SCALE is a GPGPU programming toolkit that allows CUDA applications to be natively compiled for AMD GPUs without modification. It aims to be fully compatible with NVIDIA CUDA, allowing users to write code once and run it on multiple GPU vendors without compromise.

Horizon is a secure and reliable platform for storing and sharing files, offering advanced encryption and seamless sharing options. It allows customization of file appearance, sharing of links and long texts, and ensures accessibility for those who need the files.

Google's Gemini AI service is reading private Drive documents without user permission, sparking concerns over lack of control over sensitive information. The issue may be caused by malfunctioning internal systems or incorrect settings, and users are left to find and disable the feature, which is not clearly explained.

The article argues that story points are a flawed estimating method that leads to inaccurate projections, confusion, and wasted time. Instead, it recommends focusing on understanding the problem as a team, documenting the work required, and eliminating uncertainties by breaking the work down into queues of tasks, which provides a reliable and accurate way to track progress and make decisions.

Researchers at Mass General Hospital have made a breakthrough in treating glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer, using CAR-T cell therapy, which involves genetically modifying a patient's own immune cells to attack the cancer. The treatment has shown promising results, with some patients experiencing significant tumor regression and improved survival rates, offering new hope for those ...

The article discusses the role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) in the pharmaceutical industry, revealing how they inflate prices and redirect money to themselves, leading to higher healthcare costs. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released a report highlighting the issue, and the article suggests that the days of PBMs as the dominant force in pharmaceutical markets are numbered.

The author reflects on their experience taking a polygraph test as part of a job application process, questioning the accuracy and reliability of the machine, and highlighting its history of coercing false confessions. The author also critiques the Reid Technique, a police interrogation method that has been linked to false confessions, and notes that the polygraph is often used in conjunction ...

The Rust language is being considered for use in the Linux kernel, with the goal of improving the security and maintainability of the codebase. However, some kernel developers are resistant to the idea, citing the complexity of the Rust language and the need for additional resources to maintain the code.

The conversation discusses the new Firefox anonymization tool for advertisers, which some argue is not a good idea as it may lead to more tracking and fingerprinting, while others see it as a necessary step to balance privacy and advertising. The discussion also touches on the importance of using non-corporate browsers, such as Librewolf, and the need for transparency and accountability in ...

Tabloid is a Turing-complete programming language that uses clickbait-style headlines to declare functions and assign variables, with no built-in looping constructs. It is fully functional and supports numbers, strings, and booleans, with an online interpreter and implementations in JavaScript and Racket.

In the early 20th century, the rise of photography and advertising led to widespread exploitation of people's images without their consent, with companies using fake endorsements and manipulated photos to promote their products. The controversy surrounding this issue ultimately led to the recognition of a "right to privacy" in many states, but the question of whether anyone has the right to ...

Acpid needs to know how and when to run our scripts. Create a file /etc/acpi/events/lm_lid with the following contents: Permanently: Add HandleLidSwitch=ignore to /etc/systemd/logind.conf and either run sudo systemctl restart systemd-logind.service (this will log you out), or reboot your computer.

Samsung Electronics' 8-inch semiconductor production line workers suffer from physical ailments due to intense labor, with many joining a strike to demand better working conditions and rights. The strike, which is the first general strike in Samsung's 55-year history, has resulted in a significant reduction in production capacity, with the company operating at 18% capacity compared to its usual 80%.

The author argues that strlcpy is not a good function due to its inefficiency and lack of clarity, and instead recommends using memccpy, memcpy, or strdup for string copying. The author also criticizes the use of strlcpy for truncation, suggesting that it's better to use a wrapper function or dynamic allocation for string copying.

The 2018 Farm Bill inadvertently legalized hemp-derived THC, a psychoactive compound, across the US, allowing people to get intoxicated without breaking federal law, despite recreational marijuana being illegal in most states. The hemp industry has grown rapidly, with hemp-based intoxicants available in many states, causing concerns among the marijuana industry and experts about the potential ...

Squarespace domain hijacks occurred between July 9-12, targeting cryptocurrency businesses, with attackers exploiting unregistered migrated accounts by supplying an email address tied to an existing domain. The hijacks were possible due to Squarespace's assumption that users would select social login options, leaving accounts vulnerable to takeover without passwords or email verification.

