▸ EU Chat Control: EU Parliament approved suspicionless scanning of private communications until 2028; a majority of MEPs opposed it but failed to reach the required absolute majority. The exemption for encrypted comms is symbolic—providers don't scan those anyway.
▸ GPT-5.6: OpenAI released GPT-5.6, a new model with 1032 points and 763 comments on HN. No further details in supplied data, but the high engagement signals a major release.
▸ GLM-5.2 on consumer hardware: Colibri runs a 744B MoE model on 25GB RAM by streaming experts from disk; pure C, zero deps. Activates ~40B params per token, with ~11GB changing per token.
▸ Postgres in Rust: pgrust passes 100% of Postgres 18.3 regression tests (46k+ queries), is disk-compatible, and aims to make Postgres easier to change internally. Not production-ready, not performance-optimized.
▸ Meta Vistara CXL chip: Meta developed a custom CXL bridge chip (Vistara) to reuse older DIMMs in new servers, addressing memory shortages in ~40% of its fleet. RAM chips last ~2x longer than servers.
▸ Muse Spark 1.1: Meta's new multimodal reasoning model for agentic tasks, with gains in tool use, coding, and computer use. Available via Meta Model API public preview.
▸ TLS for internal services: A guide on doing TLS certificates for internal services correctly, with 128 points and 92 comments—practical ops advice.
▸ iPhone as dumb phone: A buried Apple feature turns an iPhone into a kids' dumb phone, sparking discussion on digital minimalism and parental controls.
▸ Army logistics fragility: West Point analysis argues US Army's logistics are optimized for permissive environments and will break in large-scale combat; 278 points, 375 comments.
▸ No leap second in Dec 2026: IERS announced no leap second will be introduced at end of 2026; 229 points, 180 comments on timekeeping and system impact.
▸ hy.tencent.com: Hy3 · 377 pts