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Proton VPN: The Digital Resistance Against Censorship

2025-01-27
Proton VPN: The Digital Resistance Against Censorship

In the face of escalating internet censorship, Proton VPN has become a crucial tool for millions seeking freedom of information under authoritarian regimes. This article details Proton VPN's battle against internet firewalls in Russia, Venezuela, and China, and how they navigate government crackdowns and blockades. Proton CEO Andy Yen points out that Big Tech companies contribute to autocratic control of the internet by removing VPN services from app stores. With its technological prowess and unwavering commitment to internet freedom, Proton VPN stands as a vanguard in the defense of online liberty, engaged in a continuous 'arms race' against censorship.

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(www.compiler.news)
Tech Internet Censorship Digital Freedom

Iceland's Four-Day Workweek: A Productivity & Happiness Boost

2025-05-13

Iceland's 2019 adoption of a four-day workweek has yielded impressive results. Five years later, productivity remains stable or even increased in some sectors, while employee well-being has significantly improved. Nearly 90% of Icelandic workers now enjoy a 36-hour workweek with no pay cut, experiencing reduced stress and better work-life balance. This success is attributed to Iceland's robust digital infrastructure, the natural adaptation of younger generations, and a positive impact on gender equality. The Icelandic experience serves as a compelling case study for other countries considering similar initiatives.

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(farmingdale-observer.com)
Tech

North Korean Hackers Steal $1.5 Billion in Ethereum from Bybit

2025-02-22
North Korean Hackers Steal $1.5 Billion in Ethereum from Bybit

Security firm SEAL reports that North Korean hacking group TraderTraitor stole over $1.5 billion in Ethereum from Bybit, their largest heist ever. The attackers used sophisticated social engineering, contacting employees via LinkedIn, Telegram, or Twitter, then deploying malware to steal private keys. SEAL advises crypto exchanges to immediately conduct internal reviews, check for suspicious employee contacts, and implement multi-sig security measures like using isolated devices for signing transactions, regularly resetting devices, and conducting red team exercises. This is crucial to bolstering security and preventing future attacks.

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(www.securityalliance.org)
Tech cryptocurrency theft North Korean hackers

Is Storing 2FA Codes in Your Password Manager Secure?

2025-01-01
Is Storing 2FA Codes in Your Password Manager Secure?

This article explores the security implications of storing two-factor authentication (2FA) codes within password managers. Security experts argue that while storing 2FA codes alongside usernames and passwords in a password manager like 1Password isn't ideal (it increases the risk of compromise), the convenience outweighs the risk. The primary benefit of 2FA is preventing phishing attacks; even if the password manager is compromised, an attacker still needs the 2FA code. For most users, storing 2FA codes in a password manager is deemed acceptable, but using a reliable password manager and implementing additional security measures like using a YubiKey or storing some recovery codes offline are recommended.

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(andygrunwald.com)
Tech password manager

NAND Flash Prices Plummet Amidst Oversupply

2025-02-18
NAND Flash Prices Plummet Amidst Oversupply

NAND flash prices are expected to fall due to oversupply, forcing memory chipmakers to cut production. Lower-than-expected demand from PC and smartphone manufacturers is contributing to the glut. TrendForce revised growth forecasts down to 10-15% for 2025. While prices are expected to remain weak in the first half of 2025, AI server demand for SSDs is projected to boost shipments in the second half. The market is adjusting, with experts predicting a price recovery in the latter half of the year driven by AI and the transition to advanced technologies.

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(www.theregister.com)
Hardware Memory Chips Oversupply

Cryptography Professor Vanishes, FBI Raids Homes: A Mystery Unfolds

2025-03-30
Cryptography Professor Vanishes, FBI Raids Homes: A Mystery Unfolds

A prominent computer scientist with a 20-year history of publishing academic papers on cryptography, privacy, and cybersecurity has disappeared. Xiaofeng Wang, a tenured professor at Indiana University, had his university profile, email, and phone number removed, and his homes were raided by the FBI. The reason for this sudden and mysterious disappearance remains unknown. Wang held prestigious titles and secured significant research funding, contributing substantially to the fields of cryptography, systems security, and data privacy. The incident has sparked widespread concern and speculation.

