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| 📑 Article | 👤 Author | 📄 Summary | 🏷️ Tags |
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| 🔗 Bill Atkinson Dies From Cancer at 74 | John Gruber | The article is a tribute to Bill Atkinson, a key figure in Apple's history and computer science, following his death from pancreatic cancer at age 74. It highlights his significant contributions, including QuickDraw, MacPaint, and HyperCard, emphasizing their lasting impact on computing. The author shares anecdotes and praises Atkinson's genius, particularly his efficient code and algorithms. Atkinson's dithering algorithm inspired the name of the author's podcast, and his work continues to influence modern applications. | apple, bill atkinson, macpaint, hypercard, quickdraw, programming, computer history |
| 🔗 Meta and Yandex apps siphoning peoples data | unknown | A Washington Post tech columnist reports that Meta's Facebook and Instagram apps, along with Yandex, were collecting user data through a digital back door, bypassing Google's Android privacy protections. The article suggests switching from Chrome to privacy-focused browsers like Firefox, Brave, or DuckDuckGo, and deleting Meta and Yandex apps to limit data collection. Even without using Meta apps, the company may still track online activity. The tactics described by the European researchers showed that Meta and Yandex are unworthy of your trust. | privacy, data harvesting, meta, yandex, chrome, firefox, brave, duckduckgo, safari |
| 🔗 unknown | unknown | The article provides options for fitting a picture into various dimensions, including 50x50, 320x240, 512x384, 640x480, 800x600, and 1024x768. It also allows users to specify other dimensions. The final option is to save the image to the desktop. | unknown |
| 🔗 The Homelessness Experiment | Corentin Trebaol | The author recounts his experience of intentionally becoming homeless in Hong Kong to save money while studying. He details finding a suitable location, setting up a tent, and the challenges and rewards of living in the wild. The experiment led to significant savings, increased his faith in humanity through community support, and gave him a sense of freedom from material possessions. He also shares failed attempts to replicate the experiment in other locations like Berkeley and Paris. | homelessness, experiment, hong kong, travel, lifestyle, savings, community |
| 🔗 Joining Apple Computer | Bill Atkinson | Bill Atkinson reflects on his decision to join Apple Computer in April 1978, recounting how Steve Jobs convinced him to leave his PhD program. He discusses his contributions to the Lisa and Macintosh projects, including QuickDraw, the Window Manager, MacPaint, and HyperCard. Atkinson highlights the collaborative environment at Apple and the impact of their inventions on millions of people. He expresses gratitude to Jef Raskin and Steve Jobs for the opportunities he received. | bill atkinson, jef raskin, steve jobs, susan kare, inspiration, macpaint, quickdraw, hypercard |
| 🔗 Trump, Musk feud includes threats to cancel SpaceX contracts, decommission spacecraft | Jeff Foust | An escalating feud between President Trump and Elon Musk involved threats to cancel SpaceX contracts and decommission spacecraft after Musk criticized a budget reconciliation bill. Trump threatened to terminate government contracts with SpaceX, leading Musk to initially threaten to decommission Dragon spacecraft. The dispute raised concerns about the impact on NASA and the Defense Department, which heavily rely on SpaceX for launch services. Musk later walked back the threat to decommission Dragon, and NASA stated it would continue to work with industry partners to meet the President's objectives in space. | policy, commercial space, spacex, nasa, elon musk, donald trump, government contracts |
| 🔗 Tech Independence, Self-Hosting, and Open-Source | unknown | The author discusses the benefits of tech independence, self-hosting, and using open-source software. They share their journey of self-hosting various services like their blog, second brain, and newsletter, and building a home server. The author emphasizes the joy of using self-built tools, learning new skills, and avoiding subscription hell. They also highlight the importance of open-source and the collaborative community behind it, expressing gratitude for the open-source tools they use and encouraging others to share their knowledge and code. | tech independence, self host, open-source, linux, homelab, markdown |
