MCP is an open protocol standardizing context provision to LLMs, like a USB-C port for AI applications. It enables Agents to use MCP servers, which provide tools to LLMs, with caching available to reduce latency.
Roland Clobus announced 100% reproducible live images for Debian 12.10 "bookworm". Reproducibility requires fully free live images, which Debian currently lacks.
The author defends CSV as a simple, open, and free data format that can be easily read and edited by humans. Its strengths include being able to stream files row by row, efficiently adding new rows, and allowing flexible parsing across programming languages.
Cyanview uses Elixir to coordinate visual fidelity across 200 cameras for live events like the Super Bowl by adjusting each camera to match in color, exposure, and other visual aspects. Elixir's networking features and resilience enable Cyanview's devices to work with various camera systems and related equipment, providing a cohesive and consistent experience.
Botswana's first satellite BOTSAT-1 was launched on March 15, 2025, aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The satellite will provide Earth Observation data for national development priorities in Botswana.
Waymo's autonomous vehicles have been involved in 38 serious crashes over 9 months, but most were not their fault, with human drivers causing 34 of the crashes. Waymo's safety record shows an 83% reduction in airbag crashes and an 81% reduction in injury-causing crashes compared to human drivers.
Oracle denies breach of 6 million user accounts, but multiple companies confirm leaked data is valid. Threat actor claims to have used CVE-2021-35587 vulnerability to breach Oracle Cloud servers.
The decline in travel demand between Canada and the US is significant, with a 71.4-75.7% drop in flight bookings for the summer season, according to OAG data. The US tariffs and Trump's policies are likely the main reasons for this decline, causing Canadians to choose alternative destinations for their vacations.
Generative AI and particularly LLMs (Large Language Models) have exploded into the public consciousness. Like many software developers I am intrigued by the possibilities, but unsure what exactly it will mean for our profession in the long run. I have now taken on a role in Thoughtworks to coordinate our work on how this technology will affect software delivery practices. I'll be posting ...
Google is moving Android development entirely to internal branches, ending public visibility of its work. This change will streamline the process but won't affect users or app developers.
Go 1.25 removes the concept of core types from the language spec, replacing it with explicit rules for generic operands. This change simplifies the language spec and opens the door for future improvements.
The author, a Netlify employee, expresses concerns about Next.js's governance and openness, citing Vercel's handling of a critical security vulnerability and the framework's lack of portability. The author hopes to inform developers about these issues to help them make informed decisions about their technology stack.
Google is shifting Android development from public to internal branches to simplify releases and streamline updates. This change may limit transparency and insights into upcoming Android features and changes.
Malicious npm packages ethers-provider2 and ethers-providerz were discovered, containing sophisticated malware that patches legitimate packages with reverse shells. The packages were easily detected by RL's Spectra platform, but their removal doesn't necessarily remove malicious functionality.
Hyperlight Wasm is a Hyperlight virtual machine micro-guest that can run wasm component workloads in many programming languages, providing a fast and secure execution environment. It achieves this by combining Hyperlight with WebAssembly, allowing developers to write programs that run on Hyperlight without worrying about the underlying runtime or operating system.
23andMe filed for bankruptcy, putting users' genetic data at risk of sale. Users should download their data and delete it to prevent potential misuse.
Collapse OS is a Forth-based operating system designed to preserve programming ability through civilizational collapse. It aims to be self-contained and can be built from scavenged parts with minimal tooling.
Edera Protect's Styrolite is a low-level container runtime with a clean API for spawning and managing containers. It provides a robust foundation for containerization with minimal overhead and stronger security controls.
User is warning about a potentially hazardous situation involving a newly built playground, likely a metaphor for a newly discovered vulnerability. They're asking people to stop exploiting it to prevent unknown consequences.
Dagger Shell is a bash syntax frontend for the Dagger Engine, a state-of-the-art runtime and composition system. It aims to simplify complex workflows by providing native support for primitives like containers, secrets, and service endpoints.
Linux 6.14 has been released with improved features including NTSYNC driver for better Windows program performance and support for AMD RDNA 4 graphics cards. The release also includes processor enhancements, AI workload support, and Rust programming language abstractions.
Plainclothes officers detained Tufts PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk on a residential street, surrounding her and taking her phone. Ozturk's lawyer claims the detention was unlawful and she remains in unknown custody without charges.
The Playwright MCP server provides browser automation capabilities using structured accessibility snapshots, enabling LLMs to interact with web pages. It offers tools for browser automation, including starting and ending elements, pressing keys, and generating characters.
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A user proposed a joke called "rost" which allows writing Rust programs in German, fully compatible with English-Rust. The code includes a German dictionary implementation with methods to read and write key-value pairs.
Two new California laws, SB 684 and a 2025 "clean up bill," make it easier to build compounds with 4-10 homes and ADUs on multifamily-zoned parcels. This allows individuals to own starter homes on small lots and get individual loans, simplifying co-ownership and financing.
This is a long overdue post on iximiuz Labs' internal kitchen. It'll cover why I decided to build my own learning-by-doing platform for DevOps, SRE, and Platform engineers, how I designed it, what technology stack chose, and how various components of the platform were implemented. It'll also touch on some of the trade-offs that I had to make along the way and highlight the most ...
User asked Gemini 2.5 Pro to recreate ReBirth RB-338 virtual synth, but it was deemed too complex for a single response. Gemini provided a simplified example of a TB-303-style synth with basic controls instead.
MotionLab.Berlin will operate Europe's largest makerspace in Berlin's ringberlin model campus, providing 17,000 m² of space for innovation and collaboration. The project is supported by the State of Berlin with 36 million Euro in GRW funds and aims to promote regional economic structure and circular economy.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe revealed that Signal is approved for official communication and comes installed on agency computers, contradicting previous government attacks on the app. This endorsement has been seen as a strong endorsement of Signal's cybersecurity and privacy value.
