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Facebook Secretly Uploads User Photos to the Cloud?

2025-08-29
Facebook Secretly Uploads User Photos to the Cloud?

Meta, Facebook's parent company, is testing a new feature that secretly uploads users' phone photos and videos to the cloud without explicit consent, using them to generate AI-powered suggestions like collages, monthly recaps, and themed albums. While Meta claims the feature is opt-in and prompts users, some report never seeing the prompt and finding the feature enabled by default. This raises serious privacy concerns as Meta accesses users' private, unshared photos and videos. The test is currently limited to the US and Canada, excluding Illinois and Texas due to privacy laws.

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(www.zdnet.com)
Tech Facebook Privacy

Why I Refuse to Use AI for Writing

2025-07-19
Why I Refuse to Use AI for Writing

An author shares his reasons for refusing to use large language models (LLMs) for writing. He argues that over-reliance on LLMs reduces originality, weakens independent thinking, and deprives writing of personalized deep thought and associations. He cites studies from MIT and the UK supporting the idea that LLMs can lead to cognitive laziness and reduced learning motivation. Furthermore, the author finds LLM-generated text lacks personality and emotion, failing to capture the unique associations and insights that arise during reading. This conflicts with his pursuit of a deep reading experience. He ultimately chooses to stick to independent writing, believing it's the only way to maintain authenticity and originality.

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(lifehacky.net)
Development cognitive laziness independent thinking

Palantir's Controversial 'Meritocracy Fellowship': Bypassing College for High School Grads

2025-04-14
Palantir's Controversial 'Meritocracy Fellowship': Bypassing College for High School Grads

Palantir Technologies, a successful tech firm, has launched a controversial internship program called the "Meritocracy Fellowship." Targeting recent high school graduates who haven't attended college, the four-month program offers a substantial monthly stipend of $5,400. Applicants need exceptionally high SAT/ACT scores and must answer questions about their accomplishments and career aspirations. This move aligns with founder Peter Thiel's anti-higher education stance, sparking debate about tech talent acquisition and the value of college. While controversial, Palantir's initiative might offer a solution to the tech industry's talent shortage and inspire other companies to explore alternative recruitment strategies.

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(www.thestreet.com)
Startup Recruitment Higher Education

Windows 11 September Update: Copilot Enhancements, Customizable Lock Screen Widgets

2025-08-21
Windows 11 September Update: Copilot Enhancements, Customizable Lock Screen Widgets

Microsoft is preparing a major feature drop for Windows 11 users in September. The update includes Copilot enhancements like improved Recall and Click To Do, alongside improvements for all users such as enhanced Windows Search (images displayed in a grid view), customizable lock screen widgets, and a redesigned Windows Hello interface. Additionally, the taskbar calendar flyout will once again display seconds, and Task Manager has been updated. Copilot+ PC users will get a new Recall landing page and a new Click To Do tutorial. Future updates include a more customizable Start menu and improved system-wide dark mode.

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(www.windowscentral.com)
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Court Affirms: AI-Generated Art Can't Be Copyrighted

2025-03-18
Court Affirms: AI-Generated Art Can't Be Copyrighted

A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., has upheld the U.S. Copyright Office's decision that AI-generated artwork without human input cannot be copyrighted. The ruling rejects Stephen Thaler's claim that his AI system, DABUS, independently created a copyrightable image. The court affirmed that human authorship is a fundamental requirement for copyright protection under U.S. law. This decision follows similar rulings and reflects the ongoing struggle to define copyright in the rapidly evolving field of generative AI. Thaler plans to appeal, while the Copyright Office maintains the court's decision is correct.

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Tech

Trump Tariffs: Target and Best Buy Warn of Price Hikes

2025-03-05
Trump Tariffs: Target and Best Buy Warn of Price Hikes

Target and Best Buy have warned that President Trump's tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China could lead to higher prices in their stores as early as this week. Target CEO Brian Cornell stated that consumers will "likely see price increases over the next couple of days," citing Mexico as a significant source of winter fruits and vegetables. Best Buy CEO Corie Barry echoed this sentiment, noting that China and Mexico are major sources of their products and that price increases are "highly likely." While the Commerce Secretary hinted at potential compromises with Canada and Mexico, the impact of the tariffs is already being felt, with consumers facing the prospect of paying more for goods.

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(www.theverge.com)
Tech price increases

Presidential Pardon Power: Does it Extend to Corporations?

2025-05-25
Presidential Pardon Power: Does it Extend to Corporations?

