ICC boots Microsoft 365 for openDesk

Europe’s push for digital sovereignty gets a trophy: the International Criminal Court ditches Microsoft 365 for openDesk, a European open‑source suite. Fans cheer less vendor lock‑in; skeptics ask about migration pain, support, and how fast change can actually land.

Meet openDesk: the public sector’s stack

openDesk pitches a familiar, privacy‑forward office stack for governments: mail, docs, chat, and collaboration with interoperability and security baked in. It’s a manifesto for sovereignty and budgets—HN wants audits, roadmaps, and proof it scales beyond pilots.

Cloudflare: Site blocking breaks the web

In a filing to USTR, Cloudflare calls foreign site blocking a trade barrier that splashes collateral damage onto legit services like cloud storage and CDNs. Policy watchers nod; pirates shrug; engineers groan at yet another brittle filter bolted onto core infra.

OpenPCC clones Apple’s private AI cloud

OpenPCC brings “provably private” AI inference to your own racks—an open, auditable take on Apple’s Private Cloud Compute. Privacy hawks love the transparency; ops folks eye cost, throughput, and real‑world proofs before crowning a new gold standard.

Australia’s free noon power plan

So much solar that electricity could be free midday. Australia considers zero‑cost rates to soak up oversupply, nudging demand to the sunniest hours. Grid nerds cheer demand shaping; skeptics ask who pays, and how to keep the lights on after sunset.

Kimi drops trillion‑param reasoner

Kimi K2 Thinking lands as an open trillion‑parameter reasoning model touting agentic coding, browsing, and search. The promise: brains without the velvet rope. The crowd wants evals, cost curves, and proof it beats fine‑tuned smaller stacks in the wild.

Copilot upsell sparks refund rush

Reports say Microsoft customers were steered into pricier Copilot bundles, prompting a flood of refund requests. Users call it dark‑pattern adjacent; defenders blame confusion. Either way, trust in paid AI add‑ons takes a hit right before renewal season.

Dev gospel: write an agent already

Fly.io’s guide urges builders to ship LLM agents that act, not chat—stitching tools, storage, and workflows. It’s part pep talk, part pattern library. Makers feel the pull; pragmatists warn of cost, control, and brittle chains that page you at 3 a.m.

AI slop vs. OSS: security veteran warns

A bug‑bounty vet slams AI‑generated code flooding open source, calling it noisy, error‑prone, and risky for maintainers. The fix: fund humans, review rigorously, and stop worshipping autocomplete. HN nods hard—quality beats quantity, especially in security.

2B emails spill in credential soup

A massive trove of email addresses surfaces, feeding credential stuffing and spam engines. It’s not a single hack but an aggregation nightmare. Users check HIBP; teams revisit rate limits, 2FA, and password hygiene—again. The internet sighs in déjà vu.

Your printer’s fine. Your Wi‑Fi drivers aren’t

That flaky network printer? Often mDNS packets eaten by buggy Wi‑Fi drivers from big vendors. The post names names, offers captures, and suggests fixes. Relief for sufferers; a quiet call‑out for vendors to treat service discovery as first‑class, not afterthought.

Supply chain: trust is the real zero‑day

Every pip install or cargo add is a bet on identity and intent. A sober read argues for signed metadata, provenance, and reproducible builds across PyPI and npm. Fewer hot takes, more boring safety—exactly what ecosystems need but rarely prioritize.

Swift lands on FreeBSD (preview)

A Swift toolchain preview arrives for FreeBSD, expanding server‑side options beyond Linux and macOS. Devs are curious about performance and package parity; CI jockeys smile at more targets. Early days, but the portability story gets a welcome chapter.

Cloud GPUs, no waiting: notebooks in seconds

Modal unveils GPU notebooks that cold‑start in seconds via sandboxing. It’s candy for ML teams tired of queue hell. Speed thrills, but questions follow: dataset gravity, vendor lock‑in, and how the bill looks when experiments multiply at 3× the pace.

Devs pick older AI for speed and sanity

Augment Code’s real-world data shows devs favor older AI models for lower latency, predictable output, and cleaner code. Flashy upgrades stumble on consistency. The vibe: ship work, not demos. Reliability beats hype as teams optimize for throughput.

