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Threads Deepens Fediverse Integration: A New Feed and Search

2025-06-17

Threads Deepens Fediverse Integration: A New Feed and Search

Meta's Threads team has launched a significant update, integrating more deeply with the decentralized social web (fediverse). Users now have a dedicated feed showcasing posts from followed accounts on platforms like Mastodon and Flipboard. A new fediverse user search feature also makes discovery easier. While fediverse content sharing remains opt-in and is displayed separately from the main feed, this represents a major step towards a more open Threads. Future integration is planned, but the exact approach remains under discussion.

(www.theverge.com)

Tech

Graph Neural Networks for Time Series Forecasting: Beyond Traditional Approaches

2025-06-17

Graph Neural Networks for Time Series Forecasting: Beyond Traditional Approaches

This blog post presents a novel approach to time series forecasting using graph neural networks. Unlike traditional methods that focus solely on individual time series, this approach leverages the interconnectedness of data within a graph structure (e.g., from a relational database). By representing time series as nodes in a graph, and employing techniques like graph transformers, the model captures relationships between different series, leading to more accurate predictions. The post also compares regression-based and generative forecasting methods, demonstrating the generative approach's superior ability to capture high-frequency details and handle rare events.

(kumo.ai)

AI Time Series Forecasting

AMD's CDNA 4 Architecture: Balancing Matrix and Vector Operations

2025-06-17

AMD's CDNA 4 Architecture: Balancing Matrix and Vector Operations

AMD unveils its latest compute-oriented GPU architecture, CDNA 4, a modest upgrade over CDNA 3. The focus is on boosting matrix multiplication performance with lower-precision data types crucial for machine learning. Simultaneously, CDNA 4 aims to maintain AMD's lead in vector operations. Utilizing a similar multi-chiplet design as CDNA 3, and increasing clock speeds, CDNA 4 improves Local Data Share (LDS) capacity and bandwidth, introducing read-with-transpose LDS instructions to optimize matrix multiplication. While lagging behind Nvidia's Blackwell architecture in low-precision matrix operations, CDNA 4 retains a significant advantage in vector operations and higher-precision data types due to its higher core count and clock speeds.

(chipsandcheese.com)

Hardware

I Set Up a BitTorrent Tracker and This Happened...

2025-06-17

Noticing many BitTorrent trackers were dead, the author had a curious idea: buy a defunct domain, set up a tracker, and see what happens. The result? Millions of peers flooded in! This highlighted the centralized risks of the BitTorrent protocol and the legal gray area of trackers regarding copyright. While the tracker itself might not constitute 'inducement' to infringe, the author shut it down out of caution.

(kianbradley.com)

Development tracker

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit: From Forgotten Star to Disney Icon

2025-06-17

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit: From Forgotten Star to Disney Icon

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, an early Disney creation, was a forgotten star for many years. Created in 1927 by Disney and Iwerks for Universal Pictures, his early cartoons were lauded for their unique personality animation and innovative use of cinematic techniques. However, a contract dispute led to Disney losing the rights to Oswald. In a surprising turn of events in 2006, Disney reacquired the rights through a clever trade. Since then, Oswald has enjoyed a resurgence, appearing in video games like *Disney Speedstorm*, theme parks, and merchandise, becoming once again a significant Disney character, even set to star in a horror film in 2024. This incredible journey showcases early Disney animation innovation, the complexities of intellectual property, and the enduring appeal of classic characters.

(en.wikipedia.org)

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Tesla's Robotaxi Launch: A Dangerous Game of Smoke and Mirrors?

2025-06-17

Tesla's upcoming Robotaxi launch in Austin, Texas, raises serious safety concerns. Elon Musk's repeated promises of full self-driving have consistently fallen short. This Robotaxi plan utilizes geofencing and remote operation, a stark contrast to previous promises, and raises doubts about its safety and scalability. Competitor Waymo already operates successful Robotaxi services in multiple cities, highlighting Tesla's rushed and opaque approach. The launch appears more like a PR stunt to maintain the illusion of Tesla's self-driving leadership than a genuine technological breakthrough.

