MAI-Cyber 1

162 migmartri 2026-07-27 17:26:39 UTC microsoft.ai Llama Share 75

Microsoft has announced MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, a compact security model that delivers world-class performance at 50% of the cost of leading models, and Perception, an agentic security system for continuous monitoring and patching. The combined system, MDASH, uses MAI-Cyber-1-Flash to efficiently handle 90% of tasks, enabling the use of more costly models for exceptionally hard tasks, resulting in ...

Watching Go's new garbage collector move through the heap

45 matheusmoreira 2026-07-27 17:26:39 UTC theconsensus.dev Llama Share 0

Go 1.26's new garbage collector, Green Tea, improves performance by reducing cache misses and increasing speed, but its impact on L3 cache is initially misleading. By analyzing L1 cache metrics, we see that Green Tea reduces L1 cache misses and improves overall performance, but Go still struggles with memory fragmentation due to its non-moving collector.

Decathlon Germany adds Wero payment option to decathlon.de website

150 doener 2026-07-27 17:26:39 UTC sgieurope.com Llama Share 116

Decathlon is the first German retailer to use Wero, a European payment scheme that routes payments directly between bank accounts in real time. Wero aims to reduce processing costs and increase loyalty for retailers like Decathlon, but still lacks in-store point of sale functionality.

Kimi-K3 on HuggingFace

1142 nateb2022 2026-07-27 06:26:39 UTC huggingface.co Llama Share 455

Kimi K3 is a 2.8T-parameter model with native vision capabilities and a 1-million-token context window, designed for frontier intelligence across long-horizon coding, knowledge work, and reasoning. It is the world's first open 3T-class model, released under the Kimi K3 License for research, deployment, and further innovation.

Glue bonds to nonstick surfaces and wipes clean with ethanol

93 gmays 2026-07-27 15:26:39 UTC cen.acs.org Llama Share 41

Researchers developed a small-molecule glue called CyclicFP-fmoc that bonds strongly to nonstick surfaces and can be easily removed with ethanol. The adhesive combines high strength, ductility, and washability, making it reusable and recyclable.

Self-contained highly-portable Python distributions

21 jcbhmr 2026-07-27 18:44:39 UTC gregoryszorc.com Llama Share 0

This project creates self-contained Python distributions that can run on any system with minimal dependencies. The distributions can be customized and repackaged by downstream tools like PyOxidizer and PyOxy, which add functionality to the Python interpreter.

The computer that helped win World War II

99 baruchel 2026-07-27 14:26:39 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 48

In 1941, British codebreakers discovered a new German encryption system called Tunny, which was more advanced than Enigma, and they built a machine called Colossus to break the code. Colossus, the world's first large-scale programmable electronic digital computer, was built by engineer Tommy Flowers and helped the Allies decipher encrypted messages, saving countless lives and shortening World War II.

Show HN: FeyNoBg – Automatic background removal model and training library

37 snyy 2026-07-27 17:26:39 UTC usefeyn.com Llama Share 12

FeyNoBg is a state-of-the-art model for automatic background removal that outperforms or closely matches the best published results on eight benchmarks. It's based on BiRefNet and uses a library called NoBg for training and running the model.

Exploiting Volvo/Eicher's fleet platform to gain control over all users/vehicles

54 EatonZ 2026-07-27 15:26:39 UTC eaton-works.com Llama Share 9

A vulnerability was found in My Eicher's APIs, allowing hackers to gain high-level access and account takeover, potentially controlling hundreds of vehicles. The vulnerability was discovered in 2025 and fixed in November 2025, but not before exposing sensitive data of 275k vehicles and 115k customers.

Bytecode-to-Source Mapping

7 evakhoury 2026-07-27 18:26:39 UTC tidefield.dev Prefix Share 0

I encountered this problem while working through the challenges in chapter 14 of Robert Nystrom’s Crafting Interpreters. Note: Production VMs are more sophisticated, though I’ll share how this is similar to other VMs like JVM and Lua at the end of this post. The first half of the book implements a toy language, jlox, from the top down, starting with lexing and parsing to build an AST and then ...

