LinkedIn Caught Snooping On Your PC!

Mercor says it was hit by cyberattack tied to compromise LiteLLM

Key Points

• Mercor links its security incident to the LiteLLM supply chain compromise.
• Lapsus$ claims targeting Mercor; verification and data exposure remain unconfirmed.
• LiteLLM removed malicious code quickly and switched compliance from Delve to Vanta.

Show HN: QWERTY mini Pro – Why a 2-row, 16-key keyboard works better

Key Points

• Sixteen keys identified as the optimal balance for mobile typing.
• Two-row format enables reliable swipe gestures for symbols and extended characters without mode switching.
• Symmetric layout supports accurate, balanced split typing in landscape mode.

They Planned Their Escape: A Systems Architect's Guide to the Iran Trade Scandal

Key Points

• DOJ Public Integrity Section reportedly reduced from 36 lawyers to two with curtailed authority in 2025.
• CFTC reportedly closed its Polymarket investigation in July 2025.
• Polymarket ties include Donald Trump Jr. as advisor and investment from 1789 Capital, formalized by August 2025.

Built a cheap DIY fan controller because my motherboard never had working PWM

Key Points

• BIOS indicated a sensor/PWM issue on the MSI 970 Gaming (255°C, 0 RPM).
• Commercial solutions were limited by cost, compatibility, or proprietary lock-in.
• The author released ArduinoFanX firmware and a related tool (DummyFanX) as a DIY fix.

Bringing Clojure programming to Enterprise (2021)

Key Points

• Clojure’s Lisp-based code-as-data model enables expressive DSLs for evolving business rules.
• Clojure’s ecosystem (malli, Specter) supports validation and data transformation, reducing boilerplate.
• ThoughtWorks Radar’s “Adopt” status since 2014 signals Clojure’s enterprise readiness.

IBM Announces Strategic Collaboration with Arm

Key Points

• IBM and Arm will co‑develop dual‑architecture hardware for AI and data‑intensive enterprise workloads.
• Virtualization expansion will enable Arm‑based environments on IBM enterprise platforms.
• Focus areas include high availability, security, data sovereignty, and long‑term ecosystem growth.

Gone (Almost) Phishin'

Key Points

• Scammers exploited Apple’s real support process to create legitimacy via a genuine case ID and emails.
• A convincing phone call and a pixel-perfect phishing site aimed to capture Apple ID credentials.
• Users should avoid unsolicited reset prompts and verify only through official Apple domains and settings.

We will all work for AGI

Key Points

• Domain-level ASI is expected to arrive before AGI, with AGI emerging via cross-domain generalization.
• AI is absorbing software-era functions, shifting value to an orchestration layer managed by humans—for now.
• Roles that manage software are most vulnerable to replacement; moving toward AI orchestration is advised.

New laws to make it easier to cancel subscriptions and get refunds

Key Points

• Planned UK rules will mandate easy online cancellation and clearer subscription information.
• A 14-day post-trial or post-renewal cooling-off period will allow refunds if cancellations are missed.
• The DBT projects nationwide savings and cites millions affected by unwanted or auto-renewed subscriptions.

I Am Not A Number. In memory of the more than 72,000 Palestinians killed

Key Points

• Memorial statement cites 72,000+ Palestinians killed in Gaza.
• Describes the deaths as part of an “Israeli genocide.”
• Provides no timeframe, sourcing, or additional details.

The story of Britain's oldest sweet, the Pontefract Cake (2019)

Key Points

• Pontefract Cakes began as medicinal liquorice and became a Yorkshire icon.
• Pontefract Castle, built in the 1070s, later stored liquorice roots by around 1720.
• The Oldest Sweet Shop in England in Pateley Bridge highlights the sweet’s ongoing popularity.

Significant Raise of Reports

Key Points

• Bug report volume rose to 5–10 per day, most of them valid.
• Duplicate findings are now frequent, driven by different tools and reporters.
• Predicted shifts: fewer embargoes, routine updates over CVE focus, and continuous maintenance.

Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom

Key Points

• Sweden is reintroducing physical textbooks and handwriting, planning cellphone-free schools.
• $137 million was allocated in 2023 to expand print materials (textbooks, guides, fiction/non-fiction).
• Digital tools remain in use, introduced when age-appropriate, with ongoing emphasis on digital competence.

Reinventing the Pull Request

Key Points

• Lubeno emphasizes code review as a tool to reduce comprehension debt.
• Jujutsu enables clean, editable commit histories that support small, narrative-driven changes.
• Lubeno’s stacked PR feature shows diffs against parent PRs for independent reviews.