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(arstechnica.com)
Tech FBI investigation

NYC Subway Bill Threatens to Lock Transit in the Past

2025-07-20
NYC Subway Bill Threatens to Lock Transit in the Past

A new bill passed by the New York State Legislature mandates two-person train operation (TPTO) for NYC subways, a move critics say would reverse decades of progress. The bill, requiring conductors on all trains regardless of automation capabilities, is seen as an outdated practice, hindering modernization and increasing costs. While proponents claim it improves safety, the article argues that this is a thinly veiled attempt to protect jobs, ignoring advancements in technology and safety features on modern trains. The author urges Governor Hochul to veto the bill, preventing a costly and inefficient setback for the city's transit system.

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(www.etany.org)
Tech NYC Subway TPTO

GM Forces Dealer to Halt Aftermarket CarPlay/Android Auto Kit for Ultium EVs

2025-03-24
GM Forces Dealer to Halt Aftermarket CarPlay/Android Auto Kit for Ultium EVs

General Motors (GM) forced a dealer to discontinue an aftermarket kit that restored Apple CarPlay and Android Auto phone mirroring in its Ultium electric vehicles. This follows GM's decision in December 2023 to remove CarPlay and Android Auto support from Ultium EVs, opting for its own in-vehicle infotainment systems in future models. While the kit's manufacturer, WAMS, claims rigorous testing, GM's action sparked industry criticism, as a study showed nearly half of car buyers wouldn't purchase vehicles lacking CarPlay or Android Auto. GM is effectively pushing dealers towards its built-in systems, leaving little alternative.

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(news.dealershipguy.com)
Tech

Fighting Canvas Fingerprint Forgery: Detection Methods and the Arms Race

2025-02-25
Fighting Canvas Fingerprint Forgery: Detection Methods and the Arms Race

Canvas fingerprinting is commonly used for anti-fraud, but fraudsters have developed techniques to bypass detection. This post delves into how fraudsters utilize techniques from platforms like Zenrows and browser extensions such as Canvas Blocker to modify canvas fingerprints. Two detection methods are analyzed: pixel value verification and function consistency checks to identify forgery. These methods verify preset pixel colors and check native function prototypes or error stack traces to determine if a canvas fingerprint has been tampered with.

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(blog.castle.io)
Tech Canvas fingerprinting anti-fraud

Jane Street's Decade-Long Journey: From Jenga to Dune

2025-01-30
Jane Street's Decade-Long Journey: From Jenga to Dune

Jane Street initially built Jenga, an OCaml build system, but its limitations led to its limited adoption and even a reversal of its open-source status. They then created the simpler Jbuilder, which unexpectedly gained popularity due to its speed, eventually evolving into Dune. After years of effort, the Jane Street team successfully migrated their internal build system from Jenga to Dune for their 70 million lines of code, boosting build speeds and setting a strong foundation for Dune's future.

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(blog.janestreet.com)
Development

OpenAI Bot Crushes Small E-commerce Site

2025-01-10
OpenAI Bot Crushes Small E-commerce Site

Triplegangers, a seven-person e-commerce company, had its website crippled by OpenAI's GPTBot in a DDoS-like attack. GPTBot relentlessly scraped images and descriptions of over 65,000 products, causing the site to crash and incurring significant AWS charges. Triplegangers discovered their robots.txt file was improperly configured, failing to effectively block GPTBot. While OpenAI claims to respect robots.txt, its bot didn't immediately respond to the updated file. This incident highlights the potential risks of AI data scraping for small businesses and OpenAI's delayed opt-out tool.