UpCodes (YC S17) is hiring remote AE's to help make buildings cheaper

0 2026-07-27 17:26:39 UTC up.codes Full Share

We’re looking for talented and motivated people who can help us build easy-to-use compliance and product research tools. Learn about our culture and explore open positions.

Removing React.js from the codebase and adapting Htmx for UI interactivity (2023)

176 Ralfp 2026-07-27 10:26:39 UTC misago-project.org Llama Share 125

Misago's current implementation has issues with duplicated code and complexity. It can be simplified by using a JavaScript framework with server-side rendering like Next.js or Remix.run, and focusing on an API with React.js UI.

Paged Out #9 [pdf]

81 laurensr 2026-07-27 14:26:39 UTC pagedout.institute Llama Share 11

Paged Out! magazine Issue #9 is now available with over 70 items, articles, and artwork, and the editorial team is working on Issue #10 with a call for papers deadline of September 30, 2026. The magazine is also introducing a Patreon page to support its financial goals and making past issues available for purchase through Lulu.com.

Libsm64: Mario 64 as a library for use in external game engines

137 klaussilveira 2026-07-27 10:26:39 UTC github.com/libsm64 Llama Share 16

This project provides a shared library for SM64 movement and rendering code, allowing Mario to be easily integrated into existing game engines or systems. The library loads official SM64 ROMs at runtime for asset extraction and can be built and used with SDL2 and GLEW libraries.

If Scrubs Hurt, Your ZFS Design Is Broken

17 assimpleaspossi 2026-07-27 17:26:39 UTC klarasystems.com Llama Share 5

ZFS scrubs measure a pool's performance headroom, revealing potential issues before they cause data loss. Delaying scrubs can lead to more severe problems, such as disk failures and data corruption.

Judge Rejects Google's Attempt to DMCA Its Way Out of Being Scraped

32 cdrnsf 2026-07-27 18:26:39 UTC techdirt.com Llama Share 3

A judge has dismissed Google's lawsuit against SerpAPI, a company that scrapes Google's search results, citing that Google's "SearchGuard" measure is not designed to protect copyrighted content. The court ruled that Google's claims under the DMCA are subject to dismissal as they do not effectively control access to a copyrighted work.

Show HN: Infrawrench – a tool to manage cloud and svcs with workflows and chat

13 astrid__ 2026-07-27 17:26:39 UTC infrawrench.com Llama Share 0

Infrawrench is a unified interface connecting to 25+ cloud providers, managing resources, and offering features like SSH terminals, Kubernetes management, and SQL editors. It also includes features like custom dashboards, secret management, and offline desktop app capabilities.

First Robotic Satellite Servicer Launched

58 GlenTheMachine 2026-07-27 13:26:39 UTC nrl.navy.mil Full Share 29

You don't have permission to access "http://www.nrl.navy.mil/Media/News/Article/4551871/robotic-servicing-of-geosynchronous-satellites-launches-into-orbit/" on this server.

How is the Bun Rewrite in Rust going?

367 tomlockwood 2026-07-27 11:26:39 UTC lockwood.dev Llama Share 284

The author questions the value of Anthropic's acquisition of Bun and the company's large valuation, citing a lack of release tags and increasing open pull requests. The author suspects that the cost of the rewrite is higher than claimed, with potential off-the-books expenses and ongoing Anthropic employee involvement.

Modern email can be built from borrowed parts

132 andros 2026-07-27 09:26:39 UTC en.andros.dev Llama Share 64

The user proposes a new mail system called HMTP (Hypertext Mail Transfer Protocol) that uses HTTP and replaces SMTP's design flaws, focusing on discovery, verification, delivery, and encryption over HTTP. HMTP uses standardized technologies like WebFinger, ActivityPub, Webmention, Ed25519, and HPKE to provide a secure, decentralized, and scalable mail system with features like first-contact ...

