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Klarna CEO: AI and Humans Can Coexist; A New Business Model Emerges

2025-06-06

Klarna CEO: AI and Humans Can Coexist; A New Business Model Emerges

Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski shared at London SXSW how the company balances AI and human resources. A few years ago, Klarna started using AI to reduce customer support costs, resulting in a workforce reduction from 5,500 to 3,000. However, Siemiatkowski emphasized that AI doesn't entirely replace humans, but rather frees them from repetitive tasks to focus on high-value services. He also noted the rise of business-savvy coders within the company, a skill set he sees as increasingly valuable. Furthermore, he discussed the risks of AI-driven scams, Klarna's data consolidation strategy, and its outlook on a future IPO.

(techcrunch.com)

Startup

NLnet Funds 62 Projects to Bolster the Open Internet

2025-06-28

The NLnet Foundation announced 62 new projects funded by its NGI Zero Commons Fund, the largest round yet. These projects span a wide range, from browser-based cellular networking and quantum-safe cryptography to decentralized social media and open-source hardware, all working towards a more open, trustworthy, and resilient internet. Highlights include efforts to develop quantum-resistant cryptography, create a browser-controlled cellular network, and design libre chips with proven Spectre-free designs. This funding round represents a significant investment in building a better, more accessible, and secure digital future.

(nlnet.nl)

Tech digital commons

Non-Determinism in Classical Mechanics: Norton's Dome and the Space Invader

2025-02-15

Classical mechanics harbors some famously non-deterministic cases. The article first introduces Norton's Dome, where the derivative of the force is undefined at a specific point, leading to non-unique solutions. A more bizarre example is the 'Space Invader,' experiencing unbounded acceleration in finite time, reaching infinity at t=π/2. Painlevé non-collision singularities are also mentioned, such as a five-body gravitational problem where a particle reaches infinity in finite time. These examples challenge the deterministic assumptions of classical mechanics.

(physics.stackexchange.com)

Physics classical mechanics non-determinism Norton's Dome

Chrome Extension Localhost Vulnerability: Sandbox Escape

2025-05-01

Chrome Extension Localhost Vulnerability: Sandbox Escape

A critical Chrome extension security vulnerability has been discovered. Malicious extensions can communicate with locally running Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, bypassing Chrome's sandbox and accessing sensitive resources like the local filesystem, Slack, WhatsApp, and potentially achieving complete host takeover. This vulnerability affects any Chrome extension without needing special permissions. The root cause is the common lack of authentication in MCP servers, allowing unauthenticated access. Researchers demonstrated accessing the filesystem and Slack. This highlights the urgent need for enhanced security when running local MCP servers and presents a significant enterprise security threat.

(blog.extensiontotal.com)

Tech Chrome extension security MCP vulnerability sandbox escape

AI Reshapes Hiring: Database Architects in High Demand

2025-05-04

AI Reshapes Hiring: Database Architects in High Demand

AI's impact on hiring is dramatic, with companies scrambling to clean, organize, and share data for AI applications. Demand for database architects surged 2312%, while statistician jobs also rose sharply (382%), according to Mitchell. IT leaders must prioritize AI investments that deliver measurable outcomes, not just technology for technology's sake. Mitchell emphasizes precise resource allocation, stating that results must justify investment, even during economic uncertainty. Employment trends show growth in healthcare, transportation/warehousing, finance, and social assistance, but federal government employment declined due to Trump administration cuts.

(www.computerworld.com)

Tech Database Architects

Activision Pulls Call of Duty: WWII From Microsoft Store Due to Hacking Exploit

2025-07-09

Activision Pulls Call of Duty: WWII From Microsoft Store Due to Hacking Exploit

Activision has removed the Microsoft Store version of Call of Duty: WWII (also available on Game Pass) due to a hacking exploit. A vulnerability allowed remote code execution (RCE), enabling hackers to take control of players' PCs. While other versions of the game have patched the vulnerability, the Microsoft Store and Game Pass versions, differing slightly, remained susceptible. This isn't Activision's first major hacking incident; the company has faced several in recent years, potentially exacerbated by past layoffs affecting cybersecurity teams.

