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Blizzard's Story and Franchise Development Team Unionizes

2025-08-17

Blizzard's Story and Franchise Development Team Unionizes

160 workers on Blizzard's Story and Franchise Development team, including animators, cinematic producers, narrative team members, and archivists, have unionized, marking the first in-house cinematic, animation, and narrative studio union in North American game industry. The union aims to protect workers from issues like misguided policies and instability resulting from layoffs, and improve workplace conditions. Microsoft, Blizzard's parent company, has recognized the union, in line with a labor neutrality policy agreed to in 2022. This follows recent mass layoffs at Microsoft, highlighting concerns about labor rights in the gaming industry.

(aftermath.site)

Game Union

Baltic Sea GPS Jamming: Ships Suspected as Culprits

2025-03-05

Baltic Sea GPS Jamming: Ships Suspected as Culprits

Polish researchers have linked massive GPS disruptions in the eastern Baltic Sea to ships operating in the region. Between June and December 2024, they detected 84 hours of GNSS interruptions in the Bay of Gdansk, primarily caused by jamming, not spoofing. October saw the peak of activity, with two types of interference identified, suggesting increasingly sophisticated techniques. The study highlights the urgent need for a dedicated GNSS interference monitoring network along the Baltic coast to address these growing threats to maritime navigation and safety.

(www.heise.de)

Tech GPS jamming Ships

Zig vs. Rust: A Deep Dive into Memory Safety

2025-05-13

This article delves into a detailed comparison of Zig and Rust regarding memory safety. Rust, with its powerful compile-time proof system, virtually eliminates memory safety vulnerabilities. While Zig improves upon C with features like slice types and bounds checking, it remains susceptible to memory safety issues such as use-after-free and buffer overflows. The author uses personal experience and project data to demonstrate Rust's memory safety advantage in large projects, but also suggests Zig's potential use in specific scenarios, such as within Wasm sandboxes. Zig's future success may hinge on the development of inexpensive runtime mitigations.

(www.scattered-thoughts.net)

Development

Microrobot Takes Flight: Tiny, Untethered Flying Robot Achieves New Milestone

2025-03-31

Microrobot Takes Flight: Tiny, Untethered Flying Robot Achieves New Milestone

Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed a tiny, untethered flying robot with a wingspan of less than a centimeter. Powered wirelessly by external magnetic fields, its current range is limited, but the team suggests improvements could extend its capabilities. This breakthrough opens possibilities for search and rescue, industrial inspection, and even pollination, setting a new record for the smallest flying robot.

(spectrum.ieee.org)

Tech microrobot flying robot magnetic field propulsion

Blue Origin's All-Female Crew: Space Tourism Takes a Leap

2025-02-28

Blue Origin's All-Female Crew: Space Tourism Takes a Leap

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin announced the crew for its next mission: an all-female team including pop star Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King, two scientists, Bezos' fiancée Lauren Sánchez, and a film producer. This marks the first all-female space crew since 1963, a significant milestone for space tourism. The 10-12 minute flight aboard the New Shepard rocket, Blue Origin's 31st mission, is available to anyone willing to put down a $150,000 deposit.

(techcrunch.com)

Tech Space Tourism All-female Crew

Defending Academic Disciplines: Knowledge Silos in the Age of AI

2025-06-21

Defending Academic Disciplines: Knowledge Silos in the Age of AI

This article challenges the notion of breaking down academic silos, arguing that disciplines function like grain silos, preserving knowledge integrity and quality. Using the 19th-century invention of the silo as an analogy, the author highlights the importance of specialized expertise in knowledge production. In the AI era, disciplinary knowledge is crucial for combating AI hallucinations and ensuring factual accuracy. AI's breadth requires the depth provided by specialized research, while internal academic debate and self-correction prevent reliance on outdated or biased information. The author concludes that dismantling academic silos will lead to intellectual decay and scarcity.

(hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com)

AI Academia Knowledge Production

UR5 Robot Sim: Autonomous Object Grasping and Placement

2025-08-06

UR5 Robot Sim: Autonomous Object Grasping and Placement

This project simulates a UR5 robotic arm with a Robotiq 85 gripper autonomously grasping and placing objects in PyBullet. Inverse kinematics (IK) ensures precise arm control, while synchronized joint control creates realistic gripper movements. Cubes are randomly placed, adding dynamism. The PyBullet GUI offers real-time visualization of the robot's actions, providing a comprehensive view of the simulation.

(github.com)

AI inverse kinematics

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.

