Exploiting the IKKO Activebuds “AI powered” earbuds (2024) https://blog.mgdproductions.com/ikko-activebuds/
MGD Blog
Exploiting the IKKO Activebuds "AI powered" earbuds, running DOOM, stealing their OpenAI API key and customer data.
So my journey with these earbuds started after I saw them on this Mrwhosetheboss video about pointless tech. This device seems to be also popular on TikTok. My suspicions were confirmed, this runs android. So of course i went ahead and bought them.
245 euros…
245 euros…
Astronomers discover 3I/ATLAS – Third interstellar object to visit Solar System https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-07-03/3i-atlas-a11pl3z-interstellar-object-in-our-solar-system/105489180
www.abc.net.au
New interstellar 'comet' discovered speeding through our Solar System
Astronomers have discovered a new object that originated outside of our Solar System — only the third to be found.
Fei-Fei Li: Spatial intelligence is the next frontier in AI [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PioN-CpOP0
YouTube
Fei-Fei Li: Spatial Intelligence is the Next Frontier in AI
A fireside with Dr. Fei-Fei Li on June 16, 2025 at AI Startup School in San Francisco.
Dr. Fei-Fei Li is often called the godmother of AI—and for good reason. Before the world had AI as we know it, she was helping build the foundation.
In this fireside…
Dr. Fei-Fei Li is often called the godmother of AI—and for good reason. Before the world had AI as we know it, she was helping build the foundation.
In this fireside…
Flounder Mode – Kevin Kelly on a different way to do great work https://joincolossus.com/article/flounder-mode/
Colossus
Flounder Mode
Kevin Kelly on a different way to do great work
Zig breaking change – Initial Writergate https://github.com/ziglang/zig/pull/24329
GitHub
Writergate by andrewrk · Pull Request #24329 · ziglang/zig
Previous Scandal
Summary
Deprecates all existing std.io readers and writers in favor of the newly provided std.io.Reader and std.io.Writer which are non-generic and have the buffer above the vtable...
Summary
Deprecates all existing std.io readers and writers in favor of the newly provided std.io.Reader and std.io.Writer which are non-generic and have the buffer above the vtable...
Is an Intel N100 or N150 a better value than a Raspberry Pi? https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/intel-n100-better-value-raspberry-pi
Why I left my tech job to work on chronic pain https://sailhealth.substack.com/p/why-i-left-my-tech-job-to-work-on
Substack
Why I Left My Tech Job to Work on Chronic Pain (#1)
From chronically sore to chronically curious about the mind 🧠
I want to leave tech: what do I do? https://write.as/conjure-utopia/lets-say-youre-working-in-tech-and-you-have-a-technical-role-youre-a
Conjure Utopia
I want to leave tech: what do I do? — Conjure Utopia
Let’s say you’re working in tech and you have a technical role: you’re a programmer, a graphic or UI/UX designer, a sysadmin, maybe even ...
Show HN: I AI-coded a tower defense game and documented the whole process https://github.com/maciej-trebacz/tower-of-time-game
GitHub
GitHub - maciej-trebacz/tower-of-time-game: Vibe coded Tower Defense type of game made for a game jam
Vibe coded Tower Defense type of game made for a game jam - maciej-trebacz/tower-of-time-game
Serving 200M requests per day with a CGI-bin https://jacob.gold/posts/serving-200-million-requests-with-cgi-bin/
Jake Gold
Serving 200 million requests per day with a cgi-bin
In the early 2000s, we used to write a lot of CGI programs.
This was the primary way to make websites dynamic at the time. These CGI programs were usually written in Perl, but sometimes in C or other languages to increase performance.
The CGI mechanism is…
This was the primary way to make websites dynamic at the time. These CGI programs were usually written in Perl, but sometimes in C or other languages to increase performance.
The CGI mechanism is…
We're Not Innovating, We're Just Forgetting Slower https://www.elektormagazine.com/articles/opinion-no-innovation-forgetting-slower
Elektor
We're Not Innovating, We’re Just Forgetting Slower
We’ve mistaken complexity for progress — and forgotten how things work. A 41-year-old computer still boots instantly, while today’s “smart” tech buckles.