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421. Apple Readies a Low-Cost Laptop to Rival Chromebooks and Windows PCs
422. Mapping the off-target effects of every FDA-approved drug in existence
6.2k words, 29 minutes reading time
423. AI Chip History Not Only Rhymes but Also Repeat Itself
The new AI chip race echoes the 1980s U.S. and Japan rivalry. From Grove’s Intel lessons to today’s Nvidia challengers, history is repeating itself in silicon and geopolitics.
424. Show HN: I made a heatmap diff viewer for code reviews
Pull request viewer that color-codes every diff line/token by how much human attention it probably needs
425. Show HN: Front End Fuzzy and Substring and Prefix Search
A fast, accurate and multilingual fuzzy search library for the frontend. - m31coding/fuzzy-search
426. The cryptography behind electronic passports
This blog post describes how electronic passports work, the threats within their threat model, and how they protect against those threats using cryptography. It also discusses the implications of using electronic passports for novel applications, such as zero-knowledge identity proofs.
427. DJI's Drones, Both Branded and Disguised, Are Even Closer to a US Ban
A new FCC ruling muddies the waters for DJI, but the company appears headed for a ban in the U.S. either way.
428. CPUs and GPUs to Become More Expensive After TSMC Price Hike in 2026
If you were hoping for cheaper processors or graphics cards in the next few years, there’s some bad news — TSMC is raising chip prices starting in 2026.The Taiwanese manufacturer, which builds most of the world’s high-end CPUs and GPUs, has told its partners that all advanced manufacturing nodes under 5 nm will get ...
429. Frozen DuckLakes for Multi-User, Serverless Data Access
We show how you can build high-performance data lakes with no moving parts.
430. Ask HN: Lawyers of HN, how do you deal with AI slop?
431. Language Models Are Injective and Hence Invertible
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2510.15511: Language Models are Injective and Hence Invertible
432. Complete Digitization of Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus
No historical figure better fits the definition of “Renaissance man” than Leonardo da Vinci, but that term has become so overused as to become misleading. We use it to express mild surprise that one person could use both their left and right hemispheres equally well. Open Culture, openculture.com
433. If you don't tinker, you don't have taste
programmer by day, programmer by night.
434. Raspberry Pi Pico Bit-Bangs 100 Mbit/S Ethernet
Engineer Steve Markgraf Raspberry Pi RP2040 or RP2350 Bit-Bangs 100 Mbit/s Ethernet after kingyoPiyo pulled 10 Mbit off three years ago.
435. Tailscale Peer Relays
Tailscale Peer Relays provide predictable, performative access, entirely within your own tailnet.
436. Florian Schneider Collection: Instruments and Equipment Up for Auction
Explore Florian Schneider's rare instruments and iconic equipment from Kraftwerk's pioneering electronic music legacy.
437. Kimi Linear: An Expressive, Efficient Attention Architecture
Contribute to MoonshotAI/Kimi-Linear development by creating an account on GitHub.
438. Czech police forced to turn off facial recognition cameras at the Prague airport
The shutdown of the facial recognition cameras at the Václav Havel Airport in Prague came after years of criticism from EDRi member IuRe.
439. AOL to be sold to Bending Spoons for roughly $1.5B
440. Springs and bounces in native CSS
The “linear()” timing function is a game-changer; it allows us to model physics-based motion right in vanilla CSS! That said, there are some limitations and quirks to be aware of. I’ve been experimenting with this API for a while now, and in this post, I’ll share all of the tips and tricks I’ve learned for using it effectively. ✨
441. Aggressive bots ruined my weekend
The web-scraping arm race continues
442. Watermarking for Generative AI
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2510.25934: Robust GNN Watermarking via Implicit Perception of Topological Invariants
443. Reconfigurable Analog Computers
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2510.25942: Reconfigurable Analog Computers
444. Bye, Google Search
445. Merriam-Webster banks on "actual intelligence" over artificial intelligence
On Nov. 18th, Merriam-Webster is releasing their 12th edition Collegiate Dictionary, calling it their own “large language model.” Greg Barlow, president of Merriam-Webster says AI can’t do what they do: “AI gives definitions, we write the definitions.”
446. Sick: Indexed deduplicated binary storage for JSON-like data structures
Deduplicated indexed binary storage for JSON. Contribute to 7mind/sick development by creating an account on GitHub.