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(techcrunch.com)
Tech AI data scraping DDoS attack

Air India Ahmedabad Crash: Software Glitch or Pilot Error?

2025-07-20
Air India Ahmedabad Crash: Software Glitch or Pilot Error?

The preliminary report on the Air India flight 171 crash in Ahmedabad focuses on the fuel switch, which inexplicably transitioned from 'Run' to 'Cutoff' but was found in the 'Run' position at the crash site. Pilot conversations suggest neither pilot intentionally cut the fuel supply. US aviation expert Mary Schiavo points to a potential Boeing 787 software glitch, citing a similar incident in 2019 involving an ANA 787. She suggests investigating a possible Thrust Control Malfunction Accommodation (TCMA) system failure, which might have caused the plane to mistakenly believe it was on the ground and automatically shut down the engines. While the preliminary report offers no recommendations for Boeing, Schiavo warns that a clean chit for Boeing's software would be a serious breach of aviation accident investigation protocol.

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(www.financialexpress.com)
Tech

Tektronix's 'Unicorn' Graphic Terminals: A Legacy of Low-Cost Color Displays

2024-12-15

In the 1980s, Tektronix launched the 4100/4200 series graphic terminals (nicknamed 'Unicorn') to enter the low-cost color terminal market. The project faced challenges, including the destruction of a crucial prototype, but successfully delivered models like the 4105, 4107, and 4109 ahead of schedule. The 4200 series further reduced costs and improved performance, eventually incorporating networking capabilities. These terminals gained wide adoption due to their cost-effectiveness and compatibility, becoming a significant part of Tektronix's legacy.

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(vintagetek.org)
Hardware Graphic Terminals Color Displays

18 Million Deceased US Veterans' Records Now Searchable Online

2025-01-13
18 Million Deceased US Veterans' Records Now Searchable Online

Reclaim The Records, a non-profit organization, won a multi-year FOIA lawsuit against the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), gaining access to the BIRLS database. This database, now freely available online, contains biographical information on over 18 million deceased US veterans. Searching the database allows researchers to request complete veteran claims files, potentially containing hundreds of pages of historical documents. While most files remain at the VA, BIRLS provides a crucial index, significantly aiding historical and genealogical research.

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(www.birls.org)
Tech Veteran Records FOIA

arXivLabs: Experimenting with Community Collaboration

2025-02-17
arXivLabs: Experimenting with Community Collaboration

arXivLabs is a framework enabling collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on the website. Individuals and organizations involved share arXiv's values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners who uphold them. Have an idea for a project that benefits the arXiv community? Learn more about arXivLabs.

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(arxiv.org)
Tech

2024 Box Office Top 10: Animation Reigns Supreme, Superhero Fatigue Sets In

2024-12-30
2024 Box Office Top 10: Animation Reigns Supreme, Superhero Fatigue Sets In

The 2024 box office was a rollercoaster, a sluggish first half due to strikes giving way to a blockbuster-fueled second half. Animation dominated, with Pixar's Inside Out 2 becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all time at $1.698 billion, outperforming many superhero films and claiming the year's top spot. Disney's Moana 2 also scored big, nearing $800 million. Superhero movies, meanwhile, underperformed except for Deadpool & Wolverine ($1.33 billion), highlighting the genre's waning box office dominance. Other hits included sequels like Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Kung Fu Panda 4, and the Wicked adaptation, proving classic IPs and quality content still resonate.

