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AT&T to End Email-to-Text Service

2025-04-05

AT&T to End Email-to-Text Service

AT&T announced that its email-to-text and text-to-email service will be discontinued on June 17, 2025. This means users will no longer be able to send or receive texts via email. The change will also affect others with AT&T Wireless accounts who use this method to communicate. FirstNet, business, and IoT account holders should check for potential impacts.

(www.att.com)

Tech text messaging

uWrap: A Blazing-Fast Text Wrapping Utility (<2KB)

2025-04-04

uWrap: A Blazing-Fast Text Wrapping Utility (<2KB)

uWrap is a 10x faster and more accurate text wrapping utility under 2KB (minified), MIT licensed. Designed for efficient row height prediction in list and grid virtualization, optimizing UI performance for large scrollable datasets. It cleverly overcomes Canvas2D's lack of text wrapping APIs and the performance limitations of measureText(). Benchmarks show it significantly outperforms canvas-hypertxt in both speed and accuracy. Currently supports Latin character sets, with more features planned.

(github.com)

Development text wrapping

xlwings Lite: Revolutionizing Excel Automation with Python

2025-04-04

xlwings Lite is a free and easy-to-install Excel add-in that brings the power of Python to Excel automation and custom function creation in a privacy-first, secure, and developer-friendly way. No Python installation is required; it runs on Windows, macOS, and Excel for the web, supporting Microsoft 365 and recent perpetual versions like Office 2024. Create custom functions, run automation scripts, access the Excel object model, install third-party libraries (like pandas, Polars), and access web APIs. All code runs locally, delivering lightning-fast performance and complete privacy; users can even self-host to eliminate Microsoft telemetry.

(lite.xlwings.org)

Development

NSA Warns: Fast Flux Technique Threatens Critical Infrastructure

2025-04-04

NSA Warns: Fast Flux Technique Threatens Critical Infrastructure

The National Security Agency (NSA) has warned that a technique known as "fast flux," used by hostile nation-states and ransomware groups to hide their operations, poses a significant threat to critical infrastructure and national security. Fast flux allows decentralized networks to evade takedown attempts by rapidly cycling through IP addresses and domain names. This constant change makes identifying the true source of attacks extremely difficult and provides redundancy. The NSA, FBI, and their allies urge enhanced cybersecurity defenses to counter this growing threat.

(arstechnica.com)

Tech

100 Self-Driving Cars Tackle Rush Hour Congestion

2025-04-04

100 Self-Driving Cars Tackle Rush Hour Congestion

Researchers deployed 100 reinforcement learning (RL)-trained autonomous vehicles (AVs) onto a highway during rush hour to mitigate congestion and reduce fuel consumption. These AVs learned to smooth traffic flow, maximizing energy efficiency while maintaining throughput and safe operation around human drivers. The experiment demonstrated that even a small percentage of well-controlled AVs significantly improves traffic flow and fuel efficiency for all road users. This large-scale experiment provides valuable insights into deploying AVs to improve traffic conditions.

(bair.berkeley.edu)

Tech traffic optimization

Porn Addiction Debunked: Morality, Not Porn Use, Drives Problems

2025-04-04

Porn Addiction Debunked: Morality, Not Porn Use, Drives Problems

A meta-analysis of studies on pornography use challenges the long-held notion of 'porn addiction'. The research reveals that moral incongruence, heavily influenced by religiosity, is a far stronger predictor of porn-related problems than the amount of porn consumed. The guilt and shame associated with porn use often stem from this conflict between personal values and behavior, rather than an addictive process. The study suggests clinicians should focus on addressing moral conflicts and religious beliefs to help individuals reconcile their values and behaviors, rather than solely targeting porn consumption.

