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Anti-Vaxxer Lies and the Truth of Science

2025-05-01

Anti-Vaxxer Lies and the Truth of Science

Vaccine expert Paul Offit has been the target of sustained attacks from anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for years. Kennedy Jr. not only distorts facts but also spreads dangerous falsehoods about vaccines, claiming they are more dangerous than the diseases themselves. Offit points out that Kennedy Jr.'s views are based on a disregard for science and hold a religious-like fervor. While some aspects of 'terrain theory' relate to imbalances in the human microbiome, this doesn't negate the critical role of pathogens in disease transmission. Kennedy Jr.'s statements are not only irresponsible but also a threat to public health.

(arstechnica.com)

Tech vaccines

Solar and Wind Power Dominate US Electricity Generation Growth

2025-08-24

Solar and Wind Power Dominate US Electricity Generation Growth

Solar and wind power accounted for nearly 91% of new US electricity generating capacity added in the first five months of 2025. Solar has been the leading source of new capacity for 21 consecutive months. FERC forecasts show solar capacity is poised to surpass coal and wind within two years, becoming the second largest source after natural gas. The rapid growth of renewables is displacing coal and nuclear power, and closing the gap with natural gas.

(electrek.co)

Tech

500k Crypto Heist Highlights Growing Threat of Malicious Open-Source Packages

2025-07-15

500k Crypto Heist Highlights Growing Threat of Malicious Open-Source Packages

A Russian blockchain developer lost $500,000 in cryptocurrency due to a cyberattack. The attack originated from a fake Solidity language extension that ranked highly in the Open VSX registry, accumulating 54,000 downloads. This malicious extension downloaded and executed malicious code, ultimately installing ScreenConnect remote management software, enabling attackers to steal data. Attackers also released another malicious package named "solidity", mimicking the legitimate extension's name, with a staggering 2 million downloads. This incident underscores the growing threat of malicious open-source packages and how search ranking algorithms can be exploited.

(securelist.com)

Development

Americans More Concerned Than Excited About AI's Rise

2025-09-19

Americans More Concerned Than Excited About AI's Rise

A Pew Research Center survey of 5,023 U.S. adults reveals widespread concern over the increasing use of AI in daily life. While many are open to AI assisting with everyday tasks, a majority fear its negative impact on creative thinking and meaningful relationships. Americans are largely against AI involvement in personal matters like religion and matchmaking, but more accepting of its use in data-heavy fields such as medicine and finance. The study highlights a significant gap between the perceived importance of detecting AI-generated content and the public's confidence in their ability to do so, revealing a complex and cautious attitude towards AI's societal impact.

(www.pewresearch.org)

AI

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.

(keith.github.io)

Development

Triforce: A Beamformer for Apple Silicon Laptops

2025-03-25

Triforce: A Beamformer for Apple Silicon Laptops

Triforce implements a Minimum Variance Distortionless Response adaptive beamformer for Apple Silicon MacBook microphones. Apple's microphone arrays (triangle or linear) are overly sensitive and omnidirectional, requiring beamforming to isolate desired signals and reduce background noise. This project aims to provide an accessible beamformer, potentially less performant than Apple's implementation, but with minimal dependencies and open to community contributions.

(github.com)

Development beamforming

Microsoft Cracks Down on Bulk Email: SPF, DKIM, and DMARC are Now Mandatory

2025-05-05

Microsoft Cracks Down on Bulk Email: SPF, DKIM, and DMARC are Now Mandatory

Microsoft is now strictly enforcing new email authentication rules. Senders exceeding 5,000 messages daily to Outlook.com (including hotmail.com and live.com) must be properly configured with SPF, DKIM, and DMARC to ensure deliverability. Failing to meet these requirements will result in emails being bounced, not just relegated to spam. This crackdown targets spam, spoofing, and phishing, but will impact marketers and businesses relying on mass email. Even legitimate emails risk being blocked without proper authentication. Companies must ensure their SPF records, DKIM signatures, and DMARC policies are correctly configured and regularly review mailing lists and unsubscribe links.

(betanews.com)

Tech email authentication spam

Turso Offline Sync Public Beta: Always-On Apps, Even Offline

2025-03-31

Turso Offline Sync Public Beta: Always-On Apps, Even Offline

Turso is thrilled to announce the public beta of Turso Offline Sync! Your applications can now function seamlessly, even without internet connectivity. Local database operations continue normally, automatically syncing upon reconnection. Leveraging embedded replicas, your local database (on-device or server) stays in sync with your Turso Cloud database, with changes propagated to all replicas. This beta addresses previous limitations of unidirectional sync, enabling fast local writes, offline capabilities, and later syncing to the Turso Cloud. This simplifies development for local-first apps, mobile apps, POS systems, field data collection, and IoT applications. The beta currently supports TypeScript and Rust, and includes features like bi-directional sync, remote write support, WAL sync checkpointing, and conflict detection (resolution coming soon).

