728
256
The Barbican
https://arslan.io/2025/05/12/barbican-estate/
1 year ago
570
311
I hacked a dating app (and how not to treat a security researcher)
https://alexschapiro.com/blog/security/vulnerability/2025/04/21/startups-need-to-take-security-seriously
517
500
The great displacement is already well underway?
https://shawnfromportland.substack.com/p/the-great-displacement-is-already
484
150
Embeddings are underrated (2024)
https://technicalwriting.dev/ml/embeddings/overview.html
452
394
US Copyright Office found AI companies breach copyright. Its boss was fired
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/12/us_copyright_office_ai_copyright/
377
251
Can you trust that permission pop-up on macOS?
https://wts.dev/posts/tcc-who/
357
190
I ruined my vacation by reverse engineering WSC
https://blog.es3n1n.eu/posts/how-i-ruined-my-vacation/
339
212
The FTC puts off enforcing its 'click-to-cancel' rule
https://www.theverge.com/news/664730/ftc-delay-click-to-cancel-rule
332
206
A community-led fork of Organic Maps
https://www.comaps.app/news/2025-05-12/3/
316
398
Ask HN: Cursor or Windsurf?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43959710
315
36
Continuous Thought Machines
https://pub.sakana.ai/ctm/
287
207
University of Texas-led team solves a big problem for fusion energy
https://news.utexas.edu/2025/05/05/university-of-texas-led-team-solves-a-big-problem-for-fusion-energy/
264
115
Air Traffic Control
https://computer.rip/2025-05-11-air-traffic-control.html
248
137
Avoiding AI is hard – but our freedom to opt out must be protected
https://theconversation.com/avoiding-ai-is-hard-but-our-freedom-to-opt-out-must-be-protected-255873
247
88
Python lib generates its code on-the-fly based on usage
https://github.com/cofob/autogenlib
233
182
Reviving a modular cargo bike design from the 1930s
https://www.core77.com/posts/136773/Reviving-a-Modular-Cargo-Bike-Design-from-the-1930s
225
310
Universe expected to decay in 10⁷⁸ years, much sooner than previously thought
https://phys.org/news/2025-05-universe-decay-years-sooner-previously.html
218
107
Ruby 3.5 Feature: Namespace on read
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/21311
201
65
Intellect-2 Release: The First 32B Model Trained Through Globally Distributed RL
https://www.primeintellect.ai/blog/intellect-2-release
198
174
Just use HTML
https://justfuckingusehtml.com
195
38
RIP Usenix ATC
https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2025/05/11/rip-usenix-atc/
185
46
Build your own Siri locally and on-device
https://thehyperplane.substack.com/p/build-your-own-siri-locally-on-device
176
40
Show HN: Airweave – Let agents search any app
https://github.com/airweave-ai/airweave
162
HealthBench – An evaluation for AI systems and human health
https://openai.com/index/healthbench/
169
39
Understanding LucasArts' iMUSE System
https://github.com/meshula/LabMidi/blob/main/LabMuse/imuse-technical.md
164
147
A conversation about AI for science with Jason Pruet
https://www.lanl.gov/media/publications/1663/0125-qa-jason-pruet
152
93
Gig Companies Violate Workers Rights
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/05/12/us-major-companies-violate-gig-workers-rights
130
A crypto founder faked his death. We found him alive at his dad's house
https://sfstandard.com/2025/05/08/jeffy-yu-zerebro-fake-death/
146
The Academic Pipeline Stall: Why Industry Must Stand for Academia
https://www.sigarch.org/the-academic-pipeline-stall-why-industry-must-stand-for-academia/
140
81
Ex-UK Special Forces break silence on 'war crimes' by colleagues
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj3j5gxgz0do
135
Launch HN: ParaQuery (YC X25) – GPU Accelerated Spark/SQL
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43964505
129
187
Traffic Fatalities Are a Choice
https://asteriskmag.com/issues/10/traffic-fatalities-are-a-choice
126
54
CrowdStrike CEO cuts his voting power by 92% with unexplained gifts
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-12/billionaire-crowdstrike-ceo-cuts-voting-power-by-92-with-unexplained-gifts
123
10
Wtfis: Passive hostname, domain and IP lookup tool for non-robots
https://github.com/pirxthepilot/wtfis
122
72
Show HN: CLI that spots fake GitHub stars, risky dependencies and licence traps
https://github.com/m-ahmed-elbeskeri/Starguard
120
Tailscale 4via6 – Connect Edge Deployments at Scale
https://tailscale.com/blog/4via6-connectivity-to-edge-devices
118
76
Demonstrably Secure Software Supply Chains with Nix
https://nixcademy.com/posts/secure-supply-chain-with-nix/
61
Spade Hardware Description Language
https://spade-lang.org/
22
Byte latent transformer: Patches scale better than tokens (2024)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.09871
101
67
White House fires head of Copyright Office amid Library of Congress shakeup
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/11/white-house-copyright-office-director-fired/
96
33
How to title your blog post or whatever
https://dynomight.net/titles/
92
What if humanity forgot how to make CPUs?
https://twitter.com/lauriewired/status/1922015999118680495
91
32
Show HN: Lumoar – Free SOC 2 tool for SaaS startups
https://www.lumoar.com
83
18
The Audio Stack Is a Crime Scene
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-want-to-love-linux-it-doesnt-love-me-back-post-2-the-audio-stack-is-a-crime-scene/
80
27
The Internet 1997–2021
https://www.opte.org/the-internet
74
19
Armbian Updates: OMV support, boot improvents, Rockchip optimizations
https://www.armbian.com/newsflash/armbian-updates-nas-support-lands-boot-systems-improve-and-rockchip-optimizations-arrive/
69
29
Ask HN: Is Slack Down?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43968044
66
103
Paul McCartney, Elton John and other creatives demand AI comes clean on scraping
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/12/uk_creatives_ai_letter/
60
Custom SIM card in Tesla Model 3 2024, Tesla Model Y 2025 and Cybertruck
https://olegkutkov.me/2025/05/12/custom-sim-card-in-tesla-model-3-2024-tesla-model-y-2025-and-cybertruck/
59
7
Hegel 2.0: The imaginary history of ternary computing (2018)
https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/65/weatherby.php
56
Scientists Looking to Leave the U.S. for More Welcoming Environments
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/exodus-of-expertise-scientists-looking-to-leave-the-u-s-for-more-welcoming-environments-a-989ca73f-1dc9-4205-8405-1dc901c3623a