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Wall Street's Dark Pools Get Even Darker: The Rise of Private Trading Rooms

2025-03-17

Wall Street's Dark Pools Get Even Darker: The Rise of Private Trading Rooms

Wall Street's dark pools, already shrouded in secrecy, are becoming even more opaque with the introduction of private trading rooms. These exclusive venues offer the core benefit of dark pools – hiding large trades to avoid price impact – but with added exclusivity, specifying who can participate. While currently a minority of dark pool volume, their adoption is rapidly growing among broker-dealers, market makers, hedge funds, and asset managers. This raises concerns about market transparency and fragmentation, but also offers improved execution quality and allows firms to handpick counterparties. However, this lack of transparency presents challenges, including difficulty gauging market depth and potential regulatory risks.

(finance.yahoo.com)

Tech dark pools market transparency high-frequency trading

arXivLabs: Community Collaboration on arXiv Feature Development

2025-08-26

arXivLabs is a new collaborative framework enabling developers to build and share new arXiv features directly on the arXiv website. Individuals and organizations participating in arXivLabs embrace arXiv's values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners who share them. Got an idea for a project that will benefit the arXiv community? Learn more about arXivLabs!

(arxiv.org)

Development

Nintendo Switch 2's GameChat: Balancing Privacy and Safety

2025-06-06

Nintendo Switch 2's GameChat: Balancing Privacy and Safety

Nintendo Switch 2's new GameChat voice chat feature balances user privacy with enhanced child protection. GameChat is limited to friends only, requiring phone number verification. For minors, parental consent via the Nintendo Parental Controls app is mandatory, allowing parents to approve friend requests and control video chat access. GameChat temporarily records the last three minutes of audio and video for handling reported violations, but users can withdraw consent at any time. While recordings may be used to investigate violations, Nintendo emphasizes this is to maintain a safe and family-friendly online environment.

(arstechnica.com)

Game

Suckless.org Updates: Minimalist Software Refined

2025-02-21

Suckless.org, dedicated to creating simple, clear, and frugal software, has recently released updates for several projects. Improvements include bug fixes, performance enhancements, and better compatibility for tools like dwm and dmenu. New versions of software such as slstatus and lchat were also released, alongside announcements regarding upcoming maintenance and conferences. Suckless.org's continued development reflects its commitment to minimalist software design and its contributions to the open-source community.

(suckless.org)

Development window manager

A Decade Review: Diving Deep into Time-Series Anomaly Detection

2025-01-06

Advances in data collection and the explosion of streaming data highlight the crucial need for time-series analytics. This paper provides a decade-long review of time-series anomaly detection, encompassing methods from traditional statistical measures to the surge of machine learning algorithms. It presents a process-centric taxonomy to categorize and summarize existing solutions, offering a meta-analysis of the literature and outlining general trends in the field. This comprehensive survey serves as a valuable resource for researchers.

(arxiv.org)

AI time series anomaly detection

Canon's Nanoimprint Lithography Challenges EUV Dominance

2025-01-05

Canon's Nanoimprint Lithography Challenges EUV Dominance

Canon has launched a chip manufacturing technology called nanoimprint lithography (NIL), capable of 14-nanometer precision, challenging the extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) technology currently monopolized by ASML. NIL offers lower costs, lower energy consumption, and a simpler process, transferring circuit patterns onto silicon wafers using a 'stamping' method. Despite a 20-year development period, NIL has overcome challenges such as resist control, bubble elimination, and alignment accuracy, and the first commercial system has been delivered. In the future, NIL is poised to gain a foothold in memory and logic chip manufacturing, especially in applications demanding cost-effectiveness and efficiency.

(spectrum.ieee.org)

Tech nanoimprint lithography

Xerox's $1.5B Gamble: Acquiring Lexmark in a Shrinking Print Market

2025-07-02

Xerox's $1.5B Gamble: Acquiring Lexmark in a Shrinking Print Market

In a surprising move, Xerox has acquired Lexmark for $1.5 billion, a deal that includes debt and liabilities. This acquisition pulls Lexmark from Chinese ownership and into a restructured Xerox, positioning the company as a top player in print services. However, in a world increasingly dominated by digital workflows, Xerox's bet on the declining print market is a risky one. While Lexmark brings a strong global presence and managed services business, the success of this merger hinges on the continued relevance of paper documents in industries like healthcare and finance. It's a bold gamble in a fading industry, a fight for dominance in the remaining enterprise printing sector.