(www.psychologytoday.com)

Misc porn addiction moral conflict religiosity

Trump's Trade War: Wall Street's Epic Miscalculation

2025-04-04

Trump's Trade War: Wall Street's Epic Miscalculation

The Trump administration's surprise announcement of new tariffs on nearly every country caught Wall Street completely off guard. The market had optimistically assumed a more moderate approach from Trump, a severe misjudgment. Trump's protectionist policies are unprecedented, imposing crushing tariffs not only on strategic rivals like China, but also on Vietnam, Bangladesh, and allies like the EU and Japan. This isn't reciprocal; it's unilateral and overwhelming. The result was a market panic. The article highlights Trump's extreme aversion to trade deficits and his bizarre methodology for calculating tariff rates as key factors. He views any trade deficit as America being 'ripped off,' ignoring the complexities and employing a nonsensical formula to support his view. Ultimately, investors' misreading of Trump led to the market crash, a direct consequence of Trump's consistent stance and policies.

(www.theatlantic.com)

Tech

OpenAI's o3 Model Achieves Breakthrough on ARC-AGI, But AGI Definition Remains Contested

2025-04-04

OpenAI's o3 Model Achieves Breakthrough on ARC-AGI, But AGI Definition Remains Contested

OpenAI's latest model, o3, achieved a stunning 87% score on François Chollet's ARC-AGI test, reaching human-level performance for the first time and sparking a heated debate about whether AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) has been achieved. However, Chollet quickly released the harder ARC-AGI-2 test, where o3's score plummeted, once again challenging the industry's definition and metrics for AGI. This article explores the differing viewpoints and the complex relationship between AGI's definition and commercial interests, prompting deep reflection on the nature of general artificial intelligence.

(www.theatlantic.com)

AI

Powell's Purple Ties: A Symbol of Fed's Apolitical Stance

2025-04-04

Powell's Purple Ties: A Symbol of Fed's Apolitical Stance

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell explained his consistent choice of purple ties at press conferences. Initially, it was simply a preference. However, he realized that in a politically divided America, purple, a color outside the traditional red-blue political spectrum, symbolizes the Fed's non-partisan stance. This comes as President Trump again urged Powell to cut interest rates, highlighting the importance of the Fed's independence from political pressure.

(finance.yahoo.com)

Tech Federal Reserve Jerome Powell Political Neutrality

The Zen of Side Projects: A Programmer's Journey Back to Creation

2025-04-04

The Zen of Side Projects: A Programmer's Journey Back to Creation

A programmer, burnt out from excessive gaming, rediscovers the joy of coding through a neglected side project. Choosing SvelteKit, the author emphasizes the process of exploration and experimentation, finding a sense of freedom and creative fulfillment long forgotten. The article argues that the act of creation, rather than the outcome, is paramount; even failure becomes part of a successful journey of discovery. It encourages readers to embrace their own creative outlets, to value the process over perfection, and to find joy in the act of making.

(joshcollinsworth.com)

Development

The Definitive Guide to Tcl Programming, 2nd Edition Released

2025-04-04

The highly anticipated second edition of "The Tcl Programming Language" is finally here! Covering Tcl 9, this comprehensive guide explores the Tcl language from basic syntax to advanced features such as metaprogramming, object-oriented programming, asynchronous I/O, and concurrent programming. The 660-page book details Tcl's flexibility and power, with overwhelmingly positive reviews praising it as the best resource for learning and referencing Tcl.

(www.magicsplat.com)

Development programming guide

AI Avatar Represents Himself in Court: A Legal First?

2025-04-04

A New York man used an AI-generated avatar to represent himself in court, leading to a stern rebuke from the judge. Lacking a lawyer, he hoped the avatar would overcome his speech impediment. While he apologized, the incident highlights the risks of AI in legal proceedings and the lack of clear regulations. Other lawyers have recently been fined for misusing AI tools, even citing fabricated cases. However, the Arizona Supreme Court has started using AI avatars to summarize court rulings, showcasing the evolving use of AI in the legal field.

(apnews.com)

Tech

Dark Mode with Minimal CSS: A Surprisingly Easy Implementation

2025-04-04

Feep! website now boasts a sleek dark mode, achieved with surprisingly minimal CSS. The author details three approaches: leveraging the browser's built-in dark mode via a `` tag; employing the `color-scheme` property for CSS control; and using `prefers-color-scheme` media queries for separate light and dark mode styles. Tips include using the `light-dark()` and `color-mix()` functions for color optimization, and cleverly handling images and code blocks with CSS filters. The result? An elegant dark mode switch with only a handful of added CSS lines, streamlining the development process considerably.