(techcrunch.com)

Game game vulnerability

arXivLabs: Experimenting with Community Collaboration

2025-02-15

arXivLabs is a framework enabling collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Individuals and organizations working with arXivLabs share our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only partners with those who adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will benefit the arXiv community? Learn more about arXivLabs.

(arxiv.org)

Tech

Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan's Forgotten Film Collaboration

2025-03-05

In 1936, to solidify the Anti-Comintern Pact and demonstrate the 'brother nations' bond between Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, an ambitious film collaboration was launched. A German film crew arrived in Yokohama to create a movie showcasing the political and cultural alignment of the two nations. This little-known historical event sheds light on the complex political and cultural interactions between the Axis powers before World War II.

(www.historytoday.com)

Misc Imperial Japan

Domains I Love: A Collection of Cute and Clever Names

2025-06-09

This blog post lists some of the author's favorite domain names, such as abc.xyz, 1e100.net, and n.pr, appreciating their brevity and cleverness. The author emphasizes that the appeal lies in the domains themselves, not the websites they link to. While several are Google domains, this is purely coincidental. The post concludes with a mention of the author's fondness for cool usernames and email addresses.

(www.ahmedsaoudi.com)

Misc domain names personal preferences

Labwc: A Lightweight Wayland Compositor Focused on Simplicity

2025-01-04

Labwc: A Lightweight Wayland Compositor Focused on Simplicity

Labwc is a lightweight wlroots-based Wayland window compositor inspired by openbox. It prioritizes simple, efficient window stacking and minimal window decorations. Unlike many compositors, it relies on clients to provide features like panels, screenshots, and wallpapers, maintaining its lightweight nature. Adhering to wlroots and sway's coding style, Labwc exclusively supports Wayland protocols, rejecting dbus, sway/i3-IPC, etc., to avoid protocol fragmentation and promote Wayland adoption.

(labwc.github.io)

Development Window Manager

Epic Games Subsidizes Developers to Bypass Apple's App Store Fees

2025-01-24

Epic Games Subsidizes Developers to Bypass Apple's App Store Fees

Epic Games is expanding its mobile game store by subsidizing iOS developers' fees for using third-party marketplaces, directly challenging Apple's App Store dominance. This move aims to attract more games to its store and combat Apple's high fees. Epic will pay the Apple Core Technology Fee (CTF) for developers in its free games program, but this is not a long-term solution. Epic hopes the EU will enforce the Digital Markets Act (DMA) to break Apple's monopoly. This is the latest maneuver in Epic's long-running battle against Apple and Google, who Epic argues create unfair restrictions and fees for developers, stifling competition in the mobile gaming market. Despite a delayed launch due to technical issues, Epic is determined to push for greater competition in the mobile app store landscape.

(www.theverge.com)

Game Apple App Store

Containerized Environments for Coding Agents: Multi-Agent Collaboration, Simplified

2025-06-05

Containerized Environments for Coding Agents: Multi-Agent Collaboration, Simplified

Container-use is an open-source CLI tool providing each coding agent with its own containerized environment. Run multiple agents safely and independently, supporting Claude Code, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible agents. Each agent gets an isolated git branch and container, with real-time visibility of command history and logs, allowing for direct intervention and control. Standard git workflows are supported, and it's compatible with any agent, model, or infrastructure, avoiding vendor lock-in. While in early development with potential rough edges, it features rapid iteration and responsive feedback.

(github.com)

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Mycelium: A Novel Data Storage and Transfer Format

2025-05-14

Mycelium: A Novel Data Storage and Transfer Format

Mycelium is a typed format for storing and transferring data, supporting refs, expressions, functions, and types. Its virtual machine, MVM, is designed for efficiency with immutable values and inter-process communication via ports. MycZip encodes Mycelium values into single files, while the Mycelium Network Protocol (MNP), built on QUIC, facilitates peer-to-peer data transfer and caching for optimization. The Spore language provides a user-friendly interface for the MVM.

