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Lucy Spacecraft Successfully Flies Past Asteroid Donaldjohanson

2025-04-27

Lucy Spacecraft Successfully Flies Past Asteroid Donaldjohanson

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has successfully completed a flyby of the main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson and has phoned home confirming its good health. Closest approach occurred at 1:51 pm EDT on Sunday. The spacecraft is now transmitting collected data, a process expected to take up to a week. This data will help scientists better understand this relatively young asteroid and prepare for the mission's primary objective: observing Jupiter's Trojan asteroids starting in 2027.

(science.nasa.gov)

Tech Lucy spacecraft

Hunting for a Fifth Dimension: Neutron Stars and the Weakness of Gravity

2025-04-06

Hunting for a Fifth Dimension: Neutron Stars and the Weakness of Gravity

From the mid-19th century's intriguing explorations of extra dimensions to the current search for evidence of a fifth dimension using the unusual behavior of neutron stars, physicists haven't stopped their pursuit. The article suggests that the unusually weak nature of gravity may hint at the existence of extra dimensions. Randall and Sundrum's 'brane-world' theory proposes that our universe may be a three-dimensional membrane embedded in a higher-dimensional 'bulk'. Gravity can escape into higher dimensions, explaining its weakness. Scientists are investigating the peculiar behavior of neutron stars, such as their anomalous mass and radiation beam characteristics, looking for clues of 'dark radiation' and 'dark pressure,' phenomena that might stem from the influence of an extra dimension on gravity. While there are no conclusive answers yet, neutron stars' anomalies offer new leads in the quest to uncover extra dimensions.

(nautil.us)

Tech extra dimensions neutron stars gravity

EU Guidelines on In-Game Currency: A David vs. Goliath?

2025-04-11

EU Guidelines on In-Game Currency: A David vs. Goliath?

The EU recently released guidelines on in-game virtual currencies, aiming to regulate questionable free-to-play monetization practices. These guidelines, however, aren't legally binding, leaving their effectiveness uncertain. The article analyzes the guidelines' core tenets and explores their impact on game developers, particularly smaller studios. Developers face a dilemma: compliance might drastically reduce revenue or force them out of the European market, while ignoring the guidelines risks legal repercussions. The author argues that the inherent flexibility of virtual worlds will likely allow developers to circumvent the guidelines creatively, rendering their actual impact minimal.

(tiendil.org)

Game in-app purchases

The Play of Pull Requests: Crafting Reviewable Code Changes

2025-09-25

Saša Jurić's talk at Goatmire Elixir Conf transformed code review into a compelling narrative. He highlighted the common problem of unwieldy pull requests (PRs), leading to superficial reviews, security risks, and unmaintainable codebases. The key takeaway: reviewable PRs should ideally take 5-10 minutes to review, ideally under 300 lines of code. This is achieved by crafting concise, story-telling commit messages that clearly explain the rationale and steps of each change. Breaking down large features into smaller PRs and utilizing tools like `git fixup` to maintain a clean commit history are crucial for efficient code review and higher quality code. The talk emphasized that saying "I don't understand" is better than a meaningless "LGTM."

(meks.quest)

Development

DeepMind Workers Seek Unionization Over AI Ethics Concerns

2025-04-27

DeepMind Workers Seek Unionization Over AI Ethics Concerns

Around 300 London-based Google DeepMind employees are reportedly seeking to unionize with the Communication Workers Union, citing concerns over Google's removal of a pledge against using AI for weapons or surveillance, and its work with the Israeli military, including a $1.2 billion cloud contract. Employees feel “duped” by these actions, with at least five having resigned. This unionization effort highlights growing ethical concerns among tech workers.

(techcrunch.com)

Tech

Gatsby's Muse: A Century-Old Love Story and Literary Inspiration

2025-04-16

Gatsby's Muse: A Century-Old Love Story and Literary Inspiration

On the 100th anniversary of the publication of "The Great Gatsby," this article revisits the love story of author F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ginevra King. Their early 1920s romance deeply influenced Fitzgerald, with Ginevra serving as the inspiration for Daisy Buchanan. The piece uses numerous historical photos to illustrate this poignant love story and its connection to the literary classic.

