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Apple Wallet Ads for F1 Movie Spark User Backlash

2025-06-24

Apple Wallet Ads for F1 Movie Spark User Backlash

Apple is facing user backlash after its Wallet app pushed notifications advertising a $10 discount on Fandango for the F1 movie. iPhone users are upset about receiving marketing promotions within a built-in utility. While the film uses Apple technology, including iPhone parts in its cameras, users don't want ads in their apps. An upcoming iOS 26 beta update will include a toggle to disable these promotions, suggesting Apple plans to increase such marketing. This reminds many of the infamous U2 album automatically added to iTunes years ago. The negative reaction highlights Apple users' aversion to unwanted ads on their devices.

(techcrunch.com)

Tech

Copyright Notice: The Enigmatic Art of Alexander Popov

2025-06-15

Copyright Notice: The Enigmatic Art of Alexander Popov

This document compiles information on artist Alexander Popov from academic journals, art criticism, interviews, exhibition catalogs, and firsthand accounts. Because Popov has historically resisted definitive documentation of his work, this timeline doesn't definitively capture experiences designed to resist fixed interpretation. This resource is for educational and research purposes only. Void Enterprises holds exclusive rights to all of Alexander Popov's artistic works and intellectual property. Unauthorized recreation, modification, or extension of Popov's installations is strongly discouraged and may result in legal action.

(strangemachine.tv)

Art Alexander Popov

Cline: Your AI coding assistant, mastering your CLI and editor

2025-03-17

Cline: Your AI coding assistant, mastering your CLI and editor

Cline is an AI assistant powered by Claude 3.7 Sonnet, capable of handling complex software development tasks step-by-step. It can create and edit files, navigate large projects, use a browser, and execute terminal commands (with permission). Cline supports multiple API providers and can extend its capabilities through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It features a human-in-the-loop GUI for safety and reliability. Cline also boasts error monitoring, code completion, and version control, significantly boosting development efficiency.

(github.com)

Development code development

AI Agents Are Invading Surveys: A Crisis of Data Quality

2025-05-20

AI Agents Are Invading Surveys: A Crisis of Data Quality

Surveys are the cornerstone of political polling, market research, and public policy, but they're facing a dual crisis: plummeting response rates and a surge of AI-generated responses. Response rates, once between 30% and 50% in the 70s and 80s, have fallen to as low as 5%. Simultaneously, AI agents can easily participate in surveys for profit. The author demonstrates the ease with which an AI agent can be built to take surveys, analyzing the negative impact on political polls, market research, and public policy, leading to biased data and flawed models. Solutions proposed include improving survey design, developing AI detection tools, increasing compensation, and exploring alternative data collection methods. The article emphasizes the need for collective action to enhance data quality and ensure the validity of surveys.

(laurenleek.substack.com)

AI data quality

Rust Foundation's 2025 Tech Report: Security, Scalability, and Developer Friendliness

2025-08-11

Rust Foundation's 2025 Tech Report: Security, Scalability, and Developer Friendliness

The Rust Foundation released its 2025 Technology Report, summarizing a year of significant advancements in supporting the Rust programming language and ecosystem. The report highlights the Foundation's focused work on securing the Rust supply chain, improving critical infrastructure, enhancing Rust's readiness for safety-critical use, and fostering interoperability with C++. Key achievements include: the full launch of Trusted Publishing on crates.io; major progress on TUF-based crate signing infrastructure; integration of the Ferrocene Language Specification into the Rust Project; a 75% reduction in CI infrastructure costs; expansion of the Safety-Critical Rust Consortium; and direct engagement with ISO C++ standards bodies. These efforts ensure Rust remains secure, reliable, and ready for the demands of modern software development.

(rustfoundation.org)

Development Technology Report

A Concise Scheme Interpreter in BQN: A Minimalist Approach

2025-05-26

This article details an attempt to implement a Scheme interpreter using the BQN programming language. Leveraging BQN's concise syntax and powerful array operations, the author achieves a functional Scheme subset interpreter, including basic arithmetic, list manipulation, and metaprogramming capabilities. While not fully R5RS compliant and lacking robust error handling, the implementation's brevity and functionality are impressive. This showcases BQN's application and highlights the elegance of functional programming.

