Qualcomm acquires Arduino to combine products and technologies, empowering developers with AI and edge computing capabilities. The acquisition unlocks a full-stack platform for modern development, offering access to Qualcomm's technology stack and global reach.
The author proposes "vibe engineering" to describe a responsible and accountable way of using AI tools like LLMs for software development, contrasting with "vibe coding" which is fast and loose.
Google released Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model for developers to interact with UIs via API. The model outperforms alternatives on web and mobile control benchmarks with lower latency and safety features to prevent misuse.
Timelinize is a personal data archiving app that preserves family life stories by collecting data from various sources and storing it on a user's computer. It provides a complete view of a family's story, with features like data deduplication, denoising, and clustering.
The Canadian government is proposing Bill C-8, which would allow the minister of industry to unilaterally cut off internet services to any individual. Critics argue this gives the government too much power to collect internet data without a warrant.
IKEA was founded in the 1940s, so why are you showing no catalogues from before 1951? Does IKEA Museum have any physical copies of the IKEA catalogue for people to browse through?
John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis demonstrated macroscopic quantum tunnelling in an electrical circuit. They showed that a system of many particles can exhibit quantum mechanical properties.
Deloitte will repay the federal government after admitting its report contained errors due to generative AI use. The consultancy firm's report found widespread issues in the welfare system, but its own errors have raised concerns about AI's role in producing the report.
Large organizations prioritize legibility over efficiency, creating processes that make work predictable but also slow and bureaucratic. Illegible work, such as backchannels and side bets, is essential for high-efficiency work and fills the natural human desire for gossip and soft consensus.
John installed Vite with React Refresh, TypeScript, Babel, PostCSS, Tailwind, ESLint, Prettier, and Husky for a modern web development setup. The app boots instantly with working forms, fast loading times, and navigation.
California is regulating loud streaming commercials, requiring them to be at the same volume as the program. The law was inspired by a parent's complaint about loud ads waking up his infant daughter.
Microsoft is closing a loophole in Windows 11 that allowed users to install without a Microsoft account. Users will now need to complete setup with internet and a Microsoft account for proper device configuration.
TechOps Specialty Vehicles signed a contract with ICE for cell-site simulator vehicles, a technology used to track phone locations. The company, TOSV, also has a history of providing similar services to ICE and other law enforcement agencies.
The Tiny Recursion Model (TRM) achieves high scores on hard tasks with a tiny 7M parameters neural network by recursively improving its answer through a simple process. This approach simplifies recursive reasoning and is more efficient than large models, potentially breaking the bank requirement for AI success.
The Johnson County Sheriff's Office in Texas used Flock cameras to search for a woman who self-administered an abortion, initially claiming concern for her safety but later revealed they were conducting a "death investigation" into the fetus. Newly unearthed court documents show police discussed charging the woman with a crime, contradicting the sheriff's office and Flock's narrative that she ...
Bluesky, a social network, faced criticism for moderation decisions and user bans, including allowing anti-trans writer Jesse Singal to remain on the platform. Bluesky's decentralization plans have yet to be fulfilled, with its alternative, Blacksky, still dependent on Bluesky's application server.
Solar energy is now cheaper than coal, gas, and wind power in sunny countries, costing Β£0.02 per unit. A University of Surrey study found solar power with storage is as cost-effective as gas power plants due to falling battery prices.
Install DevPush, an open-source alternative to Vercel and Netlify, on a fresh Ubuntu/Debian server with Hetzner's CPX31. Configure DNS records, harden server security, and set environment variables for a fully functional DevPush deployment.
Zelda Williams, Robin Williams' daughter, asks people to stop sending her AI-generated videos of her father, calling it "dumb" and "a waste of time." She criticizes AI versions of her father, saying they're "personally disturbing" and disrespect his legacy.
The author argues that email has become a crucial piece of personal information, and losing access to it can be a nightmare. They recommend setting up an email address under your own domain to gain control and resilience.
The World Trade Center project was initiated in the 1960s to revitalize Lower Manhattan, with construction beginning in 1965 and completed in 1972. The complex included two 110-story towers, 5 other buildings, and over 10 million square feet of office space, but tragically collapsed on September 11, 2001.
Lua is a lightweight embeddable scripting language created in 1993 at PUC-Rio in Brazil, widely used in industrial applications and game development, with a long history of evolution and improvements. The language has introduced various features such as collaborative multithreading, integers, bitwise operators, and UTF-8 library, with ongoing development and refinement of its garbage ...
Google requires Android developers to register and verify their apps, which may end F-Droid and other free/open-source app distribution sources. This move is seen as a power grab, restricting users' freedom to install apps and eroding the open-source ecosystem.
A mechanic claims Ford's flat-rate pay for repairs under warranty is too low, making it hard to find skilled workers. He says engineers should design vehicles to be easier to work on, not just for assembly speed.
The BEAM JIT was successfully ported to the ARM32-bit architecture, allowing the execution of the first Erlang function through JITted ARM32 machine code with error code 42. The achievement was made possible by funding from the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation and the support of its Embedded Working Group, and it paves the way for incremental addition of Erlang instructions and completion of the ...
