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Securely Disposing of Smart Devices: Factory Reset is Key

2025-01-10

Securely Disposing of Smart Devices: Factory Reset is Key

A Rapid7 blog post highlights the importance of securely disposing of old smart devices. The author's experiment of buying used Amazon Echo devices revealed many were not factory reset, retaining user data like WiFi passwords and home addresses. This underscores the need to factory reset devices before disposal or resale, even if seemingly broken. The article emphasizes this applies to businesses as well as consumers, recommending businesses establish comprehensive IoT lifecycle management processes to mitigate security risks.

(www.rapid7.com)

Tech device disposal

Beautiful API Keys: The uuidkey Package

2025-01-10

Beautiful API Keys: The uuidkey Package

AgentStation, aiming for improved developer experience, created the uuidkey Go package for generating aesthetically pleasing API keys. Leveraging UUIDv7, Crockford Base32 encoding, and strategically placed dashes, it produces sortable, performant, and visually appealing keys. The article details the rationale behind choosing UUIDv7 and Crockford Base32, explains the dash design, and provides usage instructions and benchmark results for the uuidkey package.

(docs.agentstation.ai)

Development API Keys

Bird Buddy Unveils 'Wonder' Insect-Watching Camera

2025-01-10

Bird Buddy Unveils 'Wonder' Insect-Watching Camera

The creators of Bird Buddy, a camera-equipped bird feeder, have launched a new line of products under the 'Wonder' brand, designed for observing insects, birds, and other wildlife. The Petal camera captures photos and videos, using AI-powered 'Nature Intelligence' to identify various natural events. Paired with Wonder Blocks, which create habitats for wildlife, the system aims to bring nature closer. Both will be available via Kickstarter in Spring 2025.

(www.macrumors.com)

Tech smart camera nature observation

DOJ Greenlit to Sell $6.5B in Seized Silk Road Bitcoin

2025-01-10

DOJ Greenlit to Sell $6.5B in Seized Silk Road Bitcoin

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has received court approval to sell approximately 69,000 Bitcoin seized from the Silk Road darknet marketplace, currently valued at around $6.5 billion. This decision concludes a long-standing legal battle. Despite objections and attempts to block the sale by Battle Born Investments, the DOJ prevailed. Citing Bitcoin's price volatility, the DOJ argued for a swift sale to mitigate potential losses. The sale, managed by the US Marshals Service, will be one of the largest sales of seized cryptocurrency in history.

(cryptobriefing.com)

Tech Silk Road DOJ

Koa.js: A Next-Gen Node.js Web Framework

2025-01-10

Koa.js, from the creators of Express, is a new web framework for Node.js that aims for a smaller, more expressive, and robust foundation for web applications and APIs. Leveraging async functions, Koa ditches callbacks and significantly improves error handling. It doesn't bundle middleware, offering instead an elegant set of methods for building fast and enjoyable servers. Middleware cascades in a streamlined fashion, and Koa provides a rich context with methods simplifying common HTTP tasks like content negotiation, caching, and redirection.

(koajs.com)

Development

Experience Time Dilation: An Online Calculator

2025-01-10

timedilationforumula.com offers a time dilation calculator. Input distance (light-years) and acceleration (m/s²) to calculate relativistic effects: traveler vs. observer time, maximum velocity, energy requirements, and Doppler shift. Interactive charts visualize these effects. The site explains time dilation, its formula, and FAQs like the twin paradox and gravitational time dilation.

(timedilationformula.com)

Tech time dilation relativity online calculator

Can We Understand This Proof? A Glimpse into Formalized Mathematics

2025-01-10

Can We Understand This Proof? A Glimpse into Formalized Mathematics

Stephen Wolfram delves into a long-standing mathematical puzzle: the proof of a surprisingly simple axiom for Boolean algebra. Generated using automated theorem proving, the proof is incredibly complex and remains incomprehensible to humans. The article explores the proof's intricacies, dissecting its 'machine code' level operations, and poses a challenge: to humanize this proof. It discusses the potential of Large Language Models (LLMs) to understand and simplify the proof, and the implications for the future of mathematics. The conclusion suggests that some mathematical proofs may inherently be uninterpretable, hinting that mathematics will increasingly resemble an experimental science.

(writings.stephenwolfram.com)

Mathematics automated theorem proving formalized mathematics computational irreducibility

Cascading Spy Sheets: Exploiting Modern CSS for Fingerprinting

2025-01-10

Researchers discovered that modern CSS's dynamic features, even with JavaScript disabled, enable fingerprinting in both browsers and emails. Three techniques leveraging container queries, arithmetic functions, and complex selectors achieve high accuracy in inferring application, OS, and hardware configurations. This fingerprinting works even in the restrictive environment of HTML emails. The researchers propose two defenses: browser resource preloading and an email proxy service.