(panadestein.github.io)

Development

Atuin Desktop: Executable Runbooks That End Copy-Pasting

2025-04-22

Atuin Desktop: Executable Runbooks That End Copy-Pasting

Atuin Desktop is a local-first, executable runbook editor that looks like a doc but runs like your terminal. It combines script blocks, embedded terminals, database clients, and Prometheus charts, solving the problem of teams relying on individual memory and outdated documentation for workflows. With repeatable, shareable, and reliable workflows, Atuin Desktop helps teams escape the struggle of searching Slack and Notion for answers and digging through shell history, ultimately enabling efficient collaboration and automated operations.

(blog.atuin.sh)

Development runbooks

YouTube: The New Television?

2025-02-11

YouTube: The New Television?

YouTube CEO Neal Mohan announced that TV screens have surpassed mobile as the primary viewing device in the US. This marks YouTube's transformation into a new kind of television, offering an interactive experience encompassing Shorts, podcasts, and live streams alongside traditional programming. YouTube consistently tops Nielsen's streaming charts, and its investment in YouTube TV has yielded over 8 million subscribers. Looking ahead, YouTube will focus on its role as a cultural epicenter, supporting podcasters, improving creator monetization, and leveraging AI to streamline video creation. AI tools will assist with ideation, titles, thumbnails, and auto-dubbing to reach broader audiences.

(www.hollywoodreporter.com)

Tech TV

Tech Giants Unite to Support Open-Source Chromium Development

2025-01-09

Tech Giants Unite to Support Open-Source Chromium Development

The Linux Foundation launched the "Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers" initiative, backed by Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Opera. This initiative aims to fund and support the open development of Chromium projects, fostering collaboration between developers, academia, and tech companies to ensure the sustainability and innovation of the ecosystem. Operating on an open governance model, the project prioritizes transparency and community involvement. This move is seen as crucial for securing the future of Chromium-based browsers and promoting greater collaboration within the tech industry.

(betanews.com)

Development Linux Foundation

Millions of Noisy Qubits Could Break RSA Encryption: Google's New Estimate

2025-05-24

Millions of Noisy Qubits Could Break RSA Encryption: Google's New Estimate

Google Quantum AI's research suggests that a quantum computer with 1 million noisy qubits could theoretically break 2048-bit RSA encryption within a week. This is a 20-fold decrease from their 2019 estimate. While current quantum computers possess only hundreds to thousands of qubits, this finding underscores the urgency of migrating to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) standards to counter future large-scale quantum computing threats. Improvements in algorithms and error correction are key to this updated prediction, both significantly reducing the qubit count needed to break RSA. NIST has already released PQC standards, recommending deprecating vulnerable systems after 2030 and disallowing them after 2035.

(security.googleblog.com)

Tech RSA encryption

Reverse Video Search: Mixpeek's Approach to Video Similarity Search

2024-12-30

Reverse Video Search: Mixpeek's Approach to Video Similarity Search

Mixpeek offers reverse video search, allowing users to query videos against a vector database using a video clip. Similar to reverse image search, this technology uses a video as input to find similar videos. The article details the process of embedding videos, searching, and comparing results using the Mixpeek API. Applications discussed include content creation, media monitoring, e-commerce, and security surveillance. Mixpeek also provides automated processing and database integration for efficiency.

(blog.mixpeek.com)

AI reverse video search video similarity search

The Ideal Array Language for 2025: A Response to Hardware Heterogeneity

2025-08-04

Traditional programming language assumptions no longer hold true in the face of increasingly heterogeneous hardware (multi-core, multi-node, GPUs, FPGAs, etc.). This post explores the design of an ideal array language, emphasizing rank polymorphism, the ability to write kernels directly, and value semantics with automatic buffer management. The author argues that a functional, unbuffered array programming model, coupled with compiler infrastructure like MLIR, better leverages hardware capabilities. User experience is enhanced through friendly compiler optimization reporting. Fortran and APL are cited as inspirational languages.

