AI Has Come for Serif Fonts
AI companies are using serif to project humanity. Critics are calling it “tasteslop.” ⌘ Read more

The Night Manager Star Joins Ensemble Cast of New John Le Carré BBC Adaptation
A familiar face from the John le Carré universe is returning for another major spy project. The actor has joined a BBC and MGM+ adaptation that is already in production. The upcoming espionage series is going to be one of the most ambitious and interesting television projects based on le Carré’s work in recent years. […]

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Northway consortium the preferred bidder for Warkworth to Te Hana expressway
A consortium led by Spanish infrastructure builder Acciona has been selected as the preferred bidder for the Warkworth to Te Hana expressway project.

The Northway consortium has beaten out two other major consortia, Go>North led by French giant VINCI, and Together North led by Australian-headquartered Plenary, to enter into negotiations with the NZ Transport Agency … ⌘ Read more

Do Transformers Need Three Projections? Systematic Study of QKV Variants
Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.04032

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48405931

Points: 7

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Show HN: Formally verified polygon intersection – Opus 4.8 oneshots, prev failed
To my knowledge, this is the first formally verified implementation of an intersection algorithm for polygons.

The experience of working with AI agents on this project changed a lot with recent model releases, as I describe in the readme. Opus 4.8 is able to provide algorithm implementation with formal proof in one shot, whereas previous models required me to provide proof strategies in multiple steps.

Trust in the correctness c … ⌘ Read more

Show HN: Mercek – A Desktop IDE for AWS ECS
Hey HN
I’ve been using ECS for a while now and found it annoying having to log into the console everytime

I use Lens for Kubernetes but couldnt find an equivalent for ECS so i built one!

The project is open source as well
https://github.com/utibeabasi6/mercek

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48404732

Points: 3

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Popular Starz TV Show Gets New Spin-off Series, Returning Cast Revealed
A popular Starz TV show is getting a new spin-off series. A number of stars of the original show will be reprising their roles for the upcoming project. What Popular Starz TV show is getting a new spin-off series? It’s now been announced that Starz has greenlit eight episodes of Power: Legacy, which serves as […]

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Denzel Washington’s Epic Netflix Movie Gets Concerning Update, But There’s Hope
There’s a concerning update about the Denzel Washington Netflix film, but all is not lost. The film, which fans and industry insiders are eagerly anticipating, would mark the sixth collaboration between director Antoine Fuqua and two-time Academy Award winner. However, the buzz surrounding the project at the moment is bound to concern fans. What is […]

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Man of Tomorrow: Watch Superman Obliterate Lex Luthor in New Set Video
Superman is making Lex Luthor pay for his actions in Man of Tomorrow. A new set video from James Gunn‘s anticipated sequel to last year’s DCU blockbuster has recently surfaced online. What do we see in the Man of Tomorrow set video? DCU Brief account, which keeps track of all major updates on DCU projects, […]

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James Gunn & Supergirl Director Debated Key DCU Scenes
Supergirl director Craig Gillespie “debated” many things about the movie with James Gunn. Supergirl is the first big DCU project that Gunn isn’t involved in hands-on as a director or writer. The film picks up after 2025’s Superman, following the Girl of Steel and Krypto on an intergalactic adventure. What do we know about James […]

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AMD’s GAIA Finally Has A Nice Multi-Device Experience For AI
AMD’s GAIA open-source project geared for building AI agents that run locally on your PC is out with a significant new feature release for Windows and Linux systems… ⌘ Read more

New Dafne Keen Movie Battles Another Horror Project for Top Streaming Spot
Two horror projects, one of which stars Dafne Keen, are battling for the top spot on AMC+ charts. One is a movie led by Keen, who previously portrayed Laura/X-23 in Logan and Deadpool & Wolverine, while the other is the latest chapter in an anthology series. Whistle and The Terror: Devil in Silver compete for […]

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New Alien: Earth Season 2 Update Reveals When Filming Begins
Filming for Season 2 of Alien: Earth will begin in London soon. The update ends weeks of speculation about the production timeline, which had slipped past an earlier May start date. The FX series, created by Noah Hawley and backed by Ridley Scott, has become one of the streamer’s most closely watched projects. Season 2 […]

