Popular：
Virtualization DNS security formal verification reachability analysis compiler errors macro conflict web extension development framework Bitmap Graphics API inconsistencies All Tags

Automattic Reverses Course, Re-engages with WordPress Development

2025-05-30
Automattic Reverses Course, Re-engages with WordPress Development

Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com, has surprisingly reversed its decision to pause contributions to the WordPress project. This follows last month's announcement that 2025 would only see the release of version 6.8. Internal communications reveal CEO Matt Mullenweg's desire for a 6.9 release this year, incorporating an admin refresh and AI features. Speculation abounds regarding the motives behind this U-turn, with some suggesting pressure, reputational concerns, or a direct link to Automattic's ongoing legal battle with WP Engine. Automattic accuses WP Engine of profiting from WordPress without contributing back, while WP Engine counters that Automattic misunderstands trademark law. The reasons remain unclear, but Automattic's renewed commitment adds a significant twist to the WordPress narrative.

Read more
(techcrunch.com)
Development

Lightweight Job Scheduling with Wasp and PgBoss: A Surprisingly Elegant Solution

2025-05-30
Lightweight Job Scheduling with Wasp and PgBoss: A Surprisingly Elegant Solution

This article explores lightweight job scheduling in React and Node.js applications using Wasp and PgBoss. PgBoss leverages PostgreSQL's reliability and scalability to manage background jobs efficiently, while Wasp simplifies job definition and configuration. The article uses a tennis score tracking app to demonstrate creating both one-time scheduled jobs (e.g., sending a daily match summary email) and recurring jobs (e.g., daily digest emails). This setup is perfect for small projects or early-stage startups, eliminating the need for complex external services. However, for high-load or computationally intensive tasks, a dedicated job processing system is recommended.

Read more
(wasp.sh)
Development Job Scheduling

CatBench v0.3: Postgres Vector Search App Now with Performance Monitoring

2025-05-30

CatBench, a demo app using Postgres and PgVector with 25k pet photos, now features instance-wide throughput and query latency charts. Previously, users could explore a recommendation engine, view cat photos and product recommendations based on similar cat purchases, and see backend SQL query execution metrics. v0.3 adds a monitoring section displaying overall Postgres instance activity and SQL latency. Future plans include code cleanup, expanding the photo dataset to 9 million images, adding recall quality monitoring for fraud detection, and supporting other databases.

Read more
(tanelpoder.com)
Development Vector Search Performance Monitoring

Broadband Lobby Fights Back Against State-Level Affordable Internet Bills

2025-05-30
Broadband Lobby Fights Back Against State-Level Affordable Internet Bills

A California bill mandating $15 broadband plans with 100Mbps download and 20Mbps upload speeds has sparked a backlash from internet service providers (ISPs). ISP lobbying groups argue this, along with similar proposals in states like Connecticut, constitutes 'unnecessary anti-competitive regulation'. They're attempting to use federal preemption to block state-level laws, a strategy that failed previously. This is because the FCC, after eliminating net neutrality rules, lacks authority to regulate broadband pricing. Courts have ruled the FCC can't preempt state laws in areas it doesn't regulate. Despite this, ISPs persist, hoping for a future court ruling in their favor.

Read more
(arstechnica.com)
Tech state laws

Unlocking Secrets: A Data Analysis of the Science Museum's Collection

2025-05-30
Unlocking Secrets: A Data Analysis of the Science Museum's Collection

Analyzing the Science Museum Group's open photographic dataset revealed unique items within their collection. Using computer vision techniques, researchers identified individual objects with distinctive appearances based on their distance to their five nearest neighbors. These included vintage appliances, Art Deco objects, and Kinora viewers. The analysis also highlighted trends in the colors and shapes of museum objects over time, and unexpected connections like recycled Nike shoes forming artificial turf and cullet (broken glass) used in glassmaking. This study emphasizes the value of analyzing online museum collections and the potential of computer vision in uncovering and appreciating unique artifacts.

