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Simon Willison's Weblog
Be alert: targeted attacks on prominent Rustaceans Important warning from Adam Harvey and the crates security team: We believe that there is an ongoing campaign targeting rust-lang members and owners of popular crates that is attempting to compromise devices and accounts in order to use them to…
UploadVR / Road to VR / MIXED
Scalpers & scammers are circling waitlisted Steam Frame buyers like vultures with insanely overpriced listings on secondary markets.
Simon Willison's Weblog
How To Write With An LLM Thomas Ptacek on using LLMs as copyeditors, not as writing assistants: Rule Number One: You may not use a single word an LLM suggests to you. [...] I think that as a form of intellectual personal protective equipment you should adopt the rule that any specific turn of…
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Xiaomi’s compact Mijia Air Purifier 6C offers higher airflow and expanded six-stage filtration at a lower price than several existing models. However, louder operation, no humidification, limited smart-home compatibility and unverified performance claims make it a mixed upgrade, with global…
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Xiaomi’s Smart Camera 5 Pro combines dual sensors, 4K full-color night vision and on-device AI detection with broad pan-and-tilt coverage. Users also get flexible storage options, with the choice of saving to the cloud if necessary.
UploadVR / Road to VR / MIXED
Here's a rundown of the best apps and tools to view Gaussian splats on a Quest headset.
9to5Mac / 9to5Google
Google Keep for Android has rolled out a small tweak to the “Note collection” widget that shows a feed on your homescreen. more…
TechCrunch Transportation
An updated permit shows the 100-cap will expire later this month just as competition in Las Vegas heats up.
Raspberry Pi / Arduino / Adafruit
Shared by NUKDDD on MakerWorld: A skull-tear-themed Jack-o’-lantern for LED tea lights up to 38mm. Easy to print, no supports, no AMS needed — pause at layer 464 and change color for the stem if not using the print profile. Fits Bambu Lab tea lights and other brands up to 38mm. Dark-themed pumpkin…
UploadVR / Road to VR / MIXED
The PlayStation VR2 port of Into the Radius 2 has been pushed back 2 weeks to October 8.
ransomware.live
Redacted entry - full company name pending disclosure (FULL DATA TIMER active).
OMG! Ubuntu / It's FOSS News / 9to5Linux / Fedora Magazine / Ubuntu Blog / Arch News / Debian News
Edit, Microsoft’s open-source command-line text editor, added syntax highlighting, improved regex handling in Find & Replace and new editing shortcuts in its v2.0.0 update. Microsoft open-sourced Edit last year. It’s a small, cross-platform text editor with VS Code-style keybindings, mouse support…
Semafor (filter tech)
The Pentagon is hoping to enlist more manufacturers in its push to speed up procurement and plug the gaping munitions holes that have emerged during the ongoing conflict with Iran.
Semafor (filter tech)
Major Asian economies are profiting from growing global demand for AI.
Semafor (filter tech)
The one-time GLP-1 leader is betting AI will help it reclaim lost market share.
Google Chrome Releases
The Dev channel is being updated to OS version 16820.2.0 (Browser version 155.0.8059.0) for most ChromeOS devices. If you find new issues, please let us know one of the following ways File a bug Visit our ChromeOS communities General: Chromebook Help Community Beta Specific: ChromeOS Beta Help…
Semafor (filter tech)
Stocks rallied Thursday as markets digested the US Federal Reserve’s decision to hike interest rates.
Canary Media / Heatmap / Latitude Media
This is an edition of Heatmap Daily, an evening review of the day’s news written by our executive editor. Sign up for it here. Back in March of last year, I coined the phrase “Degrowth Donald” to describe President Donald Trump’s accidental environmental impact. Trump might say that climate change…
ransomware.live
Harput Yapı is an Istanbul-based residential real estate developer and construction company operating under the legal n...
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Diakoniewerk Apolda gGmbH is a German non-profit social welfare organization (gemeinnützige GmbH) founded in 2006, head...
9to5Mac / 9to5Google
If you’re anything like me, you’ve been all-in on smart lights for years. I almost never use light switches anymore and the luxury I’ve grown used to is immediately made apparent when I spend a night away from home. That said, smart lighting has continued to evolve far beyond the basic bulbs I’ve…
Semafor (filter tech)
US President Donald Trump will reportedly greet China’s leader Xi Jinping as he steps off the plane in Washington, DC next week — the first leader accorded that deference in Trump’s second term.