(electrek.co)

Tech

COSIG: Open-Source Guides for Post-Publication Peer Review

2025-06-17

COSIG is an open-source project offering a collection of guides created by publication integrity experts. These guides empower anyone to participate in post-publication peer review, even without specialized knowledge. Currently hosting 28 guides categorized by field (biology, materials science, computer science, etc.), COSIG provides resources for identifying image manipulation, analyzing data, verifying citations, and more. Become a steward of scientific literature with COSIG.

(osf.io)

Development scientific literature

arXivLabs: Experimental Projects with Community Collaborators

2025-06-17

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

(arxiv.org)

Development

NYC Comptroller Arrested in Immigration Court

2025-06-17

NYC Comptroller Arrested in Immigration Court

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested Tuesday morning inside a Lower Manhattan immigration court by masked federal agents while escorting a man from his court appearance. Lander linked arms with the man, refusing to release him as agents attempted to pull him away. Lander repeatedly demanded a warrant and asserted the agents lacked authority to arrest US citizens. The incident occurred amidst heightened federal activity targeting immigrants leaving court hearings. Lander, a mayoral candidate, framed his actions as a defense of the rule of law and a criticism of his opponents' approaches to immigration issues. Recent similar incidents involving other politicians underscore the escalating tension surrounding immigration enforcement.

(www.thecity.nyc)

Politics

Windows 10 EOL: A Family's Hardware Upgrade Odyssey and a Linux Dev's Tale

2025-06-17

The author's experience upgrading multiple family computers due to Windows 10's end-of-life. The story details hardware choices, OS installations (including a Linux journey), and insights into file format design. It also covers Z80 game development for the ZX Spectrum, reflections on the Mass Effect series, and a glimpse into the author's new year's resolutions. A humorous and relatable tech upgrade saga.

(solhsa.com)

Hardware

Salesforce's AI Power-Up: Empowering Every Employee

2025-06-17

Salesforce's AI Power-Up: Empowering Every Employee

Salesforce is announcing significant updates to its Agentforce, Customer 360 Apps, and Slack offerings, streamlining AI adoption. Key changes include: generally available Agentforce add-ons and Agentforce 1 Editions offering unlimited employee AI usage; price increases for Enterprise and Unlimited Editions starting August 1, 2025; and Slack plan updates adding AI features to all paid plans and Salesforce channels to all plans (including free). New Agentforce add-ons and editions provide unlimited generative AI access, pre-built templates, AI-powered analytics, and more. This overhaul aims to empower every employee with AI, driving customer success.

(www.salesforce.com)

Tech

Google Gemini 2.5: Faster, Cheaper, and More Powerful

2025-06-17

Google Gemini 2.5: Faster, Cheaper, and More Powerful

Google announces the general availability of its Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash models, alongside a preview release of the even more cost-effective and faster Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite. These models achieve a Pareto optimal balance of cost and speed, outperforming their predecessors across various benchmarks including coding, math, science, reasoning, and multimodal tasks. Flash-Lite especially excels in high-volume, low-latency applications like translation and classification. The Gemini 2.5 family boasts features like adjustable reasoning budgets, integration with tools like Google Search and code execution, multimodal input, and a massive 1 million-token context window.

(blog.google)

AI

1953 Iranian Coup: A US-UK orchestrated oil grab

2025-06-17

1953 Iranian Coup: A US-UK orchestrated oil grab

In 1953, Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh was overthrown in a coup d'état orchestrated by the US and UK. Mosaddegh's attempt to nationalize the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company threatened Western oil interests, prompting a clandestine operation to topple the democratically elected government and install the pro-Western Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. This event not only ended Iran's democratic progress but also sowed the seeds for future instability in the Middle East, leaving a lasting impact on US-Iran relations.

