US municipalities are adopting surveillance technologies with over 80,000 cameras tracking residents' movements and collecting data. A website allows users to track and report on these technologies.
A Chrome extension called Urban VPN Proxy with 6 million users secretly harvested AI conversations from platforms like ChatGPT and Claude. The extension's data collection was enabled by default and operated independently of its VPN functionality.
The author criticizes tech enthusiasts for accepting new technologies without critical thinking, leading to user abuse and loss of control. They argue that consent and consumer needs are manufactured through marketing campaigns and that users have agency to choose a desirable future.
Sebastian Aaltonen, a 30-year graphics code veteran, discusses the evolution of graphics APIs and the need for a simplified API design tailored for modern GPUs. He proposes a new memory management system, combining CUDA's GPU malloc design with CPU-mapped GPU memory, to improve performance and simplify graphics programming.
GitHub updated its pricing and product models for GitHub Actions, improving reliability and performance. The changes include reduced prices for GitHub-hosted runners and a new $0.002 per-minute Actions cloud platform charge.
AI will make formal verification cheaper and more accessible, allowing for widespread adoption in software development. This will be driven by AI-generated code needing formal verification to ensure its correctness and by AI's ability to assist in writing proof scripts.
Astral announces the Beta release of ty, a fast Python type checker and language server written in Rust. ty is designed for live updates and provides accurate feedback, balancing correctness with user experience.
We're chasing thin desires that can be easily fulfilled, but leave us empty, while neglecting thick desires that require effort and bring lasting satisfaction. Pursuing the thick life, like baking bread, can be a way to find meaning and fulfillment without trying to change the world.
As Mozilla's new CEO, I will focus on building a trusted software company by giving users agency over their data and AI, and growing through transparent monetization. We will measure progress against a double bottom line, advancing our mission and succeeding in the market over the next three years.
Desperate parents of sick children are being exploited by online scam campaigns that claim to raise funds for life-saving treatment. A BBC investigation found 15 families who received little to nothing of the $4m raised in their names.
SHARP is a neural network that regresses a 3D Gaussian scene representation from a single image in under a second. It produces photorealistic images for nearby views with robust zero-shot generalization and state-of-the-art performance on multiple datasets.
Researchers led by Valentin Riedl found that brain regions use oxygen more efficiently without increased blood flow during tasks. This challenges the interpretation of fMRI studies on brain disorders and suggests using quantitative measurements for more accurate results.
OpenAI introduces GPT-5.2 for professional knowledge work, improving economic value and state-of-the-art performance in tasks like spreadsheets, presentations, and code writing.
KoBox X11 features ePUB, PDF, and text display, with Wi-Fi, web browser, and encrypted storage. It offers a user-friendly experience with search, auto-suspend, and customizable options.
GitHub will lower GitHub-hosted runner prices by up to 39% on January 1, 2026, and introduce a $0.002 per minute charge for self-hosted runner usage on March 1, 2026. GitHub-hosted runner usage in public repositories remains free, and Enterprise Server customers will see no price changes.
Mozilla's new CEO plans to position the company as a trusted software company with AI at its center, but the author is skeptical about this approach. The author believes that large language models are untrustworthy and should not be integrated into browsers.
A team has recovered over 100 new Sega Channel ROMs, including system data, exclusive games, and prototypes, and digitized internal paperwork and correspondence that reveals how Sega Channel operated. The recovered data includes nearly 100 unique system ROMs, dozens of previously undumped game variants, and Sega Channel exclusives, and accounts for almost all outstanding Sega Channel games.
Bonsai is a voxel engine that supports massive worlds and procedural terrain generation. It's a learning project that emphasizes simplicity and is currently in a large rewrite phase.
Professor Nuno F Gomes Loureiro, a 47-year-old nuclear science and engineering professor, was shot and killed at his Massachusetts home. Police are investigating the incident as an active and ongoing homicide.
GitHub introduced a $0.002 per-minute platform fee for all GitHub Actions usage. This change makes self-hosting no longer free and aligns third-party runners like Blacksmith as ecosystem partners.