Canada: BetaKit / MobileSyrup
Toronto AI company won’t follow competitors in pursuit of in-house semiconductors. The post Aidan Gomez says Cohere won’t get into the business of making chips first appeared on BetaKit.
Fierce Biotech / Fierce Healthcare / MedCity / GEN
Trump’s $500 ACA refunds offer immediate financial relief to some enrollees, but healthcare experts question whether they address the broader affordability challenges facing Americans. The post Trump’s $500 ACA Refunds: ‘We Shouldn’t Confuse a Check With a Healthcare Affordability Strategy’…
Notebookcheck
Xiaomi's in-house Xring O3 chip, found in the Xiaomi 18 Fold and Xiaomi Pad 9 Pro Max, supports a key GPU feature used by PC games and Windows emulation layers that isn't found in other Mali GPU implementations.
Unit 42
Cross-environment attacks demand a new approach to security operations. Learn how Unit 42 Managed XSIAM helps SOC teams investigate complete attack paths. The post Inside the Modern SOC: Defending the Cross-Environment Pivot appeared first on Unit 42.
Raspberry Pi / Arduino / Adafruit
Lins shares: I designed this instantly recognizable Cyclops Visor replica inspired from the 1997 X-Men animated TV series from Marvel Comics. It is a fully wearable cosplay prop and costume accessory, and I made a neat display stand to print alongside download the files on…
China: SCMP Tech / TechNode / Pandaily / KrASIA / Sixth Tone
As technological developments augur an era of renewed space exploration, China is aiming to become a major player. In the second part of this two-part series, Wency Chen and Ben Jiang examine the country’s strategy and progress on reusable rockets – a field where the US has a tremendous lead. US…
Vercel (blog + changelog)
You and your agents can now deploy static artifacts to Vercel in under one second through Vercel CLI. vercel deploy Runto share a prototype, publish an HTML report, or preview a page created by your coding agent. Vercel automatically detects eligible deployments, and valid artifacts will skip the…
Arm Newsroom / RISC-V International
'V Questions with…' uncovers the backstory to a RISC-V member's latest work in 5 questions. Here, I talk to the duo behind BER10, the sovereign SoC that Barcelona's Openchip taped out in under two years. The post <span class="vq-prefix">V Questions with… </span>Openchip’s Cesc Guim and Marc…
Canada: BetaKit / MobileSyrup
Solomon: “It’s in the tens of millions. It’s serious backing, and we’re backing Mila.” The post Mila negotiating new federal funding after being tasked with open-source AI file first appeared on BetaKit.
UploadVR / Road to VR / MIXED
Large-scale VR FPS Forefront added fighter jets to its arsenal of combat vehicles alongside a new map in a free update.
Notebookcheck
One site broke Remedy Entertainment's review embargo ahead of the Control Resonant release date. The article gives a positive evaluation of the revamped melee combat. Performance in the open-world-like maps also impressed, but the storytelling may not enthrall players.
FedScoop / StateScoop / Nextgov
COMMENTARY | A kill switch is a last resort, not a control system or option to use daily.
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The video game industry has shed tens of thousands of jobs since 2022, but the impact has been concentrated in North America and Europe. Data from an industry layoffs tracker shows Japanese publishers such as Nintendo, Capcom and Konami have largely avoided the same wave of cuts, and there are a…
Dark Reading
The move is consistent with the agency's advice on the need for organizations to prioritize the vulnerabilities that actually matter.
Canada: BetaKit / MobileSyrup
Animikii Indigenous Technology and CEIMIA announced the partnership at Montréal’s ALL IN conference. The post CEIMIA, Animikii partner with Manitoba First Nation on stewardship of Indigenous data first appeared on BetaKit.
Semafor (filter tech)
The company’s VP of agentic AI told Semafor he sees AI safety as an engineering challenge, rather than an unprecedented, existential threat.
Cisco PSIRT
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XR Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. These…
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Deal | Published by THQ Nordic on Steam on January 20, 2022, Expeditions: Rome is a turn-based RPG in which you’ll have to manage your legion, resources, and diplomacy. Choose your own path and try to shape the future of Rome.
