Since Linux 6.9, LUKS suspend stopped wiping disk-encryption keys from memory

133 IngoBlechschmid 2026-07-02 15:54:45 UTC mathstodon.xyz Llama Share 33

A user discovered a security vulnerability in Linux 6.9 where LUKS encryption keys remained in memory after suspend, making laptops susceptible to cold boot attacks. A patch was created to wipe the LUKS encryption keys on suspend, inspired by Debian's cryptsetup-suspend, and is now available for other Linux distributions.

24-bit/192kHz music downloads and why they make no sense

26 Kaapeine 2026-07-02 16:25:45 UTC people.xiph.org Llama Share 20

The article discusses the futility of 24-bit/192kHz digital music downloads, which offer no benefits and take up excessive space. The human ear can only perceive a limited range of frequencies, and 24-bit/192kHz audio does not provide any improvement in fidelity.

Launch HN: Manufact (YC S25) – MCP Cloud

51 pzullo 2026-07-02 15:54:45 UTC manufact.com Llama Share 31

The mcp-use SDK is a fullstack framework for developing MCP Apps and servers for AI Agents like ChatGPT and Claude. It simplifies app development with auto-deployment and analytics.

Android Developer Verification: Threat masquerading as protection

1305 drewfax 2026-07-02 03:54:45 UTC f-droid.org Llama Share 542

Google's Android Developer Verification program silently installs a virus on devices running Android 8 or higher, disguising itself as a system service with full root privileges. This virus, which affects an estimated 4 billion devices, blocks users from running software not approved by Google, posing a significant threat to user freedom and privacy.

How to ask for help from people who don't know you

101 FigurativeVoid 2026-07-02 13:54:45 UTC pradyuprasad.com Llama Share 14

To ask for help effectively, put yourself in the other person's mind and show you're worth helping by demonstrating seriousness, personal connection, or institutional credibility. Explain context briefly and make your request easy to accept by reducing costs, making it specific, and bounded, while also making it easy to say no.

PeerTube is a free, decentralized and federated video platform

119 doener 2026-07-02 11:54:45 UTC github.com/chocobozzz Llama Share 13

PeerTube is a decentralized video platform allowing users to host videos on community-owned instances without vendor lock-in. It's free, ad-free, and allows users to follow channels and discover videos across the entire video fediverse.

AI can't be listed as inventor on patent applications, Japan's top court rules

191 mushstory 2026-07-02 13:54:45 UTC japannews.yomiuri.co.jp Llama Share 79

The US Supreme Court rejected an engineer's appeal to name an artificial intelligence as inventor on a patent application. The court upheld lower court rulings that patent inventors must be natural persons, not AI.

Show HN: Mail Memories – A desktop app to rescue photos from Gmail

69 ltiger 2026-07-02 14:54:45 UTC mailmemories.com Llama Share 20

Mail Memories is a desktop app that scans your Gmail account to find and save photo attachments. It's free to try and download the first 50 oldest photos, with a $29 license for the full archive.

Is One Layer Enough? A Single Transformer Layer Matches Full-Parameter RL Train

76 tcp_handshaker 2026-07-02 12:54:45 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 19

Researchers studied how reinforcement learning adapts to transformer layers in large language models. They found that a small subset of layers, often in the middle, contribute most to RL gains, surpassing full-parameter training in some cases.

German button maker searched rivers of American Midwest for valuable shells

64 bookofjoe 2026-07-02 12:54:45 UTC smithsonianmag.com Llama Share 19

John Boepple discovered freshwater mussel shells in the Illinois River, which led to the creation of a pearl button industry in Muscatine, Iowa. The industry thrived from 1891 to the 1960s, but ultimately devastated the local mussel population and led to conservation efforts.

Show HN: CLI tool for detecting non-exact code duplication with embedding models

29 rkochanowski 2026-07-02 14:54:45 UTC github.com/rafal-qa Llama Share 8

Slopo detects non-exact code duplication by calculating embeddings and clustering similar code units. It uses incremental re-indexing and customizable thresholds to identify and report duplicate code for refactoring.

The Egg Bandits Made a Thousand Times the Fine They Just Paid for Price Fixing

162 toomuchtodo 2026-07-02 13:54:45 UTC thebignewsletter.com Llama Share 43

Three major US egg producers, Cal-Maine, Versova, and Hickman's, allegedly conspired to manipulate egg prices from 2022-2025 by submitting fake bids and sham transactions to influence the Urner Barry pricing index. The companies agreed to a settlement, paying $3 million in penalties and donating 53 million eggs to food banks, but critics argue the punishment is too lenient given the alleged ...

Hazel (YC W24) Is Hiring for Our Largest Government Contract

0 2026-07-02 13:54:45 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

Hazel is hiring a full stack engineer to deploy and scale AI for government procurement, requiring a TS/SCI clearance and experience with AWS, Python, and React. The role involves architecting and building Hazel's platform, working with customers, and delivering innovative solutions in a classified environment.

Kimi K2.7 Code is generally available in GitHub Copilot

320 unliftedq 2026-07-02 04:54:45 UTC github.blog Llama Share 134

Kimi K2.7 Code, an open-weight model, is now available in GitHub Copilot with lower costs and provider list pricing. It's rolling out to Copilot plans, but plan administrators must enable it for organization use.

Show HN: QUALITY.md – open format/specification, agent skill, and CLI

4 craigsmitham 2026-07-02 16:36:45 UTC getquality.md Prefix Share 0

Engineer loops to improve project quality, aligning your team and agents on what quality means for what matters most. QUALITY.md is anopen file formatfor declaring a project quality model: a holistic rubric of the desired quality characteristics (security, maintainability, code quality, test/spec quality, etc.), their quality requirements (guides, sensors, principles, standards, rules, ...