(nerds.xyz)

Tech M&A

Kagi Search Makes AI Assistant Available to All Users

2025-04-18

Kagi Search is making its AI assistant available to all users across all plans, no additional cost. Previously exclusive to Ultimate subscribers, this powerful tool leverages Kagi's search results to enhance research, respecting user privacy by not using data for AI model training. The rollout is phased, starting in the USA today and completing globally by Sunday, 23:59 UTC. A fair-use policy based on plan value limits AI model usage to ensure sustainability. The AI assistant allows users to interact with various leading LLMs, customize interactions, and refine responses through editing.

(blog.kagi.com)

Tech AI Assistant

Multiple Invention: It's Way More Common Than You Think

2025-06-05

Multiple Invention: It's Way More Common Than You Think

A study of 190 major inventions between 1800 and 1970 reveals that multiple invention—where the same invention is independently created by multiple individuals—is surprisingly common. Over half of the inventions examined involved multiple attempts, and nearly 40% had multiple successful or near-successful versions. This suggests that many inventions weren't unique strokes of genius, but rather stemmed from a confluence of readily available technologies, materials, and capabilities, combined with a shared focus on significant problems. This challenges the 'Great Man' theory of invention, suggesting that technological progress is more a product of broad historical forces.

(www.construction-physics.com)

Tech technological progress history of invention multiple discovery

Visualizing the Collatz Conjecture with Langton's Ant: Similarities and Differences

2025-01-13

This post continues a previous one, visualizing the Collatz conjecture using Langton's ant. By simulating the ant's movement on a grid, the author observes that Collatz sequences with similar final patterns often have similar stopping times. However, the inverse isn't true: sequences with the same stopping time can have significantly different trajectories. The author quantifies the similarity between sequences by calculating the size of the intersection of their sets, finding that sequences with small initial number differences have higher similarity, which decreases as the difference grows. This research offers a novel perspective on understanding the complexity of the Collatz conjecture.

(gbragafibra.github.io)

Misc

Immune Molecule IL-17: The Secret Driver of Anxiety and Sociability

2025-04-14

Immune Molecule IL-17: The Secret Driver of Anxiety and Sociability

Research from MIT and Harvard Medical School reveals that the immune molecule IL-17, acting on the amygdala and somatosensory cortex, respectively induces anxiety and promotes social behavior. This study highlights the close interplay between the immune and nervous systems, suggesting IL-17 may have originally evolved as a neuromodulator before being co-opted by the immune system to promote inflammation. The findings offer a novel therapeutic approach for neurological conditions like autism or depression, potentially influencing brain function by targeting the immune system.

(medicalxpress.com)

AI immune system nervous system

Lago: Open-Source SaaS Billing Platform Raises $22M, Boasts 7000+ GitHub Stars

2025-08-28

Lago: Open-Source SaaS Billing Platform Raises $22M, Boasts 7000+ GitHub Stars

Lago is an open-source billing platform simplifying, clarifying, and adapting SaaS billing for companies. Having raised over $22 million in funding from top-tier investors, Lago boasts over 7,000 GitHub stars, highlighting a strong developer community and technical prowess. Next-gen companies like Mistral.ai, Together.ai, Groq, and Laravel utilize Lago for their billing needs. The Lago team comprises ambitious, focused individuals dedicated to solving challenging problems with excellence and accountability, fostering a culture of rapid iteration and learning from mistakes.

(www.ycombinator.com)

Development Billing Platform

Cataphracts Design Diary #1: An Asynchronous Real-Time Wargame Focused on Operations

2025-06-23

Cataphracts Design Diary #1: An Asynchronous Real-Time Wargame Focused on Operations

Cataphracts is a unique asynchronous real-time wargame that focuses on the operational level of warfare, rather than just strategy or tactics. Set in a pseudo-Black Sea region circa 1300, players command armies through text commands, simulating the realities of marching, supply lines, and communication delays. The game emphasizes asymmetric information and real-time delays, forcing commanders to make decisions with limited intelligence. Strategic failures often stem from miscommunication and information lag, rather than troop strength. This creates high player interaction and roleplaying; simple plans can unravel due to logistical issues, demanding coordination and situational awareness.

(samsorensen.blot.im)

Game wargame asynchronous gameplay

O(1) Streaming Video Prediction with GPU Memory Optimization

2025-04-19

A novel video prediction model achieves O(1) streaming complexity through optimized GPU memory layout. The model encodes input frames into GPU memory, allocating different context lengths (number of tokens) to frames based on their importance. For instance, in HunyuanVideo, a 480p frame can have its token count adjusted from 1536 to 192 using different patchifying kernels. This allows the most important frames (e.g., the one closest to the prediction target) to utilize more GPU resources, resulting in significant efficiency gains and remarkably achieving O(1) complexity without complex algorithmic optimizations.

