ETH Zurich and EPFL to release a LLM developed on public infrastructure https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2025/07/a-language-model-built-for-the-public-good.html
ETH Zurich
A language model built for the public good
ETH Zurich and EPFL will release a large language model (LLM) developed on public infrastructure. Trained on the “Alps” supercomputer at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), the new LLM marks a milestone in open-source AI and multilingual excellence.
OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google https://www.theverge.com/openai/705999/google-windsurf-ceo-openai
The Verge
OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off — and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google
Key researchers are joining Google DeepMind, too.
Replication of Quantum Factorisation Records with an 8-bit Home Computer [pdf] https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/1237.pdf
Leveraging Elixir's hot code loading capabilities to modularize a monolithic app https://lucassifoni.info/blog/leveraging-hot-code-loading-for-fun-and-profit/
lucassifoni.info
Lucas Sifoni - Leveraging Elixir's hot code loading capabilities to modularize a monolithic app
How hot code loading solves client-specific engineering problems in my startup Alzo
New Date("wtf") – How well do you know JavaScript's Date class? https://jsdate.wtf
jsdate.wtf
new Date("wtf")
How well do you know JavaScript's Date class?
Malware found in official gravityforms plugin indicating supply chain breach https://patchstack.com/articles/critical-malware-found-in-gravityforms-official-plugin-site/
Patchstack
Malware Found in Official GravityForms Plugin Indicating Supply Chain Breach - Patchstack
Update 7-12-2025 06:00 UTC: We have observed some activity in regard to one of the backdoors that involves a gf_api_token parameter. The IP address 193.160.101.6 tries to request, for every site, the following URLs with a spoofed user agent: Update 7-11-2025…
First malaria treatment for babies approved for use https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89e872jdjxo
Bbc
First malaria treatment for babies approved for use
Until now, there had only been drugs for older children which carried an overdose risk for the young.
The fish kick may be the fastest subsurface swim stroke yet (2015) https://nautil.us/is-this-new-swim-stroke-the-fastest-yet-235511/
Nautilus
Is This New Swim Stroke the Fastest Yet?
The surprising performance and physics of the fish kick.
Commodore 64 Ultimate https://www.commodore.net
Commodore
Home | Commodore
Proposed NOAA Budget Kills Program Designed to Prevent Satellite Collisions https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/proposed-noaa-budget-kills-program-to-prevent-satellite-collisions/
Sky & Telescope
Proposed NOAA Budget Kills Program That Was Designed to Prevent Satellite Collisions
Trump’s first administration helped establish the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). His second administration wants to dismantle it.
Arizona resident dies from the plague less than 24 hours after showing symptoms https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/arizona-plague-death-cases-b2787325.html
The Independent
Victim dies from the plague in Arizona
Amid a prairie dog die-off near Flagstaff, one person in Northern Arizona has died from the plague after being hospitalized with severe symptoms.
Working through 'Writing A C Compiler' https://jollygoodsw.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/working-through-writing-a-c-compiler/
Jolly Interesting Stuff
Working through ‘Writing A C Compiler’
Some time ago I decided I wanted to create a c compiler for the Hack processor in the nand2tetris book. After several dead end attempts that I might describe later I found this book : Writing a C C…
Grok 4 Heavy Protects it's System prompt https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/12/grok-4-heavy/
Simon Willison’s Weblog
Grok 4 Heavy won’t reveal its system prompt
Grok 4 Heavy is the "think much harder" version of Grok 4 that's currenly only available on their $300/month plan. Jeremy Howard relays a report from a Grok 4 Heavy …
Supreme Court's ruling practically wipes out free speech for sex writing online https://ellsberg.substack.com/p/free-speech
Substack
The Supreme Court’s Ruling Practically Wipes Out Free Speech for Sex Writing Online
Am I now committing civil disobedience... just by keeping my personal literary website up as is?
Kimi K2 is a state-of-the-art mixture-of-experts (MoE) language model https://github.com/MoonshotAI/Kimi-K2
GitHub
GitHub - MoonshotAI/Kimi-K2: Kimi K2 is the large language model series developed by Moonshot AI team
Kimi K2 is the large language model series developed by Moonshot AI team - MoonshotAI/Kimi-K2