The author discusses Apple's Garageband app and its innovative virtual knobs, which can be controlled in three ways: spinning, sliding, and dragging. The knobs were recreated using various techniques, including images, CSS, and 3D models.
3M's Command strip revolutionized home decor but the company's success was marred by PFAS liabilities and safety issues. New CEO Bill Brown is trying to turn the company around with a plan to run 3M better and tackle its problems.
McKinsey forecasts $5.2trn in AI-related spending worldwide in five years, possibly increasing this estimate. US announcements suggest AI infrastructure investment is reaching a fever pitch.
Eliminating contrails from flights could reduce warming by 2% at a cost of around $5 per flight, making it a cheap solution to climate change. Governments could step in to mandate contrail avoidance, increasing public awareness and making it a more viable option for the aviation industry.
A bootable hard drive image is available for a machine with β₯1GB RAM, providing a REPL. Loko Scheme is a niche compiler licensed under EUPL-1.2-or-later, suitable for real hardware use.
The un believes there are 4b buildings on earth. a parquet debugging tool i've been working on will show how much space each column takes up in one of the parqet files. this is the number of gb each region of world contains on the tum servers. in some areas, the clsm model did 'a great job' of accurately identifying building footprints but there were other areas where the model wasn&
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Axel and Vignesh, Innate cofounders, launched MARS, a general-purpose robot with an open onboard OS. MARS has a dedicated app, leader arm, and SDK BASIC for AI agent capabilities.
By clicking on the image, an interactive demonstration of the Tcl/Tk application is launched using CloudTk. Over 100 Tcl/Tk applications listed from this wiki are demonstrated here . To view the Tcl/Tk Widget Demonstration, go to the "Playground" from the menu above and then select "Demos" in the "Tcl-Playground" - Console menu.
pdoc auto-generates API documentation that follows your project's Python module hierarchy. It requires no configuration, has first-class support for type annotations, cross-links between identifiers, comes with an integrated live-reloading web server, and understands numpydoc or Google-style docstrings.
Flummoxagon is a geometric puzzle game that combines elements of Pentominoes and Sudoku, where players fit colored tiles into a hexagonal frame without touching tiles of the same color. The game uses an automatic solver to generate puzzles with unique solutions, making it a challenging and fun experience for players of all skill levels.
LlamaFarm is an open-source framework for building AI applications with opinionated defaults and 100% extendability. It provides a local-first developer experience with a CLI for managing projects, datasets, and chat sessions.
The function-based programming paradigm was a choice made to optimize for expensive, time-shared CPUs in the 1970s, not a fundamental truth of computation. Today, with cheap, parallel CPUs, it's time to reevaluate this paradigm and consider alternative models that better fit the reality of massively concurrent systems.
A high-performance B+Tree requires a contiguous memory layout to improve locality of reference and reduce cache misses, which can be achieved using flexible array members in C++. However, this approach increases implementation complexity due to manual memory management, lack of inheritance, and hidden data type constraints, making it a necessary trade-off for unlocking high performance.
Functional optics are a way to select and manipulate parts of complex data types using graphical representations and algebraic data types. Various optics like Iso, Lens, Prism, AffineTraversal, and Traversal can be composed and used to focus on specific parts of data types.
This tutorial builds Jade, a minimal JS runtime in C, using JavaScriptCore and libuv to understand modern runtimes. Jade connects high-level language features with low-level system operations, providing insight into Node.js, Bun, and Deno's inner workings.
Governor Newsom signed SB 576 to limit commercial volume on streaming services to match the original programming. This law applies to streaming services, building on a 2010 US law that only covered broadcast TV and cable.
A young mathematician named Pavel Galashin found a connection between the amplituhedron and origami, showing that patterns in origami can form the amplituhedron. This link helped resolve an open conjecture about the amplituhedron's structure and its connection to particle collisions.
Konrad Zuse designed the Helix-Tower, a continuously extendable and retractable tower construction, from 1989 to 1995. The tower's design was intended for various applications, including wind power installations, observation, and radio transmission.
Researchers found that babies can learn a foreign language before birth through prenatal exposure. A few weeks of listening to a new language rewires the language networks in a newborn's brain, processed along the same neural pathways as the mother tongue.
Fewer international students arrived in the U.S. this August due to visa delays and travel restrictions. The decline is expected to impact colleges financially and American competitiveness in science and engineering.
The user built a web reverse-engineering tool called Snitch that hooks arbitrary global functions and properties in web pages, allowing for stealthy analysis and modification of browser behavior. The tool uses the Chrome DevTools Protocol and Chromium's Blink layer to create custom events and intercept JavaScript execution, making it a powerful Swiss Army knife for web reverse-engineering.
The author argues that companies like Klarna exploit regulatory loopholes by using technology as a fig leaf to avoid scrutiny, and that this can lead to societal harms. Klarna's business model, which allows users to buy now and pay later, may be unsustainable due to high default rates and lack of proper underwriting.
