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Beyond Two-Week Sprints: Exploring ShapeUp, Plan>Build>Ship, and GSD

2025-02-16

Beyond Two-Week Sprints: Exploring ShapeUp, Plan>Build>Ship, and GSD

Tired of the traditional two-week Scrum sprint? This article explores three alternatives: ShapeUp, Plan>Build>Ship, and GSD. ShapeUp emphasizes a six-week development cycle, starting with a thorough 'Shaping' phase, followed by a 'Betting table' decision-making process, and finally the 'Building' phase, avoiding the rush of short sprint cycles. Plan>Build>Ship is a simplified waterfall model where each feature is handled by a dedicated team from planning to delivery. GSD (Get Shit Done), popularized by Shopify, emphasizes efficient execution, using the internal tool Vault to track project progress, focusing on projects rather than tasks, and promoting team collaboration. These three methods each have unique characteristics, offering product teams more choices and helping them find the development process best suited to their circumstances.

(www.departmentofproduct.com)

Development product development

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.

(alfiecg.uk)

Development coprocessor

Lightweight Animation Library: Only 24.5KB, Supports Diverse Animation Effects

2025-04-03

Lightweight Animation Library: Only 24.5KB, Supports Diverse Animation Effects

A lightweight animation library called Animate boasts a mere 24.5KB size yet supports a variety of animation effects such as rotation, translation, and transformation. It provides powerful modules like Timeline, Draggable, and Scroll. Its clean API supports various easing functions and animation combinations, seamlessly integrating with WAAPI. Code examples showcase creating diverse animations, including path-based animations, scroll-triggered animations, and responsive animations.

(animejs.com)

Development animation library

SoftBank Acquires Ampere Computing for $6.5B, Doubling Down on AI

2025-03-20

SoftBank Group Corp. announced the acquisition of Ampere Computing, a leading independent silicon design company, for $6.5 billion in an all-cash deal. This acquisition strengthens SoftBank's AI infrastructure investments and accelerates its growth in AI. Ampere will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary, retaining its name and Santa Clara headquarters. SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son stated the acquisition will help accelerate its vision for Artificial Super Intelligence. Ampere CEO Renee James expressed excitement about joining SoftBank and continuing its AmpereOne roadmap for high-performance Arm processors and AI. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2025.

(group.softbank)

Tech

Chawan TUI Browser 0.2.0 Released

2025-06-16

Chawan, a text-user interface (TUI) browser, has released version 0.2.0. This release includes all the features envisioned for a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and has no known critical bugs. Source code and a static binary distribution for amd64 Linux are available, along with a .deb package. Dependencies zlib, libseccomp, termcap/ncurses, and libcurl have been removed. Future work will focus on improving the layout module's performance and correctness, and making the UI more user-friendly.

(chawan.net)

Development TUI Browser Software Release

SiYuan: A Privacy-First, Self-Hosted Personal Knowledge Management System

2024-12-26

SiYuan: A Privacy-First, Self-Hosted Personal Knowledge Management System

SiYuan is a privacy-first, self-hosted, fully open-source personal knowledge management software written in TypeScript and Go. It boasts features like fine-grained block-level referencing, Markdown WYSIWYG editing, custom attributes, SQL query embedding, web clipping, and PDF annotation link export. Available via app stores (App Store, Google Play, F-Droid) and Docker, SiYuan offers a powerful yet user-friendly experience. Most features are free for both personal and commercial use.

(github.com)

Development knowledge management

Woolly Mouse: A Step Towards De-Extinction?

2025-03-04

Woolly Mouse: A Step Towards De-Extinction?

Colossal Biosciences has achieved a significant breakthrough in its ambitious plan to resurrect the woolly mammoth. The company announced the creation of genetically engineered mice possessing key mammoth traits, including a thick, golden woolly coat and mammoth-like fat metabolism. This 'woolly mouse' validates their de-extinction approach, but faces criticism from some scientists who question the ethical implications and the potential environmental risks of introducing a resurrected species. While critics argue funds could be better used for current conservation efforts, Colossal aims to use this technology to restore damaged ecosystems and protect endangered species. The company hopes to produce mammoth-like Asian elephant embryos by next year and calves by 2028, also working on reviving the dodo and Tasmanian tiger.

(www.npr.org)

Tech woolly mammoth

Near-Infrared Light Therapy Reverses Age-Related Vision Decline?

2025-02-18

Near-Infrared Light Therapy Reverses Age-Related Vision Decline?

Multiple studies suggest that near-infrared light (670nm) irradiation improves mitochondrial function, thereby alleviating age-related vision decline. Researchers conducted experiments on both Drosophila and humans, finding that near-infrared light enhances mitochondrial ATP production, reduces inflammation, and decreases photoreceptor cell loss. While the mechanism remains unclear, these findings offer new hope for treating age-related macular degeneration and other age-related vision problems, suggesting the possibility of slowing aging through phototherapy in the future.

