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Somo: A Human-Friendly Netstat Alternative for Linux

2025-06-09
Somo: A Human-Friendly Netstat Alternative for Linux

Tired of the complexities of netstat? Somo is a more user-friendly socket and port monitoring tool for Linux. It displays information in a clean table view, supports various filter options (protocol, port, IP address, program name, etc.), and offers interactive process killing. Installation is easy, supporting .deb packages for Debian and Cargo installation. Using sudo allows viewing all processes and ports. In short: Somo makes Linux port monitoring simpler, more efficient, and user-friendly.

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(github.com)
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Python Core Devs Summit: JITs, Virtual Threads, and the Future

2025-06-15
Python Core Devs Summit: JITs, Virtual Threads, and the Future

The annual Python core developers' summit showcased exciting discussions. Meta engineers explored pluggable JIT compilers, aiming to simplify development via new APIs. Insights from Java spurred discussions on virtual threads for Python, boosting concurrency. The summit also featured debates on null-coalescing operators, AI-assisted coding tools, and the 'worse is better' philosophy. Finally, developers called for memory benchmark focus and delved into the future evolution of T-strings' type system.

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Critical Vulnerability in YubiKey 5's Secure Element: Key Extraction Achieved

2025-06-15
Critical Vulnerability in YubiKey 5's Secure Element: Key Extraction Achieved

Security researcher Thomas Roche uncovered a critical vulnerability in the Infineon SLE78 secure element used in YubiKey 5. Through side-channel attacks, he successfully extracted the ECDSA secret key. This vulnerability affects multiple versions of Infineon's cryptographic library, impacting security across automotive, medical, industrial control, and avionics sectors. The researcher urges industries to address this vulnerability immediately.

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Lisp-Stat: A Common Lisp-based Statistical Computing System

2025-06-16
Lisp-Stat: A Common Lisp-based Statistical Computing System

Lisp-Stat, conceptually similar to R, excels in both exploratory data analysis and production deployments. The authors highlight Common Lisp's use in Google's high-availability, high-throughput transactional systems. Common Lisp was chosen for its suitability for exploratory environments, robustness in enterprise production, and open-source licensing. Referencing a paper by Ross Ihaka (co-creator of R), the authors argue that Common Lisp overcomes limitations in R and Python, particularly regarding machine code compilation, making it a superior foundation for statistical computing.

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Millions of Streams, Fake Bands: The Rise of AI-Generated Music

2025-06-16
Millions of Streams, Fake Bands: The Rise of AI-Generated Music

YouTube is flooded with AI-generated music, with some fictional bands boasting millions of views. Concubanas, a fictitious Cuban band, has amassed 1.3 million views for its album "Rumba Congo," a fusion of Cuban and Congolese styles. However, the authenticity of this music is sparking debate. Some feel deceived by the lack of human connection and genuine artistry, while others appreciate the technological feat. Currently, platforms like Spotify lack clear policies on labeling AI-generated music, while YouTube mandates disclosure in video descriptions, but enforcement is inconsistent. Experts urge increased transparency and clear labeling to avoid user confusion and protect creators' rights. The lack of transparency raises questions about the future of music consumption and the potential for listener frustration.

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Chat with AI over SSH: A Dockerized AI Chat Server

2025-06-16
Chat with AI over SSH: A Dockerized AI Chat Server

This project provides a Dockerized AI chat server accessible via SSH. It supports multiple AI models and offers detailed deployment instructions, including environment configuration, Docker Compose file, and dependency installation. Users can customize parameters like models, rate limiting, blacklist, and whitelist. The project also includes deployment suggestions for various operating systems (macOS, Linux, and Windows) and acknowledges server sponsorship from V.PS.

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(github.com)
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Garmin Watch Data Breach Exposes Security Risks, Aids Double Murder Investigation

2025-05-26

This article exposes a critical security flaw in Garmin smartwatches. Data stored in .FIT files, including GPS location, health metrics, and personal information, is easily accessible by simply connecting the watch to a computer. This vulnerability played a crucial role in a 2018 double murder case, where the suspect's Garmin watch data provided key evidence leading to a conviction. The article compares Garmin's security practices with Fitbit, Apple, and Samsung, recommending users regularly sync data to Garmin Connect, set a passcode, and take physical precautions to protect their privacy.

