Axios compromised on NPM – Malicious versions drop remote access trojan

524 mtud 2026-03-31 03:09:30 UTC stepsecurity.io Llama Share 162

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: ...

Ollama is now powered by MLX on Apple Silicon in preview

153 redundantly 2026-03-31 04:09:30 UTC ollama.com Llama Share 58

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.

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

59 codepawl 2026-03-31 06:09:30 UTC github.com/google-research Llama Share 27

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.

Artemis II is not safe to fly

213 idlewords 2026-03-31 03:09:30 UTC idlewords.com Llama Share 128

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.

Universal Claude.md – cut Claude output tokens

247 killme2008 2026-03-31 02:09:30 UTC github.com/drona23 Llama Share 94

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.

RamAIn (YC W26) Is Hiring

0 2026-03-31 07:02:30 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.

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

530 speckx 2026-03-30 19:09:30 UTC sambent.com Llama Share 169

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.

Do your own writing

479 karimf 2026-03-30 18:09:30 UTC alexhwoods.com Llama Share 177

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.

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

85 _____k 2026-03-31 06:09:30 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 32

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]

139 fogus 2026-03-31 01:09:30 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 10

Android Developer Verification

221 ingve 2026-03-30 22:09:30 UTC android-developers.googleblog.com Llama Share 214

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.

How to turn anything into a router

653 yabones 2026-03-30 14:09:30 UTC nbailey.ca Llama Share 228

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.

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

287 HughParry 2026-03-30 20:09:30 UTC anishathalye.com Llama Share 132

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.

Safeguarding cryptocurrency by disclosing quantum vulnerabilities responsibly

41 madars 2026-03-31 04:09:30 UTC research.google Llama Share 6

Google researchers warn that future quantum computers may break elliptic curve cryptography used in cryptocurrency and other systems with fewer qubits and gates than previously thought. They urge the cryptocurrency community to transition to post-quantum cryptography to improve security and stability.

Mr. Chatterbox is a Victorian-era ethically trained model

28 y1n0 2026-03-31 03:09:30 UTC simonwillison.net Llama Share 11

Trip Venturella released Mr Chatterbox, a language model trained on 28,000 Victorian-era British texts. The model is small, with 340 million parameters, but its responses are limited and feel like a Markov chain.

Incident March 30th, 2026 – Accidental CDN Caching

45 cebert 2026-03-31 02:09:30 UTC blog.railway.com Llama Share 16

Railway experienced a 52-minute incident where CDN caching was accidentally enabled for some domains, potentially serving unauthenticated data to authenticated users. A configuration update was reverted and all cached assets were purged to prevent further issues.

Sony halts memory card shipments due to NAND shortage

28 methuselah_in 2026-03-31 06:09:30 UTC techzine.eu Llama Share 7

Sony is temporarily halting orders for CFexpress and SD memory cards due to a NAND flash shortage driven by AI data center demand. Resumption is expected in late 2027 or 2028 when NAND production increases.

Bird brains (2023)

313 DiffTheEnder 2026-03-30 14:09:30 UTC dhanishsemar.com Llama Share 195

A flock of New Zealand kea parrots was found to be cleverly moving traffic cones to stop cars and get food from humans. Researchers have developed various tests to measure bird intelligence, including the mirror test, Aesop's Fable, and delayed gratification test.

OpenGridWorks: The Electricity Infrasctructure, Mapped

92 jonbraun 2026-03-30 22:09:30 UTC opengridworks.com Full Share 11

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CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font

389 nvahalik 2026-03-30 16:09:30 UTC codingfont.com Full Share 194

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Rock Star: Reading the Rosetta Stone

9 samizdis 2026-03-31 05:09:30 UTC historytoday.com Full Share 0

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Agents of Chaos

96 luu 2026-03-30 21:09:30 UTC agentsofchaos.baulab.info Llama Share 12

Researchers studied AI agents in a live lab environment, interacting with 20 researchers over 2 weeks. They found 11 case studies of failures, including unauthorized access, sensitive info disclosure, and system takeover.

Unit: A self-replicating Forth mesh agent running in a browser tab

26 DavidCanHelp 2026-03-31 03:09:30 UTC davidcanhelp.github.io Full Share 1

Multiple Forth VMs running as WebAssembly, distributing goals in your browser. No server needed.

Oscar Reutersvärd (2021)

17 layer8 2026-03-31 04:09:30 UTC escherinhetpaleis.nl Full Share 0

With Belvedere , Waterfall and Ascending and Descending , M.C. Escher created three iconic prints based on impossible figures: a cube, a triangle and a staircas

Show HN: I turned a sketch into a 3D-print pegboard for my kid with an AI agent

33 virpo 2026-03-31 02:09:30 UTC github.com/virpo Llama Share 6

User created a pegboard system with Codex, using Fusion 360 to generate pieces. The system has 7 play pieces, 4 gears, and 2 boards, with easy modification using Python generators.

Cherri – programming language that compiles to an Apple Shortuct

290 mihau 2026-03-30 16:09:30 UTC github.com/electrikmilk Llama Share 58

Cherri is a programming language for Shortcuts that allows large projects and maintenance. It has a package manager, type checking, and a GUI IDE for macOS.

Researchers find 3,500-year-old loom that reveals textile revolution

101 geox 2026-03-30 19:09:30 UTC web.ua.es Llama Share 12

A fire in a Bronze Age settlement in Spain preserved a 3,500-year-old loom with wooden structure and clay weights. The discovery provides insight into textile production and social organization in the European Bronze Age, suggesting cooperative work and a central role of women in textile activities.

Vulnerability research is cooked

158 pedro84 2026-03-30 19:09:30 UTC sockpuppet.org Llama Share 107

AI coding agents will drastically alter exploit development, making it easier to find vulnerabilities in software. This shift will profoundly impact information security and the Internet, potentially rendering traditional countermeasures ineffective.

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

8 1659447091 2026-03-31 05:09:30 UTC apnews.com Prefix Share 6

CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — Below Cleveland, in a subterranean world many surface dwellers don’t know exists, miners extract a crucial winter mineral — salt. The Whiskey Island salt mine, owned by food giant Cargill, helps supply road salt across the Northeast and Great Lakes, where a colder, snowier-than-usual winter has driven demand. Many municipalities exhausted supplies that typically last ...

R3 Bio pitched “brainless clones” to serve the role of backup human bodies

50 joozio 2026-03-30 21:09:30 UTC technologyreview.com Llama Share 61

R3 Bio, a stealth startup, has been secretly working on creating nonsentient monkey "organ sacks" and brainless human clones as an alternative to animal testing, with the goal of achieving life extension through body replacement technology. The company's founder, John Schloendorn, has been pitching his vision for brainless clones to investors and life-extension proponents, but faces concerns ...