(github.com)

Development

Critical Flaw Discovered: NATO Radio Encryption Algorithm Broken

2024-12-29

Critical Flaw Discovered: NATO Radio Encryption Algorithm Broken

Researchers from the Chaos Computer Club have uncovered a critical vulnerability in HALFLOOP-24, the encryption algorithm used by the US military and NATO. This algorithm protects the automatic link establishment protocol in high-frequency radio, but researchers demonstrated that just two hours of intercepted radio traffic are sufficient to recover the secret key. The attack exploits a flaw in HALFLOOP-24's handling of the 'tweak' parameter, using differential cryptanalysis to bypass significant portions of the encryption process and extract the key. This vulnerability compromises communication confidentiality and enables denial-of-service attacks. The research, published in two papers, highlights a serious security risk and underscores the importance of robust encryption algorithms.

(media.ccc.de)

Tech encryption algorithm

Viking Navigation: No Maps, No Compass, No Problem?

2025-06-27

Viking Navigation: No Maps, No Compass, No Problem?

A modern-day explorer recreated a Viking-age sea voyage, suggesting Vikings may not have relied on navigational tools like maps, compasses, or sextants. Months at sea revealed their reliance on 'mental maps' – a maritime cultural mindscape passed down through generations of sailors – supplemented by myths associated with coastal landmarks. Thousands of years of coastal navigation rendered advanced instruments unnecessary.

(arstechnica.com)

Tech Seafaring

Best Practices for Representing Inheritance in SQL Server Databases

2024-12-17

This article explores best practices for representing inheritance relationships in SQL Server databases. Three common approaches are presented: single table inheritance, concrete table inheritance, and class table inheritance. The advantages and disadvantages of each are detailed. Single table inheritance is simple but has scalability and data integrity issues; concrete table inheritance solves these but suffers from inefficient queries; class table inheritance balances simplicity and efficiency, making it the preferred choice in most scenarios. Alternative approaches using JSON for subtype-specific fields and normalized database design are also discussed.

(stackoverflow.com)

Development Database Design Inheritance

Running Go Code on a PS2: A Hackery Adventure

2025-03-28

Running Go Code on a PS2: A Hackery Adventure

The author embarked on a challenging project: running Go code on a PlayStation 2. Go's lack of native PS2 support necessitated using the TinyGo compiler and the ps2dev SDK. The author overcame compatibility issues between Go and the PS2's Emotion Engine CPU (based on MIPS R5900), including differences in the N32 ABI and 64-bit instruction sets. A significant hurdle was the missing DDIVU instruction, solved by modifying the TinyGo compiler. A simple Go program was successfully run and verified on the PCSX2 PS2 emulator. Future plans include improving floating-point support and creating a custom LLVM MIPS CPU.

(rgsilva.com)

Development PS2 Development

Tesla's First Annual Sales Decline in Nine Years

2025-01-02

Tesla's First Annual Sales Decline in Nine Years

Tesla reported a 1.1% drop in global sales for 2024, marking its first annual decline in at least nine years. While the fourth quarter saw a 2.3% increase in deliveries (reaching 495,570 vehicles), this wasn't enough to offset a sluggish start to the year, despite incentives like 0% financing, free charging, and low-priced leases. Full-year deliveries totaled 1.79 million, down from 1.81 million in 2023. The fourth-quarter growth came at the cost of lower average selling prices, expected to fall below $41,000 – the lowest in at least four years. This doesn't bode well for Tesla's Q4 earnings. Tesla's previous prediction of 50% annual sales growth was hampered by an aging model lineup and intensified competition from China, Europe, and the U.S. Analysts suggest most early adopters of EVs in the U.S. already own them, while mainstream buyers remain concerned about range, price, and charging infrastructure. Fourth-quarter deliveries missed Wall Street expectations. Increased competition and the sales decline pose a challenge to investors who have driven up Tesla's stock price since the election, betting on the incoming Trump administration to ease EV regulations and support Tesla's autonomous driving ambitions.

