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Microsoft Claims New Quantum Chip 1,000 Times Better Than Before
slashdot @ 2026-06-03 18:00:00
Microsoft says its new Majorana 2 quantum chip is 1,000 times more reliable than its predecessor, with qubits lasting about 20 seconds instead of milliseconds, and claims it could have a commercially useful quantum machine by 2029. The BBC reports: "We wil
Naively summing an alternating series
The Endeavour @ 2026-06-03 17:13:24
Suppose you run across the power series for the exponential function and decide to code it up. Good idea: you’ll probably learn something, though maybe not what you expect. Maybe you decide a tolerance of 10−12 is good enough, and so you sum the ter
Reconnecting to humanity: The interstitials of TED2026
TED Blog @ 2026-06-03 17:00:13
The interstitial program of TED2026 was a mixed celebration of the acutely human and the purely robotic. We were brought back to basic tenets of human connection through the rhythmic dance piece “Nemesis”; an animated short where music is the thread tying
Android Gets Fake Call Detection That Uses RCS
slashdot @ 2026-06-03 17:00:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 9to5Google: Phone by Google wants to combat the "growing threat of impersonation scams" and protect Android users against "sophisticated, AI-powered deepfake attacks" with fake call detection. [...] Fake call detect
Inside Google’s System for Coordinated A/B Testing Across Its Global Service Fleet
InfoQ @ 2026-06-03 16:54:00
Google has shared details of its fleet wide large scale A/B experimentation system designed to standardize experiment assignment, exposure logging, and configuration propagation across distributed services. The approach enables consistent measurement acr
Entanglement Builds Space-Time. Now “Magic” Gives It Gravity.
Quanta Magazine @ 2026-06-03 16:34:29
In holographic theories, physicists may have traced the pliability of space-time to its quantum roots: a measure of quantumness known as “magic.” The post Entanglement Builds Space-Time. Now “Magic” Gives It Gravity. first appeared on Quanta
Three Countries Own the Lithium Market. An MIT Startup Wants to Break Their Grip.
Singularity Hub @ 2026-06-03 16:00:00
A new process for mining lithium-rich rock could slash costs and pollution—and decentralize global lithium production. The post Three Countries Own the Lithium Market. An MIT Startup Wants to Break Their Grip. appeared first on SingularityHub .
Podcast CB SyR 560: OVNIs de Trump, asimetría en cetáceos, S301 orbita Sgr A*, conjetura de la distancia unitaria y evento solar extremo en siglo XII
La Ciencia de la Mula Francis @ 2026-06-03 14:38:48
Te recomiendo disfrutar del episodio 560 del podcast Coffee Break: Señal y Ruido [iVoox A, iVoox B], titulado “OVNIs; Cetáceos; Sag A*; IA en Matemáticas; Arqueoastronomía Solar”, 28 may 2026. «La […] La entrada Podcast CB SyR 560: OVNIs de Trump
Apple Developer Centers are expanding to Berlin
Apple Developer News and Updates @ 2026-06-03 14:00:13
Apple Developer Centers are dedicated spaces designed for in-person developer sessions, labs, workshops, and appointments across a wide range of Apple technologies and platforms. With locations in Cupertino, Shanghai, Bengaluru, and Singapore, these p
Análisis de ajedrez | El vigor de Assaubáyeva
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2026-06-03 13:31:43
La kazaja es, ante todo, una competidora feroz, más allá del talento imprescindible para llegar a la élite y triunfar
Thanks To Robots, Ukraine Is Now Talking About Winning, Not Just Surviving
slashdot @ 2026-06-03 13:00:00
fjo3 shares a report from Defense One: A small but growing number of European officials and analysts are saying what four years ago was unthinkable: Ukraine isn't just surviving its grueling war with Russia, it is in some ways thriving and may even be on a
Kotlin 2.4.0 Released
Kotlin Blog @ 2026-06-03 12:14:55
The Kotlin 2.4.0 release is out! Here are the main highlights: For the complete list of changes, refer to What’s new in Kotlin 2.4.0 or the release notes on GitHub. How to install Kotlin 2.4.0 The latest version of Kotlin is included in the latest ve
Kotlin 2.4.0 Released
Kotlin news @ 2026-06-03 12:14:55
The Kotlin 2.4.0 release is out! Here are the main highlights: For the complete list of changes, refer to What’s new in Kotlin 2.4.0 or the release notes on GitHub. How to install Kotlin 2.4.0 The latest version of Kotlin is included in the latest ve
Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System
slashdot @ 2026-06-03 09:00:00
The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Science Foundation's $368 million Ocean Observatories Initiative, a network of more than 900 deep-sea instruments used to monitor ocean currents, marine ecosystems, carbon absorption, heat waves,
Node.js Moves to One Major Release Per Year, Starting with Node 27
InfoQ @ 2026-06-03 08:40:00
Node.js will change its release schedule starting with version 27 in October 2026, moving from two major releases per year to one. All releases will become Long-Term Support (LTS), removing the distinction between odd and even versions. An Alpha channel
Microsoft's Project Solara Is an OS For Devices That Run AI Agents Instead of Apps
slashdot @ 2026-06-03 05:30:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from GeekWire: A team inside Microsoft has been quietly building a platform for devices that run AI agents instead of apps, based on Android instead of Windows, with two working hardware designs so far, and an initial se
The future of AI demands a hybrid foundation
Red Hat blog @ 2026-06-03 02:00:00
Every day, I talk to IT executives, commercial leaders, and partners who are facing the exact same pressure: How do we move from AI experimentation to true enterprise production?If you glance at the tech headlines today, you’d think the answer is simple. T
AI outperforms law professors in Stanford Law study
Hacker News 200 @ 2026-06-03 01:43:12
Comments URL: Points: 213 # Comments: 169
Mathematicians Warn of AI Threats to Profession As Industry Encroaches
slashdot @ 2026-06-03 01:00:00
A new Leiden Declaration, endorsed by the International Mathematical Union and published on June 2, 2026, warns that AI could undermine mathematics by flooding the field with plausible but flawed proofs, weakening attribution, shifting incentives, and givi