Burry bets against the AI darlings

Michael Burry’s Scion takes aim at Nvidia and Palantir, signaling doubts about an AI bubble. Traders debate whether fundamentals justify sky-high valuations. The move injects fresh skepticism into an overheated narrative driving market momentum.

OpenAI draws a clear advice line

OpenAI clarifies ChatGPT never offered legal or medical advice, countering viral claims. Universities and institutions reiterate guardrails. The community reads this as tightening boundaries: helpful assistant, yes—licensed professional, no.

Kosmos chases autonomous science

New Kosmos work pitches an AI Scientist for literature search, hypothesis generation, and data analysis with a structured world model. Ambitious? Yes. Ready for prime time? The community leans cautious, asking for real lab wins, not just papers.

Reading minds: fMRI images get sharper

Brain‑IT uses a Transformer to reconstruct images from fMRI data. It’s a striking research step with loud privacy echoes. Awe mixes with unease: if models decode more from brain signals, society needs rules before the tech outruns consent.

Rust TUI wave hits mainstream

From Atuin to slick dashboards, Rust-powered TUI apps are exploding. Devs want speed, stability, and fewer layers. The feeling: terminals are back, GUIs are bloated, and control matters. A practical revolution anchored in clean engineering.

Dillo’s tiny browser charms again

The Dillo browser’s super‑small footprint and privacy focus earn fresh love. Built on FLTK, it boots fast and stays out of the way. In a world of heavy stacks, the community cheers minimalist browsing that respects batteries and brains.

GNOME drops X11, goes full Wayland

GNOME Mutter formally removes the X11 back end, cementing Wayland as the future. Devs applaud modern graphics and security gains, while old workflows grumble. It’s a milestone that nudges Linux desktops further into the next era.

Ask HN: Business still runs a 1993 TUI

A family firm runs a 1993‑era TUI on Unix, and it just works. Commenters swap tales of dependable on‑prem stacks outliving flashy SaaS. The subtext: reliability, speed, and clarity beat churn—especially when the software pays the bills.

Micro Center opening sparks hardware mania

A new Micro Center in Phoenix draws massive lines of PC fans hunting parts and deals. The energy is pure DIY: build, tweak, upgrade. Retail tech finds a rare bright spot IRL as enthusiasts celebrate community and the smell of fresh silicon.

Firefox profiles split life cleanly

Firefox rolls out multi‑profiles so work, school, and personal browsing stay separate. It’s a practical privacy win with less tab chaos. Users cheer simple control over contexts without extensions or hacks.

FAA slashes flights amid shutdown

The FAA cuts flights by 10% across 40 major airports due to the shutdown. Travel tech and logistics brace for delays. The mood: frustrated but unsurprised, as politics bottleneck systems built for speed and scale.

Tesla slumps in Germany as EVs boom

Tesla sales fall by half in Germany even as EV demand rises. Competitors like BYD grab share, hinting at price wars and regional tastes shaping the next phase of electrification. Fans argue strategy; critics see momentum shifting.

Apple opens doors to third‑party stores in Japan

With iOS 26.2, Apple allows third‑party app stores in Japan ahead of a regulatory deadline. Devs eye distribution freedom while gatekeepers weigh security and curation. It’s a controlled loosening that still feels historic.

EU data sovereignty haunts US clouds

A report says Microsoft can’t keep EU data fully shielded from US authorities, stoking CLOUD Act worries. Customers reassess risk, vendors pitch European stacks, and the sovereignty debate turns into procurement decisions.

Devs say Steam dominates PC games

A survey finds 72% of studios believe Steam holds a monopoly on PC game sales, with most revenue concentrated there. Alternatives like Epic struggle to dent habits. Creators want leverage—and consumers want convenience.

Norway probes bus SIM backdoors

Hidden SIM cards in Chinese buses trigger a national cybersecurity review. Remote access features raise alarms about critical infrastructure resilience. The takeaway: secure by design or get surprised in production.

Solarpunk goes practical in Africa

Real projects mix solar panels with IoT to deliver resilient energy across African communities. Funding meets frugal engineering. Optimism shifts from slogans to working systems that keep the lights on when big grids wobble.

TSMC warns pricier 2nm/3nm chips

TSMC will raise chip prices from 2026, hitting 2 nm and 3 nm nodes used by AMD and others. Expect pricier CPUs and GPUs just as demand surges. The crowd sees a squeeze coming and wonders who eats the margin: vendors or buyers.