(apnews.com)

Tech Sales Decline

Your Irritability: A Founder's Secret Weapon

2025-05-30

Your Irritability: A Founder's Secret Weapon

The author argues that frustration isn't a flaw, but rather a powerful radar for identifying problems. Numerous examples illustrate how minor annoyances – from bad font choices to buggy apps – are actually opportunities. The author's entrepreneurial journey showcases how these irritations fueled the creation of an AI-powered podcast, a PR software, and an AI research curation platform. The core message: embrace your irritation as a source of inspiration and innovation.

(www.jeetmehta.com)

Startup

arXivLabs: Community Collaboration on Experimental Projects

2025-05-03

arXivLabs is a framework enabling collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on the website. Individuals and organizations participating in arXivLabs uphold arXiv's values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only partners with those who share them. Got an idea for a project that will benefit the arXiv community? Learn more about arXivLabs.

(arxiv.org)

Development

A History of Tariffs: From Smuggling to Trade Wars

2025-05-24

A History of Tariffs: From Smuggling to Trade Wars

This lecture traces the history of tariffs in the United States, from rampant smuggling during the colonial period, to Hamilton's establishment of a tax system, to the entanglement of tariffs with industrial development and North-South conflicts after the Civil War, and their role in the Great Depression. It concludes with the post-WWII establishment of GATT and the WTO, and the rise of global trade. The lecture highlights that while tariffs can protect domestic industries, they are essentially taxes that harm consumers, and reviews the successes and failures of tariff policies throughout history, culminating in the complexities of modern trade wars.

(imprimis.hillsdale.edu)

Misc trade

Taming the AI Beast: A Disciplined Approach to Collaborative Software Development

2025-09-06

Taming the AI Beast: A Disciplined Approach to Collaborative Software Development

This article presents a structured methodology for collaborative AI software development, addressing common pitfalls like code bloat, architectural drift, and context dilution through systematic constraints. The four-stage process involves AI configuration, collaborative planning, systematic implementation, and data-driven iteration. Each stage incorporates systematic constraints and validation checkpoints, emphasizing empirical data over assumptions. The core strategy is decomposing large tasks into small, manageable components, querying the AI with focused, specific requests, and enforcing code quality and architectural consistency via strict guidelines (e.g., max 150 lines per file) and performance benchmarking. A tool, `project_extract.py`, aids project management. A DiscordJS bot example showcases its application.

(github.com)

Development

Lapham's Quarterly Relaunches Under Bard College's Stewardship

2025-03-31

Lapham's Quarterly Relaunches Under Bard College's Stewardship

The celebrated journal of history and ideas, Lapham's Quarterly, will relaunch in 2025 under the stewardship of Bard College and its Hannah Arendt Center. This partnership ensures the journal's continuation after the passing of its founder, Lewis H. Lapham, and marks a rare second chance for a literary journal. Bard College will inherit the journal's assets and integrate it into its mission of fostering critical inquiry and dialogue. The relaunch includes plans to distribute free copies to incarcerated readers through the Bard Prison Initiative, expanding access to ideas and literature. This collaboration not only preserves a valuable intellectual legacy but also underscores the importance of historical reflection in our times.

(www.laphamsquarterly.org)

Misc journal relaunch intellectual legacy Bard College

NIH's New Director: A Tumultuous Start and the Erosion of Scientific Freedom

2025-06-04

NIH's New Director: A Tumultuous Start and the Erosion of Scientific Freedom

The tenure of Jay Bhattacharya, the new director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has been marked by chaos, leadership failures, and widespread layoffs. Bhattacharya's controversial statements and restrictions on research have angered staff, sparking protests and concerns about scientific freedom. Insiders describe Bhattacharya as arrogant and clueless, pointing out contradictions between his actions and his publicly stated commitment to scientific freedom. Mass layoffs, research budget cuts, and restrictions on research topics have created an atmosphere of fear within the NIH, with many fearing damage to American scientific research.