A small production team at Mastermelt, a precious metals refiner in London, heats a furnace to 2,000C to extract gold, platinum, and other valuable metals from scrap materials collected from jewellers' workshops. The team educates jewellers on the financial rewards of hoarding waste-attracting objects and sending them to refiners to be melted down and the precious metals reclaimed, with some ...

Open Collaboration Tools is a project that enables real-time collaboration in IDEs, allowing multiple users to share and edit code simultaneously, with a focus on extensibility and open-source licensing. The project includes a server application, protocol, and integrations with Monaco Editor and other tools, aiming to provide a customizable and vendor-agnostic solution for remote teamwork.

Classical machine learning is limited to Euclidean data, but modern machine learning faces non-Euclidean data with intricate geometric, topological, and algebraic structures. A new line of research is redefining machine learning with non-Euclidean structures, generalizing classical methods to unconventional data types with geometry, topology, and algebra.

The White-throated Sparrow, a common bird species, has four distinct personalities or "sexes" due to its unique genetic makeup, with tan-striped birds being more nurturing and white-striped birds being more aggressive. This remarkable phenomenon was discovered through extensive research on the bird's behavior and genetics, revealing a complex social structure and mating habits unlike any ...

KUtrace is a low-overhead Linux kernel tracing facility for observing execution time on multi-core processors, used in live datacenters and real-time autonomous driving. The repository includes files for the book "Understanding Software Dynamics" and provides documentation, source code, and patches for building and using KUtrace on various Linux and other platforms.

The author, a non-expert football fan, uses the knapsack problem to optimize a fantasy football team selection, considering budget constraints and player values. Despite using a simple approach, the algorithm outperforms some human players, but the author notes areas for improvement, such as more advanced score prediction and consideration of player popularity.

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Researchers analyzed radar images of the Mare Tranquillitatis pit on the Moon and found evidence of a subsurface cave conduit tens of meters long, suggesting that the pit leads to an accessible cave beneath the Moon's surface. This discovery could make the pit a promising site for a lunar base, offering shelter from the harsh surface environment and supporting long-term human exploration of the Moon.

Seiko's UC-2000, released in 1984, was a smartwatch that combined a digital watch with a keyboard dock, allowing users to perform tasks like data entry, translation, and calculation. Although it was innovative for its time, the device had limitations, including a small display and limited storage, which contributed to its decline in popularity and eventual sale of used units at a fraction of ...

Scientists in New Zealand may have finally found a spade-toothed whale, the world's rarest whale, after a 5-meter-long creature washed up on a South Island beach. The discovery could lead to significant scientific breakthroughs, including learning what the whale eats and where it lives, as the previous six specimens found were either buried or not suitable for study.

Quartz is a Go library for testing code that depends on time, providing a mocking mechanism to write repeatable, deterministic, and fast unit tests. It addresses issues like race conditions, flaky tests, and non-deterministic execution, making it easier to write reliable and efficient tests.

Google's indexing has become extremely selective, favoring well-known brands and established websites, and only including content that is perceived as unique, authoritative, or necessary for its index. This shift has made it challenging for small bloggers and niche websites to gain visibility, as they must convince Google that their content is essential for its index.

Shapeshift is a TypeScript library that maps JSON objects using vector embeddings, allowing for flexible and intelligent object transformation, including support for nested structures. It calculates embeddings for flattened keys and maps values based on semantic similarity, preserving nested structure information.

The author is documenting a custom Amiga 2000 project, a year-long endeavor with many challenges and twists, including a failed upgrade attempt. The project involves building a custom motherboard, case, and add-ons, with the author sharing their experiences, mistakes, and solutions in a series of posts.

Michael Arrington and Keith Teare started Archimedes Ventures in 2005, investing in Web 2.0 startups and building TechCrunch, a popular technology blog. Over time, TechCrunch lost its edge, became insular, and focused on big raises and tech news, eventually becoming a milquetoast site with a formalized editorial structure.

