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US Airlines Push for Deregulation, Threatening Passenger Rights

2025-09-24

US Airlines Push for Deregulation, Threatening Passenger Rights

Major US airlines, including American, Delta, Southwest, and United, are pushing for deregulation, claiming it will lower costs and boost competition. However, this move risks significantly eroding passenger rights and increasing hidden fees. Key protections at stake include automatic refunds for cancellations, transparent pricing, and guaranteed family seating. While airlines argue deregulation will lower fares, the likely outcome is more fees, less accountability for service failures, and a diminished sense of consumer protection. This could lead to a more expensive and opaque air travel experience for passengers.

(www.travelandtourworld.com)

Tech airline deregulation passenger rights hidden fees

arXivLabs: Experimental Projects with Community Collaboration

2025-05-23

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 partners with those who share them. Have an idea to enhance the arXiv community? Learn more about arXivLabs.

(arxiv.org)

Development

Xbow Reports Nearly 1,000 Vulnerabilities, Including a Zero-Day in Palo Alto Networks VPN

2025-07-06

Xbow Reports Nearly 1,000 Vulnerabilities, Including a Zero-Day in Palo Alto Networks VPN

Security research firm Xbow submitted nearly 1,060 vulnerabilities to HackerOne in the last 90 days, including critical flaws like remote code execution and information disclosure. They also discovered and reported a previously unknown vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks' GlobalProtect VPN, impacting over 2,000 hosts. While many have been addressed (130 resolved, 303 triaged), approximately 45% remain unpatched, highlighting the sheer volume and impact of the disclosed vulnerabilities.

(www.csoonline.com)

Tech

API Churn vs. Security: The Perils of Client-Side Heavy Logic

2025-04-16

API Churn vs. Security: The Perils of Client-Side Heavy Logic

This article explores the problems stemming from the current trend of heavy client-side logic in web applications, namely API churn. While solutions like GraphQL offer more expressive APIs, mitigating the resulting security risks – where increased client-side power empowers malicious users – becomes incredibly complex. The author argues that moving logic back to the server side is the best approach to avoid this trade-off between API churn and security complexity.

(intercoolerjs.org)

Development frontend security

MYGA: Make YouTube Great Again

2025-03-15

MYGA: Make YouTube Great Again

MYGA is a clean and minimal YouTube frontend, stripping away ads and unnecessary features. Powered by yt-dlp for downloading videos and optionally your local AI model for summarizing video content, it offers a local, efficient, concise, and ad-free YouTube experience. Features include channel management, subscriptions, background playback, offline playback, and more. It's dependency-free (except nano-spawn), using only HTML/CSS; no JS frameworks on the client or server. Host it on your home network for playback on all your devices.

(github.com)

Development local

CERN Releases Feasibility Study for Future Circular Collider

2025-04-12

CERN Releases Feasibility Study for Future Circular Collider

After years of intense work, CERN and its international partners have completed a feasibility study for a Future Circular Collider (FCC). The report details various aspects of the potential project, including physics goals, engineering, environmental impact, and cost. The FCC proposes a roughly 91-km circumference particle collider to succeed the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in the 2040s. Key scientific goals include deeper investigation of the Higgs boson and other fundamental particles, aiming to unlock the universe's secrets. The report estimates the cost of the FCC's electron-positron collider stage at 15 billion Swiss francs, with construction taking about 12 years. The project emphasizes sustainability and public engagement. The report will be reviewed by the CERN Council, which is expected to decide on the FCC's future around 2028.

(home.cern)

Tech collider

Rust's `fetch_max`: A Deep Dive into Compiler Optimization

2025-09-24

Rust's `fetch_max`: A Deep Dive into Compiler Optimization

During a recent engineering interview, a candidate used a single line of Rust code to solve a classic concurrency problem—tracking the maximum value across multiple producer threads. This sparked the author's curiosity: how does Rust's `fetch_max` actually work? The article delves into the compilation process from Rust code to assembly, revealing the layers of optimization involving macros, LLVM intermediate representation, compiler intrinsics, and target architecture specifics. On x86-64, `fetch_max` compiles down to a compare-and-swap (CAS) loop; on ARM, it directly utilizes the hardware's atomic max instruction. This article demonstrates the power of modern compilers and the low-level details behind high-level abstractions.

(questdb.com)

Development

DIY Nissan LEAF Battery Widget: A Clever Hack Using GitHub Actions and IFTTT

2025-04-14

DIY Nissan LEAF Battery Widget: A Clever Hack Using GitHub Actions and IFTTT

Frustrated by the lack of a battery status widget in Nissan's official app and the unavailability of third-party alternatives, the author devised a clever workaround. By ingeniously combining GitHub Actions, IFTTT, and Apple Shortcuts, they created a free solution. A scheduled GitHub Actions workflow retrieves data, sends an email, and IFTTT transforms the email content into an iPhone home screen widget displaying the LEAF's battery level. While not perfect, this successful hack avoids the cost of additional hardware or subscriptions, showcasing the author's creativity and technical prowess.

