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Filedb: Disk-based key-value store inspired by Bitcask

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-04-10 01:45:03

filedb A key-value store inspired by Bitcask. FileDB is a Zig-implementation of Bitcask by Riak1 paper. FileDB stores record metadata in a log-structured hashtable and parallely keeps 1 disk file open for inserting records in append-only mode. On restarts or MAX_FILE_REACHED , the disk file is rotated and all the oldfiles are kept open for reading only . , the disk file is rotated and all the oldfiles are kept open for reading . A compaction process running every config.compactionInterval se

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'Textbook Copyright Infringement': Disney and Universal Sue AI Image Generator Midjourney

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-04-10 09:00:05

Disney, Universal and several of their entertainment companies filed a lawsuit against popular AI creative service Midjourney on Wednesday, alleging that the company committed copyright infringement. It's a big move from power players and will no doubt create ripple effects across the AI and entertainment industries that will flow all the way to what you can create using AI tools. Midjourney is one of many AI image generators that use generative AI text-to-image technology. With an account, any

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Trying to Find a Job? In This Economy? You Need to Follow These Rules

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-04-10 09:15:03

The job hunt isn't what it used to be. Experts share nine tips that can help you stand out to recruiters. Jeffrey Hazelwood/CNET Since getting laid off from a tech marketing role last November, Stephanie Wandell has applied to hundreds of jobs. She's heard back from only a handful of recruiters, without any offers. "I was a little bit naive going into it, thinking I could do what I always do and depend on applying to as many places as I can," said Wandell. "It became pretty clear that this tim

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SIMD-friendly algorithms for substring searching

news.ycombinator.com Wojciech Muła 2026-04-10 07:31:18

Introduction Popular programming languages provide methods or functions which locate a substring in a given string. In C it is the function strstr , the C++ class std::string has the method find , Python's string has methods pos and index , and so on, so forth. All these APIs were designed for one-shot searches. During past decades several algorithms to solve this problem were designed, an excellent page by Christian Charras and Thierry Lecroq lists most of them (if not all). Basically these al

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UK unis to cough up to £10M on Java to keep Oracle off their backs

news.ycombinator.com Lindsay Clark 2026-04-10 11:57:50

UK universities and colleges have signed a framework worth up to £9.86 million ($13.33 million) with Oracle to use its controversial Java SE Universal Subscription model, in exchange for a "waiver of historic fees due for any institutions who have used Oracle Java since 2023." Jisc, a membership organization that runs procurement for higher and further education establishments in the UK, said it had signed an agreement to purchase the new subscription licenses after consultation with members.

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Filedb: Disk Based Key-Value Store Inspired by Bitcask

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-04-10 11:45:03

filedb A key-value store inspired by Bitcask. FileDB is a Zig-implementation of Bitcask by Riak1 paper. FileDB stores record metadata in a log-structured hashtable and parallely keeps 1 disk file open for inserting records in append-only mode. On restarts or MAX_FILE_REACHED , the disk file is rotated and all the oldfiles are kept open for reading only . , the disk file is rotated and all the oldfiles are kept open for reading . A compaction process running every config.compactionInterval se

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This New ‘Superman’ Spot Tells Us the Movie’s Gonna Cut to the Chase About Clark and Lois

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2026-04-10 13:45:31

There might finally be an answer about whether or not Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan) knows if Clark Kent (David Corenswet) is really the caped superhero in red trunks, and it’s slipped into a quick teaser DC Studios just unleashed for Superman. While previous iterations of Superman’s love interest may have fallen for the glasses trick, the idea that being bespectacled could hide the Man of Steel’s true identity has always been a ridiculous notion. Director James Gunn has seemingly side-stepped th

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Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro deal: Here’s a record-low price!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-04-11 02:47:43

Ryan Haines / Android Authority If you’re looking to get a new set of wireless earbuds, the Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro are among our favorites, especially if you already use a Samsung smartphone. They are quite pricey at about $249.99, though. It’s a good idea to wait for a good discount, and boy, do we have a good one today! In fact, it’s the cheapest we’ve seen these go for! Buy the Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro for just $119.99 ($130 off) This offer is available from Woot.com, an Amazon-owned de

