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How to prove your writing isn't AI-generated with Grammarly's free new tool

SOPA Images/Contributor/Getty AI is everywhere. It can be problematic for students, professionals, and everyone in between because it's hard to prove what was written by AI - and what wasn't. That could cause serious problems. Also: My two favorite AI apps on Linux - and how I use them to get more done That confusion could be intensified when your words are used to train AI. Who's to say someone might use generative AI to write a paper, only to find your words were used in the process? You

Automatically Rewrite Container Image References in Kubernetes

Mutating Registry Webhook A Kubernetes mutating admission webhook that automatically rewrites container image references to use pull-through cache registries (like AWS ECR Pull Through Cache). Description This webhook intercepts Pod creation and update requests in your Kubernetes cluster and automatically rewrites container image references based on configurable rules. This is particularly useful when you want to: Use AWS ECR Pull Through Cache to reduce external registry dependencies Imple

Kidney Transplant Patient Got Incredibly Rare Infection from Her Cat

An immunocompromised woman’s cat stirred up a lot more trouble than usual (for a cat). In a recent case report, doctors detail how the feline likely spread a seldom-seen bacterial infection that landed its owner in the hospital. Doctors in Slovenia wrote the report, published in the June issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases. The 56-year-old woman, a kidney transplant recipient, developed a severe, rare bout of Mycoplasma arginini infection that was eventually traced back to her cat. Thankfully

Best Buy Offers Dell 6-in-1 Docking Station at 50% Off to Compete With Amazon’s Early Prime Day

Pretty much anyone can recognize the value of a good docking station—that goes double for any friends or family member who work from home. Many of us are primarily laptop users. It’s comfortable to work from the couch, bring it to a coffee shop, or always have it with you when traveling for either work or leisure. However, a docking station allows you to open up possibilities with a larger work space when needed. And right now, this one from Dell is on sale for $50 off. That brings it down from

Embabel Agent Framework for the JVM

Embabel Agent Framework Embabel (Em-BAY-bel) is a framework for authoring agentic flows on the JVM that seamlessly mix LLM-prompted interactions with code and domain models. Supports intelligent path finding towards goals. Written in Kotlin but offers a natural usage model from Java. From the creator of Spring. Key Concepts Models agentic flows in terms of: Actions : Steps an agent takes : Steps an agent takes Goals : What an agent is trying to achieve : What an agent is trying to achieve

Nimtable: Open-source web UI to browse and manage Apache Iceberg tables

Nimtable: The Control Plane for Apache Iceberg™ A lightweight, easy-to-use platform to monitor, optimize, and govern your Iceberg-based lakehouse. Overview Nimtable helps you easily manage and explore Apache Iceberg catalogs. With a web-based platform designed for clarity and simplicity, Nimtable makes it easy to browse tables, run queries, analyze file distributions, and optimize storage layouts. Key Features 🌟 Multi-Catalog Support Connect to REST Catalog, AWS Glue, AWS S3 Tables, and Po

Using the Internet without IPv4 connectivity

Using the Internet without IPv4 connectivity A few days ago my ISP broke the IPv4 connectivity from my router after a power cut. Fortunately IPv6 connectivity still worked fine, but only a small fraction of websites were accessible. In this post I'll cover how Linux, WireGuard, and Hetzner came to the rescue - keeping the whole internet usable with only an IPv6 connection. Opinions expressed are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employer. Background One morning I

Using the internet without IPv4 connectivity

Using the Internet without IPv4 connectivity A few days ago my ISP broke the IPv4 connectivity from my router after a power cut. Fortunately IPv6 connectivity still worked fine, but only a small fraction of websites were accessible. In this post I'll cover how Linux, WireGuard, and Hetzner came to the rescue - keeping the whole internet usable with only an IPv6 connection. Opinions expressed are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employer. Background One morning I

Roborock Prime Day: Save big on upgraded Qrevo and Q Series robot vacuum-mops for a cool, clean summer

Summer is here, and the last thing anyone wants is to think about cleaning floors in the sweltering heat. Fortunately, Roborock robot vacuum and mop solutions are coming to the rescue with groundbreaking innovation and incredible value. Now is the perfect time to plan your next robot cleaner purchase, as the Roborock Prime Day launch is upon us, bringing discounts as significant as $800 off on these top-tier devices. Whether you’re battling pet hair, daily dust, or stubborn spills, Roborock’s la

Apptainer: Application Containers for Linux

Bring your existing Docker images. Apptainer can import any container from OCI (Open Containers Initiative) registries. It aims for maximum compatibility with Docker, allowing you to pull, run, and build from most containers on Docker Hub without changes. This makes it easy to work with Docker containers while benefitting from Apptainer's secure, portable, and easy-to-use container system.