VLC for Unity now supported on Linux

118 martz 2026-07-27 09:26:39 UTC code.videolan.org Llama Share 37

The website uses Anubis to protect against aggressive AI scraping, which adds a Proof-of-Work load to make scraping more expensive. Users with plugins like JShelter need to disable them for this domain to access resources.

Should you wash your solar panels?

180 surprisetalk 2026-07-27 13:26:39 UTC incoherency.co.uk Llama Share 158

The user cleaned their 16-panel solar farm and saw a 2-5% increase in power output, worth £60-150 per year. They plan to upgrade the solar farm but are hesitant due to a change in feed-in tariff rules that would reduce their benefits.

Towards a Theory of Bugs: The Ruliology of the Unexpected

49 nsoonhui 2026-07-27 11:26:39 UTC writings.stephenwolfram.com Llama Share 23

The author explores the concept of bugs in software and their ubiquity, discussing how even simple programs can exhibit computational irreducibility and unpredictability, making it difficult to guarantee bug-free behavior. The author uses examples from Turing machines and cellular automata to illustrate the challenges of predicting program behavior and the importance of computational ...

Kimi-K3 Technical Report [pdf]

326 vinhnx 2026-07-27 15:26:39 UTC github.com/moonshotai Full Share 131

Open Frontier Intelligence. Contribute to MoonshotAI/Kimi-K3 development by creating an account on GitHub.

Shay Locomotives

61 Rygian 2026-07-27 09:26:39 UTC shaylocomotives.com Full Share 16

The Birth of the American 12-string Guitar (2013)

64 bilegeek 2026-07-27 11:26:39 UTC harpguitars.net Llama Share 38

Carl Brown invented a 10-string "harp-guitar" in 1896, which was later manufactured by the Gordon and Wurlitzer companies, and Rene Grunewald's firm also produced a similar instrument. The 10-string harp-guitar was marketed as a practical and useful instrument for beginners, with a tone resembling a mandolin and guitar, and was considered a radical improvement over the standard guitar.

The Artist Who Colored Ghibli

10 herbertl 2026-07-27 18:33:39 UTC animationobsessive.substack.com Llama Share 0

Michiyo Yasuda was a key color designer at Studio Ghibli, creating unique and nuanced colors for films like My Neighbor Totoro and Princess Mononoke. Her subtle perception and attention to detail allowed her to convey emotions and realism in Ghibli's films, making her a master of her craft.

How real are real numbers? (2004)

5 surprisetalk 2026-07-27 16:26:39 UTC arxiv.org Prefix Share 0

We discuss mathematical and physical arguments against continuity and in favor of discreteness, with particular emphasis on the ideas of Emile Borel (1871-1956). From: Gregory J. Chaitin [view email] [v1] Thu, 18 Nov 2004 22:35:07 UTC (11 KB) [v2] Wed, 24 Nov 2004 03:15:31 UTC (11 KB) [v3] Mon, 29 Nov 2004 16:41:15 UTC (11 KB) Bibliographic Tools Code, Data, Media Demos Related Papers About ...

AI companies spend record sums on Washington lobbying

228 1vuio0pswjnm7 2026-07-27 14:26:39 UTC ft.com Full Share 117

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PGSimCity - How PostgreSQL Works

856 jonbaer 2026-07-27 00:26:39 UTC nikolays.github.io Full Share 82

PGSimCity is an independent, non-commercial educational visualization of PostgreSQL internals. It is not affiliated with, sponsored, endorsed, or approved by Electronic Arts Inc. SimCity is a trademark of Electronic Arts Inc. Early, unreviewed prototype. It almost certainly contains inaccuracies in both the model and explanations. Found one? Open an issue or send a pull request.