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GlobalFoundries Acquires MIPS, Expanding its RISC-V Processor Portfolio

2025-07-09

GlobalFoundries Acquires MIPS, Expanding its RISC-V Processor Portfolio

GlobalFoundries (GF) announced a definitive agreement to acquire MIPS, a leading provider of AI and processor IP. This strategic move expands GF's customizable IP offerings, differentiating its process technologies with enhanced IP and software capabilities. MIPS's Atlas portfolio, based on the open RISC-V architecture, focuses on real-time computing for applications like autonomous mobility, industrial automation, and data centers. The acquisition will allow GF to offer more flexible RISC-V based solutions, strengthening its position in the rapidly evolving AI market.

(mips.com)

Tech Processor IP

Git Submodule Cloning Vulnerability: Remote Code Execution via CRLF Injection

2025-07-08

A vulnerability in Git allows attackers to achieve remote code execution on Unix-like systems by crafting a malicious .gitmodules file. The vulnerability exploits inconsistencies in how carriage return (CR) and line feed (LF) characters are handled. By injecting CRLF, an attacker can modify submodule paths, causing the submodule to clone into an unexpected directory, enabling code execution. This has been patched; update Git and embedded Git versions.

(dgl.cx)

Development Git vulnerability CRLF injection

Berry: A Lightweight, Fast, and Powerful Embedded Scripting Language

2025-07-08

Berry is a lightweight, fast, and powerful scripting language interpreter designed for microprocessors. It features a one-pass bytecode compiler and a register-based virtual machine, supporting imperative, object-oriented, and functional programming paradigms. Its simple and natural syntax, garbage collection, and easy-to-use FFI (Foreign Function Interface) make it developer-friendly. Compile-time object construction minimizes RAM usage by storing most constant objects in read-only code data segments. Its dynamic typing and flexibility make it ideal for embedding in applications, providing excellent dynamic scalability.

(berry-lang.github.io)

Development embedded scripting language bytecode compiler

Boccaccio: A Life Unveiled Through Literary Self-Portraits

2025-07-08

Boccaccio: A Life Unveiled Through Literary Self-Portraits

This biography reconstructs the life of Giovanni Boccaccio by meticulously examining the autobiographical elements woven throughout his literary works. The author delves into the interplay between Boccaccio's writings and his personal experiences, revealing a complex personality marked by sensitivity, irritability, and a yearning for recognition coupled with profound insecurity. While the biography sometimes relies too heavily on Boccaccio's self-portraits, potentially compromising its rigor, it nonetheless offers valuable insights into the life and times of this influential Renaissance author.

(literaryreview.co.uk)

Misc Boccaccio

ChatGPT's New "Study Together" Mode: AI Tutor or Cheating Enabler?

2025-07-08

ChatGPT's New

Some ChatGPT Plus subscribers are reporting a new feature called "Study Together." Instead of directly answering prompts, this mode reportedly asks questions, prompting users to engage actively, much like an AI tutor. Speculation abounds about whether it will evolve into a multi-user study group feature and how effective it will be in deterring academic dishonesty. OpenAI hasn't commented, and ChatGPT itself remains vague about the feature's wider rollout. This new mode highlights ChatGPT's dual role in education: it can aid learning but also facilitate cheating; "Study Together" may be OpenAI's attempt to steer usage towards positive applications.

(techcrunch.com)

AI Study Mode

Netflix Anime Dominates Global Streaming: Over 1 Billion Views in 2024

2025-07-08

Netflix Anime Dominates Global Streaming: Over 1 Billion Views in 2024

Netflix revealed its anime strategy's massive success at Anime Expo. Over 1 billion views globally in 2024, with over 50% of its members (estimated 300 million viewers) watching anime. Viewership tripled in five years, with 33 anime titles in Netflix's Global Top 10 (Non-English) in 2024. To meet demand, Netflix now offers dubs and subtitles in up to 33 languages. Upcoming titles include the action-packed "Sakamoto Days," the highly anticipated "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2," the cute "My Melody & Kuromi," and more, showcasing a diverse range of genres solidifying Netflix's anime dominance.

