LinkedIn scans users' computers for installed software without consent, collecting data on job search activity, religious beliefs, and competitor products. BrowserGate is a campaign to expose this corporate espionage and data breach scandal, seeking funds and public support to hold LinkedIn accountable.
Build autonomous agents that plan, navigate apps, and complete tasks on your behalf, with native support for function calling. These models were evaluated against a large collection of datasets and metrics to cover different aspects of text generation. See additional benchmarks in model card.
The author joined Microsoft's Azure Core team in May 2023 as a senior member, only to find the team planning to port half of Windows to a tiny Linux-running chip. The author was shocked by the team's unrealistic plan and felt it was a "death march."
The Swedish government is reintroducing physical textbooks and reducing digital devices in schools to improve reading and writing skills. They aim for every student to have a physical textbook for each subject, citing concerns about screen time and distraction.
Steam on Linux reached an all-time high of 5.33% market share in March 2026, a 3.1% increase from February. Windows lost 4.28% to 92.33% while macOS gained 1.19% to 2.35%.
Qwen3.6-Plus is a significant upgrade to the Qwen series, offering enhanced agentic coding capabilities, improved multimodal reasoning, and a more stable and reliable foundation for developers. The model is now generally available through the Alibaba Cloud Model Studio API and supports various coding assistants, including OpenClaw, Claude Code, and Qwen Code, to streamline development ...
In memory of the Palestinians killed in the Israeli genocide in Gaza.
Using --no-mmap and increasing context size can speed up load times. Lemonade offers a unified API with various features like chat and image gen.
Tailscale's macOS app had an issue where its icon would be hidden in the notch of some MacBooks. A small fix was implemented to notify users when the icon is hidden.
Cursor 3 is a unified workspace for building software with agents, bringing clarity to agent work and a higher level of abstraction. It's faster, cleaner, and more powerful, with a multi-repo layout and seamless handoff between local and cloud agents.
right now the astronauts are calling houston because the computer on the spaceship is running two instances of microsoft outlook and they can't figure out why. nasa is about to remote into the computer
The team created a virtual filesystem called ChromaFs to power their documentation assistant, allowing it to explore documentation like a codebase without the need for real sandboxes. ChromaFs uses a Chroma database to provide instant session creation, zero marginal compute cost, and built-in role-based access control, replacing the need for expensive sandboxes.
NASA's Artemis II mission used a laser-based communications system to beam 4K moon footage to Earth at 260 Mbps. The system, called O2O, will also be used for fast transmission of procedures and data.
Techniques to protect email addresses from spammers include HTML entities, CSS, JavaScript, and encryption, with varying levels of effectiveness. Most harvesters are unsophisticated, making even simple techniques effective, but no method is foolproof.
The author learned from business school that good ideas don't need lies to gain acceptance and that dishonest forecasters are worthless. This principle helped the author predict the Iraq War's failure due to false claims about WMDs and the importance of audit to prevent such errors.
The user spent January-July 2025 helping with their wife's family rice farm in rural Japan, learning about the process from preparation to planting. Japan's rice farming system faces challenges due to aging farmers, limited income, and automation, potentially leading to a decline in rural communities.
Delve team allegedly used Sim.ai's open source tool SimStudio without permission, violating Apache software license. Delve's founders deny allegations, but Sim.ai's CEO confirms no license agreement was in place.
NASA has developed a new toilet system called the Universal Waste Management System (UWMS) for astronauts. The system features handles for stability, simultaneous urine and feces processing, and a door for privacy in microgravity environments.
Northwest winds of 30-40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph are possible. This may be hazardous to light weight or high profile vehicles.
The kernel security list has seen a huge increase in bug reports, from 2-3 per week to 5-10 per day, with most being correct and leading to faster bug fixes. This shift is expected to change the approach to security fixes, making embargoes obsolete and encouraging periodic updates.
Nepal's fake rescue scam involves staging medical emergencies to claim insurance, with guides and hospitals involved in the scheme. The scam has been ongoing since 2018, with investigators finding 171 confirmed fake rescues between 2022 and 2025, resulting in millions of dollars in insurance claims.
A subscription bombing attack targeted Suga's sign-up form, using bots to create fake accounts with real email addresses and then requesting password resets to flood victims' inboxes with unwanted emails. The attack was mitigated by implementing Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA and limiting email sends until user verification, preventing further damage to victims.
