USPS sells ZIP Code maps from $10,000

Synaptics demands money from a hobbyist over his DisplayLink driver, a blogger moves every SSH key into hardware, and another hides a protest in his TLS certificate. Plus a $30 million bet on a many-core CPU, and a New Yorker critic on AI answers breaking search.Synaptics patent claims stop work on DisplayLink drivers (HN discussion)I deleted all my SSH keys (HN discussion)Horible public key tricks (HN discussion)$30M Raised to Redo the CPU (HN discussion)The death knell of digital search (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:45) 1. Synaptics patent claims stop work on DisplayLink drivers(02:15) 1. Synaptics patent claims stop work on DisplayLink drivers: HN comments(03:29) 2. I deleted all my SSH keys(04:32) 2. I deleted all my SSH keys: HN comments(05:25) 3. Horible public key tricks(06:36) 3. Horible public key tricks: HN comments(07:18) 4. $30M Raised to Redo the CPU(08:13) 4. $30M Raised to Redo the CPU: HN comments(09:08) 5. The death knell of digital search(10:20) 5. The death knell of digital search: HN comments(11:17) Wrap-up

VulnCheck weighs Anthropic's Project Glasswing findings against its fixes, and Chrome ships guides to pull coding agents onto modern web features. Plus Apple's leaked Harbor app, AMD's Zen 6 cores and Gaussian splats in Blender 5.3.Glasswing's findings versus fixes (HN discussion)Modern web guidance for coding agents (HN discussion)Apple's leaked Harbor app for local AI (HN discussion)AMD's Zen 6 family (HN discussion)Blender 5.3 adds Gaussian splats (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:45) 1. Glasswing's findings versus fixes(02:12) 1. Glasswing's findings versus fixes: HN comments(03:41) 2. Modern web guidance for coding agents(04:38) 2. Modern web guidance for coding agents: HN comments(05:37) 3. Apple's leaked Harbor app for local AI(06:22) 3. Apple's leaked Harbor app for local AI: HN comments(07:18) 4. AMD's Zen 6 family(08:14) 4. AMD's Zen 6 family: HN comments(09:03) 5. Blender 5.3 adds Gaussian splats(09:49) 5. Blender 5.3 adds Gaussian splats: HN comments(10:38) Wrap-up

Toyota revives Scion with a speed-capped kei truck, and Verisign backs off ending personal .name addresses. Plus Anthropic's new Claude workspace tools, a TV signal that senses movement through walls, and Val Town's shutdown.Scion is back and is going to sell a kei truck in America (HN discussion).name Grandfathered (HN discussion)Claude Whiteboards, Claude Sheets, and Claude Data (HN discussion)Your TV can see through walls (2025) (HN discussion)Val Town is winding down (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:43) 1. Scion is back and is going to sell a kei truck in America(01:41) 1. Scion is back and is going to sell a kei truck in America: HN comments(03:21) 2. .name Grandfathered(04:11) 2. .name Grandfathered: HN comments(05:39) 3. Claude Whiteboards, Claude Sheets, and Claude Data(06:50) 3. Claude Whiteboards, Claude Sheets, and Claude Data: HN comments(07:54) 4. Your TV can see through walls (2025)(08:58) 4. Your TV can see through walls (2025): HN comments(09:57) 5. Val Town is winding down(10:48) 5. Val Town is winding down: HN comments(11:32) Wrap-up

Starlink's Mini 2 dish runs on its own battery, a home automation veteran says nothing should need the cloud, and parents track their kids into college. Plus .NET 11 drops old chips, and a science fiction novel wins the Booker.Starlink Mini 2 (HN discussion)Smart home devices should work without the internet (HN discussion)What constant surveillance is doing to children and parents (HN discussion)What's new in the .NET 11 runtime (HN discussion)M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:41) 1. Starlink Mini 2(01:30) 1. Starlink Mini 2: HN comments(02:54) 2. Smart home devices should work without the internet(04:06) 2. Smart home devices should work without the internet: HN comments(05:40) 3. What constant surveillance is doing to children and parents(06:55) 3. What constant surveillance is doing to children and parents: HN comments(08:32) 4. What's new in the .NET 11 runtime(09:42) 4. What's new in the .NET 11 runtime: HN comments(11:03) 5. M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker(12:04) 5. M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker: HN comments(13:04) Wrap-up