The author discusses automated test-case reduction using Shrinkray, a language-neutral reducer, and highlights the importance of writing a good interestingness test script to guide the reduction process. The author shares three tricks for writing effective interestingness tests, including inverting the exit status, adding a "not bogus" check, and using grep to check for specific error messages.

Researchers aim to understand the internal workings of transformers to improve model usage and architecture. Studies show that lower and final layers differ from middle layers, and some problems are robust to layer skipping, reordering, or parallelization, suggesting potential latency improvements.

ZeroMQ is a concurrency framework that provides sockets for atomic message transfer across various transports. It enables scalable, multicore applications with asynchronous I/O and supports multiple languages and operating systems.

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IQM Quantum Computers achieved a record low error rate for two-qubit operations and demonstrated high qubit relaxation and dephasing times, showcasing its technology leadership in superconducting quantum computing. These results enable the development of more complex use cases and position IQM for further advancements in fault-tolerant quantum computing and processors with higher qubit counts.

Most megaherbivores, large mammals that weigh over 2,200 pounds, have gone extinct, with 81% of 57 known species disappearing over the past 50,000 years, primarily due to human hunting rather than climate change. The extinctions occurred when humans migrated to new areas, and the slow replacement rate of these large mammals made them vulnerable to extinction, with many species unable to ...

Google's Gemini AI service is reading private Drive documents without user permission, sparking concerns over lack of control over sensitive information. The issue may be caused by malfunctioning internal systems or incorrect settings, and users are left to find and disable the feature, which is not clearly explained.

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The author reflects on the history of human progress, noting that the majority of human history was marked by slow or no technological progress, and that the agricultural revolution actually led to lower living standards for most people. The author concludes that we should be more attentive to downside risks and not take for granted the steady pace of technological progress that has ...

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The tool generates sequence diagrams from TLC state traces, producing SVGs that visualize message exchanges between nodes in a system. It helps analyze complex systems by converting state traces into sequence diagrams, allowing for easier understanding of message sending and receiving.

AMD has announced the Ryzen AI 300 series, a new client platform that utilizes the latest Zen 5 CPU microarchitecture, featuring improved graphics and AI performance, with the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Ryzen AI 9 365 being the top two SKUs. The Ryzen 9000 series for desktops, also based on Zen 5, will launch on July 31st with four X-series SKUs, offering overclocking capabilities and improved ...

L402 is an open protocol that implements internet-native paywalls using the HTTP 402 Payment Required status code and the Lightning Network for instant transactions. It uses macaroons for fine-grained access control and secure token management, enabling clients to complete challenges and obtain preimages for authenticated requests.

Google and Microsoft consumed 24 TWh of electricity each in 2023, equivalent to the energy usage of Azerbaijan, highlighting their massive environmental impact. Both companies have pledged to be carbon-free or carbon-negative by the end of the decade and are investing in cleaner energies, making them key players in the sustainability conversation.

Researchers used a supercomputer simulation to study the behavior of a supermassive black hole, finding that magnetic fields play a crucial role in preventing the accretion disk from collapsing. The simulation, which zoomed in on the black hole, revealed that the magnetic pressure is 10,000 times greater than the thermal pressure, changing predictions about the disk's mass, density, and geometry.

Wyoming has changed its rules to disqualify bidders who intend to conserve land rather than produce mineral resources, following a controversy over a conservation group's bid on a state oil and gas lease parcel. The change was mandated by a bill passed by the Legislature, which aimed to prevent conservation groups or wealthy individuals from blocking energy development.

LAGRANGE is a space gravitational wave observatory design that maintains LISA science at half the cost and reduced risk, using three drag-free spacecraft at Earth-Moon Lagrange points. The design features a modular and scalable architecture, with advanced technologies such as drag-free propulsion, thermal control, and optical read-out, and plans to space qualify critical components on small ...

The LEaP program is a portal that collates parameters to make a complete description of a molecule, generating an AMBER topology file and coordinate file, and can be used to create a solvated protein in water by renaming CYS residues, adding bonds, and solvating the system. The program can also be used to add custom residues, modify atom and residue names, and add bonds, and provides verbose ...