Renewable energy expanded by 15.5% in 2025, with solar accounting for nearly three-quarters of new capacity additions. However, the world is still behind pace to meet its renewable energy commitments by 2030.
IBM and Arm collaborate to develop dual-architecture hardware for AI and data-intensive workloads. The collaboration aims to create flexible and scalable computing platforms for the future with greater reliability, security, and scalability.
Caltech and Google announced quantum computing breakthroughs, lowering overhead for fault-tolerance and Shor's algorithm. This may make Bitcoin signatures vulnerable to quantum attack sooner than expected.
OpenAI acquired TBPN, a daily tech talk show, to support its mission of bringing AGI to the world and facilitate a constructive conversation about AI. TBPN will maintain editorial independence and report to Chris Lehane within OpenAI's Strategy org.
SQLite offers flexible data storage and querying with JSON support, full-text search, and analytical queries. It also provides strict typing, generated columns, and write-ahead logging for improved performance and reliability.
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The user designed a reference data system for manufacturing using Clojure, a dynamic functional programming language that runs on the Java Virtual Machine, due to its benefits in data manipulation and prototyping. The user found Clojure's REPL environment, code-as-data semantic, and macro system particularly useful for rapid development and prototyping, and recommends considering it for ...
Claude Code's leaked source code reveals that good code isn't necessary for a successful product. The real value lies in integration and product market fit.
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George Harry Goble, a 73-year-old pioneer in computing, passed away on March 18, 2026. He was a founding member of Purdue Engineering Computer Network and made significant contributions to computing and refrigeration technology.
Amazon is adding a 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge for US and Canadian third-party sellers due to increased costs from the Iran war. The surcharge will take effect on April 17 and is lower than those applied by other major carriers.
The Russian submarine K-141 Kursk sank on August 12, 2000, in the Barents Sea, killing 118 sailors. A delayed rescue effort and inadequate equipment led to the tragic loss of life, with an investigation later citing negligence, incompetence, and mismanagement.
01 Execute Racket programs and see output as it's produced. Everything runs locally on your device. 03 Understands Racket forms like define, let, and cond. Includes a keyboard row for brackets and common keywords. 06 Run scripts from your home screen or automate them with Shortcuts. Opens .rkt files from Files.
New laws will make it easier to cancel subscriptions and get refunds for unwanted auto-renewals, saving the average person nearly Β£170 a year. The laws will give consumers a 14-day cooling off period and force companies to provide clear information upfront.
The Australian government has introduced new measures to limit gambling ads, capping TV ads and banning online ads unless users are logged in and over 18. The move has been opposed by gambling agencies and some community groups who want a full ban.
President Donald Trump has ousted Pam Bondi as attorney general, replacing her with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. Trump praised Bondi's work but sources say he was frustrated with her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and not investigating his opponents enough.
Yggdrasil is a future-proof, decentralized routing scheme providing end-to-end encrypted IPv6 routing between nodes. It's an alpha-stage project with a stable implementation for day-to-day use, available on GitHub for contribution and feedback.
numa is a portable DNS resolver built in Rust that blocks ads, resolves local services, and caches DNS queries. It runs as a system service on macOS and Linux, and auto-starts on Windows, providing a secure and private DNS experience.
Snowpack in the American west is at record-low levels due to a historically warm winter and searing March temperatures. Experts warn that even with potential for more snow, it will be too little too late to mitigate the effects of the dry season.
A booming black market for giant African harvester ants has emerged in Kenya, with smugglers selling queens to international collectors for up to Β£170. The trade poses a risk to local ecosystems, as invasive ants could disrupt agriculture and threaten biodiversity if they escape from captivity.
User had issues submitting content and receiving updates on European-alternatives.eu, with no response from the owner. They're looking for alternative platforms to list EU alternatives to US software/hardware.
SpaceX is targeting a $1.75 trillion IPO valuation in June 2026, but a sum-of-the-parts analysis suggests it may be overvalued by $500 billion. The valuation gap could be due to investors being overly bullish on all business segments simultaneously.
SpaceX's IPO is unlikely to mirror Amazon or Google's returns due to changed IPO landscape. The company's valuation is overpriced due to scarcity value fallacy and narrative overpowering financials.
