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Haskell: A Love-Hate Relationship with Functional Programming

2025-06-06

The author implemented a small program in Haskell, Common Lisp, and Smalltalk to compare programming experiences in different languages. The result? A surprising discovery that their affection for Haskell is independent of its practicality. Instead, it stems from the unique feeling of using Haskell—its code is concise, elegant, and feels more like a set of composable actions rather than mere arithmetic. The author contrasts the code implementations in the three languages, delves into their programming style and its compatibility with Haskell, and reflects on their dependence on the compiler. While acknowledging Haskell's imperfections, the author still enjoys the conciseness and efficiency Haskell provides, and looks forward to exploring more effective programming approaches.

(storytotell.org)

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UK Explores Digital ID Cards to Tackle Illegal Immigration

2025-06-06

UK Explores Digital ID Cards to Tackle Illegal Immigration

The UK government is exploring a proposal for a digital ID card, dubbed "BritCard," to combat illegal immigration. This smartphone-based card would link to government records, verifying an individual's right to live and work in Britain and monitoring welfare fraud. Proponents argue it signals a tougher stance on illegal migration and helps alleviate the small boats crisis. While previously proposed by former Prime Minister Tony Blair, the idea was shelved and is now gaining renewed traction with support from some Labour MPs. They believe it simplifies right-to-rent and right-to-work checks, effectively targets criminal employers exploiting undocumented workers, while avoiding unfair impact on legal residents. The estimated cost is £400 million to build and £10 million annually to maintain as a free app.

(www.independent.co.uk)

Tech Digital ID Illegal Immigration

Over 1 Million IoT Devices Infected by BADBOX 2.0 Malware

2025-06-06

Over 1 Million IoT Devices Infected by BADBOX 2.0 Malware

The FBI warns that over 1 million home internet-connected devices have been infected by the BADBOX 2.0 malware campaign, turning consumer electronics into residential proxies for malicious activities. The botnet, primarily found on Chinese-made Android smart TVs and other IoT devices, infects devices either through pre-installed malware or malicious apps. BADBOX 2.0 capabilities include residential proxy networks, ad fraud, and credential stuffing. Despite previous disruption attempts by German authorities, the botnet rapidly resurfaced, spreading across 222 countries and territories, impacting Brazil and the US most significantly. A joint operation by HUMAN, Google, and others disrupted the botnet again, but users are advised to remain vigilant, avoid unofficial app stores, and keep their devices updated.

(www.bleepingcomputer.com)

Tech

Open-Source LLMs: Outperforming Closed-Source Rivals on Cost and Performance

2025-06-06

Open-Source LLMs: Outperforming Closed-Source Rivals on Cost and Performance

While closed-source LLMs like GPT, Claude, and Gemini dominate at the forefront of AI, many common tasks don't require cutting-edge capabilities. This article reveals that open-source alternatives like Qwen and Llama often match or exceed the performance of closed-source workhorses (e.g., GPT-4o-mini, Gemini 2.5 Flash) for tasks such as classification, summarization, and data extraction, while significantly reducing costs. Benchmark comparisons demonstrate cost savings of up to 90%+, particularly with batch inference. A handy conversion chart helps businesses transition to open-source, maximizing performance and minimizing expenses.

(sutro.sh)

AI open-source LLMs

British Artist Creates Playful, Weightless Steel Sculpture

2025-06-06

British Artist Creates Playful, Weightless Steel Sculpture

British artist Alex Chinneck unveiled "A week at the knees," a new sculpture at London's Clerkenwell Design Week. Made from 320 meters of repurposed steel and 7,000 bricks, the 5-meter-tall, 12-ton piece is surprisingly only 15 centimeters thick. It playfully anthropomorphizes a Georgian facade, its lower levels appearing to sit with knees bent, creating a whimsical interaction with the surrounding park. The sculpture masterfully blends the weight of the materials with a light and graceful visual effect, creating a unique artistic experience within the historical context of London's squares and gardens.