(cispa.de)

Tech

Wasmer is Hiring: Rust Software Engineer to Build the Next Generation of Edge Computing

2025-01-10

Wasmer is Hiring: Rust Software Engineer to Build the Next Generation of Edge Computing

Wasmer, a Y Combinator startup building the next generation of cloud and edge computing platforms using WebAssembly, is seeking a skilled Rust engineer. You'll work on building infrastructure like WebAssembly containers, storage, networking, and orchestration, collaborating closely with the open-source community. Ideal candidates will be proficient in Rust or C/C++, have experience with WebAssembly, WASI, and Emscripten, and possess strong software engineering experience. This is a chance to work on groundbreaking technology and contribute to the open-source community.

(www.workatastartup.com)

Development Edge Computing

Visualizing Ruby's Lazy Enumerator: A Simple Trick

2025-01-10

Visualizing Ruby's Lazy Enumerator: A Simple Trick

This article uses an interactive demo to explain Ruby's lazy enumerator, `Enumerator::Lazy`. Unlike default eager enumeration, lazy enumeration only computes elements when needed, avoiding unnecessary work, especially beneficial with large datasets or complex data transformation pipelines. The article visually demonstrates the difference using 'vertical' and 'horizontal' analogies and suggests resources for a deeper dive into Ruby's lazy implementation.

(joyofrails.com)

Development Lazy Enumerator

Tactile Loading: The Future of Interaction?

2025-01-10

The article explores the application of haptic feedback technology in the loading process. Imagine no more boring loading bars, but instead subtle vibrations or texture changes conveying loading progress, even simulating the texture of real-world objects. This "tactile loading" technology not only enhances user experience but also creates a more immersive and interactive digital experience. While still in its early stages, the technology holds immense potential and could become a significant part of future interaction design.

(tactility.one)

Design haptic feedback interaction design

NVIDIA Ingest: Microservices for Efficiently Parsing Massive Documents

2025-01-10

NVIDIA Ingest: Microservices for Efficiently Parsing Massive Documents

NVIDIA Ingest is an early access set of microservices designed to efficiently parse hundreds of thousands of complex, messy unstructured PDFs and other enterprise documents. It extracts metadata and text for embedding into retrieval systems. Leveraging NVIDIA NIM microservices, it supports PDFs, Word, PowerPoint, and images, extracting text, tables, charts, and images, contextualizing them, and outputting structured JSON. Embeddings can be optionally computed and stored in a Milvus vector database. A Python client and command-line interface are provided for ease of use.

(github.com)

Development Document Parsing

Port of Coherent UNIX's `lc` Command

2025-01-10

Port of Coherent UNIX's `lc` Command

This GitHub project is a port of the `lc` command-line utility from Mark Williams Company's Coherent UNIX. `lc` lists files in categories and columns. This port adds support for symbolic links. It's a handy tool for managing and viewing files.

(github.com)

Development

$750M Bitcoin Lost in Landfill: Judge Rejects Recovery Attempt

2025-01-10

$750M Bitcoin Lost in Landfill: Judge Rejects Recovery Attempt

A decade-long legal battle ended in defeat for James Howells, a UK IT engineer who lost a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoins (worth $700-750 million) in a landfill. A Cardiff High Court rejected his lawsuit against Newport City Council, citing environmental concerns and the council's ownership of the landfill's contents. Howells' attempts to excavate the site or receive compensation were unsuccessful, highlighting the importance of secure digital asset storage.

(crypto.news)

Tech Landfill

Ruby Tk Gem Update: Easier GUI Development

2025-01-10

Ruby Tk Gem Update: Easier GUI Development

The Ruby Tk gem provides an interface for building Ruby GUI applications using the Tcl/Tk library. Recent updates simplify the installation process and provide clearer documentation and examples. Developers can easily install it using `gem 'tk'` and build various interfaces using rich Tk commands. Note that installation may require setting additional options to specify the paths to the Tcl/Tk header files and libraries.

(github.com)

Development

Glimmer: A DSL Framework for Ruby GUI and Beyond

2025-01-10

Glimmer: A DSL Framework for Ruby GUI and Beyond

Glimmer is a robust DSL (Domain-Specific Language) framework for Ruby, featuring a DSL engine and a data-binding library. It supports building GUIs using various toolkits like SWT, LibUI, Tk, and GTK, and even extends to web development with Opal and XML/CSS support. Glimmer's strength lies in its concise and readable DSL syntax and powerful bidirectional data binding, significantly boosting Ruby GUI development efficiency and maintainability.

