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South Korean Actress Kim Sae-ron's Death Sparks Debate on Celebrity Treatment

2025-02-18
South Korean Actress Kim Sae-ron's Death Sparks Debate on Celebrity Treatment

The death of 24-year-old South Korean actress Kim Sae-ron has ignited a widespread conversation about the harsh realities faced by celebrities in South Korea. Kim, known for her role in the hit film "The Man from Nowhere," struggled to revive her career after a 2022 drunk driving incident, facing relentless online criticism and negative media coverage. Her passing has prompted calls for reform, with many criticizing the unforgiving culture and demanding a more compassionate approach to celebrity missteps. The incident echoes similar tragedies involving other Korean celebrities and highlights the pervasive issue of cyberbullying.

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(apnews.com)
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Akira Ransomware Cracked: GPU Brute-Force Method Discovered

2025-03-17
Akira Ransomware Cracked: GPU Brute-Force Method Discovered

Security researcher Tinyhack has discovered a GPU-based brute-force method to decrypt the Akira ransomware. Akira, known for its exorbitant ransom demands (reaching tens of millions of dollars), targets high-profile victims. Using an RTX 4090, Tinyhack cracked encrypted files in 7 days; 16 GPUs reduced this to just over 10 hours. The method exploits four nanosecond timestamps used as seeds in Akira's encryption, brute-forcing to find the precise timestamps and generate decryption keys. Success requires untouched files and local disk storage (NFS complicates decryption). While a significant cybersecurity win, Akira's developers will likely patch this vulnerability quickly.

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(www.tomshardware.com)
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A Transputer Emulator in JavaScript: A 90s OS Reborn in Your Browser

2025-04-04
A Transputer Emulator in JavaScript: A 90s OS Reborn in Your Browser

A developer has ported their C-based Transputer emulator to JavaScript. Surprisingly fast, this emulator comes pre-loaded with a full-blown operating system from Spring 1996, including a C compiler, assembler, 3D modeler, and ray tracer. Users can experience this retro OS directly in their browser, running commands and even attempting to self-compile the C compiler! This showcases the advancements in JavaScript JIT compilation and the developer's passion for retro technology.

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(nanochess.org)
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Deportation Due to Tattoos: Venezuelan Man Wrongfully Sent to El Salvador

2025-03-30
Deportation Due to Tattoos: Venezuelan Man Wrongfully Sent to El Salvador

Neri Alvarado Borges, a Venezuelan man, was detained in Texas and deported to El Salvador due to his three tattoos, despite an ICE agent clearing him after he explained their meanings. One tattoo was an autism awareness ribbon for his brother. Despite being declared "clean," he was later deported, raising concerns about potential biases and procedural issues within immigration enforcement.

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(www.latintimes.com)
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Google Cloud IAM Glitch Triggers Domino Effect, Disrupting Cloudflare and Anthropic

2025-06-13
Google Cloud IAM Glitch Triggers Domino Effect, Disrupting Cloudflare and Anthropic

A global Google Cloud IAM service outage at 10:50 AM PT on October 24th caused authentication failures across numerous GCP products. This impacted Cloudflare's Workers KV, leading to Access, WARP, and other Zero Trust service disruptions. Anthropic, a GCP customer, experienced file upload failures and increased error rates. The incident highlighted the interconnectedness of cloud services and the potential for cascading failures. Full service recovery took 7.5 hours.

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(forgecode.dev)
Tech IAM outage cascading failure

American Democracy: A Data-Driven Look at Crisis and Hope

2025-07-20
American Democracy: A Data-Driven Look at Crisis and Hope

This article uses data to analyze the state of American democracy. The data reveals highly concentrated political funding among a small elite, a fractured judiciary, politically reshaped government agencies, and low voter turnout, particularly among Democrats. However, the data also offers hope: millions of potential Democratic voters remain unengaged, history shows successful citizen resistance to authoritarianism, and holding leaders accountable is common in healthy democracies. The article calls for focusing on voter mobilization rather than solely on ideological moderation, emphasizing the importance of citizen participation.

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(data4democracy.substack.com)
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Musk's Young Guns Infiltrate US Government Agencies

2025-02-03
Musk's Young Guns Infiltrate US Government Agencies

WIRED reports that several young employees with ties to Elon Musk, including interns and recent graduates from companies like Neuralink, SpaceX, and xAI, are holding significant positions within US government agencies, including the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the General Services Administration (GSA). Their qualifications and experience have raised concerns about their competence and potential conflicts of interest. Some are even directly involved in code review and decision-making, prompting questions from within the government. This incident highlights the risks of tech elites entering government and potential vulnerabilities in agency security vetting and hiring practices.