| 🔗 Announcing Railpack | Jake Runzer | The article announces the release of Railpack, a new iteration of the Railway builder developed to address the limitations encountered with Nixpacks. Railpack offers granular versioning, smaller builds, and better caching by interfacing directly with BuildKit. It transitions away from Nix's commit-based package versioning and uses Mise for version resolution. Railpack supports Node, Python, Go, Php, and Static HTML deployments and is available in Beta, with plans for more language and framework support. | railpack, nixpacks, railway, buildkit, mise, deployments, node, python, go, php, static html |
| 🔗 Radiant AI: What Was Promised | unknown | This article explores the history and reality of Radiant AI, a promised feature of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion that aimed to create a dynamic and living world. It delves into pre-release hype, including announcements, the E3 2005 demo, and fan interviews, to understand what was initially promised. The article also examines what Radiant AI actually was, how it changed before release, and its legacy in subsequent Bethesda games like Fallout and Skyrim. The author also shares their research process, which included exploring old forums, modding tutorials, and even source code. | radiant ai, oblivion, bethesda game studios, rpg, game development, ai, elder scrolls, gaming |
| 🔗 remove remainders of append-only support | ThomasWaldmann | This article discusses the removal of append-only support remainders in Borg. Append-only repositories rely on a server-side component for enforcement, which is only available for specific repository types like borg 1.x ssh. The current approach suggests using missing repo object delete permissions enforced by the storage instead of handling it within Borg. Borg create would use credentials lacking delete permissions, while borg compact would use credentials with delete permissions. | borg, append-only, repositories, storage, permissions |
| 🔗 Encounters with conflict and peace | unknown | The article broadly discusses encounters with conflict and peace. It likely explores various aspects of conflict resolution, reconciliation processes, and the impact of conflict on individuals and societies. The article may delve into different approaches to peacebuilding and the challenges involved in fostering peaceful coexistence. Further details would be needed to provide a more specific summary. | conflict, peace, encounters, reconciliation, resolution |
| 🔗 Proton VPN registrations spike 1,000% after Pornhub blocks France | Anna Iovine | Proton VPN experienced a significant surge in registrations, increasing by 1,000% within 30 minutes, following Pornhub's decision to block access in France due to a new age-verification law. This increase surpassed even the sign-ups seen when TikTok faced a potential ban in the U.S. A Proton spokesperson acknowledged that while their VPN was created to combat online censorship, the surge in users seeking access to blocked content highlights an unintended use case. The article also touches on the broader implications of age-verification laws and the privacy concerns they raise. | vpn, pornhub, privacy, age verification, proton vpn, online censorship |
| 🔗 We've started a foundation to bring back ownership | Louis Rossmann | Louis Rossmann announces the start of a foundation aimed at bringing back ownership to consumers, highlighting issues with cloud-dependent technology. The video description links to consumerrights.wiki. Rossmann also promotes merchandise, including mugs that humorously address the pitfalls of relying on cloud services. The foundation seems to be advocating for the right to repair and greater consumer control over their products. | ownership, foundation, consumer rights, cloud services, right to repair |
| 🔗 If it works, it's not AI : a commercial look at artificial intelligence startups | Phillips, Eve M. (Eve Marie), 1977- | This thesis, submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT in 1999, explores artificial intelligence startups. It provides a commercial perspective on the field. The work includes bibliographical references and is protected by copyright, prohibiting reproduction or distribution without written permission. | |
| 🔗 Discovering a JDK Race Condition, and Debugging it in 30 Minutes with Fray | unknown | The author discovered a deadlock exception in the JDK while testing Fray, caused by a race condition in ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor. The bug occurs when the schedule method and the shutdown method interleave, leading to a state where a task is neither executed nor interrupted, blocking indefinitely. Fray's deterministic replay and schedule visualization made debugging straightforward, allowing the author to identify the exact thread interleaving that triggers the bug. The author was able to reproduce the bug using Fray and reported it to the JDK team. | fray, concurrency bug, concurrency, jdk |
