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OSINT Tool Geolocates Users via Weather Widget Leaks

2025-05-29

OSINT Tool Geolocates Users via Weather Widget Leaks

Weather2Geo is an OSINT tool that leverages leaked data from the Windows taskbar weather widget to pinpoint user locations. By matching the weather condition, temperature, and time displayed in a screenshot to real-time weather data, Weather2Geo identifies potential locations. It's timezone-aware, incorporates clustering to minimize false positives, and allows for customizable parameters. Simply input the weather details from a screenshot, and Weather2Geo returns clusters of likely locations.

(github.com)

Tech Weather

arXivLabs: Experimenting with Community Collaboration

2025-07-02

arXivLabs is a framework enabling 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 is committed to these values and only partners with those who share them. Got an idea for a project to enhance the arXiv community? Learn more about arXivLabs.

(arxiv.org)

Tech

Blender on Tablets: 3D Modeling Goes Mobile

2025-07-28

Blender on Tablets: 3D Modeling Goes Mobile

Blender is expanding to tablets! The team is bringing the power of Blender to iPad Pro (initially), adapting the UI for touch and stylus input. The focus will be on core features like object manipulation and sculpting, later expanding to more advanced tools. While targeting tablets, improvements will also benefit desktop users. The project is open for contributions, and demos are planned for SIGGRAPH 2025 and the Blender Conference 2025.

(code.blender.org)

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Apple's Siri AI Upgrade Delayed: Internal Struggle and Pressure

2025-03-15

Apple's Siri AI Upgrade Delayed: Internal Struggle and Pressure

An internal meeting within Apple's Siri team revealed that the planned Siri AI upgrade, originally promised last June, has been indefinitely delayed. This decision has caused anxiety and pressure within the team, and also exposed Apple's lagging position in the AI race. The meeting revealed that the delay stems from internal resource reallocation and miscommunication with the marketing department, leading to over-promised features. While Apple executives have taken responsibility for the delay, Siri's future still faces numerous challenges, including technical issues and managing user expectations.

(www.theverge.com)

AI

The File Is Dead: Long Live the Database

2025-07-17

The File Is Dead: Long Live the Database

Recent data breaches, like the UK Ministry of Defence incident, highlight the persistent problem of file-based data sharing. The author argues this outdated practice stems from a deeply ingrained 'file' mentality, incompatible with modern collaboration tools and database technology. The piece calls for abandoning file sharing in favor of database-centric data management for improved security and efficiency. It uses the analogy of a car designed to carry hay to illustrate how modern computing remains stuck in the past.

(shkspr.mobi)

Tech

Shorty: A More Concise C++ Lambda Library

2025-04-12

Shorty: A More Concise C++ Lambda Library

Shorty is a C++ library designed to offer a terser syntax than native C++ lambdas, not to replace C++ with a lazy DSL. It allows for more intuitive notation for sorting, filtering, zipping, and calling external functions, supporting various argument access methods and type conversions. For example, `std::ranges::sort(subject, $lhs > $rhs);` sorts concisely, and `subject | std::views::filter(($i % 2) == 0);` filters even numbers. Its design prioritizes developer efficiency and reduced boilerplate code.

(github.com)

Development Lambda Expressions

Jwno: A Highly Customizable Tiling Window Manager for Windows

2025-05-20

Jwno is a highly customizable tiling window manager for Windows 10/11, built with the Janet programming language. It features a unique "magical parentheses" power for precise window control. While still under development (some documentation is incomplete), it offers installation guides, interactive tutorials, and a reference index. Screenshots showcase its use with applications like Emacs and Sonic Pi.

(agent-kilo.github.io)

Development

The Soul of a New Machine: A Timeless Tale of Engineering

2025-04-05

The Soul of a New Machine: A Timeless Tale of Engineering

Tracy Kidder's 'The Soul of a New Machine' recounts the intense race against time at Data General in the late 1970s to develop the Eclipse MV/8000, a rival to DEC's VAX. Kidder immerses the reader in the 'rebel' engineering team's struggles, showcasing their dedication and clashing personalities as they push the boundaries of what was possible. This gripping narrative offers a compelling look at the human cost of technological innovation and remains surprisingly relevant decades later.

(thechipletter.substack.com)

Tech

Roame is Hiring a Lead Full-Stack Engineer to Revolutionize Points-Based Travel with AI

2025-06-12

Roame is Hiring a Lead Full-Stack Engineer to Revolutionize Points-Based Travel with AI

Roame, a flight search engine leveraging credit card points and miles, backed by Y Combinator and other top investors, seeks a Lead Full-Stack Engineer. This hands-on role requires experience with Next.js, Firebase, and Go, and involves building the entire frontend and contributing to the backend. The ideal candidate is passionate about travel, points optimization, and AI, thriving in a fast-paced startup environment. The position offers competitive salary, equity, and benefits, including free lunches and company offsites.