(en.wikipedia.org)

Tech Iranian Coup US-UK Intervention Oil Nationalization

Fujifilm X Half: A Family-Friendly Camera or a Disappointment?

2025-06-17

Fujifilm X Half: A Family-Friendly Camera or a Disappointment?

A decade-long Fujifilm user, transitioning from the X-T1 to the Leica M11, shares their experience with the Fujifilm X Half. While the X Half's compact size and simplified controls make it ideal for families, particularly children, its high price and limited features have drawn criticism. The author argues that for casual users, the X Half's ease of use outweighs its functional shortcomings, making it a great choice for family photography, though the $850 price tag feels steep.

(arslan.io)

Hardware Fujifilm family camera

Wayland's Fragmentation: A Cross-Desktop Compatibility Nightmare

2025-06-17

Wayland's design omits basic functionality enjoyed by X11, Windows, and macOS applications for decades—like window positioning and mouse cursor control. This wasn't an oversight; it was intentional. Further compounding the issue is fragmentation: GNOME, KDE, and other compositors interpret Wayland protocols differently. Application developers can't rely on consistent implementations, leading to unsustainable support burdens, especially for niche applications on already-fragmented Linux. Worse, these problems reside in Wayland protocols, window managers, and compositors—beyond the reach of application developers. We hope the Wayland ecosystem matures, but we aren't there yet.

(www.kicad.org)

Development Cross-platform compatibility

OpenAI's o3-pro: More Powerful, but Much Slower ChatGPT Pro

2025-06-17

OpenAI's o3-pro: More Powerful, but Much Slower ChatGPT Pro

OpenAI has released o3-pro, a more powerful version of ChatGPT Pro, demonstrating improvements across various domains including science, education, and programming. However, this enhanced performance comes at the cost of significantly slower response times. Many users report better answer quality than o3, but the lengthy wait times (15+ minutes) disrupt workflows. Tests show reduced hallucinations in some cases, but not a consistent outperformance of o3 across benchmarks. While o3-pro excels at tackling complex problems, its high cost and slow speed make it a niche offering rather than a daily driver. Many users suggest reserving o3-pro for scenarios where o3 or other models like Opus and Gemini fail, making it a valuable 'escalation' tool for particularly challenging queries.

(thezvi.substack.com)

AI

Honda's Space Ambitions: Suborbital Launch by 2029

2025-06-17

Honda's Space Ambitions: Suborbital Launch by 2029

Since 2021, Honda has been pursuing space technology research and development, aiming to leverage its core technologies, such as combustion and control systems, to fulfill people's dreams. Their focus includes a circulative renewable energy system, space robotics, and reusable rockets, with a goal of achieving suborbital launch capability by 2029. This isn't just exploration; it's driven by anticipating future demand for satellite data and sustainable transportation. While still in fundamental research, Honda aims to integrate space technology with its existing business, creating new value.

(global.honda)

Tech Reusable Rockets

Firefox's Downward Spiral: The Decline of a Once-Great Browser

2025-06-17

Firefox's Downward Spiral: The Decline of a Once-Great Browser

The once-dominant browser Firefox is facing a serious crisis. From altering user agreements and abandoning promises of user data privacy, to prioritizing AI in 2025 despite lacking resources; from shutting down useful utilities Pocket and Fakespot, to Firefox itself experiencing increasing technical problems like failing to load mainstream websites, slow speed, excessive memory usage, etc., Firefox is gradually losing users. Mozilla's poor handling of Snap and Flatpak packaging, and the disastrous handling of an expiring root certificate, further exacerbated user loss. Reliant on Google for 90% of its revenue and holding only a 1.9% market share, Firefox's future looks bleak; it may truly be at its end.