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(www.wired.com)
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Google Hit with $55M Fine for Anti-Competitive Practices in Australia

2025-08-18
Google Hit with $55M Fine for Anti-Competitive Practices in Australia

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has filed suit against Google, alleging anti-competitive agreements with Telstra and Optus to pre-install Google Search on Android phones. Google has admitted liability and will pay a $55 million penalty. The agreements limited competition from other search engines. The ACCC also secured commitments from Google to remove restrictions on pre-installation and default search engines, potentially opening the market to competitors and offering Australian consumers greater search choice, especially with the rise of AI search tools.

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(www.accc.gov.au)
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Trump and Musk's Daylight Saving Time Plan: A Battle Over Sunlight

2024-12-21
Trump and Musk's Daylight Saving Time Plan: A Battle Over Sunlight

President-elect Trump and Elon Musk propose eliminating Daylight Saving Time, calling it "inconvenient and costly." Nate Silver's analysis uses data to counter this, showing that abolishing DST would significantly reduce daylight hours during summer, negatively impacting schedules and health. Year-round DST, conversely, would cause very late sunrises in winter. Silver argues maintaining the status quo or allowing states to opt for year-round DST are more sensible options.

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(www.natesilver.net)
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Rare Kimsuky Leak Reveals Tactics and Infrastructure of North Korean-Linked APT

2025-09-07
Rare Kimsuky Leak Reveals Tactics and Infrastructure of North Korean-Linked APT

A rare security incident involving a data breach attributed to a North Korean-affiliated actor, dubbed “Kim,” offers unprecedented insights into Kimsuky (APT43) tactics, techniques, and infrastructure. The group focuses on credential-centric intrusions targeting South Korean and Taiwanese networks, blending Chinese-language tooling, infrastructure, and potential logistical support. The “Kim” dump, containing bash histories, phishing domains, OCR workflows, compiled stagers, and rootkit evidence, reveals a hybrid operation between DPRK attribution and Chinese resource utilization. The leaked data includes malware development, OCR parsing of Korean PKI and VPN documents, and reconnaissance targeting Taiwanese government and academic institutions. Analysts uncovered an advanced Linux rootkit employing syscall hooking and stealth persistence. The incident highlights the evolving capabilities of North Korean threat actors and their potential connections to Chinese resources.

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(dti.domaintools.com)
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arXivLabs: Experimental Projects with Community Collaborators

2025-02-07
arXivLabs: Experimental Projects with Community Collaborators

arXivLabs is a framework enabling collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on the website. Participants embrace arXiv's values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv only works with partners adhering to these principles. Got an idea to enhance the arXiv community? Learn more about arXivLabs.

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(arxiv.org)
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Why I Always Fail: Confessions of an Information Addict

2025-02-03
Why I Always Fail: Confessions of an Information Addict

The author has built hundreds of projects over the years, yet consistently fails to see them through. He discovered his craving for information surpasses his commitment to projects; after launch, the decline in feedback leads to a loss of motivation. He attributes this to his information addiction and the instant gratification provided by algorithmic feeds, making it challenging to overcome product-market fit hurdles. This article explores how to overcome reliance on instant feedback and persevere in project completion in the information age.

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(www.brainbun.com)
Startup information addiction

binfmtc: Execute C code as scripts

2025-06-08

Tired of writing Makefiles for shell scripts? binfmtc lets you write scripts directly in C! It uses the Linux binfmt_misc mechanism to automatically compile and execute your C code when the script is run. Simply add a special comment to your C script, make it executable, and enjoy the efficiency of C with the convenience of shell scripting. Currently supports GCC, G77, and GPC, with plans to support more compilers like GNAT, Gobjc, and Mono.

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(www.netfort.gr.jp)
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Exploiting Coprocessors to Achieve Deterministic Kernel Exploitation on A9/A11 Devices

2025-07-20

An updated version of the Trigon kernel exploit has been released, expanding support to A9(X) and A11 devices. This blog post details the challenging techniques used to overcome KTRR limitations and find the kernel base address across different devices. The new approach leverages the IORVBAR register and coprocessors (specifically the Always-On Processor), manipulating coprocessor firmware to achieve arbitrary kernel read/write, ultimately bypassing kernel protections for successful exploitation on A9 and A11 devices.

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(alfiecg.uk)
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AI Adoption Slowdown Among Large US Firms: Census Bureau Data

2025-09-08
AI Adoption Slowdown Among Large US Firms: Census Bureau Data

US Census Bureau's bi-weekly survey of 1.2 million firms reveals a decline in AI adoption among companies with over 250 employees. The survey asks businesses about their use of AI tools like machine learning and natural language processing in the past two weeks. While overall AI adoption continues to grow, the data shows a slowing trend among larger firms, suggesting potential challenges in widespread AI integration, particularly regarding diminishing marginal returns for large enterprises.