The user is a co-founder of Jasmine Energy, seeking people who have installed solar panels to share documents with them to develop a new tool for finding rebates and incentives. The user shares their own experience with solar panels, installed by SolarCity, and discusses the differences in solar installation regulations between the US and Germany.

Google and Amazon employees are protesting a $1.2 billion cloud contract with Israel's government, citing concerns over the military's involvement and potential human rights violations. The contract, known as Project Nimbus, has been criticized for its ties to Israel's armed conflicts and treatment of Palestinian civilians.

The flash-attention repository provides a highly optimized implementation of the Transformer Attention mechanism, offering significant performance improvements over standard PyTorch implementations. The library includes pre-trained language models, optimized operations, and utilities for training and evaluating machine learning models.

Mercurial, a version control system, was designed to be user-friendly and simple, but lost to Git due to its simplicity. Despite this, Mercurial has seen a resurgence in recent years, with a full rewrite of its internals and new hosting options, making it a viable choice for those who want to focus on their work rather than fighting with their tool.

The author argues that Facebook is not the "Dead Internet" where bots talk to bots, but rather a "Zombie Internet" where a mix of bots, humans, and hijacked human accounts interact and spread AI-generated content, which is often indistinguishable from real content. The author's research suggests that real people are being fooled by AI-generated images and are interacting with them, while also ...

The "Youth and Open Source" panel at the UN Open Source Program Office conference highlighted the need for more young people in open source, as most attendees were senior leaders. The issue is not new, with experts citing burnout and the need for new blood to maintain and develop open source software.

WhatWeb is a tool that identifies websites by recognizing web technologies, including content management systems, JavaScript libraries, and more, with over 1800 plugins to recognize different things. It has various levels of aggression, allowing users to control the trade-off between speed and reliability, and can output logs in multiple formats, including brief, verbose, and JSON.

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Blitzping is a lightweight, fast, and efficient tool for sending individual TCP packets with a bare-minimum 40-byte payload, supporting CIDR notations and randomizing source IP and port. It outperforms hping3 and nping in terms of speed and functionality, making it suitable for embedded devices and low-power routers.

Terence Eden's blog post inspired the user to release their album on a 1.4MB floppy disk, requiring technical process of concatenating files and compressing audio using ffmpeg and Opus encoder. The user will share audio snippets and discuss artwork and floppy disk preparation in the next episode.

Fluent made it effortless to start recognizing common words and language patterns in Danish, which significantly boosted my confidence and curiosity for more.

Scientists have discovered that pancreatic cancer shuts down molecules in the HNF4A gene, allowing tumors to grow rapidly, and this breakthrough could lead to new treatments. The disease has poor survival rates, with over half of patients dying within three months of diagnosis, making it crucial to find new ways to understand and combat pancreatic cancer.

The document provides information on how to mark up a website with Open Graph, Twitter Cards, and Pinterest to control how content appears on social media platforms. The README.md file is used to make changes to the guide, and the project is deployed using Jekyll to GitHub Pages.

The blog post demonstrates a workflow for developing systems using test-driven development, where features are built from top-down and components are developed asynchronously using Git stash. The example shows the development of a DeepThought computer in C++ that can answer the ultimate question, with each component (processor, memory, book, page) being developed and tested independently ...

The FBI has accessed the password-protected phone of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the deceased suspect in the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. This marks a significant change in sourcing evidence from password-locked devices in high-profile cases, compared to the US Department of Justice's attempts nearly a decade ago.

The Fender Stratocaster, launched in 1954, is an iconic electric guitar that has become a timeless instrument, with its design and sound influencing generations of musicians. From its humble beginnings as a revolutionary instrument to its current status as a legendary guitar, the Stratocaster has undergone numerous transformations, with its versatility and playability making it a favorite ...

Mathematical Comics With my friend and collaborator Andrea Tomatis, we have been exploring rigorous mathematical comics. Our first release is a short Tour of Complex Analysis. Please share with anybody you think may be interested (we release under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND License).

Amazon resold a used, feces-encrusted swim diaper as new, causing a family business to go from $1 million to $600,000 in debt after a bad review was left and remained online. The review was finally removed, but the family business is still struggling to recover from the damage caused by the negative review.