(www.chicagotribune.com)

Misc love story

arXivLabs: Experimenting with Community Collaboration

2025-03-18

arXivLabs is a framework enabling collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on the arXiv website. Individuals and organizations involved in arXivLabs uphold 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 benefit the arXiv community? Learn more about arXivLabs.

(arxiv.org)

Development

Helm Dependency Update Vulnerability: Crafted Chart.yaml Can Lead to Local Code Execution

2025-07-09

Helm Dependency Update Vulnerability: Crafted Chart.yaml Can Lead to Local Code Execution

A vulnerability in Helm allows for local code execution through a carefully crafted Chart.yaml file and a symlinked Chart.lock file during dependency updates. Fields from Chart.yaml are written to Chart.lock during updates. If Chart.lock is symlinked to an executable file (e.g., bash.rc), updating dependencies writes the Chart.lock content to the symlinked file, leading to arbitrary code execution. Helm v3.18.4 patches this; upgrade and check for symlinked Chart.lock files.

(github.com)

Development local code execution

Figma Sends Cease and Desist to AI Startup Lovable Over 'Dev Mode'

2025-04-15

Figma Sends Cease and Desist to AI Startup Lovable Over 'Dev Mode'

Design giant Figma has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Lovable, a rising AI no-code startup, over the use of the term "Dev Mode." While "dev mode" is a common term in software development, Figma holds a trademark for the shortcut. This isn't just a trademark dispute; it highlights the potential for larger tech companies to stifle competition. Lovable, using "vibe coding" to let users build with text prompts, directly challenges Figma's market. The outcome will be interesting, especially considering Lovable's seemingly unconcerned reaction.

(techcrunch.com)

Tech AI No-Code

Good Friday: A Comprehensive Guide to the Day of Christ's Crucifixion

2025-04-18

Good Friday: A Comprehensive Guide to the Day of Christ's Crucifixion

Good Friday, a pivotal day in Christianity, commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. This article details the events leading up to and including his crucifixion: arrest, trial, scourging, crowning with thorns, carrying the cross, and his final words. It explains the origin of the name 'Good Friday', describing diverse global observances, including religious services, processions, and reenactments of the Passion. Unusual customs are highlighted, such as egg divination and planting traditions. Finally, the article explains the annually shifting date of Easter and outlines other Holy Week events, including Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday.

(www.historyextra.com)

Misc Good Friday Holy Week

The Unexpected Creativity Hack: Reading Obituaries

2025-04-27

The Unexpected Creativity Hack: Reading Obituaries

Boost your creativity by reading obituaries! This article argues that exploring the diverse lives detailed in obituaries exposes you to distant ideas, sparking associations that lead to unexpected breakthroughs. Research shows creativity thrives on connecting disparate concepts, and obituaries offer a unique source of cross-disciplinary inspiration. The author illustrates this with examples, encouraging readers to delve into the details, seek deeper connections, and unlock their creative potential. It's not just about facts, but asking 'why?' and finding distant connections to your own life.

(thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)

Misc obituaries association

Waymo's Self-Driving Cars Rack Up Hundreds of Parking Tickets in San Francisco

2025-03-15

Waymo's Self-Driving Cars Rack Up Hundreds of Parking Tickets in San Francisco

Waymo's autonomous vehicles in San Francisco received 589 parking tickets in 2024, totaling $65,065 in fines. Violations included obstructing traffic, ignoring street cleaning rules, and parking in prohibited zones. Waymo stated that many citations occurred during the few minutes of picking up or dropping off passengers, while the cars searched for safe parking. While the company claims it's improving its system to avoid future tickets, the incident highlights the challenges autonomous vehicles face in navigating urban environments and adhering to traffic regulations.

(www.yahoo.com)

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EU Eyes Tech Retaliation in US Trade War

2025-04-07

EU Eyes Tech Retaliation in US Trade War

The US-EU trade war escalates as the EU considers retaliatory measures against US tariffs. France's suggestion to target currently untaxed digital services faced immediate pushback from Ireland, home to many US tech giants. The EU enjoys a large goods surplus but a significant deficit in services, making the tech sector a potential target for retaliation. French officials predict the trade war will reduce France's GDP by over 0.5% and increase job losses. The potential economic impact on Europe is substantial, leaving tech companies facing considerable uncertainty.

