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China's Breakthrough: World's First 2D Low-Power GAAFET Transistor

2025-05-04

China's Breakthrough: World's First 2D Low-Power GAAFET Transistor

A Peking University research team published in Nature, announcing the world's first two-dimensional low-power GAAFET transistor. This transistor, based on the novel 2D semiconductor material Bi₂O₂Se, outperforms comparable products from Intel, TSMC, and Samsung. This breakthrough could help China leapfrog in the chip industry, especially given the backdrop of US technological sanctions against China.

(www.tomshardware.com)

Tech GAAFET transistor 2D semiconductor

Webflow Makes GSAP 100% Free: Empowering Web Animation

2025-05-02

Webflow Makes GSAP 100% Free: Empowering Web Animation

Webflow acquired GreenSock Animation Platform (GSAP), a leading JavaScript animation library, and made it completely free for all users, including previously paid Club plugins. This move aims to lower the barrier to entry for animation development and enhance web interactivity. Significant updates include a revamped SplitText plugin (50% smaller, improved performance, enhanced accessibility), easier GSAP plugin integration within Webflow, and the ability to preview custom code before publishing. Future plans involve deeper GSAP integration within Webflow, offering a more intuitive animation development experience.

(webflow.com)

Development Web Animation

China's 'Thousand Sails' Megaconstellation Faces Major Delays

2025-07-27

China's 'Thousand Sails' Megaconstellation Faces Major Delays

China's ambitious 'Thousand Sails' (G60 Starlink) constellation, aiming for over 15,000 satellites by 2030 to provide global internet access, is facing significant delays. Only 90 satellites have been launched, far short of the 648 target for the end of 2025. The shortfall stems from a severe rocket shortage, hindering the project's ability to compete with SpaceX's Starlink. To meet its goals, the project needs to launch over 30 satellites per month, a pace currently unattainable.

(www.scmp.com)

Tech satellite constellation space launch

LLMs: Great Code Generators, Terrible Software Engineers

2025-08-15

LLMs: Great Code Generators, Terrible Software Engineers

Years of interviewing software engineers reveals that building and maintaining clear mental models is key. While LLMs are good at generating and modifying code, they lack the crucial ability to maintain these models. They easily get confused, suffer from context omission and recency bias, and hallucinate details, preventing iterative problem-solving for complex tasks. The author concludes that LLMs are helpful tools for software engineers but cannot yet replace them for anything beyond simple projects.

(zed.dev)

Development

Microsoft to Block Legacy Authentication Protocols by Default in July

2025-06-19

Microsoft to Block Legacy Authentication Protocols by Default in July

Microsoft is enhancing security by default-blocking legacy authentication protocols in Microsoft 365 starting in July 2025. This impacts access to services like SharePoint and OneDrive, and requires administrator consent for third-party app access. While improving security against brute-force and phishing attacks, this change might disrupt workflows, necessitating administrators to prepare and configure admin consent workflows beforehand. The change affects all Microsoft 365 tenants.

(www.theregister.com)

Tech

Nausicaä's Visual Storytelling: A Powerful Anti-War and Environmental Message

2025-06-20

Nausicaä's Visual Storytelling: A Powerful Anti-War and Environmental Message

This paper analyzes how Hayao Miyazaki's *Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind* uses visual storytelling, specifically mise-en-scène elements like color, lighting, and body language, to amplify its anti-war and environmental themes. The author argues that the film's visuals aren't merely aesthetic choices but crucial narrative devices conveying the impact of war on both people and nature. By drawing parallels between the Giant Warriors and nuclear weapons, and examining the use of color and character expressions in war scenes, the paper demonstrates how the film bridges fantasy and reality, prompting reflection on the environmental and human consequences of warfare and advocating for peace and environmental consciousness.