(www.hollywoodreporter.com)

Game Global Streaming

Apple's Full-Screen F1 Ad: A Double Standard?

2025-07-08

Apple's Full-Screen F1 Ad: A Double Standard?

A full-screen ad for the F1 movie in Apple's TV app, linking directly to a website for ticket purchases, has sparked controversy. Apple's strict in-app purchase (IAP) rules, enforced on other developers, appear to be inconsistently applied here. The article argues that purchasing movie tickets isn't 'digital content' and thus exempt from IAP, a distinction likely confusing to most users. This discrepancy raises questions about user experience and the transparency of Apple's policies. This is a Tech news story.

(daringfireball.net)

Tech

Delhi Scraps Controversial Old Vehicle Ban After Public Backlash

2025-07-08

Delhi Scraps Controversial Old Vehicle Ban After Public Backlash

Delhi's government has reversed a plan to ban older vehicles from city roads after significant public opposition. The plan, which would have used ANPR cameras at gas stations to deny fuel to older petrol and diesel cars, sparked outrage, particularly among the middle class. Concerns about enforcement difficulties and economic impacts, coupled with technological challenges and lack of inter-state coordination, led to the policy's reversal. While committed to tackling air pollution, the government acknowledged the need to balance environmental concerns with the social and economic needs of its citizens, opting for long-term sustainable transport solutions.

(nz.news.yahoo.com)

Misc vehicle ban Delhi government

Nintendo's Strategy for Rising Switch 2 Development Costs

2025-07-08

Nintendo's Strategy for Rising Switch 2 Development Costs

Facing soaring development costs for Switch 2 games, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa acknowledged the increased risk but stated the company is exploring various methods to maintain its traditional game development approach. This includes investing in more efficient development processes and developing more smaller games to mitigate costs and prices. While Switch 2 titles like Mario Kart World demonstrate higher ambition and higher price tags, Nintendo recognizes the potential price barrier and is closely monitoring the situation. This contrasts with the large-scale layoffs and game cancellations seen at other companies, highlighting Nintendo's cautious and pragmatic approach.

(www.theverge.com)

Game Game Development Costs

Epic Games Settles with Samsung, Ending App Store Battle

2025-07-08

Epic Games Settles with Samsung, Ending App Store Battle

Riding high on the success of Fortnite, Epic Games has aggressively pushed its app store onto more phones, leading to legal battles. After winning an antitrust case against Google in late 2023, Epic sued Samsung over its "Auto Blocker" feature, hindering third-party app installations, including the Epic Games Store. Days before Samsung's new phone launch, they settled. The conflict stemmed from Epic's defiance of Apple and Google's app store policies, resulting in Fortnite's removal. While Apple prevailed, Google lost, with Epic demonstrating Google's efforts to stifle competition. This settlement concludes a significant chapter in Epic's fight for app store access.

(arstechnica.com)

Game

Waymo's Northeastern Expansion: Road Trips to NYC and Philly

2025-07-08

Waymo's Northeastern Expansion: Road Trips to NYC and Philly

Waymo initiated road trips to Philadelphia and New York City, marking its expansion efforts into Northeastern markets. These trips involve mapping the cities using human-driven vehicles equipped with Waymo's autonomous driving system, followed by autonomous testing with a safety driver present. Similar trips have previously led to commercial launches in other cities. While Waymo applied for a permit to test driverless vehicles in NYC, approval is pending, and commercial deployment remains a long-term goal. Waymo's broader strategy centers on expanding its commercial robotaxi services, with planned launches in Miami this year and Washington, D.C., in 2026.

(techcrunch.com)

Tech Market Expansion

iOS 26 Beta 3: Liquid Glass Gets a Frosted Makeover

2025-07-08

iOS 26 Beta 3: Liquid Glass Gets a Frosted Makeover

Apple's new Liquid Glass design language in iOS 26 beta 3 has undergone a significant change. Navigation bars, buttons, and tabs are now less transparent, addressing user complaints about readability issues in previous betas. While intended to improve usability, some users feel the change diminishes the distinctive glass-like aesthetic showcased at WWDC, deeming it a step backward. This developer beta suggests Apple is still fine-tuning the design before the public release in September.