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(www.apolloacademy.com)
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AI-Powered Nano-3D Printing Creates Super Strong, Lightweight Material

2025-01-28
AI-Powered Nano-3D Printing Creates Super Strong, Lightweight Material

Researchers at the University of Toronto have used machine learning to design nano-architected materials with the strength of carbon steel but the lightness of Styrofoam. By combining a machine learning algorithm with two-photon polymerization 3D printing, the team optimized the nanolattice structure, achieving a strength-to-weight ratio five times higher than titanium. This breakthrough holds potential for aerospace applications, reducing fuel consumption and carbon emissions.

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(news.engineering.utoronto.ca)
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Open-Source Image Model FLUX.1-Krea [dev]: Breaking Free from the 'AI Look'

2025-08-01
Open-Source Image Model FLUX.1-Krea [dev]: Breaking Free from the 'AI Look'

We're releasing the open-source version of FLUX.1-Krea [dev], our first image model trained in collaboration with Black Forest Labs. This model prioritizes aesthetic control and image quality, seamlessly integrating with the existing FLUX.1-dev ecosystem. Unlike most image models, FLUX.1-Krea was developed with specific aesthetic preferences in mind, rather than solely focusing on technical benchmarks. This technical report details the model's development, including insights into pre-training and post-training, and future research directions. The key focus is on overcoming the common 'AI look' in generated images – blurry backgrounds, waxy skin textures, etc. – achieving high-quality results aligned with human aesthetic standards through curated datasets and reinforcement learning.

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(www.krea.ai)
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Epic Projects: Solving Humanity's Long-Term Problems

2025-08-01

This article showcases remarkable human endeavors spanning decades and centuries, from proving Fermat's Last Theorem to the ongoing construction of Sagrada Familia and long-term experiments like the Framingham Heart Study. It explores how humanity tackles problems requiring sustained commitment over extended periods, highlighting projects driven by relentless effort and those leveraging accumulated technological advancements. The piece prompts reflection on which projects necessitate such lengthy timelines and which could be significantly accelerated. This falls under the Tech category, examining human perseverance and innovation in pursuing long-term goals.

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(michaelnotebook.com)
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The Math Behind Daylight's Lengthening Days

2025-03-19

A colleague's office window in Stavanger, Norway, transitioning from pitch black to bright sunlight sparked the author's curiosity about the rate of daylight's lengthening. The article uses interactive graphs to visualize how daylight changes over time at different latitudes. It delves into the underlying mathematics, including the sunrise equation, solar declination, and atmospheric refraction. The author derives formulas for daylight length and its derivative, discussing the complexities of more accurate calculations, such as considering the solar limb and atmospheric refraction. Ultimately, the article reveals the intricacies of daylight change and the extent to which various factors influence daylight calculations.

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(joe-antognini.github.io)
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Cold War Relic: The 'Maintain Top Safe Speed' Sign You Probably Never Knew Existed

2025-01-14
Cold War Relic: The 'Maintain Top Safe Speed' Sign You Probably Never Knew Existed

This article discusses a fascinating Cold War-era highway sign: 'MAINTAIN TOP SAFE SPEED'. Designed for a post-nuclear attack scenario, this sign instructed drivers to speed through radiation-contaminated areas to minimize exposure. The article explores other Civil Defense signs from the MUTCD manual, including fallout shelter and decontamination center markers. While largely forgotten today, these signs offer a chilling glimpse into the anxieties of the Cold War and the government's preparations for unthinkable events.

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(www.theautopian.com)
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CIA's Animal Spies: From Pigeons to Rats, Declassified Secrets of Nature's Arsenal

2024-12-13

The CIA's history of using animals in espionage is filled with creativity and challenges. From pigeons carrying miniature cameras, to the attempted use of a cat for eavesdropping in the 'Acoustikitty' program (ultimately failing due to the cat's independent nature), to robotic catfish 'Charlie' for underwater reconnaissance, and the dragonfly-mimicking miniature drone 'Insectothopter', the CIA showcased its imagination, leveraging animal characteristics for intelligence gathering. Additionally, they used animal remains as camouflaged dead drops, even employing rats soaked in cat repellent to deliver messages. These imaginative attempts highlight the CIA's innovative spirit in technology and intelligence, and also reflect the unique value of animals in special environments.

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(www.cia.gov)
Misc animal spies CIA technological innovation

Nostalgic Game 'Alley Cat' Remake Released

2024-12-17

Programmer Joflof has finally completed a remake of the classic 1983 game 'Alley Cat' after many years of work. This remake not only retains the original pixel graphics and sound effects but also adds five new levels and multiplayer modes for up to four kittens to play simultaneously. Additionally, Joflof has included special arcade mode configuration options for arcade enthusiasts. Currently, the game is only available for Windows, but the author hopes that enthusiasts will help port it to Linux and Mac systems.

