A dot a day keeps the clutter away (scottlawsonbc.com)

The article describes a low-tech inventory system for an electronics lab that uses clear labeled boxes and colored dot stickers to mark “one dot per box per day” whenever a component is used. Over four years, the author says the dots reveal which cross-cutting supplies are frequently needed, which specialized parts are rarely used, and even which tools are less essential than expected. The system also helps decide what to keep nearby, store in a closet, or move to “cold storage” when space is limited.

Show HN: 1-Bit Bonsai, the First Commercially Viable 1-Bit LLMs (prismml.com) AI

PrismML announces “1-bit Bonsai” models that use 1-bit weights to shrink memory and power requirements for running LLMs on edge devices and in robotics. The company claims the 8B model fits in about 1.15GB of RAM, runs faster and more energy-efficiently than full-precision 8B models, and preserves benchmark performance. It also offers smaller 4B and 1.7B variants designed for on-device speed, with detailed comparisons reportedly covered in a whitepaper.

TinyLoRA – Learning to Reason in 13 Parameters (arxiv.org) AI

The paper introduces TinyLoRA, a parameter-efficient adapter method that scales reasoning performance using extremely small low-rank updates (as few as 13 trained parameters). The authors report that training an 8B Qwen2.5 model with TinyLoRA reaches about 91% accuracy on GSM8K and recovers roughly 90% of performance gains on harder reasoning benchmarks while using 1,000× fewer parameters than typical approaches. They also find the strong results depend on reinforcement learning, with supervised fine-tuning requiring much larger updates to match performance.

Bring Back MiniDV with This Raspberry Pi FireWire Hat (jeffgeerling.com)

Jeff Geerling describes a portable “MRU” built from a Raspberry Pi 5 plus a FireWire HAT to replace older MiniDV recording units. The setup can record directly to tape or archive MiniDV tapes to the Pi (e.g., via dvgrab), with an OLED/status interface and battery support through a PiSugar 3 Plus. He outlines the Linux kernel changes needed for FireWire on Pi OS, reports about 2–4 hours of battery runtime, and compares the HAT approach with an alternative Mini PCIe/Open MRU design using different FireWire controllers.

Neanderthals survived on a knife's edge for 350k years (science.org)

The article reports evidence that Neanderthals persisted for roughly 350,000 years under tightly constrained conditions, suggesting their survival depended on very narrow margins in their environment and resources.

Show HN: CLI to order groceries via reverse-engineered REWE API (Haskell) (github.com)

Show HN معرفی یک CLI به نام korb (نوشته‌شده با Haskell) برای سفارش خرید از طریق API موبایل REWE است که خروجی‌اش JSON است. این ابزار از طریق ورود PKCE و استفاده از گواهی‌های mTLS کار می‌کند، امکان جست‌وجوی محصولات، مدیریت سبد و زمان تحویل و ثبت/لغو سفارش را می‌دهد، و همچنین یک «موتور پیشنهاد» مبتنی بر تاریخچه خرید دارد. نویسنده همچنین برای بخش پیشنهاددهی، نسخه‌ای در Lean 4 با چندین ویژگی اثبات‌شده و تست تطبیقی Differential Random Testing برای اطمینان از هم‌ارزی با پیاده‌سازی Haskell ارائه کرده است.

Claude Code Unpacked : A visual guide (ccunpacked.dev) AI

Claude Code Unpacked is a visual, source-based guide that walks through how Claude Code works, from user input and an agent “loop” to rendering responses, tool execution, and command handling. It catalogs Claude Code’s built-in tools, slash commands, and optional/hidden features (including unreleased or feature-flagged capabilities), with links to the relevant parts of the codebase. The site is unofficial and notes that some details may be outdated or inaccurate.

CERN levels up with new superconducting karts (home.cern)

CERN is testing superconducting “karts” designed to move staff and equipment through the 27-km underground Large Hadron Collider tunnel during Long Shutdown 3, when the accelerator will be upgraded to the High-Luminosity LHC. The karts use dozens of superconducting engines that levitate the vehicle via the Meissner effect once cooled, and early tests have shown speed improvements. CERN is also discussing potential societal applications, including links to European startup Quantum Mushroom for aerospace and anti-gravity concepts.