(kevintechnology.com)

Development

LLMs: Manipulating Symbols or Understanding the World?

2025-06-04

LLMs: Manipulating Symbols or Understanding the World?

This article challenges the prevailing assumption that Large Language Models (LLMs) understand the world. While LLMs excel at language tasks, the author argues this stems from their ability to learn heuristics for predicting the next token, rather than building a genuine world model. True AGI, the author contends, requires a deep understanding of the physical world, a capability currently lacking in LLMs. The article criticizes the multimodal approach to AGI, advocating instead for embodied cognition and interaction with the environment as primary components of future research.

(thegradient.pub)

AI Embodied Cognition

He Rewrote Everything in Rust – Then We Got Fired

2025-07-22

He Rewrote Everything in Rust – Then We Got Fired

A six-person team, using Node.js, Redis, AWS Lambdas, and MongoDB for microservices, was constantly firefighting due to performance bottlenecks. Kabir, the quietest member, proposed rewriting the image pipeline in Rust. Despite skepticism, he completed the rewrite solo. Post-launch, performance graphs soared, but a month later, the entire team was laid off. This story highlights that even significant technical improvements don't guarantee job security; company decisions often transcend technical merit.

(medium.com)

Development

Fern, a YC Startup, is Hiring an AI Engineer – Up to $192k!

2025-01-17

Fern, a YC Startup, is Hiring an AI Engineer – Up to $192k!

Fern, a Y Combinator-backed startup, is hiring an AI Engineer with a salary of up to $192,000 plus an $18,000 living proximity bonus. Fern simplifies API usage by providing high-quality SDKs and documentation for businesses. The role requires 4+ years of backend or full-stack development experience, proficiency in TypeScript and at least one other language, and experience developing and deploying AI products. This is a fast-growing SaaS company offering end-to-end project ownership and the chance to build zero-to-one AI features.

(www.ycombinator.com)

Development

Rendering 1 Million Spheres with OpenGL and WASM: A Debugging Journey

2025-03-01

The author tackled a hiring challenge: rendering one million spheres using OpenGL. The project was then ported to WASM and WebGL to improve performance and accessibility. The article details two crucial mistakes: incorrectly mapping texture coordinates resulting in flattened spheres, and reusing VAOs causing rendering anomalies. The author successfully rendered the spheres and shares lessons learned and resource links.

(uds5501.github.io)

Development

The Collatz Conjecture and Cryptography: A Tale of Computational Complexity

2025-03-15

The Collatz Conjecture and Cryptography: A Tale of Computational Complexity

This article explores the infamous Collatz conjecture and its surprising connection to ARX algorithms in cryptography (e.g., ChaCha). The Collatz conjecture describes a simple iterative function; whether it always converges to 1 remains unproven. The article draws an analogy between the Collatz function and a Turing machine, highlighting how carry propagation in its bitwise implementation creates unpredictable complexity. This contrasts interestingly with ARX algorithms, which use addition, rotation, and XOR to achieve efficient diffusion. The article suggests the Collatz conjecture's unsolved nature might stem from the inherent complexity of computation, similar to the halting problem.

(soatok.blog)

Misc Computational Complexity

Google's AI Bug Hunter, Big Sleep, Unearths 20 Vulnerabilities

2025-08-10

Google's AI Bug Hunter, Big Sleep, Unearths 20 Vulnerabilities

Google's AI-powered vulnerability researcher, Big Sleep, a collaboration between DeepMind and Project Zero, has reported its first batch of vulnerabilities – 20 flaws in popular open-source software like FFmpeg and ImageMagick. While details remain undisclosed pending fixes, the achievement showcases the potential of AI in automated vulnerability discovery. Although human experts reviewed the findings, Big Sleep independently identified and reproduced the vulnerabilities. This breakthrough, however, highlights concerns about AI-generated false positives, emphasizing the need for careful evaluation of AI-driven bug reports.

(techcrunch.com)

Tech vulnerability discovery

Semiconductor-Free Solar Panel: A Bismuth Alloy Thermoelectric Approach

2025-02-28

This article details a novel thermoelectric solar panel design that eschews complex semiconductor materials. Overcoming the challenges of earlier ZnSb-based designs, the author utilizes bismuth alloys and a simple construction featuring painted zinc absorber plates and bismuth alloy thermocouples. While currently only 0.01% efficient, the author envisions improvements in materials and design leading to applications powering low-power devices in remote locations.

