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SSLyze: Blazing Fast SSL/TLS Security Scanner

2025-04-02

SSLyze: Blazing Fast SSL/TLS Security Scanner

SSLyze is a fast and powerful SSL/TLS scanning tool and Python library that analyzes a server's SSL/TLS configuration to ensure strong encryption settings and protection against known TLS attacks. It supports various server types, saves results as JSON, and integrates easily into CI/CD pipelines. SSLyze checks against Mozilla's recommended configurations, offering options to test against different TLS versions and cipher suites. Easily installed via pip, Docker, or a pre-compiled executable, SSLyze quickly enhances your server security.

(github.com)

Development Security Scanning

Chrome's Biggest Upgrade Ever: Powered by Gemini AI

2025-09-18

Chrome's Biggest Upgrade Ever: Powered by Gemini AI

Google announced the biggest ever upgrade to Chrome, integrating Gemini AI to enhance user browsing experience. Gemini will anticipate user needs, help understand complex information, boost productivity and ensure safety. This upgrade includes ten AI-powered improvements, such as launching Gemini on desktop and mobile, allowing users to use Gemini to interpret web page information and increase efficiency. Enterprise users will also get access to Gemini via Google Workspace in the coming weeks.

(blog.google)

Tech

Sphere Entertainment Plans Smaller Venues

2025-03-12

Sphere Entertainment Plans Smaller Venues

Sphere Entertainment Co. is exploring smaller versions of its massive Las Vegas Sphere, aiming for venues capable of holding around 5,000 people. The original Sphere, a $2.3 billion behemoth, boasts the world's highest-resolution LED screen and a 20,000-person capacity. However, the high production costs limit artist participation. Smaller venues will open the doors to a wider range of artists and offer more cost-effective immersive film and music experiences. Despite a slight revenue dip in Q4 2024, the company remains optimistic, viewing the mini-Spheres as a key driver for future growth.

(www.avinteractive.com)

Tech Immersive Entertainment Mini-Venues

ICEBlock App Developer Ignores Critical Security Vulnerabilities

2025-09-08

ICEBlock App Developer Ignores Critical Security Vulnerabilities

The ICEBlock app, downloaded over a million times, allows anonymous reporting of ICE sightings. However, its developer, Joshua Aaron, has ignored critical security vulnerabilities in his Apache server. Security researcher Micah Lee repeatedly warned Aaron and provided solutions, but Aaron ignored them and even blocked Lee's accounts. This raises serious concerns about user data security and highlights the app's irresponsible approach to security.

(micahflee.com)

Development application security vulnerability disclosure

Oral History of the US Digital Service's Origins Released

2025-06-06

This announcement unveils an oral history documenting the origins of the United States Digital Service (USDS). Featuring nearly 50 interviews from 2009-2015, it chronicles the creation of the USDS and the experiences of its early leaders. Despite its renaming to the US DOGE Service in January 2025, the history highlights its impact of bringing over 700 technologists into government across three presidential administrations, the challenges and lessons learned in building something new within a bureaucratic environment. This work underscores the ongoing importance of the civic tech movement and how technologists can transform public services.

(usdigitalserviceorigins.org)

Tech Oral History Civic Tech

A Terminal Business Card: Building a Personalized npm Package

2025-05-19

A Terminal Business Card: Building a Personalized npm Package

While building ashley.dev, the author initially planned a playful 'npx connect' on their About page. However, feedback revealed its misleading nature to developers. This led to the discovery of npm cards, inspiring the creation of a personalized terminal business card, `npx ashleywillis`. This small project showcases the collaborative spirit of the developer community, highlighting how thoughtful feedback enhances projects. It's a charming way to add a personal touch to a technical profile, demonstrating the joy found in small, well-crafted projects.

(ashley.dev)

Development

Physically Based Rendering: A Deep Dive from First Principles

2025-09-02

This interactive article explores the physics of light and its interaction with matter, providing a foundation for understanding physically based rendering (PBR). Starting with the nature of light—from ancient Greek theories to quantum electrodynamics—it delves into Maxwell's equations and light generation methods like incandescence and electroluminescence. The article simplifies complex light-matter interactions, explaining reflection, refraction, Fresnel equations, and the microfacet model. It culminates in the rendering equation, breaking down key components like the BRDF. Illustrated with diagrams and interactive demos, this article is a valuable resource for anyone interested in computer graphics and physics.