(www.politico.eu)

Tech

US Marines Release Drone Warfare Handbook: A New Era of Drone Combat

2025-08-06

US Marines Release Drone Warfare Handbook: A New Era of Drone Combat

The U.S. Marine Corps has released a 90-page handbook on employing small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) against the enemy and integrating them into formations. This manual, born from lessons learned within the 1st Marine Division, standardizes drone operations, including deployment, camouflage, evasion, and teamwork. It utilizes a unique nomenclature for drone operating areas, reflecting a significant shift in military strategy towards proactive drone warfare, incorporating lessons from the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The handbook emphasizes the urgency of mastering sUAS technology and the importance of preparedness for future drone conflicts. Missing sections highlight future needs, emphasizing the ongoing arms race in this domain.

(www.marinecorpstimes.com)

Tech

Zen and Quakerism: A Practitioner's Dual Enlightenment

2025-07-03

Zen and Quakerism: A Practitioner's Dual Enlightenment

The author, raised in a Quaker family, discovered Buddhism at 27 and found a remedy for depression through Zen meditation. The article details how she integrated Zen meditation techniques into Quaker silent worship, ultimately finding inner peace and a pursuit of world peace within both faiths. She argues that while Zen emphasizes enlightenment experiences and Quakerism focuses on practicing compassion and creating peace, both paths ultimately lead to self-discovery and reduced suffering.

(www.friendsjournal.org)

Misc Quakerism

90s.dev: A Retro Game Maker Running in Your Browser

2025-05-20

90s.dev is a novel browser-based game creation platform offering a 320x180 pixel canvas for building and sharing games and apps. Inspired by retro game makers like Pico-8 and Tic-80, it boasts unique innovations, including a ref-based GUI system and powerful composability, supporting module imports from GitHub or NPM. Users can create tools like pixel art editors, sprite makers, and map editors, sharing creations via iframes or links. 90s.dev aims to foster a vibrant community, encouraging collaborative game and tool creation.

(90s.dev)

Game

Easy AI Chat API Integration with Python's Rowboat Library

2025-04-22

Easy AI Chat API Integration with Python's Rowboat Library

This Python code demonstrates how to interact with an AI chat API using the Rowboat library. It initializes a client, connecting to a locally hosted API service. The code then shows two ways to interact: using the `StatefulChat` class for stateful conversations, and using the lower-level `client.chat` method to send message arrays directly. Both methods successfully retrieve and print AI responses, showcasing Rowboat's ease of use for quickly integrating AI chat functionality into Python projects.

(github.com)

Development

AGI in 2045? Founders of Mechanize Bet on Explosive Economic Growth, Not an Intelligence Explosion

2025-04-17

AGI in 2045? Founders of Mechanize Bet on Explosive Economic Growth, Not an Intelligence Explosion

Dwarkesh Patel interviews Ege Erdil and Tamay Besiroglu, co-founders of Mechanize, a startup focused on fully automating work. They offer a contrarian view on AI timelines, downplaying the likelihood of an 'intelligence explosion' and emphasizing instead the potential for explosive economic growth driven by AI. They argue that progress requires broad technological advancements across multiple sectors, not just increased computing power. While they predict full automation of remote work by 2045, they believe AI will fundamentally reshape the global economy and societal norms.

(www.dwarkesh.com)

Tech

South Korea Grapples with AI Deepfake Revenge Porn Crisis

2025-04-27

South Korea Grapples with AI Deepfake Revenge Porn Crisis

South Korea is facing a surge in AI-generated revenge porn, with victims ranging from students and teachers to ordinary citizens. Deepfake technology allows perpetrators to create realistic nude images using victims' photos from social media, spreading them on platforms like Telegram. While new laws increase penalties, enforcement struggles, leaving many victims to investigate themselves. The stories of Ruma and Kim highlight the devastating impact and the urgent need for stronger law enforcement and platform accountability. The low arrest rate despite increased penalties underscores the challenges in combating this sophisticated form of online abuse.