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(www.slashfilm.com)
Game box office superhero movies

OpenAI Admits: Even the Most Advanced AI Models Can't Replace Human Coders

2025-02-24
OpenAI Admits: Even the Most Advanced AI Models Can't Replace Human Coders

A new OpenAI paper reveals that even the most advanced large language models (LLMs), such as GPT-4 and Claude 3.5, are unable to handle the majority of software engineering tasks. Researchers used a new benchmark, SWE-Lancer, comprising over 1400 software engineering tasks from Upwork. Results showed these models could only solve superficial problems, failing to find bugs or root causes in larger projects. While LLMs are fast, their accuracy and reliability are insufficient to replace human coders, contradicting predictions by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

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(futurism.com)
Development

Basketball's Data-Driven Revolution: From All-Arounders to Specialists

2025-02-15

Basketball is undergoing a data-driven revolution. Decision-making has shifted from intuition to precise data analysis, transforming the game from a reliance on points, assists, and rebounds to leveraging thousands of data points to optimize every aspect. The three-point shot reigns supreme, and the '3-and-D' player (three-point shooting and defense) is highly sought after. Technology, including motion capture and analytics systems, allows coaches to meticulously analyze player movement, maximizing possession efficiency. While this data-driven approach has made the game more predictable, it raises questions about the future of basketball.

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(nabraj.com)
Game basketball analytics player specialization basketball technology

Kartoffels v0.7 Released: Cave Generation Overhaul and RISC-V Switch

2025-02-17
Kartoffels v0.7 Released: Cave Generation Overhaul and RISC-V Switch

Kartoffels is a game where you program firmware for a virtual potato. Version 0.7, boasting 122 commits, introduces significant improvements. Cave generation now uses cellular automata and white noise for more realistic results, solving previous issues with overly isolated caves. The game engine's CPU architecture has shifted from 64-bit RISC-V to 32-bit for better memory management. A new feature tracks each bot's history, paving the way for leaderboards. UI improvements and game mechanic tweaks are also included. Note that this update reset the server, clearing all uploaded bot programs.

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(pwy.io)
Game

ArcaOS 5.1.1 Released: A Privacy-Focused OS/2 Upgrade

2025-02-22
ArcaOS 5.1.1 Released: A Privacy-Focused OS/2 Upgrade

Arca Noae has released ArcaOS 5.1.1, supporting UEFI and GPT disk layouts for installation on a wide range of modern hardware. This release is free for existing ArcaOS 5.1 subscribers and offers multiple language options. Upgrades are available at a discount for existing users. ArcaOS prioritizes user privacy, avoiding tracking online activity and supporting low-spec hardware, making it ideal for users valuing freedom and privacy.

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(www.arcanoae.com)
Development

Rotring 600 Ballpoint: A Timeless Classic, Mostly

2025-07-29
Rotring 600 Ballpoint: A Timeless Classic, Mostly

The Rotring 600 ballpoint pen, a variant of the iconic Rotring 600, boasts an all-metal body and a satisfying click mechanism for extending its Parker-style refill. While generally praised for its build quality and design, one user experienced a malfunction with the included refill, though this was resolved by switching to an alternative. The writing experience is largely dependent on the refill used, but the pen's robust construction makes it a worthwhile purchase, especially if found on sale.

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(www.shellshore.com)
Misc ballpoint pen writing instrument

Hunting a Ghostly Embedded Bug: Error -22

2025-01-26
Hunting a Ghostly Embedded Bug: Error -22

The Tweede golf team encountered a frustrating bug in their embedded Rust software for the nRF9160 microcontroller, resulting in Error::NrfError(-22) when sending data to a server. After weeks of investigation, they traced the issue to the libmodem library's initialization function. A pointer to a stack-allocated configuration struct was used after the struct was destroyed, causing unintended writes to the shared memory region configuration and resulting in a data length of 0. Adding `black_box` and using watchpoints ultimately located and fixed the bug. The team highlighted the benefits of using Rust for embedded development to prevent such low-level errors.

