Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 2,111 posts.
Discover Graft, an open-source transactional storage engine built to solve the challenges of syncing data at the edge. Inspired by lessons from SQLSync, Graft enables lazy, partial, and strongly consistent replication—allowing edge applications to sync only the data they need, exactly when they need it.
Typst 0.14 is out now. With accessibility by default, PDFs as images, character-level justification, and more, it has everything you need to move from draft to...
Apple today introduced Apple Invites, a new app for iPhone that allows users to create custom invitations to gather friends and family.
Starting August 29th, new regulations have come into effect. Both DHL and UPS currently have no working solution, so on their advice, we are temporarily suspending all shipments to the USA effectiv…
The American College of Cardiology now recommends everybody measure their hs-CRP.
The 2024 Year End Drive Stats Report is here. See the the latest annualized failure rates and data insights for the Backblaze drive fleet.
A case study of how Elixir is being used at Cyanview.
Cap'n Web is a new open source, JavaScript-native RPC protocol for use in browsers and web servers. It provides the expressive power of Cap'n Proto, but with no schemas and no boilerplate.
Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License.
The wait is over. Meta Ray-Ban Display hits shelves in the US today!
Documentation and guides from the team at Fly.io.
Near-miss collisions between high-energy lead nuclei at the LHC generate intense electromagnetic fields that can knock out protons and transform lead into fleeting quantities of gold nuclei
We are excited to announce a significant advancement in the security of the Signal Protocol: the introduction of the Sparse Post Quantum Ratchet (SPQR). This new ratchet enhances the Signal Protocol’s resilience against future quantum computing threats while maintaining our existing security guar...
Wikipedia is the backbone of knowledge on the internet. Learn how the Wikimedia Foundation is safeguarding it under the UK Online Safety Act.
Today we are releasing the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model via the API, which outperforms leading alternatives at browser and mobile tasks.
GotaTun is a WireGuard® implementation written in Rust aimed at being fast, efficient and reliable.
Oracle filed a motion to dismiss in response to Deno’s petition to cancel its “JavaScript” trademark. But instead of addressing the real issue—that JavaScript is an open standard with multiple independent implementations—Oracle is trying to stall the process and sidestep accountability.
Today we’re releasing a preview of ChatGPT Pulse to Pro users on mobile. Pulse is a new experience where ChatGPT proactively does research to deliver personalized updates based on your chats, feedback, and connected apps like your calendar.
From the Zed Blog: A look at how we use Zed's native collaboration features to run our entire company.
Our statement detailing an incident concerning a legacy system. We outline our commitment to transparency, accountability, and planned investment in cyber security research.
The most powerful AI platform for enterprises. Customize, fine-tune, and deploy AI assistants, autonomous agents, and multimodal AI with open models.
An MIT study reveals what happens in the brain as lapses of attention occur following sleep deprivation. During these lapses, a wave of cerebrospinal fluid flows out of the brain — a process that typically occurs during sleep and helps to wash away waste products that have built up during the day.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed new rules that would effectively end the public’s ability to challenge improperly granted patents at the Patent Office itself. We need EFF supporters to file public comments opposing these rules this week. The USPTO is moving quickly, and staying silent will…
Reflections on my time leading Mastodon and what's to come next.
Get more out of Claude Code: tell Claude what it can't see, give it a check to run, and enforce the rules that can't have exceptions.
Announcing the release of .NET 10, the most productive, modern, secure, intelligent, and performant release of .NET yet. With updates across ASP.NET Core, C# 14, .NET MAUI, Aspire, and so much more.
Swift continues to grow in popularity as a cross-platform language supporting a wide variety of use cases, with support on a variety of embedded devices, form factors that encompass wearables to server, and a wide variety of operating systems. As Swift expands, there’s value in investing in matching cross-platform…