Enabling Codex to Analyze Two Decades of Hacker News Data

Key Points

• HN dataset (~10GB Parquet) analyzed via Codex + Modolap from a Hugging Face source.
• LLM-generated queries enable trend comparisons (Rust vs Go, Postgres vs MySQL, Codex vs Claude Code).
• Preliminary observation: median and average comment length appear to decline over time.

Order and Tension

Key Points

• 180-end warp organized via a cross and groups of ten, then tensioned and beamed onto the loom.
• Eight-shaft threading executed in batches, guided by a binary grid and a crackle weave motif.
• AdaCAD used to design, mirror, and simulate a crackle weave threading before physical weaving.

A.I. Helped One Man (and His Brother) Build a $1.8B Company

Key Points

• Launched in two months with $20,000 using more than a dozen A.I. tools.
• Telehealth focus on GLP-1 weight-loss drugs; rapid early customer growth.
• $401M in 2025 sales; on track for $1.8B in 2026 with two employees.

Which European countries have the best salaries after taxes?

Key Points

• Luxembourg tops Europe in net hourly wages and total labor costs.
• Eastern Europe leads net salary growth from 2021 to 2025, led by Bulgaria, Poland and Romania.
• France and Sweden have the highest non-wage employer cost shares; Romania, Lithuania and Malta are near zero.

Leaked IRGC manual shows systematic use of civilian sites as missile cover

Key Points

• A leaked IRGC missile command directive describes a formal system for managing missile positions, including detailed procedures and coding.
• The document explicitly integrates civilian-function sites into missile operations as cover and support locations.
• Selection criteria for such sites focus on concealment and lack of surveillance, highlighting a deliberate effort to reduce detectability.

Lemonade by AMD: a fast and open source local LLM server using GPU and NPU

Key Points

• Open-source local AI server with OpenAI API–compatible endpoints and a lightweight C++ backend.
• Supports GPU/NPU auto-configuration and multiple engines (llama.cpp, Ryzen AI SW, FastFlowLM).
• Provides multimodal features and integrations with numerous third-party apps.

Inside Nepal's Fake Rescue Racket

Key Points

• Fraud persists despite prior exposés and government reforms, with CIB saying it has grown.
• Scam methods include staged or induced illnesses and high-pressure evacuation tactics at altitude.
• Billing and medical record falsification underpin inflated insurance claims and kickbacks.

Show HN: I built a DNS resolver from scratch in Rust – no DNS libraries

Key Points

• Single-binary Rust DNS resolver with caching, ad blocking, local HTTPS service domains, and a web dashboard.
• Three resolution modes including recursive with full DNSSEC validation and auto with DoH fallback.
• LAN discovery, hub mode, and cross-platform service integration with strong performance claims.

Emacs-libgterm: Terminal emulator for Emacs using libghostty-vt

Key Points

• Built on Ghostty’s libghostty-vt with improved Unicode, reflow, and Kitty graphics support.
• Early prototype tested on macOS (Apple Silicon); requires Emacs with modules, Zig 0.15.2+, and Git.
• Automated first-load build process plus documented manual build, usage, and customization.

LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer

Key Points

• Report alleges undisclosed browser scanning tied to user identities
• Claims sensitive data and competitor tool usage are collected and used
• DMA compliance questioned over limited public APIs vs. internal Voyager API

Trap a quantum object in a box – is it hard or soft, or is it black or white?

Key Points

• Uncertainty principle framed as a result of conjugate bases, not measurement disturbance.
• Conjugate bases may differ in units, making their relationship counterintuitive.
• A definite property in one basis implies a superposition in its conjugate basis.

'Backrooms' and the Rise of the Institutional Gothic

Key Points

• A24 releases minimal, mood-focused teasers for “Backrooms.”
• Backrooms originated on 4chan and centers on the gaming concept of “noclip.”
• Kane Parsons’ 2022 web series bridges the internet lore to A24’s feature film.

Qwen3.6-Plus: Towards Real World Agents

Key Points

• Hosted LLM with 1M-token context and enhanced agentic coding
• Improved multimodal reasoning and long-horizon tool use
• Benchmark scores reported across SWE-bench and Terminal-Bench

The SpaceX IPO: retail investor notes

Key Points

• Target valuation cited at $1.5–$1.75T with a 4%–6% float raising ~$75B
• Potential early index inclusion by Nasdaq and S&P before full price discovery
• Two-stage DCF (12%–15% discount; 2%–3% terminal growth) advised for valuation

Artemis computer running two instances of MS outlook; they can't figure out why

Key Points

• Two instances of Microsoft Outlook were observed running on the spacecraft computer.
• Astronauts contacted Houston for support and could not identify the cause.
• NASA planned to remotely access the system to diagnose the issue.

