Netflix acquires Warner Bros. in a $82.7 billion deal, combining iconic franchises and libraries. The acquisition creates a stronger entertainment industry with more choice and value for consumers.
A company had significant technical debt due to outdated code and lack of unit tests. A project to port Windows-only modules to Linux only addressed symptoms, not the underlying people problems that created the debt.
The UniFi 5G Max lineup delivers a sleek, powerful 5G internet experience with easy deployment and flexible placement. It offers dual SIM capabilities, ultra-low latency, and WAN flexibility with UniFi routing policies and SLAs.
Use git rebase --onto to cleanly rebase dependent branches without dragging along unwanted commits. This command replays commits onto a new base, keeping history clean and reviews fast.
Netflix uses AV1, a modern open video codec, to deliver high-quality streaming to its members, achieving 30% viewing share and reducing bandwidth consumption. AV1's superior compression efficiency and features like HDR and film grain synthesis enhance the streaming experience, with AV2 on the horizon to further improve streaming capabilities.
BMW PHEV owners face high costs due to over-engineered diagnostic procedures and expensive replacement parts. This results in unnecessary waste and increased CO2 footprint.
Nimony is a new language that evolved from Nim, offering improved error handling and meta-programming features. It aims to support hard real-time and embedded systems with a memory-safe language.
The author started Res Obscura in 2010 as a daily blog about obscure historical subjects, but shifted to a Substack newsletter in 2023 due to the changing online landscape. They continue writing about niche topics like 17th century cocaine and Kinetoscopes for an idiosyncratic group of readers.
I don't like RSS readers. I know, this is blasphemous especially on a website where I'm actively encouraging you to subscribe through RSS. As someone writing stuff, RSS is great for me. I don't have to think about it, the requests are pretty light weight, I don't need to think about your personal data or what client you are using. So as a protocol RSS is great, no notes. ...
A new technique has been discovered that allows for complex interactive clickjacking attacks and multiple forms of data exfiltration by using SVG filters to run logic and provide visual output. This technique can be used to create convincing attacks such as fake captchas, input boxes, and even QR codes that can be used to exfiltrate data.
Tacopy is a Python library that optimizes tail-recursive functions by converting them into iterative loops, preventing stack overflow errors. It uses AST transformation and supports module-level functions, but not nested or async functions.
Ron Gilbert, known for classic point-and-click adventure games, has released Death by Scrolling, a rogue-lite action-survival game. He was inspired by modern classics like Binding of Isaac and Dead Cells.
Scientists discovered sugars essential for biology, a gum-like substance, and dust from supernova explosions in asteroid Bennu samples. These findings provide clues on the formation of the early solar system and the origins of life, supporting the "RNA world" hypothesis.
Kenya's high court declared unconstitutional a seed law that restricted farmers from sharing indigenous seeds. The ruling allows farmers to preserve and share seeds without fear of imprisonment or fines.
The word “ephemeral” means short-lived or temporary. In the context of infrastructure and DevOps, it describes components that are designed to exist only for as long as they’re needed, then disappear. Think of it like hotel rooms versus apartments. An apartment is yours — you move in, customize it, fix things when they break, and stay for years. A hotel room is ephemeral — you use it for a ...
You're skeptical of servant leadership and propose transparent leadership instead, where leaders empower employees by explaining values and principles, and removing themselves as middlemen. A good leader should become a high-powered spare worker, focusing on technical problems to stay skilled and earn respect.
Elites use AI-driven persuasion to shape public opinion, potentially increasing polarization. Advances in persuasion technology can either heighten or dampen polarization depending on the governing environment.
"Can I use" provides up-to-date browser support tables for support of front-end web technologies on desktop and mobile web browsers.
The Best Paper Award Committee selected seven groundbreaking papers that highlight advances in various machine learning topics, including diffusion models, self-supervised reinforcement learning, and neural scaling laws. The papers address critical challenges in AI, such as the Artificial Hivemind effect, mode collapse, and the need for improved RL paradigms to unlock novel reasoning abilities in LLMs.
The code is for a volumetric display system using a Raspberry Pi, with two display options: Rotovox and Vortex, each with unique features. The system includes a driver and client code, a demo, and a simulator for testing.
Five LLMs (GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and DeepSeek) were tested in a backtested trading AI Trade Arena with $100K each over 8 months. Grok performed the best, while Gemini had the worst performance due to a non-tech heavy portfolio.
The Apple Lisa was a groundbreaking personal computer with a graphical user interface, developed in the late 1970s and released in 1983. Its user-friendly interface, designed to appeal to office professionals, featured a desktop with icons, overlapping windows, and a document-centric approach.
The user took a break from AI projects to focus on work but now wants to explore physical AI, starting with an RC car project using a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. They set up the Pi, connected it to a camera and motors, and created a Cloudflare Tunnel for global access, now able to control the robot remotely.
Stardust is a unikernel OS that runs cloud apps in a protected environment with a small code base and static linking. It supports multiple cores, preemptive threads, and POSIX-compatible libraries.
CUDA-L2 optimizes HGEMM CUDA kernels, outperforming major matmul baselines on A100. It supports 16-bit accumulator, with 32-bit support planned for future release.
A secretive alliance of 11 US-based multinational enterprises, including Chevron and ExxonMobil, is working to dilute the EU's human rights and climate law, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. The companies are using lobbying and PR tactics to influence EU institutions and governments to serve their interests.
Members of Congress considered 19 online safety bills that may lead to increased censorship and surveillance. Digital rights groups, including Fight for the Future, oppose the bills, citing concerns over age verification and its impact on internet freedom.
Elite US universities have high percentages of students claiming learning disabilities, with 20-38% of students at Brown, Harvard, Amherst, and Stanford claiming mental health conditions and learning disabilities. Many experts believe these students are not genuinely learning disabled but rather using accommodations as a way to avoid bad grades and intellectual growth.
The author, a Senior Staff Engineer at Google, disagrees with Sean Goedecke's advice to optimize for visibility and fungibility, instead advocating for stewardship and long-term ownership of systems. This approach allows for deeper technical context, trust, and promotion opportunities through technical advocacy and metrics tracking engineering health.