This article explores the largely uncharted territory of whether the US president's pardon power extends to corporations. Historical evidence suggests a broader interpretation than commonly assumed, tracing back to centuries of English common law where corporations were frequently pardoned. The president could use this power to conditionally pardon corporations, potentially even effectively abolishing federal corporate criminal liability. However, Congress can limit this power by refusing to appropriate refunds of pardoned fines and by repealing corporate criminal liability statutes. Some states might also possess similar pardon powers, opening new strategic avenues for lawyers representing corporations.

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Law Presidential Power Pardon Power Corporate Law

Remotely Unlocking macOS FileVault via SSH

2025-09-19

With FileVault enabled in macOS, the data volume is locked and inaccessible during and after boot until password authentication. Since OpenSSH configuration files reside on the data volume, standard SSH authentication is unavailable. However, with Remote Login enabled, SSH password authentication can unlock the data volume remotely. After unlocking, macOS briefly disconnects SSH to mount the volume and start dependent services, then SSH resumes fully. This capability appeared in macOS 26 Tahoe.

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Development

Half-Life 2 RTX: Free DLC Brings Ray Tracing and 4K Visuals

2025-03-18
Half-Life 2 RTX: Free DLC Brings Ray Tracing and 4K Visuals

Orbifold Studios is releasing a free DLC, Half-Life 2 RTX, for all Half-Life 2 owners. Leveraging RTX Remix technology, the DLC boasts full ray tracing, DLSS 4, and NVIDIA Reflex, resulting in stunning 4K visuals with new textures, high-poly models, and improved lighting. Demos for Ravenholm and Nova Prospekt are set for March 18th. Note: The game contains violence depicting both humanoid and alien enemies, including zombies and detailed gore.

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(store.steampowered.com)
Game Free DLC

LLMs: Code Generation Speedup, But Understanding Remains the Bottleneck

2025-07-03
LLMs: Code Generation Speedup, But Understanding Remains the Bottleneck

The advent of Large Language Models (LLMs) has dramatically increased code generation speed. However, this hasn't solved the real bottlenecks in software engineering: code reviews, knowledge transfer, testing, debugging, and team collaboration. The article argues that LLMs lower the cost of writing code, but the cost of understanding, testing, and trusting that code is higher than ever. LLM-generated code can be hard to understand, violate established conventions, or introduce unintended side effects, increasing review and maintenance difficulty. Ultimately, software engineering still relies on team trust, shared context, and meticulous code review—these are the keys to efficiency.

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(ordep.dev)
Development

Rebuilding Social Media: A New Hope for a Broken System

2025-05-22

The author argues that current social media platforms prioritize daily active users, engagement, user-generated content, and monetization, neglecting their core function: facilitating social interaction. The platforms' incentive structures lead to issues like fake accounts, low-quality content, and data privacy breaches. This article will delve into these problems and, in subsequent articles, propose potential solutions for building a new social media app in 2025, aiming to create a truly user-serving social space.

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(www.scottgoci.com)
Misc platform improvement

Small Company's SOC 2 Journey: From Endless Questionnaires to Type I Success

2025-06-24
Small Company's SOC 2 Journey: From Endless Questionnaires to Type I Success

Tired of endless security questionnaires, a small company embarked on a SOC 2 certification journey. They used Vanta to connect services, fix compliance gaps, write numerous policies, implement zero-trust production access, upgrade their tech stack (Nx, Infisical, monitoring, VPN, etc.), conduct penetration testing, and evaluate all vendors. They successfully passed SOC 2 Type I and are now working on Type II. Their experience highlights the importance of policy creation, tech upgrades, and vendor assessment, showcasing how tools like Vanta streamlined the process.

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(plus.excalidraw.com)
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Japan Lags Behind in Generative AI Adoption

2025-07-14
Japan Lags Behind in Generative AI Adoption

A Japanese government survey reveals a significant gap in generative AI adoption compared to other major economies. Only 26.7% of Japanese respondents reported using generative AI, a stark contrast to China's 81.2% and the US's 68.8%. While adoption is higher among younger demographics (44.7% of 20-somethings), overall usage remains low. Similarly, only 49.7% of Japanese companies plan to utilize generative AI, significantly trailing China and the US, where adoption rates exceed 80%. The findings highlight Japan's need to accelerate generative AI adoption and integration.

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(www3.nhk.or.jp)
Tech

Tesla's Insurance Arm Bleeding Money: High Repair Costs Bite

2025-05-10
Tesla's Insurance Arm Bleeding Money: High Repair Costs Bite

Tesla's insurance business continues to hemorrhage money, with a staggering 103.3% loss ratio in 2024, far exceeding the industry average of 66.1%. The culprit? Exorbitant repair costs for Tesla vehicles, averaging 32% higher than those of internal combustion engine (ICE) cars. Despite leveraging data from its Full Self-Driving system and vehicle telematics to adjust risk profiles, Tesla hasn't managed to effectively control costs. Poor customer satisfaction, marked by lengthy repair times and subpar communication, further exacerbates the problem. Rising premiums haven't solved the issue, leaving Tesla's insurance arm facing a precarious future.