(search.feep.dev)

Development browser native

LLMs Crack a Byzantine Music Notation Cipher

2025-04-04

Researchers discovered that large language models like Claude and GPT-4 can decode a peculiar cipher based on the Byzantine music notation Unicode block. This cipher resembles a Caesar cipher, but with an offset of 118784. The models can decode this cipher directly without chain-of-thought, achieving even higher success rates than with regular Caesar ciphers. Researchers hypothesize this is due to a linear relationship between addition in a specific Unicode range and addition in token space, allowing the models to learn a shift cipher based on this relationship. This phenomenon suggests the existence of yet-ununderstood mechanisms within LLMs.

(fi-le.net)

AI

Germany's €58 Public Transit Ticket: Huge Environmental Win, But Equity Concerns Remain

2025-04-04

Germany's €58 Public Transit Ticket: Huge Environmental Win, But Equity Concerns Remain

Germany's low-cost public transport ticket, the "Deutschlandticket," is a significant environmental success story, reducing CO2 emissions by 4.2 to 6.5 million tons annually, according to new research. This success stems from attracting new users who previously rarely used public transport, shifting many journeys from car to rail, especially for trips around 30 kilometers. However, a separate study reveals significant price disparities across regions, with some offering substantial discounts while others don't, making the ticket unaffordable for low-income individuals. Advocates are pushing for a subsidized "Sozial Deutschlandticket" to address this equity gap.

(www.dw.com)

Tech public transport social equity

8-Pin Linux: A Surprisingly Powerful Single-Board Computer

2025-04-04

8-Pin Linux: A Surprisingly Powerful Single-Board Computer

This article details the creation of a remarkably compact Linux computer built using only three 8-pin chips. The author cleverly overcomes the limitations of the minimal pin count by creatively sharing pins between the SPI RAM and SD card, and implementing USB-to-serial communication and SD card access in software. The resulting miniature computer successfully runs Debian Linux, supporting tools like vi and gcc, showcasing ingenious design and surprising capabilities.

(dmitry.gr)

Hardware minimal hardware

Google Unveils Sec-Gemini v1: A New Era in AI-Powered Cybersecurity

2025-04-04

Google Unveils Sec-Gemini v1: A New Era in AI-Powered Cybersecurity

Google has announced Sec-Gemini v1, an experimental AI model designed to push the frontiers of cybersecurity AI. Combining Gemini's advanced capabilities with near real-time cybersecurity knowledge and tooling, Sec-Gemini v1 excels in key workflows such as incident root cause analysis, threat analysis, and vulnerability impact understanding. It outperforms other models on key benchmarks, showing at least an 11% improvement on CTI-MCQ and at least a 10.5% improvement on CTI-Root Cause Mapping. Google is making Sec-Gemini v1 freely available to select organizations, institutions, professionals, and NGOs for research purposes to foster collaboration and advance AI in cybersecurity.

(security.googleblog.com)

AI

European Electricity Market Plunges: Renewable Energy Boom and Negative Prices

2025-04-04

European Electricity Market Plunges: Renewable Energy Boom and Negative Prices

During the last week of March, European electricity markets saw widespread price drops, with the Iberian MIBEL market hitting record lows for the eighth consecutive week. Spain even recorded its first-ever negative electricity prices on April 1st. This was driven by decreased demand and a surge in renewable energy production, particularly wind and solar. Portugal and France set March records for wind energy generation. However, solar power generation fell in most markets, except for Germany, which saw an increase. AleaSoft forecasts a rebound in solar production for Germany, Spain, and Italy next week, while wind power is expected to rise in Germany and France but decline in the Iberian Peninsula and Italy. Electricity demand fell in most markets, except for France, Portugal, and Great Britain. AleaSoft predicts further price declines in most markets during the first week of April, but the MIBEL market is expected to recover slightly due to lower wind generation. Brent crude oil remained above $85/bbl, TTF gas futures stayed below €28/MWh, and CO2 emission rights held above €60/t. Low electricity prices pose challenges for renewable energy developers who relied on overly optimistic price forecasts for financing.