Delve allegedly forked an open-source tool and sold it as its own

Key Points

• Allegations that Delve’s Pathways was a fork of Sim.ai’s SimStudio without attribution.
• Sim.ai CEO says no license agreement existed; attempts to sell one failed.
• Investor materials about Delve’s $32M Series A saw temporary removal; Delve hasn’t commented.

Artemis II will use laser beams to live-stream 4K moon footage at 260 Mbps

Key Points

• O2O will stream 4K lunar video at up to 260 Mbps and transmit mission data.
• Ground stations in New Mexico and California enable optical links; DSN provides radio backup.
• A planned 41-minute far-side blackout and prior higher-speed optical demos frame mission expectations.

Google releases Gemma 4 open models

Key Points

• Native function calling enables autonomous agents and task completion.
• Offline, near-zero-latency edge operation on devices like Raspberry Pi and Jetson Nano.
• Optimized for consumer GPUs to enable local-first AI servers and advanced reasoning.

Renewables reached nearly 50% of global electricity capacity last year

Key Points

• Renewables reached 49.4% of global installed capacity in 2025 after adding 692 GW.
• Renewables made up 85.6% of new capacity additions; solar led nearly three-quarters of renewable additions.
• IRENA warns momentum may be insufficient as fossil additions persist and demand rises.

An Example of Statistical Investigation of the Text Eugene Onegin – Markov, 1913 [pdf]

Key Points

• 20,000 letters from Eugene Onegin analyzed as vowel/consonant trials.
• First- and second-order conditional probabilities defined and estimated.
• Data reorganized into 10×10 grids and paired-column groups for tabulation.

Snow melt-off in American west stuns scientists

Key Points

• Record-low SWE across the West after warm winter and March heat
• Zero measurable snow at California’s Phillips Station; second-worst April reading on record
• USDA data show regional SWE at 8%–16% of average across multiple basins

EmDash: A Fresh Take on CMS

Key Points

• EmDash is an open-source CMS built on Astro and TypeScript with serverless deployment options.
• It features a sandboxed, permissioned plugin model and structured per-type database tables.
• The platform is AI-first, including an MCP server, JSON CLI, and agent access, with Astro-based theming.

Modern SQLite: Features You Didn't Know It Had

Key Points

• SQLite handles JSON natively and can index JSON expressions for fast queries.
• FTS5 brings full‑text search (with tokenizers like Porter) into SQLite via virtual tables.
• STRICT tables, generated columns, and WAL mode enhance integrity, performance, and concurrency.

Inference Engine for Apple Silicon

Key Points

• On-device LLM inference optimized for Apple silicon
• Production-ready with an SDK for developer integration
• Claims fully on-device chat for live App Store apps with no server and no data leaving the device

A $1.75T IPO Would Be Overpaying 30% for SpaceX

Key Points

• Median SOTP valuation implies ~$1.25T equity vs. $1.75T IPO target (29% gap).
• A 75th percentile, correlated-upside scenario reaches ~$1.675T, closer to the target.
• Starlink accounts for 48% of segment value; xAI and Starship carry significant option/intangible valuation.

Quadratic Micropass Type Inference

Key Points

• Introduces a multi-pass inference scheme prioritizing user-relevant unifications.
• Defines a specific ordered list of micropasses and re-run strategy.
• Separates inference from error reporting, deferring diagnostics to type checking.

Even GPT-5.2 Can't Count to Five: Zero-Error Horizons in Trustworthy LLMs

Key Points

• ZEH measures the maximum error-free range of model performance on a task.
• ZEH reveals surprising failures in GPT-5.2 on simple algorithmic checks.
• Tree structures and online softmax can speed up ZEH computation by up to 10x.

Pam Bondi ousted as Attorney General

Key Points

• CNN reports President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi.
• No reasons or successor details are included in the provided content.
• The page is dated April 2, 2026 on CNN Politics.

OpenAI Acquires TBPN

Key Points

• OpenAI acquires TBPN and preserves its editorial independence.
• TBPN will join OpenAI’s Strategy org, reporting to Chris Lehane.
• OpenAI plans to leverage TBPN’s comms and marketing capabilities company-wide.