(www.importantcontext.news)

Tech Scientific Freedom

Paralyzed Man Walks Again After Stem Cell Injection

2025-03-27

Paralyzed Man Walks Again After Stem Cell Injection

A groundbreaking trial in Japan has shown promising results in treating paralysis using induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived neural stem cells. One of four participants, a paralyzed man, can now stand independently after receiving injections. Another participant regained some arm and leg movement, while two others showed no significant improvement. While the results, which haven't undergone peer review, suggest the treatment is safe, larger trials are needed to confirm its efficacy and rule out natural recovery.

(www.nature.com)

Tech

Broken QR Code? Let's Fix It!

2025-05-11

Broken QR Code? Let's Fix It!

Is your QR code not scanning? Submit it for a free repair! Upload your image or email it to [email protected]. This project aims to build a dataset of broken QR codes to develop a reliable automated repair tool. The story began with a worn-out QR code on a cat's tag, which the author successfully repaired. This highlighted the need for a solution, leading to this initiative to collect and fix broken codes, ultimately creating software to repair them automatically.

(www.humanqr.com)

Misc QR code repair

Stone-Wales Transformations: Topological Twists in Fullerene and Graphene

2025-07-12

Stone-Wales Transformations: Topological Twists in Fullerene and Graphene

This post explores the Stone-Wales transformation, a 90° rotation of a π bond between carbon atoms, in both fullerene and graphene. This simple topological transformation, akin to Pachner moves, changes two hexagons and two pentagons into two pentagons and two hexagons in fullerene, and four hexagons into two pentagons and two heptagons in graphene. The post also discusses the Arrhenius equation and its application in predicting the rate of Stone-Wales transformations, highlighting the need for a more complete theory to describe the random occurrence of such topological transformations.

(johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com)

Chemistry Stone-Wales transformation Fullerene

Windows 10's Sunset: The Call to Upgrade to Windows 11

2025-06-25

Windows 10's Sunset: The Call to Upgrade to Windows 11

Microsoft announced that support for Windows 10 will end in October 2025, marking the end of an era for the nearly decade-old operating system. Users are encouraged to upgrade to the more secure and efficient Windows 11, with several transition options available: free Windows 11 upgrades, Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Windows 10, and the cloud-based Windows 365 service. Windows 11 boasts enhanced security features, faster performance, and AI-driven innovations like Copilot. This transition presents both challenges and opportunities for individuals and organizations managing their IT infrastructure.

(blogs.windows.com)

Tech

US Air Traffic Control System: A Precarious Situation

2025-05-25

US Air Traffic Control System: A Precarious Situation

The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) air traffic control system is in crisis. Chronic underfunding and mismanagement have left its 1990s-era system outdated and understaffed. Repeated radio and radar outages at Newark Liberty International Airport highlight the system's fragility. The FAA's attempt to relocate Newark's air traffic control to Philadelphia worsened the situation due to staffing shortages, insufficient infrastructure investment, and an underestimation of risks. This has caused flight delays and cancellations, but more importantly, it endangers passenger safety. While the FAA is working to hire more controllers and upgrade systems, funding and time constraints, coupled with bureaucracy and cronyism, make a comprehensive solution a distant prospect, leaving US aviation safety precariously balanced.

(www.theverge.com)

Tech

Danish Citizens Petition to Buy California

2025-02-11

Danish Citizens Petition to Buy California

In response to President Trump's repeated suggestions of the U.S. acquiring Greenland, Danish citizens have launched a satirical petition to purchase California. The online petition, aiming for the 'Denmarkification' of California, has garnered nearly 200,000 signatures. The humorous proposal highlights California's sunshine, tech industry dominance, and Disneyland (to be renamed after Hans Christian Andersen) as enticements. This lighthearted counter-move underscores the tension between California and the Trump administration, mirroring Trump's pursuit of Greenland.

(ktla.com)

Misc international politics online petition

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