(turso.tech)

Development offline sync

AGI Tipping Point: The Age of Superintelligence is Upon Us

2025-06-10

We're at the event horizon of AGI; its development is exceeding expectations. Systems like GPT-4 demonstrate capabilities surpassing human intelligence, significantly boosting productivity. AGI promises enormous gains in scientific progress and productivity, leading to vastly improved quality of life. While challenges remain, such as safety and equitable access, the rapid advancement of AGI also provides new tools and possibilities to address them. The coming decades will see profound changes, yet core human values will persist; innovation and adaptation will be key.

(blog.samaltman.com)

AI

UK's Age-Verification Loophole: VPNs Enable Minors to Bypass Porn Filters

2025-08-19

UK's Age-Verification Loophole: VPNs Enable Minors to Bypass Porn Filters

England's children's commissioner is urging the government to address a significant loophole in its new online safety regulations: the use of VPNs by minors to circumvent age restrictions. A recent report reveals a concerning number of young people accessing pornography before age 18, despite the implementation of mandatory age checks for commercial porn sites. The surge in VPN usage post-regulation highlights the ineffectiveness of current measures. While the government claims no plans to ban VPNs, it intends to collaborate with providers to implement robust age verification, potentially impacting the privacy and security of legitimate users, including schools relying on VPNs for secure access to internal systems. This move represents a significant challenge in balancing child safety with online freedoms.

(www.theregister.com)

Tech

US Halts Global Air Quality Data Sharing: A Public Health Crisis Looms

2025-03-06

US Halts Global Air Quality Data Sharing: A Public Health Crisis Looms

The US government has stopped sharing air quality data collected from its embassies and consulates due to funding cuts, raising concerns among scientists worldwide. This data was crucial for monitoring global air quality and improving public health, particularly in developing countries. The loss of this reliable, independent data source will leave many vulnerable populations, especially in heavily polluted areas like Pakistan and India, at greater risk. While some nations plan to bolster their own monitoring efforts, this won't fully compensate for the significant gap left by the US's decision. The move, seen as part of the Trump administration's deprioritization of environmental initiatives, highlights the importance of international collaboration in tackling global environmental challenges.

(apnews.com)

Tech

Hacker News Desktop Client Built with Rust

2025-05-19

Hacker News Desktop Client Built with Rust

A sleek Hacker News desktop application built with Rust and egui is now available! Enjoy a clean, modern interface for browsing top stories from various sections: Hot, New, Show HN, Ask HN, Jobs, and Best. Comments are displayed in a threaded, Reddit-style format with auto-folding and adjustable font size. Offline caching, favorites, and powerful search/filtering capabilities enhance the user experience, providing seamless access to Hacker News anytime, anywhere.

(github.com)

Development Desktop App

Rethinking In-Car Climate Control: A Rotary Dial Prototype

2025-02-11

Rethinking In-Car Climate Control: A Rotary Dial Prototype

Frustrated by carmakers' over-reliance on touchscreens and overly complex interfaces, the author spent two years rethinking in-car climate control. He designed an automated system controlled by a rotary dial, adjusting fan speed and seat heating, with touchscreen overrides. Prototyping involved the Seedlabs Smart Knob kit, experimenting with haptic feedback's impact on usability. The conclusion: a dial controlling temperature and fan speed is optimal, with separate physical controls for seat heating. The author urges carmakers to return to physical controls for improved UX and safety.

(www.theturnsignalblog.com)

Hardware automotive systems hardware prototyping

Sparrow: A Lightweight C++ Implementation of Apache Arrow

2025-02-01

Sparrow: A Lightweight C++ Implementation of Apache Arrow

Sparrow is a new C++ library designed to simplify the integration of Apache Arrow's columnar format. Born from the needs of projects like ArcticDB, it provides a lightweight, modern C++ API focused on reading and writing Arrow data. Leveraging C++ standard library iterators, ranges, and concepts, Sparrow offers a clean and easy-to-use interface, facilitating integration with existing C++ projects. It supports various data types, including null value handling, and provides builders to simplify the creation of complex data structures.

(johan-mabille.medium.com)

Development Columnar Storage

W3C Calls for Immediate Deprecation of Third-Party Cookies

2025-05-02

The World Wide Web Consortium's Technical Architecture Group (TAG) has issued a statement urging all browsers to immediately drop support for third-party cookies. These cookies pose a significant threat to user privacy, enabling widespread cross-site tracking. While removing them impacts some existing functionalities (like single sign-on and ad targeting), the TAG argues that developing privacy-preserving alternatives is paramount. They stress that any replacements must undergo rigorous scrutiny to ensure they don't recreate the same problems and call for browsers to establish clear timelines for the complete removal of third-party cookies.

