1. Chat Control is back, two weeks after the EU's previous attempt (fightchatcontrol.eu)
Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.
2. Thoughts on Slowing the Fuck Down (mariozechner.at)
Thoughts on slowing the fuck down
3. Running Tesla Model 3's Computer on My Desk Using Parts from Crashed Cars (bugs.xdavidhu.me)
David Schütz
4. My Astrophotography in the Movie Project Hail Mary (rpastro.square.site)
Rod Prazeres shares how his astrophotography was licensed for Project Hail Mary’s end credits.
6. Miscellanea: The War in Iran (acoup.blog)
This post is a set of my observations on the current war in Iran and my thoughts on the broader strategic implications. I am not, of course, an expert on the region nor do I have access to any spec…
7. Flighty Airports (flighty.com)
Search any airport for real-time delays, weather, arrivals, departures, and performance insights powered by Flighty.
8. TurboQuant: Redefining AI efficiency with extreme compression (research.google)
9. Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Case (www.nytimes.com)
11. Apple randomly closes bug reports unless you "verify" the bug remains unfixed (lapcatsoftware.com)
13. Meta told to pay $375M for misleading users over child safety (www.bbc.com)
The owner of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp has been found liable by a court in New Mexico.
14. Antimatter has been transported for the first time (www.nature.com)
15. Supreme Court Sides with Cox in Copyright Fight over Pirated Music (www.nytimes.com)
16. VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS (v-os.dev)
17. Local LLM by Ente (ente.com)
18. Updates to GitHub Copilot interaction data usage policy (github.blog)
From April 24 onward, interaction data from Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ users will be used to train and improve our AI models unless they opt out.
19. Quantization from the Ground Up (ngrok.com)
A complete guide to what quantization is, how it works, and how it's used to compress large language models
20. 90% of Claude-linked output going to GitHub repos w <2 stars (www.claudescode.dev)
Global dashboard tracking the coding activity of Anthropic's Claude Code agent.
21. FreeCAD Version 1.1 Released (blog.freecad.org)
After an enormous amount of work and dedication from FreeCAD contributors we are delighted to announce that FreeCAD Version 1.1 is now released and available for download. There are significant amo…
22. In Edison’s Revenge, Data Centers Are Transitioning From AC to DC (spectrum.ieee.org)
Could switching to 800 V DC be the key to more efficient data centers?
23. Jury says Meta knowingly harmed children for profit, awarding landmark verdict (www.latimes.com)
A New Mexico jury finds that social media conglomerate Meta is harmful to children’s mental health and in violation of state consumer protection law.
24. Tracy Kidder, Author of 'The Soul of a New Machine,' Dies at 80 (www.nytimes.com)
25. I Forked Httpx (tildeweb.nl)
I forked the python library httpx to httpxyz after over a year without a release of this popular package
27. Earthquake scientists reveal how overplowing weakens soil at experimental farm (www.washington.edu)
In a new study, University of Washington researchers examine the impact of tilling on soil moisture and water retention using methods designed for monitoring earthquakes. They show that tilling...
28. VNDB founder Yorhel has died (vndb.org)
29. Algorithm Visualizer (algorithm-visualizer.org)
Algorithm Visualizer is an interactive online platform that visualizes algorithms from code.
30. Sodium-ion EV battery breakthrough delivers 11-min charging and 450 km range (electrek.co)
The next generation of electric vehicle batteries is arriving, promising to be more efficient, safer, and lower cost. After another...