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(insideevs.com)
Tech Repair Costs

IntyBASIC: A BASIC Compiler Reviving Intellivision Game Development

2025-07-02
IntyBASIC: A BASIC Compiler Reviving Intellivision Game Development

Inspired by the challenges of Intellivision game development, the author created IntyBASIC, a BASIC compiler for the Intellivision console. Launched in 2014, IntyBASIC translates BASIC source code into CP1610 assembly, supporting Intellivision's video and sound capabilities. Its success sparked a surge of new Intellivision games and homebrews, even leading to a programming contest. The author also penned two books sharing game development insights, covering basic to advanced techniques with complete game source code included.

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(nanochess.org)
Development BASIC Compiler

Tokyo Carry Culture: A Designer's Journey & Inspiration

2025-06-25
Tokyo Carry Culture: A Designer's Journey & Inspiration

Designer José's Tokyo trip wasn't just a birthday getaway; it became a deep dive into Japan's carry culture. He observed a focus on practicality, convenience, and compactness, with slim backpacks, briefcases, and crossbody bags being popular choices. He discovered interesting local brands like AS20V, Ramidus, and One Third Research, sparking ideas for new tote bags, crossbody bags, and travel bags. The journey also highlighted the importance of carrying cash, packing light, and choosing the right bag.

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(www.tombihn.com)
Design carry culture

Custom Shader in Three.js Simulates Foil Stickers

2025-09-02
Custom Shader in Three.js Simulates Foil Stickers

This post details creating a custom shader in Three.js that realistically simulates foil stickers, complete with angle-dependent iridescence and sparkling metallic flakes. By approximating thin-film interference and using procedural noise, the shader renders a premium holographic effect in real-time within the browser. The author provides a detailed explanation of the vertex and fragment shader code, along with an interactive demo showcasing the results.

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(www.4rknova.com)
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The Astonishing Stability of Clojure Libraries: A Secret Weapon Against Breaking Changes

2025-05-08

This article explores the remarkable stability of Clojure libraries and reveals that the secret isn't static typing, but rather a community-driven practice of avoiding breaking changes. The author argues for this through analysis of Clojure's codebase stability, popular library code retention rates, and a case study of fixing a bug. The article pinpoints Clojure's stability to its data structure design (immutability, EDN serialization), naming conventions (namespace elements), and a strategy of avoiding breaking changes like renaming or altering function signatures. Instead of relying on static typing to prevent problems caused by changes, the author suggests that fundamentally avoiding breaking changes is the key to maintaining library stability.

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(potetm.com)
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Claude Opus 4.1 Released: Significant Coding Improvements

2025-08-06
Claude Opus 4.1 Released: Significant Coding Improvements

Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.1, a major upgrade to Claude Opus 4, boasting significant improvements in coding, real-world application, and reasoning. Version 4.1 achieves a 74.5% score on SWE-bench Verified for coding performance and enhances in-depth research and data analysis capabilities, particularly in detail tracking and agentic search. Companies like Rakuten and Windsurf have praised its improvements in code correction and developer efficiency. It's now available to paid users and Claude Code users, and integrated into the API, Amazon Bedrock, and Google Cloud's Vertex AI.

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(www.anthropic.com)
AI AI model upgrade coding capabilities

AlphaGenome: AI Cracks the Code of the Genome

2025-06-27
AlphaGenome: AI Cracks the Code of the Genome

Google DeepMind unveils AlphaGenome, an AI tool that predicts how variations in human DNA impact gene regulation. Processing up to a million base pairs, AlphaGenome predicts numerous molecular properties, including gene start and end sites, splicing locations, RNA output, and DNA accessibility. Achieving state-of-the-art performance across benchmarks, AlphaGenome efficiently scores the effects of genetic variants, providing researchers with a more comprehensive understanding of gene regulation. The AlphaGenome API is now available for non-commercial research, promising to accelerate breakthroughs in genomics and healthcare.

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(deepmind.google)
AI

Argparse's Mutually Exclusive Group Nesting Limitation: A Frustrating Conundrum

2025-06-14

Python's argparse module, while offering convenient features for handling command-line arguments, including mutually exclusive groups, has a frustrating limitation when it comes to nesting. Consider a program with multiple timeout settings where users can either adjust individual timeouts or disable them entirely. Argparse doesn't support nesting a 'no-timeout' option within a group of individual timeout options, making configuration cumbersome. While you can nest a mutually exclusive group inside a regular group, the reverse isn't supported, and the official documentation explicitly states this limitation. This forces developers to manually check if specific switches were used, adding complexity.