(www.ycombinator.com)

Development Travel Points

Artist Takes Octopus on Tokyo Tour: A Cross-Species Art Exploration

2025-07-22

Artist Takes Octopus on Tokyo Tour: A Cross-Species Art Exploration

Japanese artist Shimabuku has dedicated his life to exploring the interaction between humans and octopuses. He famously took an octopus on a tour of Tokyo and created art installations for octopuses to interact with. By observing their reactions to different colors and materials, Shimabuku attempts to understand octopus preferences and perception, resulting in playful and awe-inspiring works. His art is currently on display in the UK, prompting reflection on humanity's relationship with nature.

(www.cnn.com)

Art cross-species

Outdated Kerberos Vulnerability: A Critical Flaw in Microsoft Active Directory

2025-09-10

Outdated Kerberos Vulnerability: A Critical Flaw in Microsoft Active Directory

This article exposes a long-standing, low-tech, high-impact Kerberos vulnerability in Microsoft Active Directory—Kerberoasting. This vulnerability exploits outdated RC4 encryption and weak password mechanisms in Active Directory, allowing attackers to quickly crack service account passwords via dictionary attacks, gaining access to corporate networks. While Microsoft has published mitigations, their lack of proactive measures, such as enforcing upgrades of outdated configurations, has led to continued exploitation, as seen in the May 2024 ransomware attack on Ascension Health. This highlights Microsoft's shortcomings in security updates and the negligence of enterprise administrators in security.

(blog.cryptographyengineering.com)

Tech

Hellfire Missile Bounces Off UFO in Shocking New Video

2025-09-10

Hellfire Missile Bounces Off UFO in Shocking New Video

A new video released by the House Committee on Restoring Public Trust shows a US military Hellfire missile bouncing off a UFO over the ocean. The footage, from October 2024, depicts a missile fired from an MQ-9 drone striking a glowing orb off the coast of Yemen. Air Force veterans testified to further encounters with large, unusual objects, including a football field-sized rectangular UFO and a gigantic glowing red square. These testimonies raise serious questions about UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) and government transparency.

(nypost.com)

Tech

Tuta Mail Launches TutaCrypt: World's First Quantum-Resistant Email Provider

2025-02-25

Tuta Mail Launches TutaCrypt: World's First Quantum-Resistant Email Provider

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Tuta Mail launched a major security upgrade, TutaCrypt, making it the world's first email provider with post-quantum encryption. TutaCrypt combines cutting-edge quantum-safe algorithms with traditional ones (AES/ECC), protecting emails from quantum computer attacks. All new accounts now default to this quantum-safe encryption, with a gradual rollout for existing users. Tuta Mail continues its pioneering work in secure communication, future-proofing its service for years to come.

(tuta.com)

Tech quantum-safe email security

Leaked: Microsoft's 1978 BASIC 1.1 for 6502!

2025-09-04

Leaked: Microsoft's 1978 BASIC 1.1 for 6502!

The source code for Microsoft BASIC 1.1 for the 6502 microprocessor, dating back to 1978, has surfaced! This 6,955-line assembly language program was foundational to the personal computer revolution, powering early machines like the Apple II and Commodore PET. Its release offers a glimpse into Microsoft's early successes, showcasing its cross-platform compatibility and efficient memory management, leaving an indelible mark on the software industry.

(github.com)

Tech 6502 Assembly

Mux: Democratizing Video for Developers

2025-04-17

Mux: Democratizing Video for Developers

Mux is building video infrastructure for developers, aiming to democratize video by tackling the hard problems of video encoding, streaming (Mux Video), and monitoring (Mux Data). Backed by top investors like Coatue and Accel, and boasting a team with experience from Google, YouTube, and Twitch, Mux serves a diverse clientele ranging from startups to established companies like Reddit and Vimeo. They also host Demuxed, the leading conference for video engineers.

(mux.com)

Development video development cloud video video infrastructure

WebRTC For The Curious: An Open-Source Deep Dive

2025-04-11

WebRTC For The Curious is an open-source book written by WebRTC implementers, sharing their hard-won knowledge. Focusing on protocols and APIs rather than specific software, it summarizes RFCs and undocumented knowledge, taking a vendor-agnostic approach. It's not a tutorial (minimal code), but perfect for WebRTC newcomers, developers seeking deeper understanding beyond APIs, those needing debugging help, and implementers requiring clarification. The book is structured for multiple readings, with self-contained chapters answering questions in three levels: problem, solution (including technical details), and further learning resources. It aims to teach the entire system without delving into expert-level detail.