Use your Nvidia GPU's VRAM as swap space on Linux
Hacker News 200 @ 2026-06-03 00:55:33
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 284 # Comments: 77
European Parliament Ditches Google For French Search Firm
slashdot @ 2026-06-03 00:00:00
The European Parliament is replacing Google with French search engine Qwant as the default on in-house computers, citing digital sovereignty and privacy concerns. Politico reports: As of Thursday June 4, "Qwant will replace Google as default search engine
Meta Reportedly Has a Slew of New Smart Glasses Planned for This Year
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-02 23:54:43
James Pero, summarizing for Gizmodo this paywalled report by Jyoti Mann for The Information: But, wait, there’s more: in addition to the fall releases, The Information reports that Meta also has a pair slated for December, codenamed “Mojito VIP.” Th
End of Civilization News
Not Even Wrong @ 2026-06-02 23:26:52
The big AI/math news is the release today of the Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics. It’s an excellent attempt to identify the new threats to the intellectual culture of the mathematics community and begin a discussion of w
Russian Spy Agency Says Foreign Spies Turned Officials' Smartphones Into Surveillance Devices
slashdot @ 2026-06-02 23:00:00
Russia's FSB claims foreign intelligence services compromised smartphones belonging to senior Russian officials, allegedly turning them into surveillance devices capable of stealing data, recording conversations, and activating microphones or cameras. "Thi
Apple, the Anti-‘Metaverse’ VR Company
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-02 22:48:08
One more bit of “ metaverse fever dream ” follow-up. The one company in the field that Nick Heer doesn’t mention is Apple, makers of the best-known (albeit not best-selling) virtual reality headset. Think and say what you want about the Vision platform
The Metaverse Was Snake Oil for Isolation
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-02 22:42:33
A follow-up point from my post yesterday linking to Nick Heer’s blockbuster “ The Metaverse Fever Dream ”. In particular, the connection Heer draws between the rise of “metaverse” hype and the pandemic. I always sort of knew that metaverse hype roughl
CT scans of BYD car parts
Hacker News 200 @ 2026-06-02 22:30:08
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 367 # Comments: 189
Microsoft Deliberately Bricking All Office For Mac 2019/2021 Installations
slashdot @ 2026-06-02 22:00:00
Microsoft Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac will reportedly drop into "reduced functionality mode" on July 13, 2026, when a license-validation certificate expires, leaving perpetually licensed apps able to open files but not edit or save them. Slashdot reader j
My thoughts after using Clojure for about a month
Hacker News 200 @ 2026-06-02 21:56:46
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 205 # Comments: 103
Scott Pelley Accuses CBS News Boss of ‘Murdering’ ‘60 Minutes’
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-02 21:53:47
Michael M. Grynbaum and Benjamin Mullin, reporting for The New York Times (gift link): CBS News faced a fresh wave of turmoil on Monday after Scott Pelley, the “60 Minutes” correspondent, laced into the show’s newly hired executive producer during a s
The advertising cartel coming to your web browser
Hacker News 200 @ 2026-06-02 21:39:25
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 207 # Comments: 57
Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left
Hacker News 200 @ 2026-06-02 21:27:40
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 900 # Comments: 569
Análisis de ajedrez | El colapso de Carlsen
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2026-06-02 21:22:35
Praggnanandhaa aprovecha el ansia por ganar del noruego y le derrota por 2ª vez en una semana con un juego muy consistente
Recap of the April 2026 Frankfurt Area FreeBSD Hackathon – Sven Ruediger
FreeBSD Foundation @ 2026-06-02 21:09:49
From April 24–26, the FreeBSD community held its first regional hackathon in the Frankfurt area (Germany). The three-day event brought together 25 attendees, including seasoned project committers and guests interested in learning more about the FreeBSD co
Microsoft Unveils Scout, an Autonomous AI Agent Built On OpenClaw
slashdot @ 2026-06-02 21:00:00
Microsoft has unveiled Scout, an experimental always-on AI "autopilot" agent for Microsoft 365 that can operate across Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, SharePoint, calendars, contacts, browsers, and external apps via MCP. "Autopilots stay active in the background
MAI-Code-1-Flash
Hacker News 200 @ 2026-06-02 20:47:07
Launching seven new MAI models: Comments URL:
Trump Signs AI Executive Order Asking Companies To Give Government Early Access To Models
slashdot @ 2026-06-02 20:00:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order asking artificial intelligence companies to provide models to the federal government to assess their capabilities ahead of a full release. The order
Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we’re recording"
Hacker News 200 @ 2026-06-02 19:34:10
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The G7 on Open Source vs Open Weights
tecosystems @ 2026-06-02 19:32:32
The term “open source” was coined in 1998, at least in part, because the term that preceded it was unclear and required explanation. Free software was descriptive and understood within technical communities familiar with it, but misleading to newcomers who
The G7 on Open Source vs Open Weights
Sogrady @ 2026-06-02 19:32:32
The term “open source” was coined in 1998, at least in part, because the term that preceded it was unclear and required explanation. Free software was descriptive and understood within technical communities familiar with it, but misleading to newcomers who
Three Ways to Get Paid (2018)
Hacker News 200 @ 2026-06-02 19:09:04
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 212 # Comments: 138
The countries that work the most hours produce the least per hour
Randal S. Olson @ 2026-06-02 19:00:00
Across 40 OECD economies, the countries that log the most annual hours have the lowest output per hour. Why working longer rarely means producing more.
