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A Sacramento auto parts shop owner spent about $40,000 and two years converting a 1966 Ford Mustang into a Tesla-powered car with a Model 3 dual-motor drivetrain, Model 3 battery, 15-inch touchscreen, and working Full Self-Driving (Supervised). Likely the first non-Tesla to run FSD, it uses Model 3 floor/seat sections to fit a ~400 hp setup (0–60 in ~3.5s) and achieves ~258 Wh/mi with ~194 miles of range at 80%. The build highlights Tesla’s hardware/software portability and the growing EV-conversion market.
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Global News reports a massive leak of Alberta's provincial voter list—nearly three million names, addresses and phone numbers—posted online by the Centurion Project, a separatist group, allegedly sourced from Elections Alberta's List of Electors via the Republican Party of Alberta. Elections Alberta and the RCMP are investigating. Security experts warn the data could enable fraud, extortion, kidnapping and foreign interference, including targeted influence in Alberta's independence referendum. Critics say warnings were late and urge accountability and stronger safeguards under the Elections Act.
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Standalone FuelInsight Dashboard provides market analytics on UK fuel prices sourced from the UK Fuel Finder scheme. It aggregates publicly reported prices from station operators (required to report within 30 minutes), analyzes data, and offers national averages, trends, brand comparisons, and cheapest petrol metrics. It is not affiliated with government or retailers; data are open under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Privacy policy notes Google Analytics; price data governed by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 and CMA.
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Pomiferous is a comprehensive online apple database (7,000+ varieties). Each entry lists harvest period, pollination group, and type (culinary, cider, dessert, juice, pie, sauce) plus a brief flavor/usage summary. The site highlights numerous cultivars (Calville Blanc d’Hiver, Sekai Ichi, Pink Lady, Cripps Pink, Rubaiyat, Cherub, Surprise, Landsberger Reinette, etc.) with notes on origin, breeding, and recent updates, including red-flesh and ornamental varieties.
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GitHub reports an incident titled 'Incident with Issues and Webhooks' with degraded performance across multiple services. Updates show degraded performance or availability for Git Operations, Webhooks, Issues, Pull Requests, Actions, Packages, Pages, and Codespaces. The team is investigating increased latency and timeouts across multiple GitHub services.
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From 18 February 2027, the EU will require removable smartphone batteries in new models, allowing end users to replace batteries with standard tools; heat-activated adhesives will be largely banned. Replacements must be obtainable at reasonable prices for at least 5 years. Exceptions exist for highly specialized hardware or devices achieving ≥80% capacity after 1,000 cycles and IP67 sealing. A digital battery passport will accompany batteries, storing carbon footprint, recycled content, chemistry, and health; accessible via a QR code to users and recyclers. The change boosts circularity, cuts e-waste, and extends device lifespans; ECOPV-EU can help with compliance.
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Daisy-DAG is a production-ready DAG workflow engine driven by a YAML DSL. It validates, executes, and visualizes workflows with support for parallel execution, retries, conditional branching, batch iteration, and pluggable actions.
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Antirez details four months of building Redis’ new Array data type. After drafting a lengthy spec, AI-assisted design (GPT-5.x, Codex) refined the architecture, and implementation evolved from a two-level directory/sparse model to a 'super directory' of sliced dense directories with 4096-element slices, enabling ARSET, ARSCAN, and ARPOP with memory-efficient scans. He, with AI help, rewrote modules, stress-tested, and optimized. While exploring markdown-backed use cases, he added ARGREP using TRE and fixed security and performance issues. The post invites feedback on PR 15162 for a numeric-index-aware Redis data type.
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Monero's RandomX PoW runs code on a VM with memory-hard inputs, not a fixed hash. It builds a CPU-friendly workload from a key K and input H. Steps: Argon2d on K yields a 256 MiB cache; expands to a ~2 GiB dataset; seeds a 2 MiB scratchpad from H; generates an 8-program VM chain; runs it for 2048 iterations with mixed integer/FP ops and memory access; collapses state to a 256-bit hash; checks against target. Modes: fast (2 GiB dataset) for mining and light (cache) for verification. Aims to favor CPUs and deter ASICs while keeping verification practical.