JSON Canvas Spec

Key Points

• Top-level arrays define nodes and edges; node order sets z-index.
• Node types: text (Markdown), file (path + optional #subpath), link (url), group (label/background/backgroundStyle).
• Edges support sides, endpoint shapes with defaults, optional color/label; colors use hex or preset indices 1–6.

Cursor 3

Key Points

• Unified, agent-first workspace with parallel agents and integrations (Slack, GitHub, Linear).
• Seamless local↔cloud session handoff; Composer 2 supports rapid local iteration.
• Enhanced workflow: diffs/PRs, LSP navigation, integrated browser, and plugin marketplace.

George Goble died recently – known for first dual-CPU-Unix and fast BBQ lighting

Key Points

• Purdue engineer and UNIX pioneer George Goble died at 73 on March 18, 2026.
• Recognized in 2022 by Purdue as an Outstanding ECE Fellow for major computing contributions.
• Innovations spanned parallel processing (DEC VAX), networking (PNET), early web video, mobile email, refrigeration, and aluminum-based hydrogen fuel.

Hugo's New CSS Powers

Key Points

• Hugo’s css.Build adds built-in CSS bundling and minification.
• css.Build’s feature support is bounded by esbuild’s CSS transformations.
• Compatibility decisions may require post-processing or reduced browser targets.

Tailscale's New macOS Home

Key Points

• Tailscale’s windowed macOS interface is now generally available.
• macOS can hide menu bar icons behind the notch without overflow or alerts.
• Tailscale detects occlusion using occlusionState and points to Apple/system and third‑party mitigations.

Ask HN: European Tech Alternatives?

Key Points

• Submission on european-alternatives.eu pending since July 2025
• No visible site updates for at least six months
• No responses from the site owner despite multiple outreach attempts

Attorney General Pam Bondi Out at DOJ

Key Points

• President Trump announced Attorney General Pam Bondi’s departure from the Department of Justice after about 14 months in the role.
• Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Trump’s former personal attorney, will serve as acting attorney general.
• Bondi is the second Cabinet member forced out in roughly a month, following the dismissal of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

Zep AI Is Hiring – Building the Agent Context Layer (YC W24)

Key Points

• Zep AI builds a context engineering platform for AI agents with sub-200ms retrieval.
• The company reports 50% MoM ARR growth and 240+ customers, including Fortune 500s.
• Graphiti, its open-source engine, has 24,000+ GitHub stars and underpins the platform.

Significant progress made on Xbox 360 recompilation

Key Points

• ReXGlue uses static recompilation, building on Xenia while enabling native subsystems.
• The project is early-stage, with several Xbox 360 titles under exploration but no finished ports yet.
• MiSTer’s Console Mode UI by Taki Udon is in beta testing; public release is pending.

Good ideas do not need lots of lies in order to gain public acceptance (2008)

Key Points

• Central maxim: sound ideas don’t need widespread deception to win support.
• Stock options debate used to show how resistance to transparent accounting signals risk.
• Context includes Iraq War debates and a 2008 nod to Paul Krugman and the bailout discussion.

Yggdrasil Network

Key Points

• Experimental, decentralized compact routing scheme with end-to-end encrypted IPv6.
• Peerings via TCP/TLS over IPv4 or IPv6; works across LAN, point-to-point, and Internet links.
• Alpha-stage but generally stable; cross-platform support with documentation and GitHub resources.

We sped up bun by 100x

Key Points

• Zig-based Git rewrite reportedly boosts Bun by 100x and outperforms standard Git on Apple Silicon.
• WASM build is smaller and more capable, enabling a browser cloning demo.
• Step-by-step ‘code cannon’ workflow uses vers CLI, scoped GitHub PATs, Anthropic’s Claude, and VM orchestration.

Magic the Gathering Deck Shuffler

Key Points

• The site is described as a toy for casual MTG use.
• It is not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
• It is intended for entertainment only.

Amazon to add 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge as Iran war raises energy prices

Key Points

• 3.5% surcharge on fulfillment fees for U.S. and Canada FBA sellers starts April 17.
• Fee averages ~17 cents per FBA unit and is based on fulfillment fees, not item prices.
• UPS, FedEx, and USPS have also implemented or announced fuel surcharges amid higher oil prices.

US Burned 14 Years of Missiles in 30 Days

Key Points

• Over 850 Tomahawk missiles have reportedly been fired in 30 days, consuming nearly 15 years’ worth of budgeted procurement for FY2026 levels.
• More than 6,000 munitions, including about 320 PrSM and ATACMS missiles, were used in just the first 16 days, raising concerns about inventory depletion.
• Even with plans for RTX to expand Tomahawk production to 1,000 per year, the article says it will take several years to reach that output, highlighting a gap between wartime demand and industrial capacity.

