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Why your website should be under 14kB in size

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-14 04:26:45

Why your website should be under 14kB in size Why your website should be under 14kB in size Having a smaller website makes it load faster — that's not surprising. What is surprising is that a 14kB page can load much faster than a 15kB page — maybe 612ms faster — while the difference between a 15kB and a 16kB page is trivial. This is because of the TCP slow start algorithm. This article will cover what that is, how it works, and why you should care. But first we'll quickly go over some of the

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Meta says it won't sign the EU's AI code of practice

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-13 18:01:32

Meta said on Friday that it won't sign the European Union's new AI code of practice. The guidelines provide a framework for the EU's AI Act, which regulates companies operating in the European Union. The EU's code of practice is voluntary, so Meta was under no legal obligation to sign it. Yet Meta's Chief Global Affairs Officer, Joel Kaplan, made a point to publicly knock the guidelines on Friday. He described the code as "over-reach." "Europe is heading down the wrong path on AI," Kaplan post

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Replication of Quantum Factorisation Records with a VIC-20, an Abacus, and a Dog

news.ycombinator.com Peter Gutmann 2026-01-13 18:09:07

Paper 2025/1237 Replication of Quantum Factorisation Records with an 8-bit Home Computer, an Abacus, and a Dog Peter Gutmann , University of Auckland Stephan Neuhaus , Zurich University of Applied Sciences Abstract This paper presents implementations that match and, where possible, exceed current quantum factorisation records using a VIC-20 8-bit home computer from 1981, an abacus, and a dog. We hope that this work will inspire future efforts to match any further quantum factorisation recor

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MacBook Air vs MacBook Pro: Which model makes the most sense to buy in 2025?

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2026-01-14 10:12:55

MacBooks are great computers, but there’s a number of different varieties to think about. Between last gen hardware and all of the current models available now, it can feel like there’s a lot of options. Today, we’ll be breaking down which MacBook is right for you, depending on your budget and what you need it for. At the most basic level, Apple offers two MacBook models: the MacBook Air, and the MacBook Pro. Both come in smaller and larger sizes (13-inch and 15-inch for MacBook Air, 14-inch an

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I'm Rebelling Against the Algorithm

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-14 04:45:32

I'm rebelling against the algorithm 14 Jul, 2025 I grew up on the internet. I'm old enough to remember when my news feeds actually ended. Remember the times before infinite scroll was engineered? I remember when algorithms weren't good enough to keep me in a trance-like state for eternity. Fast forward to today, I experience firsthand the horrible effects of the algorithms. We weren't meant to read the thoughts of 100s of people all at once. It's also not possible to fully check out from soci

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Debcraft – Easiest way to modify and build Debian packages

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-14 06:04:31

Debian packaging is notoriously hard. Far too many new contributors give up while trying, and many long-time contributors leave due to burnout from having to do too many thankless maintenance tasks. Some just skip testing their changes properly because it feels like too much toil. Debcraft is my attempt to solve this by automating all the boring stuff, and making it easier to learn the correct practices and helping new and old packagers better track changes in both source code and build artifac

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Bun adds pnpm-style isolated installation mode

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-14 06:43:08

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Apple Sues the YouTuber Who Leaked iOS 26

wired.com Boone Ashworth 2026-01-14 03:58:05

Leaks are a constant part of big product news cycles, particularly for companies like Apple. Online soothsayers like Jon Prosser and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman have long predicted the content of upcoming Apple announcements, citing anonymous sources from within the company to glean glimpses of what’s next. They have been correct often enough to become a real pain for the Cupertino company. Now, Apple has seized upon an opportunity to fight back against leaks. In a complaint filed Thursday in US fe

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Meet AnyCoder, a new Kimi K2-powered tool for fast prototyping and deploying web apps

venturebeat.com Carl Franzen 2026-01-14 10:03:25

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now AnyCoder, an open-source web app development environment developed by Hugging Face ML Growth Lead Ahsen Khaliq (@_akhaliq on X), has launched on Hugging Face Spaces. The tool, now available for all users of the AI code sharing repository Hugging Face, integrates live previews, multimodal input, and one-click deployment — all within a hoste