BBC Apologizes for Accidentally Spoiling ‘Doctor Who’ Finale in News Report

The BBC’s apology for posting about that shocking Doctor Who finale reveal before the whole world got a chance to watch comes a little too late. For many, the spoiler was prominently featured online as soon as Ncuti Gatwa took his bow and regenerated into the franchise’s favorite companion, Rose Tyler, played by Billie Piper. Was she some sort of Rose variant, the role she originated in the series, meant to wrap things up with the David Tennant 14th Doctor running around? We don’t yet know. How

HP 11-in-1 USB-C Dock Is Cheaper Than Last Prime Day, Now 53% Off as Amazon Clears Out Best-Sellers

When you use multiple screens to get through the workday as well as multiple peripherals like a wired mouse and keyboard, external drives, and a stable internet connection, you probably know the pain of juggling cables and adapters. It’s not fun to have to unplug things over and over to put new things in their place, but Head to Amazon to get the HP USB-C Dock G5 11-in-1 Adapter for $108, down from its usual price of $230. That’s $122 and a discount of 53%. See at Amazon The easy way to suppo

Retrieval Augmented Generation Based on SQLite

Haiku SQLite RAG A Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) library on SQLite. Features Local SQLite : No need to run additional servers : No need to run additional servers Support for various embedding providers : You can use Ollama, VoyageAI, OpenAI or add your own : You can use Ollama, VoyageAI, OpenAI or add your own Hybrid Search : Vector search using sqlite-vec combined with full-text search FTS5 , using Reciprocal Rank Fusion : Vector search using combined with full-text search , using

Launch HN: Reducto Studio (YC W24) – Build accurate document pipelines, fast

Hi HN! We’re Adit and Raunak, co-founders of Reducto (YC W24, https://reducto.ai ). Reducto turns unstructured documents (e.g., PDFs, scans, spreadsheets) into structured data. This data can then be used for retrieval, passed into LLMs, or used elsewhere downstream. We started Reducto when we realized that so many of today’s AI applications require good quality data. Everyone knows that good inputs lead to better outputs, but 80% of the world’s data is still trapped inside of things like messy

Finally, a Makefile formatter (50 years overdue)

🍞 mbake A Makefile formatter and linter. It only took 50 years! A Makefile formatter and linter. It only took 50 years! Table of Contents Features Configurable rules via ~/.bake.toml CI/CD integration with check mode Extensible plugin architecture Rich terminal output with progress indicators Syntax validation before and after formatting Smart .PHONY detection with automatic insertion Formatting Rules Indentation & Spacing Tabs for recipes : Recipe lines use tabs instead of spac

This Case Forced Me to Completely Rethink How I Handle the Switch 2

2025 The Nintendo Switch 2 is currently the featherweight champion of gaming handhelds—though largely because nobody can enter its weight class. No other device of its size—whether it’s a handheld PC or another retro device—can slip so easily into a backpack without weighing you down, like you’re lugging a sack of bricks around through every train station and airport terminal. That slim design comes with its own heap of drawbacks. The Switch 2 is a thin device with narrow edges that tends to d

Mierle Laderman Ukeles, a '70s artist who became a hero to 'garbage men'

The New York City Sanitation Department in the late 1970s was not an obvious place to find a warm welcome for feminist conceptual art. But the newly appointed sanitation commissioner, Norman Steisel, had arrived as an outlier in the world of municipal waste. Before he began his career in city government, first working in budget offices, he had been a graduate student in chemical engineering and applied mathematics at Yale, where he fell in with a crowd of M.F.A. students. He understood the avant

Troubling Case Links Vaping to Aggressive Lung Cancer

Vaping might be safer than cigarette smoking, but they carry their own health risks. A New Jersey man’s electronic cigarette habit likely contributed to his fast-spreading, fatal lung cancer, his doctors say. Doctors at the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City detailed the tragic death this month in the American Journal of Case Reports. The 51-year-old former smoker and longtime vaper developed an aggressive lung cancer that killed him just months after diagnosis. Though a causa

A '70s performance artist who became a hero to 'garbage men'

The New York City Sanitation Department in the late 1970s was not an obvious place to find a warm welcome for feminist conceptual art. But the newly appointed sanitation commissioner, Norman Steisel, had arrived as an outlier in the world of municipal waste. Before he began his career in city government, first working in budget offices, he had been a graduate student in chemical engineering and applied mathematics at Yale, where he fell in with a crowd of M.F.A. students. He understood the avant

He '70s Performance Artist Who Became a Hero to 'Garbage Men'