Decisions that eroded trust in Azure – by a former Azure Core engineer

Key Points

• Team explored porting multiple Windows components to the Overlake accelerator.
• Overlake hardware had severe resource limits (small SoC, 4 KB dual-ported FPGA memory).
• The article introduces a series alleging Azure decisions strained ties with OpenAI and U.S. government.

Show HN: A P2P messenger with dual network modes (Fast and Tor)

Key Points

• Dual modes: Fast (relays, 1:1 A/V) and Tor‑based Anonymous messaging
• Self‑hostable bootstrap/relay infrastructure with provided setup steps
• Beta roadmap includes UX, performance/security, group A/V, screen sharing, and a local API

Artemis II's toilet is a moon mission milestone

Key Points

• Artemis II carries NASA’s new UWMS, a more reliable, privacy-conscious space toilet.
• Collins Aerospace partnered with NASA since 2015 to develop the system over more than a decade.
• UWMS design builds on Apollo, shuttle, and ISS lessons and is adaptable for future moon/Mars missions.

Post-mortem of the EU Europa breach: A masterclass in IAM misconfiguration

Key Points

• EC confirms Europa.eu breach; ShinyHunters claims and publishes 90GB of data.
• Exfiltrated items include emails, SSO directory, DKIM keys, AWS/NextCloud/Athena data.
• Attack contained; services remained available; notifications in progress.

Foxing aspires to be an eBPF-powered replication engine for Linux filesystems

Key Points

• Two-component design: fxcp for fast copies; foxingd for eBPF-driven continuous mirroring.
• Benchmarks show major speedups vs rsync/cp in many workloads, with mixed NFS results.
• FXAR v2 introduces chunk-level deduplication, seekable restores, and pipeline/parallel performance gains.

Australia to crack down on gambling ads after years of criticism

Key Points

• TV and radio restrictions target peak child exposure times, with live sports ad bans during key hours.
• Online gambling ads require age-verified, logged-in users with opt-out options; ads banned in venues and on uniforms.
• Industry opposes the measures as excessive; health advocates say they don’t go far enough and push for a full ban.

Iran Says It Hit Oracle Facilities in UAE

Key Points

• IRGC claims it targeted an Oracle data center in Dubai and an Amazon facility in Bahrain.
• UAE reports interceptions but no confirmed successful strike on Dubai; timing of alleged attack unspecified.
• AWS did not confirm, while FT identified the Bahrain target as AWS; broader regional conflict context provided.

Prefer do notation over Applicative operators when assembling records (2024)

Key Points

• Prefer do notation for record assembly to improve clarity and maintainability.
• For Applicative-only types, enable ApplicativeDo to use do notation.
• Using do with RecordWildCards and -Werror=missing-fields provides clearer, field-specific error messages.

The IDE Is Dead. Long Live the ADE

Key Points

• AI agents (Claude Code/Cowork) are positioned as replacements for traditional IDE workflows.
• Quality should be enforced via tests, linting, CI, and clear requirements, not manual line-by-line review.
• Managing multiple agents creates coordination bottlenecks, motivating tools like Lanes and the ADE concept.

Memo: A language that remembers only the last 12 lines of code

Key Points

• []memo forgets code once it scrolls off screen but persists state via cookies.
• It uses natural-language-like syntax with 'Remember' for definitions and 'Tell me about' for output.
• Numbers must be written out in words; further details are available on GitHub, and it’s featured in Daniel Temkin’s MIT Press book.

Why Doesn't Anybody Realize We're Going Back to the Moon?

Key Points

• Artemis II will send astronauts around the Moon’s far side and back without landing.
• Crowds gathered in Titusville, Florida, reflecting localized excitement despite low broader awareness.
• The mission is framed against Apollo’s legacy and current competition with China.

Queueing Requests Queues Your Capacity Problems, Too

Key Points

• Queueing at full utilization inflates client-perceived latency during spikes.
• A 2x one-hour spike creates a 3.6M-request backlog and ~1 hour wait under FIFO.
• Even a 10% overload for one hour yields ~360k backlog and ~6 minutes of delay.

Every Law a Commit – US Law in GitHub

Key Points

• US Code converted from official XML to structured Markdown and versioned in Git.
• Built via an AI-driven pipeline with adversarial reviews that caught and fixed real security/data bugs.
• Full public traceability: every commit ties to an issue with tests and review history.