Adafruit Pauses Blog After Demand Letter From Flux.ai's Lawyers
slashdot @ 2026-06-02 19:00:00
Longtime Slashdot reader Matt_Bennett shares a blog post from Adafruit: Adafruit received at 10:38 p.m. ET on May 22, 2026 a letter from former FBI chief of staff, Jonathan F. Lenzner, and partner at Fenwick & West LLP, counsel for Flux, demanding, amo
Coreutils for Windows
Hacker News 200 @ 2026-06-02 18:55:11
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 208 # Comments: 222
Trump signs downsized AI order after weeks of reversals
Hacker News 200 @ 2026-06-02 18:40:16
Comments URL: Points: 206 # Comments: 152
Three Ways to Get Paid
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-02 18:10:24
Jason Zweig, back in 2018: My father , who died in 1981, was an inexhaustible font of wisdom and wit. I don’t know when he told me this particular three-part rule, but I’ve never forgotten it. I tweeted it three years ago, but people keep asking for
User-Replaceable Batteries Are Coming Back In a Big Way
slashdot @ 2026-06-02 18:00:00
New EU battery rules taking effect early next year are pushing tech makers toward user-replaceable batteries in products like headphones, e-readers, handheld consoles, laptops, and possibly earbuds. But carve-outs for smartphones and tablets may mean repla
Introducing the 2026 Apple Design Award winners
Apple Developer News and Updates @ 2026-06-02 17:50:09
Join us in celebrating these extraordinary apps and games. Meet the 2026 Apple Design Award winners
1-Click GitHub Token Stealing via a VSCode Bug
Hacker News 200 @ 2026-06-02 17:29:05
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 350 # Comments: 54
The First-Time-Buyer-Discount Dickover Scheme
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-02 17:08:12
Neil Panchal, on Twitter/X ( XCancel link ): Of all the dickovers, the dickover that blueballs you with some first-time buyer incentive. “Sign up and get 10% discount, new accounts only”, the dickover boasts. Never understood why you’d ever penalize
GitHub Copilot Users React To New Usage-Based Pricing System
slashdot @ 2026-06-02 17:00:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In April, GitHub announced that it was moving subscribers from request-based billing to a usage-based model for its AI-powered Copilot service. As that new pricing model goes into effect today, many Gi
Rotation revisited: Another unidirectional algorithm
old new thing @ 2026-06-02 16:00:00
Moving in a straight line, in a different way. The post Rotation revisited: Another unidirectional algorithm appeared first on The Old New Thing .
Please don't spam people looking for employment. It's just cruel
Hacker News 200 @ 2026-06-02 15:56:46
Earlier I posted in a “Who wants to be hired?” thread, looking for a place where I could apply my experience in hospitality, food tech and automation. A couple hours later I received an email: “Hi Ilia, I saw your comment on the June Who’s Hiring thread.
A walking tour of surveillance infrastructure in Seattle (2020)
Hacker News 200 @ 2026-06-02 15:24:32
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 395 # Comments: 270
Apple rejected my dictation app for using the accessibility API
Hacker News 200 @ 2026-06-02 14:00:03
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 300 # Comments: 163
OpenTelemetry Launches “Blueprints” Initiative to Simplify Enterprise Observability Adoption
InfoQ @ 2026-06-02 14:00:00
OpenTelemetry has introduced a new "Blueprints" initiative aimed at reducing the growing complexity of deploying and operating observability systems at scale. By Craig Risi
Google Requests Permission to Release 32 Million Mosquitoes In California and Florida
slashdot @ 2026-06-02 13:00:00
Google has asked the EPA for permission to release up to 32 million sterile male mosquitoes in California and Florida over two years. The effort is part of the company's Debug program, which uses Wolbachia-infected males to reduce populations of disease-sp
Adafruit receives demand letter from Fenwick legal counsel on behalf of Flux.ai
Hacker News 200 @ 2026-06-02 12:00:56
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 648 # Comments: 267
Stop Ruining It
Hacker News 200 @ 2026-06-02 11:52:42
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 271 # Comments: 131
Why Janet? (2023)
Hacker News 200 @ 2026-06-02 11:34:31
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 464 # Comments: 244
Love systemd timers
Hacker News 200 @ 2026-06-02 11:34:11
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 371 # Comments: 253
Fragments: June 2
Martin Fowler @ 2026-06-02 11:21:00
Greg Wilson has noticed that lots of folks are using dodgy metrics to figure out if AI tools are worth their costs. Would you measure lines of code generated, or tickets closed? Or would you send out a survey asking whether developers feel more prod
Show HN: Eyeball
Hacker News 200 @ 2026-06-02 11:04:49
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 251 # Comments: 79
A local automaton for the 2D toric code
Quantum Journal @ 2026-06-02 10:16:58
Quantum 10, 2125 (2026). We construct a local decoder for the 2D toric code using ideas from the hierarchical classical cellular automata of Tsirelson and Gács. Our decoder is a circuit of strictly local quantu
Interview with Micah Zarin
John Carlos Baez @ 2026-06-02 10:00:32
I’m not completely happy with this interview with Micah Zarin. It was nothing he did, it was me. I forgot to say that current-day AI wastes a lot of energy, and companies hope to use it to lay off people, and oligarchs are using it to extract lots of
Interview with Micah Zarin
Physics Phorums @ 2026-06-02 10:00:32
I’m not completely happy with this interview with Micah Zarin. It was nothing he did, it was me. I forgot to say that current-day AI wastes a lot of energy, and companies hope to use it to lay off people, and oligarchs are using it to extract lots of
Google Workspace CLI: Unified Command-Line Tool Built for Humans and AI Agents
InfoQ @ 2026-06-02 08:33:00
Google has released a new CLI for Google Workspace, offering a unified interface for various services like Drive, Gmail, and Calendar. Built in Rust, the tool dynamically adjusts to API changes and features over 100 bundled skills. It requires Node.js an
[Sponsor] Mux — Video for Developers
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-02 03:45:43
Mux is what developers reach for when they need to do more with video. Video files are packed with data and context waiting to be unlocked. Mux Robots are AI workflows that unlock that data inside your video for summarization, caption translation, moder
How Fast Are You Aging? New Genetic Clock May Have the Answer
Singularity Hub @ 2026-06-02 02:59:55
A huge analysis of gene expression across species revealed genetic hallmarks of aging and could accelerate anti-aging treatments. The post How Fast Are You Aging? New Genetic Clock May Have the Answer appeared first on SingularityHub .
