Huginn, a phishing discovery tool, found 254 confirmed phishing websites in February, with 83.9% not flagged by Google Safe Browsing. Muninn's automatic scan correctly identified 238 phishing sites, but a deeper scan caught every single confirmed phishing site with zero false negatives.
Jido 2.0 has shipped on Hex after 18 months of development, offering a simpler and more efficient agent framework built on the BEAM. It provides a pure functional agent architecture, strategies for AI integration, and a growing ecosystem of builders and packages.
Upgrading Linux distribution and packages caused unexpected behavior with the ls command. A lesson learned is to prioritize simplicity and focus on the product's core purpose rather than adding unnecessary features.
A new speech library, qwen3-asr-swift, enables full-duplex speech-to-speech on Apple Silicon with NVIDIA's PersonaPlex 7B model. The library runs entirely on Apple Silicon, processing audio in and out with streaming via PersonaPlex 7B.
A high-performance network server design uses one thread per core, pinned to separate CPUs, with each thread handling a separate state transition and using epoll/kqueue for efficient file descriptor management. The design involves simple blocking/IO calls, no decision points, and can handle up to 100k requests per second on modern systems.
The Google Workspace CLI (gws) is a command-line tool that provides a unified interface to Google Workspace APIs, including Drive, Gmail, Calendar, and more, with features like tab completion and structured JSON output. It supports multiple authentication workflows and comes with over 100 pre-built agent skills for automating tasks and integrating with large language models.
The chardet maintainers relicensed the Python character encoding detector from LGPL to MIT using AI-generated code, but this move may be a GPL violation or render the MIT license moot due to copyright and licensing complexities. The case raises questions about AI-generated code ownership and the future of copyleft licensing.
The European Space Agency and partners successfully connected an aircraft to a geostationary satellite using laser communications, achieving error-free connections at 2.6 gigabits per second. This breakthrough enables seamless, high-speed connections for travellers and remote communities, laying the foundations for everyday technologies that depend on strong links.
The author argues that despite the hype surrounding AI, the results of using AI-powered tools in software development are often mediocre and lack authenticity, with many developers relying on AI to produce code rather than learning to code themselves. The author suggests that the only way to separate the value from the slop in AI-generated content is for AI models to perform correct source ...
Alex Friedmann, a respected prison reform activist, was arrested for infiltrating Nashville's new central jail and planting guns in its infrastructure. He was caught after months of secretly entering the jail, wearing disguises and hiding evidence, and was later found to have hidden multiple guns and keys in various parts of the jail.
The author attended an AI meetup where they discussed AI's impact on society and work, and the potential for an AI-first society where humans are no longer necessary. They believe humans will still find happiness in community and personal activities.
The code controls a camera and printer using GPIO pins and Python libraries, capturing images and applying filters based on brightness. It also handles button presses and shutdown requests, with a cleanup function to release resources when the program exits.
The Smalltalk IDE's four-pane System Browser has survived decades despite criticism, due to its ability to provide context for message passing. The real problem is not the browser, but the lack of integration between tools, making it hard to navigate and understand complex workflows.
AMD is releasing its first Ryzen AI desktop chips with NPUs for business PCs, combining Zen 5 CPU cores and RDNA 3.5 GPU cores. These chips qualify for Microsoft's Copilot+ PC label and support device management capabilities for business PCs.
You're creating an open-source Flash alternative built in C# with Avalonia and SkiaSharp, compatible with Linux, Mac, and PC. The project features a vector engine, timeline, shape tweening, symbol library, .fla import, and scripting system.
Jails for NetBSD provides kernel-enforced process isolation with explicit boundaries, focusing on simplicity and operational ease. It's a NetBSD-native model with a smaller toolchain, not a general-purpose container ecosystem or full virtualization.
User discovered IKEA BILLY bookshelves can hold old computer motherboards. This setup allows for easy access and organization of projects without taking up desk space.
Alibaba's Qwen team faces uncertainty after key researcher Junyang Lin's sudden resignation and several other team members' departures. The team's open weight models, including the impressive Qwen 3.5 family, may be impacted by the loss of talent.
The MIPS architecture was initially supported in BSD in the early 1990s, but progress was slow until Per Fogelström's successful port of NetBSD to a R3000 system in 1994. Linux support for MIPS was also developed in the mid-1990s, with Dave Miller working on a port during a summer internship at SGI in 1996.
Apple unveiled MacBook Neo, a new laptop with a breakthrough price, featuring a 13-inch Liquid Retina display, A18 Pro chip, and up to 16 hours of battery life. Starting at $599, MacBook Neo is Apple's most affordable laptop ever.
Mark Pilgrim, author of chardet, thanks maintainers for contributions but disputes their claim to relicense the project under a different license, citing LGPL restrictions. He argues that modified code must be released under the same LGPL license, regardless of a "complete rewrite".
BMW Group is advancing digitalisation and AI in production with Physical AI, combining AI with real machines and robots. The company is launching a pilot project with humanoid robots at the Leipzig plant to explore applications in car production and battery manufacturing.
Tech companies including Google, Microsoft, and Meta signed a pledge to cover datacenter electricity costs, aiming to mitigate US inflation and protect consumers. The "Ratepayer Protection Pledge" aims to balance tech competitiveness with energy costs, but its effectiveness remains uncertain.
The author has a condition called Environmental OCD, prompting them to pick up litter and prove anyone can make a difference. They aim to collect a zillion pieces of litter to show the impact of individual actions.
Notes: Latin phrase is from the Roman poet Horace: “It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country.” Copyright Credit: Wilfred Owen, "Dulce et Decorum Est" from Poems, ed. Siegfried Sassoon. New York: The Viking Press, 1921. Public domain.