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Hydroph0bia (CVE-2025-4275) is a SecureBoot bypass in Insyde H2O. This final part gauges Dell's fix and whether it remains bypassable. Dell has issued BIOS updates; Lenovo and Framework are still vulnerable, with Lenovo due for a fix after 2025-07-30. The Dell updates mainly fix SecureFlashDxe, with minor BdsDxe/SecurityStubDxe changes and new variable protections. A bypass could still occur via manual NVRAM edits or flash-write bypass. The author argues against using NVRAM for security data and notes Insyde pursuing a variable-free fix; Acer testing proceeds.
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Anthropic asserts AI can defend democracies, noting Claude deployments in the Department of War and national-security operations, including labs and mission-critical uses. It says it forfeited hundreds of millions to block CCP-linked use, fight cyberattacks, and push export controls to preserve democratic advantage. Department of War controls military decisions; Anthropic objects to two uses: mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons, and it has not agreed to remove safeguards. The Department pressures to permit any lawful use and drop safeguards, threatening sanctions. Anthropic prefers safeguards and a smooth transition if offboarded; remains ready to support national security.
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IDC forecasts worldwide smartphone shipments will fall 12.9% year over year in 2026 to 1.12 billion units—the steepest drop in over a decade—driven by a memory shortage crisis. Android low-end vendors suffer as costs rise; Apple and Samsung may gain share. The crisis signals a structural market reset: sub-$100 devices become uneconomical, and ASPs rise about 14% to $523 in 2026. Regional declines: Middle East & Africa -20.6%; China -10.5%; Asia Pacific (ex-Japan/China) -13.1%. Stabilization by mid-2027 with a 2% rebound, then 5.2% in 2028.
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Gary Marcus warns Pentagon pressure on Anthropic could set dangerous precedents: unrestricted AI use in warfare without humans in the loop, possibly including nuclear weapons. He says Secretary Hegseth aims to bypass Congress with a 5:01 PM deadline and redefine Anthropic's 'responsible AI.' Marcus urges readers to contact Senators and Representatives to demand public deliberation on AI surveillance and autonomous weapons. He notes a failed bill to block autonomous AI nuclear launches and cautions about GenAI’s unreliability in war.
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The paper presents a learned DSP for automotive lidar that directly processes full waveforms with a transformer, using neighboring waveforms to produce high-fidelity multi-echo point clouds. Unlike conventional per-waveform peak finding, the method leverages context to reduce artifacts in low SNR regions, highly reflective objects, and fog. Trained on synthetic and real data, it is evaluated on real driving scenes and a weather chamber, improving Chamfer distance by 32 cm versus peak finding and 20 cm versus prior transient-imaging baselines, with up to 17 m range gain in fog and 14 m in normal conditions.
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OsmAnd unveils Highway Hierarchy (HH) Routing to deliver ~100x faster offline routing without sacrificing versatility. Replaces full-planet A* with a two-level graph of area clusters and border points, plus precomputed intra-cluster shortcuts. Border points are chosen via Ford-Fulkerson bottlenecks, and the scheme is universal across car/bike profiles. Route steps: (1) local Dijkstra to border points, (2) Dijkstra on the abstract border graph, (3) localized A* refinements within clusters. Benefits: speed, tiny extra storage (planet data ~800MB; 0.5–1% overhead), regional maps, hourly updates, full routing.xml support. Notes: maps must be same generation date; preprocessing ~2–3 days; updates ~5th of month.
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Amplifying’s Claude Code study analyzes 3 models (Sonnet 4.5, Opus 4.5, 4.6) across 2,430 repos in 20 categories, with 85.3% extraction and 90% model agreement. Claude Code builds custom solutions in 12 of 20 categories (custom/DIY), e.g., feature flags via config/files/env vars and Python auth with JWT+passlib. When tools are chosen, it prefers GitHub Actions (94%), Stripe (91%), shadcn/ui (90%). The default stack is JS-centric (Vercel, NextAuth.js, Tailwind, etc.), deployed mainly to Vercel (JS) and Railway (Python). No primary AWS/GCP/Azure picks; newer models favor newer tools.
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Stephen Wolfram's Wolfram S Combinator Challenge asks whether the single S combinator is computationally universal. A $20,000 prize goes to the first group or individual delivering a full, precise proof to the prize committee. Submissions must be original, non-anonymous, and suitable for publication; Wolfram may publish them. Submissions are judged by a committee with final, binding decisions. Winners may need to provide identity, tax and consent forms. The guidelines cover submission rules, eligibility, administration, and reference other Wolfram prizes.
