Rivian allows you to disable all internet connectivity

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Rivian vehicles have a core feature of vehicle connectivity that can be disabled to limit functionality. Disabling connectivity will not affect subscriptions like Connect+, but will require separate cancellation.

How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt]

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Shai-Hulud Themed Malware Found in the PyTorch Lightning AI Training Library

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A supply chain attack compromised the PyPI package 'lightning' versions 2.6.2 and 2.6.3, stealing credentials and attempting to poison GitHub repositories. The attack is linked to the 'mini Shai-Hulud' campaign and affects teams using lightning in their dependency tree.

LinkedIn scans for 6,278 extensions and encrypts the results into every request

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LinkedIn collects data on users' installed browser extensions without consent, linking it to their verified professional identity. This data is used to make inferences and take enforcement actions against users, potentially violating the EU's Digital Markets Act.

I built a Game Boy emulator in F#

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A software engineer built a working Game Boy emulator, Fame Boy, in F# after learning about computer hardware by emulating a Game Boy and using AI to write unit tests. The emulator's development involved optimizing performance, fixing issues with the PPU and APU, and learning about functional programming and domain-driven development.

CopyFail was not disclosed to Gentoo developer

CVE-2026-31431 is a Linux kernel vulnerability introduced in 2017, affecting multiple kernel versions. A workaround patch has been attached to disable the affected module.

U.S. Senators Vote to Ban Themselves from Trading on Prediction Markets

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Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw"

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Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants

Belgium will nationalize its nuclear power plants, reversing a 2003 decision to phase out nuclear energy by 2025. The government aims to build new nuclear plants and reduce dependence on fossil imports.

How an oil refinery works

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Oil refineries process crude oil into various products like gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel using distillation, cracking, and other processes. The refining process is complex and requires large industrial facilities to handle the massive volume of crude oil consumed worldwide.

Reverse Engineering SimTower

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The user attempted to reverse engineer a childhood video game, SimTower, using a large language model (LLM) to create a clean-room spec. However, the LLM struggled with complexity and verbosity of the binary, requiring a different approach.

Durable queues, streams, pub/sub, and a cron scheduler – inside your SQLite file

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The SIMD Quad algorithm is a new search algorithm that combines quaternary interpolation search with SIMD instructions to efficiently locate a target value in a sorted array of 16-bit unsigned integers. It outperforms binary search on both Intel and Apple platforms, with significant speedup on large arrays in cold cache scenarios.

Full-Text Search with DuckDB

The user explores DuckDB's full-text search (FTS) capabilities, comparing them to other FTS solutions like Elasticsearch and Postgres, and finds them powerful but limited. They provide a tutorial on using DuckDB's FTS extension with Python, including pre-processing email data and querying with Okapi BM25 algorithm.

The Church Rock Uranium Mill Spill

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The Church Rock uranium mill spill occurred on July 16, 1979, in New Mexico, releasing 1,100 tons of radioactive waste into the Puerco River. The spill contaminated groundwater and affected local residents, mostly Navajo people, who were not warned of the dangers for days.

Does Postgres Scale?

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A Postgres server can handle up to 144K writes per second or process 43K workflows per second, making it suitable for most use cases. The bottleneck in performance is often the write-ahead log (WAL) and can be mitigated by sharding across multiple Postgres servers or using multiple queues.

Follow-up to Carrot disclosure: Forgejo

User faced backlash for vulnerability disclosure on Mastodon and Forgejo, receiving unwanted attention and vile names. User apologized and sent constructive email to Forgejo security team with recommendations and proof-of-concepts.

Patch Your Kernel NOW: 732byte Python rootkit, cracks all distros since 2017

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Detector and proof-of-concept LPE for the Linux algif_aead / authencesn page-cache scratch-write bug disclosed 2026-04-29. Use only on hosts you own or are explicitly engaged to assess. The LPE modifies in-memory state (page cache) but the technique is real privilege escalation — running it on systems without authorization is illegal in most jurisdictions. algif_aead runs AEAD operations ...
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We monitor 27 government auction sources with 75,070 listings, scoring auctions for price, bid velocity, and time left. Daily emails highlight top-scored auctions with direct links to original listings.

Mozilla's opposition to Chrome's Prompt API

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10Gb/s Ethernet: what I did to get it working in my home

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The user upgraded their home network to 10Gb/s Ethernet, starting with their study and then expanding to the rest of the house, using a combination of 10Gb/s switches, SFP+ modules, and DAC cables. They encountered some thermal issues with the switches and SFP+ modules, but were able to mitigate them and achieve speeds of up to 9Gb/s, with plans to potentially upgrade to 40Gb/s or higher in ...

Spain's parliament will act against massive IP blockages by LaLiga

Congress is preparing to take measures against LaLiga's fight against piracy causing web page blockages. A non-legislative initiative was approved to reform the Digital Services Act and prevent indiscriminate blocking of IPs by judicial rulings.

Recovering files from beyond the grave using PhotoRec

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The user recovered deleted files using TestDisk and PhotoRec, a digital forensics tool. They successfully recovered various file types, including images, from old hardware and an SD card, but caution is advised due to potential data corruption and privacy risks.

How Semiconductors Were Made in America

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I gave a talk at the American Corner in Almaty, Kazakhstan about America's 250th birthday and the history of semiconductors, tying in American culture and values. The talk highlighted how core American values like free speech and openness to outsiders contributed to the creation of the world's greatest engineering achievement.

The upsell game – Vercel upselling tactics revealed

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Vercel's pricing page hides per-seat tax, bandwidth overages, and DDoS costs. The Hobby plan has a hard cap that takes sites offline without warning after 30 days.

A 1960s art school experiment that redefined creativity

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Hackers are actively exploiting a bug in cPanel and WHM

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The bug allows hackers to hijack and take full control of the servers running the affected software, which is thought to be used by tens of millions of website owners around the world. Many commercial web hosting companies have patched their customers’ systems already. But the cPanel maker urged customers to ensure that their systems are patched as the bug affects all supported versions of ...

American Dads Became the Parents Their Fathers Never Were

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American fathers have significantly increased their childcare time over the past few generations, with Millennial dads spending over 80 minutes daily on childcare. This shift is attributed to various factors, including the rise of dual-earner households, increased education, and a desire for status and leisure.

Granite 4.1: IBM's 8B Model Matching 32B MoE

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IBM released Granite 4.1, a family of open source language models for enterprise use, trained on 15 trillion tokens. The 8B model, with a dense architecture, matches or beats the 32B Granite 4.0-H-Small across various benchmarks.

Apple reports second quarter results

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CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2026 second quarter ended March 28, 2026. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $111.2 billion, up 17 percent year over year. Diluted earnings per share was $2.01, up 22 percent year over year. “Today Apple is proud to report our best March quarter ever, with revenue of $111.2 billion and double-digit growth across ...