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2D Gaussian Splatting for Bézier Spline Line Art Vectorization

Researchers from Disney and ETH Zurich have developed a new method for converting line art and sketches into vector…

Simplifying and Refactoring Introductory Calculus

Jonathan Bartlett proposes simplifying first-year calculus instruction by streamlining redundant processes and concepts…

Jane Street suffers $15B hit after meltdown at Situational Awareness

Strategy Pushes Back on MSCI Plan to Drop MSTR From Global Indexes

MSCI’s proposed eligibility screen would remove Strategy from its global equity benchmarks, the largest of three…

Stop sending me huge PRs; a rant

The author argues that AI-generated pull requests are becoming problematically large, making code reviews exponentially…

Talks to sell PayPal to Stripe and Advent are heating up

PayPal is still reportedly negotiating a potential sale to Stripe and private equity firm Advent, as the fintech firm's…

RISC-V: They should have known better

The author argues that RISC-V's fundamental flaw is trying to be optimal for all use cases simultaneously—from…

eigendrum

Eigendrum is an interactive web application that simulates drumhead vibrations by solving eigenvalue problems to…

Everything is about to "go dark"

Matthew Green expresses concern that AI-powered encryption will make software overly secure, potentially causing U.S.

France Tax Hack Exposes Data of 678,000 Taxpayers, Including Millionaires

France’s tax breach exposed data tied to 678,000 taxpayers, raising concerns over scams and risks for wealthy crypto…

Self-driving trucks are officially testing on California highways

Aurora Innovation and Kodiak AI, two companies developing self-driving trucks, have received permits from the California…

China's Z.AI Ships GLM-5.3, Calling It the Top Open-Weight Coding Model

The Chinese lab says the release beats comparably sized open models on code benchmarks.

CEO who fired 900 people on Zoom just before Christmas wants his job back

Vishal Garg, the CEO of Better.com who infamously laid off 900 employees via Zoom before Christmas 2021, was fired in…

Thrive’s Joshua Kushner chides Silicon Valley VCs over AI euphoria

The AI opportunity is huge but "it would also be a grave error in our minds to let excitement weaken our investment…

Anthropic Risk August 2026 [pdf]

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Show HN: AletheionAGI – Grounding enforcement for AI agents

AletheionAGI is a system designed to add grounded memory and safety enforcement to AI agents by ensuring claims are…

What You Gain by Building Your Own Game Engine

Open WireGuard Endpoints

UDP Gateway now supports Open WireGuard Endpoints, allowing WireGuard Listeners to accept connections from unregistered…

Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin

Firefox is now the only major browser supporting uBlock Origin after Microsoft Edge began phasing out Manifest V2…

Read-it-later app Pocket shut down down — here are the best alternatives

Pocket users have until October 8, 2025, to export their saved articles and other items, including lists, archives,…

Show HN: Mole – Deep research agent for your terminal

Mole is a deep research agent for the terminal that decomposes questions, searches sources, and generates cited answers…

Show HN: Embed a real Linux terminal on your website

Sandbox.bio, celebrating its 5th anniversary, now allows users to embed a live Linux terminal directly on websites and…

Vulnerability giving attackers full control of Macs is under active exploitation

Screen-sharing bug lets remote hackers log in without a password.

OpenAI Staff Blame Rush to Ship for Rogue Agent Hack

Current and former OpenAI employees reportedly say pressure to release new AI products made it harder to prioritize…

Racket v9.3

Racket v9.3 has been released with several enhancements, including markdown documentation generation, improved teaching…

First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity

Airline-backed venture aims to develop a hybrid-electric commercial aircraft.

Suspecting court of using AI, man injected prompts in filings to try to win case

Judge warns pro se litigants are using chatbots wrong and getting desperate.

SpaceX Closes $60 Billion Cursor Deal in Major AI Compute Push

SpaceX has completed its $60 billion acquisition of Cursor, bringing the AI coding company and its model-development…