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STRANGE TECH · bleepingcomputer.com · SAFETY SCREENED

Ledger confirms spy chip implant behind wallet crypto thefts

Ledger has confirmed that some of its devices distributed through Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis were compromised with a hardware implant that drained users' cryptocurrency wallets.

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AI TOOL · eg2.haku.sh · SAFETY SCREENED

We turned EmbeddingGemma 2 into a speech-to-text model

An embedding model, turned into a speech-to-text model. An hour of audio in about 13 seconds on a base MacBook Air, on device.

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AI TOOL · sammystraus.com · SAFETY SCREENED

I posted to HN, and then my website was flooded with AI bot traffic

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AI TOOL · anthropic.com · SAFETY SCREENED

Redesigning source control at Anthropic

As our merges per day grew more than tenfold, source control became our biggest development bottleneck. Here, we share how we migrated to an in-house version control system in five months.

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AI TOOL · deepmind.google · SAFETY SCREENED

Gemini 4 Argon

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AI TOOL · sfstandard.com · SAFETY SCREENED

OpenAI engineer arrested in bugging of executive conference room

Federal prosecutors say an employee from Saudi Arabia planted an audio recorder and left another unattended in his bag.

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STRANGE TECH · machinelearning.apple.com · SAFETY SCREENED

A Dynamic and Distributed Virtual GPU Cloud Built on Idle Apple Silicon Devices

The increasing demand for GPU-accelerated machine learning inference has exposed limitations in centralized GPU infrastructures, including…

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STRANGE TECH · guitoro.com · SAFETY SCREENED

Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard

The most realistic and most complete virtual guitar online. Play it with your keyboard or by touch, slow songs down and see which strings each strum hits.

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STRANGE TECH · Hackaday · SAFETY SCREENED

JawnCon 0x3 Kicks off in Philadelphia this Friday

Philadelphia’s homegrown hacker con returns this weekend, and this time it’s starting a day early to pack in even more talks, demos, and activities. Tickets are still available for anyone …

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NEW TECH · Google Technology · SAFETY SCREENED

Developing Gemini 4 Argon responsibly and safely

Learn more about our approach to safety and security for Gemini 4 Argon.

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FUN WEBSITE · Open Culture · SAFETY SCREENED

The Names of Nearly 4 Million Enslaved People in Former British Colonies Are Now…

A few years ago, we featured here on Open Culture the Freedmen’s Bureau Project database, which contains searchable information on formerly enslaved people in the United States after its Civil War. With nearly 1.8 million men, women, and children registered there when it first opened to the…

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STRANGE TECH · Hackaday · SAFETY SCREENED

ESP-SDR Can Now Transmit

Well, that was fast! Last week, we reported on two apparently simultaneous hacks using the 2.4 GHz radio inside many ESP32 variants that enabled raw access to the radio samples, …

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FUN WEBSITE · Nautilus · SAFETY SCREENED

NASA Shares Image of a Galactic Smiley Face

Nature has blessed us with brains that are hardwired to find patterns and recognize faces, so it’s no surprise we tend to notice faces even where there aren’t any. Although they may be better educated, the humans at NASA are no different than the rest of us. They recently posted an image of a…

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CREATIVE · Colossal · SAFETY SCREENED

221 Camera Obscuras Fill Pneuhaus’ Immersive, Inflatable, Image-Capturing Installation

In "Compound Camera 3," viewers step inside a luminous viewing room. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article 221 Camera Obscuras Fill Pneuhaus’ Immersive, Inflatable…

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NEW TECH · Google Technology · SAFETY SCREENED

New on Google Play: More ways to create, discover, and play

Take a look at everything that’s new across Google Play.

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FUN WEBSITE · Open Culture · SAFETY SCREENED

The Bialetti Moka Express: The History of Italy’s Iconic Coffee Maker, and How to Use It…

I am sure that many an Open Culture reader has a Bialetti Moka Express in their kitchen. I know I do, but I must add that I knew little about its history and apparently even less about how to properly use one. Coffee expert and author of The World Atlas of Coffee James Hoffmann introduces

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STRANGE TECH · Hackaday · SAFETY SCREENED

Using a Waffle to Check the Health of your Wii U’s NAND Flash

Game consoles tend to have a weak spot or two that will take certain units out sooner than they would due to normal parts aging. In the case of the …

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FUN WEBSITE · Nautilus · SAFETY SCREENED

Elephants Engineer Their Ecosystems Even in Death

It’s the circle of life

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CREATIVE · The Public Domain Review · SAFETY SCREENED

Rudolf Kalvach’s Wiener Werkstätte Postcards (1907)

Postcards that summon medieval grotesques and brightly coloured folk art, but also feel distinctly modern.

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USEFUL TOOL · Product Hunt · SAFETY SCREENED

MentionBird

Ahrefs for AI Search

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NEW TECH · Google Technology · SAFETY SCREENED

A new app experience is coming to cars with Google built-in

Discover apps and download them faster with upgrades coming to Google Play — plus, a new parked-to-drive feature and more.

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CREATIVE · Colossal · SAFETY SCREENED

‘Arcana Borealis’ Summons the Power of Spirituality and Artist Communities

'Arcana Borealis—Northern Women and Esotericism' delves into a new perspective on modern art the Atenium Art Museum in Helsinki. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article ‘Arcana…

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FUN WEBSITE · Nautilus · SAFETY SCREENED

Deep-Sea Mining Faces Another Hurdle—Exploding Rocks

Samples spontaneously combusted in the lab

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CREATIVE · Colossal · SAFETY SCREENED

Meet the Lap Easel, a Portable Companion for Taking Creativity Anywhere

The ingenious device is an adjustable support that sits comfortably on your lap or tabletop. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Meet the Lap Easel, a Portable Companion…

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USEFUL TOOL · Product Hunt · SAFETY SCREENED

Takes for Mac

Record talking-head videos. Claude Code does the edit.

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