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Nvidia and Intel have announced a collaboration to develop x86-based RTX SoCs for PCs with Nvidia graphics, as well as custom Nvidia x86 processors for data centers. Additionally, Nvidia has purchased $5 billion in Intel stock as part of this seismic deal.

The article discusses the ongoing struggle with depression and the challenges of maintaining mental health, emphasizing the importance of self-compassion and seeking professional support during difficult times.

The article explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the creative industries, particularly in the field of art and design. It discusses the impact of AI-generated content, the role of human creativity, and the ongoing debate around the ethics and implications of this technological advancement.

The article discusses the concept of 'no class' and its implications in modern society. It explores the idea of a classless society, the challenges of achieving it, and the potential impact on social structures and individual opportunities.

The article discusses the release of pnpm 10.16, highlighting improvements to the package manager's speed, performance, and support for monorepos. It covers new features like improved pnpm store management, enhanced support for ESM, and bug fixes.

The article discusses a victory for public access to the American outdoors, as the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to permanently reauthorize and fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund. This fund supports the creation and maintenance of public lands and outdoor recreation areas across the country.

The article discusses Geizhals, a price comparison website, donating a portion of its profits to the Perl Foundation's Grants and Donations program, which supports the Perl programming language and its community.

The article discusses the controversy surrounding Jimmy Kimmel's recent monologue about conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, which led to a dispute over the First Amendment and censorship allegations from FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr.

The article discusses the history and development of the GEM desktop environment, a graphical user interface for personal computers that was popular in the 1980s and early 1990s. It covers the origins of GEM, its key features, and its competition with other GUI environments like Microsoft Windows.

The article discusses the limitations of automatic differentiation, a technique used in numerical analysis, and how it can lead to incorrect results for differentiable simulations. It highlights the importance of understanding the assumptions and limitations of this method when applied in complex modeling scenarios.

Hey HN, Henry & Roman here, we are building Cactus (https://cactuscompute.com/), an AI inference engine specifically designed for phones.

We're seeing a major push towards on-device AI, and for good reason: on-device AI decreases latency from >1sec to <100ms, guarantees privacy by default, works offline, and doesn't rack up a massive API bill at scale.

Also, tools and agentic designs make small models really good beyond benchmarks. This has been corroborated by other papers like https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02153, and we see model companies like DeepMind aggressively going into smaller models with Gemma3 270m and 308m. We found Qwen3 600m to be great at tool calls for instance.

Some frameworks already try to solve this but in my previous job, they struggled in production compared to research and playgrounds:

- They optimise for modern devices but 70% of phones today are low-mid budget.

- Bloated app bundle sizes and battery drain are serious concerns for users.

- Phone GPU battery drain is unacceptable, NPUs are preferred, but few phones have those for now.

- Some are platform-specific, requiring different models and workflows for different operating systems.

At Cactus, we’ve written kernels and inference engine for running AI locally on any phone, from the ground-up.

Cactus is designed for mobile devices and their constraints. Every design choice like energy efficiency, accelerator support, quantization levels, supported models, weight format, and context management were determined by this. We also provide minimalist SDKs for app developers to build agentic workflows in 2-5 lines of code.

We made a Show HN post when we started the project to get the community's thoughts (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44524544). Based on your feedback, we built Cactus bottom-up to solve those problems, and are launching the Cactus Kernels, Cactus Graph and Cactus Engine, all designed for phones and tiny devices.

CPU benchmarks for Qwen3-600m-INT8 :

- 16-20 toks/sec on Pixel 6a / Galaxy S21 / iPhone 11 Pro

- 50-70 toks/sec on Pixel 9 / Galaxy S25 / iPhone 16.

- Time-to-first-token is as low as 50ms depending on prompt size.

On NPUs, we see Qwen3-4B-INT4 run at 21 toks/sec.

We are open-source (https://github.com/cactus-compute/cactus). Cactus is free for hobbyists and personal projects, with a paid license required for commercial use.

We have a demo app on the App Store at https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/cactus-chat/id6744444212 and on Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rshemetsub....

In addition, there are numerous apps using Cactus in production, including AnythingLLM (https://anythingllm.com/mobile) and KinAI (https://mykin.ai/). Collectively they run over 500k weekly inference tasks in production.

While Cactus can be used for all Apple devices including Macbooks due to their design, for computers/AMD/Intel/Nvidia generally, please use HuggingFace, Llama.cpp, Ollama, vLLM, MLX. They're built for those, support x86, and are all great!

Thanks again, please share your thoughts, we’re keen to understand your views.

Google introduces new AI-powered features for Chrome, including a text generation model to help users draft emails and social media posts, and a visual search tool that allows users to search for similar images online.

The article discusses the importance of treating configuration files as user interfaces, as they shape the end-user experience and can have a significant impact on a system's usability and adoption. It emphasizes the need to prioritize the design and user-friendliness of configuration files, just as one would for any other user interface.

The proposed bill seeks to restrict access to online adult content and virtual private networks (VPNs) in the United States, raising concerns about user privacy and freedom of expression.

Blackbird is an open-source, Python-based algorithmic trading framework that provides a flexible and customizable platform for developing and testing trading strategies. The framework includes features for data acquisition, backtesting, and live trading, making it a comprehensive solution for algorithmic traders.

The article reports that Israel has forcibly displaced residents of villages in the occupied Golan Heights in southern Syria, demolishing homes and forcing people to relocate. This alleged action by the Israeli authorities is said to violate international law and human rights.

The article discusses the Trump administration's actions on reproductive rights, including efforts to restrict access to birth control and limit abortion rights. It examines the potential impact of these policies on individuals and healthcare providers.

Utilizing Postgres' RLS feature to isolate user data instead of easy-to-forget where-clauses, is such an underrated use case, I really wonder why not more people use it.

If you prefer code over the blog post, I've put the full application example on GitHub. Would love to hear your thoughts.

https://github.com/simplyblock/example-rls-invoicing

The article argues that the events in Gaza do not constitute genocide, highlighting five key reasons: the lack of intent to destroy the Palestinian population, the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, the provision of humanitarian aid, the presence of other factors driving the violence, and the disputed nature of the term 'genocide' in this context.

The article explores the claim that Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter, is the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. It examines the arguments made by some individuals and groups who believe Dorsey possesses divine qualities and a spiritual connection to the historical figure of Jesus.