(imadr.me)

Development Physically Based Rendering

Blue Origin's All-Female Crew: Space Tourism Takes a Leap

2025-02-28

Blue Origin's All-Female Crew: Space Tourism Takes a Leap

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin announced the crew for its next mission: an all-female team including pop star Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King, two scientists, Bezos' fiancée Lauren Sánchez, and a film producer. This marks the first all-female space crew since 1963, a significant milestone for space tourism. The 10-12 minute flight aboard the New Shepard rocket, Blue Origin's 31st mission, is available to anyone willing to put down a $150,000 deposit.

(techcrunch.com)

Tech Space Tourism All-female Crew

Rethinking the Social Contract: Why Should You Care?

2025-05-10

This essay, revisiting a ten-year-old unfinished draft, explores the question of whether we are obligated to participate in society and treat others according to societal expectations. Drawing on the philosophical ideas of Robert Paul Wolff and Immanuel Kant, the author offers a critical reflection on the social contract. Kant's attempt to rationally justify the obligation to care for others is examined and found wanting, incapable of compelling participation. Ultimately, the author advocates for focusing on those around us rather than the abstract notion of society as a whole, stressing that genuine care is limited and selective care is a manifestation of freedom.

(abuseofnotation.github.io)

Misc social contract Kant

The AI Paradox: Proving You're Human in a Bot-Dominated World

2025-05-28

The AI Paradox: Proving You're Human in a Bot-Dominated World

The rapid advancement of AI has created a bizarre arms race: we struggle to prove we're human while machines easily bypass CAPTCHAs. This article explores the civilizational challenge this presents. Projects like Worldcoin and Humanity Protocol are attempting to solve this with biometric and blockchain-based 'proof of personhood,' but face controversy. Ultimately, the author predicts a future where AI agents outperform humans in various tasks, leading to a dystopian scenario where humans must prove they are represented by a bot to access digital services. This highlights a profound paradox: we built machines to replace ourselves, then built barriers to stop them, only to potentially end up needing AI agents as our digital delegates.

(talkingrobot.com)

AI

Discourse Celebrates a Decade of Fostering Online Communities

2024-12-17

Discourse Celebrates a Decade of Fostering Online Communities

Discourse, the open-source forum software, celebrated its 10th anniversary on August 26th, 2024. Launched with a vision of raising the standard of online discourse, it has grown from a small team of four to over 100 employees across 25 countries. The platform boasts over 20,000 communities, 107 million topics, and nearly 1.65 billion posts. Continuous development has included the addition of 49 plugins, chat features, and AI-powered tools for moderation and user experience enhancement. This success is a testament to its open-source nature, commitment to user feedback, and the dedication of its team.

(blog.discourse.org)

Development Open-Source Forum Community Software AI Integration

Trump's Retaliatory Tariffs: A Calculation Error Sparks Economic Storm

2025-04-05

Trump's Retaliatory Tariffs: A Calculation Error Sparks Economic Storm

In 2025, President Trump announced retaliatory tariffs of up to 50% on nearly every country, based on a formula tied to trade deficits and claimed to be 'reciprocal'. However, this formula contained a significant error, overestimating foreign tariffs and leading to far higher actual US tariffs. This sparked a stock market plunge and recession fears. Experts point out that correcting the formula would drastically reduce the tariffs, but the underlying economic rationale remains questionable.

(www.aei.org)

Tech

The 5 Stages of SaaS Grief in the Age of AI

2025-08-10

The 5 Stages of SaaS Grief in the Age of AI

This article outlines the five stages of SaaS companies' reactions to the disruptive wave of AI: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Many initially deny AI's threat, then become angry as competitors leverage AI, followed by attempts to add AI features (bargaining), leading to depression, and finally accepting that AI will reshape the industry, shifting to building outcome-oriented, AI-native solutions. The author argues that SaaS companies need to move from focusing on "how can we help humans do this better?" to "why do humans need to do this at all?" to survive and thrive in the AI era.