(www.theverge.com)

Development

FuboTV Settles Lawsuit Over Illegal Sharing of User Data

2025-07-08

FuboTV Settles Lawsuit Over Illegal Sharing of User Data

Sports streaming service FuboTV has agreed to pay $3.4 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging the unlawful distribution of users' personally identifiable information (PII) without consent. The lawsuit claimed Fubo violated the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) by sharing user viewing history with third-party advertisers for targeted advertising without informed consent. While Fubo's privacy policy stated it only shared non-PII data, the plaintiff argued that Fubo shared PII without obtaining user consent.

(arstechnica.com)

Tech class-action lawsuit

Run a Certificate Transparency Log on a Single Server!

2025-07-08

Run a Certificate Transparency Log on a Single Server!

This article explains how easy it is to run a Certificate Transparency (CT) log, a critical component of web security. The author highlights that with the new Static CT API and Sunlight implementation, running a CT log is now significantly cheaper and easier, requiring only a single server, minimal bandwidth, and storage. This presents an opportunity for organizations or individuals with spare resources to contribute to web security and enhance their technical skills.

(words.filippo.io)

Tech

Babbage's Fascinating Foray into Codebreaking

2025-07-08

Charles Babbage, in his autobiography, recounts his captivating experiences with codebreaking. From a young age, he displayed a knack for easily cracking peers' ciphers, though this sometimes led to physical consequences. Babbage firmly believed any cipher could be broken, engaging in a playful challenge with a friend. His exceptional insight and patience ultimately allowed him to decipher his friend's seemingly complex code, revealing its underlying simplicity and showcasing his extraordinary talent in cryptography.

(mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk)

Misc Babbage codebreaking

Finding Meaning in a Classic Mac: A Personal Tech History

2025-07-08

Finding Meaning in a Classic Mac: A Personal Tech History

The author's father loves classic cars, seeing them as symbols of a bygone technological era. The author, mirroring this, bought a 1989 Macintosh SE/30, not out of nostalgia for the machine itself, but to explore a period of computing he missed. This Mac serves as both a tribute to a past era and a symbol of the progress that has since been made, much like his father's beloved classic cars. The author plans to restore and occasionally use the computer, much as his father takes occasional drives in his classic automobiles.

(blog.decryption.net.au)

Tech classic computer

Breakthroughs in Photonic Quantum Computing: Paving the Way for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers

2025-07-08

Breakthroughs in Photonic Quantum Computing: Paving the Way for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers

Recent years have witnessed significant advancements in building fault-tolerant quantum computers using photons. Researchers have employed various techniques, such as generating Schrödinger cat states and grid states through superpositions of photon number states, and combining them with quantum error correction codes like Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill (GKP) codes. This has led to the creation of more robust photonic qubits, laying a solid foundation for building scalable fault-tolerant quantum computers. These groundbreaking results, published in top journals such as Science and Nature, mark a new milestone for photonic quantum computing technology.

(www.nature.com)

Tech photonics

Re-evaluating the Antonine Itinerary: Topography's Impact on Roman Road Route

2025-07-08

Re-evaluating the Antonine Itinerary: Topography's Impact on Roman Road Route

Researchers used the MADO model and least-cost path algorithms, along with topographical data, to reassess the section of the Antonine Itinerary from Tui to Lugo (Roman road XI). The study revealed significant discrepancies in previously proposed site locations, primarily due to the influence of terrain slope on route selection. By incorporating topography, a new optimal route was proposed, showing good agreement with archaeological findings. The study also explains deviations between some milestones and the optimal path.