‘The Metaverse Fever Dream’
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-02 02:24:39
Nick Heer, at Pixel Envy, last week published a remarkable essay surveying — with copious receipts — the rise and fall of “metaverse” hype: The obsession with the metaverse seems to have solidified in Silicon Valley after Matthew Ball published an e
Launching the Rust Foundation Maintainers Fund
Rust blog @ 2026-06-02 02:00:00
If you want to financially support the development of Rust, please consider donating to the Rust Foundation Maintainers Fund. A few months ago, the Rust Foundation announced the Rust Foundation Maintainers Fund (RFMF). Since then, the Rust Proje
OpenShift Virtualization 4.21: Removing complexity from your virtual machine networking workflow
Red Hat blog @ 2026-06-02 02:00:00
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4.21 introduces highly anticipated networking design flows to simplify network management. Tailored to VM network requirements, this complete workflow lets you more efficiently create networks, configure them on specific no
Fragnesia and friends: When page cache vulnerabilities keep coming back
Red Hat blog @ 2026-06-02 02:00:00
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about Copy-Fail (CVE-2026-31431) and how Red Hat OpenShift’s defense-in-depth approach prevented container escape despite a vulnerable kernel. I spent time actively trying to break out of an OpenShift container, achieved root
AI in production at the industrial edge: A repeatable path with Red Hat and Intel
Red Hat blog @ 2026-06-02 02:00:00
Industrial teams are eager to implement AI in critical locations: on factory floors, at logistics hubs, in remote field operations, and as the intelligence driving robots. However, a significant number of such projects fail to move past the pilot phase. Th
Accelerate autoscaling inference in Red Hat AI with Everpure
Red Hat blog @ 2026-06-02 02:00:00
As agentic systems become common in the enterprise, it's clear to anyone concerned about sovereignty in AI factories: Inference is the hard part to scale.One of the many benefits of a sovereign cloud is agency in how you accomplish your operations. Soverei
Intelligent JVM Monitoring: Combining JDK Flight Recorder with AI
Inside Java @ 2026-06-02 02:00:00
JFR simplifies troubleshooting and profiling by capturing detailed JVM event data—and with the JFR Streaming API, you can access those insights in real time. But what if you could go further and stream live JFR data straight into an AI system to enhance mo
‘If You Take the Weasel Job Then You Must Be the Weasel’
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-02 01:31:54
Hamilton Nolan, writing at How Things Work: There are only a few reasons why you might be hired for a prestigious job that you are obviously not qualified for. One is “they have recognized you for the genius that you are.” The urge to conclude that th
Introduction to Alibaba Nacos
Baeldung @ 2026-06-02 00:08:16
Learn what Alibaba Nacos is, how to set it up, and how to use it for service discovery, centralized configuration management, and coordination in distributed applications. The post Introduction to Alibaba Nacos first appeared on Baeldung .
Get started with OpenAI GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4 models, and Codex on Amazon Bedrock
AWS Blog @ 2026-06-01 23:33:28
OpenAI frontier models GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.4, and Codex, the OpenAI coding agent, are now generally available on Amazon Bedrock. Deploy frontier models on Bedrock's high performance inference engine with built-in security, governance, and pay-per-token prici
Java News Roundup: OpenJDK JEPs, Hazelcast, Quarkus, Hibernate, Koog, JHipster, Introducing Endive
InfoQ @ 2026-06-01 23:30:00
This week's Java roundup for May 25th, 2026, features news highlighting: lifecycle changes with two of the JEPs that were targeted for JDK 27; the GA release of Koog 1.0; point releases of Hazelcast, Quarkus, Hibernate and JHipster; the eighth milestone
‘We Are Living in Pinocchio’s World’
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-01 22:05:17
Om Malik: The Adventures of Pinocchio was published in serial form in 1881, aimed at Italian children in the way the 19th century aimed things at children, full of suffering, consequence, and moral instruction delivered through catastrophe. The pupp
Análisis de ajedrez | Coito mental interrumpido
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2026-06-01 21:44:16
So concede el empate a Gukesh con una ventaja de casi 20 minutos en una posición muy complicada
Apache Kafka 4.3.0 Release Announcement
Confluent @ 2026-06-01 19:13:13
Apache Kafka 4.3, a release powered by 25 new KIPs. Apache Kafka 4.3 includes first-class support for preserving record headers in Kafka Streams
U.S. World War II veterans are fading from living memory
Randal S. Olson @ 2026-06-01 19:00:00
Of the 16.4 million who served in World War II, the VA projects about 31,000 U.S. veterans are still alive in 2026, nearing zero by the early 2040s.