(w3ctag.github.io)

Tech

The 1700 Orphan Tsunami: A Transpacific Scientific Detective Story

2025-03-31

A mysterious tsunami struck Japan in January 1700, its origin initially a puzzle. Only in the mid-1990s, through a series of discoveries investigated in both North America and Japan, did scientists uncover the truth: the tsunami stemmed from an earthquake along the coast of northwestern North America. The book, "The Orphan Tsunami of 1700," recounts this transpacific scientific detective story. Its discoveries underpin many of today's precautions against earthquakes and tsunamis in the Cascadia region, and provides a stark contrast and warning when compared to the 2011 Japanese tsunami.

(pubs.usgs.gov)

Tech earthquake

GetHooky: Never Forget to Lint Again!

2025-06-13

Tired of forgetting to run your linter before pushing to production? GetHooky is a cross-platform CLI tool that automatically tests and lints your code on commit or push. It's super easy to use—install once, use anywhere. Works with any project, in any language, and supports all Git hooks. Say goodbye to messy code and hello to efficient development!

(ezpieco.github.io)

Development

YouTube Ads on TikTok: A Bold Play for Creators Amidst Uncertainty

2025-02-09

YouTube Ads on TikTok: A Bold Play for Creators Amidst Uncertainty

As TikTok faces a potential US ban, YouTube is cleverly using TikTok itself to advertise and lure its creators to its platform. Ads showcasing YouTube's resources and community support highlight TikTok's uncertain future. This strategic move underscores YouTube's competitive advantage and the challenges facing TikTok. Even MrBeast, TikTok's top creator, is reportedly in talks with bidders aiming to acquire TikTok's US operations, further highlighting the intense competition.

(www.yahoo.com)

Tech Advertising Competition

China Achieves Milestone with Thorium-Based Reactor: Online Refueling

2025-05-01

China Achieves Milestone with Thorium-Based Reactor: Online Refueling

China has made significant strides in nuclear technology. A small thorium-based reactor, operational since June 2024, recently achieved online refueling, a milestone for thorium reactor technology. While the reactor is small, generating only two megawatts of heat, this achievement holds significant implications for the future of nuclear energy, especially given China's rapid advancements in nuclear power and the global interest in alternative fuels and advanced reactor designs. This technology, initially researched extensively in the US, is now seeing significant progress in China, offering promising new possibilities for global nuclear energy development.

(www.technologyreview.com)

Tech thorium reactor nuclear technology China nuclear power

Instant Graphics and Sound on Atari ST BBS: A Retro Tech History

2025-01-06

This multi-part series chronicles the rise and impact of the "Instant Graphics and Sound" (IGS) format on Atari ST bulletin board systems (BBSs). From its beginnings in 1988 within an Atari user group in Florida to the psychedelic animations by artist Steve Turnbull on CrossNet in 1991, the series explores how IGS transformed the Atari BBS scene. It features stories of developers like Larry Mears and Steve Turnbull, and highlights the vibrant community interaction and contributions.

(breakintochat.com)

Tech BBS culture

DIY Multideck: One Deck to Rule Them All (Board Games)

2025-01-04

DIY Multideck: One Deck to Rule Them All (Board Games)

The DIY Multideck is a 162-card system (3 standard decks) letting you play hundreds of board games, from classics to modern titles using boards or coins. Waterproof and durable, it's perfect for travel, game prototyping, and trying games before buying. Gameplay involves selecting card subsets and focusing on specific corners; drawing on cards adds words, icons, or game boards. The official website provides instructions for numerous games.

(diymultideck.mauri.app)

Game board games card game system

Meta's Alleged Illegal Torrenting of Books for AI Training: New Evidence Surfaces

2025-02-07

Meta's Alleged Illegal Torrenting of Books for AI Training: New Evidence Surfaces

Newly surfaced emails reveal Meta allegedly used the shadow library LibGen to train its AI models, employing torrenting to download and seed terabytes of data. Internal messages suggest high-level knowledge and attempts to conceal the activity. Authors allege direct copyright infringement and demand further depositions, contradicting previous testimony. Meta maintains its actions constituted fair use, but the new evidence complicates its legal defense and expands the scope of the copyright infringement claim.

(arstechnica.com)

Tech

LL3M: Revolutionizing 3D Modeling with Large Language Models

2025-08-17

LL3M is a groundbreaking 3D modeling system that uses a team of large language models to write Python code for creating and editing 3D assets in Blender. From simple text instructions, it generates expressive shapes from scratch and performs complex, precise geometric manipulations. Unlike previous methods focused on specific subtasks or constrained procedures, LL3M creates unconstrained assets with geometry, layout, and appearance. Its iterative refinement and co-creation pipeline allows for continuous high-level user feedback and further editing via clear code and parameters.