(www.nature.com)

Tech Near-infrared light therapy Mitochondria Age-related vision decline

Europol Shuts Down Massive Dark Web Child Porn Ring

2025-04-02

Europol Shuts Down Massive Dark Web Child Porn Ring

Europol has dismantled KidFlix, one of the world's largest dark web child pornography networks. Launched in 2021, KidFlix offered low-quality child sexual abuse material (CSAM) previews for free, then charged cryptocurrency for higher-resolution videos. Operation Stream, a multinational effort involving over 35 countries, seized the servers, uncovering 91,000 unique CSAM videos, many previously unknown to law enforcement. 79 arrests have been made, 39 child victims protected, and over 3,000 devices seized. Despite cryptocurrency's supposed anonymity, investigators successfully traced payments to suspects, highlighting the effectiveness of law enforcement's advanced techniques.

(arstechnica.com)

Tech child exploitation

PubPeer Review: TRF2-S Protein Regulates Axonal mRNA Transport

2025-01-16

A PubPeer post discusses a research article on TRF2-S, a novel RNA- and FMRP-binding protein crucial for regulating axonal mRNA transport and presynaptic plasticity. Published in Nature Communications, the study reveals how TRF2-S influences neuronal growth and function by impacting mRNA trafficking and local translation. This research sheds light on neural mechanisms and potentially offers new avenues for neurological disease treatment.

(pubpeer.com)

Tech Neuroscience RNA-binding protein Axonal transport

Ford's $5B Gamble: A Model T Moment for EVs?

2025-08-12

Ford's $5B Gamble: A Model T Moment for EVs?

Ford is investing nearly $5 billion in a new EV production system and platform designed to bring affordable electric vehicles to market. The first vehicle, a mid-size electric pickup launching in 2027 with a projected $30,000 price tag, will be assembled in Kentucky. A new battery park in Michigan will produce LFP batteries for the truck. Ford's 'assembly tree' system simplifies production, improves ergonomics, and aims for a faster assembly time. The truck, inspired by the Model T, targets Mustang EcoBoost-like acceleration and lower five-year ownership costs than a used Tesla Model Y. This move is a direct challenge to Chinese EV makers known for affordability and quality.

(www.freep.com)

Tech Affordable EVs

Mexico Threatens Legal Action Against Google Over 'Gulf of America' Name Change

2025-02-20

Mexico Threatens Legal Action Against Google Over 'Gulf of America' Name Change

Following a Trump-era executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the 'Gulf of America,' Google Maps updated its maps, prompting a strong reaction from Mexico. President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that Mexico will sue Google if the name change isn't limited to the US jurisdictional waters. Sheinbaum argues that the executive order only applies to the US continental shelf, not the entire gulf, and that Google's actions infringe on Mexican sovereignty. Mexico has sent a letter to Google demanding a correction.

(thecomeback.com)

Misc territorial dispute

Four Surprising Limitations of Rust's Borrow Checker

2024-12-24

This article delves into four surprising limitations of Rust's borrow checker encountered even by experienced Rustaceans. The first limitation involves the borrow checker's inability to fully account for match and return statements, leading to redundant checks when working with HashMaps. The second limitation concerns asynchronous programming, where Rust currently lacks the ability to express certain asynchronous callback type signatures. The third centers around FnMut closures not allowing re-borrowing of captured variables, restricting access to mutable state in async operations. Finally, the Send checker's lack of control flow awareness results in some Futures that should be Send being incorrectly flagged as non-Send. The author illustrates these limitations and their challenges with concrete code examples and workarounds, advocating for improvements to Rust's type system to enhance developer productivity.

(blog.polybdenum.com)

Development borrow checker async programming

Deel CEO Implicated in Espionage Scandal: Former Employee's Confession Reveals Details

2025-04-02

Deel CEO Implicated in Espionage Scandal: Former Employee's Confession Reveals Details

Deel CEO Alex Bouaziz is embroiled in a corporate espionage scandal. Former Rippling employee Keith O'Brien, in a sworn Irish affidavit, admitted to being hired by Deel to spy on competitor Rippling, acting on instructions from CEO Alex Bouaziz. O'Brien stated he communicated with Alex Bouaziz and Deel's CFO (Alex's father, Philippe Bouaziz) via Telegram and received payment for his actions. The incident has garnered attention from the Irish press, and Rippling has filed a lawsuit against Deel.