(github.com)

Development

Thunderbolt 5: A Quantum Leap in Speed and Capability

2025-01-10

Thunderbolt 5: A Quantum Leap in Speed and Capability

Thunderbolt 5 has arrived in 2024, bringing a significant performance boost to laptops and monitors. Compared to Thunderbolt 4, Thunderbolt 5 boasts double the bandwidth (up to 120 Gbps), supports up to 8K displays, and offers up to 240W of charging power. This translates to faster file transfers, support for more powerful external GPUs and AI accelerators, and superior display capabilities. While Thunderbolt 5 ports and cables look similar to Thunderbolt 4, the performance gains are substantial. If you demand top-tier performance, Thunderbolt 5 is worth considering, but its current adoption is still limited, and prices are relatively high.

(www.tomsguide.com)

Hardware interface performance upgrade

Samsung to Mass Produce World's First Rollable OLED Laptop Screen

2025-01-10

Samsung to Mass Produce World's First Rollable OLED Laptop Screen

Samsung Display will begin mass production of the world's first rollable OLED screen for laptops in April 2025. This screen will be featured in Lenovo's ThinkBook Plus G6 Rollable laptop, launching globally in June. The screen expands from a 14-inch 5:4 aspect ratio to a 16.7-inch 8:9 aspect ratio, offering a unique mobile computing experience. Samsung also incorporates its unpolarized Eco² OLED™ technology for the first time in a laptop, reducing panel thickness and power consumption by 30%.

(global.samsungdisplay.com)

Hardware rollable OLED Samsung Display

30 Years of Hidden Treasure: 50 Vintage Arcade Machines Found on Abandoned Ship

2025-01-10

30 Years of Hidden Treasure: 50 Vintage Arcade Machines Found on Abandoned Ship

An abandoned ship in Wales, the Duke of Lancaster, yielded a gamer's dream: 50 untouched vintage arcade machines, including classics like Space Invaders and Galaxian. Discovered by urban explorers, these relics of gaming history were rescued after an arduous negotiation and a ten-day race against time. The machines, though some damaged, were painstakingly restored, representing not just games, but tangible links to the golden age of arcades.

(jasondeegan.com)

Game vintage arcade treasure discovery

BYD Yangwang U9 Electric Supercar Jumps Potholes and Spikes

2025-01-10

BYD Yangwang U9 Electric Supercar Jumps Potholes and Spikes

BYD's luxury brand, Yangwang, has showcased the impressive off-road capabilities of its U9 electric supercar in a recent video. The video shows the U9 accelerating to 120km/h and leaping over a 2.5-meter pothole and a 4-meter stretch of tire spikes. This feat is enabled by its advanced DiSus-X hydraulic suspension system, which actively controls each wheel's position. The U9 boasts four electric motors, producing a combined 960kW and 1680Nm of torque, achieving a top speed of 309km/h and a 0-100km/h time of 2.36 seconds. While not currently planned for release in Australia, its performance is undeniably striking.

(www.drive.com.au)

Tech Yangwang U9 Electric Supercar

Visualizing Humanity's Knowledge: $10k Bounty for Improved ISBN Visualization

2025-01-10

Visualizing Humanity's Knowledge: $10k Bounty for Improved ISBN Visualization

Anna's Archive, an open library aiming to back up all of humanity's knowledge, is offering a $10,000 bounty for improvements to its ISBN visualization tool. This tool displays collected ISBN data as an image, using color to differentiate between collected and uncollected data. The bounty challenges developers to improve zooming, interactivity, and data presentation to better identify and preserve rare books. Submissions must be open-source and meet specific criteria by January 31st, 2025.

(annas-archive.org)

Tech knowledge preservation

Squid Game's Secret Weapon: The Japanese Film Battle Royale

2025-01-10

Squid Game's Secret Weapon: The Japanese Film Battle Royale

Netflix's hit series, Squid Game, owes a debt of gratitude to a lesser-known Japanese cult classic: Battle Royale. Director Hwang Dong-hyuk openly cites the film as inspiration. Based on Koushun Takami's 1999 novel, Battle Royale depicts a dystopian scenario where middle schoolers are forced to fight to the death by a totalitarian government. Its brutal game mechanics and unflinching portrayal of societal darkness heavily influenced Squid Game. The article delves into Battle Royale's origins, exploring the author's dream-inspired concept and director Kinji Fukasaku's infusion of his WWII experiences, transforming the film from a mere bloodbath into a profound social commentary.