Read more
(lab.sciencemuseum.org.uk)
Tech museum collection

AI-Generated Code's Security Flaw: Lovable's 'Vibe Coding' Vulnerability

2025-05-30
AI-Generated Code's Security Flaw: Lovable's 'Vibe Coding' Vulnerability

Lovable, a platform using AI to rapidly generate code, has exposed a significant security vulnerability due to its simplified database connection method. Users can directly connect to Supabase databases, and improper configuration of access controls has led to the exposure of personal information. While Lovable introduced a security scan, it only checks if Supabase access controls are enabled, not whether they're correctly configured. Security experts suggest avoiding direct user database access. The Lovable incident highlights the security challenges posed by AI code generation tools; even flawless code can be dangerously implemented.

Read more
(www.semafor.com)
Tech

M&S Cyberattack: Online Services Down Until July, Massive Financial Hit

2025-05-30
M&S Cyberattack: Online Services Down Until July, Massive Financial Hit

Marks & Spencer (M&S), a major UK retailer, is facing a prolonged online service disruption following a cyberattack that began on April 25th. The outage is expected to last until July, resulting in an estimated £300 million hit to its 2025/26 operating profit and weekly sales losses of around £40 million. While some customer data, including contact details and birthdates, was stolen, M&S assures that payment details and passwords remain secure. The incident highlights the vulnerability of even large retailers to cyberattacks and underscores the significant financial and reputational damage such events can inflict. Analysts warn of the ongoing impact on M&S's profitability and investor confidence.

Read more
(moneyweek.com)
Tech

Asdf Overlay: Blazing Fast Windows Overlay Library

2025-05-30
Asdf Overlay: Blazing Fast Windows Overlay Library

Asdf Overlay is a blazingly fast and easy-to-use Windows overlay library that draws on top of the window framebuffer by hooking rendering backends. It utilizes GPU shared textures to avoid CPU framebuffer copies, enabling rendering of overlays of any size without performance loss. Supporting OpenGL, DX9-DX12, and Vulkan, it offers features like input capture control. Already used in projects like ingame lyrics overlays and ingame overlays, it requires Node.js, pnpm, a specific Rust compiler version, and MSVC. After installing dependencies, build with `pnpm build`. Multiple examples and debugging methods are provided.

Read more
(github.com)
Development

German Court Holds RWE Liable for Climate Change Impacts

2025-05-30
German Court Holds RWE Liable for Climate Change Impacts

A landmark German court ruling holds RWE AG partially liable for climate change impacts. The case, brought by Peruvian resident Saúl Luciano Lliuya, argued that RWE's emissions exacerbated flood risks in Huaraz, Peru. While Lliuya's individual claim was dismissed, the court affirmed that RWE's emissions interfered with rights and property in other countries, establishing legal liability under German civil law. This precedent-setting decision could reshape climate litigation globally, signaling a new era of corporate accountability for climate-related harms, even though the damages claim failed.

Read more
(cri.org)
Tech

Sequor: SQL-centric Workflow Platform for Reliable API Integrations

2025-05-30
Sequor: SQL-centric Workflow Platform for Reliable API Integrations

Sequor is an open-source, SQL-centric workflow platform designed to build reliable API integrations within modern data stacks. It offers a powerful alternative to black-box SaaS connectors, giving data teams complete control over their integration pipelines. By fusing API execution with your database, Sequor enables bidirectional data flow, leveraging SQL for transformations, analytics, and business logic. This unified approach eliminates the traditional boundaries between iPaaS and ETL processes. A code-first approach (YAML for flows, Jinja/Python for parameters, SQL for logic) allows for version control, collaboration, CI/CD, and local development. Sequor empowers you to own, control, and scale your integrations transparently, using familiar open technologies and avoiding SaaS lock-in.

Read more
(github.com)
Development Data Stack

Cap: A Lightweight, Privacy-Preserving Open-Source CAPTCHA Alternative

2025-05-30
Cap: A Lightweight, Privacy-Preserving Open-Source CAPTCHA Alternative

Cap is a lightweight, modern, open-source CAPTCHA alternative using SHA-256 proof-of-work. It's fast, private, and incredibly easy to integrate. Composed of a JavaScript widget (@cap.js/widget) and a server-side component (@cap.js/server), Cap offers various extensions and supports multiple runtimes and programming languages. It even runs standalone in Docker. Compared to hCaptcha, Cap is 250x smaller and, using proof-of-work, requires no user tracking. Fully open-source, Cap offers modes like invisible and floating to suit various needs.

