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Chrome reportedly downloads a 4GB Gemini Nano on-device AI weights.bin without user consent, with the file appearing in macOS Library and re-downloading after deletion (also reported on Windows). Google says Gemini Nano is a lightweight on-device model for security features and will auto-uninstall if resources are low. Since February you can turn off and remove it in Chrome settings; disabling can also be done via chrome://flags or enterprise policy. Privacy/GDPR concerns and environmental costs cited; Google issued a statement and notes an off switch exists.
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Google Cloud introduced Fraud Defense, the next evolution of reCAPTCHA for the agentic web. It verifies bots, humans, and AI agents. Key features include an agentic activity dashboard, a granular agentic policy engine, and an AI-resistant QR code challenge. ReCAPTCHA remains the core defense, with existing customers auto-migrating at no cost. Fraud Defense leverages Google’s fraud intelligence graph to identify evolving threats across the user journey, reduce account takeovers, and enable legitimate AI-enabled interactions, projecting a 25% lift in average order value.
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Jeff Dickey explains leaving a full-time job at Figma to work on open-source full-time under en.dev, focusing on mise and a portfolio of tools (aube, hk, pitchfork, fnox, usage). Mise has grown to 27k+ stars and is a top Homebrew formula, but sustaining full-time work remains challenging. Current income is roughly $100/month from ads and $500/month from GitHub Sponsors. He offers memberships (Supporter to Patron) and sponsorship tiers: Backer and Sustainer, plus consulting for companies adopting mise (up to 2 days/week) and potential paid services. The goal: financial sustainability and possibly a second maintainer.
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Litman’s theory reframes deep learning from parameter-count to a dynamical system in output space, governed by the empirical Neural Tangent Kernel (eNTK). Training reduces to how predictions evolve under K_SS, creating a signal channel and a reservoir for noise. Benign overfitting, double descent, implicit bias, and grokking emerge from how these eigenmodes are learned or trapped. The authors propose training on population risk and a one-line Adam tweak that updates a parameter only when batch signal exceeds noise, implying more efficient, generalizable models.
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BYD has overtaken Tesla and Kia as the top-selling EV brand in overseas markets, led by about 7% UK share in 2026 so far. In April, BYD sold 321,123 NEVs globally (BEVs and PHEVs), with overseas sales up 70% YoY to 135,098, helping total overseas deliveries of 456,263 in the first four months of 2026. In the UK, BYD held roughly 7% of registrations through April (12,754 EVs) and offers five EVs (Dolphin Surf, Dolphin, Atto 3, Seal, Sealion 7) plus three DM-i PHEVs. BYD also led EV sales in Australia, Brazil, and other overseas markets in April.
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An error/help notice from ScienceDirect reporting a failure to deliver requested content. It advises contacting support with details (reference number and IP address) and notes a Cloudflare error. The page also references remote access, support, terms, privacy, cookie settings, and copyright.
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Google now often provides AI-generated summaries and personalized results that obscure sources. The piece reframes librarianship for the AI age: master precise search syntax and source evaluation. It catalogs Google tricks—site:, filetype:, intitle:, inurl:, before/after, quotes, minus, AROUND(#), Verbatim mode—and how to surface open directories and use built-in tools like flight/status checks, tracking, and side-by-side comparisons. It warns against overreliance on AI Overviews and ads, then lists eight alternatives (Kagi, DuckDuckGo, Brave, Startpage, Perplexity, Bing, Ecosia, library databases) for primary sources.
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Val Town recounts moving from Supabase to Clerk for authentication and ultimately to Better Auth. Clerk proved unsuitable: its rate-limited, unreliable user data, and reliance on a separate sessions/user table created a single point of failure and required syncing data back to Val Town’s own store. Outages since May 2025 increased the risk. While Clerk offered easy SDKs, Better Auth provided an open-source core, independence from a provider, and solid framework integration. A short two-week hybrid migration allowed a clean transition to Better Auth.