AI boom drains server DRAM supply

Server DRAM prices jumped ~50% as hyperscalers get only ~70% of orders fulfilled. Samsung and SK hynix ride the wave, while DDR5 RDIMM becomes scarce. The AI boom drains memory supply, and operators brace for ballooning bills.

RISC‑V heads toward ISO/IEC

RISC‑V takes its first step toward ISO/IEC standardization, signaling mainstream legitimacy for the open ISA. Engineers cheer more vendor-neutral compute, while incumbents eye the horizon. The open silicon story gets an official chapter.

Substrate touts X‑ray litho to rival ASML

Startup Substrate unveils an X‑ray lithography tool, raising $100M and touting cheaper advanced chips to rival ASML’s EUV. Skeptics circle, but the pitch is bold: cut US fab costs and diversify the tooling stack.

Apple’s Personas use Gaussian splatting

Inside Vision Pro, Apple’s 3D Gaussian splatting turns photos into lifelike 3D Personas. It’s math-heavy magic that makes avatars less uncanny and 3D conversions snappier. Graphics geeks nod; AR fans want it everywhere.

Google muses space-based AI compute

Google floats a design for space-based, scalable AI compute using TPUs, satellites, and solar power—Project Suncatcher vibes. It’s moonshot territory that feeds big compute dreams and sparks questions about latency, repair, and control.

Ghibli, Square, Bandai tell OpenAI to stop

Japan’s CODA plus giants like Studio Ghibli, Square Enix, Bandai Namco demand OpenAI stop using their IP for Sora 2 and GPT‑4o. Rights owners flex, and model training faces another hard stop sign.

Police get face-scanning app like ICE

Local police get a Mobile Identify app akin to ICE tools, letting officers run face scans in the field. DHS pushes the rollout via Google Play. Civil liberties alarm bells ring as biometric checks creep into everyday policing.

DHS eyes iris and DNA collection

DHS proposes expanding collection of iris, DNA, and facial recognition across immigration workflows. The system grows as critics warn of overreach and data permanence. Privacy fatigue meets policy momentum.

YouTube AI error nukes big channel

An automated YouTube moderation error nukes a 350K‑sub tech channel over a false link to a Japanese account. Creators see the risk when AI moderation misfires, migrating to Odysee and backups to dodge platform roulette.

Amazon blocks Perplexity’s shopping agent

Amazon tells Perplexity to stop its Comet AI agent from making purchases. It’s a platform boundary dispute as autonomous shopping crosses lines. Retail giants mark their turf while agents learn the rules the hard way.

Don’t expand copyright to stop AI

An EFF‑ish take argues expanding copyright for AI will hurt everyone. Push fair use, transparency, and targeted competition policy instead of permission walls. The community nods: regulate abuse, not basic reading of the web.

Robotaxi pilot racks up dings

Tesla ‘robotaxis’ in Austin keep getting into low‑speed crashes, even with human safety monitors onboard. NHTSA eyes the pilot as FSD stumbles in public view. Autonomy hype meets curb rash and bruised confidence.

GCP suspends SSLMate three times

Google Cloud suspended SSLMate three times for shifting reasons, including Cloud DNS. The founder advises avoiding GCP for serious workloads. Devs swap war stories and weigh vendor risk vs convenience yet again.

Dev dumps AWS, saves 10x on bare metal

An indie dev dumps AWS for bare metal, claims 10x lower costs and better performance. The crowd debates reserved instances, Hetzner, and lock‑in. The cloud isn’t dead, but the bill shock meme keeps getting receipts.

WASM still trails native by ~45%

New analysis finds WebAssembly still ~45% slower than native across serious workloads, despite big browser support. It’s a reality check for high‑performance web dreams and a reminder: portability has a price.

Hypothesis supercharges Python tests

Hypothesis brings property‑based testing to Python, auto‑generating edge cases and shrinking failures. Devs love fewer flaky tests and more bugs caught early. It’s the kind of tool that quietly pays for itself.

Bluetui makes Linux Bluetooth painless

Bluetui offers a slick TUI to manage Bluetooth on Linux, with icons and quick pairing via bluez. It scratches a daily itch and reminds folks that small tools make big smiles.

