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Mystery Orb Videos, Other UFO Records Released By White House
slashdot @ 2026-06-13 16:03:00
The Trump administration released another large batch of government UAP records, including videos of glowing orb-like objects appearing to split and rejoin, witness accounts, illustrations, and decades-old investigative documents. Axios reports: The docume
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through June 13)
Singularity Hub @ 2026-06-13 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 June 13) appeared first on SingularityHub .
World's First Crewed Solid-State Flight Electrifies Aviation's Future
slashdot @ 2026-06-13 13:00:00
The Helios Horizon has completed what its developers call the first crewed, fixed-wing flight powered by solid-state batteries. New Atlas reports: On June 5, test pilot Miguel Iturmendi lifted off from Zephyrhills Municipal Airport in Florida at the contro
Fix corner case of os.time().
luajit @ 2026-06-13 10:59:29
Thanks to Temir Galeev. #1470
Anthropic 'Suspends' All Mythos and Fable Access After US Order Limiting Foreign Access
slashdot @ 2026-06-13 09:00:00
"Anthropic said on Friday it will 'abruptly disable' its most advanced AI models for all users," reports Reuters, "after the U.S. government ordered it to suspend access to the models for foreign nationals, citing national security concerns. The company re
AWS Introduces CDK Mixins for Composable Infrastructure Abstractions
InfoQ @ 2026-06-13 07:38:00
AWS recently announced CDK Mixins, a new AWS CDK feature that lets developers add reusable capabilities like security, monitoring, and configuration to AWS resources. Mixins work across different construct types, making infrastructure code more flexible
WebMCP Standard Proposal for Agentic Web Actuation Now Available in Chrome (Origin Trials)
InfoQ @ 2026-06-13 05:32:00
Google recently announced that WebMCP is entering origin trials in Chrome 149. The new WebMCP standard proposal lets sites expose tools (e.g., JavaScript functions and HTML forms) to in-browser AI agents, which can thus reliably simulate user actions ins
Data Center Opponents Have Blocked Or Delayed Projects Worth Nearly $130 Billion In 2026
slashdot @ 2026-06-13 05:30:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: The first quarter of 2026 produced the most blocked and delayed data center projects on record, according to a new study shared with NBC News. The study -- conducted by Data Center Watch, a project of the
★ The Talk Show: Live From WWDC 2026
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-13 01:36:15
Recorded in front of a live audience at The California Theatre in San Jose on Tuesday 9 June 2026, special guests Joanna Stern and Nilay Patel join John Gruber to discuss Apple’s announcements at WWDC 2026.
Jeff Bezos' AI Startup Aims To Build an 'Artificial General Engineer'
slashdot @ 2026-06-13 01:00:00
Jeff Bezos says his new AI startup, Prometheus, is working toward an "artificial general engineer" capable of helping design complex physical products such as robots, drugs, manufacturing systems, and rocket engines. The Verge reports: The NYT first report
Justice Department Approves Paramount's $111 Billion Acquisition of Warner Bros.
slashdot @ 2026-06-13 00:00:00
The Justice Department has approved Paramount Skydance's $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery without requiring divestitures or other concessions. The deal still faces scrutiny from state attorneys general. Politico reports: The decision, exp
ShinyHunters Hacked 100+ Organizations By Exploiting an Oracle PeopleSoft 0-Day
slashdot @ 2026-06-12 23:20:00
ShinyHunters claims it exploited a critical Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day to compromise more than 100 organizations, including the University of Nottingham, where it says it stole 40GB of student and billing data. "ShinyHunters posted the UK university on its
Google Sues Chinese Cybercrime Operation That Used Gemini AI To Send Scam Texts
slashdot @ 2026-06-12 22:00:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation. On Friday, the tech giant announced a lawsuit against an alleged Chinese cybercrime network call
Touchscreen Macbook '100% Confirmed,' Says Reputable Leaker
slashdot @ 2026-06-12 21:00:00
A leaker with a strong Apple rumor track record says a touchscreen MacBook is "100% confirmed. If true, it would mark a major reversal for Apple, which has long argued that the Mac is built for indirect input rather than reaching up to touch a vertical scr
Architectural Decision Guide: When to Use Apache Kafka (And When You Shouldn't)
Confluent @ 2026-06-12 20:05:15
Discover when to use Apache Kafka and when to avoid it. Learn the core differences between event streaming and task queues to scale your systems reliably.
Microsoft Surface Flaw Allowed Unprotected Devices To Be Bricked By a Single Packet
slashdot @ 2026-06-12 20:00:00
Longtime Slashdot reader Dotnaught shares a report from The Register: For the past 90 days, Microsoft has been quietly patching a firmware flaw in Surface devices that allowed the hardware to be bricked with a single packet, though only for those who have
The WWDC 2026 Keynote and State of the Union on YouTube
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-12 19:28:19
Apple’s Developer app lets you download local copies of every session, including the State of the Union, except the keynote. Why this is I don’t know. But if you want a local copy, you can grab it from YouTube. Speaking of the State of the Union, t
What is Confluent? How It's Different from Apache Kafka
Confluent @ 2026-06-12 19:23:40
Confluent is a data streaming platform built on Apache Kafka that adds the enterprise tooling, managed infrastructure, and ecosystem integrations that Kafka alone doesn't include.
