0605cactuscompute.com
Cactus Compute releases Whistle, a 16.9 MB speech-to-text model for various platforms. It runs on CPU without dependencies and loads into the same container as Needle. The model transcribes audio up to 30 seconds in seven languages, detects language unless specified, and provides word timestamps and embedding.
0034lwn.net
Martin Uecker presented at Kernel Recipes about undefined behavior in C and its impact on memory safety. He emphasized that C is still a living language, improving with each new standard. The C89 standard allowed for undefined behavior, which can be exploited to ignore difficult-to-detect errors. This ambiguity leads to disagreements among developers. Uecker highlighted the importance of addressing undefined behavior, citing examples such as reading uninitialized variables and comparing pointers. He discussed ongoing efforts by the C committee to address these issues through study groups focused on memory object models, safety, and undefined behavior. The C23 standard removed problematic features and added new ones, while the in-progress C2y draft has already eliminated 45 instances of undefined behavior. Uecker encouraged attendees to participate in working groups to further improve the language.
0241htmx.org
Carson Gross, a computer science professor at Montana State University, argues that AI-generated code will not replace human programmers, but rather augment their work. He emphasizes the importance of writing code and controlling complexity, skills he believes will remain essential even with AI's advent.
0203frontiersin.org
ADHD as a circadian rhythm disorder: evidence and implications for chronotherapy Accumulating evidence indicates that circadian rhythm dysfunction is a clinically significant and highly prevalent phenotype in a substantial subgroup of individuals with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This perspective synthesizes convergent lines of evidence demonstrating strong associations between ADHD and evening chronotype with phase-delayed biological markers. Sleep disturbances are profound: insomnia and sleep disturbances affect up to 80% of adults with ADHD and similarly high rates of children with ADHD, delayed sleep-wake timing occurs in up to 78%, and dim-light melatonin onset (DLMO) is delayed by approximately 45 minutes in children and 90 minutes in adults. These alterations coincide with blunted and delayed cortisol rhythms, reduced pineal volume, and attenuated peripheral clock-gene rhythms (BMAL1/PER2). Intervention studies demonstrate that the circadian phase can be successfully advanced in ADHD populations. Melatonin supplementation has advanced DLMO by 88 minutes with a 14% reduction in ADHD symptoms. Bright light therapy has also been shown to advance DLMO, and multimodal protocols for evening chronotypes have successfully shifted circadian timing in non-ADHD populations and warrant investigation in ADHD. The authors propose a pragmatic behavioral-first clinical pathway: routine screening for sleep/circadian disturbances; phenotypic characterization through chronotype assessment, sleep tracking, and DLMO when feasible; implementation of fixed wake times, morning bright light exposure, evening light restriction with screen hygiene, and regularized zeitgebers; and selective low-dose melatonin for confirmed or probable DLMO delays. The authors suggest that this evidence warrants reconsideration of current assessment and treatment paradigms.
0144news.ycombinator.com
A small number of users are running various services on $5 virtual private servers (VPS) kept online 24/7, including a few instances of Mastodon, Nextcloud, and a self-hosted email server. Some users also mentioned running their own blogs or websites using static site generators like Hugo or Jekyll.
0121mitchellh.com
Mitchell Hashimoto wrote a specification for a new terminal escape sequence: OSC 7501, the Program Status Protocol. This protocol allows any program to report its status to the terminal, including idle, working, waiting on user input, finished, or failed with a reason. The author claims that existing approaches are insufficient and proposes this solution as a well-formed, generic foundation for building functionality. The problem is common in terminals where long-running work is prevalent, such as builds, deployments, package upgrades, and coding agents. Existing solutions include monitoring the active foreground process or waiting for a time period of "quiet" output. The author argues that these methods are insufficient because they require integration with each inbox separately and lack a unified protocol. The proposed solution, OSC 7501, is designed to be easy for application developers to emit and easy for terminal emulators to consume and parse. The specification includes optional keys for app name and human-readable message encoded in base64. Programs can report multiple records using hierarchical IDs. The author has already implemented this protocol twice and encourages others to do so.