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Scream 7 Star To Lead Psychological Thriller Based on Warren Adler Novel
The Scream 7 star Anna Camp has found her next major film project. She is set to headline Serpent, an upcoming psychological thriller based on a novel by bestselling author Warren Adler. The adaptation will bring one of Adler’s lesser-known suspense stories to the screen and mark Camp’s latest venture into the thriller genre. Anna […]

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LLVM To Begin Offering Zstd-Compressed Binaries For “Significantly Reduced” Downloads
The LLVM project will begin offering Zstd-compressed archives of their binaries in addition to the existing XZ-compressed releases. LLVM developers are finding Zstd working out great with “significantly reduced” download sizes… ⌘ Read more

Scary Movie 6 vs. Masters of the Universe: Box Office Predictions Reveal Who’ll Win
One of these movies costs six times more than the other, and it might not matter. Box office projections paint a wild picture for Scary Movie 6 and Masters of the Universe this weekend. Scary Movie 6 set to smash Masters of the Universe at box office Paramount and Miramax’s Scary Movie 6 from the […]

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Remarkables skifield owner seeks fast-track approval for $150m expansion
The owners of Queenstown ski resort The Remarkables have applied under the fast-track approval process to expand into the Doolans Basin.

The project, highly anticipated by the industry, would increase the resort’s size from 449ha to 711ha, with a 262ha expansion of skiable terrain into a valley next to Rastus Burn. ⌘ Read more

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Gets Exciting Update from Amy Rose Actor Kristen Bell
Kristen Bell‘s latest update will surely stoke fans waiting for Sonic the Hedgehog 4. The actress behind the voice of Amy Rose in the upcoming film has shared an exciting announcement about her role in the project. Directed by Jeff Fowler, Sonic the Hedgehog 4’s voice cast includes Ben Schwartz, Idris Elba, Keanu Reeves, and […]

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Stop-starting infrastructure investment estimated to cost $11.8b over 25 years
The stop-starting of infrastructure investment in recent decades could have cost New Zealand more than $11.8 billion, a new report estimates.

Amid concern that high fuel costs may prompt the deferring or cancelling of projects, sector groups Civil Contractors NZ, Infrastructure NZ, and Water NZ have commissioned an economic analysis of the “true cost” of stopping … ⌘ Read more

Amazon Employees Show Up to City Council Meeting to Demand Limits on Data Centers
Activists say it’s the first time big tech employees have publicly called for regulations governing data center projects. ⌘ Read more

[$] Open-source security is not a solo activity
Over time, many open-source maintainers face the same problem: they
lack the time to do all of the work that their project needs, and no
one else is stepping up to provide adequate help. Maintainers, though,
are often reluctant to throw in the towel. The result is suboptimal
all around; the maintainer is stressed out, project quality suffers,
and users face security risks that they may not be fully aware of. At
the 2026 [Open\
Source Summit North America](https://events.linuxfoundation. … ⌘ Read more

Russo Brothers Explain Why Avengers: Doomsday Is MCU’s ‘Phase Zero’
Anthony Russo and Joe Russo have shed new light on the creative direction of Avengers: Doomsday. They have described the upcoming chapter as a fresh starting point for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. During a recent appearance at SXSW London, the filmmakers explained why they view the project as “phase zero” of the MCU.  Anthony and […]

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David Harbour Joins New Dark Comedy Produced by Weapons’ Zach Cregger
David Harbour has landed a leading role in a new dark comedy now moving into production. The project also reunites the producing team behind some of the biggest recent horror hits. The upcoming film brings together several notable names from television and film. While many details are still being kept secret, the project has already […]

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Just 1 Odyssey Star Asked To Read Christopher Nolan’s Script Before Signing
Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey is one of the biggest projects of the year and features some of the biggest names in the industry. Out of the film’s star-studded cast, only one actor recalled asking to read the script before agreeing to join the epic. In a new interview, Robert Pattinson opened up about the incident […]

