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2024 in Math: Breakthroughs and the Rise of AI

2024-12-20
2024 in Math: Breakthroughs and the Rise of AI

2024 was a landmark year for mathematics, marked by a series of significant breakthroughs. A team of nine mathematicians proved the geometric Langlands conjecture—an 800-page proof hailed as a crowning achievement—connecting disparate areas of mathematics. Further major advances were made in geometry, solving long-standing conjectures and providing surprising counterexamples. Concurrently, artificial intelligence made major strides, with Google DeepMind's AlphaProof achieving remarkable results in the International Mathematical Olympiad, hinting at AI's potential as a 'copilot' for future mathematical research. These achievements underscore not only the significant progress in mathematical understanding but also the transformative potential of AI in shaping the field's future.

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(www.quantamagazine.org)
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Hims & Hers: Disrupting Healthcare, or Just Disrupting Ethics?

2025-06-26
Hims & Hers: Disrupting Healthcare, or Just Disrupting Ethics?

Hims & Hers, a telehealth company, has built a billion-dollar empire by exploiting loopholes in FDA regulations. They mass-produce and sell untested weight-loss and erectile dysfunction drugs, sourcing ingredients from questionable Chinese suppliers. While marketing themselves as disruptors offering affordable healthcare, their prices are significantly higher than generic alternatives. The article details how Hims & Hers leverages regulatory complexities to maximize profits at the expense of patient safety, raising serious concerns about regulatory capture and the ethical implications of prioritizing convenience over care.

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(www.alexkesin.com)
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Microsoft Joins World Nuclear Association, Betting Big on Nuclear Energy for Data Centers

2025-09-08
Microsoft Joins World Nuclear Association, Betting Big on Nuclear Energy for Data Centers

Microsoft has become the first major global tech company to join the World Nuclear Association, signaling a significant commitment to technologies like small modular reactors and fusion energy to achieve its long-term carbon-free goals. This move addresses the rapidly growing energy demands of data centers, supplementing renewable energy sources. While challenges remain in nuclear deployment, including cost, delays, and political opposition, Microsoft's collaboration with the nuclear industry will foster advancements in technology development, regulatory efficiency, and supply chain resilience, securing its energy strategy.

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(www.techradar.com)
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Meta's War Rooms: Dissecting DeepSeek's Low-Cost AI Threat

2025-01-27

Meta has established four war rooms to analyze the technology behind DeepSeek, a Chinese open-source large language model. DeepSeek's ability to compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT and Meta's own offerings, using significantly lower costs and less powerful chips, has sparked concern. The analysis focuses on DeepSeek's cost reduction techniques and the data it utilizes. DeepSeek's emergence is causing significant ripples in the AI infrastructure investment landscape and impacting tech stocks.

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(markets.businessinsider.com)
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YAML's 'Norway Problem': Why NO is parsed as False

2025-04-12
YAML's 'Norway Problem': Why NO is parsed as False

YAML's boolean parsing has a frustrating quirk known as the 'Norway Problem'. Because YAML parses the ISO 3166-1 ALPHA-2 code NO (Norway) as the boolean false, it can lead to data parsing errors. This post discusses this issue and suggests using double quotes for escaping or utilizing libraries like StrictYAML to prevent this. Other problematic YAML values include version numbers ending in .0 converting to numbers and strings like 'Null' converting to NULL.

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(www.bram.us)
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Tech Addiction: The 'Zombie Students' Crisis in the Age of Screens

2025-03-25
Tech Addiction: The 'Zombie Students' Crisis in the Age of Screens

A sobering article exposes the devastating impact of tech addiction on students. Teachers report students' lack of focus, motivation, and addiction to the dopamine rush of their phones, behaving like addicts. This phenomenon is widespread, even affecting young children. The article points out that tech companies, prioritizing profits, disregard the negative impact on youth, leading to decreased learning ability, academic dishonesty, and an inability to think critically. It calls for parents, teachers, and tech companies to work together to solve this growing social problem.

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(www.honest-broker.com)
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TinyZero: Unlocking Reasoning in LLMs on a Budget

2025-01-25
TinyZero: Unlocking Reasoning in LLMs on a Budget

TinyZero is a project demonstrating how to imbue large language models (LLMs) with self-verification and search capabilities at low cost, using reinforcement learning. Built upon veRL and experimenting with the Qwen2.5 series, TinyZero provides detailed instructions for installation, data preparation, and training. Even smaller models can achieve sophisticated reasoning. The project showcases the feasibility of enhancing LLMs via RL, offering a new approach to cost-effective AI research.