(jgeekstudies.org)

Game Nausicaä Visual Storytelling

The Evolution of Go Caching Libraries: From Ristretto to Otter v2

2025-07-03

This article explores the evolution of Go caching libraries. Early Go cache libraries suffered from concurrency and performance bottlenecks. Ristretto emerged as a leader, offering high throughput and good hit rates, but its design flaws eventually led to decreased hit rates and suboptimal performance under specific loads. Theine and Otter v1 followed, attempting to address Ristretto's shortcomings, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. Finally, the author developed Otter v2, which incorporates lessons learned from its predecessors and borrows from Java's Caffeine library to achieve high throughput, high hit rates, and rich features, making it a top contender among Go caching libraries.

(maypok86.github.io)

Development Go caching caching algorithms

Moving Nightmare: A $14,000 Lesson and the FMCSA Insurer Database

2025-05-03

In 2023, the author hired Flat Rate Movers for an interstate move, only to experience a nightmarish ordeal. The company failed to deliver promised services, causing damage to the author's belongings and home, and subsequently refused all communication. After numerous attempts to resolve the issue, the author finally received partial compensation by directly contacting Hanover Insurance Company, identified through the FMCSA insurer database. This cautionary tale highlights the importance of thorough due diligence when choosing movers and introduces the FMCSA database as a crucial resource for protecting consumer rights.

(aphyr.com)

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Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities in Pagure Lead to Remote Code Execution

2025-03-23

Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities in Pagure Lead to Remote Code Execution

Security researchers discovered multiple critical vulnerabilities in Pagure, the software forge used by Fedora, allowing for remote code execution (RCE). One vulnerability stemmed from an argument injection in the PagureRepo.log() function, enabling attackers to write to arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code. Other flaws included path traversal and improper handling of symbolic links. These vulnerabilities could be exploited to modify Fedora package specification files, potentially introducing malicious code. Attackers could even gain complete control of the Pagure server by overwriting the `/srv/git/.bashrc` file. Fedora has migrated to Forgejo to address this, but the vulnerabilities highlight critical issues in open-source software supply chain security.

(fenrisk.com)

Development

SuperUtilsPlus: A Superior Utility Library Beyond Lodash

2025-05-24

SuperUtilsPlus: A Superior Utility Library Beyond Lodash

SuperUtilsPlus is a powerful JavaScript utility library that surpasses Lodash in performance, TypeScript support, and developer experience. It supports ES2020+, boasts full ESM and CommonJS support, and is tree-shakable, importing only what's needed. Offering more utility functions than Lodash, SuperUtilsPlus is optimized for speed and efficiency and works seamlessly in browsers and Node.js. Its features include array manipulation (chunk, flatten, groupBy), object manipulation (get, deepClone), string manipulation (camelCase), function manipulation (debounce), and type checking, all with full TypeScript type definitions for type safety.

(github.com)

Development Utility Library

San Francisco Startup Backed by YC: Security, Reliability, and Performance Focused

2025-06-30

A tightly-knit San Francisco-based startup, backed by Y Combinator, SV Angel, and founders from companies like Vercel, Slack, Dropbox, Replit, and Algolia, serves a diverse clientele ranging from rapidly growing startups to established enterprises. They prioritize listening to their customers and driving their success. Their development philosophy centers on security, reliability, and performance, employing a pragmatic approach to find working solutions and respond swiftly to customer feedback. They strive to build correct, future-proof solutions with high-quality design, working at both the infrastructure and product levels.

(14.ai)

Startup Security, Reliability, Performance

Cloudflare's GDPR Compliance Questioned After Year-Long Email Spam

2025-06-23

Cloudflare's GDPR Compliance Questioned After Year-Long Email Spam

A user, after canceling their Cloudflare account over a year ago, continues to receive marketing emails despite repeated requests for removal. Despite contacting the CTO and Data Protection Office, the issue persists. The user alleges Cloudflare's non-compliance with GDPR, highlighting apparent mismanagement of customer data, including an inability to accurately track customer numbers. The escalation to Cloudflare's highest levels has yielded no resolution, raising serious concerns about their data privacy practices.

(shkspr.mobi)

Tech

Heat Death Hypothesis: End or Continuation?

