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…
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 🧠
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
Mini NASes marry NVMe to Intel's efficient chip https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/mini-nases-marry-nvme-intels-efficient-chip
In a milestone for Manhattan, a pair of coyotes has made Central Park their home https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/in-a-milestone-for-manhattan-a-pair-of-coyotes-has-made-central-park-their-home-180986892/
Smithsonian Magazine
In a Milestone for Manhattan, a Pair of Coyotes Has Made Central Park Their Home
For six years, two photographers have carefully followed the canines and documented their secret lives
Being too ambitious is a clever form of self-sabotage https://maalvika.substack.com/p/being-too-ambitious-is-a-clever-form
Substack
being too ambitious is a clever form of self-sabotage
on starting, doing, being, and becoming.
Europe's first geostationary sounder satellite is launched https://www.eumetsat.int/europes-first-geostationary-sounder-satellite-launched
EUMETSAT
Europe’s first geostationary sounder satellite is launched
Meteosat Third Generation Sounder 1 is successfully launched.
Hidden interface controls that affect usability https://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/july-august-2025/stop-hiding-my-controls-hidden-interface-controls-are-affecting-usability
ACM Interactions
Stop Hiding My Controls: Hidden Interface Controls Are Affecting Usability | IX Magazine Issue XXXII.4 July - August 2025
In the early 1960s, Douglas Engelbart [1] first introduced the notion of
Serving 200M requests per day with a CGI-bin https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/5/cgi-bin-performance/
Simon Willison’s Weblog
Serving 200 million requests per day with a cgi-bin
Jake Gold tests how well 90s-era CGI works today, using a Go + SQLite CGI program running on a 16-thread AMD 3700X. Using CGI on modest hardware, it’s possible to …
Get the location of the ISS using DNS https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/get-the-location-of-the-iss-using-dns/
Terence Eden’s Blog
Get the location of the ISS using DNS
I love DNS esoterica. Weird little things that you can shove in the global directory to be distributed around the world instantly(ish). Domain names, like www.example.com usually resolve to servers. As much as we think of "the cloud" as being some intangible…