Read more
(capjs.js.org)
Development

vrs: A Lisp-based Concurrent Runtime for Joyful Programming

2025-05-30
vrs: A Lisp-based Concurrent Runtime for Joyful Programming

vrs is an ambitious personal software runtime project aiming to deliver a joyful and efficient programming experience by combining the best ideas from systems like Emacs, Erlang, and Unix. It uses an embedded Lisp dialect called Lyric, supporting lightweight processes, message passing, service registration, and the ability to run millions of processes without blocking the system. Developers can use the vrsctl command-line tool for interactive programming and debugging, along with an Emacs mode called `lyric-mode` for efficient development. vrs is under heavy development, but its innovative concurrency model and easy-to-use Lisp dialect show great potential.

Read more
(github.com)
Development

Heaney's Letters: A Poet's Life and Struggles

2025-05-30

This collection of Seamus Heaney's letters offers a fascinating glimpse into the life of one of Ireland's most celebrated poets. From his early struggles to his Nobel Prize win, the letters reveal the complexities of his journey. We see his friendships with other poets, his reflections on his work, his thoughts on life and death, and his conflicted feelings about fame and the demands of public life. Heaney's witty and poetic style shines through, revealing a man who was both deeply thoughtful and surprisingly humorous. The letters offer a compelling portrait of a poet grappling with the challenges of success while maintaining his integrity and compassion.

Read more
(salmagundi.skidmore.edu)
Misc

Hidden Killers in Your AI Cloud Bill: 5 Reasons Why Costs Spiral

2025-05-30
Hidden Killers in Your AI Cloud Bill: 5 Reasons Why Costs Spiral

AI workloads are different from typical enterprise apps, leading to unexpectedly high cloud storage costs due to massive data processing and frequent operations. This article unveils five culprits: 1. Excessive API calls; 2. A multitude of small files; 3. Cold storage's incompatibility with iterative AI workflows; 4. Data egress fees; and 5. Poorly configured data lifecycle rules. These hidden costs often go unnoticed, resulting in exploding bills. The article urges developers to optimize data storage and transfer, choosing storage strategies better suited for AI workloads to effectively manage costs.

Read more
(www.backblaze.com)
AI AI cost

Sub-Second Proof-of-Work: Winning the $51k KernelCTF with AVX-512

2025-05-30
Sub-Second Proof-of-Work: Winning the $51k KernelCTF with AVX-512

In May 2025, the Crusaders of Rust team discovered and exploited a use-after-free bug in Linux's packet scheduler, aiming for Google's kernelCTF's $51,000 bounty. The author details their crucial contribution: optimizing the competition's proof-of-work (a Verifiable Delay Function, or VDF) using AVX-512IFMA instructions. Through mathematical optimizations, C++ porting, and meticulous assembly-level tweaks, they slashed execution time from 1.4 seconds to a blistering 0.21 seconds, ultimately securing the team's victory with a record-breaking 3.6-second submission. This showcases a deep understanding of low-level hardware and a relentless pursuit of performance.

Read more
(anemato.de)
Development VDF optimization

Toxic Origins, Toxic Decisions: Bias in CEO Selection

2025-05-30
Toxic Origins, Toxic Decisions: Bias in CEO Selection

New research reveals selection bias in CEO promotion amplifies risk-taking. CEOs born near future Superfund sites (exposed to prenatal pollution) are more likely to be promoted internally, suggesting firms reward apparent success without considering inherent risk tolerance. These 'Superfund CEOs' excel internally but pursue riskier external policies after promotion, leading to greater volatility and weaker performance. The study indicates firms may mistake luck for skill, inadvertently selecting high-variance risk-takers whose traits only become detrimental when decision-making shifts to public, irreversible domains.

Read more
(papers.ssrn.com)
Startup CEO selection Risk-taking Environmental risk

Nobel Laureate Challenges Standard Model of Cosmology: The Dark Energy Mystery

2025-05-30
Nobel Laureate Challenges Standard Model of Cosmology: The Dark Energy Mystery

Nobel laureate Adam Riess and his team's latest measurements of the universe's expansion rate significantly differ from the existing standard model of cosmology, leading to the 'Hubble tension' problem. This discrepancy suggests potential flaws in the standard model's description of dark energy and may necessitate a reevaluation of the universe's ultimate fate. Riess's findings challenge long-held cosmological theories, injecting new life and direction into the field, opening a new exploration of the universe's future trajectory.

