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The article discusses the use of "udm=" parameters in Google search URLs to filter results by categories like images, news, forums, attractions, shopping, and more. It lists various udm values and their corresponding search types, along with country-specific availability. The piece highlights how these parameters enable more targeted searches and provides a comprehensive guide for exploration. It also mentions related scraping tools and APIs from SerpApi for different search engines.
Beauty is objective, rooted in principles of coherence, proportion, and pattern, not personal opinion. Good design guides the eye, creates trust, and signals care through visual harmony, influencing usability and credibility. Effective design integrates structural logic from the start, with visuals reflecting internal coherence. Beauty in design enhances clarity, engagement, and trust, making complex systems feel effortless. It’s about making things make sense, not just aesthetics.
Researchers at Utah Graphics Lab developed Augmented Vertex Block Descent (AVBD), a fast, GPU-accelerated physics simulation method capable of real-time, stable simulations of complex contact scenarios, including rigid bodies, soft bodies, and articulated systems. The improved approach handles hard constraints, enhances convergence, and outperforms current methods in stability and speed. It is demonstrated via a browser-based 2D demo and was presented at SIGGRAPH 2025.
SEGA accidentally revealed sales figures for several titles, with Persona 5 Royal surpassing 7.25 million copies. Other notable totals include Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth at 1.66 million, Shin Megami Tensei V at 2.11 million, and Sonic Frontiers at 4.57 million. The data covers FY2020 to FY2025, highlighting the commercial success of these games.
Nikita Khrushchev's 1956 speech criticized Stalin's cult of personality, purges, and repressions, revealing Soviet atrocities and initiating de-Stalinization. The speech caused shock, unrest, and political shifts within the USSR and globally, leading to the Khrushchev Thaw and influencing communist countries' policies. It was leaked to the West, damaging Soviet credibility, and marked a move away from Stalinist authoritarianism.
Chromium's build system is switching from Ninja to Siso for external developers. Siso supports local builds on Windows and Mac with ccache, and is designed for remote execution. Build process enhancements include better integration with GN. Supports fetching via DEPS; downstreams may need to update build methods. Ninja support will end by September. Compatibility with other RBE backends is being confirmed.
Switching from WhatsApp to Signal is recommended due to privacy concerns with WhatsApp's data sharing, metadata collection, and links to Meta/Zuckerberg's controversial practices, including election interference and misinformation. Signal offers similar functionality with less data collection, emphasizing privacy and security. Transitioning involves installing Signal, informing contacts, and gradually replacing WhatsApp chats.
Mathematicians have developed a new method for identifying prime numbers using integer partitions, connecting combinatorics and number theory. They proved infinitely many prime-detecting equations based on partition functions, offering countless new definitions for primes. Although it doesn't solve longstanding conjectures like twin primes or Goldbach's, this discovery deepens understanding of primes' distribution and potential for future research across mathematical subfields.
A developer at Joe AI accidentally deleted critical data by using cascade deletes on a production database, leading to data loss. He restored the data via paid backups, learned to avoid cascade deletes on foreign keys, and set up local development environments, turning the failure into a learning opportunity that improved team workflows and emphasized the importance of fast iteration, risk-taking, and embracing failures to foster innovation.
An open letter urges Samsung to disclose privacy policies, provide opt-out options, and remove pre-installed intrusive appCloud bloatware by ironSource on WANA region smartphones. The software collects sensitive data without user consent, is difficult to uninstall, and raises privacy and legal concerns. SMEX calls for transparency, accountability, and reconsideration of future pre-installations.
Texas sheriffs used power tools to force open a Bitcoin ATM, retrieving almost $32,000 after a family was scammed out of $25,000. Authorities had prior access to such machines, which are often used in scams involving impersonation and fraud. Bitcoin ATMs facilitate cash-to-Bitcoin transactions, and Americans over 60 reported $107 million in losses in 2024. Bitcoin Depot, a major operator, states it collaborates with law enforcement and employs compliance measures. The scammers remain at large, and the stolen cash was recovered.
This series introduces abstract algebra, focusing on Galois Fields, to computer scientists through accessible, step-by-step theory and practical code implementations in Rust. It aims to fill the gap in resources for CS students by emphasizing applications like cryptography, error correction, and data manipulation. The approach encourages active learning, with exercises and simple code, progressing from basics to advanced topics like Reed-Solomon and AES encryption. The goal is to build understanding and facilitate experimentation without heavy optimization.
The article criticizes Apple's recent design changes, especially the shift to Liquid Glass, which diverges from the company's historically rich and functional aesthetic. It laments the loss of visual clarity, accessibility, and platform stability, questioning the direction led by current design leadership. The author emphasizes the importance of understanding Apple's heritage and warns against superficial design updates that complicate user experience and developer efforts. Ultimately, it expresses disappointment in the lack of trust in Apple's current vision and predicts continued rapid adoption of Liquid Glass with minimal meaningful change.
AtomicOS is an educational, security-first operating system crafted from scratch, emphasizing real security features like AES-128 encryption, SHA-256 hashing, and a full MMU with memory protection. It prioritizes security over performance and includes a custom bootloader, protected mode, color VGA support, and a deterministic programming language. The project is not production-ready and lacks networking, drivers, and file systems. Developed by Ignacio Peña, it aims to demonstrate advanced security concepts in an OS environment.
Proba-3 achieved the first orbital artificial solar eclipse by two precisely formation-flying spacecraft, capturing images of the Sun's corona. This demonstrates advanced navigation tech and provides valuable data for solar physics, including understanding solar wind and CMEs. The mission enables up to six-hour artificial eclipses, aiding studies of the Sun's outer atmosphere and refining computer models for space weather prediction. Proba-3’s technology supports future space endeavors and enhances our understanding of solar phenomena impacting Earth.
Drinks in glass bottles contain significantly higher levels of microplastics than those in other containers, likely due to particles from paint on bottle caps. Microplastic levels in beverages like soda, iced tea, and beer averaged around 100 particles per liter in glass bottles, compared to much lower levels in plastics and cans. Removing or cleaning caps before sealing reduces microplastic contamination. The health impact remains unclear due to lack of toxicological data.
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