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Google can now generate a fake AI podcast of your search results

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-04-11 05:19:55

NotebookLM is undoubtedly one of Google's best implementations of generative AI technology, giving you the ability to explore documents and notes with a Gemini AI model. Last year, Google added the ability to generate so-called "audio overviews" of your source material in NotebookLM. Now, Google has brought those fake AI podcasts to search results as a test. Instead of clicking links or reading the AI Overview, you can have two nonexistent people tell you what the results say. This feature is n

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Ask HN: What is your fallback job if AI takes away your career?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-04-11 07:03:24

For the sake of argument, assume that if your job consists of sitting at a computer, reading on a screen, and typing on a keyboard, then your career will go away. There is always room at the top, and there may always be room for humans at the top of any career. Assume (this is a tough ask, I know) that you are NOT one of those people. What is your fallback job? What skills do you have or would like to acquire that might keep you going? Bicycle mechanic? Teach music to children? Woodworking/car

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Play FBC: Firebreak, Deus Ex and More on PlayStation Plus Soon

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-04-11 09:36:20

Remedy Entertainment released the mind-bending action game Control in 2019. And on June 17, PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers can return to the Federal Bureau of Control in the wacky, first-person co-op shooter FBC: Firebreak. PlayStation Plus is Sony's version of Xbox Game Pass, and it offers subscribers a large and constantly expanding library of games. There are three PlayStation Plus tiers -- Essential ($10 a month), Extra ($15 a month) and Premium ($18 a month) -- and each giv

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Computing’s Top 30: Sukanya Meher

computer.org Jasmine Ang 2026-04-11 13:00:50

Sukanya S. Meher loves a good intersection. Especially the one between theory and application, which she first seriously explored in the realm of superconductor electronics. Today, Meher works in electronic design automation (EDA), bringing with her a unique perspective on circuit design, modeling, simulation, and tool development. This EDA work is also giving her the chance to explore a new intersection: that between technology design and customer success. As an AMS staff engineer at Synopsys

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Best Buy’s Giving You $1,000 Off Refurbished Microsoft Surface Touchscreen Laptop, Nearly Free Right Now

gizmodo.com Joe Tilleli 2026-04-11 13:10:11

Looking to replace you laptop but don’t feel like shelling out thousands for the latest MacBook? Well you don’t need to sweat. You can grab yourself something perfectly capable of meeting your everyday needs. New is overrated. Like-new is good enough for just about anything and is a great way to save yourself hundreds and hundreds of dollars. What happens to new products anyway? Well I’ll tell you. They become old. It happens to us all. Stop trying to fight the entropy of the universe and just a

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Solar Orbiter sends back first live observations from the Sun's south pole

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2026-04-11 17:32:00

Starry Poles: Launched from Cape Canaveral five years ago, the Solar Orbiter has steadily delivered stunning insights about our star. Its latest achievement – a first-ever glimpse of the Sun's polar region – marks another leap forward, and researchers believe the most important discoveries are still to come. The Solar Orbiter (SolO) recently captured the first direct observations of the Sun's south pole – a region long shrouded in mystery. These unprecedented glimpses are crucial to understandi

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Wikipedia cancels plan to test AI summaries after editors skewer the idea

engadget.com Unknown 2026-04-11 17:52:58

Wikipedia is backing off a plan to test AI article summaries. Earlier this month, the platform announced plans to trial the feature for about 10 percent of mobile web visitors. To say they weren't well-received by editors would be an understatement. The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) then changed plans and cancelled the test. The AI summaries would have appeared at the top of articles for 10 percent of mobile users. Readers would have had to opt in to see them. The AI-generated summaries only appea