Read more
(www.theatlantic.com)
Tech Hubble Tension

Explore the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel in Minecraft!

2025-05-30

A new Minecraft world data pack lets you experience the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel! Simulate operating gates, pumping water to prevent flooding, and even clean the massive pressure-equalizing tank. This data pack requires Minecraft version 1.21.1 or later and use is at your own risk.

Read more
(www.ktr.mlit.go.jp)
Game Simulation Game Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel

De Bruijn Indices and Levels: Solving Variable Capture in Lambda Calculus

2025-05-30
De Bruijn Indices and Levels: Solving Variable Capture in Lambda Calculus

This article introduces De Bruijn indices and levels, elegant solutions to the frustrating problem of variable capture in lambda calculus. By using natural numbers instead of variable names, these methods avoid naming conflicts, simplify substitution, and facilitate easier comparison of term equality. The article clearly explains how both methods work, compares their advantages and disadvantages, and concludes that De Bruijn indices are generally more useful for local operations, while De Bruijn levels are more convenient when moving subterms. This is a great read for programmers familiar with the basics of lambda calculus.

Read more
(blueberrywren.dev)
Development De Bruijn Indices Variable Capture

Chinese Paraglider's 28,000-Foot Ascent: A Tale of Real Footage and AI Deception

2025-05-30
Chinese Paraglider's 28,000-Foot Ascent: A Tale of Real Footage and AI Deception

The recent news of Chinese paraglider Peng Yujiang's ascent to 8,598 meters (28,000 feet) after being sucked into a cloud has gone viral. Major news outlets shared videos of the event, but the authenticity is questionable. Analysis reveals AI-generated scenes with inconsistencies in camera angles and the pilot's equipment. While other parts of the video might be genuine, the footage appears to be a compilation of scenes from different times and using different equipment. The incident highlights not only the challenges of high-altitude paragliding but also the difficulties in discerning real from AI-generated content in the media, underscoring the need for critical evaluation of online videos.

Read more
(blog.hyperknot.com)
Tech paragliding media verification

Gmail Rolls Out Automatic AI-Powered Email Summaries

2025-05-30
Gmail Rolls Out Automatic AI-Powered Email Summaries

Google Workspace users will see Gemini AI's email summarization capabilities significantly enhanced. Gmail now automatically generates summaries for complex email threads, displayed above the emails. While AI-powered summaries have been available in Google Workspace since last year, they previously required manual activation. Now, Google's AI will autonomously determine when a summary is helpful, creating them without user prompting. Summaries are kept up-to-date with new replies. Currently, automatic summaries appear only on mobile devices for English-language emails and may take up to two weeks to roll out to all accounts. Google hasn't announced plans for desktop expansion or availability to non-Workspace users. Manual summarization remains an option, and all AI features can be disabled via the app's "Smart features" setting.

Read more
(www.theverge.com)
Tech Email Summarization

Breakthrough Si-based Anode Material: Sieving-Pore Structure Enables High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries

2025-05-30
Breakthrough Si-based Anode Material: Sieving-Pore Structure Enables High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries

Researchers have developed a novel silicon-carbon composite anode material (SSC) using a two-step chemical vapor deposition method. The SSC material features a unique sieving-pore structure with sub-nanometer pore entrances that effectively sieve the electrolyte, suppressing the formation of organic-rich SEI and promoting the formation of inorganic-rich SEI. This inorganic-rich SEI not only stabilizes the interface but also provides fast Li+ transport pathways. Simultaneously, the combined effect of the sieving-pore structure and inorganic-rich SEI mechanically confines the volume expansion of Si, inhibiting the formation of c-Li15Si4 and enhancing cycling stability. Experimental results demonstrate that the SSC anode exhibits high reversible capacity, excellent cycling life, and rate capability, showing great potential for high-energy density lithium-ion batteries.