Ableton puts Live 13 into beta, fossil CO2 emissions are projected to dip in 2026, a blogger warns against AR glasses, Google DeepMind's agents prove key security properties of Signal's code, and ransomware takes Queens Public Library offline.Ableton Live 13 (HN discussion)Fossil CO2 emissions decrease by 0.4% in 2026 (HN discussion)Don't buy AR glasses (HN discussion)AlphaProof Code (HN discussion)Queens Public Library under ransomware attack (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:46) 1. Ableton Live 13(01:50) 1. Ableton Live 13: HN comments(03:19) 2. Fossil CO2 emissions decrease by 0.4% in 2026(04:21) 2. Fossil CO2 emissions decrease by 0.4% in 2026: HN comments(05:52) 3. Don't buy AR glasses(06:59) 3. Don't buy AR glasses: HN comments(08:10) 4. AlphaProof Code(09:19) 4. AlphaProof Code: HN comments(10:16) 5. Queens Public Library under ransomware attack(11:23) 5. Queens Public Library under ransomware attack: HN comments(12:07) Wrap-up

Meta says its smallest Muse model matches Claude Haiku 5.5 for a third of the cost. Plus a former Meta developer on fragile AI-written code, Infineon's 300 mm silicon carbide wafer, parking-app fees across 312 US cities, and a drone that passed for a bird.Muse Ember: Our smallest, most efficient model (HN discussion)AI usage generates a fragile codebase (HN discussion)The first 300-millimeter power silicon carbide (SiC) wafer (HN discussion)Parking-app convenience fees in 312 U.S. cities (HN discussion)Drones built to look like birds evaded detection at Air Force tech exercise (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:43) 1. Muse Ember: Our smallest, most efficient model(01:39) 1. Muse Ember: Our smallest, most efficient model: HN comments(02:39) 2. AI usage generates a fragile codebase(03:54) 2. AI usage generates a fragile codebase: HN comments(05:56) 3. The first 300-millimeter power silicon carbide (SiC) wafer(06:55) 3. The first 300-millimeter power silicon carbide (SiC) wafer: HN comments(07:41) 4. Parking-app convenience fees in 312 U.S. cities(08:33) 4. Parking-app convenience fees in 312 U.S. cities: HN comments(09:24) 5. Drones built to look like birds evaded detection at Air Force tech exercise(10:30) 5. Drones built to look like birds evaded detection at Air Force tech exercise: HN comments(11:08) Wrap-up

Readers argue over what Anthropic's Fermat formalization by Claude Fable 5.2 really shows, an engineer makes the case that humans still matter, and CoreWeave's bond yield passes 16%. Plus a beep hunted down with five microphones, and Amazon swapping Sonnet for a small decision model.Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 (HN discussion)On Being an Engineer in 2026 (HN discussion)CoreWeave bond yield tops 16% as AI credit stress rises (HN discussion)Locating the source of a mysterious beep (HN discussion)Amazon saves millions by replacing Sonnet 4.6 with Strands Decider (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:48) 1. Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2(01:33) 1. Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2: HN comments(03:12) 2. On Being an Engineer in 2026(04:25) 2. On Being an Engineer in 2026: HN comments(05:59) 3. CoreWeave bond yield tops 16% as AI credit stress rises(07:12) 3. CoreWeave bond yield tops 16% as AI credit stress rises: HN comments(08:33) 4. Locating the source of a mysterious beep(09:45) 4. Locating the source of a mysterious beep: HN comments(10:33) 5. Amazon saves millions by replacing Sonnet 4.6 with Strands Decider(11:41) 5. Amazon saves millions by replacing Sonnet 4.6 with Strands Decider: HN comments(12:28) Wrap-up