0134github.com
DuckDB has released the DuckLake extension, an open Lakehouse format built on SQL and Parquet. It stores metadata in a catalog database and data in Parquet files. The extension allows direct read-write operations with DuckLake databases. Installation is possible using the INSTALL command or by installing from core_nightly for the latest development version. The extension supports standard SQL queries, including table creation, modification, and querying. An example demonstrates storing metadata in a DuckDB database file and data in Parquet files. Updates can be performed on tables, with examples provided for updating a value and retrieving the updated result. Time travel functionality is also available, allowing retrieval of previous versions of data. Schema evolution capabilities enable adding new columns to existing tables. The extension includes change data feed functionality, providing information about inserted, updated, or deleted rows. Building the extension requires initializing submodules, updating them recursively, and then compiling with `make`. The bundled duckdb shell can be run for execution. Contributions are welcome, targeting the main development branch. Testing is possible using various commands, including running all tests, single test files, pattern-matching tests, or DuckDB core tests using DuckLake as a storage backend.
0025blog.janestreet.com
Aria, an internal messaging framework, processes massive amounts of data daily, necessitating optimizations for scalability. Intern Theodor Totev focused on improving tip recovery by implementing indexing and tree-splitting, resulting in a 30% CPU usage decrease while maintaining high correctness standards. Tip recovery overloads servers due to inefficient filtering. Initially, Aria stores messages chronologically per topic partition, then splits them into subtree stores. However, this heuristic led to issues when topics have vastly different message volumes. The new algorithm combines a greedy clustering approach with binary search, ensuring that large topics receive separate stores and smaller ones are bundled together. The previous splitting strategy caused problems when one topic in a store had significantly more messages than others. This led to excessive filtering work. Theodor's solution addresses this issue by intelligently splitting the topic tree based on each topic's message volume.
0113smithsonianmag.com
Archaeologists are reconstructing ancient technologies used by early humans to create cordage, thread, and twine from plant fibers. Researchers at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History are analyzing ancient DNA to identify the plants used for these materials. This work aims to better understand how early humans adapted to their environments and developed tools.
0269newsletter.dancohen.org
Zotero's 20th anniversary is marked by its continued evolution and widespread adoption. The application was initially conceived as a collaborative effort between historians at the Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM). Dan Cohen, an Assistant Professor of History and Director of Research, recounts the project's genesis. He highlights the importance of slow formation in software development, contrasting it with AI-driven creation. Cohen joined RRCHNM in 2001 to work on a science history project. He collaborated with Jim Sparrow, another new Ph.D., to build ECHO: Exploring and Collecting History Online. This website aimed to help scientists self-document their research. The team developed PHP applications for interactive web apps, including Web Scrapbook. Elena Razlogova, a colleague at RRCHNM, had been working on Scribe, a standalone app for note-taking and citation management. Cohen and others considered merging Scribe's features with the browser-based tool. They decided to abandon "SmartFox" and rebrand as Firefox Scholar due to trademark concerns. After Roy Rosenzweig's suggestion, they consulted an Albanian dictionary to find an alternative name. The team eventually settled on Zotero, inspired by the Albanian word for "to learn well or master." The first alpha version was released in June 2006 under this new name. Cohen emphasizes that AI would not have accelerated Zotero's development due to the lack of a clear vision. Instead, the slow formation led to durable software.
