Evolving OpenAI's Structure https://openai.com/index/evolving-our-structure/
Openai
Evolving OpenAI’s structure
An update from the OpenAI board on transitioning its for-profit entity to a Public Benefit Corporation, reinforcing its mission-driven structure under nonprofit oversight while enabling greater impact and long-term alignment with the public good.
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview https://developers.googleblog.com/en/gemini-2-5-pro-io-improved-coding-performance/
Googleblog
Google for Developers Blog - News about Web, Mobile, AI and Cloud
Explore the new Gemini 2.5 Pro I/O Edition, featuring enhanced coding performance, video to code capabilities, and improvements for front-end web development.
Show HN: Clippy – 90s UI for local LLMs https://felixrieseberg.github.io/clippy/
OpenAI reaches agreement to buy Windsurf for $3B https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-06/openai-reaches-agreement-to-buy-startup-windsurf-for-3-billion
Bloomberg.com
OpenAI Reaches Agreement to Buy Startup Windsurf for $3 Billion
OpenAI has agreed to buy Windsurf, an artificial intelligence-assisted coding tool formerly known as Codeium, for about $3 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, marking the ChatGPT maker’s largest acquisition to date.
Matt Godbolt sold me on Rust by showing me C++ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2025/05/06/matt-godbolt-sold-me-on-rust-by-showing-me-c-plus-plus/
Collabora | Open Source Consulting
Matt Godbolt sold me on Rust (by showing me C++)
Looking at C++ from another angle can create new possibilities using Rust.
Waiting for Postgres 18: Accelerating Disk Reads with Asynchronous I/O https://pganalyze.com/blog/postgres-18-async-io
pganalyze
Waiting for Postgres 18: Accelerating Disk Reads with Asynchronous I/O
Postgres 18 introduces Asynchronous I/O (AIO) that can dramatically improve read performance, especially in the cloud. Learn how these changes and the new io_method setting work and see why our benchmark results show that io_uring is the recommended setting…
Sofie: open-source web based system for automating live TV news production https://nrkno.github.io/sofie-core/
ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC https://www.home.cern/news/news/physics/alice-detects-conversion-lead-gold-lhc
CERN
ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC
In a paper published in Physical Review Journals, the ALICE collaboration reports measurements that quantify the transmutation of lead into gold in CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Transforming the base metal lead into the precious metal gold was a dream…
A simple 16x16 dot animation from simple math rules https://tixy.land
tixy.land
(t,i,x,y) => 'creative code golfing'
A minimalist coding environment. Control 16x16 points with a single JavaScript function. By @aemkei
US vs. Google amicus curiae brief of Y Combinator in support of plaintiffs [pdf] https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.223205/gov.uscourts.dcd.223205.1300.1.pdf
A critical look at MCP https://raz.sh/blog/2025-05-02_a_critical_look_at_mcp
raz.sh
Raz Blog
Lazarus Release 4.0 https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php?topic=71050.0
One-Click RCE in Asus's Preinstalled Driver Software https://mrbruh.com/asusdriverhub/
Mrbruh
One-Click RCE in ASUS's Preinstalled Driver Software
One-Click RCE in ASUS’s Preinstalled Driver Software Part Two of the ASUS series is out, read it here.
Introduction This story begins with a conversation about new PC parts.
After ignoring the advice from my friend, I bought a new ASUS motherboard for my…
Introduction This story begins with a conversation about new PC parts.
After ignoring the advice from my friend, I bought a new ASUS motherboard for my…
A community-led fork of Organic Maps https://www.comaps.app/news/2025-05-12/3/
www.comaps.app
A community-led fork of Organic Maps
University of Texas-led team solves a big problem for fusion energy https://news.utexas.edu/2025/05/05/university-of-texas-led-team-solves-a-big-problem-for-fusion-energy/
UT Austin News - The University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas-led Team Solves a Big Problem for Fusion Energy
AUSTIN, Texas — Abundant, low-cost, clean energy — the envisioned result if scientists and engineers can successfully produce a reliable method of
The Barbican https://arslan.io/2025/05/12/barbican-estate/
Fatih Arslan
The Barbican
Three years ago, while searching for Vitsoe setups, I stumbled upon Barbican. I delved deeper and discovered a building complex that was beyond my imaginations.
Young Fatih would definitely find it ugly; current me finds it beautiful. The estate was built…
Young Fatih would definitely find it ugly; current me finds it beautiful. The estate was built…
The world could run on older hardware if software optimization was a priority https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1922100771392520710
X (formerly Twitter)
John Carmack (@ID_AA_Carmack) on X
I have also run this fun thought experiment! More of the world than many might imagine could run on outdated hardware if software optimization was truly a priority, and market price signals on scarce compute would make it happen. Rebuild all the interpreted…
Multiple security issues in GNU Screen https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/1
Branch Privilege Injection: Exploiting branch predictor race conditions https://comsec.ethz.ch/research/microarch/branch-privilege-injection/