Claude Code Adds Dynamic Workflows for Parallel Agent Coordination
InfoQ @ 2026-06-01 18:55:00
Anthropic introduced Dynamic Workflows, a new capability for Claude Code designed to handle complex software engineering tasks by coordinating large numbers of AI agents within a single workflow. The feature allows Claude to dynamically create orchestra
Amazon Made AI Podcasts for Products
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-01 18:41:51
Katie Notopoulos, a month ago at Business Insider: Amazon has launched a new feature that uses AI to generate a short, podcast-like audio segment where two “hosts” discuss the merits and reviews of a specific product. I think it could be one of th
Summing the Reciprocals of Primes
John Carlos Baez @ 2026-06-01 17:20:33
The sum of the reciprocals of the primes diverges, but very slowly. The sum of the reciprocals of the first 100 primes is 2.106… The sum of the reciprocals of the first 1,000 primes is 2.457… For the first 10,000 it’s 2.709… And it
Summing the Reciprocals of Primes
Physics Phorums @ 2026-06-01 17:20:33
The sum of the reciprocals of the primes diverges, but very slowly. The sum of the reciprocals of the first 100 primes is 2.106… The sum of the reciprocals of the first 1,000 primes is 2.457… For the first 10,000 it’s 2.709… And it
The Dirt That Refused To Die
Quanta Magazine @ 2026-06-01 16:44:57
Lifelike biochemistry continued to unfold in sterilized soil for six years, pointing to a metabolic theory for how biology began. The post The Dirt That Refused To Die first appeared on Quanta Magazine
AWS Weekly Roundup: Claude Opus 4.8 on AWS, Aurora MySQL with Kiro Powers, and more (June 1, 2026)
AWS Blog @ 2026-06-01 16:25:33
In my last Week in Review post, I shared what I’d been hearing from customers in the AI-Driven Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC) workshops I’ve been delivering. Last week I was back at it, this time in Denver for a two-day AI-DLC workshop, where I helped faci
Shopify Reports 15X Faster Graphql Execution with Breadth First Engine
InfoQ @ 2026-06-01 16:25:00
Shopify introduced GraphQL Cardinal, a new execution engine replacing depth-first traversal with breadth-first execution. The redesign improves large-scale GraphQL performance with up to 15x faster field execution, 6x lower GC overhead, and +4s P50 laten
All systems glow
Apple Developer News and Updates @ 2026-06-01 16:00:22
WWDC26 is just one week away. Get ready for five days of technology, creativity, and community — all online and free. Learn more
BadHost Vulnerability Exposes AI Agents, Evaluators, and LLM Gateways
InfoQ @ 2026-06-01 16:00:00
BadHost is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in the widely used Python web framework Starlette, with 325 million weekly downloads. The flaw allows attackers to use malformed HTTP Host headers to bypass path-based access controls and acc
The placeholder name for the Windows 8 experience was “modern”
old new thing @ 2026-06-01 16:00:00
Modern this and that. The post The placeholder name for the Windows 8 experience was “modern” appeared first on The Old New Thing .
Odd Scenarios about Research Claims and Authorships
Computational Complexity @ 2026-06-01 15:02:03
Odd Scenarios about Research Claims I blogged about OpenAI's achievement of having AI solve a math problem here . My post had a few comments about authorship of such results. Lance had a post about co-authorship and AI here There are
It’s not just Taylor series
The Endeavour @ 2026-06-01 14:42:12
There is still active discussion on X about the approximation exp(−x²) ≈ (1 + cos(sin(x) + x))/2 and some are saying this can just be explained by Taylor series: the series for the two sides differ for the first time at the x6 term, so that’s why yo
Bringing Goodnotes to the web with Swift and WebAssembly
Swift blog @ 2026-06-01 14:00:00
Goodnotes has been helping millions of users take handwritten notes on iPad for over a decade, earning recognition as Apple’s iPad App of the Year in 2022. Today, the same Swift code that powers our iOS app also runs seamlessly in web browsers through We
A Practical Protocol for Quantum Oblivious Transfer from One-Way Functions
Quantum Journal @ 2026-06-01 13:54:59
Quantum 10, 2124 (2026). We present a new simulation-secure quantum oblivious transfer (QOT) protocol based on one-way functions in the plain model. With a focus on practical implementation, our protocol surpas
Subscribe by email
The Endeavour @ 2026-06-01 13:01:26
Readers have subscribed to this blog via email almost from its beginning in 2008, but how they have subscribed has changed several times. I’ve used several services to provide email subscription that have come and gone. For the past two years I̵
A Trailing Slash Bypassed AWS API Gateway Authorization
InfoQ @ 2026-06-01 11:55:00
A security researcher found that adding a trailing slash to AWS HTTP API paths bypassed Lambda authorizer authentication entirely, enabling unauthenticated wire transfers at a fintech. The root cause is a path normalization mismatch between HTTP API's gr
Quantum Cellular Automata on Symmetric Subalgebras
Quantum Journal @ 2026-06-01 10:01:22
Quantum 10, 2123 (2026). We investigate quantum cellular automata (QCA) on one-dimensional spin systems defined over a subalgebra of the full local operator algebra – the symmetric subalgebra under a finite Abe
How to Solve the Sock Merchant Problem in Java
Baeldung @ 2026-06-01 09:59:55
Explore two approaches to solving the Sock Merchant Problem in Java. The post How to Solve the Sock Merchant Problem in Java first appeared on Baeldung .
Squeezing Enhancement in Lossy Multi-Path Atom Interferometers
Quantum Journal @ 2026-06-01 09:49:33
Quantum 10, 2122 (2026). This paper explores the sensitivity gains afforded by spin-squeezed states in atom interferometry, in particular using Bragg diffraction. We introduce a generalised input-output formali
The Talk Show Live From WWDC 2026: Tuesday June 9
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-01 03:59:00
Location: The California Theatre, San Jose Showtime: Tuesday, 9 June 2026, 7pm PT (Doors open 6pm) Special Guest(s): For sure Price: $45 The annual live audience episode of The Talk Show during the week of WWDC. If you can make it, you sho
exe.dev
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-01 03:55:40
My thanks to exe.dev for sponsoring last week at DF (with a very cool graphic ad — just love the way it looks). exe.dev is a cloud for the agent era — it gives you a pool of VMs with SSH, root, and web auth by default. Secrets injected at the network
Take Two
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-01 02:15:44
Mark Gurman, on Twitter/X ( XCancel link ) Kelsey Peterson, the Apple AI employee who introduced the never-launched Siri revamp in 2024, just started at OpenAI — so we’ll be getting someone new next month for Attempt 2 at WWDC. Pretty sure we were
Stop managing, start orchestrating: Streamlining catalyst operations with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
Red Hat blog @ 2026-06-01 02:00:00
Modern enterprise networks demand speed, consistency, and absolute resilience. Relying on manual, time-consuming network management tasks is no longer a viable strategy for organizations seeking true operational efficiency. To overcome these bottlenecks, I
Análisis de ajedrez | Carlsen se desquita de Firouzja con un juego impecable
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2026-05-31 21:10:40
Después de tres derrotas en cinco rondas, el ‘número uno’ vence al líder, quien le había ganado en la ronda inaugural
Waiting for Complex Page With JavaScript to Load in Selenium WebDriver
Baeldung @ 2026-05-31 19:27:48
Explore various strategies for waiting until a JavaScript-heavy page is fully loaded in Selenium WebDriver. The post Waiting for Complex Page With JavaScript to Load in Selenium WebDriver first appeared on Baeldung .