(www.ashermancinelli.com)

Development hardware heterogeneity

Building a Local-First, End-to-End Encrypted, and Reactive App: A SQLite Sync Engine Implementation

2025-08-17

The author attempted to build a local-first, end-to-end encrypted, and reactive application with data stored in a local SQLite database and synced to a remote server. Initial attempts using Electric and PGlite encountered performance and stability issues. Ultimately, a simpler approach was chosen: using SQLite with simple polling for data synchronization, and leveraging the Broadcast Channel API and triggers for reactive updates. This solution proved efficient for single-user scenarios, resulting in a highly responsive application with minimal loading times.

(www.finkelstein.fr)

Development

Resurrecting a SparcStation 1+: A Years-Long Battle with Hardware Gremlins

2025-08-09

Resurrecting a SparcStation 1+: A Years-Long Battle with Hardware Gremlins

The author's journey to revive a SparcStation 1+ workstation began in 2018 and culminated in a breakthrough in 2025. The repair involved overcoming numerous hardware hurdles: a failing hard drive, a malfunctioning floppy drive, SCSI bus issues, and power supply problems. Through replacing a blown SCSI fuse, employing a SCSI emulator, and persistent troubleshooting, SunOS was finally booted. The tale highlights the complexities and challenges of hardware repair, and the author's dedication and perseverance.

(www.leadedsolder.com)

Hardware Sun workstation

Misophonia: A Journey Through the Science and Personal Experience of Sound Aversion

2025-03-28

This article chronicles the author's experience with misophonia, a poorly understood condition characterized by extreme aversion to specific sounds, beginning at age 13. It traces the scientific journey of misophonia from obscurity to growing recognition, detailing research efforts from initial clinical observations to fMRI studies exploring its neurological basis and recent therapeutic advancements. The author intimately describes their symptoms and resulting struggles, reflecting on the complexities of diagnosis and the challenges faced by sufferers. The piece explores potential etiologies, highlighting the interplay between biological vulnerabilities, environmental factors, and learned responses. Ultimately, the author offers a blend of personal reflection and scientific understanding, expressing hope for future cures and advocating for empathy and support for those affected.

(asteriskmag.com)

Misc sound aversion

Trump's Proposed NASA Budget Cuts: A Death Blow to American Space Exploration?

2025-06-12

Trump's Proposed NASA Budget Cuts: A Death Blow to American Space Exploration?

The Trump administration's proposed budget includes a near 50% cut to NASA's science programs and a roughly 24% overall reduction. This drastic move, formulated without significant NASA input due to a leadership vacuum following the withdrawal of Jared Isaacman's nomination, jeopardizes numerous ongoing projects. The cuts would cancel 19 active space exploration projects totaling $12 billion in investment, impacting crucial missions like Mars exploration. This not only wastes significant taxpayer funds but also threatens America's future in space exploration, potentially allowing China to overtake the US in space leadership.

(www.latimes.com)

Tech

Implausibly High Publication Rates Among Top Scientists Raise Red Flags

2025-02-18

Implausibly High Publication Rates Among Top Scientists Raise Red Flags

Researchers at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals have found that approximately 10% of the world's most influential scientists exhibit implausibly high publication and co-authorship rates. Many produce hundreds of papers annually and gain thousands of new collaborators yearly. Analyzing Stanford's 'Top 2%' researcher list, they discovered around 20,000 scientists with anomalously high metrics, suggesting efforts to inflate publication records. This includes roughly 1000 early-career researchers, highlighting systemic incentives to inflate metrics. The researchers suggest that excessive publication rates likely stem from 'paper pumping' and unethical co-authorship practices. They propose renormalizing research metrics to discourage quantity over quality and unethical practices.

(www.chemistryworld.com)

Tech research evaluation publication metrics

Art-Inspired Discovery: The Third Kind of Magnetism

2025-07-16

Art-Inspired Discovery: The Third Kind of Magnetism

Inspired by M.C. Escher's artwork, physicist Libor Šmejkal predicted and confirmed a third type of magnetism – altermagnetism. Unlike ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism, altermagnets have atomic magnetic moments pointing in opposite directions but with a 90-degree rotation, resulting in unique quantum properties. This new magnetism promises to solve challenges in spintronics, leading to more efficient and faster computer memory. Researchers have confirmed altermagnetism in manganese telluride and are exploring more such materials, even predicting a fourth type: antialtermagnetism.