(www.cnn.com)

Tech revenge porn

New Orleans ICE Raids: US Citizen Children Deported

2025-04-26

New Orleans ICE Raids: US Citizen Children Deported

In a shocking early morning raid, New Orleans Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported at least two families, including two mothers and their minor children—three of whom are U.S. citizen children aged 2, 4, and 7. One mother is pregnant. These families, long-time residents with deep community ties, were deported under deeply troubling circumstances raising serious due process concerns. ICE denied access to attorneys and family members, isolating the families during critical decision-making moments regarding their children's welfare. One family's U.S. citizen child, suffering from a rare form of metastatic cancer, was deported without medication or access to their doctors. These actions violate ICE's own directives regarding the care of minor children and have sparked outrage over ICE's abuse of power and disregard for human rights.

(www.aclu.org)

Misc

AI Chatbot Implicated in Teen Suicide: Legal Battle Over Liability

2025-05-31

AI Chatbot Implicated in Teen Suicide: Legal Battle Over Liability

A Florida judge ruled that First Amendment protections don't shield an AI company from a lawsuit alleging its chatbots played a role in an Orlando teen's suicide. The lawsuit, filed by the teen's mother, claims Character.AI's chatbots, mimicking Game of Thrones characters, contributed to her son's death. The judge rejected the defendants' First Amendment defense, arguing that AI-generated text isn't protected speech. However, the judge dismissed claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress and claims against Google's parent company, Alphabet. Character.AI stated they've implemented safety features and look forward to defending their position on the merits.

(www.legalnewsline.com)

AI teen suicide

A Mathematical Theory of GPU Layouts: Applying Category Theory and Operads

2025-09-25

A Mathematical Theory of GPU Layouts: Applying Category Theory and Operads

This paper introduces CuTe, a novel approach to GPU memory layouts, and delves into the underlying mathematical theory. CuTe layouts leverage category theory and operads, employing diagrammatic computation and standard representations to solve the problem of mapping multi-dimensional data to one-dimensional GPU memory. This provides a theoretical foundation for optimizing memory access patterns and utilizing specialized hardware instructions like tensor cores. The paper focuses on the concept of tractable layouts, layout functions, and layout operations such as coalesce, complement, and composition, demonstrating how a category-theoretic framework efficiently computes layout composition.

(research.colfax-intl.com)

Development

Structured Errors in Rust: Weighing the Tradeoffs

2025-06-01

This article explores the advantages and disadvantages of using structured errors (e.g., with `thiserror`) versus `anyhow` in Rust applications. Based on experience maintaining a large Rust web server, the author argues that custom error types, while increasing code and maintenance overhead, offer significant benefits: clearly showing all potential failure modes of a function, improving code readability and review; creating more descriptive interfaces; avoiding redundant error messages; enforcing context addition; and allowing for extra data and functionality. However, drawbacks include increased code volume, naming challenges, maintenance overhead, and potential performance concerns. The author concludes that the trade-off should be assessed case-by-case, suggesting that in large applications, the advantages of structured errors may outweigh the costs.

(home.expurple.me)

Development

High-Performance Programming on Low-End Hardware: My Terminal Workflow

2025-04-13

The author shares their experience of efficient programming on underpowered hardware (e.g., Intel Celeron N4000 and Intel Atom x5-Z8350). The secret lies in a lightweight Linux distro (Arch Linux), a minimal window manager like i3wm, and a terminal text editor like Neovim with Alacritty terminal. This setup is resource-light and portable across various machines, providing a comfortable programming experience even on low-end or outdated hardware. Furthermore, the author advocates for lightweight programming ideals, minimizing dependencies to improve compile times and binary sizes.