| 🔗 Field Notes From Shipping Real Code With Claude | unknown | This article discusses a new approach to software development using AI, called "vibe-coding," where AI assists in writing code. It explores how to achieve productivity gains by leveraging AI's strengths and compensating for its weaknesses, detailing the infrastructure used at Julep for shipping production code with Claude. The article emphasizes the importance of maintaining good development practices and outlines three distinct modes of AI-assisted development: AI as First-Drafter, AI as Pair-Programmer, and AI as Validator. It also highlights the significance of CLAUDE.md for documenting project conventions and ensuring consistency in AI-assisted coding. | ai assisted development, vibe coding, software development, claude, ai tools |
| 🔗 You Need Much Less Memory than Time | Lance Fortnow | This article discusses a recent breakthrough by Ryan Williams, showing that all algorithms can be simulated using considerably less memory than the time of the original algorithm. The result, to appear in an upcoming STOC paper, demonstrates a significant difference between time and space complexity. Williams' proof builds on a space-efficient tree evaluation algorithm by Cook and Mertz, using techniques like finite fields to encode segments of Turing machine tapes. The theorem applies to multitape Turing machines and oblivious random-access machines, but general random access machines remain an open problem. | complexity, algorithms, memory, time, turing machines, space complexity, dtime, dspace |
| 🔗 Blink and Marquee | unknown | The article discusses the history of the HTML <blink> and <marquee> tags, which were popular in the 1990s. The <blink> tag, often credited to Lou Montulli, made text flash, while the <marquee> tag, introduced by Microsoft's Internet Explorer, created scrolling text. The author explains how developers would sometimes combine both tags for maximum emphasis, and how these tags reflect the web's principle of progressive enhancement. While <blink> is effectively dead, <marquee> still exists but should not be used in modern web design. |
html, blink tag, marquee tag, web development, web history, netscape, internet explorer |
| 🔗 Coventry Very Light Rail | unknown | The article provides contact information for the Coventry Very Light Rail (VLR) project, including a postal address and email. It also mentions various aspects of the project such as vehicle, track and on road test bookings. A newsletter signup option is available. The project is under the Coventry City Council. | |
| 🔗 should i use a carousel? | jared_w_smith | The article is a question and answer about a website built by @jared_w_smith and powered by WebAIM. It discusses whether or not to use a carousel on the website. There is no summary available. | unknown |
| 🔗 Why pandas feels clunky | Rasmus Bååth | The author, a long-time R user, discusses the challenges and frustrations encountered when using Python's pandas library for data analysis, particularly when compared to the R's tidyverse. The article presents a simple data analysis task involving purchases, demonstrating how the same analysis can be performed more smoothly and intuitively in R than in Python. The author highlights issues such as inconsistent method naming, different behaviors for grouped and non-grouped data frames, missing convenience functions, and the frequent need to reset the index. The author concludes that while pandas is a powerful tool, its API can feel clunky and less intuitive to those with extensive R experience. | r, python |
| 🔗 Do You Really Need a Water Filter? | Tim Heffernan | The article discusses concerns about tap water quality and whether home water filters are necessary. The author, a water quality expert, explains that many US water supplies are safe and meet federal standards, and that public water utilities are required to publish water quality reports. He suggests testing your water before investing in a filter, as many contaminants are removed during the water-treatment process. The author also highlights that there is no perfect water filter and that each type has its drawbacks, and encourages readers to be informed about their water quality to make confident decisions. | water quality, water filters, pfas, consumer confidence report, tap water, water testing |