(www.engadget.com)

Game

AI-Powered Crime Syndicate on the Myanmar-Thailand Border: A Global Threat

2025-04-02

AI-Powered Crime Syndicate on the Myanmar-Thailand Border: A Global Threat

Thousands are trapped in scam centers run by criminal gangs and warlords along Myanmar's border with Thailand. Victims are forced into online fraud schemes, leveraging AI-generated scripts and realistic deepfakes to target victims worldwide. While recent crackdowns by Chinese and Thai authorities have freed some, experts warn the industry, fueled by billions in investment and advanced technology, will rebound stronger. This sophisticated criminal network poses a global threat, demanding international cooperation to combat its scale and human rights abuses.

(edition.cnn.com)

Tech Transnational Crime Cyber Fraud

Chess Elo Surge: A Simple Technique Changed Everything

2025-06-15

Chess Elo Surge: A Simple Technique Changed Everything

A chess player consistently performed better in blitz than bullet chess. Switching from drag-and-drop to click-and-click piece movement shaved 0.25 seconds off his average move time. This seemingly minor change resulted in a significant Elo gain in bullet chess, halving the gap between his blitz and bullet ratings. He attributes the improvement to having more time to think and less pre-moving, reducing blunders.

(jacobbrazeal.wordpress.com)

Game game improvement

Bank of North Dakota: A Century of Success, Boosting State's Economy

2024-12-18

Bank of North Dakota: A Century of Success, Boosting State's Economy

The Bank of North Dakota (BND) is the only state-owned and -operated general-service bank in the United States, established in 1919 to foster agriculture, commerce, and industry. It leverages state funds to provide loans and financial services for infrastructure projects, agriculture, and small businesses, and acts as a wholesale bank for local institutions. BND played a crucial role during the 2008 financial crisis and the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating its profitability and positive impact on the state's economy. Its unique model has made it a standout success story in the American financial system.

(en.wikipedia.org)

Startup state-owned bank economic development financial services

Octelium: A Revolutionary Zero Trust Access Platform

2025-06-29

Octelium: A Revolutionary Zero Trust Access Platform

Octelium is a free and open-source, self-hosted, unified platform for zero trust resource access, designed as a modern alternative to VPNs and similar tools. It's incredibly versatile, functioning as a zero-config VPN, ZTNA platform, secure tunnel infrastructure, API gateway, AI gateway, PaaS for secure and anonymous containerized application hosting, Kubernetes gateway, and even a homelab infrastructure. Octelium offers a scalable zero trust architecture (ZTA) for identity-based, application-layer (L7) aware, secret-less secure access via WireGuard/QUIC tunnels and public clientless access.

(github.com)

Development VPN alternative

Vole-Sim: A Hyperrealistic Hamster Simulator

2025-01-28

The GitHub project Vole-Sim is a remarkably realistic hamster simulator known for its high level of detail and accuracy. Built using the Unity engine, it simulates a wide range of hamster behaviors, including eating, sleeping, playing, and exploring their environment. Users can observe and interact with the hamsters in their daily lives. Beyond entertainment, the project showcases the power of the Unity engine in simulating biological behavior.

(faresbakhit.github.io)

Game game simulation Unity engine hamster simulation

A Century of Probiotics: The Past and Present of E. coli Nissle 1917

2025-08-24

A century ago, Alfred Nissle discovered that specific strains of Escherichia coli could treat infectious diseases. One of these strains, E. coli Nissle 1917, became the most frequently used probiotic E. coli in research and has been applied to a variety of human conditions. This review compares the properties of E. coli Nissle 1917 with other commercially available E. coli probiotic strains, focusing on their human applications. A literature search summarizes research findings on probiotics Mutaflor, Symbioflor 2, and Colinfant, analyzing their closest relatives and genetic content, including virulence genes. A striking similarity to pathogenic strains causing urinary tract infections is noted. The review traces historical research trends in probiotic treatment and suggests the future of probiotic E. coli may lie in treating gastrointestinal infections, often caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens—echoing Nissle's original discovery.

(pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

AI probiotics Escherichia coli

Jujutsu (jj) Cheat Sheet: A Git Alternative?

2025-02-12

This post introduces a cheat sheet and reference for Jujutsu (jj), a version control system compatible with git repositories. The author finds jj more intuitive than git and provides learning resources including a reference describing the repository's state and a visual cheat sheet for common editing operations. For newcomers, reading a tutorial first is recommended to avoid preconceived notions from git. Both resources are concise and printable for easy learning.

