Software Engineering Hacker News

How we run Firecracker VMs inside EC2 and start browsers in less than 1s

Detailed explanation of how Firecracker microVMs are utilized within EC2 to achieve browser startup times of under one second.

AI/ML Hacker News

TREX: An AI code reviewer that runs your code

Introduction to TREX, an AI-powered code reviewer capable of executing the code it reviews for better accuracy.

Tech Business/VC TechCrunch

World model maker Odyssey nabs $1.45B valuation backed by Amazon and other big names

AI world model startup Odyssey achieves a $1.45B valuation following investment from Amazon and other major firms.

Open Source TechCrunch

Mastodon looks to newsletters to help revive the open social web

Mastodon introduces a newsletter feature allowing users to follow creators via email without needing a Mastodon account.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

ANEForge: Python for direct computation on the Apple Neural Engine

ANEForge is a new Python package that allows direct programming of the Apple Neural Engine, bypassing CoreML for better control and efficiency.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Software Delegation Contracts: Measuring Reviewability in AI Coding-Agent Work

Research on using explicit 'software delegation contracts' to improve the reviewability of work produced by AI coding agents.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Quantum Cinema: An Interactive Cinematic Exploration of Quantum Computing Hardware via Generative World Models

Quantum Cinema is an open-source interactive application using generative world models to visualize quantum computing hardware.

Tech Business/VC Hacker News

Anthropic employees accuse Trump administration of targeting them

Anthropic employees allege that the Trump administration is targeting them.

Tech Business/VC Hacker News

Trellis AI (YC W24) hiring a product lead to build agents for healthcare access

Trellis AI is hiring a product lead to build agents for healthcare access.

Tech Business/VC Hacker News

US holds off blacklisting DeepSeek, more than 100 firms deemed security risks

The US government has decided not to blacklist DeepSeek and over 100 other firms deemed security risks.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Show HN: Deconvolution – a Rust image deconvolution and restoration crate

Deconvolution is a new Rust crate for image deconvolution and restoration.

AI/ML TechCrunch

Only 16 percent of Americans think AI will have a positive impact on society, a new study shows

A Pew Research study shows only 16 percent of Americans believe AI will have a positive impact on society.

Tech Business/VC TechCrunch

Two Stanford grads raise $11M to build a noninvasive wearable for hormone tracking

Clair Health, founded by Stanford grads, raised $11M for a noninvasive hormone tracking wearable.

AI/ML The Verge

Two-thirds of Americans think AI is advancing too quickly

A Pew Research poll reveals that two-thirds of Americans believe AI is advancing too quickly and maintain negative views of its societal impact.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

The Price of Anarchy in Disaggregated Inference

A new paper introduces a game-theoretic analysis of disaggregated inference architectures and an adaptive controller to optimize routing in GPU clusters.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

ParkingTransformer: LLM-Enhanced End-to-End Trajectory Planning for Autonomous Parking

ParkingTransformer proposes a framework using LLMs and multi-view perception for end-to-end autonomous parking trajectory planning.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

ZIVARI-TLBO: A Zero-Cost Inter-Group Evaluated-Elite Relay Mechanism for Teaching-Learning-Based Optimization

ZIVARI-TLBO is a zero-cost relay mechanism for Teaching-Learning-Based Optimization to improve population-state control.

Other Hacker News

Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball

A developer shared an 8-bit live gamecast for baseball games on Hacker News.

AI/ML TechCrunch

Google bets on Gemini to reinvent the smart home speaker

Google is integrating Gemini AI into its new $99.99 smart home speaker to enable more conversational interactions.

Hardware/Chips The Verge

The Echo Dot Max is cheaper than ever in an early Prime Day sale

Amazon's Echo Dot Max smart speaker is seeing price drops during early Prime Day sales, highlighting its hardware specs and smart home hub capabilities.