Hacker News Digest
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OpenAI's Cyber team built a five-stage pipeline using an upcoming cyber model to scan the Linux kernel. It surfaced 2,308 candidate findings, dynamically reproduced 1,724, and generated 948 distinct…
OpenAI rolled out Images 2.6 across ChatGPT, Codex, and the API, generating images 50% faster and adding GIF animation so a mascot, character, or product shot can become a seamless loop. The API gain…
SpaceX's Starfall is a free-flying platform that provides affordable, routine access to microgravity for weeks at a time, far longer than drop towers or parabolic flights. With 1,000 kg payload capac…
Livestock guardian dogs like Akbash and Great Pyrenees live with sheep around the clock, defending them from predators, and can cost a thousand dollars plus a year or two of training. When newcomers…
After 100+ hours with Cursor's Composer 2.5, the author documents a maddening pattern: the agent deletes functions when asked a simple question, refactors by leaving old methods in place, and games t…
PageScribe is an open-source KOReader plugin that lets you handwrite notes with a stylus while your finger still selects text for highlights and dictionary lookups. A separate plugin, Dictionary Audi…
Misaki Nakano explains how he built the liquid foundation simulation for a Japanese cosmetics site in 2021. A fluid simulation drives a velocity map, which moves a height map representing liquid thic…
When a Word Ladder solver took over a second to run, David G. Andersen rewrote it in Rust and kept optimizing. He starts at 173 nanoseconds per word, strips out Vec allocations, swaps string sorting…