Guide to Subagent Orchestration in Spring AI
Baeldung @ 2026-05-31 19:19:02
Learn how to build a subagent orchestration system using Spring AI and Spring AI Community Agent Utils. The post Guide to Subagent Orchestration in Spring AI first appeared on Baeldung .
Embedding HTML UIs in MCP Servers With Spring AI
Baeldung @ 2026-05-31 19:16:19
Learn how to build a Spring AI MCP server, connect it to Claude Desktop, and embed interactive HTML UIs directly inside AI chat conversations. The post Embedding HTML UIs in MCP Servers With Spring AI first appeared on Baeldung .
Another Gaussian approximation
The Endeavour @ 2026-05-31 18:15:49
The function (1 + cos(x))/2 gives a fair approximation to the Gaussian density exp(−x²) You can make the approximation much better by raising it to a power. The function ((1 + cos(x))/2)4 gives a good lower bound and ((1 + cos(x))/2)3.5597 gives a good up
DuckDB Quack: Client/Server Protocol over HTTP for Multi-User Analytics
InfoQ @ 2026-05-31 13:17:00
DuckDB has recently announced Quack, a new remote protocol over HTTP that lets multiple DuckDB instances connect to and work with the same database over a network. The protocol introduces client-server capabilities to a database that was previously mostl
Spot checking polynomial identities
The Endeavour @ 2026-05-30 23:06:49
If a polynomial identity holds at a few random points, it’s very like true. We’ll make this statement more precise, but first let’s look at some applications. You may want to test an identity that naturally presents itself as a statement
Análisis de ajedrez | So aplasta a un débil Carlsen
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2026-05-30 21:32:53
El noruego olvida sus propios análisis en las horas previas, se lanza a ganar cuando estaba peor y cae de forma inapelable
Arm Open-Sources Metis, an AI Security Framework Outperforming Traditional SAST Tools
InfoQ @ 2026-05-30 21:00:00
Arm has open-sourced Metis, an agentic AI security framework designed to autonomously uncover complex software vulnerabilities. Unlike traditional pattern-based tools, Metis applies semantic reasoning to analyze cross-component dependencies and provides
Meta Is Launching Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp Subscriptions for ‘Fun Features’
Daring Fireball @ 2026-05-30 17:34:02
Sarah Perez, reporting for TechCrunch: Meta is doubling down on its subscription offerings. On Wednesday, the social networking giant announced it’s now rolling out its consumer subscription plans globally for its flagship apps, Instagram, Facebook, a
Daniel Jalkut on AI
Daring Fireball @ 2026-05-30 17:27:20
Daniel Jalkut, on Mastodon (cross-posted to Bluesky and Threads ): My take on AI is, essentially, everybody who’s against it is too against it and everybody who’s for it is too for it. I concur with this take completely. ( Sidenote: The diff
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through May 30)
Singularity Hub @ 2026-05-30 16:00:00
Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. The post This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through May 30) appeared first on SingularityHub .
Yours Truly on TBPN Yesterday
Daring Fireball @ 2026-05-30 14:28:10
Fun show, good questions I thought. ★
Google Cloud Suspends Railway's Production Account, Causing Eight-Hour Platform-Wide Outage
InfoQ @ 2026-05-30 12:03:00
Google Cloud's automated systems suspended Railway's production account without notice, triggering an eight-hour platform-wide outage affecting 3 million users. The cascade took down workloads across all providers including AWS and bare metal because Rai
How Meta Rebuilt Data Ingestion for Petabyte-Scale Reliability
InfoQ @ 2026-05-30 08:01:00
The engineering team at Meta recently outlined how the company migrated a data ingestion platform that transfers several petabytes of MySQL social graph data daily to improve reliability and operational efficiency. The team used techniques like reverse s
Sodium Is Cheap, Abundant, and Now Powering Batteries That Could Rival Lithium
Singularity Hub @ 2026-05-30 01:24:39
Sodium-ion batteries are rapidly gaining on lithium in consistency and fast charging. The post Sodium Is Cheap, Abundant, and Now Powering Batteries That Could Rival Lithium appeared first on SingularityHub .
★ What Is a Dickover?
Daring Fireball @ 2026-05-29 22:58:56
dickover — a modal panel, popover, or curtain presented by a website or app, deliberately obscuring its own content to frustrate the user with an unwanted, unnecessary, mandatory interaction; e.g. asking the user to accept “cookies”, subscribe to a newslet
Análisis de ajedrez | Pelea de gladiadoras
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2026-05-29 19:12:37
Jiner Zhu, estrella emergente del ajedrez femenino, y Assaubáyeva, subcampeona del Candidatas, disputaron una lucha trepidante
Java Weekly, Issue 648
Baeldung @ 2026-05-29 19:00:42
Getting to value classes and mechanically enforced security in this era of AI. A solid week. The post Java Weekly, Issue 648 first appeared on Baeldung .
One Group, Clearly, Is Deranged
Daring Fireball @ 2026-05-29 18:22:10
Paul Krugman, describing a few striking data visualizations: YouGov’s surveys subdivide Republicans into those who do and those who don’t support MAGA — and the economic views of these two groups are very different. A remarkable 65 percent of non-MAGA
Sharing the result of a single Windows Runtime IAsyncOperation among multiple coroutines, part 3
old new thing @ 2026-05-29 16:00:00
A variation where we try only once. The post Sharing the result of a single Windows Runtime IAsyncOperation among multiple coroutines, part 3 appeared first on The Old New Thing .