(simplifier.neocities.org)

Tech thermoelectric bismuth alloy

How Math Lit Up America: The Landscape Function and the LED Energy Revolution

2025-02-24

How Math Lit Up America: The Landscape Function and the LED Energy Revolution

US residential electricity consumption has slightly decreased in recent years, primarily due to improvements in lighting efficiency, specifically the widespread adoption of LED light bulbs. Behind this energy revolution is an unexpected driver: a breakthrough in pure mathematics—the landscape function. Initially a purely mathematical discovery, this function is now central to efficient LED design. Through numerical simulations, the landscape function has helped researchers overcome the "green gap" (the lack of efficient green LEDs), accelerating LED R&D and saving US consumers billions of dollars in energy costs.

(terrytao.wordpress.com)

Tech

The rev.ng decompiler goes open source + start of the UI closed beta - rev.ng

2024-03-29

The provided website discusses the open-sourcing of Ren's Virtual Machine (VM) Decompiler UI as part of a closed beta. It highlights the benefits of open-sourcing, including community collaboration, transparency, and increased security. The article also provides a walkthrough of the decompiler UI, explaining its features and functionality. Additionally, it mentions the availability of the source code on GitHub and encourages developers to contribute to the project.

(rev.ng)

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Cryptographic Security Shaken: Attack on Fiat-Shamir Transformation

2025-07-10

Cryptographic Security Shaken: Attack on Fiat-Shamir Transformation

New research has challenged the long-held assumption of the random oracle model in cryptography. Researchers demonstrated a method to trick proof systems using the widely adopted Fiat-Shamir transformation, enabling them to certify false statements. This transformation is crucial in systems like blockchains for verifying computations from external servers, relying on the random oracle model's assumption. The research shows that even under this assumption, attacks are possible. This finding necessitates a re-evaluation of the random oracle model and its implications for numerous cryptographic applications, raising concerns about blockchain security and the potential for cryptocurrency theft.

(www.quantamagazine.org)

Tech

Pahole: A Powerful Tool for Inspecting C/C++ Data Structure Memory Layouts

2025-04-19

This blog post introduces pahole, a powerful tool for analyzing the memory layout of C/C++ data structures, including padding and alignment details. By reading the DWARF debugging information generated by the compiler, pahole visually displays how data structures are arranged in memory and points out "holes" inserted by the compiler to meet memory alignment requirements. This is crucial for optimizing code cache utilization and reducing cache line false sharing. The post also demonstrates how to install pahole and how to use its command-line options to analyze struct sizes, adjust member ordering to optimize memory layout, and explore memory layout differences under different cache line sizes.

(pramodkumbhar.com)

Development memory layout

Court Rules Against Trump's Tariffs: A Case of Overreach?

2025-05-29

A US trade court recently ruled against Donald Trump's tariffs, citing a violation of constitutional authority. The court found that the Trump administration exceeded its power under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977. Both the 'worldwide retaliatory tariffs' and 'trafficking tariffs' were deemed unlawful; the former for being overly broad, the latter for lacking a demonstrable link to drug trafficking. The decision hinges on the Constitution's grant of foreign trade regulation power to Congress, and the limitations on delegation of that power as defined by the nondelegation doctrine. The Trump administration has appealed the decision, setting the stage for further legal battles over executive versus legislative power.

(writing.kemitchell.com)

Tech Constitutional Law

Apple Loses Appeal in Epic Games Antitrust Case

2025-06-05

Apple Loses Appeal in Epic Games Antitrust Case

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Apple's emergency request to pause a lower court order forcing it to open its App Store to more competition. The lower court found Apple in contempt for dodging a previous injunction, citing violations like its 27% fee on out-of-app transactions and efforts to deter developers from directing users to external payment options. Apple argued the ruling prevents it from controlling core business aspects, but the court upheld the order, leaving developers with fewer restrictions. Apple plans to continue its appeal.

(9to5mac.com)

Tech

Seagate Unleashes 4TB Xbox Expansion Card, But is it Worth the Price?

2025-06-09

Seagate Unleashes 4TB Xbox Expansion Card, But is it Worth the Price?

Seagate has launched a 4TB storage expansion card for Xbox Series X|S consoles, its first capacity upgrade since 2021. Priced at $499.99 (with a limited-time discount to $429.99), it caters to players with extensive game libraries. However, the price is steep, especially considering Seagate's 2TB card is currently available for $219.99. Western Digital offers competing cards, but not yet a 4TB option. The Xbox expansion cards remain pricier than PlayStation 5 alternatives, which support a wider range of compatible SSDs.