(lllyasviel.github.io)

AI video prediction O(1) complexity

arXivLabs: Experimenting with Community Collaboration

2025-02-21

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

(arxiv.org)

Tech

The Fall of Sierra On-Line: A Tale of Acquisition, Ambition, and Missed Opportunities

2025-04-04

In 1996, the successful Sierra On-Line was acquired by the little-known CUC International. CUC's CEO, the charismatic Walter Forbes, promised to usher Sierra into a new era of e-commerce. However, CUC's business model was opaque and its profitability questionable. Sierra's founder, Ken Williams, driven by fatigue and a sense of fiduciary duty, accepted the acquisition, only to find himself sidelined and missing out on the success of games like Half-Life. The acquisition serves as a cautionary tale of ambition, misjudgment, and the complexities of business ethics.

(www.filfre.net)

Game mergers and acquisitions business ethics

Genetically Modified Pig Kidney Shows Remarkable 6-Month Survival in Human Recipient

2025-09-09

Genetically Modified Pig Kidney Shows Remarkable 6-Month Survival in Human Recipient

A 67-year-old US man, Tim Andrews, remains alive over six months after receiving a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig, marking a landmark achievement in xenotransplantation. The pig kidney, provided by eGenesis, was modified to eliminate three antigens, add seven human genes to reduce inflammation and bleeding, and deactivate retroviruses. This surpasses the previous record of four months and nine days. The successful six-month survival is a significant milestone, offering potential solutions for organ shortages and advancing the field of xenotransplantation.

(www.nature.com)

Tech Genetically Modified Organ Kidney Transplant

Exploiting Supabase MCP to Leak Private SQL Tables

2025-07-09

Researchers discovered a vulnerability that allows attackers to leak a developer's private SQL tables by exploiting Supabase's MCP integration. A carefully crafted support ticket message tricks the LLM assistant into executing SQL queries, bypassing row-level security and accessing sensitive data like OAuth tokens. The vulnerability stems from the LLM assistant's excessive database access privileges (service_role) and its blind trust in user-submitted content. Mitigations include using read-only mode whenever possible and adding a prompt injection filter.

(www.generalanalysis.com)

Development

arXivLabs: Experimental Projects with Community Collaborators

2025-09-21

arXivLabs is a framework that lets collaborators develop and share new arXiv features directly on the site. Individuals and organizations working with arXivLabs embrace our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners who share them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs.

(arxiv.org)

Development

Databricks Acquires Neon: Serverless Postgres for the AI Era

2025-05-14

Databricks Acquires Neon: Serverless Postgres for the AI Era

Databricks announced the acquisition of Neon, a developer-first serverless Postgres company. Neon's team, renowned for their Postgres expertise, built a database platform known for its speed, scalability, and cost-effectiveness, particularly appealing to AI agents. This acquisition strengthens Databricks' position in AI-native databases, offering developers and AI systems a powerful database solution.

(www.databricks.com)

Tech

Nyxelf: A Powerful Tool for Analyzing Malicious Linux ELF Binaries

2025-01-17

Nyxelf: A Powerful Tool for Analyzing Malicious Linux ELF Binaries

Nyxelf is a powerful tool designed for analyzing malicious Linux ELF binaries. It combines static analysis techniques using tools like readelf, objdump, and pyelftools with dynamic analysis within a secure QEMU-based sandbox. Features include UPX unpacking, syscall tracing, process/file activity monitoring, and an intuitive GUI powered by pywebview. JSON output supports automated workflows, making Nyxelf ideal for security researchers and reverse engineers.

(github.com)

Security malware analysis linux security binary analysis

Dusk OS: A Minimalist OS for the Post-Collapse World

2025-05-13

Dusk OS is a 32-bit Forth-based operating system designed for survival in a post-civilizational collapse scenario. It aggressively prioritizes simplicity, sacrificing some features for extreme efficiency and ease of operation. Using an 'almost C' compiler, Dusk OS easily ports existing UNIX C code and boasts an incredibly small footprint (a complete system is under 6000 lines of code). It's fully self-hosting, runs smoothly on older hardware, and possesses a remarkably high "power density," challenging conventional software culture.

