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So where are all the AI apps?
Practical AI R&D
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 2,238 posts.
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The Future of Obsidian Plugins
Introducing the new Obsidian Community site and developer dashboard.
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ggsql: A Grammar of Graphics for SQL
Introducing ggsql, a grammar of graphics for SQL that lets you describe visualizations directly inside SQL queries.
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GitHub RCE Vulnerability: CVE-2026-3854 Breakdown
A CVSS 8.7 vulnerability in GitHub Enterprise Server allows remote code execution. Read the threat brief and find vulnerable GHES instances from Wiz.
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DeepMind's WeatherNext model achieves breakthrough forecasting cyclones
WeatherNext enables accurate cyclone forecasts that can give an extra day of warning. Now we are open sourcing the model.
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A 0-click exploit chain for the Pixel 10
We recently published an exploit chain for the Google Pixel 9 that demonstrated it was possible t...
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Sauna effect on heart rate
We analyzed 59,000+ daily records from 256 sauna users to quantify what saunas actually do to your body. Using paired t-tests on same-day wearable data, we…
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I wanted to build vertical SaaS for pest control, so I took a technician job
Not a shadowing day or research interview - a real job. What I learned working as a pest control technician.
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UCLA discovers first stroke rehabilitation drug to repair brain damage (2025)
A new study by UCLA Health has discovered what researchers say is the first drug to fully reproduce the effects of physical stroke rehabilitation in model mice.
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Cognition launches new SWE-2 model, Rivaling Fable 5.1 and GPT-Astra
Today we’re introducing SWE-2, our most advanced coding model yet. SWE-2 delivers highly competitive agentic coding performance across multiple effort…
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A better streams API is possible for JavaScript
The Web streams API has become ubiquitous in JavaScript runtimes but was designed for a different era. Here's what a modern streaming API could (should?) look like.
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Rise of the Triforce
During the rapid technological advancements of the early 1990s, the video game industry was on the cusp of a massive addition - another dimension. With console shenanigans like the Super FX chip giving players a taste of 3D, hype was at an all-time high. But the games released for home consoles were nothing compared…
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Anthropic raises $30B in Series G funding at $380B post-money valuation
Anthropic raised $30 billion, led by GIC and Coatue, with run-rate revenue of $14 billion and 500+ customers spending over $1 million annually.
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Typesafe AI raises $870M at $7.5B
TypeSafe AI is an AI lab building machine-native intelligence infrastructure for automation, designed to make decisions within software. Try our first System One Model, Jev, in early access.
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Async Rust never left the MVP state
I've previously explained async bloat and some work-arounds for it, but would much prefer to solve the issue at the root, in the compiler. I've submitted a Project Goal, and am looking for help to fund the effort.
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Memory has grown to nearly two-thirds of AI chip component costs
High-bandwidth memory (HBM) accounts for 63% of AI chip component costs, up from 52% in Q1 2024. Epoch AI's breakdown of component cost shifts across major chip designers.
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Go is an ideal language for AI-assisted software engineering
As AI shifts software engineering from writing to reviewing, discover how Go's strict compiler and unified toolchain ensure reliable AI-generated code.
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Good sleep, good learning, good life (2012)
The good educator insists on exercise, play, and plentiful sleep: "the great cordial of nature."
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Internet voting is insecure and should not be used in public elections
All internet voting systems are insecure. The insecurity is worse than a well-run conventional paper ballot system, because a very small number of people may have the power to change any (or all) votes that go through the system, without detection.
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Seedance 2.5
One-take Creation, Flexible Referencing: Introducing Seedance 2.5
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My minute-by-minute response to the LiteLLM malware attack
The full Claude Code transcript from discovering and responding to the litellm 1.82.8 PyPI supply chain attack on March 24, 2026 — from mysterious process explosions to malware identification to public disclosure.
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New 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6
Apple today announced the new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6, delivering more performance, powerful on-device AI capabilities, and faster connectivity.
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We found an undocumented bug in the Apollo 11 guidance computer code
How a specification surfaced a defect in the Apollo flight code.
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EmbeddingGemma 2: An open, lightweight multimodal embedding model
Introducing EmbeddingGemma 2, an open multimodal embedding model optimized for privacy-first use cases
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New iPad Air, powered by M4
Apple announced the new iPad Air featuring M4 and more memory, giving users a big jump in performance and making it more versatile than ever.
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ChatGPT Health
ChatGPT Health is a dedicated experience that securely connects your health data and apps, with privacy protections and a physician-informed design.
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Tsrs: A Port of TypeScript to Rust
Cloudflare is collaborating on tsrs, a Rust port of TypeScript that is up to 8x faster and uses 70% less memory.
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Beating GPT-5.6 Sol on retrieval with 100x cheaper open models
A 4B open-source model post-trained with Castform retrieved search results as accurately as GPT-5.6 Sol, while costing 100x less.
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Fifteen years later, the Apple Cards origin story
100% cotton paper. 100% crazy.