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(utcc.utoronto.ca)
Development

NASA Astronauts Debunk 'Abandoned' Claims: We Were Prepared, Never Felt Stranded

2025-02-15
NASA Astronauts Debunk 'Abandoned' Claims: We Were Prepared, Never Felt Stranded

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore refuted claims by Trump and Musk that they were abandoned at the International Space Station. They emphasized that the mission was a test flight, they were always prepared for potential delays, and never felt stranded or abandoned. Despite propulsion issues and leaks on the Starliner spacecraft delaying their return, NASA had already planned to return them via SpaceX's Crew-9 mission. Their return is now expected around March 12th, slightly ahead of schedule.

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(www.cnn.com)
Tech

Georgian Highland Villages: Tradition in Transition

2025-05-24
Georgian Highland Villages: Tradition in Transition

Over a decade, a photographer has revisited remote villages in Georgia's Adjara region, documenting the lives of a pastoral nomadic community. Facing challenges like limited access to education, healthcare, and essential services, these villages experience outmigration, and traditions like traditional weddings are fading. The photographer aims to showcase the community's adaptation and creation of new meaning in the modern world, not simply through nostalgia.

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(www.thedial.world)
Misc traditional culture

Detecting Constant Expressions in C: A Macro-Based Approach

2025-05-13

This article explores various methods for creating a C macro that checks if an expression is a compile-time constant. The author investigates approaches using C23's `constexpr` and `typeof`, GNU extensions like `__builtin_constant_p`, C11's `static_assert`, and clever tricks with `sizeof` and compound literals. Each method has its strengths and weaknesses; some require newer C standards, rely on compiler extensions, or might alter the expression's type or generate warnings. The article concludes by summarizing the pros and cons and expressing a desire for more elegant solutions.

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(nrk.neocities.org)
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Microsoft Edge Fixes Washed-Out Text Rendering in Chromium

2025-02-13
Microsoft Edge Fixes Washed-Out Text Rendering in Chromium

After migrating to the Chromium rendering engine, users reported that text in Microsoft Edge appeared "washed out" and inconsistent with other parts of Windows. Investigation revealed that Skia's text contrast and gamma settings differed from the previous DirectWrite engine and didn't read Windows ClearType Tuner settings. The Edge team collaborated with the Google Chrome team, conducting user research to determine a better default text contrast value. A value of 1.0 was found to closely match the pre-Chromium Edge rendering and look consistent with other native Windows applications. This fix is now available in Chrome 132 and later.

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(developer.chrome.com)
Development Text Rendering Edge Browser

The Elegant Inside of a Ten-Year-Old MacBook Pro: A Tribute to Craftsmanship

2025-07-26
The Elegant Inside of a Ten-Year-Old MacBook Pro: A Tribute to Craftsmanship

The author disassembled a 2013 MacBook Pro that lasted ten years before its first failure (a buzzing speaker). The elegant internal design impressed him; almost every part required only one screw for removal, showcasing efficiency. This reminded him of Steve Jobs' quote about craftsmanship: even the back panel should use high-quality wood because it reflects the craftsman's values and responsibility towards their work. The author contrasts this with today's society's overemphasis on superficial value. True quality must be consistent throughout, even in unseen parts, forming the foundation of longevity.

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(perfectdays23.substack.com)
Hardware

FBI, Scrapers, and a Weird Fediverse Encounter

2025-06-09

A Fediverse instance admin recounts a bizarre tale: the FBI pays shady companies to scrape data, which is used to monitor online threats. The twist? A forum search engine, BoardReader, was scraping his instance and feeding data to Facebook, leading to FBI contact. The admin thwarted the scraping, only to discover the FBI's target wasn't his instance, but a user, WitchKingOfAngmar, whose threatening posts were indirectly obtained via BoardReader. This user turned out to be a perpetrator of bomb threats. The story highlights the challenges law enforcement faces with decentralized networks, and the issues of data scraping and privacy.

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(blog.freespeechextremist.com)
Tech

Fuzzing Concurrency Bugs with a BPF Scheduler

2025-02-14

At FOSDEM, Jake Hillion from Meta and Johannes Bechberger, an OpenJDK developer, presented their concurrency fuzzing scheduler built using the BPF scheduling framework, `sched_ext`. This scheduler deliberately introduces randomness in scheduling, causing delays and altering thread execution order to surface elusive concurrency bugs. While currently having a significant performance overhead, limiting its use to development debugging, it offers an effective way to uncover real-world logic errors and shows promise for future production use after optimization.

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(lwn.net)
Development fuzzing
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