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Why AI is moving from chatbots to the browser

theverge.com Alex Heath 2026-01-14 11:04:08

Happy Friday. I’m back from vacation and still getting caught up on everything I missed. AI researchers moving jobs is getting covered like NBA trades now, apparently. Before I get into this week’s issue, I want to make sure you check out my interview with Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas on Decoder this week. It’s a good deep dive on the main topic of today’s newsletter. Keep reading for a scoop on Substack and more from this week in AI news. From chatbots to browsers So far, when most people

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Arch Linux pulls AUR packages that installed Chaos RAT malware

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-14 21:12:39

Arch Linux has pulled three malicious packages uploaded to the Arch User Repository (AUR) were used to install the CHAOS remote access trojan (RAT) on Linux devices. The packages were named "librewolf-fix-bin", "firefox-patch-bin", and "zen-browser-patched-bin," and were uploaded by the same user, "danikpapas," on July 16. The packages were removed two days later by the Arch Linux team after being flagged as malicious by the community. "On the 16th of July, at around 8pm UTC+2, a malicious AU

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AI capex is so big that it's affecting economic statistics

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-14 18:59:04

AI capex is so big that it's affecting economic statistics, boosting the economy, and beginning to approach the railroad boom As ever, here is what's ahead: Updates on prior pieces My most recent Rough Notes essay A few things worth reading I previously wrote about the perils of building renovation as a Fed chair, especially given an administration bent on finding a reason to fire you "for cause." As anyone who has renovated anything larger than a dog house knows, no one thinks what you spent

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Phishers have found a way to downgrade—not bypass—FIDO MFA

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-14 18:07:21

Researchers recently reported encountering a phishing attack in the wild that bypasses a multifactor authentication scheme based on FIDO (Fast Identity Online), the industry-wide standard being adopted by thousands of sites and enterprises. If true, the attack, reported in a blog post Thursday by security firm Expel, would be huge news, since FIDO is widely regarded as being immune to credential phishing attacks. After analyzing the Expel write-up, I’m confident that the attack doesn’t bypass F

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ServiceNow’s acquisition of Moveworks is reportedly being reviewed over antitrust concerns

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2026-01-14 21:04:30

In Brief ServiceNow’s acquisition of enterprise AI startup Moveworks is reportedly drawing regulatory scrutiny. The acquisition is currently under review for antitrust by the U.S. Justice Department, according to Bloomberg, which cited sources familiar with the matter. The probe began in June, Bloomberg reported, and both companies have since received a “second request” calling for additional information that has to be provided before the deal can move forward. ServiceNow announced it was acq

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The investor behind Opendoor's 190% run nearly shut down his fund

cnbc.com Ari Levy 2026-01-15 02:55:36

In this article OPEN Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Courtesy: Opendoor On June 6, online real estate service Opendoor was so desperate to get its beaten-down stock price back over $1 and stay listed on the Nasdaq that management proposed a reverse split, potentially lifting the price of each share by as much as 50 times. The stock inched its way up over the next five weeks. Then Eric Jackson started cheerleading. Jackson, a hedge fund manager who was bullish on Opendoor years

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Broadcom to discontinue free Bitnami Helm charts

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-15 00:29:52

📢 Overview As of August 28th, 2025, the Bitnami public catalog will undergo the following changes: Community catalog Disable images generation for Debian-based images and gradually move existing ones to a Bitnami Legacy repository. A focused set of more hardened, more secure images. These free images are intended for development and are only available on the “latest” tag. You can find them at https://hub.docker.com/u/bitnamisecure. Helm charts and container images' open-source code will contin

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AI CapEx Is Eating the Economy

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-15 00:59:04

AI capex is so big that it's affecting economic statistics, boosting the economy, and beginning to approach the railroad boom As ever, here is what's ahead: Updates on prior pieces My most recent Rough Notes essay A few things worth reading I previously wrote about the perils of building renovation as a Fed chair, especially given an administration bent on finding a reason to fire you "for cause." As anyone who has renovated anything larger than a dog house knows, no one thinks what you spent

