Apple removed ICEBlock, a tracking tool, from its App Store after the DOJ raised concerns it put law enforcement officers at risk. The move comes amid controversy over ICE tracking apps and a recent deadly shooting at an ICE field office in Dallas.
Germany's privacy laws are threatened by mass surveillance, and Signal is also at risk due to Chat Control. Signal will not compromise its integrity, potentially leaving the market if necessary.
The Riksbank and payment market representatives agreed to increase offline card payments for essential goods by July 2026. This aims to strengthen Sweden's payment preparedness and resilience in case of digital payment disruptions.
Niri is a Wayland compositor with features like multi-monitor support, mixed DPI, and touch input. It's stable for daily use and has a community for help and contributions.
Zig 0.15.1 improves build times, with a 25-second initial build time and 12-second rebuild time for Ghostty. Further incremental compilation improvements are expected to reduce build times to milliseconds.
Python proposes a lazy import mechanism to defer loading and execution of modules until first use, reducing startup time and memory usage, especially beneficial for command-line tools and large applications. The mechanism is explicit, controlled, and granular, with a new soft keyword "lazy" added to import statements, and a filter function to determine which imports should be lazy.
Crunchyroll has made a change to its subtitle style, adopting a more universal standard that prioritizes simplicity over detail, potentially sacrificing the viewing experience for anime fans. This change may be a cost-cutting measure, but it could also lead to a decrease in the quality of anime viewing experiences and potentially encourage piracy.
The iPhone setup process is too complicated for the elderly, requiring hours of customization and accessibility mode setup. Apple should simplify the phone for seniors with a "senior mode" option that defaults to a keypad and eliminates unnecessary features.
The user discusses the limitations of algorithmic feeds on social media and recommends using RSS feeds as a more controlled and flexible way to consume content. They share their personal experience with RSS, including using various readers and apps, and provide tips for getting started and customizing feeds.
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Gradient descent in deep learning exhibits training at the edge of stability (EOS) dynamics, where it oscillates and diverges along the top Hessian eigenvector before stabilizing. A third-order Taylor expansion reveals that gradient descent has an in-built negative feedback mechanism for regulating sharpness.
Jeff Bezos says AI is real and will bring big benefits, but the current industry is in an "industrial bubble" with inflated valuations. Bezos believes this bubble can be positive, leading to societal benefits from AI inventions.
Social anxiety isn't about seeking likes, but avoiding dislikes. It's a rational strategy to minimize risks and avoid negative outcomes.
You created a Game Boy board kit based on your documentation and experience with Game Boy CPU PCBs, using a MGB CPU for space and cost reasons. The kit includes a custom power circuit, soft power button, and button matrix pinouts, with a planned release once the project is complete.
Old space debris, primarily dead rockets, remains a major problem in low-Earth orbit. Removing the 50 most concerning objects could reduce debris-generating potential by 50 percent.
FyneDesk is a Linux/Unix desktop environment following material design built with the Fyne toolkit and Go language. It's easy to use and develop, with optional features like crash recovery and embedded X window testing.
US immigration authorities plan to hire 30 contractors to monitor social media for deportation leads. The program will use private analysts to scour platforms like Facebook and TikTok, converting posts into intelligence for enforcement raids.
Rain discusses cancellations in async Rust, a powerful but hard-to-reason-about feature. He shares solutions and real-world bugs, emphasizing the importance of cancel correctness and providing code patterns to tackle cancellation issues.
The economics job market is in freefall with a 35% decline in tenure-track positions over three years, and only 7 out of 100 fresh PhDs securing a tenure-track job in America.
Researchers tested how data format affects AI accuracy, finding that Markdown-KV format achieved 60.7% accuracy. CSV and JSONL formats performed poorly, suggesting potential for quick accuracy wins by switching to a different format.
Jules is a coding AI that can automate tasks, integrate with tools like Slack and GitHub, and learn from user interactions. It now has features like image upload, critic agent, and interactive plan to improve code quality and collaboration.
The US Army's NGC2 platform has "fundamental security" problems and vulnerabilities, making it a "very high risk." Authorized users can access all data and applications regardless of clearance level, allowing potential misuse of sensitive classified information.
OpenAI is a company lacking strategy and focus, with a multitude of unfulfilled promises and unclear business goals. It relies heavily on ChatGPT, a generative AI product, for revenue.
Blender 4.5 LTS was released on July 15, 2025, with quality-of-life improvements and a modernized Vulkan backend. It introduces substantial changes to the Geometry Nodes system and prepares for Blender 5.0, which is now under active development.
Microsoft's CTO Kevin Scott said the company wants to mainly use its own data center chips for AI in the future. This move could reduce Microsoft's reliance on major players like Nvidia and AMD.