President's new science council: 9 billionaires and 1 scientist (scientificamerican.com) AI

U.S. President Donald Trump has named a new PCAST science and technology advisory council dominated by technology leaders, with 9 billionaires and only one university researcher, quantum physicist John Martinis. The panel is largely focused on areas like artificial intelligence, quantum information, and nuclear power, and critics say it lacks representation from biology and broader academic expertise. The administration could add up to 11 more members under a 2025 order.

Meta, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube aren't complying with U16 ban, Australia says (apnews.com)

Australia’s government says Meta, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube are not fully complying with the country’s law requiring social media platforms to prevent under-16s from using their services. The assessment indicates the firms’ age-verification measures are still falling short of Australian requirements, prompting further scrutiny.

Italy blocks US use of Sicily air base for Middle East war (politico.eu)

Italy has denied U.S. military aircraft permission to land at the Sigonella air base in Sicily on the way to operations in the Middle East, citing that the planned use wasn’t authorized under the existing logistics provisions and required parliamentary approval. Italy’s defense minister said Rome did not block broader access to the bases, arguing that permissions depend on the specific type of mission and are handled within the framework of a 1954 treaty. The prime minister’s office said requests are reviewed case by case and that relations with Washington remain cooperative.

Iran says it will target US tech companies in Middle East (thehill.com)

Iran says it plans to target U.S. technology companies operating in the Middle East, naming firms such as Apple, Microsoft, Google, HP, Meta and Tesla. The statement is tied to Iranian and IRGC-related threats aimed at companies with regional business presence.

OkCupid gave 3M dating-app photos to facial recognition firm, FTC says (arstechnica.com)

The FTC says OkCupid (owned by Match Group) shared nearly 3 million users’ dating-app photos, along with location and demographic data, with facial recognition company Clarifai in 2014 without telling users or offering an opt-out. OkCupid and Match settled without a monetary penalty, agreeing to a permanent ban on misrepresenting their data practices, though they did not admit wrongdoing and say their privacy practices have since improved. The settlement awaits judge approval in federal court.

South Polar Times (laphamsquarterly.org)

The piece describes how Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton created The South Polar Times, Antarctica’s only magazine, aboard the Discovery in 1902 as a morale tool during months of darkness. With one hand-produced copy per issue shared among a small group, it drew contributions from officers and sailors under pseudonyms and blended science, humor, poetry, and illustrated features. The article also recounts how the magazine expanded with a short-lived rival (The Blizzard), and how it was later revived on Scott’s Terra Nova expedition.

Objections to systemd age-attestation changes go overboard (lwn.net)

LWN reports that a systemd pull request adding a user birthDate field to JSON user records for potential “age attestation” compliance has drawn unusually hostile backlash, including doxxing and death threats against the contributor. The article argues the change is just a data-storage option under local administrator control (not automatic age verification or third-party proof) and notes that similar ideas are emerging in other jurisdictions. It also contrasts legitimate concerns about privacy and portability with misinformation efforts that conflate attestation and verification and target systemd developers, while the final implementation was ultimately merged after discussion.

Forth VM and compiler written in C++ and Scryer Prolog (github.com)

The GitHub project “forth-vm” presents a 16-bit Forth virtual machine implemented in C++20 along with a statically typed s-expression compiler written in Scryer Prolog. The repository includes example programs, a build/test workflow via make, and documentation for running the included .sets programs.

I Decompiled the White House's New App (blog.thereallo.dev)

A security researcher reports decompiling the White House’s official Android app and says it contains code to inject JavaScript/CSS into the app’s WebView to remove cookie banners, consent dialogs, login gates, and paywalls on third-party sites. The researcher also claims the app includes a built-in GPS tracking pipeline using OneSignal that can poll location every few minutes and send location data to OneSignal’s servers, plus tracking of notification and in-app events. Finally, the post alleges the app loads third-party scripts (including YouTube embed HTML from a personal GitHub Pages site and social widgets from Elfsight) without strong isolation, meaning those external sources could change what runs inside the WebView.