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Microsoft Announces Coreutils For Windows: Derived From Rust Coreutils
As another interesting takeaway from this week’s Microsoft Build 2026 conference beyond their open-source Intelligent Terminal project is Coreutils for Windows. Microsoft is maintaining a fork of Rust Coreutils for Windows to ease the developer experience across Windows / WSL / macOS / Linux… ⌘ Read more

Twin Peaks & The OA Star Owain Rhys Davies Dies
Owain Rhys Davies, known for his roles in Twin Peaks: The Return and The OA, has died at the age of 44. The actor’s brother announced the news in a lengthy Instagram post. Davies also appeared in projects including Alice Through the Looking Glass, The Indian Doctor, and A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life. Twin […]

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Microsoft’s Project Solara Is an OS For Devices That Run AI Agents Instead of Apps
An anonymous reader quotes a report from GeekWire: A team inside Microsoft has been quietly building a platform for devices that run AI agents instead of apps, based on Android instead of Windows, with two working hardware designs so far, and an initial set of big-name companies lined up to run pilots. The p … ⌘ Read more

Expanding Project Glasswing
Article URL: https://www.anthropic.com/news/expanding-project-glasswing

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48369863

Points: 5

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Vim Classic 8.3 released
Version\
8.3 of Vim Classic has been
released. This is the first release of the Vim fork since the project
was announced
in March.

This release is based on Vim 8.2.0148, with a number of bug fixes
and patches conservatively backported from future versions of Vim
upstream. We elected to clean up this version of Vim, prepare it for a
release, and imagine an alternate history wh … ⌘ Read more

Texas Adds Another Huge Solar Farm As ERCOT Grid Demand Soars
Texas is adding another large solar project as ERCOT electricity demand rises. According to Electrek, Vesper Energy has secured $236 million in financing for its 201 MW Nazareth Solar farm in Swisher County, which will be capable of generating enough electricity for about 53,000 homes. The project is expected to begin construction in June 2026 and … ⌘ Read more

Debug Project
Article URL: https://debug.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48362347

Points: 3

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Fedora F44 election interviews published
The Fedora Project has published
interviews with candidates running for the open seats on the Fedora\
Council, Fedora Engineering\
Steering Committee, Fedora\
Mindshare Committee, and [EPEL\
Steering Committee](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/epel-policy-steerin … ⌘ Read more

Renewable Energy is Surging in Africa
Almost a fifth of the earth’s population lives in Africa. And Africa’s next generation of power projects “is increasingly being built around solar and wind power and battery storage,” reports the Associated Press, “as governments and investors shift away from coal and large hydropower dams in search of cheaper, faster and more reliable electricity.”

The shift is visible in a $1.5 billion energy … ⌘ Read more

Zig Bans AI Code Contributions Because They’re ‘Invariably Garbage’
The Zig programming language wants to be a modern alternative to C (including better memory safety features). It’s maintained by as an open-source project by a 501©(3) nonprofit and a network of contributors.

But Business Insider notes that Zig bans the submission of AI-assisted code:

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Fed Up With Vibe Coders, Dev Sneaks Data-Nuking Prompt Injection Into Testing App
It all started when the German developer behind an open-source app for Java testing “added hidden instructions to sabotage projects performed by AI coding agents,” reports Ars Technica:

The instructions were added to jqwik, a test engine for JUnit 5… The salient change in the update was a line that read: … ⌘ Read more

Show HN: Open-source private home security camera system (end-to-end encryption)
Hey everyone,

I previously introduced an open source private home security camera in 2024, which uses OpenMLS for end-to-end encryption: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42284412.

It was called Privastead then and it’s now renamed to Secluso.