(www.tokyoweekender.com)

Game Squid Game Battle Royale Japanese Cinema

Bird-Inspired Drone Uses Legs to Take Off

2025-01-10

Bird-Inspired Drone Uses Legs to Take Off

Researchers at EPFL have developed a bio-inspired drone, RAVEN, with bird-like legs that enable it to walk, hop, and even jump into the air for takeoff. This research not only reveals the efficiency of birds' jumping takeoffs but also offers a novel approach for fixed-wing drones. RAVEN uses its legs to store and release energy, resulting in a more energy-efficient and faster takeoff than conventional methods. Future applications could include cargo delivery.

(spectrum.ieee.org)

Tech bio-inspired robotics drone

Telli, a YC Startup, is Hiring a Full-Stack Engineer

2025-01-10

Telli, a YC Startup, is Hiring a Full-Stack Engineer

Telli, a Berlin-based AI voice agent company and a member of the Y Combinator Fall '24 batch, is hiring a senior full-stack software engineer. They're building AI-powered voice agents for B2C companies to improve the quality and scalability of customer communication. The ideal candidate will have a product-centric mindset, thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment, and enjoy collaborative work. Competitive salary, equity, and a great work environment are offered.

(www.ycombinator.com)

Development

Agents Are Not Enough: A New Perspective on AI Development

2025-01-10

A recent arXiv paper, "Agents Are Not Enough," argues that while AI agents are experiencing a resurgence, relying solely on generative AI is insufficient for their greater success. The authors propose a future AI ecosystem comprising three key components: Agents, Sims (simulating user preferences and behaviors), and Assistants (directly interacting with users and coordinating task execution). By examining past experiences with agents, the paper highlights the need for building more effective and sustainable AI agent systems.

(www.arxiv.org)

AI AI ecosystem

Meta's New Content Policy: A Blow to Vulnerable Users

2025-01-10

Meta's New Content Policy: A Blow to Vulnerable Users

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) criticizes Meta's recent content moderation policy changes, arguing they don't truly promote free speech but could harm vulnerable groups. The new policy allows dehumanizing statements about certain vulnerable groups, particularly LGBTQ+ individuals, and loosens restrictions on hate speech. EFF urges Meta to address biases in its content moderation, invest more in its global user base, improve multilingual support, reduce reliance on automated tools, and increase transparency.

(www.eff.org)

Tech vulnerable users

VS Code's Python Debugger: Beyond Print Statements

2025-01-10

VS Code's Python Debugger: Beyond Print Statements

Tired of peppering your Python code with print statements? Visual Studio Code's powerful debugging features will revolutionize your workflow. This tutorial covers setting up VS Code's Python debugger, managing breakpoints, inspecting variables, and advanced techniques like exception handling, remote debugging, and performance analysis. Learn how to efficiently debug your Python code, leaving behind the inefficient print-statement era, and boost your development efficiency.

(www.qodo.ai)

Development Python debugging

Bin: AI-Powered Business Intelligence, Dashboards in Seconds

2025-01-10

Bin is an AI-powered business intelligence analyst that lets you build stunning data visualizations and interactive dashboards in seconds. Forget complex SQL queries and cumbersome BI tools. Simply describe what you need in natural language, and Bin instantly creates beautiful charts and dashboards. It supports various data sources and offers a drag-and-drop interface for easy customization and iteration. Bin offers free and paid plans to suit different team sizes.

(bi.new)

Tech Business Intelligence

Gleam v1.7.0 Released: Performance Boosts and Publishing Enhancements

2025-01-10

Gleam v1.7.0 Released: Performance Boosts and Publishing Enhancements

Gleam, a type-safe and scalable language for the Erlang VM and JavaScript runtimes, has released version 1.7.0. This release boasts a range of performance improvements, including monomorphisation of record updates, significantly boosting performance and allowing changes to the parameterized types of generic records. Other enhancements include improved package manager credential handling, added code actions for generating dynamic decoders, and stricter checks on package namespaces and semantic versioning. The language server also received enhancements, featuring new code actions, improved hover information, and better error messages.

(gleam.run)

Development

Kagi Search & Orion Browser: A Three-Month Deep Dive

2025-01-10

Kagi Search & Orion Browser: A Three-Month Deep Dive

This blog post details a three-month review of Kagi search engine and its companion Orion browser. Kagi, a $10/month subscription service, offers ad-free, privacy-focused search results. The author found Kagi's search quality excellent, praising its clean interface and unique features like custom ranking and 'lenses.' Orion, a WebKit-based browser, supports Chrome/Firefox extensions and includes built-in ad blocking. While the $10 monthly fee is steep, the author recommends the unlimited plan over the limited option, suggesting readers try the 100 free searches. The post also discusses Kagi's partnership with Brave Search and its stance on ethical dilemmas, ultimately concluding with a recommendation to try Kagi for yourself.

(flatfootfox.com)

Tech browser

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