2025-08-30

Heat Death Hypothesis: End or Continuation?

This article explores the heat death hypothesis, the theory that the universe will eventually reach maximum entropy, leading to the demise of all order. The article argues this hypothesis may be based on a misunderstanding of the second law of thermodynamics. The universe is not a closed system; its continuous expansion, and the existence of dark energy, suggest that entropy increase may not lead to the complete collapse of cosmic order. Some scientists believe that the complexity of the universe may be constantly increasing, with life playing a key role. By continuously utilizing free energy in the universe, life maintains its organization and creates more complexity. Therefore, the future of the universe is not doomed to end but has the possibility of continuous evolution.

(www.noemamag.com)

Tech heat death cosmic evolution

Onyx Hiring First Account Executive to Fuel Generative AI Workplace Revolution

2025-06-06

Onyx Hiring First Account Executive to Fuel Generative AI Workplace Revolution

Onyx, a generative AI platform connecting to your company's docs, apps, and people, is hiring its first Account Executive. Backed by $10M in seed funding from top-tier VCs and boasting clients like Netflix and Ramp, Onyx is seeking a seasoned sales professional (5+ years experience in mid-market or enterprise software sales) to spearhead its GTM strategy. This high-impact role involves managing the full sales cycle, pipeline generation, and collaborating across functions to build and refine sales processes. A unique opportunity for those wanting to shape sales at a rapidly growing startup.

(www.ycombinator.com)

Startup Account Executive

Yahoo's Rise and Fall: From Internet King to Forgotten Giant

2025-07-27

Yahoo's Rise and Fall: From Internet King to Forgotten Giant

Yahoo, once the undisputed king of the internet portal, has fallen from grace. This article recounts Yahoo's tumultuous journey from its founding in 1994 to its 2016 sale to Verizon. Yahoo initially rose to prominence with its well-organized directory-style search engine and content aggregation, reaching a market capitalization exceeding $100 billion. However, a series of disastrous acquisitions, such as Broadcast.com and Geocities, coupled with missed opportunities to acquire Google and Facebook, led to its decline. Yahoo was eventually sold for $4.8 billion, marking the end of a once-dominant internet empire. Only its shrewd investment in Alibaba remains a bright spot in its legacy.

(dfarq.homeip.net)

Tech

Gazzetta: A New Mastodon News Reader

2024-12-21

Gazzetta is a revolutionary news reader designed specifically for Mastodon. Unlike other Mastodon clients that prioritize the social network experience, Gazzetta functions more like an RSS reader for the platform. It provides a separate interface, allowing users to focus solely on reading news and links. Features include following servers and accounts to see trending links, full-text search, integration with Safari's view controller, bookmark management, link exporting, and extensive customization options such as font styles, hiding thumbnails, and filtering links by domain, keyword, or language.

(primatology.xyz)

Development News Reader

Waymo to Use Robotaxi Data for Generative AI, Raising Privacy Concerns

2025-04-07

Waymo to Use Robotaxi Data for Generative AI, Raising Privacy Concerns

Waymo plans to use data from its robotaxis, including interior camera video linked to rider identities, to train generative AI models, according to a leaked draft privacy policy. This data may also be used for personalized ads, raising concerns about the repurposing of rider behavior inside autonomous vehicles. While users can opt out of data sharing, the practice still sparks debate. Waymo, currently the only autonomous vehicle company generating revenue from robotaxi rides in the US (over 200,000 weekly rides), is still likely losing money, prompting exploration of alternative revenue streams like in-vehicle advertising and AI data sales. This may be a strategy to address its financial challenges.

(techcrunch.com)

Tech

Programming Agents: A New Way to Measure Developer Experience

2025-06-19

A 24-hour coding sprint highlighted the poor developer experience caused by inadequate tools and processes, including missing documentation and flawed APIs. However, programming agents offer a solution. The author used agents to objectively evaluate different languages and tools, quantifying developer experience factors such as test coverage, error reporting quality, and ecosystem stability. Agent feedback closely mirrored human developer experiences, offering a new approach to improving code quality and development workflows.

