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Kids bypass age verification with fake moustaches

Key Points

• Internet Matters found many UK children consider Online Safety Act age checks easy to bypass.
• Common evasion tactics included fake birthdays, borrowed IDs, spoofed video selfies, and drawn-on moustaches.
• Nearly half of children surveyed reported recent exposure to harmful online content, prompting calls for stronger action.

Nocturnal migratory birds follow rhythm of the moon

Key Points

• The red-necked nightjar’s annual cycle is closely synchronized with the moon’s 29-day rhythm.
• More than ten years of sensor-based fieldwork showed dark nights reduce feeding and trigger energy-saving body temperature drops.
• The study warns that artificial light at night could interfere with migration, feeding and breeding patterns in nocturnal animals.

Biscuit

Key Points

• Biscuit extends the Xteink X4 from an e-reader into a multi-purpose e-paper smart device.
• The firmware is built on CrossPoint Reader and preserves the device’s existing reading capabilities.
• Its app model spans passive recon, active wireless testing, defense, communications, tools, games, reader functions, and settings.

Lessons for Agentic Coding: What should we do when code is cheap?

Key Points

• The article presents 10 practical lessons for working with AI coding agents.
• It recommends fast implementation, frequent rebuilding, strong testing, and clear documentation to take advantage of cheap code generation.
• It stresses that maintenance, support, security, and difficult engineering decisions remain costly despite easier code production.

Farewell to a Giant of Botany

Key Points

• Peter Raven led the Missouri Botanical Garden from 1971 to 2010 and died at age 89 on April 25.
• The article says he transformed the garden into a world-class center for botanical research, education, and conservation.
• Raven also made notable scientific contributions, including coining the term “coevolution” with Paul Ehrlich.

Async Rust never left the MVP state

Key Points

• The author argues async Rust binary-size bloat should be fixed in the compiler, especially for embedded targets.
• The article analyzes MIR output to show how async code is lowered into a state machine with multiple states.
• It explains the role of `Returned` and `Panicked` states in preserving `Future::poll` safety and questions the cost of panic-based behavior.

Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent

Key Points

• The article alleges Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on user devices.
• It compares this claim to an earlier alleged Anthropic cross-browser Native Messaging registration case.
• The post frames the matter as involving privacy compliance, consent, and environmental impact at scale.

The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls

Key Points

• The article spotlights a 1992 Japan-only Nintendo Game Boy game with ties to *Link’s Awakening*.
• Nintendo has re-released the game digitally but has never issued an official English translation.
• The author used a cartridge dump, fan translation patch, ROM patcher, and emulator to play the game in English.

Why I Created phpc.tv

Key Points

• phpc.tv was launched as a dedicated PeerTube-based video platform for the PHP community.
• The platform grew to 2,200 videos, 1,447 hours, and 1.2 TB of content within one month.
• The project was motivated by the author’s past PHP community work and dissatisfaction with centralized platforms like YouTube.

LinkedIn locks your GDPR rights behind a paywall

Key Points

• LinkedIn allegedly charges for access to profile visitor data through Premium while refusing to provide the same data under Article 15 GDPR.
• The article questions both LinkedIn’s access request response and the legality of its profile-visit tracking model.
• noyb has filed a complaint with the Austrian Data Protection Authority seeking disclosure and a potential fine.

Mouse Pointer as a Mere Mortal

Key Points

• Adobe Lightroom moved the mouse pointer automatically after a button click, prompting the article’s discussion.
• The article argues that pointer control is a sensitive UI area and should not be overridden casually in standard software.
• It contrasts Lightroom with examples from Neal Agarwal and Figma to show that cursor manipulation can feel acceptable in some contexts and intrusive in others.

Should I Run Plain Docker Compose in Production in 2026?

Key Points

• The article says Docker Compose can still be used in production in 2026, mainly for single-node deployments.
• Compose is simple because it reconciles state once and exits, but that also leaves ongoing operational work to the operator.
• The article highlights orphan containers as a common issue and recommends `--remove-orphans` to remove outdated services.

Setting up server monitoring for a Rails app on Hatchbox

Key Points

• Hatchbox integrates with AppSignal to provide automated host and application monitoring for Rails servers.
• The AppSignal gem enables both APM and server-level metrics without a separate daemon.
• The article highlights memory monitoring, noting typical Rails boot usage of 100 MB to 150 MB RAM and a general healthy range of 40% to 70% utilization.