3I/ATLAS, the 3rd known interstellar object, made its closest approach to Mars at 4 UTC on October 3, 2025, at 18 million miles away. Multiple space agencies are coordinating observations using various spacecraft and orbiters around Mars.
The Faroe Islands have dramatic coastlines with towering basalt cliffs and abrupt drops into the North Atlantic. Unpredictable weather with thick fog, strong winds, and rain creates breathtaking views.
The user is creating a city builder game called Microlandia with a focus on realism and detail, using real-world data on healthcare, life expectancy, and other sociological factors. They initially used Go but switched to Deno and TypeScript for a more efficient development workflow.
User accidentally deleted code changes that improved LTV predictions, but an LLM helped recover the original file. LLM's long context window proved useful in recalling deleted code.
AMD's EPYC 9355P has 32 cores, clocking up to 4.4 GHz, and uses eight CPU dies to house those cores with high cache capacity. It has mild NUMA characteristics and little penalty associated with running the chip in NPS1 or NPS2 mode.
Physicians selling practices to hospital systems increase prices for consumers due to decreased competition. Researchers found hospital-physician mergers led to 3.3% and 15.1% price increases for hospitals and doctors respectively.
The user migrated their self-hosted services from a VPS to a physical server at home to be in control of the hardware and network, and used WireGuard to establish secure communications within and across different virtual LANs and subnets. The user explored different WireGuard topologies, including point-to-point and hub-and-spoke, to achieve secure and convenient access to their services from ...
Digital ID systems are being rolled out globally, touted as efficient and convenient, but they represent a sinister tool of power, surveillance, and control. They reduce human beings to data streams, feeding corporate profits and disciplining populations through exclusion and exploitation.
Implementing doubly linked lists in Rust is tricky due to circular references. Arena memory management, which uses handles, preserves memory safety properties while avoiding pointer bugs.
A test HTML file was created and served using a COBOL webserver, but it encountered issues with port usage and file permissions. The server was built with GnuCOBOL to demonstrate COBOL's capabilities in modern systems programming.
California's homelessness crisis persists despite spending billions, while Texas cities like Houston and Dallas have successfully resolved homelessness through disciplined systems and infrastructure. California's approach prioritizes enforcement over housing, creating temporary cosmetic improvements but failing to address underlying issues.
Wood ants in a Polish bunker survived without food or light by consuming their own dead. Researchers confirmed this through bite marks on 93% of 150 dead ants.
The articles and resources discussed various topics related to technical leadership, engineering management, and team productivity, offering practical strategies and insights to improve performance and delivery outcomes. They cover topics such as agile management, team dynamics, AI impact, software development, DevOps, and leadership skills, providing valuable resources for technology leaders ...
The author implemented delimited continuations in their programming language, Lone, by creating a machine that can capture and manipulate the call stack. This allowed them to implement control mechanisms like exception handling and generators, and ultimately led to the development of delimited continuations.
Steve Jobs had an idea for a mysterious character called Mr Macintosh who would appear in Macintosh menus, but it was never implemented due to memory constraints. The idea was to have Mr Macintosh pop up occasionally, wave, and disappear, but it was eventually abandoned due to lack of space in the ROM.
Russian military aircraft and drones have repeatedly entered European airspace, causing disruptions and raising concerns about the war's expansion beyond Ukraine. A recent study found Russia has been waging an unconventional war on Europe for over a decade, targeting various infrastructure.
Author fears AI controlling society through generated content, not intelligence. AI's ability to create viral content makes it hard to distinguish from human-generated content.
The speaker argues that building long-lasting web services requires choosing technology that minimizes future maintenance. He suggests using plain HTML and CSS for hypertext and considering technologies with existing "warts" for database-y web services.
RyotaK, a security engineer, discovered a vulnerability (CVE-2025-59489) in Unity Runtime affecting Unity 2017.1 and later versions. Unity has released patches and a Binary Patch tool to address the issue.
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Tech companies are quietly taking on debt to fund AI spending, often through private lenders that hide the debt from shareholders. This hidden debt is a warning sign of a potential market bubble, as companies may not be confident in their ability to generate returns on these investments.
Apple removed the ICEBlock app after receiving a request from law enforcement citing safety risks. The app allowed users to share ICE agent locations and clothing details, but did not collect user data.
Researchers are seeking a way to deform digital ink while maintaining its fluidity and directness. They want a system that allows users to deform drawings both manually and programmatically.
Gmail now allows users to send end-to-end encrypted emails to anyone, regardless of their provider, with minimal effort required. This feature is off by default for admins but on by default for users with access to Gmail Client-side encryption.