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You can win a free Samsung tablet when you buy these new smart monitors for $100 off

zdnet.com Taylor Clemons 2026-04-11 22:45:30

Samsung has announced its latest lineup of AI-assisted smart monitors with 4K resolution, active voice amplifier technology for cleaner audio, and a new QD-OLED option for high-end workstations. Right now, when you reserve a new AI smart monitor at Samsung, you'll get an exclusive $100 discount as well as the chance to win a Samsung Galaxy AI Ecosystem bundle that includes a Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra, Galaxy Watch Ultra, and Galaxy Ring. Also: The Samsung Galaxy Ring comes with a free $100 gift card

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Microsoft: KB5060533 update triggers boot errors on Surface Hub v1 devices

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-04-12 05:17:29

Microsoft is investigating a known issue that triggers Secure Boot errors and prevents Surface Hub v1 devices from starting up. These boot problems only impact Surface Hub v1 systems running Windows 10, version 22H2, after installing the KB5060533 June 2025 Windows security update. Microsoft says that "Surface Hub v1 devices might fail to start with the following error: 'Secure Boot Violation. Invalid signature detected. Check Secure Boot Policy in Setup." It's also important to note that thi

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'Superman' Early Screenings for Prime Members: How to Snag Tickets

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-04-12 04:45:02

Don't want to wait until July 11 to watch James Gunn's Superman movie? If moving that up three days sounds like a game-changer, Amazon could be your hero. As of Tuesday, US Amazon Prime members can buy tickets for early access screenings of Superman that will take place in select theaters on July 8 at 7 p.m. local time, according to a statement. A Prime membership costs $15 per month or $139 per year. 2025's Superman stars David Corenswet as the Man of Steel, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor and R

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Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra wishlist: All the features I’d like to see

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-04-12 09:00:28

Joe Maring / Android Authority Samsung likes to make a splash at the start of each new year. Its Galaxy S series flagships are some of the first off the presses, giving us a taste of new AI features, fresh Snapdragon (or Exynos) chipsets, and some of the newest, toughest materials that Corning’s Gorilla Glass team has created. And at the top of that bunch sits the Galaxy S Ultra. By now, Samsung’s top dog is a known quantity — the Ultra is going to be big, it’s going to be powerful, and it’s g

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Iconiq VCs spent two years courting Chime and the firm isn’t selling its stake

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2026-04-12 09:00:00

The VC tech world was abuzz on Thursday when neobank Chime successfully became a public company. Chime raised $864 million on a its $27 share price, which popped big, opening at $43. This wasn’t the biggest IPO of the year. CoreWeave, for instance, raised $1.5 billion in March, and its first-day market cap hit around $14 billion, too. (Its share price and valuation has soared since then). However, Chime’s cap table includes an absolute who’s who of Silicon Valley investors, many of whom are pu

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The latest Google Pixel 6a update may limit your battery - but you'll be glad to know why

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2026-04-12 18:00:15

Jason Cipriani/ZDNET At least for one device, the battery problems that have plagued some Pixel phones may be ending – but the fix is coming at a price. According to Alex Moriconi, communications manager at Google (Pixel phones), Google will soon release an update that will purposefully limit the battery capacity of some Pixel 6a phones, hopefully also limiting issues with overheating. Also: 4 exciting features Google just announced for Android phones (and why they're a big deal) In an email

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The European public DNS that makes your Internet safer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-04-12 16:44:13

A childproof version of the Internet — free of content not suitable for children. Make any device or network safe to use for children in just a few seconds. By filtering out content from the Internet that is not suitable for children, you can provide a safe online environment for kids at home, at school and on the go.

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PCIe 7.0 is coming, but not soon, and not for you

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2026-04-12 16:22:06

The PCIe 7.0 specification has now been released, while many of us are still waiting for PCIe 6.0 to materialize in consumer products. The PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) announced on Wednesday that PCIe 7.0 is now available to members of its organization, delivering a theoretical maximum bandwidth speed of 512GB per second in both directions, across a x16 connection. “PCIe technology has served as the high-bandwidth, low-latency IO interconnect of choice for over two decades and we are pl

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Has the Pixel battery drama ruined your perception of Google’s phones?

