2. DeepSeek search and fetch – $0.75 per 1000 successful requests (api-docs.deepseek.com)
3. Zuckerberg's Meta Takes Down No Kings Instagram During Protest Day (meidasnews.com)
4. Someone Behind the Software (karrisaarinen.com)
I think good products carry something of the people who make them. Their experience, what they care about, and how they think things should work.
The article discusses how the personalities and values of software developers influence the products they create, highlighting the connection between creators and their creations. It emphasizes the importance of understanding the human element behind technology.
5. There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3blue1brown) [video] (www.youtube.com)
Sharing a few thoughts on the future of mathThese videos are funded directly by viewers: https://3b1b.co/supportAn equally valuable form of support is to sim...
6. Hybrid Reasoning Agents: 35–55% fewer tokens and up to 2.6× faster inference (arxiv.org)
How can we build an agent that thinks beyond human language, yet still acts through it in the external environment? Modern LLM agents still reason and interact through text, while latent reasoning offers an efficient internal medium but lacks native tool access and reasoning transparency. We bridge these two directions with Hybrid Reasoning Agents (HybridAgents), which dynamically navigate between latent reasoning and text-based interaction throughout a unified generation process. Architecturally, a lightweight HybridLink enables seamless transitions between text and latent modes, while the agent's continuous working memory preserves lossless hybrid context across multiple turns. These designs preserve tool-integrated agentic capabilities while making latent thoughts directly inspectable. Building on this architecture, we further develop dedicated post-training algorithms for hybrid reasoning: HybridSFT stabilizes tool-integrated hybrid generation by teaching the backbone to coordinate with HybridLink, then HybridRL scales reasoning by learning when to think in latent space and when to act through text. We evaluate HybridAgent at 3 model scales across 11 benchmarks covering mathematics, science, medicine, search, and agentic reasoning. Compared with frontier LLM Agents and agentic frameworks spanning both text-based and latent methods, HybridAgent consistently improves performance by 10.4%, while delivering 35.5%-54.7% token reduction, 1.8x-2.6x faster inference, and 2.7x-3.7x cost savings. Code and data are available at https://github.com/togethercomputer/HybridAgent.
7. NY announces game ownership bill requiring ownership rather than licensing (www.tomshardware.com)
New York joins Pennsylvania in protecting gamers.
New York’s new bill mandates that gamers must own their games outright instead of merely licensing them, similar to recent legislation in Pennsylvania. This move aims to enhance consumer rights and ownership in the gaming industry.
8. RepRapMicron (github.com)
μRepRap - A 3D printer project designed to work at the micron scale - VikOlliver/RepRapMicron
μRepRap is a 3D printer initiative focused on achieving precision at the micron level, developed by VikOlliver. This project could enhance the capabilities of 3D printing for intricate designs and applications.
9. How the Elizabeth Holmes Doc 'You Can See Everything' Is Deceiving You (www.readtheprofile.com)
10. Dogs seem to agree with humans that 'bouba' is round and 'kiki' is spiky (www.sciencealert.com)
Picture a shape called 'Bouba'.
Research shows that dogs align with humans in perceiving the shape ‘Bouba’ as round and ‘Kiki’ as spiky, suggesting a shared understanding of sound and shape. This finding could shed light on the cognitive abilities of dogs and their connection to human perception.
11. macOS 15.8.2 Breaks OpenGL (developer.apple.com)
Security verification page to protect against malicious bots.
12. I built a programming language that LLMs can't use (blog.picheta.me)
I built KillSwitch, an esoteric language designed to confound LLMs and coding agents, and benchmarked the major models against it.
A developer has created KillSwitch, a unique programming language aimed at thwarting large language models and coding agents. The article details how major models performed when tested with this unconventional language.
13. Show HN: Sphinx – a hook that quizzes you on your AI's code before shipping (sphinx-six-theta.vercel.app)
A Git hook for agent-assisted development. Before your agent’s code ships, Sphinx asks you a question about what it actually does.
Sphinx integrates with your coding workflow to ensure you fully grasp the code you’re deploying by presenting a quiz before pushing to production. It’s a practical tool for developers aiming to enhance their understanding of AI-related code.