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Firefox is adding support for Progressive Web Apps, called Taskbar Tabs, with a hidden flag in Nightly builds. The feature aims to offer an app-like experience without feeling like a separate app, with features like link association and one-step setup.
Kilo Code is a new AI coding agent that aims to make programming accessible to all, with a focus on speed and user-friendliness. The project is open-source, free to use, and welcomes community feedback to shape its development.
To minimize risks of device searches at US borders, prepare ahead by encrypting your device and deleting sensitive data. Consider a strong password and turning off biometric unlocks to protect your device from searches.
A German national, Fabian Schmidt, was detained and allegedly violently interrogated by US border officials after attempting to return home from Luxembourg. The German government is monitoring the situation and assessing if it represents a change in US immigration policy.
The article discusses how Large Language Models (LLMs) are changing the way we communicate, making us hate fluff and verbose language. LLMs will eventually make us stop writing unnecessary words, leading to a more direct and efficient way of communication.
PgDog is an open source project that shards Postgres for vector databases like pgvector, allowing for fast and good recall in semantic search. It uses IVFFlat to split the vector space into parts, grouped around centroids, and can be used with either IVFFlat or HNSW indexes in each shard.
The EU is advising citizens to stockpile 72 hours of food, water, and essentials in case of catastrophic floods, fires, pandemics, or military attacks. The European Commission's new preparedness strategy aims to increase readiness and coordination among member states in response to various potential risks.
National Security Adviser Mike Waltz's public Venmo account revealed hundreds of contacts, including journalists from major networks, after a mistake in a Signal chat exposed officials' discussion on a Yemen bombing campaign. Waltz's account was later deleted, but not before revealing a symbiotic relationship between government officials and media.
A discredited anti-vaccine advocate, David Geier, will lead a questionable federal study on vaccines and autism despite existing research showing no link between the two. Geier has no medical background and was disciplined for practicing medicine without a license.
Postel's Law promotes robustness by making consumers liberal and producers conservative, but this leads to deviance normalization and ecosystem problems. Ecosystems following this principle experience a one-way ratchet, making it difficult to create new implementations and driving evolutionary dead ends.
Servo and Ladybird are two browser engine projects with different approaches and development statuses, with Servo being a browser engine and Ladybird a browser, and both having received funding to support their development. Currently, Ladybird has a slight edge in terms of development pace and financial stability, but Servo has better performance and is focusing on CSS tests, with both ...
The article claims Signal is insecure due to vulnerabilities in user devices and lack of management capabilities for organizations. However, experts argue Signal is secure for general use but not suitable for high-stakes government communications.
A person expressed their frustration with specialists failing to convey their delight in complex topics to a wider audience. They suggested that instead of telling people something is beautiful, specialists should show them its beauty.
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Angelina Jolie predicted the future in the 1995 movie Hackers, correctly stating that RISC architecture would change everything. Thirty years later, RISC-V is transforming technology, from cars to laptops, with an open standard that allows anyone to use it for free.
SplitQuantV2 is a novel algorithm that enhances low-bit linear quantization of large language models without requiring high-end GPUs. It improves accuracy by 11.76% and is platform-agnostic, making it suitable for edge AI devices.
The DuckDB project is governed by the non-profit DuckDB Foundation, funded by member contributions. The team plans to implement new features based on user feedback and long-term vision.
A new model tuning method called Test-time Adaptive Optimization (TAO) is introduced, which uses unlabeled usage data to improve AI quality and cost. TAO leverages test-time compute and reinforcement learning to teach a model to do a task better based on past input examples alone.
The Gang of Four book Design Patterns got delegation wrong, leading to widespread confusion. Delegation is actually a technique where an object asks another object to handle a message, with the original object's context maintained.
China is rapidly expanding its military and cyber capabilities. The US Justice Department charged 10 Chinese nationals and officials for large-scale hacking against US and global targets.
Dapr Agents is a developer framework for building resilient AI systems that operate at scale, leveraging Large Language Models and built-in observability. It enables efficient, vendor-neutral, and open-source AI adoption with features like durable-execution workflow engine and state management.
Techies quit due to lack of flexibility, with 40% citing hardline policies. Employers are divided on return-to-office mandates, with some acknowledging requests for flexibility and others demanding in-person work.
The European Space Agency is launching the European Launcher Challenge to foster competition in the European launch market by selecting companies for service contracts and demonstration of upgraded launch vehicles. The goal is to establish privately developed competitive launch services in Europe, allowing for open competition for launch contracts.
MCP, or Model Context Protocol, is an open standard that lets Large Language Models communicate with external data sources and tools. It's like a USB-C for AI integrations, giving AI applications access to relevant info or taking actions in the digital world.
The user discusses how AI agents can save time and money by automating tasks such as comparison shopping and nutrition planning. They share personal experiences using AI tools like Deep Research and Perplexity to optimize their expenses and diet, and suggest that AI can help people overcome the friction of manually planning and tracking tasks.
The platform exposes workplace secrets and toxic work environments, encouraging users to share their stories anonymously. Users can submit their experiences, with the best stories featured on a show.
A Japanese man with spinal cord injury can now stand on his own after receiving neural stem cells in a trial. Two of four participants showed significant improvements, but results are not yet peer reviewed and larger trials are needed to confirm the treatment's effectiveness.
Researchers are studying the impact of various psychosocial factors on health outcomes, including HIV prevention, among vulnerable populations. They are investigating factors such as misinformation, mistrust, cannabis use, and social support to inform interventions and policy.