| 🔗 EFF Urges FTC to Address Anti-Competitive Copyright Regulations | unknown | The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), in collaboration with Authors Alliance, has urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to address anti-competitive copyright regulations, specifically the triennial exemptions to Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). They argue that Section 1201, which forbids fair uses requiring circumvention of software locks, and the cumbersome process for obtaining exemptions, hinder the public interest. The EFF's comments urge the FTC to recommend that Congress repeal or reform Section 1201 and advocate for revisions to the Library of Congress’s triennial rulemaking process to support competitive and independent innovation. | copyright, digital millennium copyright act, dmca, section 1201, fair use, federal trade commission, ftc, authors alliance, eff, triennial exemptions, anti-competitive regulations |
| 🔗 One in Four | Chana Joffe-Walt | The article discusses the rise in the number of Americans on disability over the past three decades, despite medical advances and anti-discrimination laws. It highlights that the federal government spends more on disability payments than on food stamps and welfare combined, yet those on disability are often overlooked in economic discussions. The story explores who goes on disability, why, and the implications for the U.S. economy, focusing on places like Hale County, Alabama, where nearly one in four working-age adults are on disability. It also touches on the increasing number of children on disability and the complex dynamics this creates within families. | disability, social security, economy, unemployment, welfare, healthcare |
| 🔗 Re: My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts | unknown | The article discusses the author's concerns about the over-reliance on AI, particularly LLMs, and its potential negative impact on critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and the development of young programmers. The author argues that while AI tools can be helpful, they should be used with caution and proper oversight, as they can lead to a decline in essential skills and the spread of AI-generated "slop." The author also expresses concern about the use of LLMs in schools, where they may be incentivized without proper guardrails, hindering students' ability to learn and think independently. The author fears a future where the industry will end up dead in a ditch if people stop investing in human first cuts. | ai, llms, skepticism, critical thinking, education, programming |
| 🔗 Massive unauthorized scanning of social media | Manuel G. Pascual | Since Donald Trump's return to the White House, the U.S. government has been employing AI-driven tools to monitor and persecute individuals, primarily immigrants and foreigners, without judicial authorization. This techno-surveillance state, accelerated by Trump and Elon Musk, involves analyzing biometric, income, health, and Social Security data, intercepting communications, and tracking geolocation. Companies like Palantir are providing digital tools to build this surveillance infrastructure, with the Department of Homeland Security using tools like Babel X and ICE using SocialNet to gather data from various sources. The government is also amassing sensitive official data through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), raising concerns about the erosion of human rights and the potential for misuse of surveillance technologies. | internet, donald trump, elon musk, palantir, meta, kristi noem |
| 🔗 Monaspace | unknown | Monaspace is an innovative superfamily of fonts designed to improve the display of code on screen. It addresses the limitations of traditional monospaced fonts with features like Texture Healing, which evens out the density of text, and code ligatures organized into stylistic sets for various programming languages. The font offers a weight, slant, and width axis for customization. Developed by GitHub Next in collaboration with Lettermatic, Monaspace aims to enhance the coding experience for all developers by providing a more expressive and legible typography for code. | fonts, code, monospaced type, texture healing, ligatures, github next, lettermatic |
| 🔗 unknown | unknown | The article could not be summarized because the content is not accessible. The page requires a security check and JavaScript/cookies to be enabled. | unknown |
| 🔗 The problem with maintaining an Android app | unknown | The article discusses the challenges of maintaining an Android app as a hobby project, highlighting issues such as breaking changes in Google's libraries, the deprecation of crucial third-party libraries, and the need for forced upgrades. It points out the complexities arising from Java vs Kotlin, unpredictable UI design guidelines, and the two different versioning schemes. The author also mentions the dropping of support for older Android versions and the constant evolution of the Android platform, making maintenance a more involved affair compared to server-side development. The conclusion advises hobby developers to consider the ongoing maintenance costs when building an Android app. | android development, google play store, app maintenance, breaking changes, library deprecation |
