Daily Tech News 1 April 2026

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Anthropic's Claude Code developer tool leaked. (Dev.To)

Which... Well, so what? You can download it. Countless thousands of people have. I have. Anyone who wanted to put in the effort to pick it apart could have done so.

Anthropic left a debug option set it one release and that made all the source files visible, but that just made it easier.

The real brains - Anthropic's AI models like Sonnet and Opus - run safely on their servers and haven't leaked anywhere.

If you're interested though it's available on GitHub.
If you want to run your own LLM and not just local tools that talk to a remote server somewhere Bonsai from PrismML might be of interest. (PrismML)

Because the 1.7 billion parameter model runs in 240MB of memory - yes, M, not G - and churns through 130 tokens per second on an iPhone 17.

Which uses noticeably less power than a rack full of high-end graphics cards.

Bonsai 8B uses 1.15GB of RAM.

While it doesn't lead in test scores, it's being tested against 16GB models, which require an entirely different class of hardware. It would be interesting to see how a 70 billion parameter model would perform on the same tests if it's possible to perform the same trick - quantising the model down from half-precision (16 bits) per parameter to 1 bit with error correction.

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The IRGC has issued threats not just against the US and Israel and the Arab world - that's old hat - but now against Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta, IBM, Cisco, and Tesla. (Tom's Hardware)

Gotta warn you guys, Tesla has a friend with a global lock on orbital space lasers. Might want to tread carefully.
Fujitsu is developing a new AI processor - an NPU - aimed at the upcoming 1.4nm process node. (Tom's Hardware)

That's not the interesting part.

The interesting part is that this will be manufactured at the Rapidus plant in Hokkaido. With Rapidus ramping up production Japan has leapt directly from 40nm chip fabrication to 2nm, largely catching up with Taiwan, Korea, and the United States, and leaving China trailing behind.
Looks like we won't be rid of OpenAI just yet. (Tech Crunch)

They just raised $122 billion. Apparently from wealthy masochists.
GMKtec's new Evo T2 mini-PC is now shipping with Intel's Panther Lake CPU and it's class-leading graphics performance coupled with 64GB of soldered RAM. (Liliputing)

Just two problems: First, it costs $1899, and the Minisforum model I bought around Christmas cost about $600. Sure, the integrated graphics on that model are a lot slower than Panther Lake, but not that much slower. (This site suggests the difference is around 25%.)

Second, it's out of stock.

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Disclaimer: Musical interlude has been replaced with potato salad at the last minute and at great expense.

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 01, 2026 04:02 AM (sAmhv)

3 April fools day, and we sure have lot of them both in government and private industry.

Posted by: Colin at April 01, 2026 04:10 AM (e8qy3)

4 Things are so bad with memory I'm honestly considering buying a 32GB kit of Crucial CL32 6400mhz RAM on Amazon for $369 just because the price has dropped about 30% in a week.

I don't even own a DDR5 motherboard.

I guess I could just look at the box and admire its beauty like it's a bar of gold.
Who knows, I could keep it and maybe make a profit in a few months when the price goes back up.

Who would've guessed we'd be buying the dip on RAM a a year ago?

Decisions, decisions.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 04:12 AM (6ydKt)

5 Second, it's out of stock.

Well,... that figures.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 04:15 AM (6ydKt)

6 Uh oh! Barn's infested. Looks like... theater kids.

Posted by: SciVo at April 01, 2026 04:15 AM (Sy6m/)

7 OK NASA...

I'TS SHOW TIME!!!!

Get ready to dump a billion dollars of hardware into the ocean in six minutes.

Posted by: pawn at April 01, 2026 04:34 AM (qmOsv)

8 Coffee is up, rater go back to bed

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 04:37 AM (Ia/+0)

9 Happy Fool’s Day Morons,

I’m very intrigued by this notion of hosting an LLM on a local machine. I’m sure it’s far beyond my rudimentary tech skills, but theoretically being able to segregate your data would make me much less reluctant to load real life data to help with keeping life straight.

Posted by: Pete Bog at April 01, 2026 04:39 AM (pearg)

10 Including assistance editing for clarity and brevity.

Posted by: Pete Bog at April 01, 2026 04:41 AM (pearg)

11 Interesting thought experiment previous thread, about dates and numbering

if someone asks you to count to ten, what is the first number you say

zero, or one

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 04:42 AM (ZxPkt)

12 April fools day. I will keep my mouth shut for the day.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 04:42 AM (+nEug)

13 I'd like to run an LLM, too.
I've got a 16GB GPU, so I could fit some stuff on it.

Seems like it would be a challenging learning curve but might be fun to use once it's all set up.

