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Frequent login prompts weaken security posture and frustrate users. Smarter, real-time approaches can deliver stronger security without friction.
The user struggled with procrastination despite trying various productivity methods, but found a solution by understanding what makes video games addictive and applying that to real-life tasks. They created a system using sticky notes and a thermal receipt printer to boost feedback and consistency, resulting in significantly improved productivity.
An Air India flight AI171 crashed in Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff, killing at least 30 people. The plane was carrying 242 passengers and crew, including 53 British nationals.
Obi's report found Waymo's self-driving car rides to be consistently more expensive than Uber and Lyft, with an average price of $20.43. Despite higher pricing, Waymo's service remains popular, with 70% of users preferring driverless cars over traditional rideshare or taxi services.
The Danish Ministry of Digitization will abandon Microsoft and switch to Linux and LibreOffice by fall. This move aims to reduce dependence on US tech companies and promote digital sovereignty.
QEMU is a software emulator that can run operating systems on different hardware without hardware virtualization support. It provides CPU and syscall emulation for various architectures and is released under the GNU General Public License.
Apple introduced ASIF, a new disk image format in macOS 26 Tahoe, offering near-native speeds. It's a sparse file in APFS, and can be created using Disk Utility or the diskutil command tool, with faster performance than previous formats.
The author migrated Microsoft Office from Source Depot to Git, a massive undertaking that took years of planning and execution. They used a "parallel universe" approach, creating a Git-native codebase that synced with Source Depot, and invested heavily in communication and training to ensure a smooth transition.
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NASA faces a 50% cut in science funding and 24% overall budget reduction under the Trump administration's budget plan. The cuts threaten 19 active missions, climate change research, and Earth science programs, undermining the administration's goals and NASA's ability to adapt.
The user shares their agentic coding practices using Claude Code, emphasizing simplicity, stability, and observability to boost productivity and maintainable code. They highlight key principles such as using Go for backend projects, optimizing tool usage, and parallelizing tasks to unlock significant gains in coding efficiency and quality.
Researchers developed an automated trading strategy for grid-scale battery energy storage systems, achieving 58% higher revenue than hourly re-optimization and 14% higher than minute-by-minute re-optimization. The strategy's speed enabled it to react to every order book update, increasing yearly revenue by 8.4% out of sample.
User needs to register or sign in with developer credentials and ensure a unique User-Agent string to access the application. Alternatively, they can try resetting to default User-Agent or file a ticket for assistance.
Security researchers found a disinformation network called Doppelganger that promotes pro-Russian narratives and uses domain cloaking services to remain online. A malicious traffic distribution system called VexTrio is linked to Doppelganger and helps distribute traffic to various scams and malware sites.
Google did not release Pixel hardware repos with Android 16, sparking speculation about AOSP's discontinuation. Google denies this, saying AOSP is not going away and will remain committed to updates.
Kling 2.1 model generates high-quality 1080p videos from text and image inputs with smooth motion and cinematic aesthetics. It achieves high scores in T2V and I2V tasks with strong prompt adherence and image consistency.
Italian journalist Ciro Pellegrino and another European journalist were hacked by the same Paragon customer, according to a new report by The Citizen Lab. The hack is part of a larger spyware scandal involving the Italian government and Paragon.
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Your M2 MBA with macOS 15.4 contacted 63 Apple domains in one hour, despite your DNS provider blocking Apple telemetry. This is 25% of total DNS queries, significantly more than your 2019 Intel MBP with the same settings.
The author argues that in an era of abundant code production, software quality should be prioritized over quantity. They propose using AI to build better software by focusing on reliable, well-designed systems that are easy to change and a pleasure to use.
User has a CD with incorrect metadata due to a mistake in MusicBrainz, a metadata database. The issue was caused by two tracks being incorrectly combined into one on the CD.
A user created a custom Animal Crossing keycap set and a script to convert images for the game's pattern editor.
The Open Source Technology Improvement Fund completed a 4-month security audit of Ruby on Rails with X41 D-Sec and GitLab, identifying areas for improvement. The audit found Ruby on Rails' security has matured, but more work is needed due to the project's size and time constraints.
Next.js 15.1+ breaks metadata handling for non-Vercel deployments, hurting SEO. Vercel's metadata streaming solution creates more problems than it solves, leading to vendor lock-in.
McWig is a Vim-like text editor written in Go for daily source code editing. It supports .go files and has minimal keybindings, but is still in early development and may damage files.
The user investigates the DNS4EU project, a European Union-backed secure DNS service, and finds it uses non-EU services and routing. The service lacks redundancy and is single-homed, raising concerns about availability and potential DDoS attacks.
A new undersea power transmission cable design uses fused silica insulation, which is cheaper and better than current materials, allowing for thinner and cheaper cables. The cable can transmit 10 Gigawatts across the Atlantic at 14 megavolts, with a cost of $5M and a potential to supply power for 20 million homes.