(lucumr.pocoo.org)

Development

US Copyright Chief Fired After AI Fair Use Report

2025-05-12

US Copyright Chief Fired After AI Fair Use Report

Shira Perlmutter, head of the US Copyright Office, was reportedly fired a day after the agency concluded that AI model builders' use of copyrighted material exceeded existing fair use doctrines. The report stated that AI companies cannot sustain a fair use defense under specific circumstances, putting companies like Google, Meta, OpenAI, and Microsoft at legal risk. Reasons for the firing are debated, with suggestions ranging from Perlmutter's refusal to allow Elon Musk's use of copyrighted material for AI training to a broader Trump administration policy shift on diversity. The incident escalates the AI copyright battle and sparks debate on balancing AI development with copyright protection.

(www.theregister.com)

Tech

The Amygdala and Psychiatric Disorders: From Neuroimaging to Transcranial Focused Ultrasound

2025-05-13

The Amygdala and Psychiatric Disorders: From Neuroimaging to Transcranial Focused Ultrasound

This review article explores the crucial role of the amygdala in emotional processing and its relationship to various psychiatric disorders such as anxiety, depression, and PTSD. It reviews numerous neuroimaging studies revealing abnormal amygdala activation patterns across different psychiatric conditions. Furthermore, it introduces novel neuromodulation techniques like transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial focused ultrasound in treating psychiatric disorders, discussing their impact on amygdala activity and related brain network connectivity. This research offers vital clues to understanding the neural mechanisms of psychiatric disorders and developing more effective therapies.

(www.nature.com)

AI psychiatric disorders neuromodulation

Bridging Formal and Informal: DSL Design in the Age of LLMs

2025-06-17

This post explores a novel direction at the intersection of DSLs and LLMs: designing DSLs that integrate seamlessly with LLM-based coding workflows. The author details their experience using LLMs to generate scripts, finding that LLMs excel at creating 'glue code' – filling in the boilerplate based on natural language descriptions, while leaving the complex logic to manual coding. This experience prompts a key question: how can we incorporate this LLM-assisted workflow into DSLs themselves? The ultimate goal is to bridge the gap between formal code and informal natural language specifications, potentially by automatically generating natural language specs based on DSL type analysis.

(kirancodes.me)

Development

LibreOffice 25.8: A Strategic Asset for Digital Sovereignty

2025-08-27

LibreOffice 25.8: A Strategic Asset for Digital Sovereignty

Amidst rising geopolitical tensions and data localization laws, LibreOffice 25.8 emerges as a strategic choice for organizations prioritizing digital sovereignty and privacy. This fully open-source, locally-run productivity suite offers complete control over software, data, and infrastructure. Key features include zero telemetry, full offline functionality, and OpenPGP encryption. Its compatibility with Microsoft Office formats and integration with platforms like Nextcloud ensure smooth transitions and collaboration. Adopted by governments and institutions in Europe, Latin America, and Asia, LibreOffice empowers organizations to reduce IT costs, enhance data security, and minimize reliance on foreign vendors.

(blog.documentfoundation.org)

Tech

In Memoriam Wirth: A Plea for Lean Software in the Age of Bloatware

2025-05-07

In Memoriam Wirth: A Plea for Lean Software in the Age of Bloatware

This post commemorates computing pioneer Niklaus Wirth and echoes his 1995 call for 'lean software.' Today, software has ballooned to millions of lines of code, relying on thousands of external libraries, resulting in rampant security vulnerabilities. The author argues this isn't accidental but a consequence of economic incentives, citing the Apple iMessage vulnerability as an example of the security risks of excessive complexity. The EU is introducing regulations to address this, and the author's Trifecta project, a functional image-sharing application written in just 1600 lines of code, demonstrates the feasibility of lean software, reflecting on the over-reliance and security risks in modern software development.