Google Launches Colab CLI for Developers, Automation, and AI Agents
InfoQ @ 2026-06-12 19:13:00
Google has announced the Google Colab CLI, a command-line tool that allows developers and AI agents to interact with remote Colab runtimes directly from a local terminal. By Daniel Dominguez
The European Commission Response to Siri AI and the DMA
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-12 19:02:45
Thomas Regnier, spokesperson for the European Commission, in a statement posted to LinkedIn (with edited video, if you’d like to watch him read parts aloud): What is the true story behind Apple’s decision not to roll out “Siri AI” in the EU? This
U.S. abortions rose after Dobbs, driven by mailed pills
Randal S. Olson @ 2026-06-12 19:00:00
Dobbs was supposed to cut U.S. abortions. It did not. The national total rose after 2022, and the whole increase is telehealth: abortion pills by mail.
Sam Bankman-Fried Loses Bid To Overturn Crypto Fraud Conviction
slashdot @ 2026-06-12 19:00:00
Sam Bankman-Fried lost his appeal to overturn his FTX fraud conviction and 25-year sentence. Reuters reports: In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the Manhattan-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said prosecutors' evidence against Bankman-F
ICE detention hit a record, and most detainees have no conviction
Randal S. Olson @ 2026-06-12 18:00:00
U.S. immigration detention hit a record 70,000+ people in early 2026, and TRAC data shows about 7 in 10 detainees have no criminal conviction.
Infineon to Open German Chip Fab as Part of EU Sovereignty Push
slashdot @ 2026-06-12 18:00:00
Infineon is set to open a $5.8 billion power-chip fab in Dresden on July 2, backed by about $1.1 billion in EU Chips Act subsidies. The plant will make power semiconductors for AI data centers and could eventually add up to $5.8 billion in annual revenue a
SpaceX IPO Makes Elon Musk World's First Trillionaire
slashdot @ 2026-06-12 17:00:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Few business leaders have been as deeply embedded in popular culture as Elon Musk, the ambitious entrepreneur who has become a central figure in internet culture and amassed a fortune that has made him the
Análisis de ajedrez | Deliciosa precisión de Benko
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2026-06-12 16:58:24
La idea clave de esta maravilla, tan hermosa como difícil de otear, destapa una catarata de recursos tácticos
Slack Eliminates SSH in EMR Pipelines, Migrates 700+ Jobs to Rest-Based Architecture
InfoQ @ 2026-06-12 16:39:00
Slack modernized its data platform by replacing SSH based execution in Amazon EMR pipelines with a REST driven orchestration layer called Quarry. The migration covered 700 plus Airflow operators, improving security, reliability, and observability while e
Where Did Earth Get Its Oceans? Maybe It Made Them Itself.
Quanta Magazine @ 2026-06-12 16:04:20
At first, scientists thought Earth’s water came from comets. Then, asteroids. Now, they wonder if Earth’s water is homegrown. The post Where Did Earth Get Its Oceans? Maybe It Made Them Itself. first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Is Richard Dawkins Right About Claude? No. But It’s Not Surprising AI Chatbots Feel Conscious to Us.
Singularity Hub @ 2026-06-12 16:00:00
Why do we see AI chatbots as more than what they are, and how do we stop? The post Is Richard Dawkins Right About Claude? No. But It’s Not Surprising AI Chatbots Feel Conscious to Us. appeared first on SingularityHub .
Angular's Official Agent Skills Helps AI Coding Tools Write Modern Angular
InfoQ @ 2026-06-12 15:30:00
Google's Angular team has released a repository called angular/skills, focusing on Agent Skills that enhance AI coding agents' ability to write modern Angular code. The repository includes skills for generating code and scaffolding applications, reinforc
Java Weekly, Issue 650
Baeldung @ 2026-06-12 14:45:26
All about performance in Java this week. The post Java Weekly, Issue 650 first appeared on Baeldung .
Simulating magic state cultivation with few Clifford terms
Quantum Journal @ 2026-06-12 14:04:16
Quantum 10, 2134 (2026). Building upon $\textit{Wan, Zhong (2025)}$ [ 5 ] we present a few methods on how to simulate the non-Clifford $d=5$ magic state cultivation circuits[ 4 ] with a sum of $\approx 8$ Cliff
Pinecone Brings AI Agents Directly to Enterprise Data with Microsoft OneLake Integration
InfoQ @ 2026-06-12 14:00:00
Pinecone has announced a new integration between its Nexus knowledge engine and Microsoft OneLake, aiming to fundamentally change how enterprise AI agents access and reason over corporate data. By Craig Risi
Exploring Variational Entanglement Hamiltonians
Quantum Journal @ 2026-06-12 13:24:05
Quantum 10, 2133 (2026). Recent advances in analog and digital quantum-simulation platforms have enabled exploration of the spectrum of entanglement Hamiltonians via variational algorithms. In this work we anal
Run Untrusted AI Agent Code Safely with Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
InfoQ @ 2026-06-12 13:00:00
Microsoft has announced the public preview of Azure Container Apps Sandboxes. This new ARM resource type is Microsoft.App/SandboxGroups, runs untrusted code generated by agents in hardware-isolated environments. Each sandbox starts from an OCI disk image
Pokemon Go Data Was Used To Help Train AI Systems Being Developed For Military Drones
slashdot @ 2026-06-12 13:00:00