A new nasa administrator must be willing to push through this kind of nonsense. the new administrator should insist on outcomes-oriented, rather than process oriented metrics. there is no reason why we can't get to the moon or mars if we spend $100b over 20 years – equivalent to three manhattan projects - and never get there. we need to rethink the way we build rockets and spacecraft, and the ...
Indigenous farmers built earthen mounds for crops in Michigan's Upper Peninsula 1,000 years ago. The mounds, discovered using lidar, represent the largest preserved archaeological field system in the eastern US.
User created Eyesite, a website controlled by eye movements using WebGazer.js library. They removed visual cues to improve immersion and added UI adjustments for better usability.
The author discusses using SAT and SMT solvers to solve the "Queens" puzzle, finding that encoding the problem as an SMT problem is easier than as a SAT problem. The author provides a Python example using Z3 to solve the puzzle at the SMT level.
US Navy Secretary John Phelan supports the right to repair military gear, citing issues with the USS Gerald R. Ford's ovens and elevators. The Navy and Army are pushing for contracts to include right-to-repair provisions to reduce costs and improve maintenance.
The tracking number UT038926726CH is in a 13-character format following the S10 standard for postal item identification. It contains four distinct parts: service indicator, serial number, check digit, and country code.
The government has been accused of creating UFO mythology through disinformation to distract from secret weapons programs. An investigation by the Pentagon's AARO found evidence of fabricated alien technology and a disinformation campaign to obscure national security secrets.
Mel Brooks and Amazon MGM Studios have announced Spaceballs 2 with a teaser trailer, set to premiere in 2027. Rick Moranis and Bill Pullman are returning as Dark Helmet and Lone Starr, respectively.
The Text-to-LoRA (T2L) reference implementation is available on GitHub, allowing users to generate LoRAs based on task descriptions and evaluate their performance. The T2L model can be trained via reconstruction training and has been shown to consistently outperform baselines across model families in various evaluations.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made misleading claims about ChatGPT's energy and water usage. His statements contradict multiple studies showing AI's significant environmental impact.
The author gave a talk about authenticity and the dangers of self-proclaimed labels like "value-added." A VC's interview revealed his lack of transparency and authenticity, confirmed by a founder who had a negative experience with him.
A junior developer joined a team that inherited a complex pipeline from an offshore team. The pipeline had multiple large code bases, complex business rules, and was prone to outages due to database issues and deadlocks.
Apple's new ui, which they call liquid glass, has the same impact as stopping to produce a smaller phone, until you actually use one. but it adds an amount of that cognitive load you originally wanted to remove by making them more uniform, says sam taylor of ios4u. he says these are all elements that help make the user interface more usable, more predictable, less ambiguous, with
A student found a vulnerability in a university's security module by exploiting a virtual machine's internals. They discovered that update files were GPG encrypted tarballs that could be decrypted using a passphrase and keys stored on the VM.
Palaeoanthropologists often withhold information, sometimes drive people mad, says nathaniel richards. he says most of the fighting is a function of imbalance between number of researchers and objects available for them to study, which is very much not. riches says that chimpanzees are the most likely ancestors of modern humans, and that they are more primitive than we think. the world's oldest
The city of Amsterdam developed a machine learning model to predict welfare fraud, but it showed bias against non-Dutch applicants. The city attempted to correct the bias, but the model's performance worsened and new biases emerged, highlighting the challenges of building fair AI tools.
Builder.ai, a defunct AI startup, did not fake its AI product with 700 human engineers, but rather built a code generator on top of LLMs. The company's demise was due to lack of focus, rebuilding existing tools, and accounting fraud allegations, not its AI technology.
DownDetector shows widespread service outages in Europe but the user hasn't experienced any issues. The user suspects DownDetector's accuracy and questions whether AWS is actually down despite its reported status.
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A nasal holter was used to measure nasal airflow. the device has 24-fold sampling rate, making it an ecologically relevant logger. to test whether aq scores can be estimated from the nasal cycle alone, we used only nasal flow features. we observed 96.81% – 1.62% identification accuracy based on the features that generated optimal performance. for more information, please contact the lead ...
A new method can physically restore original paintings using digitally constructed films that can be removed if desired. This method, developed by Alex Kachkine, is significantly faster than traditional restoration methods, taking just 3.5 hours to restore a 15th-century painting.
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Researchers at Penn State developed a computer using 2D materials, which can perform simple operations at low power consumption. This breakthrough represents a major leap toward thinner, faster, and more energy-efficient electronics, potentially replacing silicon technology.
Anthropic worries whether LLMs feel happy when generating text. This is not only nonsensical, but dangerous for human welfare.
Sorcerer, a Y Combinator weather balloon startup, raised $3.9 million to improve weather data. The funds will be used to meet demand from customers and partners in sectors like weather services and aviation.
This app displays an interactive web application built with Streamlit. Users can engage with various functionalities provided by the app, which could include data visualization, form inputs, and mo...
Brazil's Supreme Court is voting to make social media companies liable for user content, with a simple majority needed for passage. The ruling could lead to fines for companies like Meta and Microsoft if they don't remove hazardous content after a court order.
