Software Engineering Hacker News

Show HN: NameThatUI – A quiz game to test your UI design knowledge

NameThatUI is a quiz game designed to test and improve a developer's or designer's knowledge of user interface design.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Modern email can be built from borrowed parts

A discussion on how modern email systems can be constructed using existing, modular components rather than building from scratch.

Software Engineering Hacker News

VLC for Unity now supported on Linux

VLC for Unity now includes official support for Linux platforms, expanding cross-platform media playback capabilities for Unity developers.

AI/ML Hacker News

Elevated errors on Claude Opus 5

Users report an increase in errors and hallucinations when using the Claude Opus 5 model.

AI/ML Ars Technica

Artist sues AI meme generator for selling deeply personal comic as ad template

An artist has filed a lawsuit against an AI meme generator for using a personal comic as an advertisement template without permission.

Cybersecurity Lobste.rs

Most Googlebots are fake

An analysis revealing that many bots claiming to be Googlebots are actually fraudulent agents attempting to scrape data.

Other Lobste.rs

The Productivity Mirage

A critical look at the 'productivity mirage', discussing how perceived efficiency often hides a lack of meaningful output.

Other Lobste.rs

What are you doing this week?

A community thread encouraging users to share their current projects and weekly goals.

Hardware/Chips Hacker News

Boox Go 10.3 (gen II) Lumi: First impressions

A first impressions review of the Boox Go 10.3 (gen II) Lumi e-ink tablet.

Hardware/Chips Phoronix

AMD "Low Power" CPU Core Type Patches Queued Ahead Of Linux 7.3

AMD is introducing new 'low power' CPU core type patches to the Linux kernel, expected to land in version 7.3.

Open Source Phoronix

Wayfire Wayland Compositor Closing In On v1.0 Release

The Wayfire Wayland compositor, used by Raspberry Pi, is approaching its v1.0 stable release.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

I built a privacy-first online toolbox where most tools run entirely in your browser

A developer has created Toolest, a privacy-first online toolbox where most utilities run client-side in the browser.

Tech Business/VC Hacker News

Chinese chipmaker shares surge 470%

A report on a Chinese chipmaker experiencing a significant surge in stock share value.

Tech Business/VC TechCrunch

Europe got its own TBPN-style live show, and everyone’s angling for a guest spot

A media network has secured a $1.6 million seed round to expand its live show format in Europe.

AI/ML AI News

How AI is shortening drug discovery timelines in China

Insilico Medicine is utilizing AI to significantly reduce drug discovery timelines, reaching candidate nomination in as little as nine months.

Open Source Phoronix

FreeBSD Developing New NTSYNC Driver For Accelerating Windows NT Sync Primitives

FreeBSD is developing a new NTSYNC driver to accelerate Windows NT synchronization primitives and is working on an AMD ROCm port.

Cybersecurity Phoronix

NVIDIA & Others Form The Open Secure AI Alliance

NVIDIA and several other major tech companies have formed the Open Secure AI Alliance to improve the security of open-source AI models.

Other Lobste.rs

A Voice From Nowhere

A discussion thread on Lobste.rs titled 'A Voice From Nowhere'.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

lobste.rs has a js-error: here is a mitigation

A community-provided Javascript mitigation to fix a ReferenceError occurring on the lobste.rs website.

Cybersecurity Lobste.rs

The Design of Everyday Cryptography

A discussion thread on Lobste.rs regarding the design of everyday cryptography.