| 🔗 Navigation for News Categories | Karina Tsui and Zoe Sottile | Following immigration raids, President Trump deployed National Guardsmen to Los Angeles, leading to protests and clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement. Protests erupted after federal immigration agents arrested at least 44 people. The White House defended the move as necessary to address lawlessness, while critics, including California's governor and the Los Angeles mayor, condemned it as inflammatory and sowing terror. The LAPD and ICE disputed the timeline of their response to the protests, and tensions remain high as the situation unfolds. | activism, politics, world, ice, immigration, protests, los angeles |
| 🔗 Four Video Games for Non-Gamers | Daniel | In this article, the author discusses the inaccessibility of video games to newcomers and suggests four games as entry points: Baba is You, Stardew Valley, The Case of the Golden Idol, and Balatro. Each game is chosen for its accessibility, cultural significance, and the author's personal experience of seeing non-gamers enjoy them. The author provides descriptions, reasons why they are fun and good, and context within their respective genres, aiming to make gaming more approachable for those unfamiliar with the medium. | video games, accessible gaming, baba is you, stardew valley, the case of the golden idol, balatro, puzzle games, roguelike, cozy games, gaming recommendations |
| 🔗 Qwen3 Embedding | Simon Willison | The article discusses the new Qwen3 family of embedding models from Qwen, available in three sizes (0.6B, 4B, 8B) and two categories (Text Embedding and Text Reranking). The author tested the smallest model (0.6B) using the llm-sentence-transformers plugin and confirmed it produces 1024 length embedding vectors. These models are the highest scoring open-weight models on the MTEB leaderboard and are licensed under Apache 2.0. A Transformers.js port allows for browser-based experimentation and visualization of embedding clusters. | embeddings, qwen, llm |
| 🔗 Comma v0.1 1T and 2T - 7B LLMs trained on openly licensed text | Simon Willison | Simon Willison discusses the release of Comma v0.1 1T and 2T, two new 7B parameter LLMs trained on the Common Pile v0.1, an openly licensed and public domain text corpus. He details his experience converting the 2T model to MLX format for use on macOS and shares the Hugging Face link for others to try it out. He notes the model's limitations as a raw base model requiring prefix-prompting and expresses hope for a chat-tuned version while maintaining openly licensed training data. The author also tests the model with a pelican on a bicycle prompt, which resulted in an infinite loop. | ai, generative-ai, llms, training-data, mlx, ai-ethics, llm-release |
| 🔗 Quoting Lila Shapiro | empty content | ||
| 🔗 AB Launches On Binance | Chainwire | empty content | |
| 🔗 5 Podcasts for Curious Kids & Thoughtful Parents (Especially Those in Tech) | Linh Dao Smooke | empty content | |
| 🔗 Say Hello to Rust 1.84.0 | Rust (Technical Documentation) | The Rust team announced the release of Rust 1.84.0, which includes updates such as Cargo considering Rust versions for dependency version selection, the beginning of migration to the new trait solver, and strict provenance APIs. This release stabilizes the minimum supported Rust version (MSRV) aware resolver, reducing the toil for maintainers to support older toolchains. The new trait solver improves the type system and fixes correctness issues. Additionally, the update introduces APIs to replace integer-pointer-casts, enhancing code reasoning and analysis. | programming, rust, rust-1.84.0, rust-update, rust-1.84.0-stable, trait-solver, strict-provenance-apis, stabilized-apis, rust-programming-language |
| 🔗 How is a Startup Different From a Small Business? (Spoiler: One Wears a Suit) | Sahadat hossen (Sagor) | The article differentiates between startups and small businesses, highlighting that startups are built to scale rapidly with a focus on funding and potential, while small businesses aim for sustainability and profit. Startups thrive on uncertainty and disruption, often with a culture resembling Burning Man meets Wall Street, aiming for an exit strategy like an IPO. Small businesses, on the other hand, prefer planning and consistency, focusing on legacy and community impact with a more traditional culture. The author emphasizes that both types of ventures are valuable and can learn from each other, encouraging entrepreneurs to embrace their unique paths and strive for legendary status. | startups, startup vs small business, what is a startup, startup explained, startups culture, small business culture, startups exit strategy, ipo vs legacy |