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Balcony solar installations have become popular in Germany and other parts of the world, allowing people to generate their own power and reduce their energy bills. However, some experts have raised concerns about the safety of these installations, citing the risk of electrical shock and fires, but many governments and regulatory bodies have deemed them safe with proper installation and precautions.
A crowd gathered on the A Max Brewer Bridge in Titusville to witness the Artemis II launch, a historic moment in space exploration. The mission aims to send the first humans to the moon's orbit in over 50 years, with a crew of four astronauts on board.
User analyzed 10GB Hacker News dataset with Codex and Modolap to compare Rust and Go mentions and MySQL vs Postgres. Initial findings suggest a gradual decline in comment length over time.
Researchers created a Wi-Fi receiver that can withstand 500 kilograys of radiation, suitable for use in nuclear reactors. The receiver's design minimizes transistors and modifies transistor geometry to protect against radiation damage.
The author reminisces about popular magazines from the late 1970s to the 1980s, including BYTE, Dr. Dobbs, and Omni, which expressed optimism for technology and the future. These magazines provided valuable information on programming languages, hardware projects, and emerging technologies.
Researchers propose Zero-Error Horizon (ZEH) for trustworthy LLMs, which measures maximum problem-solving range without errors. Evaluating ZEH of state-of-the-art LLMs reveals surprising mistakes on simple problems, providing insights for safety-critical domains.
The article discusses how to use eBPF to observe goroutine state changes and memory allocations in Go runtime, and it introduces a tool called xgotop that can be used to trace goroutine lifecycle events in near real-time. The author uses bpftrace to write a PoC that hooks into Go runtime functions and decodes function arguments to observe goroutine lifecycle events, and it provides a simple ...
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The author describes the evolution of a garbage collector, from its initial form to its ability to search the native stack for lost objects. The collector's development allows it to efficiently find and manage objects, restoring balance to the dynamic society.
AI coding assistants like Claude and Codex are powerful tools, but human developers are still valuable due to their ability to harness AI's power while adding human taste, wisdom, and caution. For now, AI-generated code needs human review to meet standards of quality and maintainability.
The US military has fired 850+ Tomahawk missiles in 30 days, exceeding 14.9 years of production, and is now deploying ground troops into Iran. The war is depleting US strategic reserves, including missile stockpiles and energy reserves, and may lead to a global food and energy crisis.
Cloudflare's EmDash is a new open source CMS built on Astro and TypeScript, aiming to be a modern WordPress alternative. It features a secure sandboxed plugin model, AI-first design, and a solid database structure, but may not address the main frustrations with WordPress.
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memo is a coding environment that saves state and forgets code as you type. It uses commas, ands, or both to separate list elements and ignores numerals.
OpenRouter routes requests to best providers based on prompt size and parameters with fallbacks for uptime. It supports reasoning-enabled models showing step-by-step thinking with the reasoning parameter.
A deep dive into rewriting git in Zig and integrating it into Bun for a 100x speedup
The release of Hugo v0.158.0 introduced css.Build, which offers styling enhancements but has limitations, requiring consideration of browser compatibility and newer CSS features. css.Build provides bundling, minification, and speed advantages, but may not be suitable for sites requiring complex CSS features or older browser support.
Learn German with DeTawk, a modern app built on the FSI German course, the same curriculum used to train US diplomats. Free, proven, and structured for real fluency.
Iran's IRGC claims it targeted Oracle's Dubai data center and an Amazon facility in Bahrain, amid escalating tensions with the US and Israel. The conflict has resulted in over 3,000 civilian fatalities in Iran and Lebanon.
UK adults are becoming more selective with social media use, with 49% actively posting and 67% concerned about screentime. AI tool adoption is widespread, especially among younger adults, with 54% using tools like ChatGPT.
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Kiyeovo is a beta app with rough edges, tested on Linux and macOS, offering two network modes: Fast (clearnet) and Anonymous (Tor). It stores offline messages in the DHT and supports file transfer, groups, and calls in fast mode.
Eating oatmeal at lunch is a spiritual experience due to its health benefits, flexibility, and ability to boost self-confidence. It allows for constraint in one area, opening up options in another, and enables a routine that fosters happiness and appreciation for food.