Pokemon Go players' optional location scans reportedly helped train Niantic Spatial's visual positioning system, which uses camera imagery and 3D maps to navigate when GPS is unavailable or jammed. According to DroneXL, that technology is now being paired
Lie algebraic invariants in quantum linear optics
Quantum Journal @ 2026-06-12 12:38:39
Quantum 10, 2132 (2026). Quantum linear optics without post-selection is not powerful enough to produce any quantum state from a given input state. This limits its utility since some applications require entang
Swift at Apple: Migrating the TrueType Hinting Interpreter
Swift blog @ 2026-06-12 12:00:00
TrueType is a widely used vector font standard for rendering text in web pages, PDFs, operating systems, and applications. Familiar fonts like Helvetica, Garamond, and Monaco are all built on TrueType outlines. The format specifies a hinting interpreter
A philosophy of home
AEON @ 2026-06-12 12:00:00
The household is a community, as much as the state, and ancient philosophy had much more to say about it than we think - by Sandrine Bergès Read on Aeon
An Algorithm Determines How Fast You Should Drive On California's I-15 Freeway
slashdot @ 2026-06-12 09:00:00
Riverside County has launched an 8-mile "smart freeway" pilot on northbound I-15 near Temecula, using roadway sensors and an algorithm to coordinate ramp meters and suggest speeds rather than widening the freeway. Officials say the $33 million project coul
Oracle's OpenJDK Bans Generative AI Contributions While Oracle's GraalVM Allows Them
InfoQ @ 2026-06-12 08:00:00
Two related, Oracle-backed projects published opposing policies on open-source contributions created with generative AI: The OpenJDK Governing Board approved an interim policy prohibiting such contributions, while the Coding Assistants policy from GraalV
WWDC26 Recap: Siri Grows Up, Apple Intelligence Goes Everywhere, and Agents Move into Xcode
The Syndicate @ 2026-06-12 02:00:00
Every June, Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference gives us a look at the road ahead — the place where the hardware we know meets the software we’re about to build. At MartianCraft, we’ve been shipping apps on Apple’s platforms since the
Issue 754
iOS Weekly @ 2026-06-12 02:00:00
Before every WWDC, developers don't just make predictions, they play an unofficial game of WWDC Bingo. Read on to see if any of your squares got checked off.
Red Hat has updated the RISC-V Developer Preview
Red Hat blog @ 2026-06-12 02:00:00
The initial release of the RISC-V Developer Preview, based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10.0, was in May 2025. Today, Red Hat is releasing a software refresh to that Developer Preview to update the code to RHEL 10.2. The hardware platform remains the
Friday Five — June 12, 2026
Red Hat blog @ 2026-06-12 02:00:00
The AI-enabled enterprise: Why we are applying software engineering principles to business operationsRed Hat is applying the concept of Business as Code to reshape its own business operations. Serving as "Customer Zero," Red Hat uses the same principles t
Architecting true autonomy with a level 4/5 network
Red Hat blog @ 2026-06-12 02:00:00
To achieve higher tiers of autonomy as defined by the global telecom industry association TM Forum, service providers must move beyond simple and reactive automation scripts. The goal is to achieve closed-loop, intent-driven operations where networks self-
Ansible Automation Platform 2.7: Visual Execution Environment Builder and Content Discovery Guide
Red Hat blog @ 2026-06-12 02:00:00
When building and maintaining consistent execution environments, platform engineers and developers routinely lose valuable time identifying dependencies, tracking down content collections scattered across different repos, and wrestling with manual syntax c
Apple: ‘Due to DMA, Siri AI Delayed in EU for iOS 27 and iPadOS 27’
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-11 23:58:49
Apple Newsroom, in an Apple Newsroom post Monday: According to EU regulators, the DMA requires Apple to give any AI system nearly unlimited access to a user’s device, as well as the ability to act on that access autonomously without a user’s ongoing v
Spielberg on Being Repeatedly Turned Down to Direct a James Bond Film
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-11 22:38:09
Steven Spielberg, on The Rest Is Entertainment on YouTube: I approached Cubby Broccoli after Jaws was a big hit. I’d always wanted to make a James Bond film from the day I saw Dr. No , so I called Cubby after Jaws and volunteered. I said, “If you
AI Is Advancing Faster Than Our Ability to Understand It, Researchers Warn
Singularity Hub @ 2026-06-11 21:04:52
While we still can't explain how AI works, algorithms are rapidly learning what makes us tick. And the gap is widening. The post AI Is Advancing Faster Than Our Ability to Understand It, Researchers Warn appeared first on SingularityHub .
Complexifying the Complex
Not Even Wrong @ 2026-06-11 19:07:28
I’ve been working recently on trying to understand exactly how Wick rotation works in two-dimensional conformal field theory. There is an analog there of some of the issues with Wick rotation of spinors and twistors in four dimensions that I’ve
Diana Hu Is YC's Newest Managing Partner
YC @ 2026-06-11 19:01:59
We're thrilled to announce that Diana Hu has been promoted to Managing Partner at Y Combinator. Few people have built a startup from zero and also shipped tech to 100 million people. Diana has done both.