OpenAI signs mega AWS pact, chases compute at scale

OpenAI strikes a reported $38B pact with Amazon, expanding its compute arsenal and deepening ties beyond prior deals. The move screams scale and urgency, but also raises nerves about cloud dependence, pricing power, and whether all this spend translates into durable margins.

Nvidia bets up to $1B on Poolside’s AI coders

Nvidia plans up to $1B for Poolside, boosting AI code assistants that help generate and refactor software. It’s a double play: sell more GPUs while shaping the dev tools layer. Fans cheer the ambition; skeptics ask if these assistants can truly deliver team‑level productivity gains.

Analyst: Big Tech needs $2T from AI by 2030

A blunt thesis: without roughly $2T in AI revenue by 2030, tech giants may have overbuilt. The piece tallies staggering capex and wonders if today’s sizzle becomes tomorrow’s write‑downs. Readers split between bubble warnings and belief that platform effects will cash in.

AI’s dial‑up era: powerful, but painfully early

A sweeping take argues AI feels like dial‑up internet: impressive demos, uneven reliability, and awkward workflows. The promise is huge, the tooling messy. Devs nod at the analogy while hunting for use cases that consistently beat human‑plus‑scripts baselines.

Google Cloud suspends customer again, no warning

For the third time, a small company says Google Cloud suspended critical services without notice. The story ignites debate on vendor risk, brittle automated enforcement, and the need for human support paths when infra is your business lifeline.

Is A.I. thinking, or just very good at words?

A long read examines whether LLMs show rudiments of thinking. It tours emergent behavior, limits, and our tendency to anthropomorphize. The mood: curious but cautious—people want real capability gains, not just clever text predicting itself into sounding smart.

Türkiye shuts door on U.S. rare earths

Türkiye’s energy minister says no rare earth sales to the U.S., rattling EV and electronics planners. With supply chains already tight, the stance puts critical minerals back in headlines and forces fresh contingency math for batteries, magnets, and chips.

Docs: China pressured UK university over rights study

A BBC report alleges China harassed a UK university into dropping human rights research. The claim chills academics and tech‑policy wonks alike, who worry about cross‑border pressure shaping what gets studied—and what quietly disappears from campus calendars.

Pardon sparks crypto shock, denial follows

A report says a prominent crypto figure was pardoned, followed by a public ‘don’t know him’ shrug. The spectacle revives questions about crypto’s political clout and whether enforcement drama will keep overshadowing the sector’s attempts at real‑world utility.

Wikipedia row erupts over Gaza ‘genocide’ page

A heated edit fight on Wikipedia spills into the open as the founder weighs in. It’s a reminder that platforms sit at the center of global disputes, where moderation and sourcing rules meet politics—and every footnote can become a flashpoint.

Linux boots in your browser tab—no kidding

A slick WASM build runs a real Linux in a tab, complete with shell tools. It’s a crowd‑pleaser that hints at teaching, sandboxes, and lightweight dev labs. People marvel at the speed and ask how far this model can go without tripping on browser limits.

Linux/WASM scripts push kernel toward the web

Fresh scripts help build a Linux system targeting WebAssembly, pairing perfectly with that in‑browser demo. The vibe: experimental but exciting. Devs imagine portable labs, CI tricks, and new packaging patterns where the web becomes a universal runtime.

Tiny axial‑flux motor shreds records by 40%

A compact motor from a YASA spin shows huge torque density, claiming a 40% leap over the prior record. EV nerds are ecstatic about axial‑flux potential for lighter drivetrains and e‑aviation, and want datasheets, thermal curves, and independent dyno runs.

Windows finally means ‘Update and shut down’

Microsoft patches a decades‑old pain where ‘Update and shut down’ secretly rebooted your PC. The fix lands in Windows 11 25H2. Users cheer the small mercy and joke that reliable shutdown should not feel like a feature request in the year 2025.

pgvector under fire for prod headaches

A no‑BS post details pgvector pitfalls at scale—memory spikes, slow queries, and operational friction. The takeaway: great for prototypes, but specialized vector stores or careful configs may win in production. It’s a timely gut‑check for RAG‑happy teams.

Why Nextcloud feels sluggish in the browser

A deep dive blames JavaScript heft, chatty requests, and caching quirks for a pokey Nextcloud UX. The post mixes repro steps with quick wins, and taps a wider frustration: self‑hosting is cool until a single bundle tanks perceived performance.