| 🔗 The Routing Enhancements for Go 1.22 That You Have to Know About | Go [Technical Documentation] | Go 1.22 introduces enhancements to the net/http package's router, including method matching and wildcards, allowing for more expressive route patterns. These features simplify common routing tasks and reduce the need for custom code. The update includes a new precedence rule for overlapping patterns, prioritizing more specific matches. These changes aim to improve Go's suitability for building production systems by integrating widely used features from third-party web frameworks into the standard library, reducing dependencies for many projects. | programming, go, golang, method-matching, package-router-wildcards, go-enhancements, go-1.22, go-1.22-changes, go-1.22-update |
| 🔗 Elon Just Made Gambling Define the News - And It's More Honest Than Journalism Ever Was | Ronne Huss | Elon Musk's xAI has partnered with Polymarket to integrate AI with real-money prediction markets, creating a new media system where headlines are priced rather than published. Grok, xAI's AI model, analyzes content on X and injects context into Polymarket's markets, allowing users to bet on headlines. This system aims to create a self-learning truth engine where AI and markets collaborate to determine what narratives matter based on market conviction. The author argues that this shift could make markets more honest than mainstream journalism, as prediction markets monetize accuracy, and AI is trained on live market conviction. | media, elon-musk, ai-x-web3, future-of-news, xai, prediction-markets, crypto-media, polymarket, hackernoon-top-story |
| 🔗 The HackerNoon Newsletter: What to Do While I Wait for Claude (6/7/2025) | Noonification | This HackerNoon newsletter summarizes the top 5 stories on the HackerNoon homepage for June 7th, 2025. It includes articles on what to do while waiting for Claude, how AI can improve brand strategy, and the security risks associated with expired domains and outdated JavaScript. The newsletter also touches on the importance of writing to consolidate technical knowledge and provides resources for overcoming writer's block. It encourages readers to share the newsletter with friends and engage with the content. | hackernoon newsletter, noonification, latest tect stories, claude, ai, web security |
| 🔗 eSIM Cards Are Connecting Palestinian Families: Here's How | The Markup | The article discusses how eSIM cards are being used to help Palestinians in Gaza connect with their families during the Israel-Hamas war, amid severe interruptions to phone and internet access. Mirna El Helbawi started a campaign to distribute eSIMs, and has distributed over 7,000 cards. Donors purchase eSIMs, enabling Palestinians to connect through the donor's telecom service. The effort highlights the critical need for communication and the challenges faced by those in Gaza, with a team working to distribute eSIMs 24/7. | esim, palestine, gaza, connectivity, communication, israel, war, humanitarian aid |
| 🔗 Sources: Meta is in talks for a potential multibillion-dollar investment in Scale AI, Meta's largest external AI investment; Scale AI was last valued at ~$14B (Bloomberg) | Chris Stokel-Walker | The article discusses the launch of FAIR, a federated update network backed by the Linux Foundation, aimed at decentralizing WordPress infrastructure and enhancing supply chain security. It also covers Meta's potential multibillion-dollar investment in Scale AI and the passing of Bill Atkinson, a pioneering Apple engineer. Additionally, it touches on OpenAI's plans to integrate AI into higher education and various funding rounds for companies like Syfe, Obvio, and Voxel. Finally, it delves into the 2017 SEC EDGAR system breach and its implications. | wordpress, linux foundation, fair, federated update network, decentralization, security, ai, bill atkinson, openai, syfe, obvio, voxel, sec, edgar, hacking |
| 🔗 An in-depth look at the US SEC's EDGAR system breach that was disclosed in 2017, as one of the key hackers, Olga Kuprina, says EDGAR remains a soft target (Liam Vaughan/Bloomberg) | unknown | This article provides a snapshot of top news stories across various tech sectors. It covers the launch of FAIR, a federated update network for WordPress backed by the Linux Foundation, and the passing of Bill Atkinson, a pioneering Apple engineer. It also discusses OpenAI's plans to integrate AI into higher education, challenges with Apple's Siri integration, and funding rounds for companies like Syfe, Obvio, and Voxel. Finally, it touches on a lawsuit between BiT Global and Coinbase and a data breach of the SEC's EDGAR system. | wordpress, linux foundation, fair, federated update network, decentralization, supply chain security, bill atkinson, apple, macintosh, hypercard, openai, ai, education, chatgpt, siri, apple intelligence, syfe, investment app, series c, obvio, ai powered cameras, voxel, logistics safety, series b, bit global, coinbase, wbtc, lawsuit, edgar, sec, data breach |