The Open Source Maturity Spectrum
tecosystems @ 2026-06-11 18:05:33
Amidst an industry landscape in which major players are still evolving in their understanding and appreciation of open source, it’s worth laying out in more detail what a spectrum of open source maturity might look like. What are the various milestones alo
The Open Source Maturity Spectrum
Sogrady @ 2026-06-11 18:05:33
Amidst an industry landscape in which major players are still evolving in their understanding and appreciation of open source, it’s worth laying out in more detail what a spectrum of open source maturity might look like. What are the various milestones alo
Deprecation of the ImageCreator class
Apple Developer News and Updates @ 2026-06-11 17:00:11
As we continue to refine our approach to image generation, the ImageCreator class is being discontinued and will no longer work in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, and visionOS 27 or later. When we introduced the Image Playground framework, we included the Im
Lyft Uses Mapping Intelligence to Reduce Friction in Gated Community Pickups
InfoQ @ 2026-06-11 16:18:00
Lyft details a new pickup experience to improve reliability in gated communities, where 25–30% of rides face routing and access challenges. The system uses mapping signals, boundary detection, and routing improvements to reduce cancellations and coordina
WWDC26 survey
Apple Developer News and Updates @ 2026-06-11 16:00:32
Share your thoughts on this year’s conference. Take the survey
Understanding the rationale behind a rule when trying to circumvent it
old new thing @ 2026-06-11 16:00:00
I mean, technically I didn't do it. The post Understanding the rationale behind a rule when trying to circumvent it appeared first on The Old New Thing .
What’s the Future of Gene Editing?
Quanta Magazine @ 2026-06-11 15:37:21
In the first episode of the new season of ‘The Joy of Why,’ Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna discusses how she discovered CRISPR’s genome-editing power, the breakthroughs and hurdles during its explosive growth, and what lies ahead for this groundbreaking te
Análisis de ajedrez | Pasmosa ucrania de 15 años (y II)
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2026-06-11 15:28:40
La comprensión profunda de los principios estratégicos, impropia de su edad, es lo que más sorprende en Anastasia Hnatyshyn
Solving a chess puzzle with Claude and Prolog
The Endeavour @ 2026-06-11 15:14:26
Prolog is the original logic programming language. The name comes from programming in logic. More specifically, the name comes from programmation en logique because the inventor of the language, Philippe Roussel, is French. Prolog has its advantages and d
Device-independent secure correlations in sequential quantum scenarios
Quantum Journal @ 2026-06-11 14:17:43
Quantum 10, 2131 (2026). Device-independent quantum information is attracting significant attention, particularly for its applications in information security. This interest arises because the security of devic
Building and Scaling a Platform with Project-as-a-Service
InfoQ @ 2026-06-11 13:17:00
When a platform started with total developer autonomy, teams felt overwhelmed and ended up solving the same problems in completely different ways. The company shifted to enablement over support, working together with teams intensively, and helping teams
Don’t touch the art
AEON @ 2026-06-11 12:01:00
Yoko Ono’s painting invites us to step on it, challenging both galleries and audiences. Why is touch transgressive? - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
The no-human future
AEON @ 2026-06-11 12:00:00
Terrorists and tech bros alike view accelerationism as a revolutionary weapon. Nick Land glimpsed something much darker - by Vincent Lê Read on Aeon
OpenAI's GPT-5.5 and Codex Reach General Availability on Amazon Bedrock
InfoQ @ 2026-06-11 11:24:00
OpenAI's GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4, and Codex are now generally available on Amazon Bedrock, one month after OpenAI revised its exclusive Azure arrangement. Pricing matches OpenAI's direct rates with usage counting toward AWS commitments. Codex shifts to pay-per-
Craig Federighi Details Apple’s Collaboration With Google for Siri AI — Live, on Stage
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-11 02:48:52
Chance Miller, at 9to5Mac on Monday: Apple’s Siri team, led by Craig Federighi, held a post-WWDC keynote tech talk with members of the press this afternoon to talk through iOS 27 and the new Siri AI. During the talk, Federighi shared more details abou
★ Sweet Jeebus, MacOS 27 Golden Gate Removes the Dumb Icons From Menu Items
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-11 02:09:01
This is my favorite news from all of WWDC this week. I mean that. In a small way I mean it because I so loathe this aspect of MacOS Tahoe. But in a large way I mean it because it’s proof that the rot has been rooted out of Apple’s software design team.
Simplifying Weak Reference Processing in ZGC
Inside Java @ 2026-06-11 02:00:00
What are GC barriers and how do they relate to ahead-of-time compilation? This blog post explores the intersection of HotSpot's GCs and compilers through the lense of implementing GC-agnostic load barriers at the assembly level, and gives key insights on
Why platform engineering fails to scale: Product and adoption design in practice
Red Hat blog @ 2026-06-11 02:00:00
Platform engineering can improve developer experience, provide reusable platform services across an organization, and help teams deliver software more quickly without compromising trust and security. In practice, however, many platform teams struggle to ac
AI threats move fast. Your defenses should too.
Red Hat blog @ 2026-06-11 02:00:00
Recently, Red Hat's Vincent Danen highlighted how AI models found 271 real security defects in Firefox in a single pass during Mozilla's collaboration with Anthropic. If AI can do that for defenders, it can do the same for attackers. As Danen put it, "if y
Formally proving a calculation with Claude and Lean
The Endeavour @ 2026-06-11 01:11:01
I ran an experiment today to see whether Claude [1] could generate Lean code to prove a calculation at the bottom of this post, six lines of calculus. I started with this prompt This page contains a mathematical proof that a Fourier coefficient, a_n, is g
Microsoft Open-Sources PostgreSQL Extension for In-Database Durable Execution
InfoQ @ 2026-06-10 22:00:00
Recently open-sourced by Microsoft, pg_durable is a PostgreSQL extension that enables durable workflows to run natively inside the database, eliminating the need for external orchestration systems. By Sergio De Simone
Respect the P v NP Problem
Computational Complexity @ 2026-06-10 20:50:08
There are two ways to look at the P v NP problem, as a formal mathematically defined conjecture as a Clay Millennium Prize Problem, and as the more intuitive notion that everything efficiently verifiable is efficiently computable and the implications that
After Decades of Failure, ‘Undruggable’ Cancers Begin to Give Way
Singularity Hub @ 2026-06-10 20:19:27
New drugs are taking on the slippery molecular switches that fuel deadly cancers—and AI is speeding up the hunt. The post After Decades of Failure, ‘Undruggable’ Cancers Begin to Give Way appeared first on SingularityHub .