Microsoft deactivated IntelliCode extension in VS Code 1.107, replacing it with Copilot which offers 2000 free suggestions before requiring a paid license. VS Code 1.107 also adds experimental support for TypeScript 7 and new chat-based agent control.
The Japanese government is planning to replace its 70-year-old romanization system with the more widely used Hepburn-style spellings. The changes are expected to be approved and rolled out in textbooks and materials within the current fiscal year.
The user ported JustHTML, a Python HTML5 parser, to JavaScript using Codex CLI and GPT-5.2 in 4 hours. The new library, simonw/justjshtml, passes 9,200 tests from the html5lib-tests suite and has a similar API to the original library.
The Rust compiler uses different backends like LLVM and GCC to generate binary code for the target processor, with each backend receiving the Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) from the front-end and generating assembly code. The GCC backend is a bridge between the Rust compiler's AST and the codegen API, and can be used to generate binary code for older platforms that are not supported by LLVM.
The author experiences fatigue from "vibe coding" with AI tools like Claude Code and Cursor, which generates code at a speed that their brain can't process. This leads to cognitive overload, stress, and the need for new rhythms and boundaries in coding.
Erdős problem 1026 was solved through collaboration and AI tools, with multiple mathematicians contributing to the solution. The problem was eventually solved using a combination of existing literature, game theory, and AI-generated images.
The author, a Tech Lead, shares his experience of struggling to gain influence at mytaxi due to lack of trust, which he later learned was built through concrete actions solving real problems and being present when needed. He advises Tech Leads to focus on reducing toil, risk, or uncertainty and to change the conversation by starting with their own behavior.
ArkhamMirror is a local AI-powered investigation platform for journalists and researchers. It runs 100% locally, providing powerful forensics without cloud costs or risks.
A2UI is a Google-created project allowing AI agents to safely send rich UIs across trust boundaries using declarative component descriptions. It enables incremental UI generation and rendering on various platforms like Angular, Flutter, and React.
The World Happiness Report is based on a flawed methodology using a single question about life satisfaction, which doesn't accurately measure happiness.
Artificial intelligence has led to a decline in entry-level tech jobs, with fewer than 25% of students at Indian Institute of Information Technology securing job offers. Students are now expected to possess higher-level skills and adapt to industry demands, making traditional engineering degrees less relevant.
Productivity growth slowdown may not be due to lack of new ideas, but rather market inefficiencies preventing innovative firms from gaining market share. Focusing on improving market competitiveness and allocative efficiency could be key to restoring economic growth.
Fvwm95 is a Unix window manager emulating Windows-95 features for a familiar look and feel. It's useful for users switching between Unix and MS-World or wanting a simple, efficient alternative.
The user is working on a Qt-based application using Rust and QML, aiming to create a native-like experience. They're experimenting with different approaches to integrate Rust and Qt, including using qmetaobject-rs and cxx-qt.
A German energy company, MVV Energie, is building the world's most powerful heat pump modules in Mannheim, Germany, with a capacity of 162MW. The heat pumps will draw water from the River Rhine and supply around 40,000 homes via a district heating system.
SLR is a deterministic, linear-time dimensionality reduction method for browsers, using trilateration against a fixed topological skeleton. It achieves real-time performance by comparing every point to a small set of landmarks, rather than every point to every other point.
Times New Roman was created in 1929 for the Times of London newspaper and became popular due to its use in daily newspapers. It's now widely used but often seen as a default font lacking personality.
The author reflects on materialism and its effects on life, comparing it to being "spirited away" like in the movie Spirited Away, where desires and greed consume one's identity.
Apple is accused of non-compliance with the EU's Digital Markets Act, imposing fees on transactions outside its App Store despite a ruling against it. Developers warn that weak enforcement risks turning the regulation into an expensive paper exercise.
Bob Dylan performed a private concert for one person, Fredrik Wikingsson, in a Philadelphia theater. Wikingsson, a huge Dylan fan, was chosen for the unusual performance, which featured 1950s covers, including Buddy Holly's "Heartbeat."
SoundCloud experienced a security breach where threat actors stole a database containing user information, but no sensitive data was accessed. The breach affects 28 million accounts, with users unable to access the site via VPN due to a configuration change.
