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Show HN: Mojibake – a low-level Unicode library written in C

Mojibake is a low-level Unicode library written in C for handling character encoding and decoding.

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SpaceX suddenly aborts second Starship V3 launch after ignition

SpaceX aborted its second Starship V3 launch attempt after ignition, causing a temporary dip in stock value.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Spectral-Informed Neural Networks Outperform Spectral Methods in High-dimensional PDEs

Introduction of Modified Spectral-Informed Neural Networks (SINNs) that outperform spectral methods and PINNs in solving high-dimensional partial differential equations.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

GHR-VLM: Making Zero-Shot Transit Video Analytics Realizable with Grounded Hybrid Reasoning

GHR-VLM is a framework for zero-shot transit video analytics that uses a hybrid edge-cloud reasoning approach to analyze passenger behavior.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Cover First, Disagree Softly: Rethinking Mismatch-First Active Learning for Frame-Level Audio Classification

The paper proposes Mismatch-Weighted Facility Location (MW-FL), a new active learning strategy for frame-level audio classification to improve label efficiency.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

IMMNet: Hybrid Fusion of Model-based and Data-driven Approaches for Maneuvering Target Tracking

IMMNet is a hybrid algorithm that combines the Interacting Multiple Model (IMM) structure with neural components for better maneuvering target tracking.

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FIFA World Cup 2026 Data Portraits

A presentation of data portraits related to the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Other Hacker News

'Likweli': A new monkey species discovered in the Congo Basin

Announcement of the discovery of a new monkey species, 'Likweli', in the Congo Basin.

AI/ML Hacker News

Ring-Zero: Scaling Zero RL to a Trillion Parameters for Emergent Reasoning

Discussion of 'Ring-Zero', a method for scaling Zero RL to a trillion parameters to achieve emergent reasoning capabilities.

Cybersecurity Hacker News

CVE-2026-25089: FortiSandbox unauthenticated command injection added to CISA KEV

A critical security vulnerability (CVE-2026-25089) in FortiSandbox allowing unauthenticated command injection has been added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

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Just Do Things

An article titled 'Just Do Things', likely a motivational or productivity-focused piece.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

DeepLoop: Depth Scaling for Looped Transformers

Introduces DeepLoop, a method for depth scaling in looped Transformers to improve validation loss and accuracy by accounting for parameter visits during residual scaling.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

ExTernD: Expanded-Rank Ternary Decomposition Ternary LLM PTQ with Accuracy Approaching Any Quantization Level

Presents ExTernD, a ternary decomposition method for LLM post-training quantization that achieves high accuracy by expanding the rank of ternary factors.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Greedy Volume Maximization of Gradient Embeddings for Long-Tailed Frame-Level Bioacoustic Active Learning

Proposes BADGE-Greedy-DPP, a deterministic batch selector for bioacoustic active learning to efficiently identify rare call-type segments in long-tailed distributions.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Grounded world models in biological organisms and future embodied AI

Explores the differences between biological grounded world models and current embodied AI, suggesting a shift toward interaction-based learning.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

UTS at ELOQUENT 2026 Voight-Kampff: structural shifts in AI writing bypass state-of-the-art detectors

Demonstrates how structural out-of-distribution shifts in AI writing can bypass state-of-the-art AI text detectors, even those with adversarial fine-tuning.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Show HN: Libretto PR agents – Automatically fix failing playwright scripts

Libretto PR agents are introduced as a tool to automatically fix failing Playwright scripts, improving the automated testing workflow.

AI/ML The Verge

Fortnite is getting a bunch of AI-powered ‘personas’

Epic Games is adding AI-powered personas and voices to Fortnite creators' experiences, allowing for more dynamic NPCs.

Other Ars Technica

T-Mobile bungled forced plan migration, canceling some users' free lines

T-Mobile's forced plan migration led to the cancellation of free lines for some users, forcing the company to restore them.

Tech Business/VC Ars Technica

It's official: EU will force Google to share search data and open up AI on Android

The EU is forcing Google to share search data and open up AI integration on Android to promote competition.