Análisis de ajedrez | Pasmosa ucrania de 15 años (I)
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2026-06-10 19:16:16
Hnatyshyn, única ganadora de Sabrina Vega (subcampeona), ganó el oro en el Europeo Femenino absoluto con un juego espléndido
Curaçao is the smallest nation ever at a World Cup
Randal S. Olson @ 2026-06-10 19:00:00
The 48 nations at the 2026 World Cup span a 2,181x gap in population, from the United States (340M) to Curaçao (156,000), the smallest ever to qualify.
DiffusionGemma: 4x faster text generation
Deepmind @ 2026-06-10 18:24:11
Now available: Amazon EC2 M9g and M9gd instances powered by new AWS Graviton5 processors
AWS Blog @ 2026-06-10 17:04:30
AWS launches Amazon EC2 M9g and M9gd instances, powered by AWS Graviton5 processors. AWS Graviton5 is most powerful, and most energy efficient processor AWS has ever built, and offers up to 25% better compute performance compared to Graviton4-based instances.
An Early Step on the Long, Strange Road to Photosynthesis
Quanta Magazine @ 2026-06-10 16:57:19
An ancient lineage of cyanobacteria is helping biologists uncover an early evolutionary stage of the mind-boggling process that turns light into life. The post An Early Step on the Long, Strange Road to Photosynthesis first appeared on Quant
What’s the opposite of ClipCursor that lets me exclude the cursor from a region?
old new thing @ 2026-06-10 16:00:00
There is no such feature, but you can just exclude it virtually. The post What’s the opposite of <CODE>ClipCursor</CODE> that lets me <I>exclude</I> the cursor from a region? appeared first on The Old New Thing .
The Unbundling and Bundling of the PaaS Market
tecosystems @ 2026-06-10 15:51:08
“There are only two ways to make money in business: one is to bundle; the other is unbundle.” – Jim Barksdale Two decades ago this August, AWS – itself four years old at that point – launched the Elastic Compute Service, or EC2. Between t
The Unbundling and Bundling of the PaaS Market
Sogrady @ 2026-06-10 15:51:08
“There are only two ways to make money in business: one is to bundle; the other is unbundle.” – Jim Barksdale Two decades ago this August, AWS – itself four years old at that point – launched the Elastic Compute Service, or EC2. Between t
Pulling on a thread
The Endeavour @ 2026-06-10 15:34:31
Often there’s a thread running through a sequence of my posts. Sometimes I make this explicit and sometimes I don’t. The latest thread started with this post commenting on a tweet that observed that exp(−x²) ≈ (1 + cos(sin(x) + x))/2. Some peo
Investing in multi-agent AI safety research
Deepmind @ 2026-06-10 12:21:19
Google DeepMind and partners announce a $10M funding call for multi-agent safety research.
Bay of smokes
AEON @ 2026-06-10 12:01:00
When smog descended upon Los Angeles in 1943, it was mistaken for a Japanese attack. The real culprit was closer to home - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Azure API Management Ships Unified Model API and MCP Content Safety at Build 2026
InfoQ @ 2026-06-10 11:38:00
Azure API Management shipped a Unified Model API that lets clients speak one format while APIM transforms requests to Anthropic, Vertex AI, and other backends. Content safety policies now cover MCP tool calls and Agent-to-Agent payloads alongside LLM tra
A human in control
daniel.haxx.se @ 2026-06-10 09:08:26
There seems to be a fair amount of people in either extremes in the current AI landscape. At one side we see the “vibe coders” who use agents and allow them to merge code without any person even looking at the source, while on the other side of
This Week in Rust 655
This Week in Rust @ 2026-06-10 06:00:00
Hello and welcome to another issue of This Week in Rust ! Rust is a programming language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. This is a weekly summary of its progress and community. Want something mentioned? Tag us at @thiswee
Exploiting GPU Tensor Cores from Java using Babylon
Inside Java @ 2026-06-10 02:00:00
this article shows an approach to extend the HAT programming model with an API for explicit tensor-core programming. Furthermore, it shows how to make this approach generic to be able to process computations expressed with the proposed HAT tensor core API
What's New in Ansible Automation Platform 2.7
Red Hat blog @ 2026-06-10 02:00:00
Today we released Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7, which builds on previous releases with more features and enhancements to help you enable a platform engineering approach to automation, accelerate adoption across different teams, and prepare your
Expiration of Secure Boot signing certificates in 2026
Red Hat blog @ 2026-06-10 02:00:00
The keys that Microsoft uses to sign for Secure Boot are expiring at the end of June 2026. Here is what you need to know:Secure Boot-enabled systems will continue to boot after June 2026 whether they are immediately updated or not.Red Hat has released new
Apple OS 27: The Small Things
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-09 23:29:57
Rishi Ó: My favorite Apple updates are not the flashy new features, but the quiet little touches: annoyances fixed, workflows made smoother, rough edges sanded down, and longstanding flaws thoughtfully reworked. To me, they’re the clearest sign of a c
The Talk Show Live From WWDC: Tonight, In-Person and Streaming
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-09 20:53:47
If you can make it in person, you should come. The California Theater is a beautiful big theater and tickets are still available . You can also watch tonight’s show in live stereoscopic immersive in the Theater app from Sandwich Vision on Vision
Apple WWDC 2026 Keynote
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-09 19:42:32
A brisk 76 minutes, including the post-credits Easter egg music video. The past few years ran about a half hour longer. ★
Anthropic Claude Fable 5 on AWS: Mythos-class capabilities with built-in safeguards now available
AWS Blog @ 2026-06-09 19:40:31
AWS announces the availability of Claude Fable 5 on Amazon Bedrock and Claude Platform on AWS. Claude Fable 5 delivers Mythos-level capabilities available to all customers, with strong safeguards designed to make it safe for broader use.