(www.thisiscolossal.com)

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Onyx Hiring First Account Executive to Fuel Generative AI Workplace Revolution

2025-06-06

Onyx Hiring First Account Executive to Fuel Generative AI Workplace Revolution

Onyx, a generative AI platform connecting to your company's docs, apps, and people, is hiring its first Account Executive. Backed by $10M in seed funding from top-tier VCs and boasting clients like Netflix and Ramp, Onyx is seeking a seasoned sales professional (5+ years experience in mid-market or enterprise software sales) to spearhead its GTM strategy. This high-impact role involves managing the full sales cycle, pipeline generation, and collaborating across functions to build and refine sales processes. A unique opportunity for those wanting to shape sales at a rapidly growing startup.

(www.ycombinator.com)

Startup Account Executive

The Dark Side of Online Sports Betting: Winners Are Banned, Losers Are Made

2025-06-06

The Dark Side of Online Sports Betting: Winners Are Banned, Losers Are Made

Using the dazzling lights of Las Vegas as a metaphor, the author points out that its prosperity is built on the money lost by countless gamblers. Online sports betting is similar; algorithms effectively identify and limit winning players, yet show little concern for problem gamblers, even encouraging young people to gamble to maximize profits. The author suggests that in the future, widespread sports gambling will be viewed in the same light as smoking and drunk driving are today.

(doc.searls.com)

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22 Sailors Rescued After EV Fire Engulfs Cargo Ship

2025-06-06

22 Sailors Rescued After EV Fire Engulfs Cargo Ship

A fire broke out on the Morning Midas, a cargo ship carrying 3,000 vehicles (800 of which were electric), approximately 304 miles south of Adak, Alaska. The fire, believed to have originated from electric vehicle batteries, proved difficult to extinguish due to the salt water's conductive properties causing short circuits and thermal runaway in the batteries. All 22 crew members were rescued, but the ship is expected to continue burning until specialized firefighting crews arrive. This incident highlights the significant challenges posed by electric vehicle battery fires at sea.

(www.theregister.com)

Tech Electric Vehicle Fire Maritime Incident Cargo Ship

A Year of Amazon-Funded FreeBSD: Accomplishments and Challenges

2025-06-06

This post recounts the author's experience with a year of Amazon sponsorship via GitHub Sponsors for FreeBSD release engineering and FreeBSD/EC2 development. Over the year, four FreeBSD releases were managed, and several key issues on the FreeBSD/EC2 platform were resolved, including power drivers for Graviton instances and device hotplug support. Boot times for FreeBSD/EC2 instances were significantly improved, and new AMI flavors were added. However, with the sponsorship ending, several planned feature improvements will be delayed.

(www.daemonology.net)

Development

AI-Powered Animation Generator: Pro-Grade Game Animations on Demand

2025-06-06

This advanced AI tool generates smooth, professional animations from your images or text descriptions. It boasts a complete set of character actions (idle, walk, run, attack, jump, cast, and more), and provides transparent backgrounds, perfect center offset, and bounding boxes for seamless integration. Choose from retro pixel art to modern anime styles to perfectly match your game's aesthetic. Train custom actions to fit unique gameplay needs, creating personalized animations. Upload existing character art or describe your vision—both work flawlessly.

(www.godmodeai.cloud)

Game animation generation

Oral History of the US Digital Service's Origins Released

2025-06-06

This announcement unveils an oral history documenting the origins of the United States Digital Service (USDS). Featuring nearly 50 interviews from 2009-2015, it chronicles the creation of the USDS and the experiences of its early leaders. Despite its renaming to the US DOGE Service in January 2025, the history highlights its impact of bringing over 700 technologists into government across three presidential administrations, the challenges and lessons learned in building something new within a bureaucratic environment. This work underscores the ongoing importance of the civic tech movement and how technologists can transform public services.

(usdigitalserviceorigins.org)

Tech Oral History Civic Tech

US Crackdown on Chinese Student Visas: Targeting STEM Fields

2025-06-06

US Crackdown on Chinese Student Visas: Targeting STEM Fields

The US State Department announced a campaign to aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, particularly those in science and engineering fields deemed strategically important to China, and those with unspecified ties to the Communist Party. The impact on Chinese students considering US education is significant, casting doubt on America's appeal as a study destination.

