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HEIF Heist is a security research initiative by Hacktron targeting a class of vulnerabilities in native image decoders like libheif and libde265. Exploits against these underlying libraries have led t...

Google's Threat Intelligence Group, with help from its Mandiant subsidiary, infiltrated TeamPCP—a notorious supply-chain hacking group that compromised hundreds of open-source programs and breached ov...

Samsung is expected to more than double its production output of HBM4 and HBM4E DRAM chips next year, sources say. The move reflects growing demand for high-bandwidth memory in AI data centers and pos...

ChatGPT can now track what users do on other websites through an ad collector feature, raising significant privacy concerns. This capability mirrors browser-based ad tracking and allows ChatGPT to gat...

Alibaba's Qwen team released Qwen Image 2.1, a high-performance image generation model that improves editing capabilities and multi-language text rendering. The model maintains strong performance whil...

Notion redesigned its text editing system in 2025 to support true collaborative editing by implementing CRDTs (Conflict-free Replicated Data Types), replacing a flawed last-write-wins approach that ca...

Roku has released the Roku LT OS as an open-source platform specifically designed for creative programmers, expanding beyond traditional TV streaming development into broader IoT and creative applicat...

Research using Claude Fable analyzed popular fast hash functions and found that most have adversarial inputs causing performance at least 20 bits below theoretical expectations. Some published collisi...

Researchers from UCLA used clumped isotope thermometry on T. rex teeth to estimate its body temperature at around 36°C, similar to a modern elephant. This method overcomes previous limitations of oxyg...

A GitHub gist demonstrating how to run Llama (OS Jev) offline on a Mac with M4 chip using Apple's CoreML framework, achieving 45 tokens per second inference speed. The project showcases local LLM depl...

Pirate Face is a tool/project gaining traction on Hacker News (408 points) that appears to help preserve and rescue LLM models from deletion. The high engagement suggests community interest in model a...

This article explores software sandboxing fundamentals through the author's practical experience implementing it for Emilua, a Lua-based platform. It reviews the classic definition of sandboxing from ...

The author defends GDPR against common tech industry criticism, arguing that the widespread hatred from problematic actors is evidence of its effectiveness. A key focus is the cookie banner, which cri...

The article revisits Gary Bernhardt's Functional Core, Imperative Shell architectural pattern and extends it with the concept of determinism in software design. It argues that pure functions are not t...

w64devkit has seen significant changes over the past year, including code-signing of all releases for improved security, automated GitHub Actions builds, and release immutability to prevent tampering....

Quarkdown is a GitHub project that extends Markdown into a Turing-complete typesetting system, enabling users to generate papers, presentations, websites, books, and knowledge bases from Markdown. The...

California has enacted new legislation that enforces disclosure requirements for influencers paid to promote political content online. The law introduces penalties for influencers who fail to disclose...

Ars Technica reviews the Ferrari Purosangue, Ferrari's first four-door, four-seater utility vehicle featuring a 6.5L naturally aspirated V12 in a front-mid engine layout with a near 50:50 weight distr...

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang dismissed AI safety concerns in a CBS interview, claiming a '0% chance' of AI causing the end of the world and calling safety advocates' warnings irresponsible. He also critici...

The Verge explores how streaming platforms are increasingly adopting cable-like FAST (Free Ad-supported Streaming TV) channel models. The article traces this trend back to early streaming experiments ...

Sherline Tools is shutting down its USA production, marking the end of an era for a long-standing manufacturer of precision machine tools. The decision signals broader challenges facing domestic small...

Philip Zucker releases Lambda MicroEgg, an e-graph-based term rewriting tool that adds alpha-aware binders, Miller patterns, and capture-avoiding substitution to a frontend for s-expressions. Built on...

After the original Motif upstream project on Sourceforge went dormant over two years ago with no admin activity, developers have created an actively maintained fork. Led by Tim Hentenaar on GitHub, th...

The article surveys the jj (Jujutsu VCS) ecosystem, covering configuration options, custom templates, aliases, and third-party tools that extend jj beyond its core CLI. It serves as a follow-up to a J...

The author describes using non-breaking spaces in PHP test method names for improved readability, such as test a user can add a product to a wishlist. What started as a joke at Wizaplace became a long...

The author migrated from Google Analytics to GoatCounter, an open-source self-hosted analytics platform, to avoid bot inflation and protect privacy. They replaced GoatCounter's default JavaScript clie...

A podcast episode exploring the Unix Year 2038 problem, where 32-bit signed timestamps will overflow on January 19, 2038, breaking time-dependent systems. The hosts draw parallels to Y2K and the DJ10K...

World model companies are flush with funding and excitement but extremely secretive about their actual products and progress. Even data suppliers working with these companies are kept in the dark abou...

Elon Musk announced that The Boring Company is considering building a 'simple precursor Hyperloop' between Austin and San Antonio, cutting travel time to under 30 minutes. The comment was made in resp...

Vocci has launched a titanium ring designed primarily for meeting note-taking, featuring a double-tap button to start/stop recording and up to 8 hours of battery life with a charging case. Early testi...

ScrollEd is a Palo Alto startup founded by student co-founders Utsav Gupta and Rebecca Neff that transforms textbooks into scrollable, Instagram-like feeds incorporating video, audio, and quizzes. The...

TechCrunch explores the ongoing debate over AI safety and whether the industry is ready to slow down, following Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's 'pace the frontier' proposal. While some AI leaders have ba...

Founders like Brynn Putnam (ex-Mirror/Lululemon) and Tristan Walker are betting on building companies centered around bringing people together offline, despite the digital-first trend in tech. Their s...

The music history podcast No Dogs in Space is returning with its fourth season, Punk 2.0, after a two-year hiatus. Hosts Carolina Hidalgo and Marcus Parks chose to focus on punk rock, starting with an...

Kojima Productions disputes rumors that the studio is facing trouble after Sony dropped Hideo Kojima's Physint in favor of an Xbox release. Bloomberg cited missed deadlines, budget concerns, and timed...

A24 is developing a new V/H/S anthology film set in the SCP Foundation universe, following the success of Backrooms. The project faced immediate backlash after its announcement and appears to be on sh...

Trump announced on Truth Social his intention to appoint an 'AI czar' to lead a new 'AI force,' framing it as a pro-growth initiative that will 'cherish' and 'help' the AI industry rather than restric...

A recently posted quote from 'voxium' describes working at a large company where all engineering artifacts (specs, code, tests, PRDs) are generated by Claude Code, with management pressuring engineers...

Rakuten Kobo is launching a trial of CloudLibrary's "Send to Kobo" feature with select libraries in Canada and the US, allowing patrons to lend and transfer e-books directly to their Kobo devices. The...

Senator Elizabeth Warren and a group of Democrats introduced bicameral legislation to ban private equity firms from owning medical practices, citing rising healthcare costs driven by corporate ownersh...

A cybersecurity expert warns that human actors—not rogue AI—remain the greatest threat to energy infrastructure, highlighting longstanding vulnerabilities that predate AI fears. The article references...