(arnon.dk)

Startup

Taming Complex Systems: Lessons from Uber to Google

2025-05-15

Taming Complex Systems: Lessons from Uber to Google

This article details the author's experiences in software engineering at an Uber competitor and Google, differentiating between complex problems and complex systems. Complex problems follow structured, repeatable solutions, while complex systems demand adaptability and innovative approaches. The article delves into five characteristics of complex systems: emergent behavior, delayed consequences, the trap of local optimization, hysteresis, and nonlinearity. Strategies for effective operation in complex environments are shared, including prioritizing reversible decisions, defining the right metrics, embracing innovation, leveraging best practices (feature flags, canary releases, progressive rollouts, shadow testing), and emphasizing observability, simulation testing, and machine learning. Finally, the author stresses the importance of team collaboration in complex systems.

(www.thecoder.cafe)

Development

Meta's AI Trained on Pirated Books: A Copyright Catastrophe

2025-01-21

Meta's AI Trained on Pirated Books: A Copyright Catastrophe

Meta is embroiled in a major copyright lawsuit after court documents revealed its AI was trained using a massive database of pirated books. Internal communications expose Meta employees admitting to using the notorious piracy site LibGen, even uploading pirated files to torrent networks. While Meta claims fair use, the blatant disregard for copyright and ethical sourcing raises serious concerns. This scandal highlights the ethical blind spots of tech giants prioritizing progress over intellectual property rights, sending shockwaves through the AI industry and beyond.

(lithub.com)

Tech

WWII Cryptology: The Fatal Flaw of Repeated Messages

2025-08-31

A declassified US Army cryptology manual reveals a crucial strategy in WWII US military communications: never send the same message twice, even using different encryption methods. The manual details the importance of 'paraphrasing'—rewriting messages to change wording without altering meaning—to avoid repetition. This echoes the Allied experience breaking German Enigma codes, where the repetition of messages encrypted with different methods provided crucial clues. This underscores that in cryptography, operational procedures and protocols are as vital as the encryption technology itself.

(history.stackexchange.com)

Tech cryptology

The Hype vs. Reality of Commercial Spaceflight: A Sobering Look at Recent Failures

2025-07-01

The Hype vs. Reality of Commercial Spaceflight: A Sobering Look at Recent Failures

Recent setbacks in space exploration, including iSpace's two failed lunar landing attempts and SpaceX's Starship program struggles, highlight a critical issue: the disconnect between the hype surrounding commercial spaceflight and the harsh reality of its technical challenges. The author argues this isn't merely a series of isolated incidents, but rather a systemic problem stemming from unrealistic expectations, opaque cost structures, and a culture that prioritizes marketing over sound engineering. Drawing parallels to the meticulous approach of the Apollo era, the article criticizes companies for framing failures as 'learning opportunities' while glossing over fundamental flaws. It concludes with a call for greater accountability and a focus on verifiable progress, urging the industry to move beyond flashy pronouncements and deliver tangible results.

(spacenews.com)

Tech commercial spaceflight failures

Self-Driving a 1993 Volvo 940 (Part 1: Actuators)

2025-01-04

The author and friends are participating in the 2025 Carbage Run winter edition, a 6-day winter journey across Sweden to the Arctic Circle and back to Helsinki. Their car: a 1993 Volvo 940, almost devoid of electronics. To make it self-driving, they're retrofitting actuators: steering motor, brake booster, and accelerator servo. This post details the process of adapting an electric power steering system from a 2020 Toyota Corolla, replacing the vacuum-assisted braking system with a Bosch iBooster, and using an off-the-shelf RC servo for the accelerator. A Tesla radar sensor was also added. It's a challenging project, with future posts covering wiring and a custom ECU.