(threedle.github.io)

AI

The Illusion of 'Vibe Coding': Programs vs. Products

2025-04-15

The Illusion of 'Vibe Coding': Programs vs. Products

This article critiques the popular notion of 'vibe coding,' arguing that many in tech conflate programs and products. Programs are quick-and-dirty scripts solving specific tasks, often lacking robustness and cross-platform compatibility. Products, however, demand meticulous design, considering encoding, internationalization, concurrency, authentication, telemetry, billing, branding, mobile support, and deployment. AI tools empower rapid program creation, but this is fundamentally different from product development, a far more complex undertaking.

(dylanbeattie.net)

Development programs vs. products

RubyLLM: An Elegant Ruby Library for AI Interaction

2025-03-15

RubyLLM: An Elegant Ruby Library for AI Interaction

RubyLLM is a clean and easy-to-use Ruby library that simplifies interaction with various AI models, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, and DeepSeek. It provides a unified API and data format, eliminating the headaches of juggling incompatible APIs from different AI providers. RubyLLM supports a wide range of AI functionalities, such as chat, image and audio analysis, PDF processing, image generation, vector embeddings, and custom tool integration. Seamless integration with Rails allows for easy persistence of chat history. Its design philosophy prioritizes elegant Ruby code over complex configurations and callbacks, making AI interaction a joy.

(github.com)

Development

Apple Eyes Anthropic or OpenAI AI to Revamp Siri

2025-07-01

Apple Eyes Anthropic or OpenAI AI to Revamp Siri

Apple is reportedly considering using AI technology from Anthropic or OpenAI to power a new version of Siri, potentially sidelining its own in-house models. This move aims to revitalize Apple's lagging AI efforts. Discussions have included integrating the companies' large language models onto Apple's cloud infrastructure for testing.

(www.bloomberg.com)

Tech

1888's Oracle: Astonishing Predictions of the Future

2025-03-06

1888's Oracle: Astonishing Predictions of the Future

A book published in 1888, structured as a dialogue between a diverse group including a statesman, journalist, voter, clergyman, social reformer, and others, offers striking predictions about the future. These range across politics (wealth concentration, shrinking middle class, rising land prices), foreign policy (the US becoming a global power, Panama Canal opening), technology (air travel), and social issues (women's liberation, journalistic monopolies). Concerns are raised about evolving social mores, including changing attitudes towards sexuality and the potential impact of new narcotics. Some of these predictions are eerily prescient.

(publicdomainreview.org)

Misc future predictions social change 19th-century prophecy

iOS 18.5 Expands Satellite Connectivity to iPhone 13

2025-05-06

iOS 18.5 Expands Satellite Connectivity to iPhone 13

Apple's upcoming iOS 18.5 update will expand carrier-provided satellite connectivity to the iPhone 13 lineup. This means iPhone 13 users will gain access to satellite services, such as T-Mobile's Starlink-powered coverage, in areas without traditional cellular service. Importantly, this does not include the Emergency SOS via satellite feature exclusive to iPhone 14 and later, which relies on specialized hardware. The update brings the convenience of satellite connectivity to a wider range of iPhone users.

(9to5mac.com)

Tech Satellite Connectivity

My Haskell Side Quest: RPN Calculator and Monadic Parsing

2025-07-06

My Haskell Side Quest: RPN Calculator and Monadic Parsing

In pursuit of a job, the author embarked on a journey into functional programming with Haskell, culminating in building a Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) calculator. The article details the shift from imperative to functional thinking, covering core Haskell concepts like recursive types, lambda functions, and curried functions. It delves into monadic parsing, ultimately resulting in a robust RPN parser. The author highlights the elegance and readability of functional code and the power of monads in handling complex parsing tasks.

(mattwills.bearblog.dev)

Development Reverse Polish Notation

Hacking UX Design: Building Great Experiences Without a Designer

2025-03-12

Hacking UX Design: Building Great Experiences Without a Designer

In startups, speed is key. This article provides a pragmatic approach to UX design for non-designers. The author advocates leveraging existing design patterns from competitors and UI libraries for common functionalities like account creation and password resets. The focus is on usability over novelty, using tools like ChatGPT to identify and address potential pain points in the user flow. By prioritizing established conventions and iterating quickly, startups can achieve a great user experience without the time and resource commitment of hiring a dedicated designer. Innovation should be focused on core value propositions, while leveraging existing best practices for everything else.

(www.tibinotes.com)

Development UX Design

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