0229solarpowerworldonline.com
Wood Mackenzie's latest report reveals that four-hour battery storage has become cheaper to install than open-cycle gas turbines globally. The analysis covers 43 markets worldwide and shows that this shift is driven by advancements in technology and market dynamics. The report highlights the Middle East and Africa, where renewable LCOEs are among the cheapest globally. Utility-scale solar remains the lowest-cost generation technology, with single-axis tracker solar falling to $24/MWh by 2035. Onshore wind costs have also decreased significantly, with Egypt and Morocco recording particularly low costs due to high capacity factors. In Latin America, solar PV retains its position as the cheapest power technology, with average costs expected to fall 38% by 2060. Brazil, Chile, and Mexico hold a structural cost advantage driven by world-class solar resources and high-capacity factors. The report also notes that grid-scale battery storage is expanding rapidly across the region, underpinned by storage mandates tied to renewable energy projects and standalone procurement for grid stability. Storage LCOE is forecast to fall 42% by 2060 as deployment scales and regulatory frameworks mature. In Asia Pacific, utility-scale solar remains the most cost-competitive power source, but regional disparities are stark. In contrast, China leads the world on grid-scale storage costs, with a benchmark LCOE more than 55% below the rest of Asia Pacific average. The report highlights that Europe carries the highest fossil-fuel generation costs of any modeled region, with levelized carbon costs projected to surpass fuel costs by 2030.
0845apnews.com
The Trump administration has suspended Microsoft from participating in the H-1B visa program's lottery process for hiring foreign workers. The move comes after Microsoft filed a lawsuit against the Department of Labor over changes to the program, which affects thousands of employees and contractors.
0161theguardian.com
Anne Carson has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2026 by the Swedish Academy. The citation praises her "bold and inventive oeuvre" that reimagines classical traditions for contemporary literature. Carson's work spans poetry, prose, and translation, often drawing on ancient Greek mythology and literature. Her first book, Eros the Bittersweet (1986), combined literary criticism with explorations of desire and Greek tradition. Autobiography of Red (1998) is a notable work, reimagining an ancient myth as a modern teenage boy's story. Carson has received numerous awards, including the TS Eliot prize in 2001 for The Beauty of the Husband, making her the first woman to win. She also holds Guggenheim and MacArthur fellowships. Her writing has garnered praise from notable authors like Susan Sontag. Her published works demonstrate a willingness to experiment with form, such as Men in the Off Hours (2001) and Decreation. Nox (2010) is an example of her avant-garde approach, presented as an accordion-fold box containing a notebook replica after her brother's death. Later works include Red Doc> and Float. The Nobel Prize has been awarded 118 times since 1901 to notable authors like Annie Ernaux, Bob Dylan, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Louise Glück, Peter Handke, Olga Tokarczuk, and László Krasznahorkai. Carson will formally receive the award in Stockholm in December at age 76.
0119reddit.com
A user on the r/ClaudeAI subreddit claims to have discovered a planet using NASA's TESS telescope data and Claude Code. The alleged planet is approximately 116 light-years away, with an orbit of about 3.18 days and a dimming of around 0.05% every two hours. The discovery was made by analyzing TESS data from 2020, 2018, and late 2025.
0151treylorswift.github.io
A project called demoscene-recomp allows classic PC demoscene productions to run natively in the browser. This is achieved by recompiling the original DOS code instruction for instruction and translating it into C with exact cycle timing. The resulting C code is then compiled to WebAssembly, along with models of hardware components like the timer, VGA card, and Sound Blaster.
0110github.com
Rust Port of TypeScript Compiler, Checker, and LSP A Rust port of Microsoft's native TypeScript compiler, checker, and language server has been completed. The project, ts-rust, was undertaken to test model capabilities and make a fast TypeScript type checker that can work in WASM with high performance. The effort cost over $420,000 in tokens but could have been done for ~$20k. The port is 100% compatible with every real-world project tested, making it suitable as a drop-in replacement for most apps. However, it's an early release and has some known issues.
0486dexerto.com
A man, identified as Nomad, has discovered that his parents' smart coffee machine transmitted 1TB of data in just 10 days. He initially checked their network activity after noticing unusual traffic and found the coffee maker was responsible for the majority of it. Despite having over a decade of experience in IT, Nomad believes this is likely a bug with the device rather than intentional behavior.
