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Norway's EV Market Dominated by Tesla in June 2025

2025-07-04
Norway's EV Market Dominated by Tesla in June 2025

Electric vehicles (EVs) captured a stunning 96.9% market share in Norway during June 2025, with 17,799 new registrations out of a total of 18,376. Tesla's Model Y led the pack, boasting 5,004 registrations, significantly outpacing competitors. The overall car market also rebounded, showing a 23% year-on-year increase in the first half of 2025. Low-interest rates fueled sales, but intense competition hints at future challenges for automakers.

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(mobilityportal.eu)
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DNS over HTTPS (DoH): A Privacy Trojan Horse?

2025-06-08

This article argues that DNS over HTTPS (DoH), while marketed as a privacy enhancement, actually centralizes all DNS queries to a single provider (like Cloudflare), increasing security risks. The author contends that DoH's use of HTTP adds unnecessary complexity and potential vulnerabilities, advocating for DNS over TLS (DoT) as a safer alternative. DoH's adoption isn't the solution to DNS security; it may be a surveillance tool in disguise.

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(www.bsdhowto.ch)
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DHS Dismantles Advisory Committees, Halting Salt Typhoon Review

2025-01-22
DHS Dismantles Advisory Committees, Halting Salt Typhoon Review

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has terminated all its advisory committees, including several cybersecurity boards like CISA's advisory panel and the Cyber Safety Review Board investigating the Salt Typhoon incident. A source familiar with the matter says the review is now effectively “dead.” This action raises concerns about the future of cybersecurity oversight and collaboration.

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(bsky.app)
Tech DHS Salt Typhoon

3D-Printed Dune Chess Set: A Tactile Design Masterpiece

2024-12-17
3D-Printed Dune Chess Set: A Tactile Design Masterpiece

Architect Rory Noble-Turner has created a unique Dune chess set using advanced quartz 3D printing. The piece aims to provide an engaging tactile experience through intricate textures, capturing sand's raw, elemental form. Noble-Turner skillfully used 3D modeling tools to precisely control the dune textures, resulting in a naturally flowing design that uses textural differences to distinguish pieces and the board. More than just an art piece, it's an exploration of tactile and sensory experience, urging a reconnection with physical sensation in our digital age.

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(parametric-architecture.com)
Design tactile design product design

Merlin Bird ID: AI-Powered Birdwatching

2025-06-04
Merlin Bird ID: AI-Powered Birdwatching

Merlin is a powerful bird identification app leveraging AI to identify birds through sound, photo, and a question-and-answer wizard. It works offline, covering the US, Canada, Europe, parts of Central & South America, and India, with more regions coming soon. Users can build a life list of identified birds and explore likely sightings based on location and season. Powered by eBird, Merlin boasts a massive database and community-contributed content.

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(merlin.allaboutbirds.org)
Tech Bird Identification Nature

China Notes: A Podcast Host's Two-Week Journey

2024-12-29
China Notes: A Podcast Host's Two-Week Journey

A podcast host's two-week trip across China, visiting Beijing, Chengdu, Emeishan, Chongqing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou, reveals a country of immense scale and rapid development. He was struck by the sheer size of the cities and the ubiquitous skyscrapers, contrasting the grand temples with the seemingly endless urban sprawl. Observations on urban planning highlighted efficiency and social control, while conversations with young people revealed anxieties about employment and intense competition. Despite limitations on free speech, he found widespread criticism of the government and concerns about the future. He also touches upon funding constraints in China's AI sector and the current state of its tech ecosystem. The trip provided a visceral understanding of China, prompting reflections on US-China relations, China's development model, and the importance of focus.

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(www.dwarkeshpatel.com)
Misc Travelogue Social Commentary

Microsoft Scraps $1B Ohio Data Center Project Amidst Global Cancellations

2025-04-09
Microsoft Scraps $1B Ohio Data Center Project Amidst Global Cancellations

Microsoft has abruptly halted plans to build three data centers in Licking County, Ohio, representing a $1 billion investment. This follows a string of data center project cancellations across the US, Europe, APAC, and the UK, fueling speculation of an oversupply in the data center market. While Microsoft maintains sufficient capacity and ongoing infrastructure investment plans, the cancellation suggests a strategic shift potentially driven by evolving demand forecasts.

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(www.datacenterdynamics.com)
Tech Data Center

Geometric Algebra Intro: Multivectors and Rotors

2025-02-27

This article provides a concise introduction to the n-dimensional geometric algebra R(p,q,r). This algebra is constructed from p positive, q negative, and r null vectors, called generators, denoted as eᵢ. The algebra includes real scalars, and every basis n-vector squares to a real number. The product of two vectors, or the exponentiation of a bivector, creates a rotor representing rotations, translations, and more. A generic element of the algebra is called a multivector, a linear combination of scalar, vector, and n-vector parts.

