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crustc: entirety of `rustc`, translated to C

A developer has created "crustc," a fully functional Rust compiler translated into 46 million lines of C code that can…

Thiel Capital’s Jack Selby nabs stakes in hot startups like Etched through Arizona connections

Selby's VC firm Copper Sky Capital is currently raising a $300 million second fund, according to a regulatory filing.

Simple, beautiful Emacs modeline: modusregel

modusregel is a lightweight Emacs mode line package written in pure Emacs Lisp that provides a clean, customizable…

OpenAI Offers US Government a $42 Billion Slice of Itself: Report

Sam Altman is pitching a 5% equity stake in OpenAI for the U.S.

BlastRadar – paste a Git diff, get a production risk score in 10 seconds

BlastRadar is a tool that analyzes Git diffs to provide a production risk score within 10 seconds, helping developers…

Virginia bans sale of geolocation data

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed S.B.

IQM, Europe’s first public quantum company, admits the future of the tech is uncertain

IQM, a full-stack quantum company out of Finland, went public on the Nasdaq today at a valuation of about $1.9 billion.

Jersey Mike’s IPO illustrates how bad the AI hype has become

Just for kicks, I took a look at Jersey Mike's IPO documents. Surely a sandwich shop would have no need to mention AI.

Lightning Memory-Mapped Database Manager (LMDB) 1.0

LMDB 1.0 is a high-performance, memory-mapped Btree-based database library that offers full ACID transactions,…

Newly discovered PamStealer isn't your typical macOS malware

The discovery underscores the increased effort being poured into Mac infostealers.

AI Researchers Got Chatbots to Share Cocaine Recipes Using This One Wild Trick

Researchers say a new jailbreak technique tricked AI models into treating attacker-written text as their own reasoning,…

Wireless LAN SD

The Wireless LAN SD standard integrates IEEE 802.11 wireless capability directly into SD memory cards, allowing devices…

Show HN: Bramble – Local-first password manager

I'm currently working on Bramble, an open source password manager with P2P cross-device sync.

EFF letter to FTC on X consent order (2 July 2026) [pdf]

A warning sign about AI’s real cost, courtesy of Google and Amazon

AI has made it a lot harder for tech companies like Amazon and Google to deliver on their net-zero pledges.

The Short Leash AI Coding Method for Beating Fable

A software developer describes the "Short Leash Method" for using AI coding agents to produce high-quality software in…

Claude-real-video － any LLM can watch a video

Claude-real-video is a tool that enables any LLM to analyze videos by extracting key frames locally and intelligently…

JEP 539: Strict Field Initialization in the JVM moved to preview

JEP 539 introduces strictly-initialized fields in the Java Virtual Machine, a preview feature that ensures fields must…

Meta quietly launches vibe-coded gaming app Pocket

Meta has quietly launched Pocket, an experimental AI app that lets users generate and share interactive mini games using…

Exapunks

EXAPUNKS is a hacking-themed puzzle game set in 1997 where players program virtual execution agents (EXAs) to infiltrate…

Travel app Hopper to pay $35M in FTC settlement over ‘unfairly’ charging hidden fees

Hopper will pay $35 million to settle FTC allegations that it used deceptive “dark patterns” to hide fees and mislead…

Postgres transactions are a distributed systems superpower

Postgres transactions enable a powerful approach to durable workflows by co-locating workflow metadata and application…

Claude's AskUserQuestion: "No response after 60s – continued without an answer"

A bug was reported where Claude's AskUserQuestion tool automatically proceeded with a decision after 60 seconds of user…

Vulkan is now available on NetBSD

A developer has successfully brought Vulkan support to NetBSD by building and installing the Lavapipe software driver…

Anthropic is discussing a new custom chip with Samsung

The news comes about a week after OpenAI announced its own custom AI chip in a partnership with Broadcom.

Boeing-owned Wisk Aero accused of firing manager who raised safety concerns

A former software manager claims Wisk rushed software testing ahead of a crucial 2025 flight test.

FAA proposal: Supersonic airliners can fly over US cities if they’re quiet

New US rules would legalize quiet supersonic flights without the sonic boom.

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

Hello all, I created QUALITY.md to help build a holistic quality evaluation process for my projects.

Plex debuts 5-year membership pass for $250

Plex is pushing customers to newer features and more frequent payments.