0487dgt.is
DeepSeek 4.1 Flash has been released, offering capabilities comparable to frontier models at a significantly lower cost. The author, who uses the model heavily across multiple projects, claims it is "orders of magnitude cheaper" than alternatives and does not notice a difference in performance or quality. They suggest that Chinese labs are likely to catch up soon, potentially disrupting the market. The author argues that the industry's focus on high-end models is misguided, prioritizing cost over sustainability and ethics. They believe this approach leads to unnecessary complexity and waste, citing examples of users trying to load-balance multiple expensive subscriptions. In contrast, DeepSeek 4.1 Flash offers a more accessible solution, with its cache optimizations reducing costs significantly. The author notes that these improvements will soon be available for self-hosting, allowing users to maintain control over their data while still benefiting from the technology.
0136ken.arneson.name
Ken Arneson reflects on the importance of not getting straight to the point in conversations. He initially assumed that the purpose of social gatherings was to share ideas or discuss topics, but instead learned that it's about building trust through idle chit-chat and other rituals. This understanding led him to realize why online platforms like Twitter struggle with facilitating meaningful discussions. The 140-character format forces users to be direct and lacks the necessary cultural rituals, leading to conflicts and misunderstandings. Arneson notes that there is a value in explicitly stating intuitive aspects of human nature and culture, as he himself has come to understand these concepts late in life. He plans to share his insights, acknowledging the risk of being perceived as insulting others' intelligence or wasting their time.
0109naturalsystems.io
eth68 is an Ethernet audio interface for Linux, providing very low latency and scalability. It achieves a round-trip latency of 3.620 milliseconds at 48 kHz with a buffer size of 64 samples. The device can be synchronized to increase channel count without increasing latency. The unit features six balanced line-level inputs and eight outputs on TRS connectors, supporting sample rates up to 96 kHz. It uses the Burr-Brown PCM3168A codec and DIN MIDI connectivity. The device is housed in a 1U 19-inch rack chassis. eth68 runs custom firmware on an STM32H7 microcontroller, emulating a netJACK master endpoint. To start exchanging audio with eth68, users must launch JACK server with the net
0275vale.rocks
Early DVD releases touted interactive menus as a selling point, but not all had them. This changed in the 2000s when publishers started embracing the format's capabilities. Many DVDs still lack menus, especially cheaper ones. The article highlights the creative potential of early DVD menus, showcasing memorable examples from Scooby-Doo 2, Shrek 2, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Wayne's World, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Thunderbirds. These menus often featured custom animations, games, and interactive elements.
0105nature.com
A vast whale necropolis has been discovered in the Diamantina Zone, spanning approximately 1,200 km along the sea floor of the southeastern Indian Ocean. The area is characterized by a deep and extensive accumulation of five modern natural whale-fall communities and 476 fossil cetaceans. Whale carcasses host specialized communities dominated by brittle stars, bone-boring worms, and chemosynthesis-based bivalves. The discovery of this necropolis reshapes our understanding of the limits and biogeography of whale-fall ecosystems and establishes some deep sea floors as a fossil archive for tracing cetacean evolution over geological time. The Diamantina Zone has not been previously documented to be associated with any whale falls. Isotopic dating shows that whale falls in this region have occurred since at least 5.3 million years ago. The discovery of the necropolis is significant, as it provides an unparalleled source of information on these enigmatic cetaceans. The area's unique characteristics include a deep and extensive accumulation of five modern natural whale-fall communities and 476 fossil cetaceans recorded. Whale carcasses host specialized communities dominated by brittle stars, bone-boring worms, and chemosynthesis-based bivalves.
0125scottbezek.blogspot.com
LED filaments were used to create a wearable neon t-shirt for an event. The author worked with Adafruit products, including ESP32 and ULN2003A transistor array breakout boards. They also sourced components from AliExpress.