(www.economist.com)

Tech US visas Chinese students STEM fields

Highly Efficient Matrix Transpose in Mojo: Beating CUDA?

2025-06-06

Highly Efficient Matrix Transpose in Mojo: Beating CUDA?

This blog post details how to implement a highly efficient matrix transpose kernel on the Hopper architecture using Mojo. The author walks through optimizations, starting from a naive approach and culminating in a kernel achieving 2775.49 GB/s bandwidth—competitive with, and potentially exceeding, equivalent CUDA implementations. Optimizations include using TMA (Tensor Map Access) descriptors, shared memory optimizations, data swizzling, and thread coarsening. The post dives into the implementation details and performance gains of each technique, providing complete code examples.

(veitner.bearblog.dev)

Development Matrix Transpose GPU Programming

German Stellarator Sets New Fusion Record

2025-06-06

German Stellarator Sets New Fusion Record

The Wendelstein 7-X stellarator fusion reactor in Greifswald, Germany, has achieved a new world record for the triple product in long plasma discharges, lasting 43 seconds. The triple product, a key factor in fusion, considers plasma density, ion temperature, and energy confinement time. This achievement utilized a novel pellet injector from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, precisely coordinating heating and fuel injection. While tokamaks still hold the record for short-duration discharges, this milestone demonstrates the stellarator's progress towards power plant applications, surpassing JET in longer discharge times despite a smaller plasma volume. This represents a significant step towards sustainable fusion energy.

(www.heise.de)

Tech

Hidden Tax Bomb: How a 2017 Tax Code Tweak Triggered Tech Layoffs

2025-06-06

Hidden Tax Bomb: How a 2017 Tax Code Tweak Triggered Tech Layoffs

A little-noticed change to Section 174 of the 2017 US tax code, effective in 2022, unexpectedly triggered a massive wave of layoffs in the tech industry. The amendment changed the immediate expensing of R&D costs to amortization over five or fifteen years, significantly increasing the tax burden for tech companies. This led to widespread layoffs, impacting companies of all sizes, resulting in the loss of hundreds of thousands of high-paying jobs. While over-hiring during the pandemic and the rise of AI are cited as causes, the Section 174 change acted as a hidden accelerant. A bipartisan effort is underway to repeal the change, but the damage is done, impacting far beyond the tech sector, and a reversal may be too late.

(qz.com)

Tech tax reform section 174

The Hidden Costs of SaaS: More Than You Think

2025-06-06

The Hidden Costs of SaaS: More Than You Think

Developers are often told to focus on their product and leave the rest to SaaS vendors. But integrating third-party services (authentication, queuing, file storage, image optimization, etc.) comes at a cost, not just in dollars but in time, friction, and mental overhead. This article outlines five hidden taxes: discovery tax (evaluating services), sign-up tax (registration and payment), integration tax (code integration and debugging), local development tax (local environment configuration), and production tax (production deployment and maintenance). The author argues that instead of constantly integrating various SaaS services, it's better to choose an integrated platform (like Cloudflare or Supabase) to avoid repetitive costs and hassles, thereby improving development efficiency.

(rwsdk.com)

Development

Cursor, the AI Coding Assistant, Secures $900M in Funding

2025-06-06

Cursor, the AI Coding Assistant, Secures $900M in Funding

Anysphere, the lab behind the AI coding assistant Cursor, announced a $900 million funding round at a $9.9 billion valuation. Investors include Thrive, Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, and DST. Cursor boasts over $500 million in ARR and is used by more than half of the Fortune 500 companies, including NVIDIA, Uber, and Adobe. This significant investment will fuel Anysphere's continued research and development in AI-powered coding, furthering their mission to revolutionize the coding experience.

(www.cursor.com)

AI

AI-Powered Customer Success: Great Question Hiring Director of Customer Success (North America)

2025-06-06

AI-Powered Customer Success: Great Question Hiring Director of Customer Success (North America)

Great Question, a Series A B2B SaaS company backed by top-tier investors, is seeking a Director of Customer Success based in North America. This role will lead post-sale strategy and execution, driving revenue growth, building scalable systems, and guiding the CS team through a new phase of growth. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record leading CS teams in high-growth B2B SaaS environments, experience serving enterprise customers, and strong commercial acumen. Competitive salary and benefits are offered, along with the opportunity to make a real impact in the world of AI-powered customer feedback.