EU Court of Justice allows criminal prosecution for reposting RT videos

8 thisislife2 2026-07-02 16:36:45 UTC tass.com Prefix Share 0

BRUSSELS, July 2. /TASS/. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has allowed criminal prosecution of individuals in EU countries who post Russia Today (RT) videos on open channels and websites, the CJEU ruling in a lawsuit against three German citizens for reposting RT videos on open platforms reads. "In Germany, three persons are facing criminal proceedings for having ...

The primary purpose of code review is to find code that will be hard to maintain

203 ColinWright 2026-07-02 11:54:45 UTC mathstodon.xyz Llama Share 117

Code review is not for finding bugs but to identify code that will be hard to maintain. The reviewer checks if they can understand the code, and if not, it should be fixed for easier future maintenance.

The fall of the theorem economy

182 varjag 2026-07-02 08:54:45 UTC davidbessis.substack.com Llama Share 79

Mathematics is not just about proving theorems, but about understanding and sharing knowledge. The rise of AI threatens the traditional honor code of mathematicians, which prioritizes theorem-proving over conceptual innovation.

Show HN: A graph paper generator that renders vector PDFs in the browser

39 lam_hg94 2026-07-02 13:54:45 UTC freegraphpaper.net Llama Share 7

FreeGraphPaper offers free printable graph paper in various formats and sizes without login or watermark. Users can download clean, print-ready PDFs or create custom graph paper in the browser.

CursorBench 3.1

127 handfuloflight 2026-07-02 05:54:45 UTC cursor.com Llama Share 69

A chart compares model scores against average cost per task, with Fable 5 and Opus 4.8 showing high scores at high cost. Lower-cost models like Composer 2.5 and GLM 5.2 also achieve high scores.

What Breaks a Cell's Ribs Can Make It Stronger

5 jnord 2026-07-02 15:54:45 UTC quantamagazine.org Prefix Share 0

The cells of animals, plants, and fungi start their lives by being torn apart. Cells are born by division, and just before a parent cell becomes two daughters, it doubles its nuclear DNA and carefully condenses it into X-shaped chromosomes. The nucleus disassembles, letting these crucial genetic instructions float free in the cell’s soupy interior. Then the cell performs an astounding, ...

Vite+ Beta

180 Erenay09 2026-07-02 11:54:45 UTC voidzero.dev Llama Share 102

Vite+ is a unified toolchain for web development in beta, combining Vite, Vitest, and other tools into a single workflow. It offers a consistent development experience with features like hot module replacement, code formatting, and task running.

Spain Orders Blacklist of Palantir from Public and Private Companies

45 mgh2 2026-07-02 15:54:45 UTC clashreport.com Llama Share 2

Spanish government instructs state-controlled entities to blacklist US data analytics firm Palantir due to national security concerns. Palantir still holds a €16.5 million contract with Spain's Ministry of Defense, set to expire in November.

Show HN: Claudoro, Pomodoro timer embedded in the Claude Code statusline

27 emson 2026-07-02 12:54:45 UTC github.com/emson Llama Share 23

Claudoro is a Pomodoro timer for Claude Code that renders in the status line, allowing for uninterrupted focus. It's a local-first, zero-configuration tool with customizable settings and a built-in guide.

Comparing Fable and 10 other LLMs on refactoring a LangGraph god node

32 Korridzy 2026-07-02 13:54:45 UTC wtf.korridzy.com Llama Share 10

The author conducted an experiment where 11 AI models proposed and ranked different ways to untangle a complex node in a LangGraph agent, and the results showed that Opus-4.7 had the best map of the control logic but was flawed in its routing implementation. The ranking script found Opus-4.7 to be the best proposal, but it had issues with routing and was not the top choice when considering ...

Germany’s Infineon opens major chip plant as EU seeks tech autonomy

110 giuliomagnifico 2026-07-02 12:54:45 UTC rfi.fr Full Share 28

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WinPE as a stateless harness for Windows driver testing and fuzzing

52 piotrbednarsalt 2026-07-02 10:54:45 UTC bednars.me Llama Share 3

To create a fast and idempotent testing environment for low-level automation, use Windows PE, a stripped-down version of Windows that boots from a WIM file and can be controlled by the BCD store. By customizing the BCD store and QEMU settings, you can bypass unnecessary layers of abstraction, disable kernel-level protections, and enable direct manipulation of kernel structures during fuzzing.

Senior SWE-Bench: open-source benchmark that assesses agents as senior engineers

132 matt_d 2026-07-02 03:54:45 UTC senior-swe-bench.snorkel.ai Llama Share 94

Senior SWE-Bench introduces realistic tasks with natural language instructions and a validation agent to evaluate solutions. It also scores tasteful solves by combining runtime correctness tests with quality metrics.

Asymmetric Quantization: Near-Lossless Retrieval with 97% Storage Reduction

88 breadislove 2026-07-02 06:54:45 UTC mixedbread.com Llama Share 32

Late interaction models like Wholembed v3 improve retrieval precision but increase storage costs due to multiple vectors per document.

Show HN: ZeroFS – A log-structured filesystem for S3

80 Eikon 2026-07-02 13:54:45 UTC zerofs.net Llama Share 38

ZeroFS serves S3-compatible buckets as POSIX filesystems or block devices with features like compression, encryption, and caching. It supports multiple clients and servers running in one process with features like fsync, checkpoints, and failover.