| 🔗 Voxel, whose AI-powered logistics safety software integrates into existing security cameras to detect and predict workplace hazards, raised a $44M Series B (Colin Campbell/Axios) | unknown | This article discusses the launch of FAIR, a federated update network for WordPress backed by the Linux Foundation, aiming to decentralize WordPress infrastructure and enhance supply chain security. It also covers Meta's potential multibillion-dollar investment in Scale AI and the passing of Bill Atkinson, a pioneering Apple engineer. Additionally, it addresses OpenAI's plans to integrate AI into higher education and a deep dive into the SEC's EDGAR system breach in 2017 by Ukrainian cybercriminals. | wordpress, linux foundation, fair package manager, decentralization, security, ai, openai, education, cybersecurity, sec, hacking |
| 🔗 Sources: Mistral AI has closed or is closing a handful of commercial contracts, each worth $100M+ over three to five years, as it expands its own infrastructure (Financial Times) | Chris Stokel-Walker | WordPress veterans and the Linux Foundation have launched FAIR, a federated update network, to decentralize WordPress infrastructure and enhance supply chain security. Backed by the Linux Foundation, this initiative aims to address security and control concerns within the WordPress ecosystem. The project involves creating a decentralized WordPress plugin package manager using DID PLC for identifier and package signing keys, and atproto for discovery/indexing of plugins. The goal is to limit the single point of control that has caused issues in the past year. | wordpress, linux foundation, fair, federated update network, decentralization, supply chain security |
| 🔗 Obvio, which uses AI-powered stop sign cameras to detect infractions, raised a $22M Series A led by Bain to expand beyond its first five cities in Maryland (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch) | Chris Stokel-Walker | The article discusses the launch of FAIR, a federated update network backed by the Linux Foundation, aimed at decentralizing WordPress infrastructure and enhancing supply chain security. It also covers the death of Bill Atkinson, a pioneering Apple engineer, and OpenAI's plans to integrate AI into higher education. Additionally, it mentions Syfe's Series C funding, Obvio's AI-powered traffic infraction detection, and a lawsuit between BiT Global and Coinbase. Finally, it touches on Superblocks' new AI agent, issues faced by Filipino workers in Taiwan's chip industry, ByteDance's TikTok Shop revenue, and the UK's delayed AI regulation plans. | wordpress, linux foundation, fair, federated update network, decentralization, supply chain security, bill atkinson, apple, macintosh, hypercard, openai, education, ai, chatgpt, syfe, investment app, series c, obvio, ai powered cameras, traffic infractions, bit global, coinbase, wbtc, lawsuit, superblocks, enterprise coding, ai agent, tiktok shop, bytedance, revenue, ai regulation, uk |
| 🔗 Former Apple employees say integrating LLMs with Siri has led to bugs, an issue not faced by companies that have built GenAI-based voice assistants from scratch (Michael Acton/Financial Times) | empty content | ||
| 🔗 Singapore-based investment app Syfe raised a $53M Series C extension, taking the round to $80M and total funding to $132M, and plans to expand into Hong Kong (Sam Phillips/South China Morning Post) | empty content | ||
| 🔗 Filipino workers in Taiwan's chip industry report struggling with overwork and discrimination, citing overnight shifts of up to 16 hours and abusive treatment (Rest of World) | empty content | ||
| 🔗 Some WordPress veterans and the Linux Foundation start FAIR, a federated update network to decentralize WordPress infrastructure and boost supply chain security (Chris Stokel-Walker/Fast Company) | empty content | ||