Key Chemistry Question Answered, No Quantum Computer Required
Quanta Magazine @ 2026-05-29 15:54:11
Do we need quantum computers to fully understand complex chemical reactions? A new result, decades in the making, shows the surprising power of ordinary “classical” machines. The post Key Chemistry Question Answered, No Quantum Computer Requir
Online (one-pass) algorithms
The Endeavour @ 2026-05-29 14:24:30
Canonical example The sample variance of a set of numbers is defined in terms of the sum of the squared distances from each point to the mean. So it would seem that you first need to calculate the mean, then go back and compute the squared differences fro
From Pentagons to Pentagrams
John Carlos Baez @ 2026-05-29 14:00:57
I recently showed you that if you take the regular icosahedron: considered in a coordinate system based on the golden ratio, and then replace √5 by -√5 in all your formulas, you get the great icosahedron: But this fact isn’t an isolated one-off! If w
From Pentagons to Pentagrams
Physics Phorums @ 2026-05-29 14:00:57
I recently showed you that if you take the regular icosahedron: considered in a coordinate system based on the golden ratio, and then replace √5 by -√5 in all your formulas, you get the great icosahedron: But this fact isn’t an isolated one-off! If w
AI-Assisted Migration Tool Helps Teams Move from ingress-nginx to Higress in Minutes
InfoQ @ 2026-05-29 14:00:00
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation has highlighted a new AI-assisted migration approach that enabled engineers to migrate 60 ingress-nginx resources to Higress in roughly 30 minutes, demonstrating how artificial intelligence is increasingly being appl
Bosonic content of three-fermion highest-spin states
Quantum Journal @ 2026-05-29 12:31:23
Quantum 10, 2121 (2026). A rigorous characterization of the information content of any highest-spin three-fermion wave function is presented. It is based upon a formal decomposition of the wave function into a
Exact distinguishability between real-valued and complex-valued Haar random quantum states
Quantum Journal @ 2026-05-29 12:14:38
Quantum 10, 2120 (2026). Haar random states are fundamental objects in quantum information theory and quantum computing. We study the density matrix resulting from sampling $t$ copies of a $d$-dimensional quant
Artist of sympathy and cruelty
AEON @ 2026-05-29 12:00:00
Mozart’s genius lay in writing music of such power that he could draw his audience into morally wrenching predicaments - by Dorian Bandy Read on Aeon
GitHub Slashes Agent Workflow Token Spend up to 62% with Daily Audits and MCP Pruning
InfoQ @ 2026-05-29 10:30:00
GitHub reports cutting token costs in agentic CI workflows by up to 62% by pruning unused MCP tools, swapping some MCP calls for gh CLI, and running daily “auditor” and “optimizer” agents. A token-usage.jsonl artefact and an Effective Tokens metric help
On the dynamical Lie algebras of quantum approximate optimization algorithms
Quantum Journal @ 2026-05-29 09:45:14
Quantum 10, 2119 (2026). Dynamical Lie algebras (DLAs) have emerged as a valuable tool in the study of parameterized quantum circuits, helping to characterize both their expressiveness and trainability. In part
Efficient classical computation of the neural tangent kernel of quantum neural networks
Quantum Journal @ 2026-05-29 09:31:21
Quantum 10, 2118 (2026). We propose an efficient classical algorithm to estimate the Neural Tangent Kernel (NTK) associated with a broad class of quantum neural networks. These networks consist of arbitrary uni
Catalytic entanglement transformations with noisy hardware
Quantum Journal @ 2026-05-29 09:16:34
Quantum 10, 2117 (2026). The availability of certain entangled resource states (catalyst states) can enhance the rate of converting several less entangled states into fewer highly entangled states in a process
Issue 752
iOS Weekly @ 2026-05-29 02:00:00
WWDC26 anticipation builds alongside deep dives into SwiftData, custom layouts, and open-source AI agent tooling.
Is digital sovereignty illusory without open source and a trusted supply chain?
Red Hat blog @ 2026-05-29 02:00:00
For a Chief Information Officer (CIO) or VP of Infrastructure, the term "digital sovereignty" often arrives as a regulatory burden to support a collection of acronyms like DORA (the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act), NIS2 (the updated Network and Info
Friday Five — May 29, 2026
Red Hat blog @ 2026-05-29 02:00:00
IBM and Red Hat Commit $5 Billion to Redefine the Future of Open Source in the AI EraIBM and Red Hat committed $5 billion to Project Lightwell, deploying over 20,000 engineers and advanced AI. This enterprise clearinghouse actively identifies and remediat
Beyond VM migration: What comes after the lift-and-shift
Red Hat blog @ 2026-05-29 02:00:00
I've had this conversation dozens of times with infrastructure teams. They've just finished, or are deep into, a VM migration off a legacy hypervisor. The hard part is nearly done. Or, so they think.Here's the thing most people don't talk about: migration
10 essential reads to optimize performance, security, and ROI in the AI era
Red Hat blog @ 2026-05-29 02:00:00
As enterprise IT organizations push deeper into operationalizing AI, the conversation has shifted from theoretical capability to hard execution metrics. Whether your team is talking with customers about scaling large language models (LLMs) on restricted lo
Customer Intelligence Hub: A Single Pane of Glass for Customer Insight and Action
Confluent @ 2026-05-29 00:49:56
Unify customer data with AI-powered insights. Customer Intelligence Hub helps GTM teams detect risk, uncover growth, and act faster with real-time context.
An AI Solution to an 80‑Year‑Old Problem Has Shocked Mathematicians
Singularity Hub @ 2026-05-28 23:19:02
AI can rifle through enormous libraries of information to connect far-flung ideas—conceptual leaps remain a purely human skill. The post An AI Solution to an 80‑Year‑Old Problem Has Shocked Mathematicians appeared first on SingularityHub .