There are so many models to choose from, though.
I'd like to get one that can work with images/video, along with text generation.

I'd rather do that than trust any Big AI with my info.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 04:45 AM (6ydKt)

14 I am seeing commercials advertising a roll of 2025 uncirculated pennies (the last ever issued) going for $9.95.

That's right, you pay $10 for 50 pennies.

I'm obviously not the target audience, but even my limited math skills are questioning that deal.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 04:49 AM (6ydKt)

15 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 01, 2026 05:04 AM (iMotb)

16 Looks like the replacement Kwikset lock arrives via UPS tomorrow.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 01, 2026 05:05 AM (iMotb)

17 Never got to ask you, VIA.

How's that Samsung Mini-LED working out so far?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 05:13 AM (6ydKt)

18 "How's that Samsung Mini-LED working out so far?"

Absolutely love it!

Gonna hold off on upgrading the soundbar system for a bit, but it does everything they said it does.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 01, 2026 05:18 AM (iMotb)

19 18 "How's that Samsung Mini-LED working out so far?"

Absolutely love it!

Gonna hold off on upgrading the soundbar system for a bit, but it does everything they said it does.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 01, 2026 05:18 AM (iMotb)

That's great.
It really is amazing how much difference a good display makes with high refresh rate, brightness and color volume.

I never knew what I was missing before OLED.
Still no soundbar on mine either, but I don't really mind it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 05:21 AM (6ydKt)

20
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 01, 2026 05:24 AM (tljrc)

21 Evening and morning to all of you from a man who has been kicked out of bed by a fourteen-pound cat. Stirling is back to his old tricks. The last two mornings he let me sleep, and then today: wham!

It's Woden's Day, front tire replacement day ($$), and who knows what else.

Miss Linda wanted to go to an Easter buffet on Sunday at a pricey restaurant in the Quarter. Uh, $75/person? At that price they should come to me, prepare the food here, and have scantily-clad girls serve it to me. Ain't happenin'.

So -- and she probably planned it this way -- I've agreed to go with her to a Friday noon lecture & lunch at my old employer, given by (brace yourselves) a Korean asst. professor of "race, gender, and sexuality." It'll be tough to keep a straight face while I'm there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 05:30 AM (wzUl9)

22 w00t

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 05:30 AM (fNISR)

23 Today I go to the tire store to have two new Continentals put on the front of the Buick, with balancing and road hazard warranty. (Wincing at the price) At that, the tires are each $26 cheaper than the Kellys my regular mechanic was quoted, and Continentals are better tires to boot. Good for a long trip.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 05:34 AM (wzUl9)

24 3 April fools day, and we sure have lot of them both in government and private industry.
Posted by: Colin at April 01, 2026 04:10 AM (e8qy3)

haha!

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 05:35 AM (fNISR)

25 Happy Wednesday, everyone!

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 05:39 AM (jjoN6)

26 Still hanging around

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 05:42 AM (Ia/+0)

27 Those Ross sisters are ... flexible.

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 05:43 AM (fNISR)

28 On the good side, I did up my state taxes. My first pass did not take into account the deductions I'm allowed, so I wound up with a small refund coming instead of a big payment. That's ready to go after I review it again tomorrow (the return is not due until 5/15).

The Exxon convenience store I go to was still at $3.49 for E10 87 yesterday, while some other stations, Shell and Racetrac, were at $3.75. I gassed up with their E0, $3.69. That price won't hold much longer.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9)

29 if someone asks you to count to ten, what is the first number you say: zero, or one

It depends on the language and how it treats lists. I cut my programming teeth on BASIC, which usually (on the hardware I had available, at least) started with 1. Most later scripting languages either started with 0 (Perl, Python, C, really everything except…) or didn’t have sequential-number indexed lists (PHP).

