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Discussion argues that reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification is extending Google's Play Integrity API (and Apple's App Attest) to web and desktop environments via hardware attestation, possibly through Privacy Pass. This shift would increasingly require Apple/Google-certified devices to pass CAPTCHAs, risking lockouts for non-Apple/Google hardware and open OS like GrapheneOS. Proponents warn it reduces fraud but critics view it as anti-competitive, consolidating control over the web and enforcing a Google/Apple duopoly. EU/regulatory debates and potential lawsuits are noted, alongside calls for alternatives.
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UK government conducted an unprecedented 9 May 2026 airdrop to Tristan da Cunha to aid hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius. An RAF A400M, refueled by a Voyager tanker, delivered six-paratrooper British Army Pathfinders and two medical specialists to the settlement, dropping from 7,000 ft near the Back Fence and the 9-hole golf course. About 3.3 tonnes of medical supplies were dropped in three passes at the Patches; medics then assisted Tristan’s hospital, keeping the patient stable. Islanders welcomed the team; governor and officials hailed the operation as historic and pledged follow-up support.
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Claude Code scales by navigating live codebases locally, avoiding stale embeddings. It runs without a central index; each developer’s instance reads the repo with CLAUDE.md context files and an extensible harness (hooks, skills, plugins, MCP servers) plus LSPs and subagents. Key patterns for large deployments: lean, directory-layered CLAUDE.md; initialize in subdirectories; per-subdirectory test/lint commands; noise-reducing ignore rules; and use of LSP for symbol-level navigation and MCP for internal tools. Three patterns emerge: make codebase navigable, modular harness layering, and clear ownership/governance. Adoption needs dedicated infra and cross-functional teams.
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Directory of 133 companies that use Elasticsearch. Notable entries: Read the Docs (US), LawVu (AU), Check Point (US), Ivanti (US), Writer (US), Resend (US), GitHub Docs (US), Keap (US), Torq (US), Help Scout (US). US-based firms dominate (106), with Canada (8), UK (4), Germany (3), Australia (2), and others making up the rest. Company sizes skew large: 501-1000 employees (95), 51-200 (24), 1-50 (5), 1001-5000 (1), 5001+ (3). Showing 10 of 133 results, page 1 of 14.
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Frontier AI access is likely to become scarce and selective due to security concerns, high compute costs, and looming government controls. Mythos-style capabilities are already restricted to a few defenders or select firms, and policy may push further toward tiered, restricted access. Distillation, IP protection, and geopolitical tensions threaten broad diffusion. The author foresees a new equilibrium where access is gated, unevenly distributed, and outwardly limited to trusted players. Solutions proposed: improve safety and resilience, massively expand datacenters, and trade compute capacity for access to avert a two-tier AI world.
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Gyroflow is an open-source, cross-platform video stabilization tool that uses gyroscope (and optional accelerometer) data to stabilize footage from cameras (GoPro, Sony, Insta360, DJI, etc.) or external sources (Betaflight blackbox). It offers real-time preview, GPU-accelerated processing, rolling shutter correction, lens calibration, and 10‑bit/16‑bit outputs, plus edits integration via OpenFX plugins for DaVinci Resolve, Premiere, Final Cut Pro, and a Gyroflow Toolbox. It supports underwater shots, adaptive zoom, multiple gyro sources, and various orientation/smoothing methods. Core in Rust with a QML UI; GPLv3 with App Store exception; community-driven.
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Introduces a policy for using LLMs when contributing to rust-lang/rust. Scope excludes subtrees, crates.io dependencies, and other rust-lang repos; policy lives in Forge and links from CONTRIBUTING.md and dev guides. It consolidates moderation and feedback guidelines, motivation, drawbacks, and rationale, and discusses alternatives like a project-wide policy. It specifies allowed and banned uses, disclosure requirements, and experimental pathways. The document reflects extensive prior discussion and aims to curb low-effort LLM-generated PRs, while remaining a repository-specific policy rather than a project-wide mandate.
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Mullvad assigns a deterministic exit IP per server based on your WireGuard pubkey, rotating keys every 1–30 days (unless using a third‑party client). Testing 9 servers and 3650 pubkeys found only 284 IP combos, implying a seed‑based RNG using the pool size as the bound. The same IP indexes repeat across servers with the same pool size, enabling correlation attacks that can deanonymize users. Mitigation: don’t switch servers per pubkey and force pubkey rotation by logging out of the Mullvad app.
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Velonus is an alpha AI-native security copilot for Python developers that scans code for secrets, vulnerabilities, and dependency CVEs using five scanners (secrets, Bandit, Semgrep, pip-audit, Safety) and shows how to fix issues. It runs as a CLI (velonus scan ./path), can output to rich terminal tables, JSON, or SARIF, and exits with non-zero on CRITICAL/HIGH findings for CI gating. It integrates with CI and GitHub Security tab; installation involves pip install velonus, and there is a roadmap (phases 0-4) with AI context engine and PR fixes planned.