(webrtcforthecurious.com)

Development Open Source Book Protocols

Apple's AI Lags Behind Competitors, Benchmarks Reveal

2025-06-10

Apple unveiled updates to its AI models powering its intelligence features across iOS, macOS, and more. However, internal benchmarks show these models underperforming older rivals like OpenAI. Apple's 'Apple On-Device' model, running offline, performed comparably to, but not better than, similarly-sized models from Google and Alibaba. Its more powerful 'Apple Server' model lagged behind OpenAI's year-old GPT-4. Surprisingly, Meta's Llama 4 Scout outperformed Apple Server in image analysis, despite Llama 4 Scout's generally lower performance compared to leading models. These results support reports of Apple's AI division struggling to keep pace, explaining delays like the indefinitely postponed Siri upgrade and prompting lawsuits from dissatisfied customers. Despite this, the new models offer improved tool use and efficiency and support approximately 15 languages.

(techcrunch.com)

Tech

SF Startup Hiring: Backend Engineer for 100M+ Datapoint Automation

2025-06-11

SF Startup Hiring: Backend Engineer for 100M+ Datapoint Automation

A San Francisco Bay Area startup seeks a recent graduate to join its backend engineering team building production automation systems processing 100M+ data points monthly. You'll work on real-world systems, learning from senior engineers and contributing meaningfully from day one. Responsibilities include building Python services for automated data collection, integrating systems, handling errors, ensuring reliable data pipelines, creating internal tools, and production debugging. Ideal candidates possess strong programming fundamentals, Python experience, problem-solving skills, and DevOps/sysadmin interest. Excellent benefits include lunch, unlimited PTO, 401k, platinum health insurance, and a $100K-$120K salary with equity.

(www.ycombinator.com)

Development

Beyond "Hello, World": A Deep Dive into Executable Creation

2025-05-05

The author reminisces about the pleasant experience of learning C and C++, but contrasts it with the painful process of turning programs into executables. This led to this series of articles aiming to fill the gap in existing programming textbooks regarding the compilation process. The articles will delve into core compiler concepts, validating claims with reproducible steps using bintools and driver verbose mode (-v). Ultimately, it aims to equip readers with a complete mental map of executable creation, freeing them from the frustration of mysterious LNK2019 and LNK4002 errors.

(fabiensanglard.net)

Development compilation process executable files

Medusa Ransomware: Triple Extortion and Exploding Infections

2025-03-16

Medusa Ransomware: Triple Extortion and Exploding Infections

A joint advisory from the FBI, CISA, and MS-ISAC warns of the escalating threat of Medusa ransomware, a RaaS operation exploiting vulnerabilities like CVE-2024-1709 and CVE-2023-48788, and phishing campaigns. Medusa employs a double extortion tactic, now evolving into a 'triple extortion' scheme where attackers demand further payments after receiving the initial ransom. Victims span critical infrastructure sectors, including healthcare, education, and legal, with at least 300 infections in the first two months of 2025. The advisory recommends multi-factor authentication, prompt patching, and other security measures to mitigate the risk.

(www.theregister.com)

Tech

Suprnova Founder: From Torrent Empire to YouTube Megachannel

2024-12-24

Twenty years ago, the torrenting world was rocked by the sudden shutdown of Suprnova.org. Its founder, Andrej Preston (aka Sloncek), recently spoke to TorrentFreak, recounting his journey from a 15-year-old building a torrenting empire to shutting it down amidst copyright concerns, and ultimately transitioning to YouTube, where he built "The Infographics Show," boasting over 14 million subscribers. He admits his younger self was naive regarding copyright and business, but he's proud of Suprnova's scale and the person it shaped him into. This experience instilled valuable project management and content creation skills, leading to his YouTube success. He also offers insightful perspectives on copyright, online entertainment, and the future impact of AI-generated content.

(torrentfreak.com)

Misc Torrent

Streets GL: An Open-Source Real-time 3D Map Engine

2025-01-07

Streets GL is a powerful open-source real-time 3D map engine offering developers the tools to build stunning virtual worlds. Leveraging WebGL, it boasts exceptional performance, smoothly rendering massive geographic datasets and supporting custom materials, lighting, and effects. Whether creating city simulators, game maps, or immersive VR applications, Streets GL handles it all. Its open-source nature makes it a valuable community resource, constantly updated and improving.

(streets.gl)

Development 3D Map Open-Source Engine

Simplifying Database Modeling with 6NF: A Thought Experiment

2025-08-09

Simplifying Database Modeling with 6NF: A Thought Experiment

This article proposes a novel database modeling approach that simplifies database design and management by decomposing any database into virtual 6NF relations (anchors, attributes, links). The author argues this method handles various database types, including relational, NoSQL, and even graph databases, effectively addressing redundancy and complexity in traditional database modeling. The article details transforming database elements into 6NF relations and explores applications in database documentation, migration, and data catalog construction. Ultimately, the author posits that 6NF isn't as 'exotic' or 'impractical' as traditionally perceived but offers a more concise and efficient approach to database modeling.