DNS4EU is a EU-based DNS resolution service providing a resilient, fast, and secure alternative to existing public DNS services. It offers free DNS resolver options with various protections, including threat intelligence and regional blocking of malicious websites.
The user created a decorator to handle view-related logic for an object, but it needed to delegate methods to the underlying record. They used SimpleDelegator to abstract away the initialization and delegation logic, allowing the decorator to forward method calls to the record.
San Francisco's Valencia Street will allow patrons to carry drinks on sidewalks between 16th and 21st streets from noon to midnight, Sunday through Thursday. The pilot program, one of 21 citywide entertainment zones, aims to attract younger crowds and boost post-pandemic recovery.
Developers rely heavily on AI coding assistants, but context gaps and hallucinations hinder code quality. Improved contextual understanding is the top requested feature to boost AI's effectiveness.
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Apple's visionOS 26 improves features like Spatial Personas, geographic persistence, and immersive environments. The update also adds new features such as widget placement, 3D image support, and hand controller support for gaming.
The Jupiter exascale supercomputer at Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany uses Nvidia GPUs and has 930 petaflops of peak performance. It achieved 793.4 petaflops of HPL performance and 72.7 gigaflops per watt energy efficiency, topping the Green500 rankings.
The Amiga 4000T is a unique computer with modularity and expandability, featuring both IDE and SCSI interfaces on the motherboard. It was designed for professionals and power users, offering a solid metal frame, ample space for expansion, and a range of customization options.
Former chief economist of the imf is a professor of economics at harvard. he says the rise of china and other rivals will make the u.s. look wealthier if the crisis hits - but it won't be easy to recover from it, as some economists have predicted tuesday night in san francisco, says author ken rogoff. "i think the world is going to end up
Google and Cloudflare services are back to normal after a global outage on Thursday. Businesses can reduce cloud outage risks by distributing workloads across multiple providers and automating disaster recovery plans.
Video shows the plane descending steadily over a cluster of buildings. it's not immediately clear what caused the jet to crash, which was bound for london gatwick airport. until thursday, the dreamliner hadn't been in any fatal crashes, aviation data firm says. air india has struggled to buy enough planes and hire enough pilots to expand service. the crash comes as boeing is still dealing ...
OpenAI rolled out its o3-Pro model and slashed o3 pricing by 80 percent, but AI energy usage remains a concern. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's optimism about AI's future impact is disputed by experts, citing risks and limitations.
Locate TV transmitters, choose antennas, look at coverage maps, and optimize your HDTV setup. Learn about digital TV and how to incorporate it into your home theater system. Rediscover over the air (OTA) TV. Looking for something more accurate than antennaweb?
An Air India flight AI171 crashed in Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff, killing at least 30 people. The plane was carrying 242 passengers and crew, including 53 British nationals.
Iconic is a dev-focused library of bubble-shaped skill icons for GitHub READMEs, portfolios, and resumes. It uses a custom HTML snippet for styling and layout control.
The user's experience with AI tool Claude shows that human processes are a major bottleneck in software development, taking much longer than AI can implement complex features. To stay competitive, companies need to adapt to AI speed by streamlining processes and hiring developers who can effectively work with AI tools.
The rise of AI is creating a sudden scarcity of certain workers, particularly skilled tradespeople, which is upending traditional power structures and challenging long-held assumptions about success and failure. As the economy shifts, people will need to adapt quickly to new definitions of success and status, and let go of old measures of worth tied to job titles and education.
Google's Bard/Gemini models occasionally insert random Hindi/Bengali words due to multilingual training data. This may be caused by the models' exposure to diverse languages during training, leading to language bleed.
A senior engineer shares their excitement about AI's potential to multiply their abilities, citing its ability to generate high-quality code and provide valuable insights. To effectively use AI, they recommend building, experimenting, and learning from its strengths and limitations.
Users discuss Minecraft's UI design language as an example of conveying visual hierarchy with limited pixel-art resources. Its use of grey borders for beveled edges may inspire modern design languages like Liquid Glass.
The WT32-ETH01 is a small, cheap ESP32 development board with Ethernet, WiFi, and GPIO pins, priced around $15. It's a good choice for a cheap-and-cheerful ESP32 board with a wired network.
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Researchers at the University of California, Riverside found that dairy digesters can reduce atmospheric methane emissions by 80% when built and managed well. A study published in Global Change Biology Bioenergy verified the effectiveness of these systems in a California dairy farm.
Microplastics are emerging environmental pollutants with potential risks to human health. this study utilized an omics-based approach combined with host-bacteria interaction analyses to elucidate the mechanisms by which polystyrene np induce changes in the microbiota and deterioration of the intestinal environment. mmu-mir-700-5p targets multiple sites within the zo-1 gene (positions 480, 1979, 2859,
To capture amazing moon photos, you'll need a camera with manual exposure settings, a tripod, and a lens with a focal length of at least 300mm. Plan your shot according to the moon's phase and sky conditions, and practice long-exposure photography techniques to minimize noise and grain.