Google's developer verification decree effectively ends user choice in software installation on Android devices. This move contradicts Google's promise of an open computing platform and threatens free software distribution.
A man's brother-in-law died after a heart attack and the hospital billed his family $195,000. The family negotiated the bill down to $37,000 with the help of an AI assistant.
EuroLLM is a 9B parameter model trained on 4 trillion tokens across 35 languages, available for fine-tuning and chat capabilities. It's an open-source EU homegrown LLM aiming to enhance Europe's digital sovereignty and foster AI innovation.
Jeff Bezos' financial interests in Amazon and other companies have influenced Washington Post editorials without disclosure. The Post's lack of transparency has led to criticism and resignations from prominent columnists and contributors.
Samsung's 2024 Family Hub smart fridges will display ads on their 21.5- or 32-inch screens when idle. Users can opt out of ads by changing their Cover Screen theme or avoiding the latest software update.
Austria's Federal Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism has migrated 1,200 employees to Nextcloud for secure data storage and internal collaboration. The move aims to reduce reliance on foreign cloud providers and ensure GDPR compliance.
The AirPods Pro 3 have better noise cancellation and sound quality but a denser fit that may cause discomfort for some users. A painful feedback issue occurs on flights due to a loosening ear seal, making the AirPods Pro 3 less recommendable.
Linux gaming has reached a milestone with almost 90% of Windows games now compatible, thanks to WINE and Proton developers. However, some games still face compatibility issues due to anti-cheat technology and developer reluctance.
Amazon plans to cut 14,000 corporate jobs to be more efficient with AI. The move aims to make the company stronger by shifting resources to its biggest bets and customer needs.
The author is celebrating five years of Apple silicon Macs, which have delivered fast performance, low heat, and long battery life, ending a fundamental trade-off in PC computing. Some people are bored with the predictable updates, but the author sees steady progress and meaningful improvements with each new chip.
Microsoft and OpenAI have strengthened their partnership with a new agreement, solidifying Microsoft's 27% stake in OpenAI valued at $135 billion. The partnership will continue to advance AI innovation, with Microsoft retaining exclusive IP rights until 2032 and OpenAI gaining more flexibility to develop products with third parties.
Daily vitamin D supplementation at 2,000 IU significantly reduces the incidence, duration, and severity of acute respiratory infections among adults with suboptimal baseline vitamin D levels. The study's findings support the potential of vitamin D optimization as a simple, safe, and scalable preventive intervention against respiratory infections, with implications for public health policy and ...
The author reflects on their journey of learning through tinkering with various things, including programming, and emphasizes the importance of exploring and experimenting to develop good taste and distinguish excellence from mediocrity. They encourage others to question the status quo, break things, and keep experimenting daily.
A week-long showdown where AI models play Texas Hold'em 24/7. Starts October 27. Follow updates and learn how to sponsor.
Models were tested for editing images based on text instructions without making other changes. Most models failed to make precise changes without altering the rest of the image.
Open source maintainers face a new challenge with AI coding tools generating code quickly but requiring costly reviews. A binary system can help, distinguishing between prototypes and ready-to-review PRs.
Ubiquiti introduces the SFP Wizard, a compact device for testing and programming fiber modules, priced at $49. It offers enterprise-level diagnostics and universal compatibility with any switch or network.
Nokia is taking a $1 billion stake in Nvidia and issuing 166 million new shares to fund AI plans. The two companies will collaborate on 6G tech and adapt Nokia's software to run on Nvidia's chips.
The author compared the performance of 10 popular web frameworks, including React, Angular, and Vue, and found that next-gen frameworks like Marko, SolidStart, and SvelteKit deliver instant performance and smaller bundle sizes. The results show that React and Angular have unavoidable performance ceilings, while Vue's Nuxt framework achieves competitive mobile web performance with proper optimization.
Fil-C is a memory-safe implementation of C and C++ that aims to let C code run safely, unmodified, with a special focus on pointer handling. It uses a runtime system with a concurrent garbage collector to track live objects and prevent use-after-free bugs.
One year from now, with the release of Chrome 154 in October 2026, we will change the default settings of Chrome to enable “Always Use Secu...
A user wants to add animated ASCII art to their terminal using echo, sleep, and tput. They're looking for simple, low-resource solutions like the spotlight curator tools.
