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Editorial: It's time to step up and have your say for science

The Office of Management and Budget has proposed a new rule that would shift scientific grant funding decisions from peer-reviewed experts to political appointees, potentially allowing grants to be ca...

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Newly discovered PamStealer isn't your typical macOS malware

Researchers have identified PamStealer, a novel macOS malware that uses a multi-stage delivery method involving a disguised disk image and AppleScript to bypass standard security checks like quarantin...

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Private space pilots are flying orbital missions for the US Space Force

True Anomaly and Rocket Lab successfully executed 'Victus Haze,' a rapid-response orbital reconnaissance mission for the US Space Force involving close inspection of a target satellite. This exercise ...

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Africa CDC confirms Marburg case in Uganda as Ebola outbreak rages

The Africa CDC has confirmed a fatal Marburg virus case in a toddler in Uganda, occurring amidst an ongoing Ebola outbreak. While initial reports suggest no further active cases or symptomatic contact...

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Google’s AI buildout drove 37% increase in electricity use in 2025

Google reported a historic 37% year-over-year increase in electricity consumption in 2025, driven primarily by the expansion of its AI data center infrastructure. Despite this surge, which brings tota...

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Immich 3.0

Immich has released its major v3.0.0 update, introducing significant architectural changes including the deprecation of pgvecto.rs in favor of VectorChord for vector search capabilities. While the rel...

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No LLM code in dependencies

The author of git-annex spent significant effort removing dependencies containing LLM-generated code, citing issues like incoherent commits, potential copyright risks, and low-quality changes. This ex...

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kernel asynchronous reads in PostgreSQL 19 (io_uring)

PostgreSQL 19 introduces support for kernel-level asynchronous I/O using Linux's io_uring, offering an alternative to its traditional asynchronous sequential scan workers. The article demonstrates con...

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Anthropic is discussing a new custom chip with Samsung

Anthropic is reportedly in discussions with Samsung to develop a new custom AI chip, following a similar strategic move by competitor OpenAI. This development highlights the intensifying competition a...

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OpenAI proposed donating 5% of its equity to a US sovereign wealth fund

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reportedly proposed donating 5% of the company's equity to a U.S. sovereign wealth fund. This move aims to allow the American public to share in the financial gains generated...

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Tesla saw a massive sales jump in the second quarter

Tesla reported a significant surge in second-quarter global EV deliveries, exceeding 480,000 units. This growth is attributed to successful geographic expansion and the introduction of more affordable...

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Woman's hip replacement disintegrates, causing severe metal poisoning

A case report in the NEJM details how a 56-year-old woman suffered severe cobalt poisoning due to the premature failure of a hip replacement implant installed 20 years ago. The disintegrating metal pr...

7.0

The video game disc is dead

The Vergecast discusses the impending end of physical video game media, highlighting Sony's plans to discontinue PlayStation discs and Microsoft's continued push toward digital distribution. This shif...

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Virginia bans sale of geolocation data

Virginia has enacted S.B. 388, amending the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act to prohibit the sale of geolocation data, effective July 1, 2026. This move aligns Virginia with Maryland and Oregon, ...

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Podman v6.0.0

Podman v6.0.0 introduces significant architectural modernizations, transitioning its networking stack from slirp4netns and iptables to Netavark, Pasta, and nftables for improved maintenance and featur...

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Wordgard Release 0.1

Marijn Haverbeke has released Wordgard 0.1, a new rich text editor library that serves as a complete architectural rewrite of ProseMirror. Drawing inspiration from CodeMirror v6, it aims to resolve lo...

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jj v0.43.0 released

jj v0.43.0 introduces the new 'jj run' command for executing commands across multiple changes with isolated working copies, alongside support for the '--reversed' flag in 'jj show'. This release also ...

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The Physics of Memory (aka can Javascript ECS?)

The author benchmarks an Entity Component System (ECS) implementation against traditional Object-Oriented Programming in JavaScript to evaluate performance gains from improved memory locality. The stu...

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Preventing token theft

The article discusses the vulnerability of authentication tokens to theft by infostealer malware, which can bypass Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and passkeys. It highlights a proposed solution usi...

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A warning sign about AI’s real cost, courtesy of Google and Amazon

The escalating energy demands of artificial intelligence are creating significant obstacles for major tech giants like Google and Amazon in meeting their net-zero carbon emission pledges. This develop...

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Lucid Motors’ CFO is out as its new CEO continues leadership shakeup

Lucid Motors has replaced its Chief Financial Officer as part of an ongoing leadership restructuring under its new CEO. The executive changes aim to address the company's struggles, specifically the d...

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US government says it got hacked — again

The US government has confirmed another cyber intrusion, this time targeting a Homeland Security intelligence-sharing network. A senior Senate Intelligence Committee member warned that the breach pose...

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Rivian raises EV sales forecast as Q2 production ramps up

Rivian has raised its 2026 EV sales forecast, expecting to ship several thousand additional vehicles compared to previous estimates. This adjustment follows the successful launch of its R2 SUV last mo...

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Plex debuts 5-year membership pass for $250

Plex has introduced a new five-year membership pass priced at $250, while simultaneously raising the cost of its lifetime pass to $750. This strategic pricing shift aims to encourage users to adopt re...

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Tesla sales increase by 25% in Q2 2026

Tesla reported a 25% year-over-year increase in Q2 2026 EV sales, totaling 480,126 units, driven primarily by strong demand for the Model 3 and Model Y. The company successfully reduced its overproduc...

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AI won’t save advertising, says Digitas’ Amy Lanzi

Digitas CEO Amy Lanzi argues that AI will not revolutionize advertising, criticizing the industry's hype while emphasizing data-driven results over creative generation. She highlights the shifting lan...

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llm-coding-agent 0.1a0

Simon Willison releases 'llm-coding-agent' 0.1a0, a prototype coding agent built on his evolving LLM library framework. The tool allows users to generate code via CLI commands or Python APIs, featurin...

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Kobo’s CEO Hinting at Something New Coming Soon

Kobo's CEO has sent an email to customers hinting at new 'projects' to be unveiled later this year, sparking speculation about upcoming hardware or AI features. While the specific details remain undis...

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Understand to participate

Simon Willison highlights Geoffrey Litt's concept of 'Understand to participate,' arguing that developers must maintain deep code comprehension to effectively collaborate with AI coding agents. This a...

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PeerTube is a free, decentralized and federated video platform

PeerTube is a free, decentralized video platform built on the ActivityPub protocol, allowing users to host and stream videos across a federated network of instances. It serves as an open-source altern...

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.gitignore Isn’t the Only Way To Ignore Files in Git

The article explains that Git offers three distinct levels for ignoring files beyond the standard .gitignore: repository-specific (.git/info/exclude), global machine-level (~/.config/git/ignore), and ...

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My quest to see all of Tetris

A senior software engineer at Antithesis documents his personal challenge to use their formal verification tool to achieve 'rebirth' in Tetris, a feat previously accomplished by human gamers. Despite ...

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Type definitions to retrieve objects from localStorage

The article addresses the common TypeScript pitfall where JSON.parse loses method definitions when retrieving objects from localStorage, resulting in runtime errors despite correct type annotations. I...

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This month in KDE Linux: June 2026

The KDE Linux project reports steady progress toward its beta milestone, having achieved 78% completion with stable build deliveries. Key updates include the integration of a new automatic QA system, ...

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Creating a development sandbox with crosvm

The author discusses the security risks associated with modern software development tools and supply-chain attacks, advocating for isolated development environments. They describe their experience usi...