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Google launches a model that scores answers instead of writing them, plus a private meeting recorder, a Papers, Please parody about startup funding, an essay on Emacs after AI, and the hardest notes on the guitar.Gemini Decisions API (HN discussion)Show HN: Yogurt, a private open-source alternative to Granola (HN discussion)Show HN: Term Sheet, Please (HN discussion)Emacs in the Age of Magic (HN discussion)The hardest notes to find on the guitar (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:39) 1. Gemini Decisions API(01:31) 1. Gemini Decisions API: HN comments(02:32) 2. Show HN: Yogurt, a private open-source alternative to Granola(03:29) 2. Show HN: Yogurt, a private open-source alternative to Granola: HN comments(04:11) 3. Show HN: Term Sheet, Please(04:50) 3. Show HN: Term Sheet, Please: HN comments(05:54) 4. Emacs in the Age of Magic(07:09) 4. Emacs in the Age of Magic: HN comments(07:59) 5. The hardest notes to find on the guitar(08:47) 5. The hardest notes to find on the guitar: HN comments(09:52) Wrap-up

Nvidia's board reportedly prepares to oust Jensen Huang, United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights, and retirement savings meet the AI bubble. Plus a farewell to Tim Peters, and Ginux turns into a userspace kernel.Nvidia is preparing to oust Jensen Huang (HN discussion)United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights (HN discussion)Retirement Savings Are Fueling the AI Bubble (HN discussion)Tim Peters has died (HN discussion)Ginux is now a userspace kernel (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:39) 1. Nvidia is preparing to oust Jensen Huang(01:49) 1. Nvidia is preparing to oust Jensen Huang: HN comments(03:13) 2. United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights(04:18) 2. United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights: HN comments(06:14) 3. Retirement Savings Are Fueling the AI Bubble(07:23) 3. Retirement Savings Are Fueling the AI Bubble: HN comments(08:29) 4. Tim Peters has died(09:38) 4. Tim Peters has died: HN comments(10:20) 5. Ginux is now a userspace kernel(11:47) 5. Ginux is now a userspace kernel: HN comments(12:34) Wrap-up

A false smoke alarm nearly set off the sprinklers in Jane Street's New York datacenter, and AWS ships a cloud emulator its AI agents wrote unreviewed. Plus why the forty-hour week survives, why AI coding has not sped up shipping, and the case for humbler social programs.A false smoke alarm almost drowned Jane Street's only NYC datacenter (HN discussion)AWS Finally Built Its Own AWS Emulator (HN discussion)Why are we still working this hard? (HN discussion)AI, activity, and outcomes in software engineering (HN discussion)We need more goat sacrifices (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:48) 1. A false smoke alarm almost drowned Jane Street's only NYC datacenter(02:10) 1. A false smoke alarm almost drowned Jane Street's only NYC datacenter: HN comments(03:30) 2. AWS Finally Built Its Own AWS Emulator(04:46) 2. AWS Finally Built Its Own AWS Emulator: HN comments(05:55) 3. Why are we still working this hard?(07:07) 3. Why are we still working this hard?: HN comments(08:00) 4. AI, activity, and outcomes in software engineering(08:52) 4. AI, activity, and outcomes in software engineering: HN comments(09:45) 5. We need more goat sacrifices(10:55) 5. We need more goat sacrifices: HN comments(11:37) Wrap-up

Pietro Miotti's AI agents combed NASA lidar and flagged a Maya pyramid that turned out to be already published. Plus Secure Enclave SSH keys on macOS, a voltage-glitched mining card that beats an A100, TV makers' answers on spying, and the end of Apple's Support Community forum.AI agents find an already-mapped Maya pyramid (HN discussion)Protecting SSH keys with macOS Secure Enclave (HN discussion)Voltage glitching unlocks an A100 in a mining card (HN discussion)The Verge asks TV makers 17 spying questions (HN discussion)Apple is closing its Support Community forum (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:47) 1. AI agents find an already-mapped Maya pyramid(02:09) 1. AI agents find an already-mapped Maya pyramid: HN comments(03:26) 2. Protecting SSH keys with macOS Secure Enclave(04:26) 2. Protecting SSH keys with macOS Secure Enclave: HN comments(05:26) 3. Voltage glitching unlocks an A100 in a mining card(06:44) 3. Voltage glitching unlocks an A100 in a mining card: HN comments(07:29) 4. The Verge asks TV makers 17 spying questions(08:36) 4. The Verge asks TV makers 17 spying questions: HN comments(09:36) 5. Apple is closing its Support Community forum(10:34) 5. Apple is closing its Support Community forum: HN comments(11:22) Wrap-up

The U.S. now makes federally funded labs buy synthetic DNA only from suppliers that screen orders. Plus a vendor breach that exposed Notion AI chats, a stealth VPN, one tarball that unpacks eight ways, and an eighties stack-pointer hack.U.S. synthetic DNA screening rules (HN discussion)Fireworks AI breach hits Notion (HN discussion)rVPN, a stealth VPN (HN discussion)The hardest tarball (HN discussion)An old-timey game-programming hack (HN discussion)Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:47) 1. U.S. synthetic DNA screening rules(02:19) 1. U.S. synthetic DNA screening rules: HN comments(03:03) 2. Fireworks AI breach hits Notion(04:26) 2. Fireworks AI breach hits Notion: HN comments(05:04) 3. rVPN, a stealth VPN(05:54) 3. rVPN, a stealth VPN: HN comments(07:16) 4. The hardest tarball(08:47) 4. The hardest tarball: HN comments(09:42) 5. An old-timey game-programming hack(11:25) 5. An old-timey game-programming hack: HN comments(11:58) Wrap-up

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