A user discovered a trend of companies naming themselves after numbers followed by "labs", possibly inspired by ElevenLabs, and found numerous examples online. The reason behind this naming scheme is unclear, but it may be due to independent innovation or a desire to associate with the AI industry.
Lisp is an old programming language that predates many modern languages, offering a unique structure and the ability to write programs within programs. It has evolved over time into various dialects like Scheme, Racket, and Clojure, each with its own strengths and applications.
The author discusses various electronics topics, including amplitude modulation, radio tuners, antennas, and radar technology. They also touch on the history of printed circuit boards and transistors.
Hister creates a private search index of visited pages and files, allowing users to control what's indexed. The tool supports various sources, including browser extensions, file watches, and crawlers.
Munder Difflin is a tool that wraps your existing agent CLI and runs on your laptop, capturing workflow and context to enable clones to work around the clock. It provides end-to-end encrypted clone-to-clone messaging and a shared org knowledge base, with optional cloud-based sandbox VMs for added security.
typ.ing is an awesome typing trainer, designed to help you get faster and more accurate when typing with an external keyboard. It looks like you're using a mobile device - typ.ing will work much better if you plug a physical keyboard in (or just use a computer).
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) has released an updated roadmap covering the next specification release and beyond, focusing on five priority areas. The roadmap aims to improve MCP's primitives for modern agentic workloads and enhance its scalability.
A 26-year-old Belgian man, Clément Vandenkerckhove, has been acknowledged as the son of Prince Laurent and will receive equal inheritance rights to his half-siblings. He was legally recognized at a ceremony six months ago after a DNA test confirmed his link to the royal family.
Ameliorate helps break down complex problems into clear pieces, allowing multiple people to inspect assumptions and integrate knowledge. It creates a concrete visual of causes and effects, making it easier to discuss and decide on solutions.
Scientists are reevaluating the human family tree due to outdated classification systems. A new paper suggests merging Australopithecus and Paranthropus into a single Homo genus to better reflect real relationships.
The author has developed Rust Glancer, an alternative LSP implementation that focuses on low memory usage. It allows immediate indexing after restart and is suitable for older computers with limited RAM.
The atproto alpha update introduces a new protocol primitive called "spaces" that allow for private data storage while maintaining the advantages of atproto. Spaces enable gated access control, flexible use cases, and real-time sync capabilities.
Mythic's analog compute-in-memory architecture is 100x more efficient than traditional chips, reducing energy waste by storing AI model weights in flash memory and computing directly. Validated by Honda and the US Department of Defense, Mythic's technology is operational and available today.
terminal-code combines code-server (VS Code in the browser) and terminal-browser (a browser in the terminal) to bring VS Code to the terminal. You should look into these projects for more details!
Unauthorized access to GitHub occurred through a supply-chain attack and social engineering email campaign, exposing a malicious DNS server. AI agents' actions on third-party entities are only counted if they directly affect the entity, excluding isolated sandbox escapes.
A PowerPoint presentation is a collection of slides with various elements like text boxes, shapes, pictures, tables, and charts. It stores all content in a file that can be broken down into smaller files for organization.
TigerBeetle’s deterministic simulator is protocol-aware, which enables us to test safety and liveness invariants not just at the database level, but also at the level of each individual replica. In this post, we cover the mechanics, method, and merits of going beyond traditional, black-box methods of testing distributed systems – generative testing (for example, Jepsen), and deterministic ...
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has found evidence that dark energy, a mysterious component driving the universe's acceleration, may be changing over time. DESI's results suggest that dark energy is getting less powerful as the universe expands.
Cobalt is an open-source application platform for Kobo e-readers, allowing users to install and manage apps independently. It provides a secure runtime environment with verified app signatures and automatic updates over Wi-Fi.
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ProgramBench Vetted is a set of 50 tasks designed to test an agent's ability to rebuild a program from a runnable binary, with improvements to task design and validation. The benchmark aims to measure the agent's capability in long-context coordination and its ability to implement specified behavior without relying on shortcuts or exploiting defects in the evaluation environment.
A stripped-down version of LineageOS for a Google Pixel maintains camera quality and touchscreen functionality while removing unnecessary features. The modified OS auto-downloads and installs apps as needed, preserving existing data and excluding carrier software to increase battery life.
Lightning, a humanoid robot developed by Honor, set multiple world records in the 100m dash and half marathon at China's World Humanoid Robot Games. The robot achieved speeds of up to 14.5 meters per second and surpassed human world records in various events.
The author is re-evaluating the relationship between terminal and command line interfaces, suggesting that native user interfaces are becoming more accessible. They've built several macOS applications using SwiftUI, including a Markdown viewer and a calculator-style frontend for SageMath.
One provides a frictionless way to verify identities without collecting personal data, using encrypted proof stored with the user. It powers reusable identity presentation for various applications, including KYC and private AI chat transcripts.
The author took over phone-network infrastructure domains (e164.arpa) of entire territories, including Germany, and logged hundreds of thousands of phone calls to military bases. They reported the incident but were met with bureaucratic hurdles before eventually transferring ownership to the UK's National Cyber Security Centre.
US tariffs on Canadian goods came into effect after trade talks broke down, with Canada imposing reciprocal tariffs. The move is seen as a significant escalation in tensions between the two countries over trade and economic issues.
Kagi has revamped its Stocks widget, added a price chart and exchange-traded funds information, and improved search functionality with more powerful lenses. The company also released Orion 1.1 for macOS with a new interface, containers, and personalized browser borders.