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AI-Powered Student Loan Fraud Explodes: Colleges and Students Targeted

2025-06-15
AI-Powered Student Loan Fraud Explodes: Colleges and Students Targeted

The rise of AI and online classes has fueled a surge in student loan fraud. Criminal rings are deploying AI chatbots as "ghost students," enrolling in online courses and collecting financial aid. California colleges reported 1.2 million fraudulent applications in 2024, resulting in 223,000 suspected fake enrollments and at least $11.1 million in losses. Victims face not only significant debt but also potential inability to enroll in needed courses due to bots filling class rosters. The US Department of Education has implemented temporary measures requiring government-issued ID, but more robust long-term solutions are under development.

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(apnews.com)
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NY Mandates AI Layoff Disclosure: A First in the US

2025-06-15
NY Mandates AI Layoff Disclosure: A First in the US

New York is leading the way in the US by requiring companies to disclose whether AI is a factor in mass layoffs. This unprecedented move, effective March 2025, adds a new checkbox to the state's WARN Act forms. Companies must specify if 'technological innovation or automation' caused job cuts, and if so, identify the specific technology, such as AI. While no companies have yet cited AI as the reason for layoffs, this initiative signals growing regulatory concern about AI's impact on the labor market, mirroring anxieties expressed by figures like Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who predicts significant job displacement due to AI.

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(www.entrepreneur.com)
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GitHub Copilot's Agent Mode: AI-Powered Code Editing Revolution

2025-06-16
GitHub Copilot's Agent Mode: AI-Powered Code Editing Revolution

GitHub Copilot's new Agent mode in Visual Studio lets developers use natural language to describe high-level tasks. The AI autonomously reasons through the request, plans the work, and applies code changes. Unlike Copilot Chat, Agent mode can run commands and builds, iterate on errors, and invoke tools to complete tasks. Developers simply input their needs, and Copilot automatically determines the relevant context and files to edit, supporting multiple tool invocations. Copilot detects and resolves issues in code edits and terminal commands, allowing users to review and confirm changes incrementally. Administrators can control Agent mode usage via the GitHub Copilot dashboard.

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(learn.microsoft.com)
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Bioengineered Fungus: A Sexually Transmitted Weapon Against Malaria-Spreading Mosquitoes

2025-06-16
Bioengineered Fungus: A Sexually Transmitted Weapon Against Malaria-Spreading Mosquitoes

University of Maryland entomologists have bioengineered a deadly fungus that spreads sexually in Anopheles mosquitoes, effectively creating a sexually transmitted infection for them. This modified Metarhizium fungus, producing potent neurotoxins, boasts a nearly 90% mortality rate in female mosquitoes within two weeks of mating with infected males—a stark contrast to the wild-type's 4% rate. Crucially, the fungus is harmless to humans and allows infected males to spread spores for up to 24 hours, making it an environmentally viable solution to combatting increasingly drug-resistant mosquitoes and the diseases they carry. This innovative approach leverages the mosquitoes' own biology to control their populations, offering a new weapon in the ongoing arms race against mosquito-borne illnesses.

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(newatlas.com)
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US Ethanol Policy: An Environmental and Economic Failure?

2025-06-15
US Ethanol Policy: An Environmental and Economic Failure?

A new report sharply criticizes long-standing US policies supporting biofuel production. It argues that corn-based ethanol production has led to economic and social imbalances in rural communities and increased greenhouse gas emissions, contrary to purported climate benefits. The report also finds ethanol policies have displaced food crops, resulted in inefficient land use, and caused water pollution and wildlife habitat destruction. While the biofuels industry and politicians have long claimed ethanol is vital to the rural economy, mounting research suggests the benefits are overstated and the environmental costs far outweigh the gains. New policies could further expand production, exacerbating these issues.

