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MCP Is Dead

# Summary The article argues that MCP (Model Context Protocol) is impractical for production use because it consumes…

Show HN: Free activity calendar for schools, sports clubs, and organizations

FreeCal is a free calendar platform designed for schools, sports clubs, and organizations to manage and share activities…

Show HN: Open-source private home security camera system (end-to-end encryption)

Hey everyone,I previously introduced an open source private home security camera in 2024, which uses OpenMLS for…

Free full BGP feed. IPv4 and IPv6

A network operator is offering free access to full European BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) feeds for both IPv4 and IPv6…

SpaceX awarded $6.45B in Space Force contracts ahead of IPO

SpaceX already generated one-fifth of its 2025 revenue from government contracts, the company revealed in its IPO filing.

Coders are refusing to work without AI — and that could come back to bite them 

While AI is helping coders produce code faster, it may not be producing better code, researchers warn.

EV Stupidity Checklist

# Summary The article criticizes modern electric vehicles for abandoning reliable, time-tested automotive design…

A Trillion Characters

"Trillion Characters" is a real-time collaborative typing experiment built with Datastar, a lightweight JavaScript…

The Last Technical Interview

The California State Assembly Has Passed the 'Protect Our Games Act'

The California State Assembly has passed AB 1921, the 'Protect Our Games Act,' which requires digital game publishers to…

Show HN: Tiny-vLLM – high performance LLM inference engine in C++ and CUDA

Tiny-vLLM is an educational high-performance LLM inference engine written in C++ and CUDA that implements core…

Microsoft 0-day feud escalates as researcher threatens another exploit dump

A disgruntled security researcher known as Nightmare Eclipse has released six Windows zero-day vulnerabilities and…

Lenovo Stock Doubles in May on AI Server Boom—Best Month in 27 Years

The world's biggest PC maker surged 109% in May after AI revenue hit 38% of quarterly sales.

CVE-Bench: testing LLM agents on real-world vulnerability patches

Researchers evaluated five frontier AI models on their ability to fix 20 real-world security vulnerabilities (CVEs),…

Shift will clean homes for free to train future robots

AI startup Shift offers free home cleaning services in exchange for recording cleaners at work to generate training data…

On Rendering Diffs

Pierre Computer Company released a new CodeView component designed to render diffs at any scale with near-instant…

So you’ve heard these AI terms and nodded along; let’s fix that

The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang.

Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantled

The botnet was reportedly tied to a Russia-based residential proxy network.

Rothko for your current weather conditions

# Summary A digital tool matches Mark Rothko paintings to your current weather conditions and emotional state.

AI will be used to estimate age of asylum seekers from next year

The UK Home Office will deploy an AI age estimation tool at its borders from mid-2027 to identify adult migrants falsely…

What happens when companies become too AI-pilled?

The people deciding that AI can replace your job are also the ones least likely to understand what your job truly…

SQLite is all you need for durable workflows

SQLite can serve as a sufficient foundation for durable workflows by storing workflow state locally without requiring a…

What if remote working, not AI, is to blame for weak junior hiring?

Bank of Italy Engaging With Global AI Firms for Safe AI Integration

Bank of Italy Governor Fabio Panetta announced ongoing talks with international artificial intelligence (AI) technology…

After Nvidia’s $20B not-aqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M

Chipmaker Groq is looking to raise $650 million in internal funding as it pivots from hardware to focus more on AI…

AI Models Can’t Agree on Basic Facts Most of the Time, Study Shows

A new study gave five frontier AI models 1,000 real-world claims to fact-check. They disagreed on 67% of them.

Microsoft under fire for threatening security researcher with criminal investigation

A public spat between Microsoft and an independent security researcher reopens a long-running debate over who is…

Rsync maintainer starts uses Claude, regressions mount

Show HN: TV Explorer. Adding advanced UI to free online TV

TV Explorer is a free, browser-based player offering 10,000+ live TV channels from around the world, featuring news,…