U.S. postal inspectors shut down website selling counterfeit postage labels

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US Postal Inspection Service seized an internet domain for operating a counterfeit website selling over 5 million fake USPS postage labels, resulting in $126 million losses. A Pakistani national, Faheem Akram, is charged with conspiracy and wire fraud related to the scheme.

GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price

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GPT-6.1 Sol is a new upgrade to GPT-6 Sol, offering improved performance and cost savings for everyday work tasks. It matches GPT-6 Astra's intelligence at one-fifth of its standard input and output token prices, delivering substantial improvements across complex professional tasks.

How Delhi cut electricity loss from 50 to 5 percent

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The author recounts a common scene in 2002 Delhi where frequent power outages plagued the city, causing chaos and economic losses. However, over the past quarter century, Delhi's grid has transformed into a reliable system with minimal power losses.

PS5 Relapse Exploit

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The project involves exploiting vulnerabilities in Webkit and kernel stages for educational research, using payloads stored in a specific directory and listening on port 9021. It warns users to use the software responsibly and at their own risk, as it may cause system instability or data loss.

Show HN: TurboGPT: train 22KiB transformer in 13s

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The run stores its checkpoint at runs/ctx4/ctx4.pt, containing model, optimizer, scheduler, and trainer state. Use --load CHECKPOINT.pt to resume it. runs/ctx4/report.json is derived from the log directory. Logs are TensorBoard-compatible: one report per batch, capped at 8Mi reports, and flushed with periodic or final checkpoints.

NAND-16: a computer built from 277,248 NAND gates

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A 16-bit computer built from 277,248 NAND gates. CPU, memory, OS and Tetris, all running on the gates in your browser. Zoom in and watch the signals flow.

Show HN: Real-time Solar System with 526k asteroids and all tracked satellites

Тяни — вращать, колесо — приблизить, клик — карточка и орбита, двойной клик — лететь к телу. WASD — полёт, R/F — вверх/вниз, Q/E и стрелки — поворот, Shift — быстрее. Клик по названию группы — подсветить, 👁 — орбиты

Tcl/Tk 9.1

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Tcl/Tk 9.1.0 is the current development work on Tcl and Tk, aiming toward stable releases in September 2026. They add new features and interfaces to the foundation of Tcl/Tk 9.0. About this Site | [email protected] Home | About Tcl/Tk | Software | Core Development | Community | Documentation

A Privacy Analysis of Web and Mobile Conversational AI Agents [pdf]

Conversational AI services are increasingly adopting advertising-based business models, which raises concerns about user privacy. A systematic analysis of nine prominent conversational AI services found that they expose sensitive information to third-party tracking services, including conversation-derived artifacts such as titles, prompts, and screenshots. These disclosures can be linked to ...

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Phyllotaxis: An audio-reactive LED display

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The author created a cellular LED matrix inspired by phyllotaxis, a pattern found in nature, and programmed it to react dynamically to sound using an STM32 board. The project evolved into an interactive installation at Recurse Center, featuring a website for attendees to upload sketches and games.

Stuck in the Suez Canal – the short version (2021)

Dots: Always-on agents

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Dots are AI-powered agents that assist users with tasks, learn from feedback and adapt to their needs. They can connect to various apps, work independently or in teams, and provide 24/7 support for ambitious projects.

Virus Stole a Human Gene and Won't Let Go of It

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Ask HN: What are you reading?

The user is currently reading various books, including sci-fi and fantasy novels, historical non-fiction, and philosophical texts. They are also watching TV shows like Reacher S1 and Deadwood.

GLM-5.3 and the spread of advanced cyber capabilities

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The latest AI model, GLM-5.3, has been released without meaningful safeguards to limit misuse, allowing attackers to bypass its defenses between 64% and 100% of the time. This increases the cyber capabilities available to malicious actors.

Show HN: NSL – WSL for Linux

NSL provides a Linux host with persistent machines, similar to WSL on Windows. It offers isolated and non-isolated modes for running Linux distributions like Debian, Ubuntu, and Fedora.

Sustainable energy without the hot air (2008)

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Solving a corn puzzle with CP-SAT

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The author solved a 3D puzzle using computer vision and Python, but realized that an industrial-strength library called OR-Tools CP-SAT was more efficient.

C64 MERCENARY (1985): a novel exploit bug at the start of the game

A Staff Engineer's Guide to Inventing Work

Platform teams invent work by reading signals from systems, users, organization, and industry. They analyze these signals to identify areas for improvement and prioritize new projects.

Jeeves. Reasoning improves Jev-like decision models

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A Jeeves model with a Qwen3.5-9B decision model, LoRA, and pointer head outperforms Kev-9B and Jev on test data without thinking, achieving 0.889 accuracy on unseen data. The model can be sped up by truncating chain length or using a drafter to reason before deciding.

Everybody’s home. No one’s coming over

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Americans have seen a significant decline in socializing over the past few decades, with hosting dinner parties and attending community events decreasing by 70% since 1975. This decline is attributed to various factors, including increased busyness due to work and parenting responsibilities, decreased leisure time, and the rise of solo activities like watching TV or exercising.

Walking Men

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Google's system detected unusual traffic from your computer network, possibly due to malicious software or automated requests. Solving the CAPTCHA will allow you to continue using Google services temporarily.

ChatGPT Pro 500

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ChatGPT Pro now offers a new $500/month plan, Pro 500, with Astra Ultrafast. Existing users can upgrade or downgrade to the lower-priced Pro 200 plan without losing access until the end of their current billing period.

Using any C++ library in Godot

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Godot is a free, open-source game engine that allows developers to create 2D and 3D games using GDScript or C++. It can load native code through GDExtension and godot-cpp bindings.

Digital Audio on the ZX Spectrum's 1-Bit Beeper

The author successfully implemented a 1-bit digital audio system on the ZX Spectrum, producing high-quality digital audio. The technique uses a loop that turns the speaker on and off with variable-length delays to create a precise timing constraint.

Nicholas Polson has authored 258 academic papers in 2026 so far

DevDay 2026 Recap

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OpenAI is releasing new features for its AI platform, including GPT-6.1 Sol and Ultrafast, to improve performance and speed. These updates will be available on Pro 500 and Enterprise plans.

Galaxy Game – Interim Computer Museum

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Spacewar! originated on the PDP-1 in 1962 and evolved through various machines, including the PDP-11/20. Galaxy Game, a faithful recreation, runs on restored hardware and is now on display at ICM.