The NIH ordered me to stop my TB research due to concerns over "dangerous gain-of-function research," but my work is safe and essential for finding new treatments. I support safety measures, but decisions must be transparent and scientifically informed to prevent unwarranted curtailment of lifesaving research.
Publishers prioritize a writer's track record, which can be a double-edged sword, as a bad track can limit future opportunities, but a good track can lead to higher advances and more support. However, the emphasis on track can stifle creativity and lead to a conservative approach in publishing, making it harder for writers with unique voices or styles to break through.
The Tiny Recursion Model (TRM) achieves high scores on hard tasks with a tiny 7M parameters neural network by recursively improving its answer through a simple process. This approach simplifies recursive reasoning and is more efficient than large models, potentially breaking the bank requirement for AI success.
Sam Gold is a designer/design-engineer with a MacBook lid angle sensor utility. He's open to full-time work in NYC or remote and has a website at https://samhenri.gold.
Finasteride, a widely prescribed hair loss treatment, has been linked to severe neuropsychiatric reactions, including depression and suicidality, even after discontinuation. A systematic review of postmarketing studies found a significant increase in depression and suicidality risk with finasteride use.
Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.6772 includes new features such as Click to Do improvements, Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-in Security, and ability to name default user folder. It also fixes various issues with File Explorer, taskbar, and camera settings.
Zohran Mamdani plans to phase out NYC's gifted and talented programs, citing segregation concerns. Critics argue this move will harm gifted children, not help disadvantaged ones.
The user trained a 1.8M param transformer on a laptop in five minutes using Codex, an AI tool, and achieved better results than their previous attempts. They discovered a successful approach to training a transformer by distilling it from a n-gram teacher model, resulting in coherent and well-structured story outputs.
Wind curtailment in Scotland due to transmission capacity issues has led to high balancing costs and curtailment of new wind farms. Upgrades to the transmission network are underway but delayed, and operational reductions in capacity have also contributed to the problem.
Authors will soon pay AI companies to ensure their books are included in AI training, allowing them to influence AI answers and services. This shift will make authors' work more visible and valuable, as AIs become the primary audience for books, especially non-fiction.
ThalamusDB is an approximate processing engine for SQL queries on multimodal data, supporting semantic operators for text, images, and audio. It uses language models from providers like OpenAI and Google, and operates on a standard DuckDB database.
Google is investing in US infrastructure, research, and education to lead the world in AI. These investments create economic opportunities and new career paths for Americans.
Scientists use sound and video to monitor ocean ecosystems, creating detailed profiles of inhabitants and their health. This method can help track coral reefs' responses to stressors and interventions, aiding conservation efforts.
The author reflects on their struggles with video games and realizes they're not as good at them as others, despite extensive experience. This realization helps them understand that they're not as skilled at various things as they thought.
Meta's smart glasses have arrived, but with them comes the risk of privacy backlash as people may record others without their knowledge. A recent incident at San Francisco University highlights the issue, with a man using Meta AI glasses to film students without their consent.
Arc Core is a technical preview in active development, not recommended for production workloads. It uses MinIO as the primary storage backend for analytical time-series workloads.
Scientists at Seoul National University and UC Berkeley identified a specific population of neurons called IC-encoders that represent visual illusions. These neurons actively build the representation of edges that aren't physically there, suggesting they play a key role in perception.
The user shares their personal journey of changing their relationship with food after realizing how the current economic system shapes our relationship with food and affects our bodies. They encourage readers to take control by reading labels, cooking simple meals, and trying new recipes to avoid ultra-processed foods and reclaim food from corporations.
The platform offers perfectly sized ads for various channels with no extra effort needed and flexible pricing tiers for creators and enterprises. It also provides answers to common questions about its AI-Powered Design Assistant.
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A security vulnerability in Redis has been identified and remediated in certain versions, allowing an authenticated user to potentially execute remote code. To protect Redis, restrict network access, enforce strong authentication, limit permissions, and upgrade to the latest release.
The author argues that beyond a certain point, wealth and power cannot efficiently buy knowledge and expertise, which become the bottlenecks to achieving goals. They recommend focusing on acquiring knowledge and understanding the world.
Data furnaces use computers to heat homes by releasing waste heat, potentially cheaper than traditional data centers. Companies like Microsoft and Google are exploring data furnaces for sustainability and carbon neutrality.
The binarization methods include global thresholding (Otsu, simple) and local thresholding (adaptive, Sauvola, Bernsen). Parameters control thresholding, neighborhood size, iterations, and contrast limits for various methods.
Meta open-sourced React over a decade ago, and it has grown into one of the world's most popular open source projects. React is transitioning to the React Foundation, a vendor-neutral environment for open source projects, with Meta committing to a five-year partnership.
Adrian Kosowski's Polish startup Pathway developed a revolutionary AI solution called Dragon Hatchling, a brain-inspired language model that rivals GPT2 performance and tackles key AI challenges. It creates a structure similar to the brain's neural networks, emerging spontaneously during training and resembling the neocortex's behavior.