A developer's one overnight prompt turns his nephew's drawings into a full arcade game. Plus human review of Gemini's connected Gmail and Drive data, a claim about ChatGPT and SSH keys, a 4.5x spread in H100 rental prices, and what malloc actually does.Fable 5.2 one-shotted my nephew's dream game (HN discussion)Google Gemini routes personal Drive files and emails to human annotators (HN discussion)ChatGPT Desktop forwards your SSH agent to remote machines (HN discussion)The same H100 costs $2.69 or $12.29 an hour depending where you rent it (HN discussion)What is malloc doing, anyway? (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:46) 1. Fable 5.2 one-shotted my nephew's dream game(01:57) 1. Fable 5.2 one-shotted my nephew's dream game: HN comments(03:10) 2. Google Gemini routes personal Drive files and emails to human annotators(04:28) 2. Google Gemini routes personal Drive files and emails to human annotators: HN comments(05:16) 3. ChatGPT Desktop forwards your SSH agent to remote machines(06:09) 3. ChatGPT Desktop forwards your SSH agent to remote machines: HN comments(06:57) 4. The same H100 costs $2.69 or $12.29 an hour depending where you rent it(07:57) 4. The same H100 costs $2.69 or $12.29 an hour depending where you rent it: HN comments(08:39) 5. What is malloc doing, anyway?(09:36) 5. What is malloc doing, anyway?: HN comments(10:30) Wrap-up

The Postal Service starts selling official ZIP Code boundary maps at ten thousand dollars and up, and an independent benchmark puts Claude Fable 5.2 on top. Plus a free library of paper airplanes, a twenty-year look back at Children of Men, and a Rust fan's case for Gleam.USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons (HN discussion)Claude Fable 5.2 scores 65 on Artificial Analysis, highest so far (HN discussion)Foldable Flight: The best paper airplanes (HN discussion)Children of Men: The future is a mirror for the present (HN discussion)Try Gleam (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:41) 1. USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons(01:23) 1. USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons: HN comments(03:01) 2. Claude Fable 5.2 scores 65 on Artificial Analysis, highest so far(03:43) 2. Claude Fable 5.2 scores 65 on Artificial Analysis, highest so far: HN comments(05:04) 3. Foldable Flight: The best paper airplanes(05:50) 3. Foldable Flight: The best paper airplanes: HN comments(06:52) 4. Children of Men: The future is a mirror for the present(08:03) 4. Children of Men: The future is a mirror for the present: HN comments(09:14) 5. Try Gleam(10:02) 5. Try Gleam: HN comments(11:10) Wrap-up

Canada's health report on men and boys who struggle without support, Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2, Canada's new Real-Time Rail payment system, a $385 Raspberry Pi 5, and magenta solar panels over broccoli.Too many men suffering in silence, national health report finds (HN discussion)Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 (HN discussion)Canada's Real-Time Rail payment system launches (HN discussion)Raspberry Pi 5 16GB now sells for $385 (HN discussion)Magenta solar panels may be agrivoltaics' cleverest trick yet (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:45) 1. Too many men suffering in silence, national health report finds(01:50) 1. Too many men suffering in silence, national health report finds: HN comments(03:39) 2. Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2(04:42) 2. Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2: HN comments(06:22) 3. Canada's Real-Time Rail payment system launches(07:22) 3. Canada's Real-Time Rail payment system launches: HN comments(08:23) 4. Raspberry Pi 5 16GB now sells for $385(09:29) 4. Raspberry Pi 5 16GB now sells for $385: HN comments(10:51) 5. Magenta solar panels may be agrivoltaics' cleverest trick yet(12:00) 5. Magenta solar panels may be agrivoltaics' cleverest trick yet: HN comments(13:17) Wrap-up