The author argues that society is experiencing a decline in deviance, with fewer people engaging in unconventional behavior, and suggests that this is due to a shift in societal values and increased safety. The author attributes this decline to the increased value placed on human life, which has led to a "slow life strategy" where people prioritize stability and security over risk-taking and ...
Researchers tested state-of-the-art LLMs controlling a robot in a household setting, finding they struggled with tasks like passing the butter, scoring 40% compared to humans' 95%. The study highlights the limitations of LLMs in robotics, but also shows promise for future development of physical AI.
The author of Wikipedia is criticizing those who previously condemned it as a source of misinformation, now that AI-generated content is prevalent. The author claims its crowdsourced model is more reliable than current AI-driven alternatives.
oorandom is a minimalistic PRNG in Rust that implements a permuted congruential generator (PCG) and is simpler and faster than rand. It's best used with getrandom to seed it.
A Microsoft vulnerability, CVE-2025-55315, was given a CVSS score of 9.9, the highest ever. The vulnerability, a .NET Security Feature Bypass, allows an authorized attacker to bypass security features over a network.
Dale Luck preserved the first Amiga prototype using breadboards instead of custom chips. It was displayed at the Amiga 40 event in Germany last weekend.
noyb filed a criminal complaint against Clearview AI and its managers for violating EU data protection laws. The complaint seeks jail time and personal liability for the company and its executives.
Jeff and Joe discussed the purpose of blinking lights on radio and TV towers, which aid pilots and air traffic, and explained that different towers have different lighting and colors depending on their height and location. They also talked about the responsibility of the FAA in regulating tower lighting and how to report a tower with lights out, using a NOTAM search or contacting the tower ...
Cloudflare is helping to migrate the Internet to Post-Quantum (PQ) cryptography to prevent threats from quantum computers. They are experimenting with Merkle Tree Certificates (MTCs) to reduce the number of signatures and public keys in the TLS handshake.
EvE Bio is a non-profit organization that aims to map the off-target effects of every FDA-approved drug in existence and share the data, which can be used for drug repurposing, validation for machine-learning models, and polypharmacology. Their dataset can help identify potential side effects of drugs, improve the efficiency of drug discovery, and provide valuable information for clinicians ...
Autonomy NEO uses Redwood AI for tasks and grows in capability over time. A 1X Expert can remotely supervise NEO's actions at scheduled times to help it learn new abilities.
Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus is a collection of 1119 papers showcasing his art, engineering, and inventions. The codex demonstrates his universal mind, combining fine arts and fine engineering with meticulous planning and design.
Claude Code is a solid "to-do list that does itself" with a dependable web interface. Its quality surpasses Cursor's version, making it a preferred choice.
The Human Only Public License (HOPL) prevents AI from using software by forbidding analysis and use, placing the burden on AI systems and users. This license is maximally permissive for humans, ideal for software, text, and art that should not be used by AI.
SICK is an indexed binary JSON storage that allows for efficient streaming and supports custom types, circular references, and deduplication of JSON files. It has C# and Scala implementations and is battle-tested with a good test suite, but currently lacks streaming capabilities that can be added with more bytes for offset pointers and counts.
Tor Browser 15.0 is now available with new features and security improvements based on Firefox ESR 140. It includes vertical tabs, tab groups, and a unified search button, but also disables WebAssembly on Safer and Safest security levels.
Elon Musk's Grokipedia is a weaponized encyclopedia designed to codify a far-right worldview as objective fact, threatening reality and the digital commons. It's part of a larger campaign by oligarchs to seize control of the information ecosystem and reshape reality to align with their ideology.
The Jurassic Jets Team is building a 747-200 cockpit from scratch for WorldFlight 2025, a charity event that requires high-fidelity simulator operations. The team faces numerous challenges, including reverse engineering and interfacing with X-Plane, but aims to create an authentic experience that showcases the complexity and character of early widebody operations.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Tylenol makers Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue over alleged dangers to children's brain development. The lawsuit claims the companies hid risks despite no credible data linking Tylenol to autism.
Apache Fory Rust is a fast, cross-language serialization framework that handles circular references and schema evolution. It provides a high-performance serialization engine with zero-copy techniques and supports multiple languages.