Good typography reinforces the meaning of text, not by abstract merit, and depends on understanding the text's goals. Typographic choices vary by text, and there's no one-size-fits-all solution, making it more about understanding the text than taste or training.
User had to be reminded of their blog and wrote about someone turning Spanish law into a Git repository. They created a similar US law repository in 48 hours using an autonomous pipeline.
You're building a native Discord client called kind in C++ and Qt 6, focusing on performance and caching. It has a wide range of features, including a gateway, REST API, and UI rendering, with 370 passing tests.
Luxembourg has the highest average hourly wage in Europe at β¬49.7, followed by Iceland and Norway.
Gertrude Stein's writing is known for its difficulty and complexity, with a unique style that blends abstraction and table talk. Her work has been both celebrated and ridiculed, and she remains a mysterious figure in literary history.
A destructor in C++ can throw an exception if explicitly marked noexcept(false), but this is not recommended due to potential termination of the program. The standard prohibits a destructor from throwing an exception during stack unwinding, making it safer to handle errors through logging or error flags rather than propagating exceptions.
Australia's Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station in Tasmania marks 50 years of monitoring the world's cleanest air, tracking human-driven changes to the atmosphere. The station provides critical data for climate research, showing increases in COβ and decreases in pollutants like black carbon and CFC-11.
Qwen3.6-Plus is a significant upgrade to the Qwen series, offering enhanced agentic coding capabilities, improved multimodal reasoning, and a more stable and reliable foundation for developers. The model is now generally available through the Alibaba Cloud Model Studio API and supports various coding assistants, including OpenClaw, Claude Code, and Qwen Code, to streamline development ...
The web has lost its personal touch due to optimization for scale, but personal websites are thriving with better tools. The narrative that the personal web is dead is false, and it's thriving because technology has improved, not hindered it.
The author argues that the use of AI agents in academic research can lead to a loss of understanding and critical thinking skills among students, as they rely on machines to do the work for them instead of learning through hands-on experience. The author believes that the key to becoming a good scientist is not just producing results, but also developing the ability to think critically and ...
Zxcvbn: while passwords seem strong, they are fundamentally insecure. a coding agent may be sensitive to the exact prompt used by the user, he says if it generates password, security teams should audit and rotate it - especially in ai-first environments involving both code and operations. security practitioners should consider when deploying ai agents for any defensive cyber task, says david ...
The author argues that virtual reality technology will persist and resurge despite the current VR market decline, due to its fundamental psychological impact on humans. VR's ability to simulate presence and manipulate perception makes it a powerful tool for social and spatial experiences.
AI is transforming industries by automating tasks, but the most valuable roles will be those that involve judgment, taste, and trust. Humans will need to adapt to a new world where AI generates options, and the most valuable people will be those who can define problems, formalise domains, and take responsibility for AI output.
The user rebuilt their website Bamwor from scratch in 2026 after the CIA World Factbook shutdown, with a new design inspired by publications and a simplified frontend. The project's mission remains the same, making the world's information accessible, and the user now uses modern tools and AI to provide a developer-friendly service with structured geographic data.
Author deleted IDEs and switched to AI-powered tools, seeing a significant productivity boost. They're now building Lanes to manage multiple agent terminals and create a unified development environment.
SideX is a lightweight, native code editor based on Visual Studio Code, using Tauri instead of Electron. It's an open-source project in early development, seeking contributors to help build and fix it.
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SALOMI is a research repository exploring extreme low-bit transformer quantization and inference methods. It presents rigorous evidence on the limitations of naive sub-1-bit claims and promising methods around 1.2-1.35 bpp.
Modern AI models like Claude Sonnet 4.5 develop internal representations of emotions that influence their behavior, even if they don't truly feel emotions like humans do. These "functional emotions" can be used to predict and shape model behavior, and understanding them is crucial for ensuring AI systems behave reliably and safely.
The European Commission's Europa.eu platform was breached by ShinyHunters, exposing 90GB of sensitive data including emails, SSO directory, and DKIM keys. The breach is considered an e-crime story with a larger blast radius than a state-sponsored attack, and institutions must take immediate action to secure their data and prevent follow-on attacks.
Delve team allegedly used Sim.ai's open source tool SimStudio without permission, violating Apache software license. Delve's founders deny allegations, but Sim.ai's CEO confirms no license agreement was in place.