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(insideclimatenews.org)
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UK's Legacy Phone Exchanges Face Extinction

2025-06-15

Openreach, the UK's network operator, announced the phased closure of 4,600 traditional telephone exchanges. These exchanges, operational since 1879, are becoming obsolete due to the rapid growth of fiber broadband. The closure will happen in stages, starting with 103 of the highest-cost exchanges by December 2030, with the rest to follow in the early 2030s. This marks a significant infrastructure shift, with Openreach prioritizing the protection of vulnerable customers and critical national infrastructure providers during the transition.

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Cheap Drones Reshape Global Power Dynamics

2025-06-14
Cheap Drones Reshape Global Power Dynamics

Recent successful drone strikes by Israel and Ukraine against enemy targets have sparked concerns about the future of warfare and the global balance of power. The article analyzes the disruptive impact of inexpensive drones: their ability to inflict significant economic damage by targeting critical infrastructure (highways, bridges, power plants, etc.) at low cost represents a stark contrast to traditional large-scale military engagements. This asymmetric warfare capability renders even large nations vulnerable and could lead to a reshaping of the global order, ultimately moving toward a more decentralized and fragmented power structure.

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(blog.exitgroup.us)
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Apollo's '8-Ball': Dissecting the Lunar Module's Flight Director/Attitude Indicator

2025-06-14
Apollo's '8-Ball': Dissecting the Lunar Module's Flight Director/Attitude Indicator

This article delves into the Apollo lunar missions' Flight Director/Attitude Indicator (FDAI), a unique instrument featuring a rotating black ball nicknamed the '8-ball'. It meticulously explains the ingenious mechanism allowing the '8-ball' to rotate around three axes (roll, pitch, yaw), and the complex servo-control system within the FDAI, including synchros, servo loops, motor/tachometers, and amplifiers. The author traces the FDAI's history from its use in the X-15 rocket plane and F-4 fighter to its role in the Apollo lunar module and Space Shuttle simulator, highlighting its significance in aerospace history. Comparisons are drawn between the Apollo FDAI and the F-4's ARU/11-A indicator, revealing similarities and differences.

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(www.righto.com)
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Bypassing Security: Cracking a VM's Update Mechanism for Easy Flags

2025-06-15
Bypassing Security: Cracking a VM's Update Mechanism for Easy Flags

A student discovered that update files (*.gpg) in a security course's virtual machine contained tokens for submitting assignments. Analyzing the update program `installUpdate`, they found it used GPG decryption relying on `/root/.vmPassphrase` and `/root/.gnupg`. By mounting the VM's disk, the student obtained these files, decrypted the updates, extracted the tokens, and completed the assignments early. The updates contained Java code generating AES-encrypted tokens. The author notes this attack depended on full access to the VM's disk and suggests using remote VMs as an improvement. Despite the early completion, the author stresses the importance of the learning process and completing the coursework.

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(www.akpain.net)
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Twin: A Textmode Windowing Environment

2025-06-15
Twin: A Textmode Windowing Environment

Twin is a text-based windowing environment supporting mouse, a window manager, terminal emulation, networked clients, and the ability to attach/detach mode displays on-the-fly. It supports various display types including plain text terminals, X11, and itself. Currently tested on Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD across multiple architectures. This open-source project, licensed under GPL and LGPL, offers comprehensive tutorials and developer documentation and is available on GitHub.

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ICONIC: Sleek Skill Icons for GitHub READMEs

2025-06-15
ICONIC: Sleek Skill Icons for GitHub READMEs

ICONIC is a developer-focused library of stylish, bubble-shaped skill icons designed for GitHub READMEs, portfolios, and resumes. Featuring clear and aesthetically pleasing bubble icons, light and dark theme variants, and easy Markdown/HTML embedding, ICONIC also offers an HTML preview API (Django backend) and downloadable SVGs for effortless skill showcasing.