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A battery-powered hairdryer was allegedly used to manipulate a public weather sensor near Paris Charles de Gaulle, causing temperature spikes that let Polymarket users win large bets. One gambler reportedly netted about $34,000. Météo-France filed a complaint for alteration of an automated data-processing system; the sensor has been moved. Polymarket continues to run Paris-area weather bets. The incident highlights vulnerabilities in real-world event betting and the need for robust sensor integrity on platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi.
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This WSJ page is a 404 error with a list of popular articles and podcasts. It highlights headlines like GameStop offering to buy eBay for $56 billion, a trend about Sunday Mass hotspots for New Yorkers, and the end of a federal housing handout with foreclosures to follow; podcasts cover prediction markets and United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby’s pandemic strategy.
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Pyinfra release v3.8.0 is a large semver-aligned upgrade with numerous fixes and improvements across core, facts, operations, and docs. It includes API cleanup (formatting fixes; decoupling core API from Click), expanded input quoting to prevent command injection, broader fact coverage (SELinux context, systemd user mode, Ports, apt sources), Docker and SSH/connectors enhancements (SSH IdentityAgent, improved config parsing), new and updated ops and facts (files.unarchive, limit_rate; docker details), and CI updates (Python 3.14). Thanks to numerous contributors.
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Thienan Tran chronicles a month-long experiment to overcome loneliness by approaching gym strangers. Starting with a simple opener, he gradually personalizes lines and tracks weekly conversations (length, notes, outcomes). Early weeks yield mixed responses, but by week 3 he forms meaningful connections, notably with the “other Asian guy” who becomes a gym buddy, invites him to his apartment, and socializes outside the gym. Week 4–5 focus on sustaining several daily contacts and weekend hangouts. He learns rejection is normal, and persistent outreach builds resilience and real friendships, ending the Wizard of Loneliness.
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United Airlines Flight 169, a Boeing 767 from Venice to Newark, hit a streetlight and a tractor-trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike during landing, injuring the truck driver with non-life-threatening injuries. No passengers or crew were hurt; the plane landed safely and taxied to the gate. Preliminary findings: a landing-gear tire and the aircraft’s underside collided with the pole and truck, with the pole hitting a Jeep. The NTSB is investigating; United says the crew has been removed from service.
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ASML’s EUV lithography machines power modern chips, cost about $400 million, comprise 100,000+ parts, and require massive logistics to deliver. The piece then highlights a 1,000‑piece ASML Lego set, created by data analyst Rick Lenssen, to shrink the world’s most complex tool into something tangible. The set is employee-only with high resale value, illustrating the industry’s scarcity—while ASML has sold just six machines to date, employees have bought 1,355 Lego kits. The toy bridges understanding, helping non-specialists grasp high‑tech work and adds a playful human dimension.
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Cloudflare blocks access to acm.org via a security check. The block can be triggered by certain inputs or malformed data. To resolve, email the site owner with what you were doing and include the Cloudflare Ray ID and your IP address.
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Notepad++ warns of a fake macOS site, notepad-plus-plus-mac.org, falsely claiming an official Mac release. The site is unaffiliated, unauthorized, and even lists the project owner’s name and bio to look legitimate. Notepad++ has never released a Mac version. The author has contacted the site owner and asks users to correct misinformation online by saying the release is not official and directing people to this announcement. Thanks to vigilant users for exposing the misuse of the Notepad++ trademark.
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GameStop announced a $55.5bn unsolicited bid to buy eBay, valuing eBay at $125 per share in cash and stock. If approved, GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen would lead the combined company and be paid only on performance, while about $20bn of debt would finance the deal. GameStop says it could save $2bn within a year, mainly by cutting $1.2bn in eBay’s sales/marketing. Analysts warn the offer saddles eBay with debt; eBay rose in after-hours trading. The deal aims to leverage GameStop’s US store footprint for live-commerce; eBay has 136m users.
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