(colean.cc)

Development

Brave Browser's New Custom Scriptlets: Take Control of Your Browsing Experience

2025-02-11

Brave Browser's New Custom Scriptlets: Take Control of Your Browsing Experience

Brave Browser version 1.75 introduces 'custom scriptlets' for desktop users, allowing advanced users to inject their own JavaScript into websites for deep customization. Similar to Tampermonkey and Greasemonkey, this feature enables users to create scripts modifying website functionality. Initially developed for debugging Brave's ad blocker, its value led to its release. Custom scriptlets enhance privacy, security, and usability by blocking trackers, customizing appearance, and improving accessibility. However, caution is advised as untrusted scripts pose risks. The feature is located in `brave://settings/shields/filters` and requires enabling 'Developer mode'.

(www.bleepingcomputer.com)

Development Brave Browser Custom Scriptlets

Verizon and AT&T Achieve Satellite Video Call Milestones

2025-02-24

Verizon and AT&T Achieve Satellite Video Call Milestones

Verizon and AT&T have each announced breakthroughs in cellphone-to-satellite video calling, partnering with AST SpaceMobile. Verizon completed its first video call from a phone to a satellite, while AT&T achieved the same using satellites destined for its commercial network. This sets up a competitive landscape against T-Mobile's SpaceX/Starlink satellite-to-cell service, which began public beta testing for satellite messaging earlier this month. AT&T and Verizon claim T-Mobile and SpaceX's offering will harm their networks. Both companies used AST's five BlueBird satellites launched last September for their tests.

(www.theverge.com)

Tech video calling

Infernal Views: Reconstructing the Venera Images of Venus

2025-04-12

Infernal Views: Reconstructing the Venera Images of Venus

Only four spacecraft have ever returned images from Venus's surface. The planet's extreme heat and pressure quickly destroy landers, making exploration incredibly challenging. In 1975 and 1982, the Soviet Union's Venera probes captured the only images we have of Venus's surface. These images, painstakingly reconstructed by Ted Stryk using data from the Russian Academy of Sciences, reveal a desolate landscape of cracked ground under yellow skies—a world that may once have resembled Earth before a catastrophic climate shift.

(www.planetary.org)

Tech Venus Venera probes Space exploration

VectorSmuggle: Exfiltrating Data from AI/ML Systems via Vector Embeddings

2025-06-04

VectorSmuggle: Exfiltrating Data from AI/ML Systems via Vector Embeddings

VectorSmuggle is an open-source security research project demonstrating sophisticated vector-based data exfiltration techniques in AI/ML environments, focusing on RAG systems. It leverages advanced steganography, evasion techniques, and data reconstruction methods to highlight potential vulnerabilities. This framework supports numerous document formats and offers tools for defensive analysis, risk assessment, and improved AI system security.

(github.com)

AI Data Exfiltration Vector Embeddings

Base Editing Offers New Hope for Treating CAG and GAA Repeat Expansion Disorders

2025-05-29

Base Editing Offers New Hope for Treating CAG and GAA Repeat Expansion Disorders

This study investigates the potential of cytosine base editors (CBEs) and adenine base editors (ABEs) to treat repeat expansion disorders such as Huntington's disease (HD) and Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA). Researchers designed editors targeting CAG and GAA repeats and demonstrated their effectiveness in in vitro and in vivo experiments. CBEs significantly reduced CAG repeat expansion, even promoting contraction, in a mouse model of HD. ABEs stabilized GAA repeats and increased FXN gene expression in a mouse model of FRDA. While off-target effects exist, the findings highlight the significant potential of these base editors for treating repeat expansion disorders.

(www.nature.com)

AI Huntington's disease Friedreich's ataxia

Prequel: A rapidly growing startup enabling B2B data access for customers

2025-03-14

Prequel: A rapidly growing startup enabling B2B data access for customers

Prequel is a rapidly growing startup empowering B2B companies to make their data accessible to customers. They sync tens of billions of rows of data daily, tackling challenging technical problems, and have achieved strong product-market fit. Currently expanding, they're developing a new product and seeking experienced engineers to build it from the ground up, create excellent React experiences and SDKs, and own key architectural and design decisions. Ideal candidates have 3+ years building software at scale, expertise with React and TypeScript, and a proven ability to design excellent APIs/SDKs. They offer competitive salaries, equity, benefits, and a fantastic work environment.

(www.ycombinator.com)

Startup

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