2026-10-27 Discoveries

Anthropic S-1

Sebastian Raschka's from-scratch video course on building reasoning models

Over 11 hours of coding videos on evaluation, inference-time scaling, reinforcement learning, and distillation, with Python and PyTorch.

Show HN: Hob - Open-source, on device alternative to Claude Cowork and ChatGPT

An easier way to use AI on your own computer. A free, open-source alternative to Claude and ChatGPT that runs open-weight models like Gemma and gpt-oss locally on Mac, Windows and Linux. Private, a...

GPT-6.1 Terra

Cross-request KV cache exposure in the GLM-5.3 Workers AI model (155 responses)

A configuration mismatch in GLM 5.3 on Workers AI triggered an SGLang bug that exposed KV cache pages across requests. Here is how we addressed the issue.

How Voting Is Like a Klein Bottle

A new topological model connects a centuries-old voting paradox to a surface with no distinct inside or outside. The post How Voting Is Like a Klein Bottle first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Emulate Apple II on Raspberry Pi

Recreate the classic 8-bit computer on Raspberry Pi.

Enable Resizable BAR on Unsupported Motherboards

Recently [Rod Burlamaqui] released the arc-rebar project on GitHub, enabling Intel GPUs to work significantly more efficiently if the system’s mainboard does not support resizable BAR. It does require a …

Harry Houdini Died 100 Years Ago This Halloween: Was He Really Killed by a Punch to the…

This Halloween marks the 100th anniversary of the death of famed escape artist Harry Houdini. Today, most of us know more about the manner of that death than we do about any of the feats of escape artistry that made him famous in the first place. As the story goes, he’d mastered his own body

Our newest AI Quest: Mapping the human brain

Learn AI literacy via Google’s latest AI Quests lesson on neuroscience, “Polar Peaks.”

Inside the Mind of a Narcissist

Their brains don’t sync the same way when it comes to processing empathy

Practice Japanese on an Inkplate 4Tempera eInk Device

Learning a new natural language can be a daunting proposition at the best of times, with repetition and immersion generally considered to be the best ways to build up not …

WhoIsCooking

See which AI agent is heating your Mac and cool it down.

Dreamy Digital Illustrations by Rebecca Zwanzig Tap into Art History and Nostalgia

The Portland-based artist's lush gradients are inspired by a love for oil painting. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Dreamy Digital Illustrations by Rebecca Zwanzig Tap…

Hear an Hour of the Jazzy Background Music from the Original 1967 Spider-Man Cartoon

Ray Ellis had a six-decade career as a producer, arranger, and jazz composer. And while he’s best known for arranging music for Billie Holiday’s Lady in Satin (1958), he also enjoyed a long career orchestrating music for television. Working under a pseudonym “Yvette Blais” (his wife’s name), Ellis…

15 college students share their favorite Gemini features

We asked 15 college students about their favorite Gemini features for learning, studying, taking notes, and more.

Arduino Engine Runs Many Games

A few years ago, [Smashcat] ported a ZX Spectrum game called Manic Miner to the Arduino Uno. The Arduino has less memory than the original Spectrum did, so doing all this …

Why Your Boss Might Live Longer Than You

Entrepreneurship may carry benefits as well as risks

Kiwi

A proactive AI assistant that texts you before you ask

Scott Kahn Invokes Dreams and Liminality in Atmospheric Landscape Paintings

Compelling edges, horizons, shadows, and disappearing paths prompt us to question whether we can truly comprehend what we see. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Scott…

Powering sub-Saharan Africa beyond the grid

Google spent the past three years collaborating with Ignite Energy Access through our Startups for Sustainable Development program.

Birdwatching rewires the brain and slows cognitive decline

Birdwatching can help slow brain ageing and is increasingly being used as therapy for dementia patients.

Oldest GUI application that still runs on Windows 11

A blog post about finding the oldest Windows application with a GUI that still runs on Windows 11

Working with academic communities to build scientific understanding

How We Control What Accents We Pick Up

We imitate what we notice

Standfast

Know if your Mac's GitHub Actions runners will get work

Wish You Were Here! Rose Sanderson’s Witty Postcards Conjure a Strange Reality

Playing with scale, Rose Sanderson renders scenes that evoke the Creature Features of early cinema. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Wish You Were Here! Rose Sanderson’s…