A Primer on Long-Duration Life Support (mceglowski.substack.com)

The article explains why long-duration Mars missions are limited more by life-support systems than by headline-grabbing rocket challenges, focusing on how oxygen, water, air purification, and food must be reliably managed for years with limited mass and space. It describes the trade-offs of recycling—especially water, where pushing toward high closure rates requires multiple heavy, tightly coupled machines—and contrasts earlier “pack-and-forget” approaches with what happens past roughly a month. It also highlights persistent problems like storing nutritious, appetizing room-temperature food for multi-year trips and the engineering and contamination risks of handling human waste.

The Claude Code Source Leak: fake tools, frustration regexes, undercover mode (alex000kim.com) AI

A blog post says Anthropic accidentally exposed the full, readable source code of its Claude Code CLI via an npm source map leak that was quickly mirrored after the package was pulled. The author describes several built-in mechanisms, including server-side “anti-distillation” with fake tool injection, an “undercover mode” that can hide an AI’s internal identifiers in external repos, and regex-based detection of user frustration. The post also notes client attestation logic intended to verify official binaries, product code references to a feature-gated autonomous agent mode, and commentary that the leak comes shortly after related legal disputes over third-party API use.

TSMC is reportedly sold out until 2028 (pcgamer.com) AI

TSMC is reportedly booked through 2028 for its N2 process, with even some future capacity at not-yet-built plants reportedly reserved. A South Korean report says reservations for TSMC’s planned Arizona Fab 4 (targeting mass production by 2030) are already closed and that additional demand—from both major chip customers and AI-driven firms—may push buyers to consider alternatives like Samsung. The article argues that this lack of available leading-edge foundry capacity could keep prices and supply for advanced GPUs and CPUs constrained for years.

Raspberry Pi profit surges as AI boom lifts demand (ft.com) AI

The article says Raspberry Pi’s profits have risen sharply as demand increases tied to the wider AI boom, boosting interest in the company’s small computing hardware. It links the company’s improved financial performance to a surge in orders for AI-related and related development use cases.

Show HN: Sundial – a new way to look at a weather forecast (sundial.page)

Sundial is a new weather-forecast interface that lets users search by city or postal/ZIP code and view temperatures in °C or °F through a dedicated app experience.

Someone just converted Claude Leark from TypeScript to 100% Python (github.com) AI

A GitHub project, instructkr/claw-code, describes a clean-room rewrite of the “Claude Code” agent harness, moving the active codebase to Python (and noting a separate Rust port in progress). The repository’s README explains why the leaked snapshot is no longer tracked as the main source, outlines the current Python workspace structure, and provides commands for generating a manifest/summary and running tests or parity checks. The post also credits use of an AI-assisted workflow tool (oh-my-codex) and links to an accompanying discussion about legal/ethical issues.

Acceptance of entomophagy among Canadians at an insectarium (nature.com)

A study of 252 adult visitors to the Montreal Insectarium found that 44% said they were open to eating insects, with acceptance highest for foods where insect content is less visible (such as baked goods made with insect flour). Motivations included curiosity, perceived health benefits, and environmental concern, while key barriers were disgust and food-safety concerns. Results also suggest gender and education are stronger predictors of entomophagy acceptance than age, indicating that outreach may need to be targeted rather than broadly promoted.

Project Mario: the inside story of DeepMind (colossus.com) AI

An excerpt from Sebastian Mallaby’s book describes how DeepMind co-founders Demis Hassabis and Mustafa Suleyman tried to build AI safety governance inside Google, beginning after a failed 2015 oversight board meeting involving Elon Musk. Their “Project Mario” talks with Google and Alphabet aimed to create a semi-independent structure with a 3-3-3 board, but internal resistance from Google leadership derailed a hoped-for spin-out and pushed them toward a potential $5 billion outside-investor “walk away” plan framed as serving the public interest.