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(github.com)
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Airweave: Semantically Search Any App with Your Agent

2025-05-12
Airweave: Semantically Search Any App with Your Agent

Airweave empowers your AI agents to semantically search any application. It's MCP-compatible and seamlessly integrates with apps, databases, and APIs, transforming their content into agent-ready knowledge. Whether your data is structured or unstructured, Airweave breaks it down into processable entities, stores it, and makes it retrievable via REST and MCP endpoints. Key features include data synchronization from 25+ sources, entity extraction and transformation, multi-tenant architecture, incremental updates, and semantic search. Built with FastAPI (Python), PostgreSQL and Qdrant databases, and deployable via Docker Compose and Kubernetes.

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(github.com)
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Nintendo Switch 2: June 5th Release, $450 Price Tag

2025-04-02
Nintendo Switch 2: June 5th Release, $450 Price Tag

Nintendo has finally revealed the Switch 2's release date: June 5th, priced at $450. Pre-orders start April 9th. This upgraded console boasts a 7.9-inch 1080p screen (up to 4K in docked mode), 120Hz refresh rate, HDR support, and a massive 256GB of internal storage, expandable via microSD Express cards. New Joy-Cons feature mouse functionality, and GameChat allows voice chat with up to 12 players. The Switch 2 offers backward compatibility with most Switch games and introduces GameShare for easy family and friend game sharing. Launch titles include Mario Kart World.

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(www.engadget.com)
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MyCoder: Command-Line AI Coding Assistant That Handles Any Coding Challenge

2025-02-25
MyCoder: Command-Line AI Coding Assistant That Handles Any Coding Challenge

MyCoder is a powerful command-line based AI agent system capable of performing arbitrary tasks, with a particular focus on coding tasks. It uses a modular tool-based architecture to interact with files, execute commands, make network requests, and spawn sub-agents for parallel task execution. With an Anthropic API key, MyCoder can fix build errors, update dependencies, refactor code, add new features, and much more. It supports interactive mode and reading prompts from files, and features smart logging and self-modification capabilities. MyCoder leverages the Claude API and uses Conventional Commits and GitHub Actions for CI/CD.

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(github.com)
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The Science of Earworms: Why Some Songs Get Stuck in Your Head

2025-05-30
The Science of Earworms: Why Some Songs Get Stuck in Your Head

A self-employed writer recounts his experience of suffering an earworm after posting a bad joke online, leading him to explore the science behind this phenomenon. The article explains that earworms result from the brain's processing of sound, memory, and emotion, with short, simple, and repetitive melodies being more likely culprits. It also touches upon the ironic effect of trying to forget a song, only making it more persistent. The author concludes with a humorous reflection on the harmless nature of earworms, subtly promoting his books.

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(theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com)
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US High Schoolers' Scores Plummet to Historic Lows Amidst Decade-Long Decline

2025-09-10
US High Schoolers' Scores Plummet to Historic Lows Amidst Decade-Long Decline

The Nation's Report Card reveals a decade-long slide in US high schoolers' reading and math performance, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. 12th-grade scores hit a more than 20-year low, while 8th-grade science scores also significantly dropped. Experts attribute this not only to pandemic-related school closures and absenteeism but also to longer-term factors such as increased screen time, shorter attention spans, and a decline in reading longer texts. The achievement gap widened, particularly affecting girls in STEM subjects. This alarming trend sparks concerns about the US education system and fuels debate over federal education funding.

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(apnews.com)
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Microsoft's AI Gaming Copilot: A Second-Screen Sidekick

2025-03-13
Microsoft's AI Gaming Copilot: A Second-Screen Sidekick

Microsoft is launching Copilot for Gaming, an AI assistant for Xbox players. Initially available via the Xbox mobile app, Copilot will guide players through games, offer tips, and even help download and launch titles. Demos showcased Copilot offering tactical advice in Overwatch 2 and crafting guidance in Minecraft. While demos were impressive, the initial April release for Xbox Insiders will be limited. Microsoft plans to iterate based on user feedback.

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(www.theverge.com)
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Kevin Kelly: Rejecting Unicorns, Embracing a Multifaceted Life

2025-07-04
Kevin Kelly: Rejecting Unicorns, Embracing a Multifaceted Life

This article recounts the author's meeting with tech visionary Kevin Kelly, prompting reflection on their own career path. Kelly, known for his diverse career—from Whole Earth Catalog editor to Wired co-founder and insightful futurist—has never pursued a single goal, instead continuously exploring various interests. The conversation with Kelly sparked a re-evaluation of the definition of 'success,' questioning the tech industry's obsession with singular focus and relentless pursuit, ultimately seeking a work style that combines ambition with joy.