AI agents redraw the labor–capital map

A sweeping take argues AI agents decouple labor from capital, echoing past industry shifts while hinting at faster, leaner orgs. Readers cheer the clarity and worry about the fallout. The mood: curious, uneasy, and laser-focused on incentives.

Open-source DeepResearch throws a punch

Tongyi DeepResearch, a 30B MoE agentic model, promises autonomous research and planning to rival closed tools. Devs love the open-source momentum but probe evals, reliability, and ops costs. The vibe: impressed yet ready to benchmark.

New rules for prompt-injection defense

Two papers—Agents Rule of Two and The Attacker Moves Second—offer concrete tactics to curb prompt injection in tool-using agents. Builders welcome crisp patterns and threat models, finally seeing guardrails they can actually ship.

Why LLMs won’t quit the em-dash

A fun, sharp explainer blames training data and RLHF for the flood of em-dashes in AI prose. Writers roll eyes, linguists nod, and prompt tinkerers swap tips to rein in tone. Everyone sees style as a system-level feature, not a quirk.

Peeking at model geometry to count

A research deep-dive maps how models like Claude 3.5 and Pythia manipulate manifolds to solve a simple counting task. The takeaway: even tiny skills hide rich geometry. Readers are intrigued by the visual intuition it gives for model behavior.

Cloudflare unveils Oxy, a Rusty super-proxy

Cloudflare debuts Oxy, a Rust-based proxy framework powering Zero Trust and edge services. Engineers applaud performance and safety, then pepper threads with questions about extensibility, docs, and how to migrate legacy stacks cleanly.

X.Org and Xwayland get urgent security alerts

Multiple flaws hit X.Org/Xwayland, with credits to ZDI. Maintainers push fixes, distros scramble updates, and admins brace for patch windows. The message lands: desktop security debt is real, and the patch clock is ticking.

Model checker reenacts AWS race condition

An engineer reproduces an AWS outage race with a model checker, translating a gnarly postmortem into runnable states. The crowd appreciates the rigor and the lesson: formal tools can catch the weird stuff before it catches you.

RF side-channel bites Bluetooth AES

Researchers show RF leakage from a Bluetooth chip’s hardware AES, enabling a side-channel attack across millions of devices. Security folks ask about practical ranges and mitigations, while vendors face awkward questions about defaults.

DevOps diet: 800GB image shrinks to 2GB

A team slashes a bloated container from 800GB to 2GB using layer surgery and OCI image tricks. Ops veterans nod grimly at paging bills and CI timeouts, then swap their favorite horror stories—and clean-up scripts.

Solar plugs straight into rail lines

Tech firms back direct-to-rail solar near UK tracks, pitching cheaper, cleaner power for trains. It’s early but bold. Commenters weigh grid integration, intermittency, and the prize: greener rail without waiting on full electrification.

Amazon’s Rivian vans roll into Canada

Amazon expands Rivian electric delivery vans northward, leaning on 360° cameras and quiet torque. Logistics watchers cheer scale and uptime data, then ask the big one: how fast do charging and routing software catch up in winter?

Solar postboxes scan QR codes on the curb

Royal Mail pilots solar-powered postboxes with QR readers for instant receipts. It’s small, smart, and very British. Readers welcome the upgrade while wondering about vandalism, cloudy weeks, and maintenance cycles.

Linux gaming finally tops 3% on Steam

The Steam survey shows Linux crossing 3% at last, boosted by Proton and handhelds. Gamers celebrate the milestone and ask for better anti-cheat and drivers. It’s not a coup—but it is momentum that no one shrugs off anymore.

Open data pokes holes in ‘100% renewable’ claims

A Show HN uses grid data to compare energy used versus when renewables are generated, revealing gaps in “100%” marketing. The crowd applauds transparency and calls for temporal matching standards that mean what they say.

Big Tech slashes jobs to feed AI

Amazon plans 30k cuts, with Microsoft, Meta, and Google trimming thousands more to bankroll the AI arms race. Cash shifts to GPUs, power, and cloud turf wars. The scale sets teeth on edge as execs call it investment, not a dotcom rerun.

OpenAI foundation plan sparks fury

A sharp critique warns OpenAI’s proposed foundation could launder vast training data grabs into legitimacy, calling it the largest theft in history. Governance, consent, and IP flare as the company seeks a new structure to shield LLM ambitions.

