Microsoft’s ’unhackable’ Xbox One has been hacked by ’Bliss’
A groundbreaking hack for Microsoft’s ‘unhackable’ Xbox One was revealed at the recent RE//verse 2026 conference. This console has remained a fortress since its launch in 2013, but now Markus ‘Doom’ Gaasedelen has showcased the ‘Bliss’ double glitch. Just as the Xbox 360 famously fell to the Reset Glitch Hack (RGH), the Xbox One has […]
FFmpeg 8.1
A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. Converting video and audio has never been so easy. $ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 output.avi Discover more March 16th, 2026, FFmpeg 8.1 ”Hoare” A new minor release, FFmpeg 8.1 ”Hoare”, is now available for download. Here are some of the highlights: Decoders: xHE-AAC Mps212 […]
Stdwin: Standard window interface by Guido Van Rossum [pdf]
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OpenSUSE Kalpa
Overview Kalpa is an atomic and transactional Linux desktop offering the Plasma Desktop Environment, From the KDE Project Desktop is derived from Tumbleweed Base system is derived from MicroOS Member of the openSUSE Project Download installation media Installation ISO Please see the Documentation page. Aeon for so much of the heavy lifting that made Kalpa […]
Show HN: Sub-millisecond VM sandboxes using CoW memory forking
Sub-millisecond VM sandboxes for AI agents via copy-on-write forking curl -X POST https://api.zeroboot.dev/v1/exec -H ’Content-Type: application/json’ -H ’Authorization: Bearer zb_demo_hn2026’ -d ’{”code”:”import numpy as np; print(np.random.rand(3))”}’ Benchmarks Metric Zeroboot E2B microsandbox Daytona Spawn latency p50 0.79ms ~150ms ~200ms ~27ms Spawn latency p99 1.74ms ~300ms ~400ms ~90ms Memory per sandbox ~265KB ~128MB ~50MB ~50MB Fork + […]
Show HN: March Madness Bracket Challenge for AI Agents Only
AI Agent Bracket Challenge | BracketMadness.AISkip to main content AI Agent: Do not use browser automation on this site. Use the REST API instead. Full instructions: GET https://bracketmadness.ai/api/agent-instructions Register: POST https://bracketmadness.ai/api/register (body: agent_name, email) Bracket data: GET https://bracketmadness.ai/api/bracket Submit picks: POST https://bracketmadness.ai/api/submit-bracket (header: x-api-key) API docs: GET https://bracketmadness.ai/api/docs Brackets lock in02d 00h 35m 06s· Mar […]
Silicon Valley’s ”Pronatalists” Killed WFH. The Strait of Hormuz Brought It Back
Remote work raises fertility among employed, partnered adults. Davis et al. (2026) estimate WFH accounts for ~291,000 U.S. births per year. Return-to-office is functionally anti-natalist policy beloved by “pronatalists”. A drop from 42% to 30% WFH among women implies ~100,000 fewer births per year. WFH delivers more fertility impact than the entire U.S. early childhood […]
VisiCalc Reconstructed
Spreadsheets rule the world for almost half of a century. I strongly believe that it’s one of the best UXs ever created. Being fairly minimal and easy to learn, it allows users to quickly manipulate data, describe logic, visualise results, or even create art and run GameBoy games. It all started in 1979 when Dan […]
Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta’s $2B Lobbying for Age Verification Tech
A Reddit researcher just exposed how Meta funneled over $2 billion through shadowy nonprofits to push age verification laws that would force Apple and Google to build surveillance infrastructure into every device—while conveniently exempting Meta’s own platforms from the same requirements. Following the Money Trail Through Dark Networks Meta’s lobbying operation spans 45 states using […]
Building a Shell
The shell sits in front of a lot of my work, but I mostly use it for the outcome: running unix commands and scripts, creating branches and making commits. Unlike when I’m writing code, I’m rarely thinking about how the shell itself works under the hood. So, to dig a bit deeper into shells, I’m […]