(practicapp.com)

Hardware self-driving car modification retrofitting

Meta FAIR Unveils Breakthrough AI Research, Open-Sourcing Key Models

2024-12-13

Meta FAIR Unveils Breakthrough AI Research, Open-Sourcing Key Models

Meta FAIR released a suite of groundbreaking AI research artifacts, including Meta Motivo, a foundational model for controlling virtual embodied agents, and Meta Video Seal, an open-source model for video watermarking. This release focuses on advancements in agent capabilities, robustness, safety, and architectural innovations for more efficient learning. Other key contributions include the Flow Matching codebase, Meta Explore Theory-of-Mind for theory-of-mind reasoning, Large Concept Models (LCMs), and the Dynamic Byte Latent Transformer. By open-sourcing these tools and models, Meta aims to foster collaboration and accelerate responsible AI development.

(ai.meta.com)

AI

Eval in Racket: A Powerful Tool, But Use with Caution

2025-05-30

This article delves into the advantages and disadvantages of the `eval` function in dynamic languages, particularly its use in Racket. Using vivid analogies, the author compares `eval` to relaying instructions to another person, highlighting how its use increases program complexity and reduces understandability due to language translation and environmental dependencies. While acknowledging that `eval` is sometimes necessary, such as when interacting with external systems, the author emphasizes the need for cautious use and clear context definition. In Racket, `eval`'s behavior is heavily influenced by the execution environment, demanding careful namespace management. Ultimately, `eval` is a powerful tool, but one that demands careful and considered application.

(blog.racket-lang.org)

Development dynamic languages

Bin: AI-Powered Business Intelligence, Dashboards in Seconds

2025-01-10

Bin is an AI-powered business intelligence analyst that lets you build stunning data visualizations and interactive dashboards in seconds. Forget complex SQL queries and cumbersome BI tools. Simply describe what you need in natural language, and Bin instantly creates beautiful charts and dashboards. It supports various data sources and offers a drag-and-drop interface for easy customization and iteration. Bin offers free and paid plans to suit different team sizes.

(bi.new)

Tech Business Intelligence

Vietnamese Banking Apps Caught Using Private iOS APIs to Spy on Users

2025-03-31

Vietnamese Banking Apps Caught Using Private iOS APIs to Spy on Users

Two popular Vietnamese banking apps, BIDV SmartBanking and Agribank Plus, have been found to use hidden private iOS APIs to detect other apps installed on users' iPhones. Security researchers discovered that the apps, developed by VNPay, leverage commercial mobile app protection software and custom code called "VNPay Runtime Protection." This code exploits a side-channel vulnerability in a private iOS API to identify apps and uses weak XOR encryption to hide API strings. This violates Apple's App Store policies and risks app removal, impacting millions of users. The incident is unrelated to a mobile security solution, BShield.

(blog.verichains.io)

Tech iOS privacy app security private APIs

SpaceX's Fram2 Mission: A Polar Orbit First and West Coast Splashdown

2025-04-04

SpaceX's Fram2 Mission: A Polar Orbit First and West Coast Splashdown

SpaceX's Fram2 mission concluded successfully with a splashdown off the California coast, marking the company's first West Coast landing for a crewed mission. The mission, privately funded by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, sent four passengers into a unique polar orbit, allowing for the first human observations of the Earth's poles from such a vantage point. While the crew experienced space motion sickness, they also conducted various research experiments, including capturing images of auroras and collecting health data. The mission highlights the growing potential of private spaceflight for scientific research and exploration, paving the way for future long-duration space missions and offering valuable insights into human adaptation in space.

(www.cnn.com)

Tech Polar Orbit

Dotter: A Powerful Dotfile Manager and Templating Engine in Rust

2025-09-11

Dotter: A Powerful Dotfile Manager and Templating Engine in Rust

Dotter is a dotfile manager and templating engine written in Rust, designed to simplify the management and deployment of dotfiles. It solves many inconveniences associated with manual dotfile management, such as tracking file origins, tedious setup on new machines, and handling configuration differences between machines. Dotter automates dotfile management through flexible configuration and automatic templating or symlinking. It supports installation via Homebrew, AUR, and Scoop, and also provides binaries and Cargo installation. Dotter also offers extensive command-line options and hook functions for user-defined workflows.