(www.theregister.com)

Tech

Blazing Fast Concurrent Hash Map for Go: cmapv2

2025-06-17

Blazing Fast Concurrent Hash Map for Go: cmapv2

This article introduces cmapv2, a high-performance concurrent hash map library for Go. Leveraging the MurmurHash algorithm, it offers both regular and sharded map types for various concurrency needs. Example code demonstrates initialization, insertion, retrieval, and deletion of key-value pairs. The article also details performance testing using `go test` and `pprof` for CPU and memory profiling.

(github.com)

Development Concurrent HashMap

arXivLabs: Experimental Projects with Community Collaborators

2025-06-17

arXivLabs is a framework that lets collaborators develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Individuals and organizations working with arXivLabs embrace our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners who share them. Have an idea for a project that will benefit the arXiv community? Learn more about arXivLabs.

(arxiv.org)

Development

The Enduring Reign of JPEG: Why This 30-Year-Old Image Format Still Rules

2025-06-17

The Enduring Reign of JPEG: Why This 30-Year-Old Image Format Still Rules

This article explores the three-decade-long history of the JPEG image format. JPEG wasn't the web's first image format, but its superior compatibility and progressive compression quickly made it dominant. Unlike the GIF, JPEG was a standardized format developed by a committee, ensuring broad adoption. Despite the emergence of newer formats like JPEG 2000, WebP, AVIF, and HEIC, JPEG's head start and widespread use make it nearly impossible to displace, much like MP3 and ZIP – enduring classics.

(spectrum.ieee.org)

Tech

AI Adoption Soars in the Workplace, But Leadership Lags

2025-06-17

AI Adoption Soars in the Workplace, But Leadership Lags

AI use at work is exploding. In just two years, the percentage of US employees using AI at least a few times a year has nearly doubled to 40%. This increase is heavily concentrated in white-collar jobs, particularly in tech, professional services, and finance. While AI adoption is rising, employee fears of job displacement haven't increased. However, a significant gap exists: many companies lack clear AI strategies and guidelines, leaving employees to use AI without guardrails. This hinders the realization of AI's value and employee buy-in. Strong leadership and clear AI strategies are crucial for maximizing AI's potential in the workplace.

(www.gallup.com)

Tech

ARIA: A Powerful Tool for Web Accessibility, and Its Pitfalls

2025-06-17

ARIA: A Powerful Tool for Web Accessibility, and Its Pitfalls

This article delves into the role of ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) in web accessibility, exposing common misconceptions. ARIA isn't a silver bullet; it supplements native HTML elements, providing additional information for assistive technologies like screen readers to enhance interactivity, purpose, and state understanding. The article covers ARIA's history, usage rules, its grammatical structure (roles, states, and properties), and challenges in real-world application, such as varying assistive technology support and ARIA attribute misuse. The author advocates prioritizing semantic HTML, using ARIA judiciously, and emphasizes manual testing to ensure correctness and effectiveness. Ultimately, the article connects ARIA usage with care for disabled people, urging developers to prioritize accessibility and build a more inclusive web.

(www.smashingmagazine.com)

Development Web Accessibility Assistive Technology

Iberian Blackout: Was It Renewables' Fault?

2025-06-17

Iberian Blackout: Was It Renewables' Fault?

A massive blackout hit Spain and Portugal in April 2024, affecting nearly 60 million people. While official investigations are ongoing, academics suggest several potential causes, including power plants sending excessively high voltage (overvoltages) to the transmission grid, and uneven reactive power distribution due to the distributed generation model of renewable energy (solar and wind). Traditional power plants provide inertia, stabilizing grid frequency, a characteristic lacking in renewables. The overvoltage issue highlights reactive power management, requiring adjustments to grid management rules to incentivize renewable energy plants to participate in reactive power balancing. Spain and Portugal's low interconnection capacity with neighboring countries also contributed to the blackout's widespread impact and duration. Future improvements in grid management rules, increased interconnection capacity, added energy storage, and AI-assisted grid operation are vital to prevent similar events.

(spectrum.ieee.org)

Tech reactive power

Hamburger Menus: A Decade Later, Are They Still Usable?