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CalMatters investigates hidden automated license plate readers (ALPRs) along California’s border, largely installed with federal permits and feeding data to federal databases. California has approved eight permits for federal ALPRs on state highways, with as many as 40 cameras in San Diego and Imperial counties. Privacy advocates say the program bypasses California law and erodes civil liberties; they mapped cameras and urged removal. Caltrans says it does not run or access the data. Supporters say ALPRs help solve crimes and locate missing people, while locals warn about surveillance of residents and humanitarian volunteers.
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Mission Control is an open-source, local-first task manager for coordinating AI agents. It provides a visual dashboard (Eisenhower matrix, Kanban) to delegate work to agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf), with inbox reports and progress, all while running locally with JSON-file storage (no cloud or database). Key features: agent crews, skills library, goal hierarchy, brain dump, multi-agent tasks, orchestrator, autonomous daemon, and slash commands. Built with Next.js 15, TypeScript, Tailwind; MIT license; designed for solo entrepreneurs delegating work to AI agents.
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Apple announces iPhone and iPad are the first and only consumer devices certified to handle NATO-restricted classified information, after rigorous German BSI evaluation. With iOS 26/iPadOS 26, built-in security (encryption, Face ID, Memory Integrity Enforcement) meets NATO information assurance requirements without extra software. This extends prior German approvals to all NATO nations, and the devices are listed in the NATO Information Assurance Product Catalogue. Apple says security is built-in from the start and emphasizes this as a milestone enabling secure digital transformation.
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Beehive is a macOS app that orchestrates coding agents and manages multiple GitHub repos in one window. It provides multi-repo management, isolated workspaces with full git clones on chosen branches, persistent PTY terminals, and agent panes that run Claude Code or other CLIs side-by-side. Workflows: add a Hive by URL to store repo metadata, create a Comb by cloning into an isolated directory on a branch, then open Panes to work across tasks. It features live branch tracking, copy/Duplicate workspaces, and a zero-setup experience. Free, open source, MIT license; download for macOS, Apple Silicon signed & notarized.
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Rev-dep is a fast Go-based dependency analysis and governance toolkit for modern JavaScript/TypeScript codebases. It enforces dependency graph hygiene, flags dead or orphaned files, unused exports, unresolved imports, and devDependencies used in production. It supports monorepos and package exports maps, with a config-driven approach (rev-dep.config.json) that can run multiple checks in one pass and autofix where enabled. The CLI offers exploratory commands (entry-points, files, resolve, imported-by, circular, node-modules, LOC) and CI-friendly reports. It claims ~500ms audits on large repos and outperforms similar tools.
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Promo for LINEX: build lines to beat friends; LINEX BETA with sharing options (WhatsApp, Telegram, Email, QR).
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After retiring at 61, Vickie Hardin Woods of Salem, Oregon, baked a different pie every day for a year and gave each away to combat isolation and redefine her identity beyond a 30-year career as a city planner. The project built connection, earned her the nickname “the pie lady,” and provided a daily routine, while she managed a mild cognitive impairment. Years later she continues with new projects, including writing a book about the experience, proving she can still be creative and that identity isn’t tied to her former profession.
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deff is a Rust-based terminal UI for interactive, side-by-side git diffs with per-file navigation, independent horizontal scrolling, syntax highlighting, and added/deleted line tinting. Install via the provided installer script or cargo, and run inside a repo to compare local changes against upstream or explicit bases. Features include upstream-ahead and range diff strategies, --include-uncommitted, Vim-like navigation, in-diff search, and per-file reviewed toggles stored locally. Theme options (auto/dark/light) and MIT license.
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Cardboard is an AI-assisted, agentic video editor that speeds production from raw footage to publish-ready cuts in minutes. It provides templates for Talking Heads, Vlogs, Montages, Podcasts, Launch videos, and Explainers, and features semantic understanding of requests mapped to timeline operations, silence removal, color grading, captions, voiceovers, auto story creation, and live collaboration. It aims for 10x faster edits with share-ready exports, and pricing starts at $60/month.
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Anthropic’s $200 million Pentagon contract strained as the company resisted military use without guardrails, while the Pentagon pressed to lift restrictions on its Claude model. The dispute reveals a deeper problem: private tech firms increasingly shape national security and warfare, often outside robust government oversight. The author argues Congress must explicitly define acceptable military AI uses and require transparency, rather than leaving policy to executive agencies and corporate decisions.
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Hacker Smacker is a browser extension that helps you identify quality authors and filter out obnoxious commenters on Hacker News by letting you mark writers as friend or foe. If your friends also use it, you’ll see their friends and foes, helping you skim threads for good content. Inspired by Slashdot’s friend/foe system, it’s open‑source on GitHub and available for Chrome/Edge, Firefox, and Safari. The project comprises a client extension and a Redis/Node.js backend; it emphasizes FOAF relationships and privacy (MIT license).
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