We revived Text-to-SQL by implementing a pure on-premises solution using an LLM server and an MCP Server, ensuring data confidentiality and control. This solution, called "Governed SQL," allows users to query databases using natural language and provides a high-quality translation process with the help of a semantic layer and automatic index management.
Donald Trump's attempt to rename the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America failed as news outlets mostly stuck with the original name. Despite some initial support from the federal government and conservative media, Gulf of America usage declined significantly over time.
The author attended a private Amazon event for senior engineering leaders, gaining insight into the company's culture and values. They discussed topics such as one-way doors, customer obsession, and the importance of execution, clarity, and curiosity in Amazon's success.
The NCSC believes passkeys are the future of modern authentication, but mass adoption is hindered by several issues. These include inconsistent passkey standards, user confusion, and security concerns.
The wrinkling of thin elastic sheets occurs over a range of length scales. the wavelength is determined by the effect of the flesh which resists large wavelength defor- mations, and bending stiffness of skin which prevents short wave- length deformations. this path- way could be involved in retina-axon guidance in at least three ways, says p.g. degennes. if the wrinkles are
The project is a proof of concept for an automated call center solution using Azure Communication Services, Azure Cognitive Services, and Azure OpenAI, allowing for customizable prompts, feature flags, and human agent fallback. The system can handle multiple languages, understand domain-specific terms, and detect jailbreak attempts, with costs estimated for 1000 calls of 10 minutes each at ...
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Dexto is a universal intelligence layer for building AI agents and apps that think, act, and feel alive. It combines a configuration-driven framework, robust runtime, and seamless developer experience for easy creation and deployment of AI assistants and digital companions.
Butter is a cache that saves LLM responses and money by serving them directly. It's a Chat Completions API endpoint for tools like LangChain and Crew AI.
The author sees a shift in software design from the "Web School" paradigm to "situated software" that fits specific social situations and contexts. This new approach prioritizes social value and community engagement over scalability and generality.
The user received a GitHub Universe conference badge with a Raspberry Pi, color screen, WiFi, and Bluetooth, and modified the MicroPython code to add a new app showing network status and debug info. They also created a web app to help build icons for the badge and a web-based REPL to interact with the badge over USB, making it easier for attendees to hack and customize their badges.
A neighborhood cat named KitKat has passed away, leaving a void in the community. People are mourning KitKat's loss and thanking its owners for the joy it brought.
OpenAI is giving Microsoft a 27% ownership stake worth $135 billion as part of a restructuring plan. This deal removes uncertainty and allows OpenAI to become a for-profit business with Microsoft's access to its AI technology until 2032.
183 million passwords and login credentials from an April 2025 breach have been added to the Have I Been Pwned database. Google advises Gmail users to enable 2-step verification, use passkeys, and check their account activity for signs of hacking.
I made an early version of a sorted collection library for Zig. Sorted collections are data structures that maintain the data in sorted order. Examples of these data structures are `java.util.TreeMap` in Java and `std::map` in C++. These data structures are mainly used for fast lookups (point search) and fast range searches.
IP address truncation is a flawed technique that creates a false sense of security and puts organizations at significant GDPR compliance risk. It does not provide actual protection, as truncated IPs remain personal data under GDPR.
Fil-C is a memory-safe implementation of C and C++ that aims to run C code safely and unmodified, with a focus on being fanatically compatible with existing applications. It uses a capability-based approach to prevent memory safety bugs from being exploited.
Brahma-JS is a high-performance JavaScript orchestrator built with Rust, ideal for micro-service and API use-cases. It sustains 130k+ requests/sec with low latency.
Open source maintainers face a new challenge with AI coding tools generating code quickly but requiring costly reviews. A binary system can help, distinguishing between prototypes and ready-to-review PRs.
The author created an interactive graph layout algorithm called iongraph to visualize and debug the SSA graph of SpiderMonkey's optimizing compiler, Ion, which produces high-quality output and is more stable than Graphviz. The algorithm is simple, fast, and efficient, and has been integrated into the Firefox profiler, making it easier to view and navigate complex graphs.
The UK government is considering a pay-per-mile tax system, charging drivers based on how much they drive, with critics arguing it may unfairly punish rural residents. The proposed system could see motorists charged up to 15p per mile, affecting those who drive longer distances or during peak hours.