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Leaked iPhone 17 Air battery capacity reveals new model’s biggest weakness

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-01-15 06:38:47

Source: AppleTrack This fall, an ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air will join Apple’s product lineup. But unsurprisingly, that radically thin design will likely come with some battery compromises. Here’s what the latest leak says about iPhone 17 Air battery capacity. iPhone 17 Air battery ‘does not exceed 3000mAh,’ per leaker Back in May, leaker yeux1122 claimed that the iPhone 17 Air’s battery capacity would be lower than some might have expected. Per the account, Apple’s new iPhone 17 Air is getting

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Best Laptop for College Students: Top Laptops for School in 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-15 04:34:00

There's a multitude of laptops on the market that would be a fit for students, and almost all of those models are available in multiple configurations to match your performance needs and budget restraints. If you are feeling overwhelmed by the sheer number of options, we're here to help with advice on what to consider when shopping for a school laptop. Price The search for a new laptop for most people starts with price, particularly for cash-strapped college students. To end up with a laptop t

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I sent ChatGPT Agent out to shop for me

theverge.com Hayden Field 2026-01-15 06:45:00

is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets. Think of OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Agent as a day-one intern who’s incredibly slow at every task but will eventually get the job done. Well… most of the job. Or… at least part of it. Usually. It’s been one day since OpenAI debuted ChatGPT Agent, which it bills as a tool that can complete a wide range of complex, multi-step tasks on

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A New Geometry for Einstein's Theory of Relativity

news.ycombinator.com Steve Nadis 2026-01-15 08:19:17

Kunzinger and Sämann wanted to use their new way of estimating curvature to determine whether these singularity theorems would still be valid if they no longer assumed space-time is smooth. Would singularities persist even in rougher, more realistic-looking spaces? It’s important to find out if the smoothness condition can be waived, Sämann said, because doing so would bring the theorems closer to physical reality. After all, he added, “we believe non-smoothness is an inescapable part of the nat

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Meta says it wont sign Europe AI agreement, calling it growth stunting overreach

news.ycombinator.com Samantha Subin 2026-01-15 10:56:37

Meta Platforms declined to sign the European Union's artificial intelligence code of practice because it is an overreach that will "stunt" companies, according to global affairs chief Joel Kaplan. "Europe is heading down the wrong path on AI," Kaplan wrote in a post Friday on LinkedIn. "This code introduces a number of legal uncertainties for model developers, as well as measures which go far beyond the scope of the AI Act." Last week, the European Commission, the executive body of the EU, pub

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Whatever You Do, Don't Become Obsessed With This Conspiracy Thriller on Netflix

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-15 10:05:38

Sometimes, the best TV shows come from unexpected places. Obviously, there were the big ones like Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones. When Vince Gilligan's drug drama ended in 2013, with HBO's landmark fantasy hit in full swing, I wondered what series would be next to capture our collective attention. It took me a few years to find my next TV obsession, which aired on an unassuming basic cable channel. The show I'm referring to was about the internet, of all things. It was created by a guy with

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A surveillance vendor was caught exploiting a new SS7 attack to track people’s phone locations

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2026-01-15 11:45:07

Security researchers say they have caught a surveillance company in the Middle East exploiting a new attack capable of tricking phone operators into disclosing a cell subscriber’s location. The attack relies on bypassing security protections that carriers have put in place to protect intruders from accessing SS7, or Signaling System 7, a private set of protocols used by the global phone carriers to route subscribers’ calls and text messages around the world. SS7 also allows the carriers to req

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Firefox-patch-bin, librewolf-fix-bin AUR packages contain malware

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-15 16:48:48

On the 16th of July, at around 8pm UTC+2, a malicious AUR package was uploaded to the AUR. Two other malicious packages were uploaded by the same user a few hours later. These packages were installing a script coming from the same GitHub repository that was identified as a Remote Access Trojan (RAT). The affected malicious packages are: - librewolf-fix-bin - firefox-patch-bin - zen-browser-patched-bin The Arch Linux team addressed the issue as soon as they became aware of the situation. As of to

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Starbase injury rates outpace rivals as SpaceX chases its Mars moonshot

news.ycombinator.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2026-01-15 16:12:05