Introducing the next generation of AWS Resilience Hub for generative AI-based SRE resilience journey
AWS Blog @ 2026-05-28 21:29:55
AWS launches the next generation of AWS Resilience Hub with a significantly expanded experience that brings together a new application model, dependency discovery assessment, generative AI-powered failure mode analysis, modular resilience policies, and org
Análisis de ajedrez | Esta vez, Carlsen tumbó a Gukesh en Noruega
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2026-05-28 21:10:43
Un año después de la derrota más dolorosas de su vida, el ‘número uno’ doblegó con las piezas negras y mucha claridad al campeón del mundo
Introducing the next generation of Amazon OpenSearch Serverless for building your agentic AI applications
AWS Blog @ 2026-05-28 20:26:16
AWS rebuilt Amazon OpenSearch Serverless from the ground up for agentic AI and dynamic workloads. Get instant autoscaling and up to 60% cost savings.
How chess openings rose and fell, 1850 to 2026
Randal S. Olson @ 2026-05-28 19:00:00
A streamgraph of 1.2 million master-level games shows the King's Pawn losing ground, the Queen's Pawn rising, and the Sicilian taking over after 1945.
Footage From the LA-Houston MLS Match That Apple Shot Using iPhone 17 Pro Cameras
Daring Fireball @ 2026-05-28 18:51:57
I’m not sure if this link works outside the US, but Apple TV’s MLS Wrap-Up show has highlight from the LA Galaxy vs. Houston Dynamo FC match they shot exclusively using iPhone 17 Pros . Follow the link, choose “English”, and then choose “Full Replay” —
ASF Plus One Newsletter: May 2026
ASF @ 2026-05-28 18:00:00
From the rise of Apache Iceberg and the modernization of Apache Geode, to a behind-the-scenes look at the rebuild of Apache STeVe v3, this month’s Plus One highlights how open collaboration continues driving innovation across the ASF ecosystem. We’re also
curl up 2026 summary
daniel.haxx.se @ 2026-05-28 17:25:02
Getting curl developers and related enthusiasts into a single room to hang out in the real world for a whole weekend once a year is awesome. We find inspiration, we share experiences, we learn from each other and we dream and plan of future endeavors and t
How We See the Beautiful, Violent Sun
Quanta Magazine @ 2026-05-28 16:16:52
Over hundreds of years, increasingly sophisticated instruments have revealed — and continue to reveal — the secrets of our star. The post How We See the Beautiful, Violent Sun first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Researchers Publish Method to Surveil Web Page Visitors by Analyzing Their SSD Activity
Daring Fireball @ 2026-05-28 16:11:03
Dan Goodin, reporting for Ars Technica: The technique, laid out in a research paper , exploits a side channel , a form of leak resulting from physical manifestations such as electromagnetic emanations, data caches, or the time required to complete a
Sharing the result of a single Windows Runtime IAsyncOperation among multiple coroutines, part 2
old new thing @ 2026-05-28 16:00:00
Just let each person take turns trying. The post Sharing the result of a single Windows Runtime IAsyncOperation among multiple coroutines, part 2 appeared first on The Old New Thing .
Life recombined
AEON @ 2026-05-28 12:01:00
In the early 1970s, genetic engineers launched the most controversial revolution in science since the atomic bomb - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Flickering Enlightenment
AEON @ 2026-05-28 12:00:00
Attacked by the Left and Right, the Enlightenment can only be saved through use of its greatest legacy: permanent critique - by Eliane Glaser Read on Aeon
The Day My Heart Stood Still
C0T0D0S0 @ 2026-05-28 07:00:00
Chapter overview
How to Fix the Communications link failure Error in Java Applications With MySQL
Baeldung @ 2026-05-28 04:00:36
Learn how to troubleshoot the "Communications link failure" error in Java/MySQL applications, typically thrown as CommunicationsException. The post How to Fix the Communications link failure Error in Java Applications With MySQL first appeared on B
Turning K-L divergence into a metric
The Endeavour @ 2026-05-28 03:35:54
Kullback-Leibler divergence Kullback-Leibler divergence is defined for two random variables X and Y by K-L divergence is non-negative, and it’s zero if and only if X and Y have the same distribution. But it is not a metric, for reasons explained her
Announcing Rust 1.96.0
Rust blog @ 2026-05-28 02:00:00
The Rust team is happy to announce a new version of Rust, 1.96.0. Rust is a programming language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. If you have a previous version of Rust installed via rustup , you can get 1.96.0 with: $
Episode 59 “Java *is* Memory Efficient” [AtA]
Inside Java @ 2026-05-28 02:00:00
Java's use of memory, often chided for being excessive, is actually a strength as it trades more memory use for fewer CPU cycles, a tradeoff it can only make due to its moving garbage collectors.
Fragments: May 27
Martin Fowler @ 2026-05-27 21:40:00
At the GOTO Conference in Copenhagen in 2025, Kent Beck and I spent some time on stage talking and answering questions from the audience - a format I refer to as “two old geezers on a park bench”. We talk about our experiences with LLM-augmented program
Análisis de ajedrez | Este no es el verdadero Magnus Carlsen
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2026-05-27 21:29:09
Relajado en exceso, sin el ‘instinto asesino’ que le define, el noruego cayó también ante Praggnanandhaa, en la 3ª ronda
Podcast CB SyR 559: Masa del bosón W, tormentas geomagnéticas en aviación, neuroplasticidad en hibernación, entrenando instintos con el córtex visual y hueco de masas en agujeros negros
La Ciencia de la Mula Francis @ 2026-05-27 19:08:07
Te recomiendo disfrutar del episodio 559 del podcast Coffee Break: Señal y Ruido [iVoox A, iVoox B], titulado “CMS; Aviación; Hibernación; Neuroplasticidad; Inestabilidad de Pares”, 21 may 2026. «La tertulia semanal […] La entrada Podcast CB SyR
The Misery Index Stopped Predicting the National Mood
Randal S. Olson @ 2026-05-27 19:00:00
By the misery index the U.S. economy is unremarkable, yet consumer sentiment is at an all-time low. That breaks a 40-year link no single number explains.