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1.
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent (thatprivacyguy.com)
1309 points by john-doe 20 hours ago | 884 comments
2.
Zig → Rust porting guide (github.com/oven-sh)
700 points by SergeAx 1 day ago | 518 comments
3.
Should I run plain Docker Compose in production in 2026? (distr.sh)
369 points by pmig 5 days ago | 266 comments
4.
Agent Skills (addyosmani.com)
368 points by BOOSTERHIDROGEN 1 day ago | 194 comments
5.
Async Rust never left the MVP state (tweedegolf.nl)
429 points by pjmlp 20 hours ago | 231 comments
6.
When everyone has AI and the company still learns nothing (robert-glaser.de)
331 points by youngbrioche 18 hours ago | 224 comments
7.
iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet (alen.ro)
392 points by alentodorov 15 hours ago | 294 comments
8.
Empty Screenings – Finds AMC movie screenings with few or no tickets sold (walzr.com)
315 points by MrBuddyCasino 23 hours ago | 260 comments
9.
Accelerating Gemma 4: faster inference with multi-token prediction drafters (blog.google)
488 points by amrrs 11 hours ago | 215 comments
10.
1966 Ford Mustang Converted into a Tesla with Working 'Full Self-Driving' (electrek.co)
195 points by Brajeshwar 1 day ago | 163 comments
11.
Three Inverse Laws of AI (susam.net)
388 points by blenderob 12 hours ago | 261 comments
12.
Train Your Own LLM from Scratch (github.com/angelos-p)
429 points by kristianpaul 23 hours ago | 49 comments
13.
Computer Use is 45x more expensive than structured APIs (reflex.dev)
348 points by palashawas 11 hours ago | 202 comments
14.
Lessons for Agentic Coding: What should we do when code is cheap? (dbreunig.com)
231 points by ingve 20 hours ago | 224 comments
15.
IBM didn't want Microsoft to use the Tab key to move between dialog fields (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
317 points by SeenNotHeard 10 hours ago | 186 comments
16.
EEVblog: The 555 Timer is 55 years old [video] (youtube.com)
250 points by brudgers 12 hours ago | 64 comments
17.
CVE-2026-31431: Copy Fail vs. rootless containers (dragonsreach.it)
186 points by averi 1 day ago | 111 comments
18.
California farmers to destroy 420k peach trees following Del Monte bankruptcy (sfgate.com)
293 points by littlexsparkee 9 hours ago | 349 comments
19.
Hand Drawn QR Codes (2025) (sethmlarson.dev)
204 points by jollyjerry 1 day ago | 42 comments
20.
AI didn't delete your database, you did (idiallo.com)
501 points by Brajeshwar 13 hours ago | 279 comments
21.
.de TLD offline due to DNSSEC? (verisignlabs.com)
563 points by warpspin 7 hours ago | 275 comments
22.
Agents for financial services and insurance (anthropic.com)
214 points by louiereederson 12 hours ago | 163 comments
23.
Zuckerberg 'Personally Authorized and Encouraged' Meta's Copyright Infringement (variety.com)
299 points by spankibalt 9 hours ago | 280 comments
24.
Show HN: Airbyte Agents – context for agents across multiple data sources
105 points by mtricot 13 hours ago | 27 comments
25.
Kids can bypass some age checks with a drawn-on mustache (theregister.com)
240 points by dreadsword 23 hours ago | 170 comments
26.
Today I've made the difficult decision to reduce the size of Coinbase by ~14% (twitter.com/brian_armstrong)
291 points by adrianmsmith 15 hours ago | 435 comments
27.
When networking doesn't work (os2museum.com)
93 points by kencausey 1 day ago | 15 comments
28.
Comparing the Z80 and 6502 to Their Relatives (bumbershootsoft.wordpress.com)
119 points by ibobev 2 days ago | 26 comments
29.
I'm scared about biological computing (kuber.studio)
168 points by kuberwastaken 12 hours ago | 142 comments
30.
Y Combinator's Stake in OpenAI (0.6%?) (daringfireball.net)
374 points by gyomu 1 day ago | 67 comments

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