Beliefs that are true for regular software but false when applied to AI https://boydkane.com/essays/boss
Boydkane
Why your boss isn't worried about AI
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New lab-grown human embryo model produces blood cells https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-lab-grown-human-embryo-model-produces-blood-cells
University of Cambridge
New lab-grown human embryo model produces blood cells
University of Cambridge scientists have used human stem cells to create three-dimensional embryo-like structures that replicate certain aspects of very early human development - including the
How AI hears accents: An audible visualization of accent clusters https://accent-explorer.boldvoice.com/
BoldVoice
How AI Hears Accents
The day my smart vacuum turned against me https://codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day-my-smart-vacuum-turned-againswww.tg-me.com/
Small World
The Day My Smart Vacuum Turned Against Me
Would you allow a stranger to drive a camera-equipped computer around your living room? You might have already done so without even realizing it.
The Beginning: A Curious Experiment
It all started innocently enough. I had recently bought an iLife A11 smart…
The Beginning: A Curious Experiment
It all started innocently enough. I had recently bought an iLife A11 smart…
How to turn liquid glass into a solid interface https://tidbits.com/2025/10/09/how-to-turn-liquid-glass-into-a-solid-interface/
TidBITS
How to Turn Liquid Glass into a Solid Interface
Apple’s new Liquid Glass interface design can be hard to read in certain situations. If you encounter any issues, here’s how to adjust the transparency and other visual effects across macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS to suit your needs.
Intel Announces Inference-Optimized Xe3P Graphics Card with 160GB VRAM https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-crescent-island
Phoronix
Intel Announces "Crescent Island" Inference-Optimized Xe3P Graphics Card With 160GB vRAM
Back during the Intel Tech Tour in Arizona, Intel teased a new inference-optimized enterprise GPU would be announced soon.
Half of America's Voting Machines Are Now Owned by a MAGA Oligarch https://dissentinbloom.substack.com/p/half-of-americas-voting-machines
Substack
Half of America’s Voting Machines Now Owned by a MAGA Oligarch
They told us elections were rigged. Then they cloned stolen voting software. Then they bought the voting machines.
Surveillance data challenges what we thought we knew about location tracking https://www.lighthousereports.com/investigation/surveillance-secrets/
Lighthouse Reports
Surveillance Secrets
Trove of surveillance data challenges what we thought we knew about location tracking tools, who they target and how far they have spread
AppLovin nonconsensual installs https://www.benedelman.org/applovin-nonconsensual-installs/
U.S. Sanctions Cambodian Conglomerate, Citing Role in 'Pig-Butchering' Scams https://www.wsj.com/business/u-s-sanctions-cambodian-conglomerate-citing-role-in-pig-butchering-scams-0cf2e0ff
The Wall Street Journal
U.S. Sanctions Cambodian Conglomerate, Citing Role in ‘Pig-Butchering’ Scams
The Treasury Department labeled Prince Group a criminal organization, while the company says it adheres to international standards.
GrapheneOS is ready to break free from Pixels https://www.androidauthority.com/graphene-os-major-android-oem-partnership-3606853/
Android Authority
GrapheneOS is finally ready to break free from Pixels, and it may never look back
The makers of GrapheneOS have confirmed they are partnering with a major Android OEM to bring the OS to Snapdragon-powered flagships.
Unpacking Cloudflare Workers CPU Performance Benchmarks https://blog.cloudflare.com/unpacking-cloudflare-workers-cpu-performance-benchmarks/
The Cloudflare Blog
Unpacking Cloudflare Workers CPU Performance Benchmarks
Cloudflare investigated CPU performance benchmark results for Workers, uncovering and fixing issues in infrastructure, V8 garbage collection, and OpenNext optimizations. These improvements have made Cloudflare Workers faster for all customers.
Beyond the SQLite single-writer limitation with concurrent writes https://turso.tech/blog/beyond-the-single-writer-limitation-with-tursos-concurrent-writes
turso.tech
Beyond the Single-Writer Limitation with Turso's Concurrent Writes
With multi-core processors and multi-threaded architectures becoming the norm, the old single-writer model that SQLite pioneered has started to show its age in today’s concurrent world.
FSF announces Librephone project https://www.fsf.org/news/librephone-project
www.fsf.org
FSF announces Librephone project
Hacking the Humane AI Pin https://writings.agg.im/posts/hacking_ai_pin/
Adam Gastineau's Writings
Hacking the Humane Ai Pin
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Shutdown announcement On February 18, 2025, Humane announced it would be shutting down all services for the always online Humane Ai Pin in ten days, following a sale to HP. I had been vaguely aware of the Ai Pin, definitely more…
Shutdown announcement On February 18, 2025, Humane announced it would be shutting down all services for the always online Humane Ai Pin in ten days, following a sale to HP. I had been vaguely aware of the Ai Pin, definitely more…
State Department Revokes Visas over Charlie Kirk Comments https://www.wsj.com/politics/state-department-revokes-visas-over-charlie-kirk-comments-3c30d9ae
The Wall Street Journal
State Department Revokes Visas Over Charlie Kirk Comments
The agency says the U.S. ‘has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.’
Interior cancels largest solar project in North America https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/10/trump-interior-department-cancels-largest-solar-project-in-north-america-00602071
POLITICO
Interior cancels largest solar project in North America
It's the Trump administration's latest move to slow or block major clean energy projects.