Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables https://github.com/darrylmorley/whatcable
GitHub
GitHub - darrylmorley/whatcable: macOS menu bar app that tells you, in plain English, what each USB-C cable plugged into your Mac…
macOS menu bar app that tells you, in plain English, what each USB-C cable plugged into your Mac can actually do - darrylmorley/whatcable
New research suggests people can communicate and practice skills while dreaming https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/its-possible-to-learn-in-our-sleep-should-we
The New Yorker
It’s Possible to Learn in Our Sleep. Should We?
Learning while sleeping had long been relegated to the realm of quackery, but new studies suggest that we may be able to problem-solve and practice skills in our dreams.
DeepSeek V4 – almost on the frontier https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/24/deepseek-v4/
Simon Willison’s Weblog
DeepSeek V4—almost on the frontier, a fraction of the price
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek’s last model release was V3.2 (and V3.2 Speciale) last December. They just dropped the first of their hotly anticipated V4 series in the shape of two …
How fast is a macOS VM, and how small could it be? https://eclecticlight.co/2026/05/02/how-fast-is-a-macos-vm-and-how-small-could-it-be/
The Eclectic Light Company
How fast is a macOS VM, and how small could it be?
Latest Geekbench performance figures for macOS VMs, and testing of how few cores and how little memory is really needed: could you run a macOS VM usefully on a MacBook Neo?
Mercedes-Benz commits to bringing back physical buttons https://www.drive.com.au/news/mercedes-benz-commits-to-bringing-back-phycial-buttons/
Drive
Mercedes-Benz join the list of manufacturers admitting that touch-sensitive controls were a mistake
Another brand backflips and admits that touch-sensitive buttons for frequently used controls were a mistake.
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BYOMesh – New LoRa mesh radio offers 100x the bandwidth https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/116499715071759135
PartyOn
nullagent (@nullagent@partyon.xyz)
Announcing the BYOMesh!
We've been hard at work designing what I believe is now the worlds SMALLEST & most CAPABLE LoRa companion dev kit ever!
It combines the tried and true SX1276 allowing access to the full sub-1GHz ISM band all mesh enthusiast know…
We've been hard at work designing what I believe is now the worlds SMALLEST & most CAPABLE LoRa companion dev kit ever!
It combines the tried and true SX1276 allowing access to the full sub-1GHz ISM band all mesh enthusiast know…
Talking to strangers at the gym https://thienantran.com/talking-to-35-strangers-at-the-gym/
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
That Privacy Guy!
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are…
Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user deletes it. The pattern is identical to the Anthropic Claude…
Three Inverse Laws of AI https://susam.net/inverse-laws-of-robotics.html
Accelerating Gemma 4: faster inference with multi-token prediction drafters https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/multi-token-prediction-gemma-4/
Google
Accelerating Gemma 4: faster inference with multi-token prediction drafters
An overview of how Multi-Token Prediction (MTP) drafters are making Gemma 4 models up to 3x faster at inference.
Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I'd like https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/6/vibe-coding-and-agentic-engineering/
Simon Willison’s Weblog
Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I’d like
I recently talked with Joseph Ruscio about AI coding tools for Heavybit’s High Leverage podcast: Ep. #9, The AI Coding Paradigm Shift with Simon Willison. Here are some of my …
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Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license https://www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/05/valve-releases-steam-controller-cad-files-under-creative-commons-license
Digital Foundry
Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license
Modders, start your engines.
Show HN: Tilde.run – Agent sandbox with a transactional, versioned filesystem https://tilde.run/
tilde.run
tilde.run - Let AI agents loose on production. Without the risk.
Run AI agents and pipelines on real production data. Every run is a transaction you can roll back, with every network call audited.
Appearing productive in the workplace https://nooneshappy.com/article/appearing-productive-in-the-workplace/
No One's Happy
Appearing Productive in The Workplace — No One's Happy
AI can produce work that looks expert without being expert. The failure arrives in two shapes, and both are reshaping the workplace.
From Supabase to Clerk to Better Auth https://blog.val.town/better-auth
blog.val.town
From Supabase to Clerk to Better Auth
Updates and articles from the Val Town team
Google Cloud fraud defense, the next evolution of reCAPTCHA https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/introducing-google-cloud-fraud-defense-the-next-evolution-of-recaptcha/
Google Cloud Blog
Introducing Google Cloud Fraud Defense, the next evolution of reCAPTCHA | Google Cloud Blog
Today at Next ‘26, we’re launching Google Cloud Fraud Defense, the trust platform for the agentic web and the next evolution of reCAPTCHA.