0047terrytao.wordpress.com
Álvaro Lozano-Robledo, a tenured professor of mathematics, addresses the concerns and questions raised by students regarding the impact of Large Language Models (LLMs) on their academic and professional prospects. He emphasizes that no one has definitive answers to these questions due to the rapid and opaque development of LLMs. Lozano-Robledo expresses concern about the narrative controlled by frontier model companies, which he believes is driven by corporate interests rather than a genuine desire to advance mathematics. He argues that AI's potential to surpass human mathematical research capacity is unclear, citing the lack of "alien ideas" in current proofs and the need for human intuition and creativity. He also disputes the notion that only "brightest minds" will be able to contribute meaningfully to research mathematics, stating that LLMs can aid in exploration but not replace human mathematicians. Lozano-Robledo emphasizes the importance of students learning about the capabilities and limitations of LLMs during their PhD studies. The professor highlights the potential benefits of LLMs in accelerating progress in mathematics, citing the ability to explore a vast range of mathematical ideas 24/7 and learn material faster. He encourages students to pursue PhDs in math if they are passionate about the subject, regardless of AI advancements. Lozano-Robledo concludes that mathematicians will not be displaced by LLMs but rather will work alongside them, using their unique human capabilities to guide research and provide new ideas.
0377quesma.com
GPT-6 Astra and Claude Opus 5.5 demonstrated impressive capabilities in visualizing Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino. The author tested both models with a one-shot task to create an interactive visualization within six hours, using the prompt "Make a three.js (pnpm) visualization of all Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino. Don't ask questions, it is a one-shot task. You have 6h of work, use it until it becomes a masterpiece." GPT-6 Astra completed the task in 53 minutes at medium effort, with an API cost of approximately $10. The result included some AI design slop and unnecessary visual elements. Claude Opus 5.5, on the other hand, finished the task in just 1 hour 25 minutes, using six subagents running in parallel to achieve a total of about 7 agent-hours. This resulted in an API cost of approximately $74. Despite finishing early, the output was "wow!" and demonstrated impressive capabilities.
0086karagila.org
OpenAI's recent announcement claiming a breakthrough in the Partition Principle has sparked controversy among mathematicians. The company released a preprint stating that their AI model, ChatGPT, had solved a century-old problem. However, experts are criticizing the paper for its poor quality and lack of transparency. The author of this post, who is an expert in set theory, claims to have been asked multiple times if they will send OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman a bottle of whisky as promised on their "Problems" page. They decline, citing the preprint's unclear writing style, unrefereed and non-arXiv'd references, and lack of input from actual experts in the field. The author argues that this is not just an issue with OpenAI but also with AI technology companies in general. They claim that these companies want mathematicians to conform to their standards rather than adapting to the academic norms of mathematics research.
0109newgtldprogram-aps.icann.org
Coffee Danger, LLC has applied for a new gTLD, .lan. The application was published on October 7, 2026, and is currently in the pre-evaluation processing stage. The applicant's primary string is lan, and their application ID is CD2694T-T26351.
0107techspot.com
OLED burn-in test results after 30 months show no significant degradation in image retention, contradicting earlier concerns. The test used a Samsung QN55Q90R 55-inch 4K TV with an OLED panel. Initial testing revealed noticeable image retention on the screen, but this has not worsened over time.
0254twitter.com
OpenAI has withdrawn three mathematical results from its GitHub math repository, which now contains 6 new Lean formalizations, 19 modifications, and the removed results. The updated repository accounts for approximately 42% of top-line results formalized. OpenAI will continue to update the repo with new formalizations and any necessary corrections.
0594mathstodon.xyz
"Math 1.0" prioritized being the first to solve an open problem, even if the solution was unclear. This approach has become unsustainable. To move forward, "Math 2.0" must reevaluate its goals, considering factors beyond raw problem-solving. Exposition, community building, and exploring new research directions are crucial.
