How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt]

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Shai-Hulud Themed Malware Found in the PyTorch Lightning AI Training Library

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A supply chain attack compromised the PyPI package 'lightning' versions 2.6.2 and 2.6.3, stealing credentials and attempting to poison GitHub repositories. The attack is linked to the 'mini Shai-Hulud' campaign and affects teams using lightning in their dependency tree.

CopyFail Was Not Disclosed to Distros

CVE-2026-31431 is a Linux kernel vulnerability introduced in 2017, affecting multiple kernel versions. A workaround patch has been attached to disable the affected module.

I built a Game Boy emulator in F#

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A software engineer built a working Game Boy emulator, Fame Boy, in F# after learning about computer hardware by emulating a Game Boy and using AI to write unit tests. The emulator's development involved optimizing performance, fixing issues with the PPU and APU, and learning about functional programming and domain-driven development.

Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants

Belgium will nationalize its nuclear power plants, reversing a 2003 decision to phase out nuclear energy by 2025. The government aims to build new nuclear plants and reduce dependence on fossil imports.

Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw"

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How an Oil Refinery Works

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Oil refineries process crude oil into various products like gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel using distillation, cracking, and other processes. The refining process is complex and requires large industrial facilities to handle the massive volume of crude oil consumed worldwide.

Durable queues, streams, pub/sub, and a cron scheduler – inside your SQLite file

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honker adds durable pub/sub and task queue to SQLite without client polling or daemon. It uses SQLite's PRAGMA data_version for wake signals, with ~0.7 ms latency and ~3 µs read time.
The SIMD Quad algorithm is a new search algorithm that combines quaternary interpolation search with SIMD instructions to efficiently locate a target value in a sorted array of 16-bit unsigned integers. It outperforms binary search on both Intel and Apple platforms, with significant speedup on large arrays in cold cache scenarios.
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We monitor 27 government auction sources with 75,070 listings, scoring auctions for price, bid velocity, and time left. Daily emails highlight top-scored auctions with direct links to original listings.

Spain's parliament will act against massive IP blockages by LaLiga

Congress is preparing to take measures against LaLiga's fight against piracy causing web page blockages. A non-legislative initiative was approved to reform the Digital Services Act and prevent indiscriminate blocking of IPs by judicial rulings.

If Apple makes an iPad Neo, it's all over

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Google is introducing a badge for tablet-ready apps in the Google Play Store, highlighting a long-standing issue with Android tablets. Apple dominates the tablet market with its iPad series, and an iPad Neo could further solidify its position.

10Gb/s Ethernet: what I did to get it working in my home

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The user upgraded their home network to 10Gb/s Ethernet, starting with their study and then expanding to the rest of the house, using a combination of 10Gb/s switches, SFP+ modules, and DAC cables. They encountered some thermal issues with the switches and SFP+ modules, but were able to mitigate them and achieve speeds of up to 9Gb/s, with plans to potentially upgrade to 40Gb/s or higher in ...

Mozilla's opposition to Chrome's Prompt API

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A 1960s art school experiment that redefined creativity

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Recovering files from beyond the grave using PhotoRec

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The user recovered deleted files using TestDisk and PhotoRec, a digital forensics tool. They successfully recovered various file types, including images, from old hardware and an SD card, but caution is advised due to potential data corruption and privacy risks.

Granite 4.1: IBM's 8B Model Matching 32B MoE

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IBM released Granite 4.1, a family of open source language models for enterprise use, trained on 15 trillion tokens. The 8B model, with a dense architecture, matches or beats the 32B Granite 4.0-H-Small across various benchmarks.

The Zig project's rationale for their anti-AI contribution policy

Zig has a strict anti-LLM policy to prioritize contributor growth over code quality. Maintainers review contributors, not just their code, to foster trust and future contributions.

Noctua releases official 3D CAD models for its cooling fans

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Where the goblins came from

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OpenAI's models started mentioning creatures like goblins and gremlins in their metaphors due to a subtle incentive from training for the personality customization feature, specifically the Nerdy personality. The behavior was amplified through transfer from Nerdy personality training and later spread to other contexts, requiring OpenAI to retire the Nerdy personality and implement new tools ...

How Semiconductors Were Made in America

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I gave a talk at the American Corner in Almaty, Kazakhstan about America's 250th birthday and the history of semiconductors, tying in American culture and values. The talk highlighted how core American values like free speech and openness to outsiders contributed to the creation of the world's greatest engineering achievement.

The Science Behind Honey's Eternal Shelf Life (2013)

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Honey's unique combination of low moisture, acidity, and hydrogen peroxide makes it resistant to spoilage. Its shelf life is also extended by bees' natural drying process and the enzyme glucose oxidase in their stomachs.

A Primer on Bézier Curves – So What Makes a Bézier Curve?

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Bézier curves are used in computer aided design and computer aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) applications, graphic design, and scalable vector graphics (SVG). They are defined by linear interpolations between control points, forming a curve that never extends beyond the points used to construct it.

Kubereboot/Kured: Kubernetes Reboot Daemon

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Kured is a Kubernetes daemonset that automatically reboots nodes when needed by the OS package management system. It ensures safe reboots by locking the API server and watching for reboot signals.

Show HN: TRiP – a complete transformer engine in C built from scratch just by me

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TRiP is an open-source C engine for Transformer AI models, built from scratch for educational purposes. It supports Gemma 1, Llama 2, PaliGemma, and GPT-2 with full inference and training.

Full-Text Search with DuckDB

This is a follow-up to my first post about DuckDB: A Dab of DuckDB. If you’re new to DuckDB, you may want to start there. The basic DuckDB workflow of making a data source quickly and easily discoverable is incredibly powerful … but there are limits. Some use cases, like searching the contents of historical publications or a tranche of emails would be constrained by basic text queries. As ...

My Stratum-0 Atomic Clock

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The author built a desk clock, O-1, that disciplined its system clock against GPS, but it had a flaw: it relied on GPS signals. To improve it, the author built O-2, which uses a chip-scale atomic clock for better stability.

What can we gain by losing infinity?

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Doron Zeilberger, a mathematician, believes that infinity is not a necessary concept in mathematics and that numbers have boundaries. He advocates for ultrafinitism, a philosophy that rejects infinity and extremely large numbers.

Craig Venter has died

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J. Craig Venter, founder of the J. Craig Venter Institute, died in San Diego after a brief hospitalization for cancer treatment complications. He was a visionary leader in genomics and synthetic biology who drove scientific change and advocated for robust federal funding.

Largest Digital Human Rights Conference Suddenly Canceled

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RightsCon conference in Zambia has been canceled due to government postponement. The decision was made after Zambia's government cited need for more time to ensure the conference aligns with national procedures and diplomatic protocols.