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Big Tech plans roughly $0.8–$1 trillion in AI capex in 2026, potentially $2 trillion by 2027, yet AI revenues disclosed are small and overall profits elusive. OpenAI and Anthropic dominate the spending and revenue for Microsoft and Amazon, and likely Google Cloud, creating a circular finance model: hyperscalers fund OpenAI/Anthropic, who in turn finance more capacity. Microsoft’s AI run rate cited around $37B, with OpenAI supplying the majority; Amazon about $15B, mainly Anthropic-driven; Google’s AI revenue is opaque. Anthropic also plans large Google Cloud/TPU deals; Meta’s AI story remains weak. The piece argues the AI demand story is a VC-funded bubble lacking real profitability.
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A testing ground for templates.
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HTTP 403 Forbidden error from nginx, indicating access to the requested resource is denied.
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Willison argues vibe coding and agentic engineering are converging as AI coding tools improve. Vibe coding is hands-off creation by non-programmers; agentic engineering is professional, responsible software development. The lines are blurring, raising accountability concerns when AI writes production code without review. The value shifts from code quality to real-world use and user-tested reliability; tests and docs can be auto-generated, but a semi-black-box tool invites risk of deviance. Productivity gains compress design time, yet enterprise use and reputation-based trust remain essential; these tools amplify, not replace, skilled engineers.
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Generative AI now expands to fill work time, producing outputs that look expert even when the author lacks expertise. This leads to two failures: novices producing convincing but wrong work, and people venturing into domains without training. The 'conduit' problem means humans become intermediaries who cannot judge the quality of what the model outputs. Sloppy documentation and extended artifacts flood workplaces, masking true progress. Management often embraces AI at the cost of expertise. Best practice: use AI where verification is fast and humans provide final judgment; don't seek model confirmation; keep human-in-the-loop.
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Smartphone photo quality depends more on hardware size, lighting, and processing than on megapixels. Grime on the lens, autofocus accuracy, and motion blur can ruin shots; sensor size matters because larger sensors gather more light and preserve detail, while tiny ones amplify noise. Megapixels are marketing; they matter mainly for zooming and prints, not everyday sharpness. Software like HDR and AI can improve or distort images. Practical tips: wipe the lens, tap to focus (eyes for people), hold steady, shoot multiple frames, and shoot in softer indirect light or use night modes. When buying, prefer sensor size; review samples.
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tilde.run offers safe, transactional sandboxes for autonomous AI agents. Each run is a reversible transaction in an isolated container with a versioned filesystem that mounts GitHub code, S3 data, and Drive docs into one ~/sandbox. Outbound calls are policy-checked and logged, with per-agent RBAC and human-approval gates. You can commit changes atomically or roll back any run; an audit trail tracks every action. Integrations include GitHub, S3, Drive; CLI, Python SDK, and REST API; built on lakeFS.
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Valve has released CAD files for the Steam Controller and its Puck under a Creative Commons license. The files—surface topology in STP/STL plus engineering diagrams—let modders design accessories (skins, chargers, mounts) while preserving signal performance. The license allows non-commercial use with attribution and requires sharing designs; commercial inquiries can be made to Valve. Valve has previously released CAD for Steam Deck, Valve Index, and the original Steam Controller.
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An engineer builds Deptool, a fast, safe, declarative deployment tool for personal infra. It decouples config generation from distribution, stores cluster state in Git, and previews the exact plan before applying. Configs are pre-rendered per host/app, committed, and deployed by materializing files in /var/lib/deptool and swapping a version symlink; removed files are cleaned automatically. Deployments use optimistic concurrency with per-host locks and millisecond automatic rollback via systemd restarts. A tiny static-agent runs on target hosts, installed over SSH from a minimal remote, avoiding heavy dependencies. Available on Codeberg/GitHub.
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MkDocs is unmaintained. ProperDocs forks MkDocs 1.x as a drop-in replacement and warns that MkDocs 2.0 may break plugins/themes. Switch to ProperDocs (pip install properdocs) and use properdocs build instead of mkdocs build. You can rename mkdocs.yml to properdocs.yml; themes like mkdocs or readthedocs are not installed by default. Plugins remain compatible. To suppress the warning, set DISABLE_MKDOCS_2_WARNING=true or NO_MKDOCS_2_WARNING=true. The discussion also promotes wider adoption of ProperDocs and mentions Zensical as an alternative.
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