Cybersecurity Hacker News

CAPTCHAs have failed for 20 years

An analysis of why CAPTCHAs have failed to effectively prevent bot automation over the last two decades.

Open Source Hacker News

PR spam today looks like email spam in the early 2000s

A comparison between current PR spam in software repositories and the prevalence of email spam in the early 2000s.

Other Hacker News

I taught a bucket to speak Git

A creative technical project demonstrating how to make a physical bucket interface with Git.

AI/ML Hacker News

Show HN: peerd – AI agent harness that runs entirely in your browser

Introduction to peerd, an AI agent harness designed to run entirely within the web browser.

Software Engineering TechCrunch

Figma adds code layers, support for animations, more AI features in new update

Figma introduces code layers, animation support, and new AI-powered plugin capabilities to its design platform.

Software Engineering The Verge

Figma now has AI motion graphics and shader tools

Figma unveils AI motion graphics, shader tools, and a canvas optimized for full-stack development at its Config conference.

Other The Verge

The solar-powered Birdbuddy Pro is on sale for $168, the lowest price yet

The solar-powered Birdbuddy Pro, an AI-enabled birdhouse camera, is currently on sale.

AI/ML VentureBeat

Amazon will present its framework for engineering trustworthy AI agents at VB Transform 2026

Amazon outlines a new framework for engineering trustworthy AI agents, focusing on reliability, safety, and sandboxed environments.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

The Professor: Multi-Teacher Unsupervised Prompt Distillation for Vision-Language Models

Researchers propose 'The Professor', a multi-teacher unsupervised prompt distillation method to compress Vision-Language Models.

Other Hacker News

GTA 6 will cost $80

Discussion regarding the potential $80 price point for the upcoming GTA 6 game.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Edsger Dijkstra's Library (Housed and Archived in Leuven, Belgium)

A showcase of the archived library of computer science pioneer Edsger Dijkstra in Leuven, Belgium.

Other Hacker News

Genuinely, my all-time favourite image: Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis

A post sharing an image of the dinosaur Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis.

Other Hacker News

Quebec town recognizes trees as living beings with rights

A town in Quebec has legally recognized trees as living beings with inherent rights.

Hardware/Chips Hacker News

OpenAI and Broadcom unveil LLM-optimized inference chip

OpenAI and Broadcom are collaborating to develop a custom chip optimized for LLM inference.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Systems optimization should be part of CI/CD

An argument for integrating systems optimization processes directly into CI/CD pipelines.

Hardware/Chips Hacker News

Boffin claims Microsoft's "quantum leap" is invalid due to "basic Python errors"

A claim that Microsoft's reported quantum computing breakthrough is invalid due to basic Python coding errors.

Other The Verge

The SwitchBot battery-powered fan we love is $90 for Prime Day

A review and discount offer for a SwitchBot battery-powered smart fan.

AI/ML VentureBeat

Intuit will show off how it rebuilt its AI infrastructure to support fast and complex tasks at VB Transform 2026

Intuit describes its transition from multi-agent AI systems to a granular skill-and-tool-based architecture for complex tasks.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

E-MRL: Cross-view Aligned Evidence-driven Multimodal Reinforcement Learning for Reliable 3D Tumor Analysis

Introduction of E-MRL, a multimodal reinforcement learning framework designed to reduce hallucinations in 3D CT tumor analysis.

AI/ML Hacker News

RubyLLM: A single, beautiful Ruby framework for all major AI providers

RubyLLM is a new Ruby framework designed to provide a unified interface for interacting with various major AI providers.