangible investments, such as R&D and software, contribute significantly to productivity growth.

Zero-Touch OAuth for MCP

257 niyikiza 2026-06-18 22:07:09 UTC blog.modelcontextprotocol.io Llama Share 99

The Enterprise-Managed Authorization extension is now stable, allowing organizations to centrally manage authorization for MCP servers and end-users to access all connected servers through a single login. This extension addresses a major pain point in enterprise environments by providing a zero-touch setup and centralized policy control.

Show HN: Pagecast – Publish Markdown/HTML Reports to Cloudflare Pages

16 amaldavid 2026-06-19 15:07:09 UTC github.com/amal-david Llama Share 3

Pagecast is a local-first publishing tool for agent-generated reports and small static web projects. It allows previewing and publishing to Cloudflare Pages URLs from the terminal or coding agent.

How Japan's railways stayed one while splitting apart

174 ddrmaxgt37 2026-06-19 00:07:09 UTC arun.is Llama Share 130

The JR mark was designed by Yōji Yamamoto in 1987 for Japan's railway companies, with a simple yet effective design that has remained unchanged for nearly 40 years. Yamamoto's design philosophy emphasized truth, reality, and honesty, resulting in a mark that has become synonymous with Japan's railways.

.gitignore Isn't the only way to ignore files in Git

556 FergusArgyll 2026-06-18 21:07:09 UTC nelson.cloud Llama Share 167

Git has three levels of file ignoring: .gitignore, .git/info/exclude, and ~/.config/git/ignore. These files allow ignoring files at repository, per-repo, and machine levels respectively.