(www.newcomer.co)

Tech corporate espionage

arXivLabs: Experimenting with Community Collaboration

2025-04-02

arXivLabs is an experimental platform enabling collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on the website. Participants (individuals and organizations) embrace arXiv's values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners who adhere to them. Got an idea to enhance the arXiv community? Learn more about arXivLabs.

(arxiv.org)

Development

EU Lures US Scientists with €500M Initiative Amidst Funding Cuts

2025-05-10

EU Lures US Scientists with €500M Initiative Amidst Funding Cuts

Responding to funding cuts and skepticism towards science in the US, the EU launched 'Choose Europe for Science', a €500 million initiative (2025-2027) to attract researchers, particularly from the US. The program offers long-term stability, streamlined processes, and aims to increase R&D investment to 3% of GDP. With its substantial research programs and supportive environment, the EU hopes to attract top talent and solidify its scientific leadership.

(es.wired.com)

Tech talent competition

Open Source: Where Dreams Go To Die

2025-02-26

Open Source: Where Dreams Go To Die

The resignation of Hector Martin, lead developer of Asahi Linux, highlights the unsustainable nature of open-source development. Years of unpaid work porting Linux to Apple Silicon led to burnout, fueled by endless user demands and lack of compensation. This article explores the broken economics of open source, where developers pour countless hours into projects without adequate reward, leading to exhaustion and project abandonment. It calls for a fundamental shift in how we value and support open-source contributions to prevent future tragedies.

(www.trevorlasn.com)

Development

Visual Timeline: A Colorful Journey Through Your Life

2025-03-01

Visual Timeline: A Colorful Journey Through Your Life

Visual Timeline is an app that lets you visualize your entire life—past, present, and future—in a colorful, week-by-week view. Color-code life periods (childhood, college, jobs), highlight important events (achievements, trips), and add detailed notes. It automatically adds birthdays and world events, and allows YAML export for backups. Keep it private or share it via a unique link; it's a living, growing representation of your life story, constantly updated.

(lifeweeks.app)

Misc life logging

Token Security Raises $20M to Secure the Booming World of Machine Identities

2025-01-27

Token Security Raises $20M to Secure the Booming World of Machine Identities

The rise of cloud computing and AI has led to a surge in machine identities, creating more entry points for hackers. Token Security, a startup tackling this growing security risk, just secured $20 million in Series A funding. Their platform automatically identifies and manages machine identities, helping companies prevent breaches before they occur. Founded by veterans of Israel's Unit 8200, the company counts HPE among its clients and plans to use the funding to expand its AI capabilities and US presence. The funding highlights the increasing importance of securing machine identities, often overlooked in traditional cybersecurity strategies.

(techcrunch.com)

Tech machine identity

Recycling Perovskite Solar Cells: A Holistic Approach to Environmental and Economic Sustainability

2025-02-23

Recycling Perovskite Solar Cells: A Holistic Approach to Environmental and Economic Sustainability

This study presents a highly efficient recycling method for perovskite solar cells, encompassing the recovery of materials from various layers of the cell components, including the perovskite layer, hole transport layer (spiro-OMeTAD), and electrodes. Through layer-by-layer recycling and multiple recycling rounds, the method achieves an electrode recycling rate as high as 96.8%. A comprehensive life cycle assessment (LCA) was conducted to analyze the environmental impact and economic benefits at different recycling frequencies, and the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) was calculated. The results demonstrate that recycling significantly reduces environmental impact and enhances the economic competitiveness of perovskite solar cells.

(www.nature.com)

Tech Perovskite Solar Cells Circular Economy

Generating Stunning Point Cloud Geometry with Signed Distance Functions

2025-03-29

Generating Stunning Point Cloud Geometry with Signed Distance Functions

This article introduces a creative coding technique for generating point cloud geometry using signed distance functions (SDFs). The author uses the example of particles colliding with spheres to explain how SDFs can efficiently detect collisions and extend to more complex shapes. The article provides Processing code examples, including classes like Point, Vector, Ray, and Tracer, and SDF implementations like SphereSDF and BoxSDF, demonstrating how to use SDFs for sphere tracing to generate beautiful point cloud images.

(winterbloed.be)

Development signed distance functions point cloud

Legacy Code Adventures: A COBOL Odyssey

2025-05-22

Maintaining 200k lines of COBOL code unearthed a treasure trove of ingenious hacks and historical quirks. The author discovered base-10 numerics, clever string parsing using data definitions, and a 'REDEFINES' statement used for internationalization (even with Spanish redefinitions!). Early exits were implemented for abrupt job termination, and a file mysteriously contained the first 800 natural numbers as string constants. The story concludes with the revelation that the UNIX 'dd' command originates from COBOL's 'DD' statement for data definition, showcasing the unexpected legacy of mainframe programming.