(justinpombrio.net)

Development

California Bill Mandates Disclosure for All Online Bots

2025-02-07

California Bill Mandates Disclosure for All Online Bots

Assembly Member Wilson's legislation reshapes California's approach to online bots, requiring all bots to identify themselves when interacting with state residents, regardless of purpose. This expands current law, which only mandates disclosure for bots influencing commerce or voting. The bill updates the definition of 'bot' to include AI-powered systems generating synthetic content. Anyone using a bot must disclose its automated nature and provide this information upon request. This applies across websites, apps, and platforms. Large platforms (over 10 million monthly US visitors) must ensure compliance. The changes reflect the evolving AI landscape and prioritize transparency in online communication.

(www.veeto.app)

Tech bot disclosure

Vets Who Code: A Nonprofit That Changed a Veteran's Life

2025-04-02

Vets Who Code: A Nonprofit That Changed a Veteran's Life

Osvaldo Vargas, a US Army veteran and now a Senior Software Engineering Manager at Accenture Federal Services, leveraged over 14 different resources during his transition to civilian life. While he participated in numerous programs, only three significantly aided his transition. He credits Vets Who Code as the single organization that truly changed his life for the better, providing more value than twelve other nonprofits combined.

(vetswhocode.io)

Startup Veteran Transition Nonprofit Impact Coding Bootcamp

The Recession-Era Beauty Boom: How the Jheri Curl Kit Conquered a Market

2025-07-16

The Recession-Era Beauty Boom: How the Jheri Curl Kit Conquered a Market

During the 1980s recession, the Pro-Line Curly Kit, a DIY at-home Jheri curl kit, became a sensation. Priced at just $8, it offered a salon-quality wet-look curl style previously costing hundreds, transforming the Black haircare market. Created by Comer Cottrell, the kit's success demonstrated the demand for affordable, accessible beauty products during economic downturns. Though the Jheri curl’s popularity eventually faded, its impact on the industry and its lasting cultural relevance remain significant, showcasing how economic hardship can fuel unexpected market disruptions and innovations.

(thehustle.co)

Misc beauty product Black haircare

Futurehome's Bait and Switch: Smart Home Devices Now Require Subscriptions

2025-07-29

Futurehome's Bait and Switch: Smart Home Devices Now Require Subscriptions

Smart home company Futurehome is facing backlash after unexpectedly requiring a subscription for basic functionality of its previously one-time-purchase devices. Features like controlling devices, automations, and energy services now necessitate an annual 1,188 NOK (roughly $116.56) fee. This move has angered customers who feel deceived, as core functionality is now locked behind a paywall. While Futurehome claims the subscription covers server costs, users are frustrated by the loss of local control and the potential for future limitations on access, even to features that previously worked offline. The incident sparks a wider conversation about the sustainability and ethics of subscription-based models in the smart home market.

(arstechnica.com)

Tech

Build a Text-to-Speech Reader with Sentence Highlighting in JavaScript

2025-06-26

Build a Text-to-Speech Reader with Sentence Highlighting in JavaScript

This article guides you through building a simple web tool that leverages JavaScript's SpeechSynthesis API for text-to-speech (TTS) functionality and dynamic sentence highlighting. It explains how to control speech playback, set voice parameters, and track speech events. The article also details implementing sentence-level highlighting using CSS and JavaScript, culminating in a fully functional interactive reader with play, pause, resume, stop buttons, and voice selection. The complete HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code is provided.

(jsdev.space)

Development Sentence Highlighting

Coherence in Type Classes: A Comparison of Swift, Rust, Scala, and Haskell

2025-03-12

Type classes are a popular mechanism for generic programming, used in languages like Haskell, Swift, Rust, and Scala. However, implicit programming, while convenient, can lead to ambiguity in type inference, jeopardizing coherence (the property that a program has exactly one meaning). The research community is divided: some favor context-sensitive resolution; others advocate for globally unique instances to prevent ambiguity. This paper compares how these four languages address type class coherence, revealing that despite syntactic differences, their strategies for circumventing limitations of unique instances are strikingly similar.

(programming-journal.org)

Development type classes implicit programming coherence

Microsoft's Recall Feature Leaks Sensitive Information Despite Security Filters

2024-12-12

Microsoft's Recall Feature Leaks Sensitive Information Despite Security Filters

Microsoft's Recall feature, designed to record computer activity, has a flawed 'sensitive information filter'. Tests revealed it failed to prevent screenshots containing credit card numbers, social security numbers, and other sensitive data from being saved. While Microsoft promises improvements, the current security vulnerability raises concerns. The AI-powered filter struggles to reliably identify sensitive information, posing a significant security risk.