(www.newscientist.com)

Tech

The Reddit Revolt Against Blinding Headlights

2025-01-10

The Reddit Revolt Against Blinding Headlights

A growing online movement, spearheaded by a Reddit community (r/FuckYourHeadlights), is fighting back against the increasingly bright headlights on modern cars. The article delves into the complexities of this issue, exploring the technological advancements in LED lighting, the regulatory shortcomings of NHTSA standards, and the human impact of excessive glare. While LEDs offer benefits like energy efficiency and longer lifespan, their intensity has led to widespread complaints and a debate over safety and comfort. Experts highlight headlight alignment, vehicle size, and the intentional manipulation of light distribution as contributing factors. The article concludes by examining potential solutions, including adaptive driving beam technology, while acknowledging the need for a balanced approach that prioritizes both safety and driver well-being.

(theringer.com)

Tech headlights

The Scientist's Skepticism Forged in a Magician's Workshop

2025-09-16

The Scientist's Skepticism Forged in a Magician's Workshop

Growing up with a magician father instilled in the author a deep-seated skepticism and curiosity. Witnessing his father's illusions sparked a lifelong quest to understand the mechanisms behind seemingly impossible feats. This early training in observation and critical thinking propelled him toward a career in science, where he learned to value evidence over spectacle. His journey, from unraveling magic tricks to studying the complexities of synesthesia, highlights the power of questioning assumptions and seeking truth, regardless of how dazzling the illusion may appear.

(thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)

Misc skepticism perception

Senator Urges FTC to Enforce Transparency in Digital Goods Sales

2025-02-25

Senator Urges FTC to Enforce Transparency in Digital Goods Sales

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden has written to FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson, urging the commission to mandate that companies clarify whether consumers truly own digital goods like ebooks or video games. Wyden argues consumers deserve to know license durations, conditions for expiration or revocation, and transferability or resale rights. He calls for clear disclosure before and at the point of sale, ensuring consumers understand what they're purchasing and the guarantees involved. This follows common practices where consumers only license access, not ownership, leading to potential loss of access due to account bans or platform changes. California already prohibits using words like "buy" without disclosing licensing details, a change that prompted Valve to update its Steam checkout. Wyden emphasizes the need for FTC guidance to protect consumers and ensure fair practices.

(www.theverge.com)

Tech digital goods

MIT Study: AI Chatbots Reduce Brain Activity, Impair Fact Retention

2025-06-19

MIT Study: AI Chatbots Reduce Brain Activity, Impair Fact Retention

A new preprint study from MIT reveals that using AI chatbots to complete tasks actually reduces brain activity and may lead to poorer fact retention. Researchers had three groups of students write essays: one without assistance, one using a search engine, and one using GPT-4. The LLM group showed the weakest brain activity and worst knowledge retention, performing poorly on subsequent tests. The study suggests that early reliance on AI may lead to shallow encoding and impaired learning, recommending delaying AI integration until sufficient self-driven cognitive effort has occurred.

(www.theregister.com)

AI Brain Activity

Real-Time Chunking for Vision-Language-Action Models

2025-06-17

This paper introduces Real-Time Chunking (RTC), an algorithm addressing the real-time execution challenge of Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models in robotics. Traditional VLAs are slow and prone to discontinuities when switching between action chunks, leading to unstable robot behavior. RTC solves this by dividing actions into chunks and generating the next chunk while executing the previous one, achieving real-time performance and eliminating discontinuities. Experiments demonstrate RTC significantly improves execution speed and accuracy, maintaining robust performance even under high latency. This research paves the way for building robots capable of real-time complex task handling.

(www.pi.website)

AI Robotics Control Real-time Execution Vision-Language-Action Models

Acknowledgements for an Economics Research Paper

2025-06-12

Acknowledgements for an Economics Research Paper

This economics research paper acknowledges David Autor, Marianne Bertrand, and several other scholars and institutions, including participants from the Becker Friedman Institute, Chicago Booth, INSEAD, Microsoft Research, and MIT Sloan, for their helpful comments and suggestions. The project received funding from the Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence and the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Caspar Ringhof provided excellent research assistance. The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

(www.nber.org)

Misc economics research

18 Toy Projects to Rekindle Your Programming Joy

2025-06-15

The author advocates for a hands-on approach to learning, believing that creating is the best way to understand. The article lists 18 toy programming projects of varying difficulty and time commitment, ranging from OS kernels and game emulators to physics engines, compilers, and GUI toolkits. These projects aim to reignite the joy of programming and enhance technical skills. Difficulty levels are provided, making them accessible to programmers of all levels, along with links to helpful resources.