Claude Code cracks crypto bugs

A developer livecodes ML‑DSA in Go and leans on Claude Code to catch subtle, low‑level cryptography bugs. The feat signals AI assistants now help with serious math and security work, raising eyebrows about trust, speed, and shifting developer roles.

Sanders says break up OpenAI

Sen. Bernie Sanders says the government should break up OpenAI, citing risks to jobs and relationships as AI saturates daily life. With ChatGPT everywhere and a wearable Friend on the way, the call widens the debate over power and oversight.

Power user spills Claude Code secrets

A heavy user shares how Claude Code supercharges real projects and side hacks, from agent handoffs to relaxed permissions that let it ‘just code.’ It’s a candid tour of power and pitfalls, hinting at new workflows and new ways to shoot yourself in the foot.

arXiv clamps down on CS surveys

arXiv’s CS moderators stop accepting review and position papers, pointing to LLM‑generated submissions that drown signal. Authors are steered to journals and vetted venues, as preprint culture adapts to a flood of synthetic prose and copycat surveys.

Zig restores async/await

Zig 0.16.0 restores async/await, unblocking modern I/O and network patterns after a long detour. Maintainers frame it as pragmatic evolution, not defeat. Builders cheer the simpler model, eyeing big gains for servers, games, and systems tooling.

GHC runs in your browser

GHC now runs purely client‑side in the browser via a demo playground. Haskell fans press compile without servers, opening new teaching and tinkering paths. Performance caveats apply, but the novelty shows how far Web tooling has marched.

Debian locks in Rust for APT

Debian plans hard Rust dependencies in APT starting May 2026, leaning on Sequoia components. The move aims at safety and maintainability, even if bootstrapping and toolchains get trickier. Old guard grumbles, security crowd nods.

Rust channels go lockless

Crossfire lands high‑performance, lockless spsc/mpsc/mpmc channels for Rust, spanning async and blocking worlds. Built on crossbeam‑queue, it targets throughput without mutex pain, and promises clean ergonomics for modern concurrency.

Guide: translate C to Rust

A deep guide maps patterns for translating C to Rust, chasing safety, speed, and long‑term maintainability. With stories from Twitter and Dropbox, it’s a practical bridge for teams nursing legacy code while eyeing memory‑safe futures.

SQLite concurrency explained

A Jellyfin dev explains SQLite concurrency, WAL, and foot‑guns in real apps. It’s a plea to treat SQLite as a serious multi‑user store, not just a file. Performance tips and caveats spark fresh debate on defaults and app architecture.

EU drops Chat Control again

The EU’s Chat Control proposal collapses again, sparing wide client‑side scanning of encrypted messages. Activists and technologists hail a reprieve for end‑to‑end encryption, even as lawmakers hint they’ll try again with softer language.

Prague airport kills face cams

After sustained pressure from privacy groups, Czech police shut down facial recognition cameras at Prague’s airport. The DPA found legal and technical flaws. It’s a clear signal that dragnet surveillance still faces hard limits in public spaces.

ICE app says you can't refuse

Documents show you can’t refuse ICE’s Mobile Fortify facial recognition scan. The mandate chills travelers and immigrants, stacking DHS convenience against consent and civil liberties. The clash deepens over biometric checks in everyday life.

Anonymous credentials go mainstream

Cloudflare pushes Anonymous Credentials with post‑quantum primitives, promising policy‑friendly privacy where services can verify without doxxing. It’s a nerdy but timely toolset for the next web of AI agents and compliance headaches.

Substrate branded a $1B fraud

A searing post brands Substrate a $1B fraud, arguing its direct‑write lithography can’t beat ASML’s EUV reality. The takedown rattles chip optimists and demands proof beyond press tours and graphics.

Deep dive questions Substrate claims

Another deep dive dissects Substrate claims, from scan speeds to manufacturing economics. Questions pile up about scaling, defect control, and costs. Until working wafers appear, the verdict reads: extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence.

Sites fight back on LLM scraping

Site owners push back on relentless LLM scrapers that ignore robots.txt. A guide drops practical defenses—smart Cloudflare rules, rate limits, mirrors—showing you don’t need Anubis to keep your content from being siphoned and spammed.