(link.springer.com)

Misc Roman road topographical analysis spatial modeling

Jurassic Park's Enduring Magic: Why It Still Reigns Supreme

2025-07-08

Jurassic Park's Enduring Magic: Why It Still Reigns Supreme

This article delves into the reasons behind Jurassic Park's enduring success and compares it to its sequels. The author argues that Spielberg's reverence for dinosaurs and nuanced character development are key. Unlike later, creatively bankrupt installments, Jurassic Park masterfully blends factual science with fiction, creating memorable characters and relationships. Its lasting impact stems from its unique blend of awe, fear, and a thoughtful exploration of humanity's hubris.

(briannazigler.substack.com)

Game Jurassic Park Steven Spielberg

Miyawaki Method: Miracle or Misconception?

2025-07-08

Miyawaki Method: Miracle or Misconception?

This podcast episode delves into the Miyawaki method, a rapid afforestation technique that's gained global popularity for its astonishing speed and density. However, guests question its effectiveness and applicability. Some argue it oversimplifies, ignoring regional ecological differences, leading to low tree survival rates and potential ecosystem disruption. Others see it as a powerful tool to engage the public in environmentalism, acting as a gateway to deeper ecological understanding. Experts offer a comprehensive analysis from scientific and practical perspectives, weighing its potential benefits and risks.

(www.futureecologies.net)

Tech Afforestation Ecological Restoration

Open Source Powering a Revolutionary Water Simulation Tool: epanet-js

2025-07-08

epanet-js is a web application combining modern web maps with the EPANET hydraulic simulation algorithm. Built by Iterating using code from the open-source Placemark project, it offers a browser-based alternative to expensive, proprietary software. This innovative tool challenges the status quo, providing a powerful and accessible solution for water utility system planning and updates. The core library is open-sourced, showcasing the power of community contribution and open-source principles.

(macwright.com)

Development

Open Source Ethernet Switch Project: Unlocking Hidden Features of the Microchip VSC8512

2025-07-08

While building the open-source 1U managed Ethernet switch LATENTRED, the author encountered a challenge with missing documentation for the Microchip VSC8512 PHY chip. The official documentation lacked information on SERDES TX equalizer settings, requiring an NDA for complete details. By analyzing publicly available documents, the IBIS-AMI model, and the Microchip Ethernet Switch API (MESA), along with reverse engineering techniques, the author successfully found a way to modify the equalizer settings. He discovered an undocumented MCU interface within the VSC8512, and through a series of register manipulations, successfully adjusted the SERDES TX equalizer, improving signal integrity. This project showcases the power of open-source principles and reverse engineering, offering valuable experience for other developers.

(serd.es)

Hardware

AI-Powered Generative Models Reshape Anamorphic Images

2025-07-08

Traditional anamorphic images only reveal their true form from a specific viewpoint. This paper uses latent rectified flow models and a novel image warping technique called Laplacian Pyramid Warping to create anamorphic images that retain a valid interpretation even when viewed directly. This work extends Visual Anagrams to latent space models and a wider range of spatial transforms, enabling the creation of novel generative perceptual illusions, opening new possibilities in image generation.

(studios.disneyresearch.com)

AI Anamorphic Images

Enter Middle-earth: The Two Towers MUD

2025-07-08

March 15, 3019 Third Age. Sauron wages war on the Free Peoples of Middle-earth. The battle rages on the Pelennor Fields, at the gates of Minas Tirith. Lothlórien, Thranduil's Kingdom, Dale, and Erebor are under siege. Join the fight in The Two Towers MUD, a free, text-based MMORPG set in Tolkien's world. Explore over 100,000 rooms, complete hundreds of quests, and join a thriving global community. Running continuously since 1994, this long-standing game is maintained by dedicated volunteers. Choose your side and enter the epic struggle!

(t2tmud.org)

Game

Rust's `#[derive]` Macro Limitations and Workarounds

2025-07-08

Rust's `#[derive]` macro, when generating implementations for traits like `Clone`, requires all generic parameters to also implement `Clone`. This limits its applicability. The article analyzes two examples showing why this restriction prevents code from compiling. The author proposes two solutions: submitting an RFC to change compiler behavior, and writing a custom macro to circumvent the limitation. The author opts for the latter, planning to implement more flexible derive macros in the `derive_more` crate or a self-created crate to address this issue.