14. Parser Combinators (t3.at)
Better than regex!
Parser combinators offer a more powerful and flexible alternative to regular expressions for parsing text. Learn how they can simplify complex parsing tasks and improve code readability.
15. Legal experts warn Meta's new terms still grant broad scraping permissions (www.niemanlab.org)
16. Show HN: The Zelda timeline to catch up before the Ocarina of Time remake (legendofhyrule.com)
The Zelda timeline and Hyrule's history from Creation to the Upheaval. After Ocarina of Time the timeline branches into the child, adult and fallen-hero eras.
A fan has created a detailed timeline of the Zelda series to help players refresh their memories before the Ocarina of Time remake launches. The timeline not only follows Nintendo’s official lore but also features a unique visualization that highlights the branching paths of the story based on Link’s success or failure.
17. Open MicroManipulator – A sub-micrometer 3D motion control plattform (github.com)
A sub-micrometer 3D motion control plattform. Contribute to 0x23/MicroManipulatorStepper development by creating an account on GitHub.
A new platform for precise 3D motion control at sub-micrometer levels is being developed on GitHub. Contributors can join the project to enhance the capabilities of the MicroManipulatorStepper.
18. HOA's are making the home crisis worse (hoaspy.com)
10,296 foreclosure suits by Florida HOAs against their own members, 460,412 liens on homes, 48,999 court records, 6,661 associations out of standing: how…
Florida homeowners are facing significant challenges as HOAs initiate over 10,000 foreclosure suits and place hundreds of thousands of liens on properties. This situation raises concerns about the impact of these associations on the ongoing housing crisis.
19. Free Pascal Compiler Now Supports Dynamic Packages (www.getlazarus.org)
20. Lean Now Ships with Verified Kernels (leodemoura.github.io)
Leonardo de Moura — Creator of Lean and Z3
21. "I'm on a war footing": Terry Tao and the crisis in math (www.nytimes.com)
22. Java sealed classes and exhaustive pattern matching (neilmadden.blog)
23. I Electrified My Push Scooter with a Power Drill (eddieabbondanz.io)
My blog about my project cars and other contraptions
24. Teal – A statically-typed dialect of Lua (teal-language.org)
25. Show HN: WhatsApp MCP running free on Cloudflare (github.com)
A read-only MCP server that lets your AI agent search and read your own WhatsApp messages. Runs on Cloudflare Workers. - finereli/whatsapp-mcp
A developer has created a free solution to access WhatsApp messages on mobile through Cloudflare, bypassing the need for WhatsApp Business or a dedicated server. The tool integrates with Google to display contact names, enhancing the user experience by improving search functionality.
26. PalmOS Lemmings by Aaron Ardiri (github.com)
PalmOS - clone - Lemmings (Lemmings). Contribute to ardiri/palmos-lemmings development by creating an account on GitHub.
A new project on GitHub aims to bring the classic puzzle game Lemmings to PalmOS. Contributors can join in on the development to revive this nostalgic title for a retro platform.
27. "I'm Not Going to Have Blood on My Hands" (www.cjr.org)
Why Nicole Noren, a decorated ESPN producer, quit in protest.
Nicole Noren, an esteemed producer at ESPN, stepped down over ethical concerns, shedding light on the internal pressures and moral dilemmas faced in the sports media industry. Her decision raises important questions about accountability and integrity in broadcasting.
28. Sigsaly: Churchill's top secret hotline to the President (www.iwm.org.uk)
29. Anthropic's proposed AI safety bill only kicks in if 50 deaths or $1B in damages (www.tomshardware.com)
Would this be enough to keep an AI model from going out of control?
Anthropic’s proposed AI safety legislation sets thresholds of 50 deaths or $1 billion in damages before it activates. The effectiveness of this approach in preventing runaway AI scenarios is up for debate.
30. Websites are closing their doors to AI agents (www.theverge.com)
Online roadblocks are undermining the narrative behind AI agents.
Many websites are implementing barriers that prevent AI agents from accessing their content, challenging the perception of AI’s openness and utility. Understanding these restrictions sheds light on the evolving relationship between online platforms and artificial intelligence.