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(www.joflof.com)
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Elixir Lua Library v0.1.0 Released: Run Lua on the BEAM VM

2025-05-15
Elixir Lua Library v0.1.0 Released: Run Lua on the BEAM VM

The first stable release of the Elixir Lua library, v0.1.0, is now available on hex.pm! This library lets you execute sandboxed Lua programs directly on the BEAM VM, not by embedding the C Lua runtime, but through a complete Lua 5.3 implementation in Erlang (powered by the Luerl library). Improvements include better error messages, comprehensive documentation, a `deflua` macro for easily exposing Elixir APIs to Lua, and a `~LUA` sigil for compile-time syntax checking. Born from the needs of TV Labs for building physical device integration tests, it's used as a compilation target for their drag-and-drop automation builder. Future plans involve merging the Elixir Lua library into Luerl for improved error messages, documentation, and sandbox features.

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(davelucia.com)
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Simple Homelab Monitoring: Ditching Prometheus for a Tiny Go Program

2025-07-13

Tired of complex monitoring tools, the author built a minimalist monitoring system for their homelab. This Go program regularly checks HTTP, DNS, etc., and sends notifications via ntfy.sh. It's lightweight, easy to maintain, and only checks if services are running, sending failure and recovery notifications—no historical data or dashboards needed. Furthermore, healthchecks.io acts as a dead man's switch to prevent the monitoring program itself from going unnoticed. While simple, this system meets the author's needs and avoids complex configuration and maintenance.

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(b.tuxes.uk)
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Browser-Based Semiconductor Simulator: Draw Circuits, Simulate EM Fields

2025-05-10

Brandon Li has developed a powerful semiconductor simulator that runs in your browser. The program lets you draw circuits and visualize electromagnetic fields in real-time, supporting various materials (metals, semiconductors, dielectrics, and more). It features numerous examples covering simple circuits, semiconductor devices, and digital logic, including RC circuits, PN junction diodes, BJTs, MOSFETs, and more. For optimal performance, a powerful computer is recommended; a downloadable Java version is also available.

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(brandonli.net)
Hardware semiconductor simulation electromagnetic fields

SQLook: A Nostalgic SQLite Database Manager

2025-01-26
SQLook: A Nostalgic SQLite Database Manager

SQLook is a modern web-based SQLite database manager with a nostalgic Windows 2000 interface. It blends contemporary web technologies with the classic aesthetics of a computing icon. Features include database management, a visual database structure viewer, an interactive SQL query editor, a table generator, data export, sample data generation, and more. Created by Ralph Barendse, inspired by the Windows 2000 UI, and built using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and SQL.js.

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(sqlook.com)
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Twitch Implements 100-Hour Storage Cap for Highlights, Sparking Controversy

2025-02-20
Twitch Implements 100-Hour Storage Cap for Highlights, Sparking Controversy

Twitch announced a new 100-hour storage limit for highlights and uploads, effective April 19th. Content exceeding this limit will be automatically deleted. The platform cites the ineffectiveness of highlights in driving engagement and the high cost of storage as reasons. This decision has drawn criticism, particularly from the speedrunning community, who rely heavily on Twitch archives for record-keeping. While Twitch claims minimal user impact, the move threatens to erase valuable speedrun history and significantly alter the platform's community ecosystem.

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(www.theverge.com)
Game storage limit speedrunning

Tencent's Hunyuan3D 2.0: High-Resolution 3D Asset Generation

2025-01-21
Tencent's Hunyuan3D 2.0: High-Resolution 3D Asset Generation

Tencent unveils Hunyuan3D 2.0, a cutting-edge large-scale 3D synthesis system generating high-resolution textured 3D assets. Comprising two core components – the Hunyuan3D-DiT shape generation model and the Hunyuan3D-Paint texture synthesis model – it surpasses existing state-of-the-art models in geometry detail, condition alignment, and texture quality. A user-friendly platform, Hunyuan3D-Studio, simplifies manipulation and animation. Inference code and pre-trained models are now open-sourced, accessible via Hugging Face and the official website.

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(github.com)
AI 3D generation diffusion models

Tesla Roadster Mistaken for Asteroid

2025-01-25
Tesla Roadster Mistaken for Asteroid

An object initially identified as a newly discovered asteroid, 2018 CN41, was quickly revealed to be Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster launched into space in 2018 during a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket test. This humorous incident highlights the growing challenge of tracking space debris. An amateur astronomer initially mistook it for a near-Earth object, and the Minor Planet Center initially listed it as a new asteroid. While the issue was swiftly resolved, it underscores the increasing number of untracked space objects that could hinder efforts to protect Earth from potentially hazardous asteroids.

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(www.usatoday.com)
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