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(bivector.net)
Misc geometric algebra multivector rotor

Immune Cytokine IL-17: A Double-Edged Sword in the Brain

2025-04-21
Immune Cytokine IL-17: A Double-Edged Sword in the Brain

Research from MIT and Harvard Medical School reveals that the immune cytokine IL-17 exerts contrasting effects on the brain. In the amygdala, it promotes anxiety, while in the somatosensory cortex, it enhances social behavior. This highlights a strong interplay between the immune and nervous systems. The findings suggest IL-17 might have initially evolved as a neuromodulator before being co-opted by the immune system for inflammation. This discovery could pave the way for novel treatments for neurological disorders like autism or depression by targeting the immune system to influence brain function.

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(news.mit.edu)
AI cytokines

Generating Realistic Game Maps with Minimal Code: The Magic of Noise Functions

2025-06-01
Generating Realistic Game Maps with Minimal Code: The Magic of Noise Functions

This article presents a simple method for generating game maps using noise functions, requiring only a small amount of code to produce maps with details such as elevation and biomes. It thoroughly explains the influence of parameters like frequency, octaves, and amplitude on map generation, and how to adjust these parameters to control terrain features and biome distribution. Furthermore, the article explores creating wrap-around and island maps, and provides example code in various programming languages, making it ideal for game developers seeking a quick start.

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(www.redblobgames.com)
Game Noise Functions

OpenAI Cracks Down on Harmful ChatGPT Content, Raises Privacy Concerns

2025-09-01
OpenAI Cracks Down on Harmful ChatGPT Content, Raises Privacy Concerns

OpenAI has acknowledged that its ChatGPT AI chatbot has led to mental health crises among users, including self-harm, delusions, and even suicide. In response, OpenAI is now scanning user messages, escalating concerning content to human reviewers, and in some cases, reporting it to law enforcement. This move is controversial, balancing user safety concerns with OpenAI's previously stated commitment to user privacy, particularly in light of an ongoing lawsuit with the New York Times and other publishers. OpenAI is caught in a difficult position: addressing the negative impacts of its AI while protecting user privacy.

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(futurism.com)
AI

Accidental Invention: The Centennial Snow Globe's Legacy

2025-01-02
Accidental Invention: The Centennial Snow Globe's Legacy

The Perzy family of Vienna accidentally invented the snow globe. In 1900, Erwin Perzy I, attempting to improve operating room lighting, accidentally created a glass globe filled with water and white particles that floated like snow. He had a brilliant idea, placing a miniature model of the Mariazell Basilica inside, creating the first snow globe. This accidental invention unexpectedly swept the world, weathering wars and economic depressions, and through generations of the Perzy family, became a Christmas classic, still produced by the family business at a rate of 300,000 per year.

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(www.smithsonianmag.com)
Misc invention story family business Christmas

Laser Technique Achieves Nanometer Precision Over Vast Distances

2025-01-16
Laser Technique Achieves Nanometer Precision Over Vast Distances

Scientists have developed a new laser-based technique capable of measuring distances exceeding 100 kilometers with nanometer precision. This breakthrough promises significant improvements in the accuracy of space telescopes and other long-range measurement applications. Previously, long-distance laser measurements were limited to millimeter precision, highlighting the revolutionary nature of this advancement.

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(www.newscientist.com)
Tech laser ranging nanometer precision space telescopes

Nvidia Open-Sources Run:ai After $700M Acquisition

2024-12-30
Nvidia Open-Sources Run:ai After $700M Acquisition

Nvidia completed its $700 million acquisition of Run:ai, a software company simplifying GPU cloud orchestration for AI, and immediately open-sourced the software. This move is likely a strategic response to antitrust concerns, allowing wider access to the technology and mitigating potential regulatory issues stemming from Nvidia's market dominance. Run:ai's software will help companies efficiently manage GPU resources for AI development, fostering growth within the broader AI ecosystem.

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(venturebeat.com)
AI

LSSU Bans Words Like 'Cringe' and 'Game Changer' in 2025 List

2025-01-01
LSSU Bans Words Like 'Cringe' and 'Game Changer' in 2025 List

Lake Superior State University (LSSU) has unveiled its annual list of banished words for 2025, a tradition dating back to 1976. This year's list includes words and phrases like 'cringe,' 'game changer,' 'era,' 'dropped,' 'IYKYK,' 'sorry not sorry,' 'Skibidi,' '100%', 'utilize,' and 'period,' deemed overused, misused, or simply unnecessary. The playful list encourages mindful language use and reflects on the ever-evolving nature of communication.