| 🔗 Justin Sun-linked BiT Global dismisses with prejudice its lawsuit against Coinbase for delisting wBTC; the delisting followed Coinbase launching rival cbBTC (Francisco Rodrigues/CoinDesk) | Natasha Singer | This article discusses OpenAI's plan to embed AI into college education, starting with Cal State. It also covers Bill Atkinson's death, ByteDance's TikTok Shop revenue, Trump's cybersecurity executive order, and Superblocks' funding round. Additionally, it addresses the UK High Court's warning to lawyers about using AI-generated fake legal material, Amazon's efforts to revamp Alexa, the UK's delayed AI regulation proposals, and security concerns regarding Starlink at the White House. | openai, ai, education, college, cybersecurity, tiktok, legal, amazon, alexa, uk, starlink, white house |
| 🔗 Enterprise vibe coding startup Superblocks raised a $23M Series A, bringing its total funding to $60M, and launched an enterprise coding AI agent called Clark (Julie Bort/TechCrunch) | Chris Stokel-Walker | WordPress veterans and the Linux Foundation have launched FAIR, a federated update network aimed at decentralizing WordPress infrastructure and enhancing supply chain security. Backed by the Linux Foundation, this initiative seeks to address control concerns and security issues within the WordPress ecosystem. The project utilizes DID PLC for identifier and package signing keys, and atproto for discovery and indexing of plugins. FAIR aims to create a community-led package manager to limit single points of control that have caused problems in the past. | wordpress, linux foundation, fair, federated update network, decentralization, supply chain security |
| 🔗 Bill Atkinson, a pioneering Apple engineer and key member of the original Macintosh team, died on June 5 at age 74 from pancreatic cancer (John Gruber/Daring Fireball) | unknown | This article summarizes various tech news, including the passing of Apple pioneer Bill Atkinson, the launch of the FAIR package manager for WordPress, OpenAI's plans to integrate AI into higher education, and a UK High Court warning to lawyers about using AI-generated fake legal material. It also covers ByteDance's TikTok Shop revenue shortfall and BiT Global dropping its lawsuit against Coinbase. The article includes reactions and commentary from various sources on these developments. | bill atkinson, apple, hypercard, wordpress, fair package manager, openai, ai, education, chatgpt, tiktok, bit global, coinbase, legal, uk |
| 🔗 An interview with Leah Belsky, OpenAI's VP of Education, as the startup competes with Google and others to offer premium AI tools to universities and students (Natasha Singer/New York Times) | unknown | This article discusses several tech-related news items. It covers the launch of FAIR, a federated update network for WordPress backed by the Linux Foundation, the passing of Bill Atkinson, a pioneering Apple engineer, and OpenAI's plans to integrate AI into higher education. Other topics include a lawsuit dismissal between BiT Global and Coinbase, ByteDance's TikTok Shop revenue shortfall, issues faced by Filipino workers in Taiwan's chip industry, and a UK High Court warning about AI-generated fake legal material. Finally, it mentions President Trump's executive order revising cybersecurity programs. | wordpress, linux foundation, fair, bill atkinson, openai, ai, tiktok, cybersecurity |
| 🔗 Sources: the UK has delayed proposals to regulate AI, with plans to introduce an AI bill in 2026 to address concerns about issues like safety and copyright (The Guardian) | unknown | This article is a compilation of news snippets from various sources. It covers the death of Bill Atkinson, a pioneering Apple engineer, and the launch of FAIR, a federated update network for WordPress. It also discusses OpenAI's plans to integrate AI into higher education, Syfe's Series C extension funding, Obvio's AI-powered stop sign cameras, Voxel's Series B funding for AI-powered logistics safety software, and an in-depth look at the US SEC's EDGAR system breach in 2017. | obituaries, apple, bill atkinson, wordpress, fair package manager, openai, ai, education, syfe, funding, obvio, voxel, sec, hacking |
| 🔗 Sources: before installing Starlink at the White House in February, DOGE ignored security concerns that the service bypasses traditional WH security controls (Joseph Menn/Washington Post) | unknown | This article summarizes several news items. President Trump signed an executive order revising cybersecurity programs. OpenAI aims to integrate AI into college education. Concerns are raised about Starlink's security at the White House. The UK has delayed proposals to regulate AI. | cybersecurity, ai, politics, technology, education |
🤖 Automated Report [2025-06-08 08:45:11 UTC]
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What are the long-term implications of AI-driven surveillance on human rights and civil liberties? How can we ensure that AI is used to enhance, rather than diminish, critical thinking and problem-solving skills? Will the trend towards open source and decentralization lead to a more equitable and secure digital ecosystem?