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A new reference release offers curated V100 SXM2 pin maps, two- and four-GPU NVLink connection plans, and connector-only KiCad resources. It aims to support development of an open-source carrier board for V100 SXM2 GPUs.

SLAC researchers have directly observed a distinctive property in an altermagnetic candidate material, providing key evidence for altermagnetism as a new magnetic phase. The finding marks the first direct proof of this magnetic behavior and could open new directions for magnetic materials research.

A new Tiny Basic interpreter is now available for Arduino, targeting mid-range boards and microcontrollers. It offers a lightweight way to run BASIC programs on MCU-based projects.

HackerChurn is a new Show HN project that ranks business SaaS tools by how often Hacker News commenters complain about them, using counts from public HN comments. It also lists what commenters say they replaced each tool with.

A new uBlock Origin filter is designed to block autoplay videos on TechCrunch. The blog explains how users can use the filter to stop videos from playing automatically while browsing the site.

A CC1101 radio module connected to an FT232H board with six jumper wires and driven by a Python script turns a laptop into a 433 MHz scanner. The setup offers spectrum sweeps and a listen mode that decodes fixed-code remotes, with no microcontroller or soldering required and receive-only operation.

A new Show HN project offers interactive, one-page explainers on core LLM topics including RLHF, attention, LoRA, and LLM evaluations. The notes aim to make computer science and engineering concepts more approachable through hands-on explanations.

In an interview, Tantivy creator and Quickwit co-founder Paul Masurel discusses building a search engine in Rust, following Lucene’s competitive happy path, and maintaining open-source software. He also shares lessons learned from the project’s development.

The piece discusses efficient algorithms and the Exponential Time Hypothesis, arguing that current debates often lose the plot by misusing or overextending complexity-theoretic assumptions. It calls for clearer reasoning about what ETH does and does not imply for practical algorithm design.

The piece explores why Art Nouveau, despite its striking aesthetic and landmarks like the Sagrada Família, never became the dominant style of the modern built world. It examines the economic, technological, and cultural forces that pushed architecture toward standardization and mass production instead.

A Show HN project called ReBirth 338 in Browser lets users run the original ReBirth RB-338 Windows release directly in a web browser. It uses Wine and WebAssembly to bring the classic software synth to modern browsers without a native installation.

Vathography is an art practice that transforms photographs into creative artworks using estimated depth maps. Created by Karim Joseph Nassar, it shows how computational depth estimation can become a medium for artistic expression.

Flipper One is an open Linux computer powered by an ARM processor with an offline AI NPU, Wi-Fi 6E, and Gigabit Ethernet. It supports M.2 expansion for 5G modems, SDR radios, and more, as the company prepares a Kickstarter and opens pre-orders.

This profile spotlights Beth George, the world’s most sought-after bagel consultant and entrepreneur. It examines how she built her reputation in the bagel business and why her expertise is so widely in demand.

The piece explores why marketers see potential in comparison content but treat it as a risky double-edged sword because it can quickly become outdated. It offers guidance on writing comparison content that stays useful and doesn’t age poorly.

Toit has released v2.0.0 after more than four years of alpha development. The milestone marks the platform’s move out of alpha and into its 2.0 release.

The 2018 article argues that handles are a safer alternative to raw pointers for referencing objects. An update adds a per-slot generation counter to prevent handle collisions.

A new arXiv paper examines open-source 5G RAN platforms through a dual lens of performance and capabilities. It aims to compare platform performance with feature support, offering perspective on trade-offs for open-source 5G radio access networks.

A 35-year-old man with Down syndrome loves movies, works two jobs, and hopes to meet the right person. The piece explores how he navigates being told he is “different” because of his condition.

Charles Tandy, the businessman who turned a leather craft store into a nationwide chain and then repeated the feat with Radio Shack, died November 4, 1978, at age 60. He was the mastermind behind Radio Shack’s expansion.

Bear is celebrating its 10th anniversary by sharing the stories behind its design principles and the tiny details hidden throughout the app. The milestone also brings new features and Bear-branded swag.

A reader discussion around an introduction to ATS points to the language’s actively developed implementation on GitHub. The key takeaway is that ATS-Postiats remains an active project for users interested in the programming language.

PsiQuantum has unveiled Optical Circuit Switching technology built on its low-loss silicon photonics platform. The company says the approach can help address major scaling challenges facing AI infrastructure.

ERICI has launched as a non-commercial initiative focused on RISC-V Industrial Computers for factory-floor use. It offers a tested reference stack for partitioned RVA23 systems, aiming to support industrial computing adoption.

DiscImageStudio is a GitHub project that lets users burn visible artwork onto CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs. Developers can contribute to its development by creating a GitHub account.

Rustable is a new open-source, native database client written in Rust. The project is highlighted on Show HN as a Rust-built alternative for database management.

The piece outlines ten harness patterns for applying AI testing to real repositories, emphasizing how AI testing differs from traditional software testing. It highlights golden sets, RAG and agent evaluation, and monitoring as key practices for building reliable production AI systems.

NVIDIA has open-sourced Auto Ontology, a Python framework for building semantic, graph-based reasoning layers over data. It supports deterministic query generation, improved context retrieval, and more explainable AI for LLM and agent workflows.

The team is training a Figma-fluent editing model and has shared the research behind adapting it to design editing workflows. The work focuses on translating model capabilities into practical Figma-based editing tasks.

GUI64 is a graphical interface for the Commodore 64 that runs on top of the system’s built-in ROM. The project offers a GUI experience without replacing the C64’s native ROM.