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(joincolossus.com)
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Website Cookie Policy and User Privacy

2025-07-03
Website Cookie Policy and User Privacy

This website uses technologies like cookies to store and access device information for the best user experience. Agreeing allows us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs. Disagreeing or withdrawing consent may negatively impact features. The site clarifies that technical storage or access is strictly necessary for enabling explicitly requested services or communication transmission; for storing non-requested preferences; and for statistical purposes (anonymous). However, it also acknowledges that such storage might be used for creating user profiles for advertising or tracking, requiring explicit consent.

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(magazine.atavist.com)
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The Hardest Focus App: No Mercy, No Excuses

2025-08-23
The Hardest Focus App: No Mercy, No Excuses

Forget cute focus apps; this one's brutal. There's no start button – the only way to use it is to put your phone away. Pick it up, and a deafening siren will sound, erasing all progress. It's a paid app, no free features, and the developers argue that if you can't afford it, you're not their target audience. This app is designed to be the hardest and most effective, a defense system against the attention-grabbing economy, forcing discipline through harsh penalties for distraction.

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(apps.apple.com)
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arXivLabs: Experimenting with Community Collaboration

2025-02-14
arXivLabs: Experimenting with Community Collaboration

arXivLabs is a framework enabling collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on the website. Individuals and organizations involved uphold arXiv's values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners who share them. Have an idea to enhance the arXiv community? Learn more about arXivLabs.

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(arxiv.org)
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Hans Christian Andersen: A Life Less Ordinary

2025-07-31
Hans Christian Andersen: A Life Less Ordinary

This article delves into the extraordinary life of Hans Christian Andersen, the celebrated author of beloved fairy tales. Born into poverty and marked by unconventional appearance, Andersen faced relentless ridicule, yet his talent and perseverance propelled him to become a literary icon across Europe. From early forays into acting and poetry to his eventual mastery of the fairy tale form, Andersen's journey reflects the imaginative power and profound understanding of life found within his stories. His life, much like his tales, is a captivating blend of drama and inspiration.

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(www.newstatesman.com)
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Laid Off Twice in One Year: A Software Engineer's Story

2025-01-07

A software engineer shares his experience of being laid off twice in a single year, once a week into paternity leave and again just before Christmas. The article details the emotional rollercoaster, practical steps taken to find new employment (resume updates, unemployment benefits, job searching strategies), and reflections on the current state of the tech industry and personal self-worth. He offers advice on navigating layoffs, emphasizing the importance of resilience, networking, and continuous learning.

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(dillonshook.com)
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Bypassing BitLocker Encryption on Windows 11 via Memory Dump

2024-12-30

This article demonstrates bypassing BitLocker encryption on Windows 11 by extracting the Full Volume Encryption Key (FVEK) from memory. By physically accessing the device and abruptly restarting it, an attacker can capture RAM contents, which may contain the FVEK. The author utilizes a UEFI application, Memory-Dump-UEFI, to achieve this. The process involves creating a bootable USB, forcefully restarting the system, booting from the USB, analyzing the memory dump, and using pool tags to locate the FVEK. The article details these steps and emphasizes the use of tools like dislocker to unlock the BitLocker-protected partition. The method is not foolproof and relies on several factors such as speed of memory dump and the timing of the restart.

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(noinitrd.github.io)
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WWII's Secret Weapon: Airborne Minesweepers

2025-04-16
WWII's Secret Weapon: Airborne Minesweepers

Early in WWII, German magnetic mines devastated British shipping. Britain's ingenious counter was to modify Wellington bombers into airborne minesweepers, mimicking a ship's magnetic signature to detonate the mines. This revolutionary tactic quickly cleared minefields, safeguarding vital shipping lanes. Germany followed suit, adapting Junkers Ju-52 transports, but suffered heavy losses due to a lack of fighter escort. These airborne minesweepers played a crucial, albeit often overlooked, role in WWII, foreshadowing today's helicopter mine countermeasure units.

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(www.historynet.com)
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Conquering Dumb LLM Search Judges with Classic ML

2025-01-24
Conquering Dumb LLM Search Judges with Classic ML

The author explores using a local LLM as a search relevance judge, a cost-effective alternative to OpenAI. Individual LLM judgments are unreliable, so the article proposes combining multiple LLMs' assessments of various product attributes (name, classification, description, etc.) using traditional machine learning (e.g., decision trees) to improve accuracy. Experiments show this approach can predict human preferences and reveal the logic behind human labels, aiding search engine optimization.