Apple’s WWDC AI Demos Were Real and in Real Time
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-09 19:38:21
Julie Bort, TechCrunch: But the most telling detail wasn’t what Apple announced. It was how it chose to show some things off. Many of the Apple Intelligence demoes featured someone standing, phone in hand, pressing buttons or using voice commands in r
Apple Introduces Siri AI
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-09 19:23:29
Apple Newsroom yesterday: This new version of Siri is built on Apple Intelligence, allowing Siri to draw on personal context understanding and help users find what they need in the moment across messages, emails, photos, and more. For example, users c
The rise in LGBTQ+ identification is mostly young women
Randal S. Olson @ 2026-06-09 19:00:00
Nearly 1 in 3 Gen Z women in the U.S. identifies as LGBTQ+, versus 12% of Gen Z men. Gallup data shows the generational surge is mostly about women.
Apple’s WWDC Announcement of the New Apple Intelligence System
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-09 18:50:33
Apple Newsroom: These new capabilities are powered by the next generation of Apple Foundation Models, custom-built in collaboration with Google and its Gemini models for deeply integrated Apple Intelligence experiences. These latest models run on devi
Análisis de ajedrez | La profundidad de Pragg
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2026-06-09 18:45:54
El brillante vencedor del Norway Chess sometió a Firouzja en la 7ª ronda con maniobras finísimas y un sacrificio excelso
What the GSoC Mentor Summit Reminded Me About Open Source
ASF @ 2026-06-09 18:00:00
By: Priya Sharma As a Google Summer of Code (GSoC) organization admin representing the Apache Software Foundation, I had the privilege of attending the GSoC Mentor Summit 2025, and it was an incredible experience! The Mentor Summit is a unique opportunity
Fluid, natural voice translation with Gemini 3.5 Live Translate
Deepmind @ 2026-06-09 17:16:25
Gemini 3.5 Live Translate brings near real-time, natural speech translation to Google AI Studio, Google Translate and Google Meet.
Introducing Gemma 4 12B: a unified, encoder-free multimodal model
Deepmind @ 2026-06-09 16:10:19
Powering the future of robotics in Europe
Deepmind @ 2026-06-09 16:02:33
The Microsoft Company Party where everybody played name tag swap
old new thing @ 2026-06-09 16:00:00
Even the boss got into the festivities. The post The Microsoft Company Party where everybody played name tag swap appeared first on The Old New Thing .
IBM Vault Enterprise 2.0 Brings Automated LDAP Secrets Management to Enterprise Identity Security
InfoQ @ 2026-06-09 14:00:00
IBM and HashiCorp have announced new LDAP secrets management capabilities in IBM Vault Enterprise 2.0, introducing a redesigned architecture to manage LDAP credentials, support password rotation, and automate the identity lifecycle. By Craig Risi
The joy of autism
AEON @ 2026-06-09 12:00:00
Yes, we’re in a world of our own: for the autistic mind, it’s a place of intense curiosity, deep focus and sensory delight - by Sarah Hendrickx Read on Aeon
Microsoft Foundry Adds Runtime, Tooling, and Governance for Production Agents
InfoQ @ 2026-06-09 10:00:00
Microsoft used their Build 2026 event to announce new functionality for Microsoft Foundry. Citing Foundry as "the place where AI agents move from experiments to production systems," in a blog post, Nick Brady writes that the release brings “runtime, tool
[Sponsor] WorkOS Launches auth.md — an Open Protocol for Agent Registration
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-09 06:23:05
Sign-up forms were built for humans in browsers, so how do AI agents programmatically register with services? Enter auth.md. By exposing a single, machine-readable Markdown file at your service root, AI agents can dynamically discover your OAuth Protect
From the Annals of People Having Knowledge of the Matter, Siri AI Extensions Edition
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-09 03:37:27
Mark Gurman, reporting (?) for Bloomberg two short months ago: Apple Inc. plans to open Siri to outside artificial intelligence assistants, a major move aimed at bolstering the iPhone as an AI platform. The company is preparing to make the change as p
Every Espressif Module in One Place
Atomic14 @ 2026-06-09 02:00:00
Every time I start a new project the first question is the same: which module should I use? Picking an Espressif chip means pulling up datasheets, hunting for pinout diagrams, checking which pins are safe, and ending up with a dozen browser tabs open.