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uFerris is a versatile Embedded Rust learner board that swaps in Seeed XIAO modules (ESP32-C3/C6/S3, RP2040, RP2350, nRF52840, SAMD21, RA4M1, and more) to cover multiple MCUs. It provides all standard peripherals (GPIO, timers, ADC, PWM, UART, I2C, SPI) without a breadboard, enabling complete embedded projects and a single reference for the Rust ecosystem (book, examples, BSP crate). The family includes Megalops Baseboard ($24.99) and Power Extension ($14.99); bundles with Simplified Embedded Rust offer 20% off. Open source and OSHWA-certified; USB-C power, SWD, Qwiic, microSD, LEDs, buttons, RTC, etc.
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W3C CSS Rhythmic Sizing Module Level 1 adds rhythm-based sizing by aligning block and line heights to multiples of a step unit. It defines block-step-size (rounds a block’s height to a multiple), block-step-insert (margin-box, padding-box, content-box), block-step-align (where extra space is placed), and block-step-round (up, down, nearest), plus a block-step shorthand. It also defines line-height-step for line boxes. The draft discusses East Asian casual vertical rhythms, tests, conformance, and status as a Working Draft with feedback channels.
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GridTravel connects travelers with locals who share walkable, turn-by-turn routes to reveal a city’s soul. It blends real routes from real people with offline maps, insider tips, and step-by-step guidance optimized for sidewalks. Users build a profile to track routes, progress, and stats, and discover destinations via an interactive map of locally crafted routes. Features include route previews, tips at every stop, offline downloads, and real-time navigation—without algorithm-generated traps.
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This piece argues credentialism in education is overrated. It cites multiple studies showing teachers’ advanced degrees and licenses do little to raise student achievement. Using fixed-effects and longitudinal data from North Carolina, Florida, Texas, and beyond, researchers find few meaningful effects from master’s degrees, licensure tests, or professional development; at times effects are negligible or negative, with only modest gains from experience. Some international studies show tiny benefits, but overall credentials rarely matter. Takeaway: good teaching can occur without advanced degrees; policy should de-emphasize credentials.
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Incident: Elevated error rates for Claude API requests to Opus and Sonnet 4.6; Opus 4.7 success rates have returned to normal. Ongoing investigation as of May 15, 2026, with updates at 01:06 UTC, 00:19 UTC, and 00:18 UTC. Affects Claude API (api.anthrop ic.com) and Claude Code.
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Milz experiments with STM32 from HAL-based to bare-metal, showing how a simple blink exposes the hardware reality. He builds a Rust no_std blink and a C version with direct register access, illustrating volatile, read-modify-write issues, and atomicity, plus the BSRR alternative. He explains the boot chain: vector table at 0x08000000, Reset_Handler, startup code, and the linker script mapping .text/.data/.bss to flash and RAM. He traces the build from C to ELF to BIN and flashing with probe-rs/OpenOCD. Conclusion: deep understanding dissolves HAL myths and clarifies embedded layers, relevant to AUTOSAR.
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An open-source end-to-end pipeline that converts 5,356 ICLR 2026 accepted papers into a clean, PDF-derived institutional-affiliations dataset and treemap visualizations. Outputs: iclr2026_public.csv/xlsx (main per-paper data with canonical institutions, country/region, abstract, OpenReview URL), iclr2026_institutions_ranked_*.csv (top institutions by unique, first-author, and fractional counts), and treemap charts. 96% of papers parse from PDFs; 4% fallback to OpenReview. MIT-licensed; includes instructions to reproduce (scrape, download PDFs, parse, render).
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More than 60% of the United States is in drought, with over 20% in extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Virginia Tech climatologist Andrew Ellis says conditions are among the worst in decades due to the combination of intense and widespread drought and an atypical La Niña, with warmer temperatures exacerbating moisture loss. The hardest-hit areas are Colorado and the Southeast (especially Georgia and Florida), with a broad swath from the Southeast to the Mid-Atlantic and parts of the Rockies in drought. Relief this summer is unlikely; an El Niño could bring opposite conditions next fall/winter.
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Argues for a coherent AI policy rather than vanity metrics like tokenmaxxing. Token-based leadership metrics are easily gamed and unhelpful. AI tools are the era’s biggest upheaval in software engineering, so teams need a clear stance. The policy: no mandate to use AI; stay aware of AI evolution; AI-generated code remains your code and must be understood; junior engineers must learn by doing and not rely solely on AI; prioritize people (customers and teammates) over tokens; tailor the policy to your team and context.
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Ontario auditors found AI Scribe systems used by physicians frequently misstate facts. In a test of 20 approved tools, 9 fabricated information or suggested unrecorded treatments; 12 inserted incorrect drug details; 17 missed key mental health issues; 6 fully or partially missed mental health details. Accuracy counted for only 4% of the score, while domestic presence weighed 30% and safeguards were small. No mandatory attestation was required. More than 5,000 physicians participate; no known patient harms reported. Recommends manual note review and a revamped evaluation focused on accuracy and safeguards.
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UK MHCLG says it saved millions by replacing Palantir’s Foundry-based Homes for Ukraine IT system with an in-house solution. The Homes for Ukraine scheme matched hosts with Ukrainian refugees; Palantir had offered initial free support and later won contracts totaling about £10m. The in-house platform, described as more flexible and secure, aimed to cut running costs and gain sovereign control over data and code. Palantir says it helped accelerate refugee resettlement; the new system was brought into operation by September 2025.
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