(github.com)

Development dotfile management

Sega Leaks Sales Figures for Major Titles Including Persona 5 Royal

2025-06-21

Sega Leaks Sales Figures for Major Titles Including Persona 5 Royal

A Sega Sammy Holdings management meeting presentation accidentally revealed sales figures for several major titles, including Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Persona 3 Reload, Sonic Frontiers, Shin Megami Tensei V, and Persona 5 Royal. The figures, hidden on page 25 behind a grey block, were revealed due to a formatting flaw in the PDF. The leaked data shows impressive sales numbers, with Persona 5 Royal (including the remaster) exceeding one million units. The revelation sparked considerable discussion among fans.

(www.gematsu.com)

Game game sales Sega Persona

Six Deadly Sins of Platform Teams: Avoiding DevOps Pitfalls

2025-01-08

Six Deadly Sins of Platform Teams: Avoiding DevOps Pitfalls

This article explores six common pitfalls that platform teams encounter when implementing DevOps. These seemingly subtle issues can severely limit a platform team's effectiveness. Drawing on personal experience, the author delves into the root causes and provides solutions for problems related to team naming, lack of empathy, short-term versus long-term focus imbalance, confusing ease of use with simplicity, treating product engineers as customers, and over-expanding their domain. The article stresses that platform teams should focus on solving problems rather than specific solutions, build strong communication and collaboration with product teams, balance short-term and long-term goals, strive for simplicity over mere ease of use, and always prioritize end-user value.

(serce.me)

Development Platform Teams

aiosqlitepool: Boost Asyncio SQLite Performance by 72%

2025-07-15

aiosqlitepool: Boost Asyncio SQLite Performance by 72%

aiosqlitepool is a high-performance connection pool for asyncio SQLite applications. By reusing database connections, it eliminates connection overhead and significantly improves query speed. It works with asyncio drivers like aiosqlite, not as a replacement. Tests show a 72% performance boost and 41% reduction in average latency under heavy load. Ideal for high-throughput applications or those requiring low latency, aiosqlitepool effectively mitigates SQLITE_BUSY errors caused by write contention.

(github.com)

Development

Pico: A Minimalist CSS Framework for Effortless Elegance

2025-09-08

Pico: A Minimalist CSS Framework for Effortless Elegance

Pico is a minimalist CSS framework that directly styles HTML tags using fewer than 10 classes, even offering a classless version. It works seamlessly without dependencies, package managers, or external files, achieving elegant styles with pure CSS. It natively supports responsive design and automatically adapts to light/dark mode based on user preferences. Customization is easy with CSS variables. Pico prioritizes performance, keeping HTML lean and reducing memory usage and file load times, making it ideal for those seeking speed and elegance.

(picocss.com)

Design CSS framework

Misleading Adblocker Test Websites: A Critique from Brave

2025-02-20

Misleading Adblocker Test Websites: A Critique from Brave

Shivan Kaul Sahib, Lead for Privacy Engineering at Brave, criticizes many existing adblocker testing websites. These sites employ flawed methodologies, including arbitrary testing criteria, failure to emulate real-world scenarios, disregard for advanced features (like resource replacement), and inability to account for domain-specific rules. This leads to misleading results, even harming the adblocking ecosystem. Kaul Sahib argues that adblockers should be compared based on native support, performance, advanced features, and ethical practices, not low-quality tests. Brave refuses payments to unblock advertisers, collaborates with reputable testing sites, and strives for improved web privacy.

(brave.com)

Tech adblocker Brave browser

The 'It's Now Safe to Turn Off Your Computer' Screen: A Windows 95 Nostalgia Trip

2025-02-16

The 'It's Now Safe to Turn Off Your Computer' Screen: A Windows 95 Nostalgia Trip

Remember the 'It's now safe to turn off your computer' message in Windows 95? This story recounts a humorous anecdote on an airplane where a fellow passenger repeatedly restarted their laptop after seeing the 'Windows has been shut down' screen, not realizing they needed to manually power off the machine. This highlights the lack of power management in older computers and explains why Windows 95 included the message: a gentle reassurance that it was safe to press the power button.

(devblogs.microsoft.com)

Tech

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