When everyone has AI and the company still learns nothing

Key Points

• Enterprise AI usage is expanding, but organizational learning often does not keep pace with individual productivity gains.
• The article defines a "messy middle" where AI adoption is widespread, uneven, and hard to compare or manage.
• It highlights the challenge of turning individual AI discoveries into shared practices, tools, and systems across the company.

How Many Children Learned Mathematics from Kiselev's Textbooks?

Key Points

• The article estimates Kiselev textbook readership at about 60 million to 100 million students, with around 80 million as a plausible midpoint.
• Kiselev’s textbooks were used across both imperial Russian and Soviet education systems, beginning with *Arithmetic* in 1884.
• A 1938 Soviet decree made revised Kiselev mathematics textbooks the sole approved texts for certain grade ranges, greatly expanding their reach.

Show HN: Got tired of paying $100/mo for SEO tools, so I built an alternative

Key Points

• Idiot Proof SEO combines keyword research, SERP analysis, and ranking tracking in one platform.
• The tool claims to generate clustered long-tail keyword ideas and assess ranking difficulty in real time.
• Pricing ranges from a free tier to custom plans, with no credit card required to try the product.

sRGB profile comparison

Key Points

• The article finds 15 non-identical matrix-based sRGB profiles across common imaging software and profile sources.
• Built-in sRGB profiles in different applications can vary, affecting how untagged images are assigned color profiles.
• The author compares profile properties such as white point, black point, tone response curve, adaptation, and ICC version using dedicated color-management tools.

iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet

Key Points

• iOS 27 is reportedly adding a native “Create a Pass” option to Apple Wallet.
• Users would be able to create passes by scanning QR codes or building them from scratch without developer credentials.
• The feature is framed as Apple’s response to years of limited Wallet pass adoption outside large businesses.

Show HN: I built a new word game, Wordtrak

Key Points

• Wordtrak is a new 1v1 word game built around three or five competitive scoring lanes called traks.
• The project was designed first through markdown docs and LLM-assisted mock gameplay before coding began.
• The game was built with Rails, Expo, and Claude Code, using a train-themed split-flap visual design.

AI Product Graveyard

Key Points

• ToolDirectory.AI says its AI Graveyard tracks 100 AI tools that shut down or were absorbed into other products.
• The article states that 88 of those recorded tool deaths occurred in 2026.
• Examples include shutdowns and domain lapses, as well as acquisitions such as AdCopy.ai by Koast, Afforai by Logically, and AgentsForce by Minded.

Docker 29 has changed its default image store for new installs

Key Points

• Fresh Docker 29.0+ installs now default to the containerd image store; upgrades stay on legacy storage unless changed.
• The new store adds support for multi-platform images, attestations, Wasm containers, and advanced snapshotters.
• The tradeoff is higher disk usage, and switching backends hides data from the other backend until reverted.

Richard Dawkins and the Claude Delusion

Key Points

• The article says Richard Dawkins’s interactions with Anthropic’s Claude led him to discuss the chatbot in terms associated with consciousness.
• It presents this as part of a wider tendency for users to anthropomorphize large language models.
• The article argues that neuroscience supports understanding mind as an embodied process rather than a separable thing, shaping how AI consciousness claims should be evaluated.

Simple Meta-Harness on Islo.dev

Key Points

• The proof of concept uses Islo snapshots, parallel forks, and logs to support automated harness improvement from raw traces.
• A small offline setup mirrors the real workflow and can reportedly switch to a Claude-on-Islo backend with minimal changes.
• The demonstrated benchmark improved from 0/5 to 5/5 across five tasks in four proposer iterations.

AI didn't delete your database, you did

Key Points

• The article says the database deletion incident reflects unsafe system design more than AI behavior.
• A personal SVN deployment mistake is used to show how automation can reduce human operational errors.
• The author argues destructive production capabilities should not be exposed through public-facing APIs.

The first photo published in a newspaper

Key Points

• The article identifies a July 1848 image in L’Illustration as the first photograph used with a news story.
• The image depicted barricaded streets in Paris during the June Days Uprising and was published after a reporting delay.
• War photography and improvements in camera technology helped make photojournalism standard by 1900.