2025-06-17

Hamburger Menus: A Decade Later, Are They Still Usable?

A decade on, the hamburger menu is a ubiquitous navigation pattern. However, the old problems of hidden navigation persist: users overlook it, leading to increased task completion times and decreased satisfaction. While user recognition of the hamburger menu has improved, design risks remain. This article revisits early research findings, shares new research on hamburger menu recognizability, and offers visual design best practices for the hamburger icon. Research shows that the standard three-line icon, top-left placement, and clear labels improve hamburger menu usability. But the article cautions that hidden navigation always adds interaction cost and visible navigation should always be prioritized. Use them wisely, follow best practices, and always test with users.

(www.nngroup.com)

Design Hamburger Menu

Codecov's Mandatory AI Feature Sparks User Concerns

2025-06-17

Codecov's Mandatory AI Feature Sparks User Concerns

A new AI feature in Codecov has sparked user concern due to the lack of a disable option. Users worry about Codecov illicitly training AIs on their code or inserting infringing code without permission. They demand a permanent, clear way to disable AI functionality across all their organizations and a guarantee that AI won't be used for code coverage analysis.

(github.com)

Development

Purple Streetlights: A Growing Mystery Across the Globe

2025-06-17

Purple Streetlights: A Growing Mystery Across the Globe

For 15 years, American cities have been swapping sodium lamps for energy-efficient LEDs, changing nighttime roads from orange to bright white. But recently, a strange purple hue has been appearing in streetlights across the US and globally. Scientists hypothesize that this is due to delamination of the phosphor layer coating the blue LEDs, revealing the underlying blue light and resulting in the purple tint. This isn't just unsettling; it's a potential safety hazard, as the blue-rich light alters how drivers and pedestrians perceive their surroundings, impairing detail vision at night. Experts recommend removing sunglasses and blue-light-filtering glasses at night to maximize light intake.

(www.scientificamerican.com)

Tech LED streetlights phosphor delamination nighttime safety

AI Training Data Bots Overwhelm Digital GLAM Collections

2025-06-17

AI Training Data Bots Overwhelm Digital GLAM Collections

In late 2024, reports emerged of online cultural heritage collections struggling under the weight of AI training data bots scraping their data. A GLAM-E Lab survey revealed this wasn't isolated; many institutions experienced similar issues, with bots overwhelming systems and causing outages. Traditional methods like robots.txt proved ineffective. Institutions are implementing various countermeasures, but long-term solutions remain elusive. The impact highlights the tension between open access and the unsustainable costs of providing data to AI training.

(www.glamelab.org)

Tech Bots GLAM

Nexus Mods Founder Steps Down After 24 Years

2025-06-17

Nexus Mods Founder Steps Down After 24 Years

After nearly 24 years of running Nexus Mods, the founder is stepping back from day-to-day management. Started in 2001 in a bedroom with a 56k modem, the site grew from a simple platform for modders to share their work into a massive community. The immense pressure, however, took a toll on the founder's health. He's found a suitable successor team, ensuring the site's community-first and mod-author-focused values remain intact. While stepping down, the founder will still be involved in community matters and assist the new team in guiding Nexus Mods into the future.

(www.nexusmods.com)

Game

Titan: Hubris, Neglect, and a Catastrophic Implosion

2025-06-17

Titan: Hubris, Neglect, and a Catastrophic Implosion

Netflix's documentary, *Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster*, exposes the truth behind the tragic implosion of the Titan submersible. The film centers on OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, whose ambition to commercialize deep-sea exploration clashed with a disregard for safety concerns, culminating in a devastating accident. Exclusive interviews, recordings, and footage reveal internal safety issues and shockingly poor decisions that led to the submersible's implosion during a Titanic expedition, killing all five onboard. The documentary serves as a cautionary tale about balancing technological innovation with responsibility and the deadly consequences of hubris.

(www.netflix.com)

Tech

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