(duskos.org)

Development

Venus' Surprisingly Thin Crust: A New Model for Geological Processes

2025-05-12

Venus' Surprisingly Thin Crust: A New Model for Geological Processes

New research reveals surprising details about Venus' crust. Unlike Earth, Venus possesses a single-piece crust, lacking plate tectonics. Scientists expected its crust to thicken over time due to the absence of subduction. However, a study published in Nature Communications proposes a crustal metamorphism model based on rock density and melting cycles. This model suggests a surprisingly thin crust, averaging around 25 miles (40 kilometers) thick, with a maximum thickness of 40 miles (65 kilometers). The research indicates that as the crust thickens, the bottom becomes dense enough to break off into the mantle or melt due to heat. This process recycles material back into the interior, driving volcanic activity and influencing Venus' geological evolution and atmospheric composition. Upcoming missions like NASA's DAVINCI and VERITAS, and ESA's Envision, aim to further explore Venus and test this model.

(science.nasa.gov)

Tech Geology Crust

LineageOS 22.1 Released: 30x Faster Extraction, New Music and PDF Apps

2024-12-31

LineageOS 22.1, based on Android 15 QPR1, is now available with significant improvements. Extraction utilities are 30 times faster, and two new apps have been added: Twelve, a music player, and Camelot, a PDF reader. SeedVault, Etar, and WebView have also been updated. Versioning has been adjusted to align with Android's minor version numbers, making it easier to distinguish Android versions. The project has streamlined its codebase, added support for more devices, and encourages developers to contribute code and translations.

(lineageos.org)

Development

Bezos Narrows Washington Post Op-Ed Focus, Sparking Outrage

2025-02-26

Bezos Narrows Washington Post Op-Ed Focus, Sparking Outrage

Jeff Bezos, owner of the Washington Post, announced the opinion pages will prioritize "personal liberties and free markets," explicitly excluding opposing viewpoints. This decision has sparked internal concern and criticism, with reporters and former executives accusing Bezos of stifling dissent and suggesting a link to Amazon's antitrust lawsuit. Bezos' shifting stance towards the Trump administration and his intervention in the Post's editorial direction raise significant concerns about journalistic integrity.

(deadline.com)

Tech Bezos Press Freedom

Bolt Graphics' Zeus GPU: A RISC-V Challenger to Nvidia

2025-03-16

Bolt Graphics' Zeus GPU: A RISC-V Challenger to Nvidia

Bolt Graphics, a California startup, unveiled its Zeus GPU platform based on the open-source RISC-V architecture. In path tracing workloads, Zeus significantly outperforms Nvidia's RTX 5090, boasting up to 10x the speed. However, its performance in traditional rendering and AI tasks remains unclear, and a mature software ecosystem is lacking. Zeus uses a multi-chiplet design, offering various configurations with up to 2TB of memory and built-in high-speed networking, targeting high-performance computing and scientific simulations. Developer kits are slated for late 2025, with mass production in late 2026. Despite significant challenges, Zeus's emergence injects new dynamism into the GPU market.

(www.tomshardware.com)

Hardware

AI Agents to Become Primary Application Users by 2030

2025-01-14

AI Agents to Become Primary Application Users by 2030

Accenture predicts a significant shift: by 2030, AI agents will be the primary users of most enterprise digital systems, surpassing app usage by 2032. This 'Binary Big Bang,' marked by AI foundation models breaking the natural language barrier, reshapes how we design, use, and operate technology. Future development focuses on agentic systems, digital core, and generative UIs, built on composable blocks. Accenture recommends internal experimentation with agents, starting small and expanding functionality over time. Crucially, maintaining transparency, explainability, and trust in these agents is highlighted.

(www.zdnet.com)

AI digital transformation

Google's Tiny Gemma 3 AI Model Runs on Your Phone

2025-08-15

Google's Tiny Gemma 3 AI Model Runs on Your Phone

Google announced a tiny version of its Gemma open-source model, Gemma 3 270M, boasting only 270 million parameters yet capable of running on smartphones and even web browsers. This contrasts sharply with larger models containing billions of parameters. Despite its small size, Gemma 3 270M demonstrates strong instruction-following capabilities and exceptional efficiency, consuming only 0.75% of a Pixel 9 Pro's battery after 25 conversations. This opens new possibilities for privacy-focused and low-latency local AI applications.

(arstechnica.com)

AI

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.

(bsky.app)

Tech DHS Salt Typhoon

Local CI for GitHub: Ditch the Cloud, Embrace Your Dev Machine

2025-04-14

Local CI for GitHub: Ditch the Cloud, Embrace Your Dev Machine

Tired of slow, expensive, and rented cloud CI? `gh-signoff`, a GitHub CLI extension, brings CI back in-house! Run your tests locally, sign off when they pass (using `gh signoff`), and get that green GitHub commit status without the hassle. Say goodbye to complex merge queues and deployment pipelines – simplicity and control are yours.

(github.com)

Development Local CI

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