In 1994, email-based social filtering tools like Ringo and SIFT helped people discover new music and movies by matching their tastes with others. These early AI-powered recommendation systems relied on crowdsourced data and human decisions, laying the groundwork for modern AI and recommendation algorithms.
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Tiling matrix multiplication reduces memory accesses and overall latency by dividing matrices into smaller blocks, allowing for more efficient computation and memory usage. The optimal block size depends on the memory subsystems and constraints, such as shared memory size and load speed.
A team led by Raul Rojas reconstructed Konrad Zuse's Z3 computer using electromechanical relays from 1997 to 2003. The project, funded by the Klaus Tschira Foundation, resulted in a working Z3 machine now housed in the Konrad Zuse Museum in Germany.
LinkedIn sued ProAPIs for operating a network of fake accounts to scrape user data and sell it to third parties without permission. ProAPIs allegedly charges up to $15,000 per month for scraped data, violating LinkedIn's terms of service and consumer privacy.
The agent sets up an automated iron gear wheel factory by connecting mining drills to furnaces and an assembler to a power source. The agent resolves issues with the setup by removing chests blocking belts and an input buffer chest at the assembler.
In 1977, Apple, Commodore, and Tandy/Radio Shack TRS-80 revolutionized the computer industry with their Trinity of microcomputers. Apple's Apple II, designed by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, was the most fully-featured and extensible of the Trinity, but Commodore's PET 2001 was cheaper and had a wider distribution network.
The US Army's request to import Tesla's Cybertruck to Germany was denied due to safety concerns and non-compliance with EU standards. The truck's sharp edges, massive curb weight, and distinctive design made it unsuitable for German public roads, potentially compromising security.
Global Witness found TikTok directed children's accounts to pornographic content within a few clicks despite "restricted mode". TikTok removed offending videos and made changes to its search recommendations after being contacted by Global Witness.
A Tesla Cybertruck crashed in San Francisco, killing three people, and a witness said the vehicle's doors wouldn't open, hindering rescue efforts. The crash was attributed to intoxication, with the driver and passengers having alcohol and cocaine in their systems.
Apple removed the ICEBlock app from its App Store due to 'objectionable content.' The app allowed users to anonymously report ICE sightings, with its developer claiming it was removed due to pressure from the Trump administration.
Apple removed the ICEBlock app from its App Store after the Trump administration demanded its removal, citing safety risks for ICE agents. The app allowed users to report ICE officer locations, but its removal has sparked debate over free speech and the app's potential contribution to violence.
AI companies' valuations are inflated by hype, masking useful applications. Hardware capabilities are decelerating, threatening future AI progress.
A speaker mentions a bad year that marked the end of the great moderation and the start of the global financial crisis. The year is associated with strains in credit markets.
Welcome to Claude's home for real-time and historical data on system performance.
The Amber Room, an 18th-century chamber made of amber, gold, and mirrors, was looted by Nazis during WWII and its fate remains a mystery. A reconstructed version was completed in 2003 at the Catherine Palace in Russia, using original drawings and amber from Germany.
Scientists at the University of Chicago and UC Berkeley developed molecular qubits that bridge light and magnetism, enabling ultra-secure communication channels and quantum sensors. The new qubits operate at telecom-band frequencies, paving the way for compact quantum devices and scalable quantum networks.
Wave Function Collapse is a procedural generation algorithm that produces images by arranging tiles according to rules about which tiles may be adjacent to each other and their relative frequencies. The algorithm maintains a probability distribution of tiles for each pixel and repeatedly chooses a pixel to "collapse" based on its distribution, with the goal of generating an image similar to ...
An informal standard proposes using the NO_COLOR environment variable to disable ANSI color output in command-line software. This allows users to easily disable color output in supported software by setting NO_COLOR=1.
The author argues that BUILD files in Bazel projects should not be redundant and instead encode high-level architecture as a dependency graph. By keeping BUILD files lean and human-managed, developers can detect invalid dependencies and enforce a clean conceptual module-based architecture.
Physicist Alexssandre de Oliveira Jr showed that quantum mechanics can drive heat flow from cold to hot, but this doesn't mean the second law of thermodynamics fails. It's just a quantum version of the law that can be used to detect quantum phenomena.
The author created a social media platform for AI agents, called botboard.biz, where they can post updates and interact with each other. This platform improved the agents' performance and problem-solving skills.
pfjson is a CLI tool to convert OpenBSD Packet Filter configuration files (pf.conf) to JSON and vice versa. It supports encoding, decoding, syntax checking, and checksum verification.
Universities must counter AI technology's marketing and harm by safeguarding higher education and critical thinking. They must rethink their stance on adopting AI technologies to preserve academic freedom and scientific integrity.