SpaceX employees are more likely to be injured while working at Starbase than any of its other manufacturing facilities, according to company worker safety records reviewed by TechCrunch. Starbase, a sprawling launch-and-manufacturing site that recently incorporated as its own Texas city, logged injury rates almost six times higher than the average for comparable space vehicle manufacturing outfits and nearly three times higher than aerospace manufacturing as a whole in 2024, according to Occup

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The Laws That Changed the Jedi and Republic Forever

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-01-15 16:00:27

“For a over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic,” Obi-Wan Kenobi tells Luke Skywalker in A New Hope. In the decades of Star Wars storytelling since, countless tales have fleshed out that connection between the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order’s service of it, from its highest highs to the lows that tore them both apart in the fires of the Empire’s rise. But while a thousand generations span much of the unseen ancient history o

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Was This the Geekiest Concert of All Time?

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-01-15 16:45:50

When the hamburger-shaped spaceship with the word “Millennium” on the back lowered down above me, I figured I was in for something special. What I didn’t expect was that, for the next two hours, the “Millennium…” let’s call it “Falcon,” would fly through an asteroid field before docking on a planet with light cycles and noir landscapes, as lines of code dropped down like rain and huge cylindrical gates of stars swirled around. But that’s what happened, and, I must say, it was phenomenal. Last w

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Trump admin squanders nearly 800,000 vaccines meant for Africa: Report

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-15 16:03:05

Nearly 800,000 doses of mpox vaccine pledged to African countries working to stamp out devastating outbreaks are headed for the waste bin because they weren't shipped in time, according to reporting by Politico. The nearly 800,000 doses were part of a donation promised under the Biden administration, which was meant to deliver more than 1 million doses. Overall, the US, the European Union, and Japan pledged to collectively provide 5 million doses to nearly a dozen African countries. The US has

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SpaceX worker injury rates at Starbase outpace industry rivals

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2026-01-15 15:29:06

SpaceX employees are more likely to be injured while working at Starbase than any of its other manufacturing facilities, according to company worker safety records reviewed by TechCrunch. Starbase, a sprawling launch-and-manufacturing site that recently incorporated as its own Texas city, logged injury rates almost six times higher than the average for comparable space vehicle manufacturing outfits and nearly three times higher than aerospace manufacturing as a whole in 2024, according to Occup

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Latest Tech News

Why your website should be under 14kB in size

Meta says it won't sign the EU's AI code of practice

Replication of Quantum Factorisation Records with a VIC-20, an Abacus, and a Dog

MacBook Air vs MacBook Pro: Which model makes the most sense to buy in 2025?

I'm Rebelling Against the Algorithm

Debcraft – Easiest way to modify and build Debian packages

Bun adds pnpm-style isolated installation mode

Apple Sues the YouTuber Who Leaked iOS 26

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Arch Linux pulls AUR packages that installed Chaos RAT malware

AI capex is so big that it's affecting economic statistics

Phishers have found a way to downgrade—not bypass—FIDO MFA

ServiceNow’s acquisition of Moveworks is reportedly being reviewed over antitrust concerns

The investor behind Opendoor's 190% run nearly shut down his fund

Broadcom to discontinue free Bitnami Helm charts

AI CapEx Is Eating the Economy

Leaked iPhone 17 Air battery capacity reveals new model’s biggest weakness

Best Laptop for College Students: Top Laptops for School in 2025

I sent ChatGPT Agent out to shop for me

A New Geometry for Einstein's Theory of Relativity

Meta says it wont sign Europe AI agreement, calling it growth stunting overreach

Whatever You Do, Don't Become Obsessed With This Conspiracy Thriller on Netflix

A surveillance vendor was caught exploiting a new SS7 attack to track people’s phone locations

Firefox-patch-bin, librewolf-fix-bin AUR packages contain malware

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The Laws That Changed the Jedi and Republic Forever

Was This the Geekiest Concert of All Time?

Trump admin squanders nearly 800,000 vaccines meant for Africa: Report

SpaceX worker injury rates at Starbase outpace industry rivals

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