The New York City Sanitation Department in the late 1970s was not an obvious place to find a warm welcome for feminist conceptual art. But the newly appointed sanitation commissioner, Norman Steisel, had arrived as an outlier in the world of municipal waste. Before he began his career in city government, first working in budget offices, he had been a graduate student in chemical engineering and applied mathematics at Yale, where he fell in with a crowd of M.F.A. students. He understood the avant

Show HN: I wrote a new BitTorrent tracker in Elixir

The Bittorrent Tracker made in Elixir 👷‍♂️This project is a Work In Progress. While not ready for full industrial usage it does work. There is a testing instance running at extracker.dahrkael.net:6969 with all current features enabled (Live statistics). Features Implementation Legend: 🔲 Not Yet 🔰 Partially ✅ Done ❌ Won't do Important Features ✅ High performance (uses ALL the available cores, in-memory storage) ✅ Low memory usage (~200MB of RAM for each 1.000.000 peers) ✅ Zero setup (laun

What Do Your Poops Mean? Experts Share What You Can Learn From Your Bowel Movements

Nobody enjoys talking about their bodily functions, and bowel movements are right up there in the uncomfortable stakes. But once you get beyond the embarrassment, there is a lot that you can learn about yourself if you know what to pay attention to. How often you poop, how long it takes and what your stools look like can reveal a lot about your health. Knowing what to pay attention to is important. That's why we spoke with three gastroenterologists about the frequency of regular bowel movements

Christopher Eccleston’s ‘Doctor Who’ Regeneration Remains One of the Show’s Best

Twenty years ago this week, the first season of the revived era of Doctor Who came to an end with “The Parting of the Ways,” as did the tenure of Christopher Eccleston’s Ninth Doctor. Ready to sacrifice it all to stop the Daleks, the Ninth Doctor’s final moments remain a vital moment in Doctor Who history. It was the first time in decades since Doctor Who had asked its audience to trust in the magic of the series’ defining trick to survival and re-invention: the magic of regeneration itself. Ec

I Tried Hear.com's At-Home Prescription Hearing Aids Test

Putting aside their exorbitant cost, the trouble with prescription hearing aids is the prescription. Find a doctor. Get an appointment. Sit in a waiting room. Suffer through an hour of testing before getting the hard sell on a pair of hearing aids. Why, the indignity of it all is even worse than going deaf. Telehealth offers a glimmer of a solution, but as everyone who’s tried to show off a concerning mole to a doctor via a smartphone camera knows: Video technology can only get you so far. Audi

Show HN: Unregistry – “docker push” directly to servers without a registry

▸ Push docker images directly to remote servers without an external registry ◂ Unregistry is a lightweight container image registry that stores and serves images directly from your Docker daemon's storage. The included docker pussh command (extra 's' for SSH) lets you push images straight to remote Docker servers over SSH. It transfers only the missing layers, making it fast and efficient. docker-pussh-demo.mp4 The problem You've built a Docker image locally. Now you need it on your server.

Show HN: Unregistry – "docker push" directly to servers without a registry

▸ Push docker images directly to remote servers without an external registry ◂ Unregistry is a lightweight container image registry that stores and serves images directly from your Docker daemon's storage. The included docker pussh command (extra 's' for SSH) lets you push images straight to remote Docker servers over SSH. It transfers only the missing layers, making it fast and efficient. docker-pussh-demo.mp4 The problem You've built a Docker image locally. Now you need it on your server.

Russell T Davies Is Remaining Vague About the Future of ‘Doctor Who’

As Doctor Who‘s ongoing future remains in flux (no, not that flux), fans remain waiting to hear for any sign that news on the security of that future is on the way. Well, in its latest development, there’s good news and bad news: but in the middle of that is the fact that all of this still remains so vague that you’re free to take it however you want. Writing in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine in his monthly production column (via Cultbox), showrunner Russell T Davies confirmed that he

NordPass lets you store passports and other IDs now - but is this safe?

Michael Burrell/Getty NordPass users looking for a quick and easy way to access vital documents can now store them online. In a Tuesday blog post, NordPass introduced Documents, a new storage option that uses an encrypted vault to house digital copies of physical documents in the cloud. In its post, NordPass cited passports, IDs, and driver's licenses, but you can store any type of physical document that can be scanned or saved electronically. Offering you up to 3GB of space, Documents does re

Writing documentation for AI: best practices

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems like Kapa rely on your documentation to provide accurate, helpful information. When documentation serves both humans and machines well, it creates a self-reinforcing loop of content quality: clear documentation improves AI answers, and those answers help surface gaps that further improve the docs. This guide provides best practices for creating documentation that works effectively for both human readers and AI/LLM consumption in RAG systems. Many bes