Read more
(www.nature.com)
Tech lithium-ion battery silicon anode sieving-pore structure

Microsandbox: Securely Executing Untrusted Code

2025-05-30
Microsandbox: Securely Executing Untrusted Code

Microsandbox solves the drawbacks of traditional methods (local execution, containers, VMs, cloud solutions) for running untrusted code. It boasts fast startup times, supports multiple languages (Python, JavaScript, Rust), and offers an SDK and project management tools for securely running AI-generated code, user submissions, or experimental code. Its unique microVM technology ensures code isolation, protecting your system from even malicious code. Microsandbox provides secure and efficient solutions for development environment setup, data analysis, and building AI assistants.

Read more
(github.com)
Development

The Mysterious Disappearance and Open Sourcing of W++

2025-05-30
The Mysterious Disappearance and Open Sourcing of W++

W++, a fun, experimental programming language designed for learning, chaos, and memes, has been open-sourced. After achieving over 33,000 downloads on the VSCode Marketplace, it was mysteriously removed. This repo contains the full source code, including a C#-based tokenizer, parser, and interpreter, along with a custom VSCode extension. Featuring async lambdas and a unique "pseudo-OOP" (OOPSIE) approach, W++ aims to demonstrate that even joke languages can teach valuable programming skills. The author, Ofek Bickel, encourages investigation into the reasons for its takedown.

Read more
(github.com)
Development

UAE May Offer ChatGPT Plus to All Residents for Free

2025-05-30
UAE May Offer ChatGPT Plus to All Residents for Free

The UAE and OpenAI are in talks that could make ChatGPT Plus, OpenAI's AI chatbot, freely available to all residents. This agreement would be part of the Stargate UAE infrastructure plan, creating an AI hub in Abu Dhabi. Stargate UAE, a 1-gigawatt computing cluster, is a collaboration between Abu Dhabi's G42, OpenAI, Oracle, and Nvidia. If successful, this would be unprecedented in the AI sector, giving millions access to one of the world's most powerful AI services for free.

Read more
(www.thenationalnews.com)
Tech UAE

Anthropic CEO Predicts AI Will Wipe Out Half of Entry-Level Office Jobs

2025-05-30
Anthropic CEO Predicts AI Will Wipe Out Half of Entry-Level Office Jobs

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei recently predicted that AI technology will eliminate half of entry-level office jobs within the next few years. He claims AI is surpassing humans in almost all intellectual tasks, sparking debate about the massive impact of AI on the job market. However, Amodei's prediction lacks data support, and his statements seem more like a publicity stunt for his company than a genuine warning about AI risks. The author questions Amodei's assertion that AI will simultaneously bring high economic growth and high unemployment, and points out that current generative AI technologies still have many limitations and are far from triggering an economic revolution.

Read more
(www.cnn.com)
Tech

Why the Take9 Cybersecurity Campaign is Doomed to Fail

2025-05-30

The new Take9 cybersecurity awareness campaign encourages pausing for nine seconds before clicking links or downloading files. However, this article argues it's ineffective. The nine-second pause is unrealistic in daily life, similar past campaigns have failed, and it wrongly blames users, ignoring systemic design flaws. A successful campaign would guide users through a two-step process: triggering suspicion and then directing their attention to what to look for and how to evaluate it. Simply pausing isn't enough; cognitive scaffolding and system designs accounting for dynamic interactions are necessary. The author concludes that fixing the system, not the user, is key.

Read more
(www.schneier.com)
Tech user education

arXivLabs: Experimenting with Community Collaboration

2025-05-30
arXivLabs: Experimenting with Community Collaboration

arXivLabs is a framework for collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on the website. Individuals and organizations involved share arXiv's values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv only partners with those adhering to these principles. Got an idea to enhance the arXiv community? Learn more about arXivLabs.

Read more
(arxiv.org)
Development

MinIO's Controversial Community Edition Changes Spark Outrage

2025-05-30
MinIO's Controversial Community Edition Changes Spark Outrage

MinIO, a popular open-source object storage solution, has removed key web-based management features from its community edition, prompting backlash from users. The free version now requires users to rely on command-line tools or upgrade to a paid plan. This decision, likened by some to 'enshittification,' has led many to explore alternatives like SeaweedFS, Garage, and Zenko. MinIO maintains that the changes are necessary to sustain the project's development.

Read more
(biggo.com)
Development minio
1 2 … 199 200 201 203 205 206 207 … 596 597