(www.tomshardware.com)

Tech security vulnerability

Unlocking Secrets: A Data Analysis of the Science Museum's Collection

2025-05-30

Unlocking Secrets: A Data Analysis of the Science Museum's Collection

Analyzing the Science Museum Group's open photographic dataset revealed unique items within their collection. Using computer vision techniques, researchers identified individual objects with distinctive appearances based on their distance to their five nearest neighbors. These included vintage appliances, Art Deco objects, and Kinora viewers. The analysis also highlighted trends in the colors and shapes of museum objects over time, and unexpected connections like recycled Nike shoes forming artificial turf and cullet (broken glass) used in glassmaking. This study emphasizes the value of analyzing online museum collections and the potential of computer vision in uncovering and appreciating unique artifacts.

(lab.sciencemuseum.org.uk)

Tech museum collection

Asahi Linux 6.14 Update: 8000 Lines of Code Upstream, Mic Support Incoming

2025-03-21

Asahi Linux 6.14 Update: 8000 Lines of Code Upstream, Mic Support Incoming

The Asahi Linux team released a major progress update for the 6.14 release, focusing on upstreaming a large number of downstream patches to the Linux kernel. Overcoming personnel changes and natural disasters, the team successfully submitted three new drivers (including Touch Bar and ISP drivers) and actively cleaned up the GPU driver for submission. Furthermore, they implemented microphone support on most laptops, requiring overcoming Secure Enclave restrictions and developing an MVDR beamforming algorithm. Fedora Asahi Remix 42 Beta is now available, and a successful demonstration of Asahi Linux running Steam games was showcased at SCaLE. The team also received substantial financial support through OpenCollective, ensuring the project's long-term sustainability.

(asahilinux.org)

Development

Sesame's Leap: Bridging the Uncanny Valley in Conversational Voice

2025-03-02

Sesame's Leap: Bridging the Uncanny Valley in Conversational Voice

Sesame's research team has made significant strides in creating more natural and emotionally intelligent AI voice assistants. Their Conversational Speech Model (CSM) uses multimodal learning to generate contextually appropriate speech by considering context, emotion, and conversation history. This technology surpasses traditional text-to-speech (TTS) models and demonstrates improvements in naturalness and expressiveness through objective and subjective evaluations. However, the model currently primarily supports English, with future plans to expand to more languages and further enhance its understanding of complex conversational structures.

(www.sesame.com)

AI AI voice conversational model multimodal learning

Artie Hiring its First Business Operations Manager – A Growth-Focused Role

2025-02-12

Artie Hiring its First Business Operations Manager – A Growth-Focused Role

Artie, a company automating database to data warehouse/data lake replication, is hiring its first Business Operations Manager. Reporting directly to the Chief of Staff, this role will handle strategic initiatives across GTM, finance, security, and operations. The ideal candidate will have 2-4 years of experience in strategy or operations roles and be comfortable tackling diverse cross-functional tasks to drive growth. The position is full-time, in-person in San Francisco's Financial District.

(www.ycombinator.com)

Startup Business Operations

Prettier Now Supports PGN File Formatting

2025-01-04

Prettier Now Supports PGN File Formatting

A new Prettier plugin, `prettier-plugin-pgn`, has been released, adding support for formatting Portable Game Notation (PGN) files. PGN is a standard text format for recording chess games. This plugin handles variations, annotations, and multiple games within a single PGN file, making life easier for chess players and developers. Installation is straightforward via npm or globally.

(github.com)

Development Code Formatting

Website Privacy Policy and Cookie Usage

2025-07-23

This website uses technologies like cookies to store and access device information for optimal user experience. Consent allows processing data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs. Withdrawing consent may affect features and functions. The website details the purposes of different types of technical storage or access, including necessary storage, storage for preferences, storage for statistical purposes, and storage for creating user profiles to deliver ads.

(i4is.org)

Misc

Blazing Fast Python Type Checker and Language Server in Rust: ty

2025-05-07

Blazing Fast Python Type Checker and Language Server in Rust: ty

ty is an extremely fast Python type checker and language server written in Rust. It's currently under development and not ready for production. All development now happens in the Ruff repository; please submit pull requests there for changes to the ruff submodule (which includes all Rust source code). See the contributing guide for details. Licensed under the MIT license.

(github.com)

Development Type Checking

Zod 4 Released: Faster, Smaller, and More Efficient Type Validation

2025-05-19

Zod 4 Released: Faster, Smaller, and More Efficient Type Validation

After a year of active development, Zod 4 is now stable! It's faster, slimmer, more tsc-efficient, and implements some long-requested features. Published alongside Zod 3 for easier migration, Zod 4 boasts performance improvements of 6.5x to 14.7x in various benchmarks. Generics have been overhauled, significantly reducing TypeScript type instantiation. A lightweight `zod/v4-mini` variant offers an 85% reduction in core bundle size. New features include support for recursive types, JSON Schema conversion, custom metadata, and improved error handling.

(zod.dev)

Development type validation

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