(spectrum.ieee.org)

Development Lean Software

Apple's WWDC 2025: A Crossroads

2025-06-08

Apple's WWDC 2025: A Crossroads

Apple faces significant challenges ahead of its 2025 WWDC. Poor Vision Pro sales, a stalled AI strategy, strained developer relations, and legal battles cast a shadow over the company. The article predicts Apple will likely avoid addressing these issues directly, opting instead for continued marketing of existing products. However, the author argues this is insufficient to overcome the current crisis. A show of humility and acknowledgement of past mistakes at WWDC is crucial to regaining developer trust and charting a successful future.

(www.theverge.com)

Tech

gmap: Command-Line Git Repo Explorer

2025-08-04

gmap: Command-Line Git Repo Explorer

gmap is a powerful command-line tool providing a quick and intuitive way to analyze Git repository activity. Visualize commit history with heatmaps, identify churn-heavy files, explore contributor dynamics, and more. Answer crucial questions like 'which files change most?', 'who contributed the most?', and 'are there dormant code areas?'—all without complex commands. It's a developer's efficiency booster.

(github.com)

Development

Semantic Unit Testing with LLMs: Introducing the `suite` Library

2025-05-05

This post introduces `suite`, a Python library leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) for semantic unit testing. Unlike traditional unit tests, `suite` assesses the semantic correctness of functions by comparing their implementation against their docstrings. The author details `suite`'s workings, including prompt construction, handling function dependencies, and integration with pytest. While emphasizing that `suite` shouldn't replace traditional unit testing, it serves as a valuable complement, helping developers catch bugs early and improve test coverage. `suite` supports asynchronous testing and allows using local models, reducing costs and privacy concerns.

(www.alexmolas.com)

Development

Compiler Optimization & Load-Store Conflicts: A Performance Cliffhanger

2025-05-04

This article details an unexpected performance issue: a simple geometry decoder shows massive performance variations across different compiler versions. The root cause? A little-known microarchitectural detail: load-store conflicts. GCC-14 cleverly vectorized the code, resulting in a performance boost. However, GCC-15 regressed significantly due to altered optimization strategies, leading to frequent load-store conflicts. Clang, surprisingly, excelled on ARM architectures by leveraging the load-store characteristics. This highlights that compiler optimization isn't a silver bullet; close attention to generated code and underlying hardware microarchitecture is crucial.

(zeux.io)

Development load-store conflicts performance tuning

TRMNL's Unbrickable Pledge: Open Source and Sustainability

2025-02-19

TRMNL has made a promise to never brick your device. They've followed through with open-sourcing their firmware, building BYOS clients in Ruby, Elixir, and Python, selling BYOD licenses, releasing the free Framework UI kit, and hiring a senior engineer for OSS. To address growing server costs, they've introduced the 'Unbrickable Pledge,' promising to release the core web application source code in case of insolvency. This commitment ensures user data safety and reduces e-waste.

(usetrmnl.com)

Tech

Open Source: The Unsung Hero of the Digital Economy

2025-06-18

Open Source: The Unsung Hero of the Digital Economy

The digital economy thrives on a foundation of open-source software, freely available to all. Apache and Nginx, two open-source programs, power the majority of the world's websites. Linux, another open-source powerhouse, fuels most computer servers and underpins Google's Android. Even Kubernetes, a crucial tool for managing cloud workloads, is open-source. A global community of developers tirelessly maintains and improves this essential software.

(www.economist.com)

Tech

Meta Wins Copyright Case: A Victory of Strategy, Not Law

2025-06-26

Meta Wins Copyright Case: A Victory of Strategy, Not Law

Meta Platforms Inc. avoided a landmark copyright lawsuit from authors alleging its generative AI model, Llama, used millions of copyrighted books without permission for training. A San Francisco judge ruled Meta's actions fell under fair use, but cautioned this was due to the authors' ineffective litigation strategy. The ruling doesn't confirm that Meta's use of copyrighted material for AI training is universally lawful.

(news.bloomberglaw.com)

AI Llama Model

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