(www.jsbarretto.com)

Development toy projects

AT&T Promises Bill Credits After Massive Outage

2025-01-08

Following a major network outage last year caused by a botched update, AT&T is now promising full-day bill credits for future outages. The credits apply to wireless outages lasting at least 60 minutes affecting 10 or more cell towers, and fiber outages lasting at least 20 minutes (using an AT&T-provided gateway). However, the promise has caveats, excluding events like natural disasters or third-party issues. AT&T retains sole discretion on credit eligibility, raising concerns about service reliability and transparency in handling such incidents.

(arstechnica.com)

Tech outage bill credits

DeepSeek Surpasses ChatGPT in Monthly Website Visits

2025-03-31

DeepSeek Surpasses ChatGPT in Monthly Website Visits

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has overtaken OpenAI's ChatGPT in new monthly website visits, becoming the fastest-growing AI tool globally, according to AI analytics platform aitools.xyz. In February 2025, DeepSeek recorded 524.7 million new visits, surpassing ChatGPT's 500 million. While still third overall behind ChatGPT and Canva, DeepSeek's market share soared from 2.34% to 6.58% in February, indicating strong global adoption. Its chatbot garnered 792.6 million total visits and 136.5 million unique users. India contributed significantly, generating 43.36 million visits monthly. The overall AI industry saw 12.05 billion visits and 3.06 billion unique visitors in February.

(economictimes.indiatimes.com)

AI AI growth

Cursing Your Way to Google Search Results Without AI Summaries

2025-01-31

Cursing Your Way to Google Search Results Without AI Summaries

Tired of Google's AI-powered search results leading you astray? It turns out adding expletives to your search query disables the AI-generated summaries. Including curse words prevents Google from displaying its AI Overview at the top of the results, instead providing a standard list of links. While not the first method discovered to bypass Google's AI summaries, this approach is remarkably simple and cathartic. This raises questions about the desirability of these AI summaries; if users consistently seek ways to disable them, does this indicate a lack of demand? While convenient, AI summaries are prone to inaccuracies and may exacerbate the spread of misinformation, mirroring the issues seen with ChatGPT's integration into Siri. Google argues that AI Overviews don't reduce website traffic, a claim disputed by media companies.

(gizmodo.com)

Tech Information Accuracy

Ryzen 7 9800X3D Teardown Reveals Mostly Dummy Silicon

2024-12-18

Ryzen 7 9800X3D Teardown Reveals Mostly Dummy Silicon

A teardown of AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor reveals a surprising finding: the majority of its volume is comprised of dummy silicon for structural integrity. While the SRAM cache die is significantly smaller than the compute die, AMD has added a substantial layer of dummy silicon above and below to protect the thin, fragile components. This results in a total package thickness of roughly 800µm, with dummy silicon accounting for a staggering 93%. Despite the seemingly wasteful design, it ensures stability and thermal performance. AMD is expected to announce 12-core and 16-core Ryzen 9 X3D processors soon.

(www.tomshardware.com)

Hardware

Tektronix DVST Graphic Terminals: Pioneers of Computer Graphics Displays

2024-12-19

This article recounts the legendary story of Tektronix's DVST (bistable direct-view storage tube) graphic terminals. From Bob Anderson's invention of the DVST in 1961, to Tektronix's launch of its first 611 display, and later the iconic models T4002, 4010, and 4014, Tektronix spearheaded the development of computer graphics display technology. These terminals, with their high resolution and stability, became essential devices for computer graphics applications at the time, ultimately driving the progress of the entire industry. Even after the advent of low-cost raster-scanned CRTs, Tektronix's DVST terminals held a significant market share for years due to their compatibility and reliability.

(vintagetek.org)

Tech Computer Graphics

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