(www.ycombinator.com)

Startup

Controlling Adobe Creative Apps with AI: Introducing adb-mcp

2025-06-06

An Adobe community member open-sourced adb-mcp, enabling AI control over Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and InDesign via MCP servers. A Python MCP server, Node command proxy, and UXP plugins allow AI to send commands, automating tasks like layer renaming, resizing, and watermarking. While a proof-of-concept with a complex setup, it showcases AI's potential in creative workflows, automating tedious tasks and assisting creative processes. Future improvements in user experience, API optimization, and integration with other MCPs promise to make adb-mcp a key component in AI-first workflows.

(www.mikechambers.com)

Development

Apple Faces Billions in EU Fines Over a Comma

2025-06-06

Apple Faces Billions in EU Fines Over a Comma

A syntactic battle over a comma in the Digital Markets Act (DMA) could cost Apple billions of euros in fines from the European Union. The EU Commission ruled that Apple's practice of forcing developers to use its payment platform and charging commissions violates the DMA. Apple must now stop collecting commissions on all but the first external transaction. Apple argues for a different interpretation of "conclude contracts", but the EU Commission ultimately ruled that Apple must waive most commissions and remove restrictions on external links within apps. This ruling will significantly impact Apple's revenue, and while Apple will likely appeal, the ruling is immediately effective.

(cafetechinenglish.substack.com)

Tech

Exa: Building the Next-Gen AI Chips for AGI

2025-06-06

Exa: Building the Next-Gen AI Chips for AGI

Exa is developing next-generation polymorphic chips aiming to surpass NVIDIA, forming the foundation for future knowledge and scientific discovery. Their XPU chips self-reconfigure to optimize model dataflow, enabling AGI and ASI support with dramatically reduced energy consumption. They're seeking experienced engineers to join their team and build this revolutionary technology with a legacy spanning centuries.

(www.ycombinator.com)

Tech polymorphic architecture

Trump's AI Czar Calls Universal Basic Income a 'Fantasy'

2025-06-06

Trump's AI Czar Calls Universal Basic Income a 'Fantasy'

David Sacks, Trump's AI advisor and co-founder of Craft Ventures, has dismissed universal basic income (UBI) as a fantasy, arguing against government welfare in the age of AI. He claims the left envisions a post-economic order where people stop working and receive government benefits, a scenario he believes is unrealistic. However, numerous cities and states are experimenting with guaranteed basic income, a more limited version of UBI. A major UBI study funded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman found it encouraged recipients to work harder. Conversely, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis advocates for a 'universal high income' to address AI's significant impact on jobs. The differing opinions highlight a major debate about the future of AI, employment, and social welfare.

(www.businessinsider.com)

Tech

Apple Warns Australia Against Following EU's App Sideloading Mandate

2025-06-06

Apple Warns Australia Against Following EU's App Sideloading Mandate

Apple has cautioned Australia against mirroring the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA), which mandates app sideloading on iPhones. Apple argues that sideloading increases the risk of malware and fraud, compromising user security and privacy. While Apple has complied with the DMA in the EU, allowing users to install apps outside the App Store, this has reportedly led to a surge in pornography and copyright-infringing apps. Apple stresses its review process is crucial for user protection and defends its 30% App Store commission, stating it primarily applies to high-earning apps, with most developers paying less or nothing. The Australian government is still considering its proposal and hasn't made a final decision.

(www.neowin.net)

Tech App Sideloading

80% of Unicorns Will Fail or Stagnate: VC Prediction

2025-06-06

Venture capitalists predict a grim future for many tech unicorns. A staggering 80% are projected to either fail outright or become stagnant. 20% are expected to completely fail, while roughly half will struggle to grow, eventually selling for less than anticipated or existing in a zombie-like state. Only 20-25% are expected to succeed through an IPO or acquisition, and even among those, a small minority will become independent public companies. Even giants like Stripe, which have stayed private for years, may eventually choose to go public.

