Counting Sand Dunes in the Simpson Desert

Apple's git still trusts the compromised eMudhra certificates

Eleven days after Apple was notified of the eMudhra CA compromise, the git, curl and python3 that Apple ships with macOS still trust the compromised certificates.

Start Doing Graph Theory

Converge (YC S23) Is Hiring a Founding Platform Engineer

Own and build out the platform powering agents that buy and scale ads for consumer brands. Founding platform engineering role in NYC.

Ink droplets in motion snag top prize in Nikon Small World contest

Ole Bielfeldt of Germany captured a microscopic view of an inkjet printer depositing ink onto paper.

AlpineBSD

The Agent SDK

The Agent SDK is the framework we use to build our own managed agents like Bugbot, Security Reviewer, and Rollouts. Define agents in code and deploy them with one command.

Oseberg Tapestry Fragments

Show HN: SlideBySide – Present slides without sharing your screen

Upload a PDF or PowerPoint, share a link, and present together: shared slide control, live cursors and drawing. No account needed.

Why Is This Fingerprinting Script Creating Bioweapons?

CNC Stone Carving

The Grid, a factory-scale robot in Massachusetts that builds PCBs on demand

A factory-scale robot in Massachusetts that builds circuit boards on demand, in half the time of a typical Shenzhen quick-turn shop.

Gaussian Splats part 3: There's always a bigger scene

Continuing our Gaussian splatting development series, Director of Technology Sam Birley breaks down how we bypassed GPU Scene instance caps, implemented PlayCanvas Streamed SOG LODs, and managed GPU memory budgets for production-ready photogrammetry… bringing us to a point where the renderer has fin, Continuing our Gaussian splatting development series, Director of Technology Sam Birley breaks down how we bypassed GPU Scene instance caps, implemented PlayCanvas Streamed SOG LODs, and managed GPU memory budgets for production-ready photogrammetry… bringing us to a point where the renderer has finally earned the word ‘unlimited’. Maybe.

Git for the US Code

Lawyers should be able to read a statute as it stood on any date and see which law wrote each phrase. A history of nine titles of the US Code, built by replaying every amendment, as the example.

Dayjob: Tax – evaluating AI agents on 50 professional tax assignments

DAYJOB: Tax evaluates AI agents across 50 realistic tax environments, testing their ability to navigate messy records, exercise professional judgment, and deliver reliable tax work.

Spiders Spin 'Silk Dope' into Nature's Toughest Material

By probing its molecular structure, biologists are uncovering how a tangle of unstructured proteins turns into a strong, flexible fiber.

Emacs Turns 50

How the MIT AI Lab’s text editor gave birth to the free software movement.

MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch

MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display has the world’s best laptop display. Featuring the M5 Pro or M5 Max chip, it’s a powerful platform for AI.

Regent's Ground-Effect Vehicle Reimagines Coastal Travel

Electric ground effect vehicle tech slashes coastal travel times, promising cleaner, high-speed routes that bypass airport delays and clogged highways.

Gemini 4 Carbon

Gemini 4 Carbon is our strongest model with state-of-the-art cybersecurity and long horizon capabilities.