Electrobun: Cross-platform desktop applications written in TypeScript
Electrobun aims to be a complete solution-in-a-box for building, updating, and shipping ultra fast, tiny, and cross-platform desktop applications written in Typescript. Under the hood it uses bun to execute the main process and to bundle webview typescript, and has native bindings written in zig. Typescript Write typescript for the main process and webviews without […]
Weight-loss drug found to shrink heart muscle in mice, human cells
Trendy weight-loss drugs making headlines for shrinking waistlines may also be shrinking the human heart and other muscles, according to a new University of Alberta study whose authors say should serve as a “cautionary tale” about possible long-term health effects of these drugs. “If people have been prescribed these drugs, then the benefits should likely […]
Z-Library Helps Students to Overcome Academic Poverty, Study Finds
Z-Library is one of the largest shadow libraries on the Internet, hosting millions of books and academic articles that can be downloaded for free. The site defied all odds over the past two years. It continued to operate despite a full-fledged criminal prosecution by the United States, which resulted in the arrest of two alleged […]
Doxx/Darkflare: DarkFlare TCPoCDN (TCP over CDN)
A stealthy TCP-over-CDN tunnel that keeps your connections cozy and comfortable behind Cloudflare’s welcoming embrace. 🤔 What is this sorcery? DarkFlare is a clever little tool that disguises your TCP traffic as innocent HTTPS requests, letting them pass through corporate firewalls like a VIP at a nightclub. It’s like a tunnel, but with more style […]
Europe’s Internet resilience mitigates impact of submarine cable cuts
When cable cuts occur, whether submarine or terrestrial, they often result in observable disruptions to Internet connectivity, knocking a network, city, or country offline. This is especially true when there is insufficient resilience or alternative paths — that is, when a cable is effectively a single point of failure. Associated observations of traffic loss resulting […]
Show HN: Self-Host Next.js in Production
Description OpenNext takes the Next.js build output and converts it into packages that can be deployed across a variety of environments. Natively OpenNext has support for AWS Lambda, and classic Node.js Server. OpenNext aims to support all Next.js 14 features. Some features are work in progress. If you are running into any problems make sure […]
Google stops letting sites like Forbes rule search for “Best CBD Gummies”
Under the strength of Forbes’ long-existing and well-linked site, Forbes Marketplace/Advisor has dominated the search term “best cbd gummies” for “an eternity,” according to SEO analyst Lily Ray. Forbes has similarly dominated “best pet insurance,” and long came up as the second result for “how to get rid of roaches,” as detailed in a blog […]
Distro (YC S24) Is Hiring a Head of Marketing (B2B)
We are seeking a Head of Marketing at Distro to own and lead all marketing channels, including: Content (LinkedIn posts + videos, articles in trade publications) Email marketing Paid (search, trade publications, conference advertising, etc) Website + SEO Event planning Previous B2B startup experience required. This is a hybrid role with 4 days per week […]
DOJ wants to force Google Chrome sale, Android de-bundling
Preferred by 61 percent of Internet users, Google’s Chrome browser plays too big a role in maintaining the tech giant’s search monopoly, the US Department of Justice has reportedly decided. On Monday, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that top antitrust officials are planning to ask the court on Wednesday to order Google to […]
AlphaQubit: AI to identify errors in Quantum Computers
Quantum computers have the potential to revolutionize drug discovery, material design and fundamental physics — that is, if we can get them to work reliably. Certain problems, which would take a conventional computer billions of years to solve, would take a quantum computer just hours. However, these new processors are more prone to noise than […]