(rgbcu.be)

Development

Convex Geometry Cracks Decades-Old Sphere Packing Problem

2025-07-08

Convex Geometry Cracks Decades-Old Sphere Packing Problem

A decades-old problem in mathematics, the efficient packing of spheres in high-dimensional space, has been significantly advanced. Professor Boaz Klartag, using a novel approach from convex geometry, cleverly improved an existing method, achieving a substantial increase in packing efficiency. By using a random process to adjust an ellipsoid, he found a more efficient way to pack spheres than any previous method, improving efficiency by hundreds or even millions of times in high dimensions. This breakthrough not only sets a new record for sphere packing but also reignites the debate on the optimal sphere packing in high-dimensional space, offering new insights for cryptography and communications.

(www.quantamagazine.org)

Misc

Lean 4.22: A New Verification Infrastructure for Imperative Programs

2025-07-07

Lean 4.22 introduces an exciting new feature: a new verification infrastructure for proving properties of imperative programs. The post uses a simple example—determining if a list contains two integers that sum to zero—to demonstrate the feature's use and compares it to similar tools like Dafny and Verus. The new framework, Std.Do, leverages Hoare triples and combines the `mvcgen` and `grind` tactics to greatly simplify the verification process for imperative programs, even those with complex control flow like loops and early returns. Unlike automated systems relying on external SMT solvers, Lean's interactive proving approach offers greater reliability, easier debugging, and better maintainability, making it a compelling choice for real-world program verification tasks.

(markushimmel.de)

Development Program Verification Imperative Programming

Prototyping Indoor Maps with VLMs: From Photos to Positions

2025-07-07

Over a weekend, the author prototyped an indoor localization system using a single photo and cutting-edge Vision-Language Models (VLMs). By annotating a mall map, identifying visible shops in the photo, and leveraging the VLM's image recognition capabilities, the system successfully matched the photo's location to the map. While some ambiguity remains, the results are surprisingly accurate, showcasing the potential of VLMs for indoor localization. This opens exciting avenues for future AR applications and robotics, while also highlighting potential environmental concerns.

(arjo129.github.io)

AI Indoor Localization

Ossia Score: Open-Source Sequencer for Interactive Audio-Visual Performances

2025-07-07

Ossia Score: Open-Source Sequencer for Interactive Audio-Visual Performances

Ossia Score is an open-source sequencer designed for audio-visual artists to create interactive shows. It allows sequencing OSC, MIDI, DMX, sound, video, and more across multiple software and hardware. Create interactive intermedia scores, scripting and live-coding with JavaScript, ISF Shaders, Faust, PureData, or C++. Interact with joysticks, Wiimotes, Leap Motions, web APIs, and BLE sensors. Process visuals via Spout, Syphon, NDI, Shmdata, or Sh4lt; and sonify datasets with CSV and HDF5 support. Free, open-source, and runs on desktop, mobile, web, and embedded systems (even Raspberry Pi Zero 2).

(github.com)

Development multimedia interactive performance

AI Cameras: The New Weapon in Enforcing Traffic Laws

2025-07-07

AI Cameras: The New Weapon in Enforcing Traffic Laws

To achieve Vision Zero, the ambitious goal of eliminating all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, several US cities are employing AI-powered cameras to improve driver compliance with traffic laws. Companies like Stop for Kids and Obvio.ai have developed AI systems that automatically detect violations such as running red lights, speeding, and failure to yield, issuing citations automatically. Stop for Kids saw remarkable success in a pilot program, reducing violations by over 90%. However, privacy concerns remain. Obvio.ai uses human review, balancing safety with privacy protection. These AI systems aim to improve road safety through technology, with the ultimate goal of making themselves obsolete by achieving zero traffic accidents.

(spectrum.ieee.org)

Tech Cameras

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