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(www.lssu.edu)
Misc language words university tradition

TheAuditor: Giving AI-Assisted Development the Gift of Sight

2025-09-08
TheAuditor: Giving AI-Assisted Development the Gift of Sight

TheAuditor is an offline-first, AI-centric Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and code intelligence platform. It runs industry-standard code analysis tools and generates structured, AI-digestible reports, providing developers and AI assistants with a trustworthy source of "ground truth." Unlike traditional SAST tools, TheAuditor tackles the security and quality assurance challenges inherent in AI-assisted development, preventing AI from generating insecure or flawed code. It supports multiple languages and frameworks, offers dependency graph visualization, refactoring detection, and more, ultimately aiming for a human-free, self-correcting AI development loop.

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(github.com)
Development

AI Accelerates Material Synthesis: Berkeley Lab Uses AI Algorithm to Dramatically Increase Efficiency

2025-09-22
AI Accelerates Material Synthesis: Berkeley Lab Uses AI Algorithm to Dramatically Increase Efficiency

Researchers at Berkeley Lab used an AI algorithm, AutoBot, to significantly improve the efficiency of synthesizing high-quality films. AutoBot analyzes data from multiple characterization techniques to quickly learn the relationship between synthesis parameters and film quality. The research found that high-quality films can be synthesized at relative humidity levels between 5% and 25%, without requiring stringent environmental controls. This research lays important groundwork for commercial manufacturing and demonstrates the immense potential of AI in materials science.

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(newscenter.lbl.gov)
Tech Film Synthesis

Stratolaunch's Talon-A2 Achieves Hypersonic Flight – Twice

2025-05-07
Stratolaunch's Talon-A2 Achieves Hypersonic Flight – Twice

Stratolaunch successfully conducted two hypersonic test flights of its Talon-A2 vehicle. Launched from its massive Roc carrier aircraft, Talon-A2 reached hypersonic speeds over the Pacific Ocean before successfully landing. This achievement represents a significant advancement in US hypersonic technology, paving the way for military and commercial applications. The tests utilized Northrop Grumman's Advanced Hypersonic Technology Inertial Measurement Unit, gathering valuable data for future development. The flights supported the US military's MACH-TB program in partnership with Leidos.

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(www.space.com)
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Tailscale Unveils Grants: Next-Gen Access Controls

2025-06-01
Tailscale Unveils Grants: Next-Gen Access Controls

Tailscale announces the general availability of Grants, its next-generation access control system. Grants unify network and application permissions into a single, simpler syntax, improving upon the existing ACLs. It simplifies policy writing, adds features like embedding Tailscale directly into applications via the tsnet library for identity-based authorization and custom application capabilities, and introduces a `via` field for granular traffic routing. Crucially, Tailscale will continue supporting the older ACL syntax indefinitely, allowing for incremental migration.

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(tailscale.com)
Development

LLMs Democratize Compiler Creation: From Recipes to Workflows

2025-09-01
LLMs Democratize Compiler Creation: From Recipes to Workflows

This article presents a novel perspective on everyday tasks as compilation processes. Using cooking as an example, the author likens recipes to programs and the cooking process to compilation execution. The advent of Large Language Models (LLMs) makes creating domain-specific compilers unprecedentedly easy, even for those without programming experience. With LLMs, we can transform everyday tasks – fitness routines, business processes, even music creation – into programmable environments, increasing efficiency and deepening our understanding of everyday systems. This is not only a technological innovation but also a shift in thinking, extending the concept of compilers from code to all aspects of life.

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(gist.github.com)
AI Compilers

Solving Plath's Fig Tree Problem with Machine Learning Decision Trees

2025-09-19
Solving Plath's Fig Tree Problem with Machine Learning Decision Trees

This essay explores Sylvia Plath's famous 'fig tree' metaphor, likening life choices to numerous possibilities that cannot be obtained simultaneously. The author uses machine learning decision trees to attempt to quantify individual preferences to help people make choices. However, the article ultimately points out that life is not a simple multiple-choice question, but a dynamic and continuously developing process, like the symbiotic relationship between fig trees and fig wasps, requiring external influence and a continuous cycle to maintain growth.

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(dontlognow.substack.com)
AI decision trees

UK Police to Expand Use of Facial Recognition Tech, Sparking Controversy

2025-08-14
UK Police to Expand Use of Facial Recognition Tech, Sparking Controversy

The UK government plans to deploy 10 facial recognition vans across seven police forces in England to help identify sex offenders and those wanted for serious crimes. This has sparked concerns from human rights groups who argue the technology is discriminatory and prone to misidentification, potentially leading to wrongful arrests. While the government cites independent testing showing accuracy and no ethnic bias, critics point to evidence suggesting lower accuracy for people of color. A public consultation and new legal framework are promised, but rights groups call for the immediate scrapping of the plan until adequate safeguards are in place.