The US is losing control of the world due to its economic decline and rising debt. The country's unstable leadership and desperate policies, such as taxing foreign interest payments, are a result of its economic struggles.
Brian Scott created chat-tails, a private, terminal-based chat app for his kid and friends to play Minecraft safely. It uses Tailscale and tsnet for secure connections and is accessible through a terminal with features like /who and /quit commands.
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Dafny is a verification-aware language that empowers developers to write correct code with native support for specifications and a static verifier. It integrates with existing workflows and reduces costly late-stage bugs through rigorous verification.
A ring buffer is a fixed-size queue that drops old data when it fills up, making it suitable for busy Linux environments where performance is crucial. A scalable ring buffer can be implemented without locking, allowing multiple readers and writers to access it simultaneously, and can be designed to drop old data or new data depending on the situation.
Letta Code is a memory-first coding agent that persists across sessions and improves with use. It learns from experience through context engineering, long-term memory, and skill learning, achieving comparable performance to provider-specific harnesses.
Apple added multi-skin tone handshake emojis in 2022, using Unicode codepoints. The emojis are composed of one or multiple codepoints, allowing for different skin tones and colors.
Over 100 people protested at the Michigan state Capitol against proposed data centers citing concerns over electricity rate hikes, water usage, and lack of transparency. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel criticized a massive proposed project involving OpenAI and Oracle in Saline Township.
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More than 4 million US children under 19 lack health insurance, a 20% increase since 2022, due to a fragmented healthcare system and bureaucratic issues. This gap in insurance coverage can lead to delayed medical care, worse cancer prognosis, and increased risk of death for children.
OpenAI introduces GPT-5.2 for professional knowledge work, improving economic value and state-of-the-art performance in tasks like spreadsheets, presentations, and code writing.
Mozilla's new CEO Anthony Enzor-DeMeo aims to make Firefox a trusted AI browser. He plans to integrate multiple AI models into Firefox, prioritizing user choice and trust.
AIsbom performs Deep Binary Introspection on model files to detect malware risks and license violations. It generates a compliant sbom.json with SHA256 hashes and license data.
This software is open-source and can be used freely with certain restrictions. It comes with no warranty and the authors are not liable for any damages.
TU/e is exploring alternatives to Microsoft due to US sanctions concerns, with some departments testing Nextcloud and SURF solutions. A comprehensive replacement is unlikely, but the university is collaborating with others to develop European alternatives.
The author, an MS CS student, optimized the Rockchip RK3588 NPU to run a Vision Transformer model by manually tiling the graph and bypassing driver timeouts. They achieved a drastic improvement in performance by re-architecting the software to match the silicon's physical reality.
The author discusses the concept of p-value circling, where researchers are skeptical of results with p-values close to 0.05. They explore the idea that p-values are only valid if they're valid and can't handle questionable research practices. The author suggests that p-value circling might be justified if researchers assume that p-values are distorted by p-hacking, but this is not a strong ...
Lustra provides transparent access to global legislation. Our bill summaries and voting records are presented in a concise, clear, and impartial way.
Drawize is a free online drawing game for friends or groups, offering practice and guessing modes. It also includes CopyCatAI for AI feedback on drawing skills.
Zenflow should build a workflow using the Auto feature, utilizing built-in templates and custom patterns for efficient code production. This workflow will enable automated verification, cross-agent review, and simultaneous task execution with isolated environments.
TheAuditor is a database-first code intelligence platform that indexes codebases for fast security analysis. It uses incremental indexing and database queries for sub-second results.
Remove analytics parameters, referrals, and trackers from your URLs instantly. Protect your privacy before you click. Runs quietly in the background. Copies clean links automatically as soon as you clean them. Reveal the true destination of bit.ly and tinyurl links before you click. No more surprises.
This tool checks GPU PCIe link health and bandwidth, and can prove it's working as expected. It requires elevated privileges on some Linux systems and provides read-only AER counter inspection.
The user ported JustHTML, a Python HTML5 parser, to JavaScript using Codex CLI and GPT-5.2 in 4 hours. The new library, simonw/justjshtml, passes 9,200 tests from the html5lib-tests suite and has a similar API to the original library.