Performance Improvements in JDK 26
Inside Java @ 2026-06-09 02:00:00
To give you a clearer view of the performance work happening across the Java platform, this article highlights a selection of notable performance related improvements in JDK 26, grouped into four major areas: JDK Libraries, Garbage Collectors, Compiler,
The AI-enabled enterprise: Why we are applying software engineering principles to business operations
Red Hat blog @ 2026-06-09 02:00:00
Over the past year, the conversation around artificial intelligence has undergone a massive evolution, shifting from isolated pilots or experiments with standalone tools. For leaders, the true challenge—and the ultimate prize—lies in building a fully AI-en
Lessons from an autonomous computer vision system on the air-gapped edge
Red Hat blog @ 2026-06-09 02:00:00
Red Hat Summit demonstration booth featuring a model train track, edge computing hardware, monitoring displays, and supporting infrastructure used to demonstrate AI-driven automation at the edge.Many AI demos stop at detection. A dashboard highlights an o
Orbital Airbag Could Shield Earth From Devastating Solar Storms
Singularity Hub @ 2026-06-08 23:56:59
A planetary defense system would blunt solar storms with hundreds of tons of gas. Emerging heavy-lift rockets could deploy it in under two months. The post Orbital Airbag Could Shield Earth From Devastating Solar Storms appeared first on SingularityH
AWS Weekly Roundup: BYOM for Amazon RDS for SQL Server, AWS IoT Device SDK for Swift, and more (June 8, 2026)
AWS Blog @ 2026-06-08 23:27:12
This week, the AWS IoT Device SDK for Swift reached general availability. As a member of the Swift Server Workgroup (SSWG), this one caught my attention. The SDK brings production-ready MQTT 5 connectivity, Device Shadow, Jobs, and fleet pro
Find out what's new for Apple developers
Apple Developer News and Updates @ 2026-06-08 20:20:01
Discover the latest advancements on all Apple platforms and create even more unique, intelligent experiences in your apps and games with major enhancements across languages, frameworks, tools, and services. The latest SDKs bring incredible new features
Introducing Time Allowances
Apple Developer News and Updates @ 2026-06-08 20:19:33
New Time Allowances in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27, or later, give parents more flexible ways to manage the time their kids spend in apps across categories, including Entertainment, Games, and Social Media. Time Allowances are developed based on ex
Updated Apple Developer Program License Agreement and App Review Guidelines now available
Apple Developer News and Updates @ 2026-06-08 20:18:33
The Apple Developer Program License Agreement and App Review Guidelines have been revised to support new features, updated policies, and to provide clarification. Please review the changes below and sign in to your account to accept the updated term
Análisis de ajedrez | ¡Ojo con Madamínov!
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2026-06-08 19:38:02
Todo indica que la selección uzbeka en la Olimpiada de Ajedrez en Samarcanda (2ª quincena de septiembre) será fortísima, con otro gran valor en alza
Introduction to Cross-Platform Java Development With Codename One
Baeldung @ 2026-06-08 18:34:00
Learn how Codename One handles layouts, navigation, styling, and general functionality to enable cross-platform development via Java and Maven. The post Introduction to Cross-Platform Java Development With Codename One first appeared on Baeldung .
How Terry Tao Became an Evangelist for AI in Math
Quanta Magazine @ 2026-06-08 17:17:08
With automated proof-checkers, a problem can be broken up into small chunks, solved bit-by-bit, then reassembled with confidence that every piece is correct. For some, this heralds a new area in mathematical research. The post How Terry Tao Be
Characterizing resources for multiparameter estimation of SU(2) and SU(1,1) unitaries
Quantum Journal @ 2026-06-08 16:33:52
Quantum 10, 2130 (2026). We analyze the task of estimating a multi-parameter unitary belonging to the $SU(2)$ or $SU(1,1)$ groups, in a two-bosonic-mode scenario and investigate the scaling of the precision in
Rotation revisited: Shuffling more than three blocks, and other small notes
old new thing @ 2026-06-08 16:00:00
Generalizing the shuffle to arbitrary numbers of blocks. The post Rotation revisited: Shuffling more than three blocks, and other small notes appeared first on The Old New Thing .
Long-time Freeness in the Kicked Top
Quantum Journal @ 2026-06-08 15:37:08
Quantum 10, 2129 (2026). Recent work highlighted the importance of higher-order correlations in quantum dynamics for a deeper understanding of quantum chaos and thermalization. The full Eigenstate Thermalizatio
Measuring the impact of learning with AI in Sierra Leone and beyond
Deepmind @ 2026-06-08 15:04:59
Results from a randomized controlled trial show the potential of Gemini’s Guided Learning feature to boost engagement and accelerate learning.
Detecting Entanglement by State Preparation and Local Measurements
Quantum Journal @ 2026-06-08 13:49:12
Quantum 10, 2128 (2026). Entanglement witnesses (EWs) are a collection of observables that can characterize separable states and, experimentally, estimating EWs can verify entangled states. In this work, we sho
Classical shadows for sample-efficient measurements of gauge-invariant observables
Quantum Journal @ 2026-06-08 13:34:46
Quantum 10, 2127 (2026). Classical shadows provide a versatile framework for estimating many properties of quantum states from repeated, randomly chosen measurements without requiring full quantum state tomogra
What can we do in a symmetry-constrained perspective? The importance of the total charge’s status in quantum reference frame frameworks
Quantum Journal @ 2026-06-08 12:47:15
Quantum 10, 2126 (2026). The study of quantum reference frames has received renewed interest over the last years, leading to the parallel development of non-equivalent frameworks by different communities. We cl
The steam engine
AEON @ 2026-06-08 12:01:00
The science behind the revolutionary engine that became the bedrock of global energy – born of a curiosity from 130 BCE - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
What shape is the Earth?