(www.theverge.com)

Hardware Storage Expansion Card

From Random Streaks to Recognizable Digits: Building an Autoregressive Image Generation Model

2025-06-08

From Random Streaks to Recognizable Digits: Building an Autoregressive Image Generation Model

This article details building a basic autoregressive image generation model using a Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) to generate images of handwritten digits. The author explains the core concept of predicting the next pixel based on its predecessors. Three models are progressively built: Model V1 uses one-hot encoding and ignores spatial information; Model V2 introduces positional encodings, improving image structure; Model V3 uses learned token embeddings and positional encodings, achieving conditional generation, generating images based on a given digit class. While the generated images fall short of state-of-the-art models, the tutorial clearly demonstrates core autoregressive concepts and the building process, providing valuable insights into generative AI.

(tunahansalih.github.io)

AI

Google AI Search: Hallucinations More Convincing Than Facts?

2025-05-31

The author attempted to use Google AI search to find an old IBM PS/2 server model, only to discover the AI repeatedly giving fabricated and contradictory answers, even inventing a non-existent model, "PS/2 Model 280," and its specifications. While the AI occasionally provides the correct answer, the incorrect answers are more convincing because they are detailed and appear realistic. This highlights the potential for significant errors in AI search results; even if an answer sounds convincing, it may not correspond to reality. Users should exercise caution.

(www.os2museum.com)

Tech information accuracy

EU MEPs Use Faraday Bags in Hungary Amid Spying Concerns

2025-04-18

EU MEPs Use Faraday Bags in Hungary Amid Spying Concerns

A delegation of EU lawmakers visiting Hungary is using Faraday bags to protect their devices from potential surveillance, highlighting deep concerns over the country's human rights record and alleged use of spyware against opposition figures, journalists, and civil society. Previous reports have detailed Hungarian intelligence agencies allegedly spying on EU officials. The incident underscores the strained relationship between Hungary and the EU, fueled by ongoing disputes over democratic backsliding and rule of law issues.

(www.politico.eu)

Misc

Betteridge's Law: Decoding Question Headlines

2025-05-04

Betteridge's law, stating that any headline ending in a question mark can be answered with 'no', is a journalistic adage tracing back further than its 2009 coining by Ian Betteridge. News outlets use this questioning style when lacking definitive evidence or certainty. Studies show the law isn't universally true, particularly in academic journals. However, it highlights how question headlines often exaggerate or create controversy, prompting readers to approach news with critical thinking.

(en.wikipedia.org)

Misc Betteridge's Law Headlines

Holographic 3D Printing: Seconds-Long Fabrication Achieved

2025-03-02

Holographic 3D Printing: Seconds-Long Fabrication Achieved

European researchers have developed HoloVAM, a groundbreaking holographic 3D printing technique that dramatically reduces printing time to mere seconds. Unlike traditional layer-by-layer methods, HoloVAM uses a 3D hologram to project light patterns into liquid resin, creating entire objects in a single shot. This significantly improves light efficiency, overcoming limitations of conventional volumetric additive manufacturing (TVAM) like low efficiency and poor resolution. HoloVAM achieves high-precision, rapid printing of millimeter-scale objects and shows promise for bioprinting cell-laden hydrogels. This breakthrough is poised to revolutionize biomedical applications.

(3dprintingindustry.com)

Tech holographic projection bioprinting

Lune: A Standalone Luau Runtime

2025-05-21

Lune: A Standalone Luau Runtime

Lune is a standalone Luau runtime written in Rust, providing an environment similar to Node.js, Deno, or Bun for other languages. It features fully asynchronous APIs, a small footprint (approx. 5MB zipped), and comprehensive support for filesystem, networking, and standard I/O. It boasts world-class documentation and offers a familiar runtime environment for Roblox developers, including a 1:1 task scheduler port. An optional library for manipulating Roblox place & model files and their instances is also included. While it can run some Roblox games, Lune's primary focus isn't full Roblox compatibility, but rather a performant, concise Luau development environment.

(github.com)

Development

Conquering VR Sickness: Flamingo Stance, Leaning In, and Bone-Conduction Vibes

2025-05-24

Conquering VR Sickness: Flamingo Stance, Leaning In, and Bone-Conduction Vibes

Despite advancements in VR hardware and software, cybersickness remains a significant hurdle. This article explores three promising user-centric solutions: improving postural stability through balance exercises (like the 'flamingo' stance), actively aligning body posture with virtual motion, and using vestibular stimulation devices to reduce sensory mismatches. These DIY techniques offer accessible ways to mitigate cybersickness, potentially revolutionizing the VR experience.

(spectrum.ieee.org)

Game cybersickness

Critical O2 UK VoLTE Flaw Leaks User Location

2025-05-17

A security researcher discovered a critical vulnerability in O2 UK's VoLTE implementation. IMS signaling messages reveal users' IMSI, IMEI, and cell ID, allowing trivial geolocation. Despite contacting O2, no response or fix has been implemented. This affects all O2 VoLTE users and persists even with VoLTE disabled, as the last connected cell is still revealed.

(mastdatabase.co.uk)

Tech

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