John Kaczman found my project from here and has been working on it with me over the last year and half. We’ve made a lot of improvements to the software, which w … ⌘ Read more

[$] A trademark dispute over MeshCore
MeshCore is a relatively new project, started in January 2025, that aims
to build a scalable mesh network using low-power long-distance radios. While
many other projects of the same general nature have been tried before, MeshCore
grew quickly because of its more efficient message routing and enthusiastic
community. In early 2026, an early proponent of the project made a sudden shift
that left the rest of the community stunned and embroile … ⌘ Read more

Physical Media Is Making a Comeback. The Next Console Generation Might Kill It
Consoles with disc drives are the easiest way to enjoy all kinds of physical media, but that could end with the next-gen PlayStation 6 and Microsoft’s Project Helix. ⌘ Read more

Fedora 45 Considering Use Of PURL Metadata For Uniquely Identifying Software Packages
One of the Fedora 45 change proposals under consideration at the moment is making adding PURL “Package-URL” to Fedora’s package metadata for simplifying the mapping between upstream projects and Fedora packages… ⌘ Read more

Tāiko Critical Minerals posts $8.7m full year loss ahead of planned 2028 mining start
Tāiko Critical Minerals reported a net loss of $8.7 million as it continues work on a planned West Coast mining project north of Greymouth.

The company, which was listed on the New Zealand Exchange (NZX) in March this year, released its preliminary unaudited results for March 31, 2026, on May 29. ⌘ Read more

IBM, Red Hat Commit $5 Billion To Secure Open Source Supply Chains
IBM and Red Hat are committing $5 billion to a new initiative called “Project Lightwell,” which aims to secure open-source software supply chains with AI-assisted vulnerability discovery, triage, patch validation, and upstream maintenance. Longtime Slashdot reader wiggles shares a press release from IBM: IBM and Red Hat today announced Project … ⌘ Read more

Budget 2026: Sector glad for $6.8b capital commitment, now to actually spend
Finance Minister Nicola Willis says the 2026 Budget’s $6.8 billion in capital spending is being directed to projects that are “ready to go”.

The capital package in the Budget delivered onThursday contained major transport items, including a $1.7b express … ⌘ Read more

IBM’s “Project Lightwell”
IBM has sent out a\
press release touting a claimed $5 billion investment into an
operation called Project Lightwell:

Project Lightwell will establish a trusted enterprise clearinghouse
combined with a global force of engineers to identify and fix
vulnerabilities at scale. The clearinghouse will serve as a
security coordination layer, using advanced AI capabilities to
val … ⌘ Read more

[$] Separating memory descriptors from struct page
The kernel’s memory-management subsystem is currently partway through a
multi-year project to replace the page structure (which represents
a page of physical memory) with memory\
descriptors. At the 2026 Linux Storage,\
Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit, Vishal Moola ran a
fast-paced session in the memory-management track to describe the current
state of that work and wha … ⌘ Read more

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Yeah, I’ve heard of that option (“Aufhebungsvertrag”). I guess the real challenge will be finding something else that isn’t just as silly.

And on the bright side, you don’t even have to hand over anything.

They actually say that with a straight face. (Did I mention that already?) “The age of maintainership is over. Anyone can now contribute to any project at any time.”

Andrew Morton’s 2004 OLS keynote
I recently presented a brief tribute to Andrew Morton at the 2026 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory\
Management, and BPF Summit; it included a suggestion that reading (or
re-reading) his 2004 Ottawa Linux Symposium keynote would be instructive.
This talk, given immediately after the Kernel\
Summit session that decided to fundamentally change the kernel’s
development model, tells a lot about how the kernel project got to where … ⌘ Read more

Xreal’s New $299 ‘xbx’ Smart Glasses Channel Xbox Vibes
These display smart glasses can connect to a phone, laptop, or gaming handheld and project the screen to your eyeballs. ⌘ Read more

NASA Details Its Plan to Build a Lunar Base at the Moon’s South Pole
The project’s first mission could arrive as soon as this year, with a little help from Blue Origin. ⌘ Read more

Government backs away from Rotorua courthouse as PPP
The Government has backed off on a promised public-partnership project to build courthouses, instead funding new Rotorua courts directly in the 2026 Budget.

The building of Waitākere and Rotorua courthouses through public-private partnership (PPP) was one of the [headline projects on offer for infrastructure builders](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/budget-2026/will-budget-2026-solve-the-case-of-the-missing-co … ⌘ Read more

ReactOS Now Running On ARM64 In Experimental Form
ReactOS as the “open-source Windows” project working to implement binary compatibility for computer programs and drivers for Microsoft Windows now has experimental support for running on 64-bit ARM… ⌘ Read more