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From SQL Server to Key-Value Stores: A Postmortem of a Database Rewrite Gone Wrong

2025-06-15

A senior developer recounts their experience with a database rewrite at a previous company. The original system, using SQL Server, suffered from performance bottlenecks and frequent outages due to complex stored procedures. The rewrite opted for simple key-value stores, but due to data model mismatch and lack of transaction support, I/O operations skyrocketed, performance worsened, and a complex checkpointing system was introduced. The rewrite ultimately failed to solve the original problems and created new challenges. This humorous account reflects on the importance of technology selection and architectural design, and the negative impact of oversimplification.

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(www.luu.io)
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The Secret Code of Hobos: A Lost Cultural Heritage

2025-06-15
The Secret Code of Hobos: A Lost Cultural Heritage

The 'hobo' culture of early 20th-century America was far more complex than we often imagine. They weren't simply homeless individuals, but a group with a unique culture and secret communication system. They used a special symbolic language—the 'hobo code'—leaving markings on walls, water towers, and other surfaces to indicate food, shelter, and danger. While the extent of this code's use is debated, it symbolizes the unique ways hobos created to survive and help each other, and its legacy can be seen in later cultural phenomena like graffiti art.

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(www.openculture.com)
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Studio Ghibli at 40: A Legacy Uncertain?

2025-06-15
Studio Ghibli at 40: A Legacy Uncertain?

This month marks the 40th anniversary of Japan's Studio Ghibli, a studio celebrated for its complex plots and fantastical hand-drawn animation, boasting two Oscars and a global fanbase. However, the future is uncertain, with the latest hit "The Boy and the Heron" potentially being the final feature film from celebrated co-founder Hayao Miyazaki (84). The release of OpenAI's latest image generator in March sparked copyright concerns due to its resemblance to Ghibli's distinctive style. Since its founding in 1985 by Miyazaki and the late Isao Takahata, Ghibli has become a cultural phenomenon, further boosted by a second Academy Award in 2024 for "The Boy and the Heron" and Netflix's global streaming of its films.

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Sandboxing in 2025: A Developer's Guide to Easy Security

2025-06-15

This article investigates the ease of sandboxing programs in 2025 across operating systems like Linux, OpenBSD, and FreeBSD. By analyzing documentation length and example code length of various sandbox tools, the author assesses their usability and maintenance overhead. OpenBSD's pledge emerges as a favorite due to its concise documentation and ease of use, while Linux's seccomp proves significantly more complex. The article uses OpenSSH as a case study, analyzing the practical application and maintenance difficulty of sandbox technology. It concludes with a call for developers to contribute data for a more comprehensive understanding of sandbox technology adoption.

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(kristaps.bsd.lv)
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Europe's First Exascale Supercomputer, Jupiter: An Nvidia-Powered Beast with Arm Aspirations

2025-06-14
Europe's First Exascale Supercomputer, Jupiter: An Nvidia-Powered Beast with Arm Aspirations

The Forschungszentrum Jülich's long-awaited exascale supercomputer, Jupiter, has finally debuted on the Top500 list. This hybrid CPU-GPU machine, built by Eviden and ParTec, boasts a GPU booster module that ranked fourth in the June HPL benchmark. While heavily reliant on Nvidia GPUs and interconnect technology, Jupiter incorporates a Universal Cluster module based on SiPearl's Rhea1 Arm CPU, signifying a move towards European HPC independence. However, reaching the full exascale FP64 performance goal requires further expansion of GPU nodes. The €500 million project highlights the substantial investment in high-performance computing, with a significant portion allocated to hardware and software.

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(www.nextplatform.com)
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GNOME in 1998: A Blast from the Past

2025-06-15

This article recounts the author's experience with the early GNOME desktop environment included in Red Hat Linux 5.1 from 1998. It was a beta release, significantly simpler than today's GNOME, but boasted remarkably faster boot times. The author details the applications available, such as a basic file manager, the Electric Eyes image viewer, gEdit 0.4.0, and simple games, drawing comparisons to modern versions. This nostalgic look showcases the efforts and ingenuity of the early open-source community.