(oppi.li)

Development legacy code

Threlte 8 Released: Major Update to Svelte 3D Framework

2025-01-24

Threlte 8 Released: Major Update to Svelte 3D Framework

The Threlte team has released Threlte 8, a major milestone bringing significant performance, flexibility, and developer experience improvements. This release integrates Svelte 5's new features and leverages the latest advancements in Three.js. Key updates include an all-new `` component, an improved plugin API, WebGPU support, and the alpha release of Threlte Studio. While breaking changes exist, a migration guide is provided to assist users.

(threlte.xyz)

Development

World's First: AI Voice Cloning in Just 3 Seconds!

2025-01-10

AnyVoice unveils a groundbreaking AI technology that creates hyper-realistic voice clones from only 3 seconds of audio. This revolutionary technology dramatically speeds up the voice cloning process, eliminating the need for lengthy recordings. Currently supporting English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, the service requires users to record a 3-10 second audio sample in a quiet environment. Commercial use is permitted with a commercial license.

(anyvoice.net)

AI AI voice cloning speech synthesis

The Curious Case of the Converging UNIX Workstation

2025-07-20

The author, having amassed a collection of 1990s RISC/UNIX workstations from SGI, HP, and DEC, noticed a peculiar trend in their internal layouts after watching a video on PC case history. Early models adhered to traditional VME bus designs. However, later models surprisingly adopted a layout reminiscent of the LPX standard – a flat motherboard with rear I/O and a left-side expansion slot. This bears a striking resemblance to contemporary PC designs. The author speculates on whether this was independent convergence or a collaborative effort, leaving the question of coincidence versus design trend unanswered, but prompting intriguing questions about the evolution of hardware design.

(thejpster.org.uk)

Hardware UNIX workstations

Muon g-2 Mystery: Standard Model Showdown or New Physics?

2025-02-27

Muon g-2 Mystery: Standard Model Showdown or New Physics?

The 2021 Muon g-2 experiment at Fermilab revealed a significant discrepancy between the measured anomalous magnetic moment of the muon and the Standard Model prediction, hinting at new physics. However, a recent alternative Standard Model prediction suggests the Fermilab result is consistent with the Standard Model. This has sparked a heated debate in the particle physics community: does the Standard Model need revision, or have we discovered new physics? The next few years will be crucial, with the release of Fermilab's final Muon g-2 results and more precise calculations of strong interaction contributions offering a definitive answer—a landmark event in particle physics.

(physicsworld.com)

Tech standard model new physics

Playwright MCP: Headless Browser Automation for LLMs

2025-03-26

Playwright MCP: Headless Browser Automation for LLMs

The Playwright Model Context Protocol (MCP) server provides browser automation capabilities for LLMs using Playwright. It allows LLMs to interact with web pages through structured accessibility snapshots, eliminating the need for screenshots or visually-tuned models. It's fast, lightweight, and LLM-friendly, using Playwright's accessibility tree rather than pixel-based input. Features include web navigation, form filling, data extraction, and automated testing. Supports headless and headed modes. Installation is straightforward via VS Code CLI.

(github.com)

Development

Google's Gemma 3: A Major Upgrade to its Single-Accelerator AI Model

2025-03-20

Google's Gemma 3: A Major Upgrade to its Single-Accelerator AI Model

Over a year after releasing the initial Gemma AI models, Google unveils Gemma 3, boasting superior performance compared to competitors like Llama and OpenAI, especially on single-GPU systems. This enhanced model supports over 35 languages and processes text, images, and short videos. Gemma 3 features an upgraded vision encoder for high-res and non-square images, and includes the new ShieldGemma 2 image safety classifier to filter inappropriate content. While the definition of 'open' remains debated regarding its license, Google continues to promote Gemma 3 via Google Cloud credits and an academic program offering $10,000 in credits for research.

(www.theverge.com)

AI

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.

(www.slashfilm.com)

Game box office superhero movies

Lenovo's ThinkBook Flip: A Foldable AI PC Concept

2025-03-03

Lenovo's ThinkBook Flip: A Foldable AI PC Concept

Lenovo unveiled the ThinkBook “Flip” AI PC Concept at MWC, a productivity laptop with a flexible OLED display. Transforming between a 13.1-inch clamshell, a 12.9-inch tablet, and an 18.1-inch vertical laptop, it uses the same screen as the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 but folds differently, eliminating motors and potentially lowering costs. Folded, it functions as a standard laptop; unfolded, it boasts a massive screen and ergonomic viewing angle. A unique Smart ForcePad trackpad offers customizable shortcuts. While still a concept, Lenovo shared specs including an Intel Ultra 7 processor and 32GB of RAM, hinting at a potential market launch.

(www.theverge.com)

Hardware flexible display foldable laptop

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