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(softwaredoug.com)
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Solving a Variant of N-Queens in Haskell: Backtracking, Optimization, and Benchmarks

2025-06-24

This blog post details solving a variant of the N-Queens puzzle found on LinkedIn using Haskell. The puzzle involves placing N queens on a colored N x N board such that each row, column, and color region contains exactly one queen, with no two queens diagonally adjacent. The author explores several optimization techniques, including backtracking, elimination, early dead-end detection, and candidate ranking. The resulting Haskell solution is benchmarked against an SMT solver, demonstrating significant performance improvements through efficient data structures and algorithmic refinements. The code elegantly handles the problem's complexities, showcasing Haskell's strengths in functional programming.

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(imiron.io)
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Blazing Fast US Route Planning: Introducing US Routing

2025-05-08
Blazing Fast US Route Planning: Introducing US Routing

US Routing is a Python library for rapid local route planning within the United States. Ideal for situations where approximate results are sufficient, it leverages the North American Roads dataset. Quickly calculate routes between cities, zip codes, or coordinates, choosing between shortest distance and fastest time. Get detailed route information including distance, duration, and states traversed. The library also includes functionality to download and process the North American Roads dataset and allows for custom routing graph construction.

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(github.com)
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Dictionary.com Deletes User Accounts, Leaving Logophiles Devastated

2025-07-18
Dictionary.com Deletes User Accounts, Leaving Logophiles Devastated

Dictionary.com abruptly deleted all user accounts and their associated data, including years' worth of saved words, sparking outrage among users. The company, which previously offered a paid ad-free version with extra features like offline dictionaries, removed these features and rendered saved data inaccessible. While Dictionary.com claims the change was for app improvement, they offered no adequate explanation or compensation for lost data, leading to widespread criticism and unanswered questions.

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(arstechnica.com)
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Optimizing the Separating Axis Theorem with Gauss Map Traversal

2025-07-10
Optimizing the Separating Axis Theorem with Gauss Map Traversal

This article presents an optimized collision detection algorithm for convex polyhedra. Reframing the Separating Axis Theorem (SAT) as a sphere-based optimization problem, the author reveals that the minimum lies at the intersections of great circles on a Gauss map. A graph traversal algorithm avoids repeated support function calculations, requiring only one full evaluation initially. The algorithm then efficiently updates the support point by traversing the Gauss map, resulting in significant performance gains. Tests show a 5-10x speedup over traditional SAT.

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(cairno.substack.com)
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Claude Chappe's Optical Telegraph: The World's First Cyberattack?

2025-05-08
Claude Chappe's Optical Telegraph: The World's First Cyberattack?

This article recounts the story of Claude Chappe and his optical telegraph, the world's first long-distance communication system. Chappe, a French engineer whose clerical career was derailed by the French Revolution, invented a system using towers and movable arms to transmit visual signals. The system saw widespread use during Napoleon's era but was eventually superseded by the electric telegraph. The article also details an early 'cyberattack' exploiting the system, and Chappe's tragic end.

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(parisianfields.com)
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Arctic Glacier Melt Uncovers 1500 Miles of Coastline, Posing Risks and Rewards

2025-03-28
Arctic Glacier Melt Uncovers 1500 Miles of Coastline, Posing Risks and Rewards

A study in Nature Climate Change reveals that melting Arctic glaciers have exposed approximately 1500 miles of coastline since 2000, primarily in Greenland. The retreating ice unveils valuable mineral deposits, but also creates vulnerability. Newly exposed coastlines, lacking the stabilizing effect of ice, are susceptible to erosion and landslides. A dramatic example occurred in September 2023, when a thinning coastal glacier in eastern Greenland collapsed, triggering a 350-foot tsunami that registered globally. This highlights the significant risks and challenges posed by climate change.

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(e360.yale.edu)
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Dutch Parliament Votes to Ditch US Tech, Prioritize National Sovereignty

2025-03-20
Dutch Parliament Votes to Ditch US Tech, Prioritize National Sovereignty

The Dutch parliament unanimously passed eight motions urging the government to replace US-made technology with homegrown alternatives. Driven by concerns about data sovereignty and the potential for US tech giants to exert political pressure, the motions call for a range of actions, including halting migrations to American cloud services, creating a Dutch national cloud, and repatriating the .nl top-level domain. MP Barbara Kathmann argued that over-reliance on US tech weakens the Netherlands' digital sovereignty and expertise. While non-binding, the overwhelming support for these motions puts significant pressure on the government to act, potentially setting a precedent for other European nations.

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(www.theregister.com)
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