(minimalmodeling.substack.com)

Development database modeling

Manifest: A 1-File Micro-Backend for Simplified Development

2025-03-21

Manifest: A 1-File Micro-Backend for Simplified Development

Manifest is a lightweight, single-file micro-backend framework designed to streamline development for 80% of websites and apps needing only basic backend features. It provides essential functionalities like authentication, validation, storage, image resizing, admin panel, dynamic endpoints, REST API, JS SDK, and webhooks. Ideal for rapid prototyping, microservices, CRUD-heavy apps, and headless CMS, Manifest is currently in beta and suitable for small projects and MVPs, but not recommended for critical platforms.

(github.com)

Development micro-backend rapid prototyping single-file

The Enshittification of the Internet: Policy Failure or Technical Glitch?

2025-05-28

Science fiction author Cory Doctorow's PyCon US 2025 keynote explored the 'enshittification' of internet platforms. He attributes this phenomenon to a three-stage strategy employed by tech companies to maximize profits: locking in users, degrading user experience to benefit business customers, and finally, extracting all value from the platform. Using Google as an example, he showed how 'twiddling' algorithms manipulate search results and ad placement, harming user interests. Doctorow argues that 'enshittification' isn't a technical issue, but stems from relaxed antitrust regulation and neglected privacy legislation. He calls for stronger antitrust measures, improved interoperability, enhanced privacy protections, and other steps to reverse this trend and build a 'new good internet'.

(lwn.net)

Tech

Blogger's Retrospective: The Value of Deep Dive Learning Posts

2025-02-24

Blogger's Retrospective: The Value of Deep Dive Learning Posts

A blogger, while recovering from a minor illness, reviewed their past blog posts and discovered that the most popular ones followed a pattern: learning a new skill and summarizing it into a tutorial. They believe this writing style not only solidifies their own knowledge but also helps others. These tutorial-style blog posts serve as the very resources the author wished existed when they were learning, offering readers clear and in-depth learning guides. Going forward, the author plans to create more of these "TIL deep dives", sharing their learning journey.

(www.gilesthomas.com)

Misc

Empirical Health (YC) is Hiring Software Engineering Interns for Summer 2025

2025-01-15

Empirical Health (YC) is Hiring Software Engineering Interns for Summer 2025

Y Combinator-backed startup Empirical Health is seeking Software Engineering interns for Summer 2025. They're building the future of proactive primary care using AI and wearable health sensors. Interns will work on impactful machine learning or full-stack projects, such as creating models to predict hospitalizations or developing new mobile app features. The 12-week internship involves pushing code to production and directly impacting real patients. Strong skills in Typescript/Javascript, React/React Native, and/or Python are required.

(www.ycombinator.com)

Tech HealthTech Internship

Construction's Circular Economy Revolution: From Demolition to Upcycling

2025-08-18

Construction's Circular Economy Revolution: From Demolition to Upcycling

The global construction industry generates 2.2 billion tons of waste annually, prompting a search for more sustainable building practices. This article showcases Red Bull's relocatable wooden pit box, and examples of upcycling construction waste, such as transforming old building materials into furniture and lighting, and creating high-value building materials from sawmill waste. It also explores the role of digital tools like 'material passports' in simplifying the reuse of building materials, and uses the reusable fences from Pamplona's Running of the Bulls as an example of how traditional wisdom complements modern sustainable building concepts.

(theconversation.com)

Tech construction waste

Realistic Bread Wrapping Paper: Your Gifts Become Bread!

2025-05-07

Realistic Bread Wrapping Paper: Your Gifts Become Bread!

Japanese graphic designer Ippei Tsujio has created ultra-realistic bread wrapping paper that transforms gifts into lifelike loaves. From baguettes to ciabatta, the toasty brown hues, flour dusting, and hand-scored patterns mimic freshly baked bread. While currently just a concept, this creative wrapping paper is mouthwatering and may one day become a real product.

(spoon-tamago.com)

Design packaging design graphic design creative product

Thomson Reuters Wins Major AI Copyright Case: A Blow to Generative AI

2025-02-11

Thomson Reuters Wins Major AI Copyright Case: A Blow to Generative AI

Thomson Reuters has won a landmark AI copyright lawsuit against Ross Intelligence, a legal AI startup. The court rejected Ross's fair use defense, finding its intent was to compete with Westlaw. This ruling is a significant setback for generative AI companies, potentially impacting future cases. Many AI tools were trained on copyrighted material, and this decision suggests that the common fair use arguments may not hold up. While Ross Intelligence shut down in 2021 due to litigation costs, financially strong companies like OpenAI and Google are better positioned to withstand prolonged legal battles.

(www.wired.com)

Tech Legal battle

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