AWS — What's New / News Blog
AWS introduces new low-cost burstable Amazon EC2 T8i instances powered by custom sixth generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors (Granite Rapids), available only on AWS. T8i instances are among the lowest-cost EC2 instances and deliver up to 30% better price performance over previous generation T3…
Raspberry Pi / Arduino / Adafruit
Shared by 3D design flexible skeleton. It’s a fun piece of toy that’s incredibly flexible, with virtually all joints capable of movement. It has become a huge hit with the kids at home! Download the files and learn more Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community…
Canary Media / Heatmap / Latitude Media
The startup Mazama Energy just nabbed $135 million to accelerate its next-generation geothermal activities near Oregon’s Newberry Volcano. Mazama is seeking to generate clean electricity from superhot rocks — an emerging and largely unproven approach that could have an enormous payoff for the power…
Simon Willison's Weblog
Self-generated prompt injections in compaction summaries In Our framework for reporting model misalignment OpenAI provide "six reports on unexpected or concerning model behavior we’ve observed in the last six months". This one here is my favorite: they caught some of their models in training…
Canada: BetaKit / MobileSyrup
George Osborne also praised the country's efforts to solicit international investment and boost AI adoption. The post OpenAI managing director says Canada an “obvious place” for data centre first appeared on BetaKit.
Hackaday / CNX Software / Liliputing
The MINISFORUM S5 is a fanless PC or NAS with 16GB LPDDR5 RAM, an Intel Core 3 304 chip, 5 M.2 slots for PCIe 4.0 x1 NVMe storage, 10 GbE and 2.5 GbE LAN, WiFi 7, 40 Gbps USB4, plus a compact aluminum chassis with heatsink fins The post MINISFORUM S5, ePaper Smart Badge, and Mudita: Liliputing News…
Google — The Keyword / AI / Research / DeepMind / Developers
Education Innovation
Modern Retail / Digital Commerce 360 / AgFunderNews
By backing constraints instead of applications, we’re betting on frontier and deeptech earlier than it may typically appear in agrifood, at better prices, and in companies that serve multiple downstream markets making its survival more likely. And it puts us in the deal early enough to make…
Electrek
Hyundai’s electric van is bigger than the Kia PV5 and Volkswagen ID. Buzz, with enough room for nine passengers. more…
Semafor (filter tech)
The administration is casting effective altruists — who focus on reducing harm from the tech and heavily weigh advancement versus risk — as the enemy.
UploadVR / Road to VR / MIXED
Sol Protocol in Early Access on Quest has a good foundation of co-op teamwork and exploration, but the limited scope has a lot of room for growth.
FedScoop / StateScoop / Nextgov
An agency official also encouraged public comment on a proposed overhaul of the census that would eliminate race questions and change who is counted as living in the U.S.
Canary Media / Heatmap / Latitude Media
A new report from Grid Strategies quantifies the costs as grid capacity fails to keep up with load growth. The post Grid congestion cost the US $17 billion last year appeared first on Latitude Media.
SD Times
SAN FRANCISCO — Bolt.new, the AI app builder, today launched Bolt Forge, a research preview built to widen who gets to build software, and a bet on open-source models as the way to do it. Every individual Bolt.new Pro plan now includes 50X more usage on open models at no extra cost. Price has…
FedScoop / StateScoop / Nextgov
The Homeland Security Department is working against a compressed timeline to make awards for this contract to centralize IT operations at headquarters and across components.
EdSurge / EdTech Magazine / Class Central
Great presentations are rarely about great slides. Instead, they come from instructors who connect naturally with students, maintain eye contact and keep technology from interrupting the learning experience. While presentation remotes have existed for years, most simply replace a keyboard’s arrow…
Notebookcheck
Casio has launched two $200 motorsport-inspired Edifice chronographs in the US, pairing compact stainless steel cases with solar power, sapphire crystals, and 100-meter water resistance. The EFSS660D-1A offers a classic steel bracelet, while the lighter EFSS660PB-1A features gray ion plating and a…
UploadVR / Road to VR / MIXED
My most anticipated game of 2027 gets a Steam demo today.
AI Now Institute / CSET Georgetown
As panic about AI's capabilities turns to regulating these companies, AI Now's Sarah Myers West argues for clarity, for breaking down what the actual risks are in order to properly mitigate them. The post How Existential Fears Are Shaping the Debate Over AI appeared first on AI Now Institute.
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