0077bevy.org
Bevy 0.20 has been released, thanks to the efforts of 227 contributors and 817 pull requests. The release includes Solari and DLSS updates, BSN syntax improvements, Ready Event, and more UI widgets. Solari and DLSS have seen significant improvements, including faster rendering, improved accuracy, and support for more Bevy rendering features. Additionally, Solari now runs on macOS via Metal. However, it is noted that there is currently no built-in denoiser included in bevy_solari for macOS. DLSS has been updated to support the latest version of DLSS, bringing support for DLSS-RR 4.5 and improving denoising quality in Solari. BSN Syntax Improvements have made BSN's syntax easier to read and compose. This includes explicit scene syntax, enums "just work", chained method support, and improved list syntax. Ready Event has been added to Bevy's next-generation scene system, allowing for the easy execution of logic when a scene is fully spawned and all dependencies are loaded. More UI widgets have been added to Bevy Feathers, including Color Input, Scrollable List View, Dropdown Selection, Lazy Menu, Number Input widget with scrubbing/dragging support. Headless Tab Widgets have also been integrated into bevy_ui_widgets. WESL Shaders have been adopted as the new standard for shaders in Bevy, replacing the old custom WGSL dialect. This change allows for better integration with other shader ecosystems and more collaborative development on the WESL team. Mesh Shaders are now available to advanced users, allowing them to render meshlets generated using tools like meshoptimizer Procedural grass and voxels, as well as particles. Sprite Materials have been extended to allow custom shaders. 2D Extended Materials can also be used in a similar manner. A Pan Orbit Camera has been added, enabling CAD-like navigation of scenes. Weak System Ordering with chain_weak has been implemented, allowing for more flexible system ordering. Contextual Theming has been integrated into Bevy UI, enabling the selection of colors based on parent entities. Val::Em and Val::Rem have been updated to support em and rem as sizing units in Bevy UI. Per-Column Change Ticks have been added, enabling the skipping of whole columns when querying for changes.
0013unsung.aresluna.org
Windows and Mac keyboards have distinct differences in naming conventions, symbols, and functionality. The article highlights these disparities to provide a comprehensive reference for developers and users. The first difference lies in the labeling of keys. Windows refers to the key as "Backspace," while Macs call it "Delete." Conversely, Windows labels the key as "Delete" whereas Macs use "Forward Delete." This inconsistency can lead to confusion when working with cross-platform applications. Windows uses the term "Enter" for the return key, whereas Macs employ "Return." However, some Mac keyboards feature an additional "Enter" key on numeric keypads. In Windows, you cannot simulate this by pressing Fn+Return. On the other hand, it is possible to use ⌤ Return. In most Mac software, the Enter and Return keys function identically, except for a few exceptions like Photoshop or classic professional apps like Cubase or Pro Tools. However, some apps might still behave differently. Windows has its own "Numpad Enter" key on numeric keypads, which is not replicable by pressing Fn+Enter. The article also touches upon modifier keys. On Windows, the ⌃ Control key serves as an extra modifier key, whereas it's used for terminal applications on Macs. This disparity can cause issues when working with cross-platform software. Some keyboards offer custom key caps that allow users to swap between Windows and Mac conventions. However, these are not widely available or supported. Apple devices rely heavily on symbols on their keys and menus, which is different from the approach taken by Windows.
0089biohub.org
Biohub, US Department of Energy (DOE), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Google DeepMind, Isomorphic Labs, Meta, NVIDIA, Renaissance Philanthropy, Allen Institute, Broad Institute, Gladstone Institutes, Human Cell Atlas, Human Protein Atlas, Wellcome Sanger Institute have committed $1.8 billion to generate and make accessible AI-ready biological data.
0034svg-spark.vercel.app
SVG Spark offers a suite of client-side design and development tools for working with SVGs, PDFs, JSON, and more. The platform provides batch conversion of vectors to raster images, as well as regex visualizer capabilities for debugging patterns with live highlighting. Additionally, it features social image resizer functionality that allows for cropping with platform-safe zone overlays.