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-04-12 20:00:00

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority 🗣️ This is an open thread. We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts in the comments and vote in the poll below — your take might be featured in a future roundup. The Google Pixel series is regarded by many as the pinnacle of the Android experience, offering excellent imaging smarts and plenty of AI features under the hood. But one area that apparently still needs plenty of work is the power storage stakes. Batteries have not been kind to Pixel A-series

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Show HN: I wrote a BitTorrent Client from scratch

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-04-12 18:08:05

A BitTorrent client implementation in Go that supports downloading files using the BitTorrent protocol. This project implements the core functionality of a BitTorrent client, including torrent file parsing, peer discovery, and file downloading. Features Bencode Encoding/Decoding Support for all Bencode types (strings, integers, lists, dictionaries) Robust error handling and validation Torrent File Processing Parse .torrent files (both single-file and multi-file torrents) Info hash calculation

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Apple CarPlay will soon let you watch videos while parked

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2026-04-12 18:28:00

In a nutshell: For safety reasons, Apple has limited CarPlay to audio-only features until now. With iOS 26, users will be able to stream video as long as the car is parked. App developers may need to issue patches to support the feature, and compatible vehicles have yet to be confirmed. With the iOS 26 update arriving this fall, users can stream videos via AirPlay to the dashboards of parked vehicles. This marks a notable shift from CarPlay's traditional audio-only focus. The update also brings

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Rendering Crispy Text on the GPU

news.ycombinator.com Rubén Osorio López 2026-04-12 19:27:24

It’s not the first time I’ve fallen down the rabbit-hole of rendering text in real time. Every time I’ve looked into it an inkling of dissatisfaction always remained, either aliasing, large textures, slow build times, minification/magnification, smooth movement, etc. Last time I landed on a solution using Multi-Channel Signed Distance Fields (SDFs) which was working well. However there was still a few things that bothered me and I just needed a little excuse to jump back into the topic. That e

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Google Cloud outages: Spotify, Discord, Snapchat and more were down for hours

engadget.com Unknown 2026-04-12 21:23:35

Google Cloud experienced outages today that led to disruptions for many online services. Reports of issues for Google products and others began around 2 PM ET. The company was able to restore function to its own apps, but several other businesses have continued to experience problems for some users. In an update at 4:16PM ET, Google said, "We have identified the root cause and applied appropriate mitigations. Our infrastructure has recovered in all regions except us-central1. Google Cloud produ

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Trump’s protest threats raise surveillance alarms around his military parade

theverge.com Lauren Feiner 2026-04-12 19:50:24

President Donald Trump’s warning that protesters of Saturday’s US military parade in Washington, DC, will be met with “very heavy force” threatens to chill speech and underscores the need for protesters to take precautions around digital surveillance, privacy advocates tell The Verge. In remarks from the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump did not distinguish between peaceful and non-peaceful protesters. “For those people who want to protest, they’re going to be met with very big force,” Trump said.

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See the Sun in a Way You've Never Seen It Before, From Above and Below

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-04-13 01:06:09

Every image you've ever seen of the sun is looking at its equator, because Earth's orbit sits there with a 7.25-degree tilt. That means humans have never had a good angle to view the sun's north and south poles until now. The ESA has released images of the sun's north and south poles, giving everyone their first glimpse at the top and bottom of our nearest star. The imagery was taken by the ESA's Solar Orbiter, which began its trek to view the sun's polar regions in 2020. To do this, the Orbite

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Filedb: Disk-based key-value store inspired by Bitcask

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Trying to Find a Job? In This Economy? You Need to Follow These Rules

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Best Buy’s Giving You $1,000 Off Refurbished Microsoft Surface Touchscreen Laptop, Nearly Free Right Now

Solar Orbiter sends back first live observations from the Sun's south pole

Wikipedia cancels plan to test AI summaries after editors skewer the idea

You can win a free Samsung tablet when you buy these new smart monitors for $100 off

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Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra wishlist: All the features I’d like to see

Iconiq VCs spent two years courting Chime and the firm isn’t selling its stake

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See the Sun in a Way You've Never Seen It Before, From Above and Below

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