IDF officers ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near Gaza food distribution sites https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-06-27/ty-article-magazine/.premium/idf-soldiers-ordered-to-shoot-deliberately-at-unarmed-gazans-waiting-for-humanitarian-aid/00000197-ad8e-de01-a39f-ffbe33780000
New projects contribute to digital commons https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250624-announcement-grants-CommonsFund.html
DeepSeek R2 launch stalled as CEO balks at progress https://www.reuters.com/world/china/deepseek-r2-launch-stalled-ceo-balks-progress-information-reports-2025-06-26/
Reuters
DeepSeek R2 launch stalled as CEO balks at progress, The Information reports
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has not yet determined the timing of the release of its R2 model as CEO Liang Wenfeng is not satisfied with its performance, The Information reported on Thursday, citing two people with knowledge of the situation.
Reinforcement learning, explained with a minimum of math and jargon https://www.understandingai.org/p/reinforcement-learning-explained
www.understandingai.org
Reinforcement learning, explained with a minimum of math and jargon
To create reliable agents, AI companies had to go beyond predicting the next token.
Engineer creates ad block for the real world with augmented reality glasses https://www.tomshardware.com/maker-stem/engineer-creates-ad-block-for-the-real-world-with-augmented-reality-glasses-no-more-products-or-branding-in-your-everyday-life
Tom's Hardware
Engineer creates ad-block for the real world with augmented reality glasses — no more products or branding in your everyday life
Recreate 'They Live' with Snapchat's AR goggles.
An Introduction to Tribalism for the Modern World That Has Forgotten It https://sustainableviews.substack.com/p/an-introduction-to-tribalism-for
Substack
An Introduction to Tribalism for the Modern World that has Forgotten it
The Western world lives under the rule of law and holds sacred the institutions that enforce them.
Unheard works by Erik Satie to premiere 100 years after his death https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/26/unheard-works-by-erik-satie-to-premiere-100-years-after-his-death
the Guardian
Unheard works by Erik Satie to premiere 100 years after his death
Pianist Alexandre Tharaud performs previously lost material by experimental French composer on a new album
LLMs bring new nature of abstraction – up and sideways https://martinfowler.com/articles/2025-nature-abstraction.html
martinfowler.com
LLMs bring new nature of abstraction
A long-form article entitled: "LLMs bring new nature of abstraction"
Lossless LLM 3x Throughput Increase by LMCache https://github.com/LMCache/LMCache
GitHub
GitHub - LMCache/LMCache: Redis for LLMs
Redis for LLMs. Contribute to LMCache/LMCache development by creating an account on GitHub.
We ran a Unix-like OS Xv6 on our home-built CPU with a home-built C compiler (2020) https://fuel.edby.coffee/posts/how-we-ported-xv6-os-to-a-home-built-cpu-with-a-home-built-c-compiler/
Fueled by Coffee
How we ran a Unix-like OS (Xv6) on our home-built CPU with our home-built C compiler
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It’s been two years since I started working as a software engineer. I sometimes tell my colleagues about a student project I did in my junior year of university, and it’s so well-received that I’m writing…
It’s been two years since I started working as a software engineer. I sometimes tell my colleagues about a student project I did in my junior year of university, and it’s so well-received that I’m writing…
MCP: An (Accidentally) Universal Plugin System https://worksonmymachine.substack.com/p/mcp-an-accidentally-universal-plugin
Substack
MCP: An (Accidentally) Universal Plugin System
Or: The Day My Toaster Started Taking Phone Calls
Korean students seek 'digital undertakers' amid US visa social media screening https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10515737
The Korea Herald
Korean students seek 'digital undertakers' amid US visa social media screening
The US Embassy in Seoul resumed accepting applications for student and exchange visas but requested that applicants make any private social media accounts publi
Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in your camera roll you haven't yet https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/27/facebook-is-asking-to-use-meta-ai-on-photos-in-your-camera-roll-you-havent-yet-shared/
TechCrunch
Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in your camera roll you haven't yet shared | TechCrunch
By clicking "Allow," you'll let Facebook generate new ideas from your camera roll, like collages, recaps, AI restylings, or photo themes.
A short history of web bots and bot detection techniques https://sinja.io/blog/bot-or-not
sinja.io
A short history of web bots and bot detection techniques · OlegWock
Did you know your favorite website can detect when you're browsing it in public transport or when you scroll it in your bed? Moreover, this info sometimes helps them to fight bots.
Microsoft extends free Windows 10 security updates into 2026 https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/microsoft-extends-free-windows-10-security-updates-into-2026-with-strings-attached/
Ars Technica
Microsoft extends free Windows 10 security updates into 2026, with strings attached
End-of-support date isn’t changing, but extra year will be functionally free.
London's largest ancient Roman fresco is “most difficult jigsaw puzzle” https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06/mola-liberty-roman-fresco/
Colossal
London's Largest Ancient Roman Fresco Makes for the 'World's Most Difficult Jigsaw Puzzle'
Scattered in pieces, the city's largest area of painted Roman plaster was found amid the rubble, dating back at least 1,800 years.
BusyBeaver(6) Is Quite Large https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=8972
Shtetl-Optimized
BusyBeaver(6) is really quite large
For overdetermined reasons, I’ve lately found the world an increasingly terrifying and depressing place. It’s gotten harder and harder to concentrate on research, or even popular scienc…