Singapore's birth rate has hit a 50-year low in 2023, while deaths remain high, exacerbating demographic challenges. The country's aging population and low birth rate may lead to a shrinking population if immigration doesn't increase, posing economic and social challenges.

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Dr. Alan Kay is a renowned computer scientist who developed the "windows and mouse" user interface at Xerox PARC and Apple. He shares the story of his work, from Sketchpad and NLS to Smalltalk and multimentality theories, in this talk.

The user, a licensed pilot, compares Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 to real-life flying, highlighting its realistic graphics and physics, but also notes its limitations, such as incorrect airport layouts and US-centric ATC procedures. Despite these flaws, the user finds the simulator to be the most realistic home flight simulator they've played, worth the cost, and hopes for future updates ...

Priscila Barbosa, a Brazilian immigrant, built a lucrative business creating fake accounts for ride-sharing and food delivery apps, using stolen Social Security numbers and doctored ID photos, and made millions of dollars during the pandemic. However, as the authorities began to crack down on the fake accounts, Barbosa's business was eventually shut down, and she was left to face the ...

Rabbit R1 owners should update their devices to address concerns about AI assistant storing chat logs and pairing data, which could be accessed by hackers. The update includes a Factory Reset option and reduces log data storage, with Rabbit promising to improve security practices and prevent similar issues in the future.

A Chief Technology Officer (CTO) or VP of Engineering (VPE) should prioritize understanding the company's business, culture, and technical execution during their first 90 days, focusing on learning and building relationships rather than making changes. To achieve this, they should establish a support network, document existing processes, and identify key priorities and goals, while also being ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet developed nanorobots that target and kill cancer cells by hiding a lethal weapon in a DNA nanostructure that's activated in the acidic tumour microenvironment. The nanorobot showed a 70% reduction in tumour growth in mice and is being further developed for potential human use.

The website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks and has blocked the user's action. The user can email the site owner to report the block and include details of what they were doing when the page came up.

Design and implement evaluations for LLM-powered systems to drive improvements and convince teams of their value. This guide provides practical strategies for developers and product managers to evaluate LLM systems, starting simple and scaling up, and transforming vague feelings into actionable data.

UN report shows earlier — and lower — peak for number of people in the world to reach its maximum level

Linksys Velop Pro routers send WiFi configuration data, including encryption keys, to a remote server in clear text, compromising user privacy. Despite being notified in November 2023, Linksys has not responded or resolved the issue, leading Testaankoop to strongly advise against using these models.

The user created a pre-receive hook to allow anonymous pushes to a Git repository, which sends patch emails to the administrator for review. The hook is set up to run on a server with Git-http-backend and allows for temporary storage of pushed objects, but has limitations such as no multipush support and no spam control.

The "Faceless Account" trend on Instagram uses stock videos and models to create a luxurious aesthetic, promising to help users grow their audience and make money without showing their face. Critics argue that this trend is similar to multi-level marketing, where only those who "get in early" profit, and raises questions about the authenticity and value of the content being promoted.

The FTC is investigating IBM's $6.4 billion acquisition of HashiCorp, citing concerns over HashiCorp's Terraform configuration management software and its recent switch to business source. The probe may be partly due to HashiCorp's dominant market position and the potential impact on competition.

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China is rapidly transitioning to renewable energy, installing enough solar and wind power to meet its 2030 target 6.5 years early, while Australia debates nuclear power and struggles to roll out renewables. China's approach involves building large-scale renewable energy zones in western regions and connecting them to eastern cities via high-voltage transmission lines, with a focus on pumped ...

The US Supreme Court ruled that social media platforms have a First Amendment right to curate and moderate user-generated content, and that the government's ability to manipulate these processes is extremely limited. The court sent the cases back to the lower courts to determine whether the laws can be wholly invalidated, and provided a framework for analyzing the legality of government ...

AMD's Mike Clark discusses the architecture of Zen 5, highlighting improvements such as a wider front-end, increased registers, and a unified scheduler for ALUs and AGUs. Clark also touches on the design decisions behind the architecture, including the addition of a third scheduler for the floating-point unit and the prioritization of register file capacity on the vector side.