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1.
Shipping WebGPU on Windows in Firefox 141 (mozillagfx.wordpress.com)
374 points by Bogdanp 1 day ago | 163 comments
2.
GPUHammer: Rowhammer attacks on GPU memories are practical (gpuhammer.com)
266 points by jonbaer 1 day ago | 100 comments
3.
Pgactive: Postgres active-active replication extension (github.com/aws)
315 points by ForHackernews 1 day ago | 79 comments
4.
Ukrainian hackers destroyed the IT infrastructure of Russian drone manufacturer (prm.ua)
623 points by doener 1 day ago | 432 comments
5.
Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 Incident on July 14, 2025 (cloudflare.com)
547 points by nomaxx117 1 day ago | 369 comments
6.
Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share in USA (ostechnix.com)
927 points by marcodiego 1 day ago | 576 comments
7.
Altermagnets: The first new type of magnet in nearly a century (newscientist.com)
361 points by Brajeshwar 20 hours ago | 91 comments
8.
Tilck: A tiny Linux-compatible kernel (github.com/vvaltchev)
279 points by chubot 1 day ago | 55 comments
9.
I'm switching to Python and actually liking it (cesarsotovalero.net)
413 points by cesarsotovalero 1 day ago | 611 comments
10.
Where's Firefox going next? (connect.mozilla.org)
318 points by ReadCarlBarks 1 day ago | 527 comments
11.
Show HN: Improving search ranking with chess Elo scores (zeroentropy.dev)
161 points by ghita_ 21 hours ago | 53 comments
12.
Ex-Waymo engineers launch Bedrock Robotics to automate construction (techcrunch.com)
370 points by boulos 18 hours ago | 262 comments
13.
Chain of thought monitorability: A new and fragile opportunity for AI safety (arxiv.org)
122 points by mfiguiere 21 hours ago | 55 comments
14.
My Family and the Flood (texasmonthly.com)
269 points by herbertl 1 day ago | 108 comments
15.
How and where will agents ship software? (instantdb.com)
139 points by stopachka 18 hours ago | 68 comments
16.
Artisanal handcrafted Git repositories (silcock.dev)
184 points by drewsberry 16 hours ago | 46 comments
17.
Running a million-board chess MMO in a single process (eieio.games)
179 points by isaiahwp 5 days ago | 37 comments
18.
LLM Daydreaming (gwern.net)
193 points by nanfinitum 1 day ago | 135 comments
19.
Six Years of Gemini (geminiprotocol.net)
204 points by brson 1 day ago | 134 comments
20.
Show HN: 0xDEAD//TYPE – A fast-paced typing shooter with retro vibes (theden.sh)
97 points by theden 4 days ago | 24 comments
21.
Congress moves to reject bulk of White House's proposed NASA cuts (arstechnica.com)
251 points by DocFeind 1 day ago | 220 comments
22.
MARS.EXE → COM (2021) (uj.edu.pl)
162 points by reconnecting 4 days ago | 44 comments
23.
Roman dodecahedron: 12-sided object has baffled archaeologists for centuries (livescience.com)
71 points by bookofjoe 2 days ago | 125 comments
24.
A Rust shaped hole (mnvr.in)
102 points by vishnumohandas 2 days ago | 241 comments
25.
Show HN: A 'Choose Your Own Adventure' written in Emacs Org Mode (tendollaradventure.com)
126 points by dskhatri 13 hours ago | 17 comments
26.
Scanned piano rolls database (pianorollmusic.org)
64 points by bookofjoe 4 days ago | 15 comments
27.
What's happening to reading? (newyorker.com)
164 points by Kaibeezy 4 days ago | 290 comments
28.
Atopile – Design circuit boards with code (atopile.io)
94 points by poly2it 4 days ago | 25 comments
29.
Thunderbird: Fluent Windows 11 Design (github.com/deathbyteacup)
212 points by skipnup 4 days ago | 135 comments
30.
Algorithms for making interesting organic simulations (bleuje.com)
133 points by todsacerdoti 3 days ago | 11 comments

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