Axios compromised on NPM – Malicious versions drop remote access trojan

1333 mtud 2026-03-31 02:59:43 UTC stepsecurity.io Llama Share 502

StepSecurity identified malicious versions of the axios HTTP client library published to npm, axios@1.14.1 and axios@0.30.4, which inject a remote access trojan (RAT) dropper. Developers who installed these versions should rotate all secrets and credentials, check network logs, and downgrade to safe versions, and StepSecurity provides end-to-end npm supply chain security across three pillars: ...

Open source CAD in the browser (Solvespace)

62 phkahler 2026-03-31 12:59:43 UTC solvespace.com Llama Share 13

SolveSpace has a web version that runs in the browser with some speed penalty and bugs. It's experimental and can be hosted locally like static web content.

Combinators

49 tosh 2026-03-31 11:59:43 UTC tinyapl.rubenverg.com Llama Share 9

Combinators are functions that refer to their arguments without modifying them. They are often represented by bird names in APL, such as Kestrel and Cardinal.

Ollama is now powered by MLX on Apple Silicon in preview

463 redundantly 2026-03-31 03:59:43 UTC ollama.com Llama Share 222

Ollama now runs faster on Apple silicon with MLX framework, leveraging GPU Neural Accelerators for speedup. Ollama 0.19 sees 1851 token/s prefill and 134 token/s decode with improved memory efficiency and model accuracy.

Claude Code's source code has been leaked via a map file in their NPM registry

845 treexs 2026-03-31 09:59:43 UTC twitter.com/fried_rice Full Share 463

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Artemis II is not safe to fly

583 idlewords 2026-03-31 02:59:43 UTC idlewords.com Llama Share 360

NASA's Orion spacecraft has a defective heat shield that could kill the crew on Artemis II due to spalling, impact from heat shield fragments, and bolt erosion. Despite this, NASA is planning to fly the mission with a crew, citing a change in the re-entry trajectory and a new heat shield design for future missions.

Audio tapes reveal mass rule-breaking in Milgram's obedience experiments

91 lentoutcry 2026-03-31 09:59:43 UTC psypost.org Llama Share 60

Researchers analyzed audio recordings from the Milgram experiment and found that obedient participants broke the rules of the study most of the time, often ignoring the scientific procedure. This suggests that the laboratory environment was one of unauthorized violence, rather than a legitimate scientific study.

Oracle slashes 30k jobs with a cold 6 a.m. email

25 pje 2026-03-31 14:32:43 UTC rollingout.com Llama Share 3

Oracle laid off 20,000-30,000 employees, roughly 18% of its workforce, in a single email with no advance notice. The cuts are tied to Oracle's aggressive expansion into AI infrastructure, freeing up $8-10 billion in cash flow.

Fedware: Government apps that spy harder than the apps they ban

619 speckx 2026-03-30 18:59:43 UTC sambent.com Llama Share 239

The US government's mobile apps, including the White House app, request excessive permissions and embed trackers, violating users' privacy. These apps, part of a surveillance apparatus, collect sensitive data that feeds into ICE raids and warrantless location tracking.

Universal Claude.md – cut Claude output tokens

381 killme2008 2026-03-31 01:59:43 UTC github.com/drona23 Llama Share 139

A CLAUDE.md file reduces Claude output verbosity by ~63% without code changes, targeting sycophancy, verbosity, and formatting noise. It's most beneficial for high-output use cases, and users can customize it to target specific failure modes and compose multiple files for different project types.

Google's 200M-parameter time-series foundation model with 16k context

225 codepawl 2026-03-31 05:59:43 UTC github.com/google-research Llama Share 87

TimesFM is a pretrained time-series model by Google Research for forecasting. It can be installed via pip and used for point and quantile forecasting.

What major works of literature were written after age of 85? 75? 65?

45 paulpauper 2026-03-31 10:59:43 UTC statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu Llama Share 28

The author discussed major works published by authors over 85, citing Sophocles' Philoctetes and Goethe's Faust, but found few notable works by authors over 80. A list of notable works by authors over 65 includes V. Hugo's Ninety-three, T. Mann's Doctor Faustus, and J. Saramago's Blindness.

Do your own writing

642 karimf 2026-03-30 17:59:43 UTC alexhwoods.com Llama Share 209

LLMs can undermine authenticity and credibility by generating writing that lacks thought and understanding. Effective writing requires human thoughtfulness and effort to establish credibility and increase understanding.

Multiple Sclerosis

20 luu 2026-03-31 12:59:43 UTC subfictional.com Prefix Share 7

Last week Sherri and I met with my neurologist to review the findings of blood and cerebral-spinal fluid lab analyses. I received a diagnosis of Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis. If you ever watched The West Wing, you might recall this was the illness President Jeb Bartlett had and tried to keep secret. Well, I’m not planning to run for higher office, so am free to share the news in ...

30 Years Ago, Robots Learned to Walk Without Falling

25 vinhnx 2026-03-31 10:59:43 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 7

Honda's Prototype 2 (P2) was a humanoid robot developed in 1996 that could walk and climb stairs without falling. It was the first autonomous robot to achieve this feat and paved the way for future humanoid robots.