OpenAI slams the brakes on risky advice

OpenAI updates its usage policies to forbid medical and legal advice, signaling risk control over growth. Builders see fewer gray areas, more compliance chores, and a clear push to safer, narrower apps. Liability jitters meet enterprise reality in public.

Ubuntu goes faster with amd64v3

Ubuntu 25.10 introduces architecture variants like amd64v3, trading blanket compatibility for performance on modern CPUs. Fans cheer the speed boost, skeptics warn of fragmentation and surprise breakage on aging hardware. Linux gets bolder—and pickier.

Chromium to ditch XSLT at last

Chromium proposes deprecating and removing XSLT v1.0, a relic from 1999. Web devs welcome a smaller attack surface and simpler stacks, while legacy shops brace for audits. Less legacy, more modern web—with some painful cleanups in between.

Amazon targets piracy apps on Fire TV

Amazon says Fire TV devices will block apps enabling illegal streams, citing work with ACE and a move to Vega OS. Casual cord-cutters grumble, rights-holders cheer, and sideloaders start swapping playbooks for the next workaround.

Europe inches off US cloud and office suites

Another agency exits US platforms as Austria backs Nextcloud, citing digital sovereignty and control. It’s a steady drumbeat away from Microsoft 365 toward open stacks—part tech choice, part politics, and very much about who holds the keys.

Pornhub traffic plunges 77% in UK

Pornhub claims UK visits cratered after stricter age checks under the Online Safety Act. Users whisper VPN and privacy worries, while platforms weigh friction vs. compliance. The new normal: verification walls and to-be-determined escape hatches.

Leaked AWS keys expose Tata Motors

Tata Motors reportedly left AWS credentials exposed, unlocking 70+ TB of data across apps and infra. It’s a harsh lesson in least privilege and secrets management. The supply chain trembles when one key goes missing—and automation opens the door.

Which Pixels can Cellebrite crack?

A leak maps Cellebrite capabilities across Google Pixel models, with GrapheneOS looming large in the debate. Users recalibrate threat models; law enforcement tools meet hardened Android forks. Privacy talk gets specific, model by model.

GitHub locks releases against tampering

GitHub rolls out immutable releases, protecting tags and assets after publish. It’s a big win for software supply-chain security, curbing silent swaps and late edits. Projects now have a simple, platform-level guardrail that’s hard to ignore.

Idea surfaces to sidestep Android checks

A theoretical route to bypass Google’s developer verification hints at gaps between policy and plumbing—mixing APK signatures, Play Services, and OEM quirks. Devs brace for stricter gating, while tinkerers poke at the edges like always.

AI scrapers beg for commented code

Logs show AI scrapers requesting “commented” scripts, tripping honeypots and rate limits. Site owners roll eyes and block lists; bot builders hunt for easy training data. The arms race climbs from robots.txt to clever traps and filters.

Warp rejigs pricing around AI

Warp debuts a flexible plan built for AI usage, with BYOK and agent-heavy workflows. Devs weigh cost vs. productivity as terminals morph into copilots. It’s a bet that command lines are where AI earns its keep.

Blazing traceroute in pure C, no deps

Fastrace ships a dependency-free traceroute in pure C, boasting non-blocking I/O, fast ICMP draining, and precise timing. Old-school tooling gets a hot-rod tune, and operators smile at less bloat, more packets, more truth.

Query terabytes in the browser

Using DuckDB-WASM, a team serves TB-scale Data.gov archives right in the browser—no backend queries. It’s a wild flex for client-side analytics, with smart chunking and UX polish turning public data into instant exploration.

Rust hits a subtle async deadlock trap

Oxide flags “futurelock,” where Rust async tasks stall when a needed future stops being polled. The RFD pokes at Tokio patterns and shared state. Concurrency pros nod; newcomers learn why structured execution matters.

Mozilla.ai revives llamafile for local AI

Mozilla.ai adopts llamafile to push local, privacy-first AI with single-file distribution via Cosmopolitan. It’s a vote for offline models, reproducible setups, and shipping AI like a portable tool—not a cloud contract.

We found 7 TiB of memory doing nothing

Deep dives into Kubernetes (kube-apiserver) revealed 7 TiB of idle memory tied up by small frictions. Incremental wins and observability paid off. Infra teams see the takeaway: little leaks become big bills until someone asks better questions.