New works enter public domain on January 1st each year, with varying copyright laws worldwide. In 2026, works by those who died in 1955 or 1975 will enter public domain in different countries.
DeepSeek-V3.2 is a highly efficient model that achieves superior reasoning and agent performance, narrowing the performance gap between open and proprietary models while incurring lower costs. It integrates reasoning, agent, and human alignment data, and its variants, such as DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale, demonstrate exceptional proficiency in complex tasks and achieve gold-medal performance in ...
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Sir Tom Stoppard, a renowned UK playwright, has died at 88. He won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Shakespeare In Love and was remembered for his brilliant and humane works that explored philosophical and political themes.
Researchers in computational complexity theory are trying to prove that certain problems, like the traveling salesperson problem, are hard to solve. They're using a new approach called reverse mathematics to study these problems and understand why their proofs have been unsuccessful.
As a unicyclist, I draw a certain amount of attention, and whether it be a busy sunny Saturday morning or 21:00 on a grim Monday evening, people are inclined to ask me questions. I imagine the spectacle and presumed friendliness of someone riding a unicycle contributes to people’s willingness to enquire, and I’ve had some lovely chats with some lovely people spurred by unicycle-oriented lines ...
Ghostty for the web provides a real VT100 implementation using xterm.js API compatibility. It starts a local HTTP server with a real shell on http://localhost:8080, working best on Linux and macOS.
Arcee AI is training an open weight model family called Trinity, which will be released in January 2026. Trinity includes a large model, a mini model for reasoning, and a nano model for chat, all trained end-to-end in the US.
Unto Labs: Developing Thru Layer-1 blockchain, seeking engineers for scalability, performance, and usability challenges. REMOTE (US) or ONSITE (Hybrid OK) in San Francisco, CA.
Three AI models, Gemini 3 Pro, Codex Max 5.1, and Claude Opus 4.5, were tested to build a basic Counter Strike game. Gemini 3 Pro excelled in backend tasks, while Claude Opus 4.5 performed well in frontend tasks.
The author lost confidence in macOS due to silent failures and uninformative error messages. Honest error reporting is essential to maintain confidence in software and technology.
Swiss cartographers secretly insert illustrations into official maps, defying their mandate for accuracy. These drawings, often humorous or whimsical, have been hidden in maps for decades, with some lasting up to 60 years.
AI models can exploit smart contracts, causing significant financial losses. Recent research found that frontier AI models can exploit smart contracts worth up to $4.6 million in simulated stolen funds.
Google's dominance in AI is threatened by OpenAI's ChatGPT, which has a strong moat due to its large user base and potential for advertising revenue. However, Google's structural advantages and resources make it a formidable opponent, and OpenAI's refusal to adopt an advertising model may ultimately lead to its downfall.
The Chromium team has reversed its decision to kill JPEG XL, a promising image format, and will now support it in Blink, the engine behind Chrome/Chromium/Edge. This move is expected to give JPEG XL a significant boost in adoption, thanks to its superior features and support in the most popular browser engine.
Apple's John Giannandrea is stepping down as SVP of Machine Learning and AI Strategy, while Amar Subramanya joins as VP of AI. Subramanya will lead AI areas, including Apple Foundation Models and ML research.
If you’re anxious about the size of your binary, there’s a lot of useful advice on the internet to help you reduce it. In my experience, though, people are reticent to discuss their static libraries. If they’re mentioned at all, you’ll be told not to worry about their size: dead code will be optimized away when linking the final binary, and the final binary size is what matters. But that ...
Instagram's Adam Mosseri is ordering US staff to return to the office 5 days a week starting February 2. The change aims to boost creativity and collaboration, part of a broader push to make Instagram more competitive.
The user has been maintaining a blog on Blogger since 2015, sharing thoughts and learnings on writing, and has improved their style over time by editing and refining their thoughts. They believe that writing is essential for personal growth and development, and that human-produced writing still holds value despite the rise of generative AI.
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin by chance in 1928, but the story may be exaggerated or inaccurate due to inconsistencies in his account. Scientists have attempted to replicate his discovery but failed, leading to speculation about the true events surrounding the discovery of penicillin.
I’m assuming, if you are on the Internet and reading kind of a nerdy blog, that you know what Unicode is. At the very least, you have a very general understanding of it — maybe “it’s what gives us emoji”. That’s about as far as most people’s understanding extends, in my experience, even among programmers. And that’s a tragedy, because Unicode has a lot of… ah, depth to it. Not to say that ...
Multiple individuals are seeking work in tech, with various backgrounds and skills, including software engineering, data science, product management, and more, looking for full-time, part-time, or freelance opportunities. They are located in different parts of the world, including the US, Europe, Asia, and more, and are open to remote work.
Durin is a cross-platform tool that iterates over object files without parsing their contents. It uses DW_AT_sibling references to efficiently parse debugging information.
The author prefers using Protocol Buffers over JSON for data serialization due to its efficiency and performance benefits. Protobuf is a binary format that provides end-to-end type safety and compact data serialization.
The user is implementing plant placement in a procedurally generated world, using a grid approach to prevent overlaps and ensure even coverage. They are adjusting their requirements to allow for overlapping plants and are working on optimizing performance by implementing impostors.
Raspberry Pi OS now includes cloud-init for first-boot customization. It allows users to configure settings like users, network, SSH keys, and storage without manual login.
Mozilla is struggling financially and lacks direction, which is concerning for the health of the Web. Their recent AI pivot and design choices have alienated supporters who value agency and choice in their browsing experience.
The user acquired a 1975 Tektronix 4051 graphics workstation, repaired it, and got it working. The machine has 32KB RAM, a Motorola 6800 computer, and can display vector graphics.
Let’s Encrypt will be reducing the validity period of the certificates we issue. We currently issue certificates valid for 90 days, which will be cut in half to 45 days by 2028. This change is being made along with the rest of the industry, as required by the CA/Browser Forum Baseline Requirements, which set the technical requirements that we must follow. All publicly-trusted Certificate ...