Good CTE, Bad CTE

115 radimm 2026-03-31 05:59:43 UTC boringsql.com Llama Share 28

CTEs are now inlined by default in PostgreSQL 12, allowing the planner to apply normal optimisations. Materialization is used when a CTE is referenced multiple times or contains side effects.

GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash

421 _____k 2026-03-31 05:59:43 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 259

GitHub removed Copilot's ability to insert ads into pull requests after backlash from developers. The feature was disabled after users complained of unwanted ads in their pull requests.

Clojure: The Documentary, official trailer [video]

275 fogus 2026-03-31 00:59:43 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 42

7,655 Ransomware Claims in One Year: Group, Sector, and Country Breakdown

40 adulion 2026-03-31 10:59:43 UTC ciphercue.com Llama Share 8

Ransomware groups posted 7,655 victim claims to public leak sites from March 2025 to March 2026, with Qilin being the most active group posting 1,179 claims across 74 countries. The top 5 groups accounted for 40% of the claims, and the remaining 124 groups collectively posted 4,628 claims, suggesting that disrupting any single group is unlikely to reduce the overall total significantly.

How to turn anything into a router

720 yabones 2026-03-30 14:59:43 UTC nbailey.ca Llama Share 250

User wants to create a homebrew router using a Linux-powered device, such as a mini-PC, to bypass a US policy banning new consumer router imports.

RamAIn (YC W26) Is Hiring

0 2026-03-31 07:59:43 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

RamAIn builds AI agents for enterprise work, automating repetitive tasks 10x faster and more reliably than humans. We're hiring a Founding AI/ML researcher to design and deploy agents that reason, plan, and execute complex workflows autonomously.

Android Developer Verification

299 ingve 2026-03-30 22:59:43 UTC android-developers.googleblog.com Llama Share 301

Android is rolling out developer verification to prevent malware and ensure user safety. Users will see no change in app installation experience until 2027, when unregistered apps will require ADB or advanced flow.

Turning a MacBook into a touchscreen with $1 of hardware (2018)

363 HughParry 2026-03-30 19:59:43 UTC anishathalye.com Llama Share 181

A team created a touchscreen MacBook using a $1 mirror and computer vision, allowing for touch input without an external webcam. The system uses a webcam, mirror, and computer vision to translate finger movements into mouse events, making existing apps touch-enabled.

Distributed data centers in our basements

8 cmos 2026-03-31 14:07:43 UTC news.ycombinator.com Prefix Share 7

This is likely a bit unrealistic, but why can't we make a half rack server to go in someones basement that can also heat up their hot water and use the basement floor as a heat sink as well? It seems like a lot of the blight of data centers is the energy to remove the heat. By distributing them into cool basements and even connecting them into the home heating system we could reduce that ...

In Expanding de Sitter Space, Quantum Mechanics Gets More Elusive

10 pseudolus 2026-03-31 11:59:43 UTC quantamagazine.org Llama Share 2

Physicists are struggling to understand the quantum world in an expanding universe, particularly in de Sitter space where space expands exponentially. They are trying to learn from black holes to make sense of quantum mechanics in de Sitter space.

Acceptance of entomophagy among Canadians at an insectarium

5 PaulHoule 2026-03-31 13:59:43 UTC nature.com Prefix Share 1

As global food systems face mounting sustainability pressures, insects are gaining attention as a promising alternative protein source. Yet, entomophagy remains culturally unfamiliar or stigmatized in many Western countries, including Canada. This study investigates attitudes toward insect consumption among 252 adult visitors to the Montreal Insectarium, a public institution promoting insect ...

We're Pausing Asimov Press

72 bookofjoe 2026-03-31 06:59:43 UTC asimov.press Llama Share 41

Asimov Press is going on hiatus in April due to new projects for its founders. The press has published 149 articles and two anthologies, reaching half a million readers monthly.

Nobody Is Coming to Save Your Career

71 herbertl 2026-03-31 13:59:43 UTC alifeengineered.substack.com Llama Share 55

Your manager is not responsible for your career growth, you must take ownership and initiate conversations about your goals. To start, tell your manager you want to grow and discuss what's needed for a promotion, then take action to make progress toward your goals.

One of the largest salt mines in the world exists under Lake Erie

56 1659447091 2026-03-31 04:59:43 UTC apnews.com Llama Share 38

Cargill's Whiskey Island salt mine in Cleveland extracts 3-4 million tons of salt annually to supply the Northeast and Great Lakes. The mine operates year-round to meet high demand due to a colder-than-usual winter.

Anthropic: Claude Code users hitting usage limits 'way faster than expected'

110 samizdis 2026-03-31 12:59:43 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 94

Users of Claude Code are experiencing high token usage and early quota exhaustion due to a combination of factors including reduced quotas during peak hours, bugs, and unclear usage limits. Anthropic is actively investigating the issue and users are negotiating with providers over acceptable pricing and usage models for AI development.