(aleasoft.com)

Tech electricity market energy prices

SpaceX's Fram2 Mission: A Polar Orbit First and West Coast Splashdown

2025-04-04

SpaceX's Fram2 Mission: A Polar Orbit First and West Coast Splashdown

SpaceX's Fram2 mission concluded successfully with a splashdown off the California coast, marking the company's first West Coast landing for a crewed mission. The mission, privately funded by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, sent four passengers into a unique polar orbit, allowing for the first human observations of the Earth's poles from such a vantage point. While the crew experienced space motion sickness, they also conducted various research experiments, including capturing images of auroras and collecting health data. The mission highlights the growing potential of private spaceflight for scientific research and exploration, paving the way for future long-duration space missions and offering valuable insights into human adaptation in space.

(www.cnn.com)

Tech Polar Orbit

Airbnb's Listing Lifetime Value Framework: A Deep Dive

2025-04-04

Airbnb's Listing Lifetime Value Framework: A Deep Dive

Airbnb developed a framework to estimate listing lifetime value (LTV) to enhance user experience. The framework calculates three types of LTV: baseline LTV, incremental LTV, and marketing-induced incremental LTV. Baseline LTV predicts the total bookings a listing will receive in the next 365 days using machine learning and listing data. Incremental LTV accounts for booking cannibalization between listings. Marketing-induced incremental LTV measures the additional value generated by internal marketing initiatives. The article discusses challenges like accurately measuring baseline LTV, handling incrementality, and dealing with uncertainties (e.g., the COVID-19 pandemic). Airbnb uses LTV to identify high-value listings, improve host recommendations, and evaluate marketing campaign effectiveness.

(medium.com)

Development Lifetime Value

Microsoft Employee Protests: AI Tech Used in Palestine Conflict

2025-04-04

Microsoft Employee Protests: AI Tech Used in Palestine Conflict

Ibtihal, a software engineer at Microsoft's AI Platform, disrupted a speech at Microsoft's 50th-anniversary celebration to protest the use of the company's AI technology in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She alleges Microsoft's AI is aiding the Israeli military in surveillance and attacks on civilians, and that internal dissent has been suppressed, with some employees fired for raising concerns. Ibtihal calls on Microsoft to cut ties with the Israeli military to avoid complicity in war crimes.

(www.theverge.com)

Tech tech responsibility Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The Fall of Sierra On-Line: A Tale of Acquisition, Ambition, and Missed Opportunities

2025-04-04

In 1996, the successful Sierra On-Line was acquired by the little-known CUC International. CUC's CEO, the charismatic Walter Forbes, promised to usher Sierra into a new era of e-commerce. However, CUC's business model was opaque and its profitability questionable. Sierra's founder, Ken Williams, driven by fatigue and a sense of fiduciary duty, accepted the acquisition, only to find himself sidelined and missing out on the success of games like Half-Life. The acquisition serves as a cautionary tale of ambition, misjudgment, and the complexities of business ethics.

(www.filfre.net)

Game mergers and acquisitions business ethics

Yoko Ono: Beyond the Controversy

2025-04-04

Yoko Ono: Beyond the Controversy

This article delves into the complex life of Yoko Ono and her relationship with John Lennon. From the controversial album cover depicting Lennon's glasses after his assassination to her often misunderstood art, the piece reveals a nuanced portrait of the woman once labeled 'the world's most hated woman.' The article explores the long-standing criticisms surrounding her relationship with Lennon and her artistic expression, ultimately presenting a more complete picture of Ono as an artist who persevered through misunderstanding to achieve recognition.

(www.newstatesman.com)

Misc Yoko Ono John Lennon

Veteran Forensics Expert's Credentials Under FBI Scrutiny, Cases Reopened

2025-04-04

Mark Lanterman, a cybersecurity and computer forensics expert with a 30-year career and thousands of courtroom testimonies, is facing an FBI investigation into his credentials. Questions arose after attorney Sean Harrington challenged Lanterman's claims of degrees from Upsala College and Harvard University, which proved unsubstantiated. The investigation revealed falsified testimony and accusations of extorting clients with their own data. Lanterman has since ceased operations, prompting the reopening of numerous cases and raising serious concerns about the validity of his past testimony and potential miscarriages of justice.