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(tweedegolf.nl)
Development

The Uncertain Future of AI: A Double-Edged Sword

2025-08-16

Despite their flaws, AI systems continue to impress with their ability to replicate certain human skills. Progress in areas like natural language understanding, program writing, and bug detection has been astonishingly rapid. However, due to limited understanding of LLMs and other deep learning models, and wildly inaccurate expert predictions, the future trajectory of AI remains unclear. While a plateau is possible, it would likely spur further research. If AI becomes significantly more useful and independent of humans, it will be a revolution unlike any before. Yet current market reactions are akin to those of a trained parrot, blindly optimistic. If AI replaces a significant portion of the workforce, the economic system will face a severe test. In the future, AI may become a commodity, or governments may intervene. Ultimately, AI could reshape economic prosperity and even drive humanity toward a different economic system.

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(www.antirez.com)
AI

Rwandan Scientists Develop Local Yeast for Banana Winemakers

2025-02-09
Rwandan Scientists Develop Local Yeast for Banana Winemakers

Banana wine production in Rwanda has long faced challenges with yeast selection, impacting both quality and regulatory approval. Scientists have developed a new yeast strain derived from local raw materials, preserving the traditional flavor of banana wine while withstanding high temperatures and alcohol concentrations. This breakthrough promises to standardize banana wine production, reduce costs, and boost Rwanda's burgeoning banana wine industry.

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(phys.org)
Tech Food Technology African Tech

Mind-blowing: Giant Bifurcation Islands Hidden in North America

2025-02-26
Mind-blowing: Giant Bifurcation Islands Hidden in North America

Rivers usually merge, but sometimes they split, creating 'bifurcation islands'. This article explores this phenomenon, highlighting the Casiquiare Canal connecting the Amazon and Orinoco rivers. It then reveals a shocking discovery: multiple river bifurcations in North America, some connecting three oceans, forming islands far larger than Greenland. These 'bifurcation islands' redefine our understanding of world geography and island size.

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(starkeycomics.com)
Misc rivers

Kagi Search Launches Privacy Pass: Truly Anonymous Search

2025-02-13

Kagi Search is announcing a new privacy feature: Privacy Pass, a protocol standardized by the IETF, allowing users to authenticate without revealing their identity. Using cryptographic tokens, Privacy Pass ensures true anonymity. Kagi also launched a Tor onion service for enhanced privacy. Privacy Pass is integrated into Kagi's Orion browser, Android app, and Firefox/Chrome extensions (Safari is not yet supported). While Privacy Pass significantly enhances anonymity, users should still be mindful of side-channel information like IP addresses and browser fingerprinting. The implementation is open-source.

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(blog.kagi.com)
Tech anonymous search

Frontend Framework Fatigue: Stop Rewriting Everything!

2025-03-20

A frontend engineer with 20+ years of experience rails against the frontend community's obsession with rewriting applications. He argues that constantly chasing new frameworks wastes valuable time and energy that should be focused on product development. Instead of constantly switching tools, he advocates for deep mastery of core web technologies for long-term success. The over-reliance on frameworks is also making it difficult for new developers to enter the field, hindering web innovation. He calls for a return to web fundamentals to avoid being swept away by the tide of framework churn.

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(polotek.net)
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Janus: A Deep Dive into a Powerful AI Model

2025-01-27
Janus: A Deep Dive into a Powerful AI Model

DeepSeek AI has released a technical report detailing their Janus AI model, covering its architecture, performance, and applications. The report, available as a PDF, offers in-depth technical specifications and is ideal for AI professionals. Janus demonstrates significant potential, hinting at a potential paradigm shift in the AI landscape.

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(github.com)
AI technical report

Croatian Freediver Shatters Underwater Breath-Hold Record

2025-08-19
Croatian Freediver Shatters Underwater Breath-Hold Record

Croatian freediver Vitomir Maričić has set a new Guinness World Record for the longest breath held voluntarily underwater using oxygen, an astonishing 29 minutes and 3 seconds, surpassing the previous record by over four minutes. He achieved this remarkable feat in a 3-meter-deep pool in Opatija, Croatia, in front of five judges and approximately 100 spectators. Maričić's achievement highlights not only exceptional lung capacity and endurance but also his remarkable mental fortitude and the crucial support of his team.

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(divernet.com)
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