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(linuxgazette.net)
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Darklang Goes Open Source: A Journey from Closed Source to Community Embrace

2025-06-16
Darklang Goes Open Source: A Journey from Closed Source to Community Embrace

Darklang, a programming language initially launched as a closed-source, hosted-only platform, has announced that it's open-sourcing all its repositories. This shift stems from product maturity, user feedback, and a change in technical direction. Initially, Darklang's closed-source approach aimed to ensure sustainability and deliver unique features like safe code migration and unified deployment. However, with product maturity, user requests for more openness, and the emergence of local-first development and new business models (e.g., paid team collaboration and AI tools), Darklang chose to embrace open source to foster community growth and the platform's long-term evolution. While some technical challenges remain, such as licensing implications in package management, the open-sourced Darklang will be more transparent and accessible.

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(blog.darklang.com)
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LLMs Took the Joy Out of Programming: A Programmer's Confession

2025-06-15

The author reflects on a shift in their programming habits. Once a 'journey programmer,' passionate about learning and problem-solving, they've become increasingly reliant on Large Language Models (LLMs) for code generation, transforming into a more 'destination-oriented' programmer. While LLMs boost efficiency, they've reduced the time spent learning and thinking, diminishing the author's enjoyment of programming. This shift is attributed to several factors, including a preference for building useful projects and over-reliance on LLMs. The author hopes to lessen their dependence on LLMs and rediscover the joy of the programming process.

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(hexhowells.com)
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The BIC Cristal: A Design and Tech Masterpiece

2025-06-16
The BIC Cristal: A Design and Tech Masterpiece

This article chronicles the phenomenal success of the BIC Cristal ballpoint pen. Since its introduction in 1950, its affordability, ingenious design, and ideal functionality have made it one of the world's best-selling products. The article traces the evolution of the ballpoint pen, from crude early designs to Marcel Bich's mass production utilizing Swiss watchmaking precision and injection molding. The Cristal's success lies not only in technological innovation but also in its deep understanding and fulfillment of human writing needs.

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(www.openculture.com)
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Apple Paper Throws Shade on LLMs: Are Large Reasoning Models Fundamentally Limited?

2025-06-16

A recent Apple paper claims that Large Reasoning Models (LRMs) have limitations in exact computation, failing to utilize explicit algorithms and reasoning inconsistently across puzzles. This is considered a significant blow to the current push for using LLMs and LRMs as the basis for AGI. A rebuttal paper on arXiv attempts to counter Apple's findings, but it's flawed. It contains mathematical errors, conflates mechanical execution with reasoning complexity, and its own data contradicts its conclusions. Critically, the rebuttal ignores Apple's key finding that models systematically reduce computational effort on harder problems, suggesting fundamental scaling limitations in current LRM architectures.

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(victoramartinez.com)
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Building Internet Resilience Clubs to Prepare for Catastrophic Outages

2025-06-16

War, geopolitics, and climate change are increasing the frequency and severity of internet disruptions in Europe. Valerie Aurora proposes forming "Internet Resiliency Clubs" as a grassroots solution. These volunteer groups utilize inexpensive LoRa radios and open-source Meshtastic software to establish localized communication networks independent of centralized infrastructure. By leveraging their technical skills and personal connections, these clubs aim to rapidly restore internet connectivity during crises, addressing the shortcomings of governmental and corporate preparedness. The article details the club's formation, required equipment (LoRa radios, Meshtastic software, power banks, solar panels, etc.), usage, and shares lessons learned from Ukraine's experience in network resilience.

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(bowshock.nl)
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DARPA Shatters Records with Long-Range Wireless Power Beaming

2025-06-16

DARPA's Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program has achieved a breakthrough, setting new records for wireless power transmission. The POWER Receiver Array Demo (PRAD) successfully beamed over 800 watts of power over a distance of 8.6 kilometers (5.3 miles) for 30 seconds. This accomplishment utilizes a novel receiver technology converting laser energy into usable electricity with over 20% efficiency. Scalable for use in platforms such as UAVs, this technology promises to revolutionize military energy supply, eliminating reliance on traditional, vulnerable methods.

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(www.darpa.mil)
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