(krebsonsecurity.com)

Tech forensics investigation

Shenzhen's Miracle: Planned Transformation vs. American Urban Stagnation

2025-04-04

Shenzhen's Miracle: Planned Transformation vs. American Urban Stagnation

Shenzhen's transformation from a fishing village to a global tech hub is a testament to China's reform and opening-up policy and its bold urban planning. The article contrasts Shenzhen with American cities, arguing that stringent US regulations hinder large-scale urban renewal, resulting in less modernized cityscapes despite the presence of leading tech companies. The author suggests that America's overly restrictive approach to urban change has missed opportunities for economic transformation similar to Shenzhen's, subtly linking this conservative planning ideology to the previously discussed misguided trade protectionism, ultimately harming overall economic interests.

(www.slowboring.com)

Tech China-US comparison

2025 US Financial Crisis: A Different Beast Than 2008

2025-04-04

2025 US Financial Crisis: A Different Beast Than 2008

The 2008 financial crisis stemmed from complex financial engineering and excessive leverage. The looming 2025 crisis, however, is self-inflicted, born from protectionist trade policies and isolationism. While 2008 saw government intervention, albeit failing to address underlying issues, 2025 finds the US lacking a coherent response and facing eroding international trust. This points towards a far more severe downturn, potentially a depression. Unlike 2008's attempts to paper over bad behavior, the 2025 crisis lacks a clear path to recovery, hampered by a lack of international cooperation and severely damaged global relationships.

(samhenrycliff.medium.com)

Tech Financial Crisis

BuzzBench: Seamless Performance Testing for Your Workflow

2025-04-04

BuzzBench: Seamless Performance Testing for Your Workflow

BuzzBench offers a complete performance testing solution that integrates directly into your workflow and development pipeline. Deploy lightweight agents anywhere with a single command to test production locally, verify staging environments in CI/CD, or monitor your entire infrastructure. It boasts flexible test configuration, detailed analytics (response times, throughput, success rates), and automatic, rapid reporting. Historical tracking allows comparison against previous tests, enabling proactive identification of performance issues and the establishment of baselines and alerts.

(buzzbench.io)

Development CI/CD integration

arXivLabs: Experimenting with Community Collaboration

2025-04-04

arXivLabs is a framework enabling 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 is committed to these values and only works with partners who uphold them. Have an idea to improve the arXiv community? Learn more about arXivLabs.

(arxiv.org)

Development

YC-Backed AI Startup Seeks Top 0.1% Systems Engineer

2025-04-04

YC-Backed AI Startup Seeks Top 0.1% Systems Engineer

Thunder Compute, a Y Combinator-backed AI infrastructure startup, is hiring a systems engineer. They're building technology to drastically improve GPU utilization via sharing and oversubscription at the CUDA API layer. Their core software network-attaches GPUs over TCP, allocating compute where needed most, resulting in 5x+ utilization gains with minimal performance overhead. This is a $100B+ opportunity, requiring a top-tier systems engineer with exceptional C++ skills, deep hardware/GPU architecture knowledge, and experience in low-latency environments (like hedge funds or NVIDIA). The role offers a chance to make a significant impact in a high-growth startup.

(www.ycombinator.com)

Tech GPU utilization systems engineering

Windows 11 Poised to Surpass Windows 10 This Summer: Enterprise Upgrades Drive the Shift

2025-04-04

Windows 11 Poised to Surpass Windows 10 This Summer: Enterprise Upgrades Drive the Shift

Statcounter data reveals Windows 11's market share is rapidly growing, on track to overtake Windows 10 by summer. While Windows 10 still holds a 54.2% share, Windows 11 has reached 42.69%. The primary driver is enterprise upgrades spurred by the impending October 14, 2025, end of support for most Windows 10 versions. Despite a lack of compelling new features in Windows 11, the looming deadline is forcing the migration. This mirrors the challenge faced by AI PCs, where a lack of killer apps hinders upgrades, regardless of Microsoft's Copilot promotion.

(www.theregister.com)

Tech

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