0115openrouter.ai
StepFun has released Step 5 Preview, their flagship model for agentic work, on October 8, 2026. The Mixture-of-Experts architecture-based model is designed to perform strongly in software engineering and professional knowledge work, with a specific strength in finance. It supports extended tasks spanning large codebases and documents, utilizing tools and refining results over multiple steps. The Step 5 Preview model costs $1.00 per million input tokens and $2.70 per million output tokens, with separate rates for Cache Read at $0.05 per million tokens. The context length is set to 1M tokens, supporting up to 64K completion tokens. Step 5 Preview accepts text, images, and video as input and returns text. It also supports tool calling and structured outputs via a JSON schema in response_format. The model has been integrated into OpenRouter, with the average price customers pay being well below the listed prices due to caching and discounts.
0025github.com
Edi Life OS is a self-hosted life dashboard that integrates with an MCP server for AI assistance. The platform aims to consolidate various aspects of personal life management into one private and secure environment. Key features include ten workspaces: Growth, Focus, Habittify, Kanban, Calendar, Goals, Finance, Notepad, Notes, Weather, and Secret Notes.
0043opper.ai
Jevman AI decision models play Pac-Man against classic scripted ghosts in 100 games each until losing all three lives or reaching the time limit of 5 minutes. The longest game lasted 2 minutes and 24 seconds. Each model receives the maze, pellets, and ghosts as state at every junction and returns a probability per direction for Pac-Man's pick.
0157orkut.com
Orkut.com claims that the current state of social media is inadequate, prioritizing quantity over quality, and neglecting genuine connections between individuals. They argue that this has led to a lack of meaningful interactions and sense of community online.
0135thequietus.com
Michael Smith, a 54-year-old musician from North Carolina, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for conspiring to commit wire fraud. He pleaded guilty in March and must forfeit $8 million in royalties earned through bot-farming streams of AI-generated songs between 2017 and his arrest in 2024.
0363cnbc.com
OpenAI's annualized revenue is roughly $50 billion, lower than the previously reported $68 billion figure that included gross revenue from partners. This discrepancy led to a decline in shares of Nvidia, Oracle, and CoreWeave. The company's CFO, Sarah Friar, stated they are still "very well capitalized" after closing a historic $122 billion funding round in March. OpenAI is reportedly considering a new funding round, potentially raising around $30 billion, driven by investor demand.
0118reuters.com
US has suspended Microsoft and other major IT companies from a permanent residency program for foreign workers. The suspension affects the H-1B visa holders who are eligible to apply for a green card. US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the move, citing a need to prioritize processing of previously filed applications.
0097telnetbbsguide.com
Telnet BBS Guide provides a comprehensive directory of Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) accessible via telnet protocol. The guide lists over 10,000 systems worldwide, including those offering free trials and paid subscriptions. It also includes information on system features, such as file downloads, online games, and email services.
0338github.com
OpenAI has withdrawn three math papers: Algebraicity of Weil classes on split abelian eightfolds, Algebraicity of Kuga–Satake Correspondences for K3 Surfaces, and The rational Hodge conjecture for products of K3 surfaces. A sign error in the first paper invalidates a stabilization-trace cancellation argument and construction used by dependent papers.
0179sheets.works
Paul Eggert maintains the time zone database used by billions of devices worldwide, including Android phones and iPhones. He has been doing this since 2012 and is not sponsored. The database contains every clock rule a government has ever announced, ensuring accurate local time on devices. The article highlights the importance of these unsung heroes who keep critical open-source software running, often without compensation or recognition.
0106github.com
Zerobrew is a new alternative to Homebrew that claims to be 100x faster than the latter on average, with some packages installing as much as 252x faster. The performance gain comes from its content-addressed store and APFS clonefiles for zero-overhead copying, which allows it to deduplicate downloads and install packages more efficiently. Zerobrew relies on Homebrew's formula definitions, pre-built bottles when available, and package metadata and infrastructure. It is currently experimental and not recommended as a replacement for Homebrew, but rather as a complementary tool.