news, !paper 2025-07-16

966 Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share in USA / ostechnix.com / 599

795 Bitchat – A decentralized messaging app that works over Bluetooth mesh networks / github.com/jackjackbits / 401

665 Ukrainian hackers destroyed the IT infrastructure of Russian drone manufacturer / prm.ua / 467

562 Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 Incident on July 14, 2025 / blog.cloudflare.com / 378

540 I extracted the safety filters from Apple Intelligence models / github.com/BlueFalconHD / 437

516 Show HN: I wrote a "web OS" based on the Apple Lisa's UI, with 1-bit graphics / alpha.lisagui.com / 142

508 Ex-Waymo engineers launch Bedrock Robotics to automate construction / techcrunch.com / 385

450 I'm switching to Python and actually liking it / cesarsotovalero.net / 681

449 I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone (2022) / smallandroidphone.com / 676

401 Altermagnets: The first new type of magnet in nearly a century / newscientist.com / 112

382 Shipping WebGPU on Windows in Firefox 141 / mozillagfx.wordpress.com / 168

344 Pgactive: Postgres active-active replication extension / github.com/aws / 93

303 LLMs should not replace therapists / arxiv.org / 417

284 Tilck: A tiny Linux-compatible kernel / github.com/vvaltchev / 57

264 Intel's retreat is unlike anything it's done before in Oregon / oregonlive.com / 477

260 Babies made using three people's DNA are born free of mitochondrial disease / bbc.com / 152

260 Artisanal handcrafted Git repositories / drew.silcock.dev / 64

254 Backlog.md – Markdown‑native Task Manager and Kanban visualizer for any Git repo / github.com/MrLesk / 62

252 Congress moves to reject bulk of White House's proposed NASA cuts / arstechnica.com / 230

216 Thunderbird: Fluent Windows 11 Design / github.com/Deathbyteacup / 146

215 LLM Daydreaming / gwern.net / 144

213 Six Years of Gemini / geminiprotocol.net / 163

208 Tech oligarchs have turned against the system that made them / liberalcurrents.com / 115

208 Lightfastness Testing of Colored Pencils / sarahrenaeclark.com / 47

198 Young graduates are facing an employment crisis / wsj.com / 368

196 Tin Can – The landline, reinvented for kids / tincan.kids / 131

190 Show HN: Improving search ranking with chess Elo scores / zeroentropy.dev / 64

175 Thesis: Interesting work is less amenable to the use of AI / remark.ing / 105

154 Signs of autism could be encoded in the way you walk / sciencealert.com / 252

153 Claude Code Unleashed / ymichael.com / 113

153 Show HN: A 'Choose Your Own Adventure' written in Emacs Org Mode / tendollaradventure.com / 25

152 How and where will agents ship software? / instantdb.com / 75

132 Chain of thought monitorability: A new and fragile opportunity for AI safety / arxiv.org / 62

130 PyPI Prohibits inbox.ru email domain registrations / blog.pypi.org / 105

129 How I lost my backpack with passports and laptop / psychotechnology.substack.com / 146

121 The most otherworldly, mysterious forms of lightning on Earth / nationalgeographic.com / 59

115 From engineer to manager: A practical guide to your first months in leadership / humansinsystems.com / 66

105 The Italian towns selling houses for €1 / theguardian.com / 129

104 Atopile – Design circuit boards with code / atopile.io / 30

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