2. Finland Buying a Million Landmines (yle.fi)

The move follows Finland's withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines.

Finland is set to acquire a million landmines after opting out of the international treaty that prohibits their use. This significant policy shift raises questions about the country’s defense strategy and implications for regional security.

6. Despite Iran's Attacks, Gulf Oil Exports Exceed Prewar Levels (maritime-executive.com)

Commodity intelligence firm Kpler reports that oil flows out of the Arabian Gulf have rebounded so well that they now exceed levels seen before the st...

Oil exports from the Arabian Gulf have significantly increased, surpassing prewar levels, according to Kpler. This rebound highlights the resilience of the region’s oil industry despite ongoing tensions and attacks.

9. Open Source Games (opensourcegames.dev)

Discover overlooked open-source games found directly on GitHub. Play new browser games, explore independent releases, and find creator-documented AI-assisted builds.

Explore a selection of lesser-known open-source games available on GitHub, featuring both new browser titles and independent projects. This guide highlights unique gaming experiences and innovative AI-assisted builds from creators.

11. A page looks innocent: the algorithms behind a typeset page (news.speedata.de)

When you look at a page of a well-typeset book or catalog, you usually don't notice anything special. There is some text, maybe a table, a picture or a footnote. But every line on such a page is the result of many small decisions. The algorithms behind them were invented decades ago, and people still work on them today.
In this post I want to show what happens on a page. I start with the whole page and then go down step by step, until we are at the bytes in the PDF file. On each level I show how the speedata Publisher does it (it uses LuaTeX in the background) and how boxes and glue does it. boxes and glue is the Go library I am writing as a foundation for the future. Both are open source, you find them on GitHub: speedata/publisher and boxesandglue.

Every element on a well-typeset page stems from intricate algorithms that have evolved over decades. This article breaks down the process from the overall layout to the individual bytes in a PDF, revealing the hidden complexity behind seemingly simple pages.

15. Shipping a LaTeX Compiler Behind an Edge App (bhargav.dev)

Your app runs at the edge and cannot make a PDF. Here is the whole path from that problem to a running container, including the failed deploys, and why the...

Learn how to navigate the challenges of integrating a LaTeX compiler into an edge application, from initial hurdles to successful deployment. This article details the journey, including setbacks and solutions encountered along the way.

17. Microagi: Accelerating Embodied AGI (www.microagi.ai)

microagi is a data research lab working on end-to-end physical AGI, with a focus on reliable real-world deployments.

Microagi is focusing on developing practical applications for physical AGI, emphasizing the importance of dependable real-world implementations. Their work could significantly advance the field of artificial general intelligence.

18. A train simulator game for console hackers (github.com)

The Letter Train Simulator. Contribute to antoniovazquezaraujo/LeTrain development by creating an account on GitHub.

A new train simulator game is being developed on GitHub, inviting console hackers to contribute to its creation. Get involved and help shape this innovative project.

20. GitHub package firewall (github.blog)

An increasing number of malware attacks exploit systems at package installation time, harvesting credentials on CI/CD hosts or developer workstations without even running the package's code. To stem this tide…

GitHub is implementing a package firewall to combat malware attacks that target systems during package installation, potentially compromising credentials without executing any code. This new feature aims to enhance security for developers and CI/CD environments.

21. LabRobotBench v0.1: Benchmarking wet lab robotics (gamowlabs.com)

LabRobotBench evaluates how frontier AI agents operate robotic laboratories and recover interrupted wet-lab experiments.

LabRobotBench v0.1 assesses the performance of advanced AI agents in managing robotic labs, particularly their ability to resume wet-lab experiments after interruptions. This evaluation highlights the potential for AI to enhance laboratory efficiency and reliability.

27. Cities Across the World Sinking from Groundwater Depletion: It Can Be Reversed (cleantechnica.com)

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription, on Patreon, or on Stripe. Help us produce all of the high-quality, original content we publish week after week despite the challenges of content-scraping AI, antisocial media, inflation, and other hurdles. Many cities around the world are sinking because too much water is ... [continued]

30. SaaS Is Dead (saasisdead.si)

Open-source alternatives to the paid apps you subscribe to, with live GitHub stars, launch dates and how fast each project is growing. New releases added every day.

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