AEON @ 2026-06-08 12:00:00
The extraordinary challenge of determining the true shape of Earth reveals the deep value of measurement to scientific progress - by Miguel Ohnesorge Read on Aeon
Mux — Video for Developers
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-08 03:47:03
My thanks to Mux for sponsoring last week at DF. 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 vi
★ SwiftUI Only Makes It Easy to Develop Bad Apps
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-08 03:30:00
Apple’s developer message used to be that it was not just easy to develop apps for their platforms, but that it was easy to develop good idiomatically native apps. That’s still true for AppKit and UIKit, but it’s never been true for SwiftUI, and SwiftUI is
Alberto Romero on Apple’s AI Spending
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-08 03:00:00
Alberto Romero: AI is like religion. Either you believe it changes everything, or you don’t believe at all. There is no moderate position; nobody believes in AGI “more or less,” just like nobody is “casually religious.” If God exists, the only coheren
Oracle Java Extension for Visual Studio Code Version 26.0.0 Is Now Available
Inside Java @ 2026-06-08 02:00:00
New release of Java Platform Extension for VS Code
The First AI QFT Textbook
Not Even Wrong @ 2026-06-07 22:19:52
The first surprise of this afternoon was finally finding an informed and sensible discussion of the implications of AI agents for hep-th research, in the form of a twitter thread by stringking42069. The second was learning from the twitter thread …
Aitken acceleration before Aitken
The Endeavour @ 2026-06-07 22:14:45
Kepler solved his eponymous equation M = E − e sin(E) by finding a fixed point of E = M + e sin(E). So guess a value of E and stick it into the right hand side. Then plug that value into the right hand side again. Kepler said a couple iterations should be
Humans Solve Erdos Problem!!
Computational Complexity @ 2026-06-07 21:29:06
(In 2008 I wrote a survey of some of the known sum-product theorems, see here . Avi Wigderson has a great slide-set on sum-product theorems and their applications---the slides are on Avi's webpage of talks he has given (all the talks are excellent)
The Laplace limit
The Endeavour @ 2026-06-07 21:06:36
An earlier post discussed how to solve Kepler’s equation M = E − e sin(E) using a sine series. You could also solve Kepler’s equation using a power series, which Lagrange did in 1771. Both approaches express E as a function of e and M, but fro
Honey bees are dying at record rates, but the colony count holds steady
Randal S. Olson @ 2026-06-07 19:00:00
U.S. beekeepers lost a record 55.6% of their colonies in 2024-25, yet the total number of managed honey bee colonies has barely moved in 15 years.
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through June 7)
Singularity Hub @ 2026-06-07 18:58:48
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 June 7) appeared first on SingularityHub .
A crank formula for π
The Endeavour @ 2026-06-07 18:34:26
I ran across a cranky formula for π based on physical constants here and decided to play around with it. The source describes λ as “wavelength (chosen in the microwave region)” and I thought perhaps you could chose a value of λ to make the equ
Podcast CB SyR 561: CNIO, Feynman, aerobioma, superhidrófugo, Dante, colapso directo, magnetocepción, galaxias LRD, ER=EPR y axiones
La Ciencia de la Mula Francis @ 2026-06-07 14:23:11
Te recomiendo disfrutar del episodio 561 del podcast Coffee Break: Señal y Ruido [iVoox A,iVoox B,iVoox C], titulado “Feynman; CNIO; Bacterias; Dante; Metales; Agujeros Negros”, 04 jun 2026. «La tertulia semanal […] La entrada Podcast CB SyR 561:
Análisis de ajedrez | Combate épico en Oslo
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2026-06-07 10:26:46
Esta vibrante y maratoniana pelea de Keymer y Firouzja en la penúltima ronda fue la partida más emocionante del Norway Chess
Halide Mark III
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-07 02:49:15
Ben Sandofsky, writing on the Lux Camera blog: After decades of shooting digital, I returned to analog photography in 2023. I thought it would be challenging, given the limited selection of film stocks, only to be surprised by how freeing it felt. It
JavaNext Language Features
Inside Java @ 2026-06-07 02:00:00
The Java programming language is evolving fast. In this talk, we’ll summarize many of the recent changes that have appeared as well as look ahead to directions and features that are in development and will appear in future editions.
60 Minutes Correspondents Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and the Other Guy Will Stay at Show
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-06 22:04:06
Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and Jon Wertheim, in a memo to the 60 Minutes staff obtained by The New York Times (gift links): We have had a hard time deciding whether to stay at 60 Minutes. We’re still deeply upset by the firings of Tanya and Dragga
Trump Lawyer Argues Trump Can Tear Down Statue of Liberty
Daring Fireball @ 2026-06-06 21:56:01
Josh Marshall: In a hearing today about the president’s bulldozing of the East Wing of the White House and plans to build a vast ballroom, a judge asked if the president could also bulldoze the Statue of Liberty and be subject to no legal challenge. T
From Kepler to Bessel
The Endeavour @ 2026-06-06 20:46:02
The previous post very briefly said that the integral representation for Bessel functions was motived by solving Kepler’s equation. This post will go into more detail. Kepler’s equation There are multiple ways to describe the position of a pla