The article discusses the design pattern of "full exploitation" in Unix and Linux, where a carefully selected set of ideas is fully utilized to create a strong design. Two examples of this pattern are the use of file descriptors and a uniform hierarchical namespace, which have been exploited to varying degrees in the development of Unix and Linux.
skhd is a keyboard hotkey daemon with new features like process groups, command definitions, and improved error reporting. It supports various optimization levels and can be installed and managed as a service.
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party is in a precarious position as it prepares to vote for a new leader, with the next leader potentially becoming the country's next prime minister. The party faces significant challenges, including a funding scandal, inflation, and a shift towards more conservative and nationalist policies.
One-person SaaS founders like you can find customers by targeting niche markets and smaller platforms, avoiding saturated larger platforms. Building a personal network and creating content can also help, but it's not the only way to succeed.
A research team at Tsinghua University has broken the "sorting barrier" in shortest-path algorithms with a new O(m log^(2/3) n)-time algorithm. This breakthrough challenges textbook assumptions about algorithmic limits, potentially replacing Dijkstra's algorithm.
Gore Vidal, a renowned essayist and novelist, died in 2012 after a long life marked by declining health and mental faculties. He was a self-proclaimed propagandist and hater who believed America was a decadent empire doomed to become a tyranny.
The narrator sneaks into the closed Louvre, navigating through empty rooms to reach an ancient section with blood-red walls and tapestries. They find a mysterious, ornate pyramid with a clock and a golden man atop, surrounded by intricate details and celestial symbols.
fssimu2 is a tool for computing SSIMULACRA2 scores between reference and distorted images. It supports various input formats and can output error maps for visualization.
Scientists from Institut Langevin and TU Wien developed a method called the 'fingerprint matrix' to detect objects hidden in opaque environments. This method uses a mathematical trick to calculate an object's location based on its unique wave scattering pattern.
The Circassian genocide was a systematic mass killing and ethnic cleansing of the Circassian people by the Russian Empire in the 19th century, resulting in the deaths of 1-1.5 million people and the destruction of their homeland. The genocide was driven by anti-Muslim sentiments and a desire to expand Russian territory, with Russian generals and soldiers using terror tactics, including ...
The author, a self-taught pianist, believes talent is developed through consistent practice and dedication, not natural ability. He shares his daily 1-3 hour piano practice routine and credits his passion for the instrument as the key to his progress.
Previous interoperability protocols like COM and CORBA failed to conquer the world due to poor dev experience, over-engineering, and technical issues, but they still have a strong presence in specific ecosystems. REST's success can be attributed to its simplicity and flexibility, but it often deviates from Roy Fielding's original paper, and its widespread adoption is largely due to JSON via HTTP.
Building great abstractions is key to developer infrastructure products, requiring deep domain expertise and best practices to create intuitive and flexible solutions. Nango's journey shows that taking time to get abstractions right, learning from failures, and staying focused on the problem can lead to huge dividends in speed and success down the line.
Grafana Labs created a Taylor Swift dashboard using Grafana Assistant to track her career milestones, musical evolution, and tour impact. The dashboard features four tabs with data-driven charts and panels, including a live countdown to her album release.
We should record more of our lives to enhance our memory and promote our individuality, as it helps us understand ourselves and others, and creates pleasurable experiences of reminiscence. Recording more can also help us develop richer and deeper selves, and even allow us to understand our ancestors and future generations better.
American trust in mass media has fallen to a record low of 28% according to a Gallup survey. The decline is driven by steep falls in trust among partisans and younger people, with Republicans reporting the lowest trust levels at 8%.
Looking Glass Studios, a pioneering game developer, struggled to find success after publishing its own games. The studio was eventually acquired by Intermetrics, a software developer, and continued to develop games under the new ownership.
Kerns is an AI-powered space that helps users build understanding by researching and connecting concepts. It transforms reading materials into interactive maps and keeps researching even when the user is away.
User needs waterproof passport protection due to an incident with hand gel and passport. A simple solution is to use a 100 x 150mm, 4 mil ziploc bag to protect passport.
Stripe is offering early access to Smart Disputes in November 2025, which automates dispute evidence and submission for card transactions. Users pay 30% of recovered disputed amounts if they win, with no fees if they lose.
The author collects radioactive antique items like uranium-glazed pottery and glassware found at flea markets. These items are often affordable and retain their original function, but some were intentionally radioactive for health claims.
Pipe is a visual language that integrates AI-generated code into visual components, inspiring low-code platforms. It challenges text-based programming with novel concepts and unique features.
RyotaK, a security engineer, discovered a vulnerability (CVE-2025-59489) in Unity Runtime affecting Unity 2017.1 and later versions. Unity has released patches and a Binary Patch tool to address the issue.