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EFF and allies urge the FTC to reject X Corp.’s petition to set aside or modify the 2022 consent decree requiring ongoing privacy reporting and fining X for misusing user data. The decree, tied to a 2011 Twitter settlement, binds the company regardless of leadership changes. X argues AI leadership justifies ending oversight, but EFF notes AI training on user data and a 2025 breach underscore the need for safeguards, and calls for rejection.
Manticore rebuilt the ONNX path (27.1.5) to replace Candle/SentenceTransformers, delivering ~14× faster embeddings on CPU all-MiniLM-L12-v2. Tests show 1-thread INSERTs rising from ~72 docs/sec to 70–230 docs/sec across batch sizes, peaking at 233 docs/sec (batch=64). The backend uses a single shared ONNX Runtime session, no in-worker batching, and disables intra_op_spinning, with parallelized tokenization. For bulk loads, use large INSERT ... VALUES (batch 32–128) on one thread; for single-row inserts, 1 thread suffices. Migration via new column or re-ingest. ONNX path default; GPU path planned.
macvdmtool, from AsahiLinux, lets Apple Silicon Macs enter DFU mode via a terminal command. Prereqs: two Macs—the host must be Apple Silicon; the target only needs to power on to recovery. Steps: on the host, install Xcode CLTs and Apple Configurator 2; clone and build macvdmtool, then copy it to your PATH. Connect host and target with a data-capable USB-C or TB cable to DFU ports. Run sudo macvdmtool dfu to place the target in DFU, then restore with cfgutil or Apple Configurator 2 / Finder (example: cfgutil restore -I <ipsw>). Future: automate IPSW download/restoration.
Wasmer provides a universal WebAssembly runtime that lets you run apps securely anywhere—servers, browsers, mobile, or embedded. It enables local or cloud deployment, serverless-style autoscaling, and pay-for-active-use pricing (free tier). It supports major frameworks (Next.js, WordPress, Django, Nuxt, Laravel, Hugo, Astro, Vite) and offers starter templates (WordPress, Hugo, PHP). With built-in WASM virtualization, workloads are sandboxed, and startup is blazing-fast (milliseconds; 15x faster, 20x cheaper). The Wasmer SDK lets you run code in browsers, iOS, servers, or embedded languages. Deploy with a few clicks and join 20k+ users.
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The article argues that 'free market' telecom often fails because infrastructure is a natural monopoly. Switzerland succeeds with neutral, four-fiber, point-to-point home connections open to all providers, letting competition occur at the service layer. By contrast, the US and Germany suffer from overbuild or territorial monopolies and weak duct sharing rules, yielding slower speeds and higher prices. Swisscom briefly shifted to a shared P2MP model, risking lockout of rivals, but regulators (COMCO) forced a return to four-fiber PT-P, fining Swisscom in 2024. Policy takeaway: mandate open access, maintain point-to-point fiber, standardize neutral infrastructure, empower regulators, and support municipal networks.
The project visualizes where letters appear on NYT crossword grids (15x15 daily, 21x21 Sunday). It tallies per-cell character counts from NYT data (2024) and visualizes distribution rather than raw frequency; shading shows max frequency per character. Example: A is common but G is darker due to even distribution. Patterns emerge when exploring patterns. The piece groups letters by board positions: starters, enders, middles, etc. Data source: NYT Crossword Data (2024); Rising Temperature.
GitStock converts a repository’s recent commits into a shareable SVG candlestick chart, turning activity data into market-style signals to quickly assess a GitHub repo’s health and trends.
Casey Liss argues CarPlay is additive, not a threat to Rivian’s native UI. Referencing Wassym Bensaid’s Decoder interview, he says screen mirroring isn’t the only option; CarPlay can coexist with car displays (Volvo example), and there’s no demand for a full-screen CarPlay Ultra. CarPlay should be optional and widely supported by automakers; drivers will opt in, not be forced. He would buy Rivian if CarPlay is offered, noting iOS 27 will address navigation integration.
Rhombus is a Lisp-flavored language built on Racket that pairs Racket’s metaprogramming with a Python-like, indentation-based syntax. It uses syntax objects for macros (hygienic by default) and lets programmers extend the grammar, reducers, and even type checking. Core data uses immutable-tree-backed lists with fast operations, plus standard arrays and maps. It can interpret, bytecode-compile, or native-compile. Macros and domain-specific language embedding enable customizable boilerplate and tooling. It supports optional type annotations and static information attached to expressions, enabling gradual typing and custom analyses. Aimed at practical use, documentation-heavy, with mid-range performance.
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PetaPixel reports Nikon has publicly released a special Z6 III variant with wireless connectivity removed — the Z6 III (No Wireless Connectivity) — to gauge market interest. Typically produced in tiny runs for gov/industrial use, Nikon is selling a limited batch through retailers like B&H. The modified camera costs more than the standard model despite having fewer features, because deactivating wireless hardware and reworking production adds cost. It omits SnapBridge, GPS tagging, and wireless sharing, but keeps wired data/power ports. First public availability of this variant.
Flow is FoundationDB's C++11-based actor concurrency language. It compiles Flow async actors into C++ classes and feeds input to a deterministic simulator. It provides Promise<T>, Future<T>, PromiseStream<T>, FutureStream<T>, wait(), waitNext(), and a choose … when construct for multiplexed, non-blocking message handling. Actors are the unit of concurrency; state variables persist across waits. Flow supports asynchronous inter-node communication, including networked promises/futures. Caveats: Flow is not ordinary C++, uses preprocessing; IDE support requires special handling; local variables don’t survive wait; various scoping quirks. It aims for high performance, productivity, and simulation, with examples like asyncAdd and a counting server.
inkwell is a self-hosted RSS/Atom reader tuned for Kindle's built-in browser. It pre-extracts articles and pre-transcodes embedded images so taps serve ready-to-render bytes from local disk. It provides documentation for installation (build from source, Docker, initial config), self-hosting (docker-compose, reverse proxy, admin, backups, upgrades), and reading views (listing, article, read-later) with Kindle-friendly behavior. Admin features include managing feeds and groups and OPML import. It also supports authenticating the e-reader via an auth gateway and offers a config reference for YAML fields and environment variables. Keyboard shortcuts cover navigation, search, help, and focus.
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An American privacy emergency: Guest post by Cynthia Dwork et al. warns that a June 4, 2026 directive (DAO 216-26) from the U.S. Secretary of Commerce would roll back modern privacy-preserving methods (differential privacy, noise infusion) in BEA and Census data, favoring coarse data disclosure methods. The authors argue this politicized move weakens confidentiality, reduces data utility, and undermines federal statistics. They explain why coarsening fails (with Goldschlag’s brewery examples) and that no fix exists without noise infusion. They urge investment in statistical agencies and mobilizing the scientific community, plus concrete actions to contact representatives and archive docs.
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