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(news.sky.com)
Tech policing

Meta's Llama 4: Second Place Ranking and a Messy Launch

2025-04-08
Meta's Llama 4: Second Place Ranking and a Messy Launch

Meta released two new Llama 4 models: Scout and Maverick. Maverick secured the number two spot on LMArena, outperforming GPT-4o and Gemini 2.0 Flash. However, Meta admitted that LMArena tested a specially optimized "experimental chat version," not the publicly available one. This sparked controversy, leading LMArena to update its policies to prevent similar incidents. Meta explained that it was experimenting with different versions, but the move raised questions about its strategy in the AI race and the unusual timing of the Llama 4 release. Ultimately, the incident highlights the limitations of AI benchmarks and the complex strategies of large tech companies in the competition.

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(www.theverge.com)
AI AI benchmark

Android 16: Faster Updates, Smoother Experience

2025-06-10
Android 16: Faster Updates, Smoother Experience

Google today launched Android 16, initially for Pixel devices, with broader rollout to other phone brands later this year. This marks the earliest major Android release in recent years, prioritizing timely updates for users. Android 16 introduces the foundation for Material 3 Expressive design, enhancing accessibility and ease of use. Key features include streamlined notifications with live updates, providing real-time information for services like food delivery and ride-sharing without constantly checking apps. This initially supports compatible apps and integrates with Samsung's Now Bar and OPPO/OnePlus' Live Alerts.

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(blog.google)
Tech Live Updates

F2: Blazing Fast Command-Line Batch Renamer

2025-05-24
F2: Blazing Fast Command-Line Batch Renamer

F2 is a cross-platform command-line tool for quickly and safely batch renaming files and directories. It boasts a dry-run default for previewing changes, support for file attributes (like EXIF and ID3 tags) for flexible renaming, comprehensive options including string replacement and regular expressions, automatic conflict resolution, and undo functionality. Go developers can install with `go install github.com/ayoisaiah/f2/v2/cmd/f2@latest`; others can download pre-compiled binaries. Bug reports and feature requests are welcome!

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(github.com)
Development batch renaming

Aaron Swartz Statue Unveiled in San Francisco: A Tribute to the Internet's Own Boy

2025-02-10
Aaron Swartz Statue Unveiled in San Francisco: A Tribute to the Internet's Own Boy

A bronze statue honoring Aaron Swartz, a prominent figure in the fight for internet freedom, was unveiled in San Francisco. Crafted from Carrara marble using a blend of AI-driven robotic milling and traditional hand carving, the statue is the culmination of a project spearheaded by artist Ricardo Peniche. Funding came from various donors, including prominent tech CEOs, with Swartz's mother providing photos and approval. The event celebrated Swartz's advocacy for net neutrality, free speech, access to information, and privacy, inspiring attendees to continue fighting for these ideals.

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(sfstandard.com)
Tech Internet Freedom Statue Unveiling

Burnout and disillusionment: A senior engineer's exit from the tech industry

2025-06-04
Burnout and disillusionment: A senior engineer's exit from the tech industry

After more than 25 years in tech, a seasoned engineer is leaving the industry to pursue a career in emergency medicine due to burnout and disillusionment. Once a techno-utopian, he's become disillusioned by the industry's role in surveillance capitalism, exploitation, and the rise of tech giants' negative impacts. He'll maintain some computer-related involvement and shift his blog's focus from tech leadership and software engineering to broader personal interests like his hobby farm and wilderness adventures. The decision, while financially challenging, prioritizes personal fulfillment.

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(jacobian.org)
Startup

The Egg Controller: A Son's Quest to Understand His Father's Legacy

2025-04-26

The author inherits his late father's 'Egg Controller,' a device for precisely controlling barbecue temperature. Initially baffling, the device reveals itself to be a sophisticated piece of engineering employing PID control. The author's journey of troubleshooting, from initial confusion to the discovery of a hidden switch, culminates in successfully using the controller, fulfilling his father's unfinished work and serving as a poignant tribute.

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(www.pentadact.com)
Misc Memorial

Blockchain Misuse: Hype or Innovation?

2025-03-18
Blockchain Misuse: Hype or Innovation?

This article critically analyzes the current state of blockchain applications in areas such as supply chain management, object authenticity verification, statement authenticity guarantee, voting, proof of authorship, and land registry. The author points out that many seemingly logical blockchain solutions ignore the core issue of 'blockchain is not the Internet of Things (IoT)', leading to difficulties in guaranteeing data authenticity. The article argues that in many scenarios, distributed databases or digital signatures can solve the problem without the complexity and resource consumption of blockchain. The author believes that currently, only in the area of value transfer does blockchain (such as Bitcoin) demonstrate true value, while the application prospects of smart contracts remain unclear.

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(blog.smartdec.net)
Tech smart contracts
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