Show HN: Made a little Artemis II tracker

Key Points

• Current phase: Outbound Coast with MET T+1d 22:24:24 and Day 2/10.
• Telemetry: 6.66 km/s speed, 167,925 km from Earth, 222,846 km to Moon, 0.56 s comms delay.
• Data sources: Trajectory from NASA’s mission plan; space weather from NOAA SWPC; updates every 5 seconds.

Maze Algorithms

Key Points

• Seven classification framework introduced; four detailed: Dimension, Hyperdimension, Topology, Tessellation.
• Hyperdimension elevates solver from point to line (hypermaze) to plane (hyperhypermaze) in higher-dimensional spaces.
• Topology and tessellation choices (planair, orthogonal/triangular/hexagonal) shape maze connectivity and traversal.

The Beginning of Programming as We'll Know It

Key Points

• Human oversight remains essential to ensure AI-generated code meets quality standards.
• Selective sharing of AI successes skews perceptions; failures are common and must be managed.
• Cross-model critique and iterative human review improve AI-assisted development outcomes.

A Few Good Magazines From the 70s and 80s

Key Points

• BYTE chronicled early microcomputing with language-focused issues and notable contributors.
• Dr. Dobb’s evolved from Tiny BASIC roots to a professional resource emphasizing software engineering and C/C++.
• COMPUTE! and Creative Computing targeted hobbyists and power users exploring systems like the Commodore 64.

Post Mortem: axios NPM supply chain compromise

Key Points

• Two malicious Axios versions briefly published via a compromised maintainer account
• Injected plain-crypto-js@4.2.1 installed a cross-platform RAT
• Remediation includes downgrades, dependency removal, credential rotation, and IoC checks

Tor Alva: The Tallest 3D-Printed Building in the World

Key Points

• World’s tallest 3D-printed building (~30 m) dedicated in Mulegns, Switzerland, in 2025.
• Formwork-free 3D concrete printing executed by an industrial robot at ETH Zurich over five months for column elements.
• Collaboration between Nova Fundaziun Origen and ETH Zurich to revitalize the village and showcase digital construction.

The Joy of Numbered Streets

Key Points

• Numbered streets provide legibility and coordinate-like orientation.
• Bogotá, Salt Lake City, and Manhattan illustrate benefits of numbering.
• In Portland, the author advocates reverting César E. Chávez Blvd to “39th Avenue.”

The open web isn't dying. We're killing it

Key Points

• The open web’s decline predates AI and stems from longstanding centralization and convenience dynamics.
• Users helped centralize the web by moving social graphs and audiences into closed platforms.
• Ad-supported “free” models reshaped the ecosystem; open infrastructure needs direct economic support.

US-Israeli bombing destroys oldest medical research center in Iran

Key Points

• US-Israeli strikes reportedly hit Iran’s Pasteur Institute, the country’s oldest public health research center, according to an Iranian health official.
• More than 30 days of US-Israeli bombing and Iranian retaliatory strikes have severely damaged medical systems and neighborhoods in Iran and Lebanon, with thousands killed.
• Humanitarian organizations report hundreds of damaged health facilities in Iran and frequent attacks on health systems across Iran, Lebanon and Israel.

Untaxed Wealth of Richest 0.1% Is More Than Assets of World’s Poorest Half

Key Points

• Richest 0.1% hide $2.8T offshore; $3.5T remains untaxed globally.
• AEOI improved transparency, but many Global South nations remain outside it.
• Tax havens and specific corporate cases illustrate ongoing tax sheltering.

Why free stuff makes us irrational

Key Points

• Experiments show a unique pull of “free,” shifting choices away from better-value paid options.
• Free shipping strongly influences online purchasing, often more than larger item discounts.
• Perceived unfairness of shipping costs contributes to irrational preferences for free shipping.

Show HN: Home Maker: Declare Your Dev Tools in a Makefile

Key Points

• Single Makefile and .mk files declare tools across APT, Cargo, uv, Go, and npm.
• Make macros generate per-tool .PHONY targets; make <tool> runs the install.
• Idempotency is delegated to package managers (skip/upgrade/reinstall behavior).

Vector Meson Dominance

Key Points

• Photons can mix with the neutral rho meson (ρ⁰) under vector meson dominance.
• Vector and pseudoscalar mesons differ by quark spin alignment and resulting spin (1 vs 0).
• High-energy interactions (photon–proton, pion–pion) show deviations consistent with VMD.