(theedgemalaysia.com)

Startup unicorns tech startups

OpenAI Appeals Court Order to Preserve Deleted ChatGPT Chats

2025-06-06

OpenAI Appeals Court Order to Preserve Deleted ChatGPT Chats

OpenAI is appealing a court order requiring it to retain deleted ChatGPT user chat logs, stemming from a copyright lawsuit filed by the New York Times. OpenAI argues the order is an overreach, stating that only a small, audited legal and security team would access this data to comply with legal obligations. They emphasize that the order doesn't affect OpenAI API business customers with zero data retention agreements.

(arstechnica.com)

Tech Copyright Lawsuit

French Court Orders VPN Providers to Block Pirate Sports Streaming Sites

2025-06-06

A French court ruled that several VPN providers, including NordVPN, CyberGhost, and ExpressVPN, must take measures to prevent users from accessing specific pirate sports streaming websites. Copyright holders like Canal+ sued, alleging these VPNs allowed users to bypass geo-restrictions and watch illegal streams. The court dismissed the VPN providers' objections, finding that Article L. 333-10 of the French Sports Code applies to VPN providers and ordered the blocking of listed website domains within three business days. This marks a new milestone in France's fight against online piracy but also raises concerns about internet censorship and user privacy.

(torrentfreak.com)

Tech

Sandia National Labs Deploys GPU-less, Storage-less Brain-Inspired Supercomputer

2025-06-06

Sandia National Labs Deploys GPU-less, Storage-less Brain-Inspired Supercomputer

Sandia National Labs has deployed SpiNNaker 2, a brain-inspired supercomputer that forgoes GPUs and internal storage. Supplied by SpiNNcloud, this top-five brain-inspired platform simulates 150-180 million neurons, achieving high speed through high-speed inter-chip communication and massive memory. Its energy-efficient architecture excels at complex event-driven computing and simulations, making it ideal for demanding national security applications like modeling nuclear deterrence missions. The system's architecture, initially developed by Arm pioneer Steve Furber, leverages 48 SpiNNaker 2 chips per server board, each with 152 cores and specialized accelerators.

(blocksandfiles.com)

Tech Brain-inspired computing Neuromorphic

lsof Demystified: Unveiling a Process's Open Files

2025-06-06

This code snippet uses the command `lsof -p $(echo $$)` to list all open files for the current zsh process. The output reveals details such as process ID, user, file descriptor type, device, size, and path, providing a clear picture of the process's interactions with the filesystem. This is invaluable for understanding process behavior and debugging file handle leaks.

(mattrighetti.com)

Development file descriptors

The Rise and Fall of Bell Labs: A Cautionary Tale for Modern Innovation

2025-06-06

The Rise and Fall of Bell Labs: A Cautionary Tale for Modern Innovation

This article explores the remarkable history of Bell Labs and the reasons behind its eventual decline. Famous for its open culture of innovation and trust in its brilliant minds, Bell Labs birthed countless technological breakthroughs, such as the transistor and the laser. However, modern metrics-obsessed environments and the pressure for short-term gains have stifled such freedom. The author argues that a lack of investment in long-term research and trust in talent are the primary reasons why replicating Bell Labs' success is difficult today. The article calls for a rethinking of innovation models in both corporate and academic settings, advocating for greater freedom and time for scientists to foster true breakthroughs.

(links.fabiomanganiello.com)

Tech

GitLab Fixes 48-Hour Git Backup Bug, Speeds Up 6x

2025-06-06

GitLab Fixes 48-Hour Git Backup Bug, Speeds Up 6x

The GitLab team has solved a long-standing problem with Git repository backups. A 15-year-old Git function with O(N²) complexity caused backups of large repositories to take 48 hours. They improved the algorithm, reducing backup time to 41 minutes – a more than 6x speed increase. This fix has been contributed back to the main Git project, benefiting all Git users. For GitLab users, this means faster backups, lower costs, and more robust disaster recovery.

(about.gitlab.com)

Development

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