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 01, 2026 05:47 AM (EXyHK)

30 Those Ross sisters are ... flexible.
Posted by: m at April 01, 2026

***
And slim. Nice to see nowadays.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 05:49 AM (wzUl9)

31 April fools day. I will keep my mouth shut for the day.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 04:42 AM (+nEug)

I am staying away from my money.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 01, 2026 05:51 AM (dK+Kv)

32 Flexable is for sure

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 05:52 AM (Ia/+0)

33 Was Clippy ("It looks like you're writing a letter!") related to LLM/AI/whatever?

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 05:52 AM (fNISR)

34 Dagny La Siberienne is giving me The Look. Time to feed the furry thugs soon.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 05:53 AM (wzUl9)

35 Earlier this week, I was typing an email, and when I hit "send" I got a comment (from the email program?) saying (something like) "You said that you were going to enclose an attachment, but you haven't done that. Did you want to enclose an attachment before you send this email?"

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 05:55 AM (fNISR)

36 Was Clippy ("It looks like you're writing a letter!") related to LLM/AI/whatever?

What is considered AI programming changes over time; I suspect few professionals would consider Eliza to be AI programming today; I suspect at least some of Clippy’s developers considered its pattern-matching to be rudimentary AI at the time.

It was not LLM in any case, which is a specific kind of AI not really suited to Clippy’s tasks (other than its real task of annoying the hell out of people trying to get work done, which LLM is very suited for).

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 01, 2026 05:56 AM (EXyHK)

37 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at April 01, 2026 06:00 AM (2Ez/1)

38 if someone asks you to count to ten, what is the first number you say: zero, or one

We were told to start at nine.

Posted by: Somali Millionaire Business Owners at April 01, 2026 06:01 AM (Q7yzj)

39 I hate when I think I sent a email then later see its a draft which to.me says it didn't get sent.

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 06:02 AM (Ia/+0)

40 So -- and she probably planned it this way -- I've agreed to go with her to a Friday noon lecture & lunch at my old employer, given by (brace yourselves) a Korean asst. professor of "race, gender, and sexuality." It'll be tough to keep a straight face while I'm there.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 05:30 AM (wzUl9)

Why would she - or anybody - want to go to something like that?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 01, 2026 06:02 AM (1Ff7Z)

41 Was Clippy ("It looks like you're writing a letter!") related to LLM/AI/whatever?

Hadn't thought of it that way but it makes a lot of sense. Perhaps current AI programs look at him as an elder.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 06:05 AM (jjoN6)

42 The supervisor at this job will not open the door 1 minute early, no point in getting thete 2 minutes early

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 06:05 AM (Ia/+0)

43 42 The supervisor at this job will not open the door 1 minute early, no point in getting thete 2 minutes early
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 06:05 AM (Ia/+0)

Fair enough.

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 06:07 AM (fNISR)

44 given by (brace yourselves) a Korean asst. professor of "race, gender, and sexuality."

This just a fancy way of saying Asian porn, isn't it?

Posted by: t-bird at April 01, 2026 06:09 AM (ScG/9)

45 If you haven't been there yet, go over to X/ Twitter. My feed has been flooded with Japanese eager to learn about American Midwest Southern meat culture. They want to hear all about our brisket and huge slabs of steak. And it turns out, the right wing in Japan is experiencing exactly what we experience here. People are making friends with Japanese nerds who sound just like us. It's so wholesome.

Another interesting thing. The left-wing media in Japan has shamed them over Fukushima, the nuclear accident after the tsunami. They were told everyone hates them because of this. So the biggest consequence so far of our new meat friendship is their discovery that we don't hate them over Fukushima.

My guess is that the left started the anti-nuclear power plant psyop in order to give China and communist countries in advantage over us. And so we have made barely any progress in this, and the Japanese have been struggling against the same headwinds.

So if you haven't done it yet, get some photos of thick slabs of sirloin cooking on the grill, and head over to X to talk to your newest best friends in Japan. They want to hear from you.

Posted by: Smallish Bees at April 01, 2026 06:10 AM (xKjWc)

46 Never did rain last night
Have a great day and hope to pop in once in awhile

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 06:14 AM (Ia/+0)

47 I've been loving the exchange between Japan and the US on Twitter. I did see the Fukushima remark and was more than annoyed about the fact they were led to believe they were hated over it.

Elon deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for bridging this gap between cultures.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 06:15 AM (jjoN6)

48
Nikita Bier
@nikitabier
Mar 28
“They’re losing faith in humanity. Release the wholesome Japanese posts."

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 06:16 AM (fNISR)

49 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 01, 2026 06:19 AM (MIIRH)

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