1. The Helicopter with Radioactive Blades (hackaday.com)

Sometimes you find gold in unexpected places. In this case, it’s from a video about the CH-53 helicopter. The CH-53 Sea Stallion first entered service in 1966. It’s a huge helicopter, c…

2. Show HN: LLM Attention Visualization (ishamf.dev)

A visualization of the attention mechanism in LLMs.

Visualize how attention works in large language models with this new tool, which provides insights into the inner workings of AI language processing. It’s a valuable resource for anyone looking to understand or teach LLM functionality.

3. My Feed, My Way (www.pm.gov.au)

The Albanese Government is taking the next step following its world leading social media age ban to ensure Australians have more choice online, with draft legislation for the Digital Duty of Care released today for targeted consultation.These new laws will put the onus on digital service providers to provide a safe online environment, setting minimum standards for the features and tools they use.This will include an Australian first, “My Feed, My Way,” initiative which will give Australians control over their social media algorithms.

The Albanese Government is advancing its social media age restrictions with new draft legislation aimed at enhancing online safety and user control. The proposed “My Feed, My Way” initiative will empower Australians by allowing them to tailor their online experiences according to set minimum standards for digital service providers.

7. Replacing a Rust Enum with a 64-Bit Word Made My Interpreter 17% Faster (pointersgonewild.com)

Replacing a Rust Enum with a 64-bit Word Made My Interpreter 17% Faster

A performance improvement in a Rust interpreter was achieved by switching from an enum to a 64-bit word, resulting in a significant 17% speed boost. The article details the implications of this change and its impact on efficiency.

16. ZX Spectrum: Experimenting with 1-Bit Sound (bumbershootsoft.wordpress.com)

As part of the ZX Spectrum tour, I implemented some routines that would let you play simple tones out of the 1-bit beeper. These were in large part inspired by earlier work I did on the Apple II. W…

The article details the author’s efforts to create sound routines for the ZX Spectrum’s 1-bit beeper, drawing inspiration from their previous experience with the Apple II. It’s a fascinating look at how retro computing can revive simple audio techniques.

17. GamersNexus and LG: Or why rooting your TV is a bad idea (leaflet.pub)

Whenever I get to see companies eat shit over bad security, shady business practices, and both, I’m excited. And GamersNexus is here to deliver the goods abo…

GamersNexus highlights the pitfalls of rooting your TV, particularly focusing on security vulnerabilities and questionable practices from companies like LG. If you’re considering modifying your smart TV, this piece offers crucial insights into the potential risks involved.

19. Disconnect your LG television from the internet, now (appleinsider.com)

If you've got an Apple TV set-top box, that's not enough to protect your privacy if you have an LG television. Unplug Ethernet and tell it to forget your Wi-Fi information.

LG televisions may compromise your privacy even if you use an Apple TV for streaming. Taking steps to disconnect your TV from the internet is crucial for safeguarding your personal data.

20. Connecting the Machines (herdr.dev)

Herdr 0.9 brings local and remote machines into one TUI client. Why it took longer than I expected, and where Herdr Cloud comes next.

Herdr 0.9 merges local and remote machines into a single terminal user interface, with insights into the delays in its development and future plans for Herdr Cloud. Discover the challenges faced and the potential of this innovative tool.

21. Arm Mali G2-Ultra NX GPU: desktop-class mobile gameplay with AI-native graphics (newsroom.arm.com)

Arm Mali G2-Ultra NX brings AI-native graphics and neural acceleration to desktop-class mobile gaming.

Arm’s new Mali G2-Ultra NX GPU promises to elevate mobile gaming by integrating AI-native graphics and enhanced neural acceleration, aiming to deliver a desktop-like experience on portable devices. This advancement could significantly change how games look and perform on smartphones and tablets.

23. C*: Unifying Programming and Verification in C (arxiv.org)

Ensuring the correct functionality of systems software, given its safety-critical and low-level nature, is a primary focus in formal verification research and applications. Despite advances in verification tooling, conventional programmers are rarely involved in the verification of their own code, resulting in higher development and maintenance costs for verified software. A key barrier to programmer participation in verification practices is the disconnect of environments and paradigms between programming and verification practices, which limits accessibility and real-time verification.
We introduce C*, a proof-integrated language design for C programming. C* extends C with verification capabilities, powered by a symbolic execution engine and an LCF-style proof kernel. It enables real-time verification by allowing programmers to embed proof-code blocks alongside implementation code, facilitating interactive updates to the current proof state. Its expressive and extensible proof support allows users to build reusable libraries of logical definitions, theorems, and programmable proof automation. Crucially, C* unifies implementation and proof code development by using C as the common language.
We implemented a prototype of C* and evaluated it on a representative benchmark of small C programs and a challenging real-world case study: the attach function of pKVM's buddy allocator. Our results demonstrate that C* supports the verification of a broad subset of C programming idioms and effectively handles complex reasoning tasks in real-world scenarios.

C* aims to bridge the gap between programming and formal verification, addressing the challenges that prevent programmers from engaging in the verification of their own systems software. By integrating these processes, it seeks to reduce development costs and improve the reliability of safety-critical applications.

28. US police fear Meta smart glasses could be used to secretly record them (www.theguardian.com)

Exclusive: Documents show officers from Maine to California worry Meta’s camera-equipped glasses will be used either to secretly record them or aid acts of terrorism

Law enforcement officials across the U.S. are expressing concerns that Meta’s smart glasses could be misused for covertly recording police activities or facilitating terrorist acts. This growing apprehension highlights the potential implications of wearable technology on public safety and privacy.

30. Extracting Steering Vectors from J space (darshanmakwana412.github.io)

I was reading about the jacobian space and how it can be used to verbalize the intermediate activations of an LLM to decode what it is most likely going to say or is thinking about. I wanted to test if we can use the j lens to arrive at a general activation steering vector from a couple of tokens related to the concept towards which we wanted to steer the model i.e inverting the j lens to have a general method of finding steering vectors from the concept tokens

The article discusses using jacobian space to interpret the intermediate activations of large language models and proposes a method for generating steering vectors based on specific tokens. It offers insights into how this approach could enhance our understanding of model behavior and improve interaction with AI systems.

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