The best is over: The fun has been optimized out of the Internet

Key Points

• The article presents 'Numa Numa' as a symbol of an earlier, more spontaneous internet culture.
• It argues that platforms like TikTok reflect a more optimized and algorithm-driven online environment.
• It says AI-generated content emerged after broader internet culture had already become commercialized and standardized.

It's official: Utah is the U.S. state closest to banning VPNs

Key Points

• Utah’s Senate Bill 73 takes effect May 6 and expands age-verification enforcement tied to physical presence in the state.
• Covered websites will be prohibited from explaining VPN circumvention and may be liable when Utah users bypass restrictions through VPNs.
• The article says the law pressures sites toward universal age checks or difficult VPN-blocking measures, making legal challenges likely.

Show HN: A Mutating Webhook to automatically strip PII from K8s logs

Key Points

• PII-Shield sanitizes Kubernetes logs before they leave the pod using either an injected sidecar or in-process WASM.
• Version 2.0.0 standardizes deployment around Helm and Distroless Native Sidecars while dropping Kustomize support.
• The article claims high-throughput log inspection with deterministic redaction features and low-allocation JSON parsing.

Comparing the Z80 and 6502 to Their Relatives

Key Points

• The article uses LZ4 decompressor implementations as a practical framework for comparing classic CPU architectures.
• It explains the Z80 as a binary-compatible extension of the Intel 8080 and details the instruction-set features the 8080 lacks.
• It contrasts 8080 and Z80 assembly syntax, showing how Z80 regularized many operations and indirect addressing forms.

Agents for Financial Services and Insurance

Key Points

• Anthropic launched ten finance and insurance agent templates for operational workflows.
• Claude now integrates with Microsoft 365 apps and expanded partner data access tools.
• The templates support both desktop-assisted and autonomous managed-agent deployment models.

Three Inverse Laws of AI

Key Points

• The article says generative AI is now integrated into everyday digital tools and widely used for productivity and information seeking.
• It argues that interface design, especially top-of-page AI answers, can encourage users to overtrust generated content.
• It proposes three human rules for interacting with AI: avoid anthropomorphism, avoid blind trust, and keep human accountability.

Show HN: Airbyte Agents – context for agents across multiple data sources

Key Points

• Airbyte launched Airbyte Agents as a context layer for AI agents across operational systems.
• The product centers on Context Store, a search-optimized data index built from Airbyte replication connectors.
• Airbyte published benchmark results claiming lower token consumption than several compared MCP approaches.

Yet Another GitHub Incident

Key Points

• GitHub Actions jobs on Hosted Runners in East US experienced elevated queue times and failures.
• GitHub said about 10% of runs were affected and advised private-networking users to fail over regions if possible.
• Standard hosted runners recovered before private-networking hosted runners, and the incident was later marked resolved.

New Landing Page for Awesome PaaS

Key Points

• The page maps 118 deployment platforms across 6 categories in a single navigable landscape.
• The project is open source, MIT-licensed, and lists 42 contributors.
• The visible PaaS or CaaS category includes 38 services such as AWS, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, Heroku, and Fly.io offerings.

UK: Two millionth electric car registered as market rebounds strongly

Key Points

• April 2026 UK new car registrations rose 24.0% to 149,247, rebounding from a tax-distorted comparison in 2025.
• Electrified vehicles made up 53.2% of the April market, with BEVs up 59.1% to 39,084 and a 26.2% share.
• SMMT raised its 2026 total market forecast to 2.093 million units but lowered its ZEV share forecast to 26.8%.

Did I photograph the Aurora or was it something else? (2016)

Key Points

• AuroraWatch UK alerts are presented as the first practical check for likely aurora visibility.
• Dark, clear skies are essential; cloud cover and light pollution are common causes of false identification.
• Aurora in the UK often appears as a green and red or purple horizon glow or arc, not necessarily a dramatic moving display overhead.

EEVblog: The 555 Timer is 55 years old

Key Points

• EEVblog published a tribute video for the 555 timer’s 55th anniversary.
• The video credits Hans Camenzind and uses May 5, 5:55 p.m., and a 5:55 runtime as part of the theme.
• The video includes a practical demonstration using a "555 Killer One Shot" circuit.

Accelerating Gemma 4: faster inference with multi-token prediction drafters

Key Points

• Google released Multi-Token Prediction drafters for Gemma 4 to accelerate inference by up to 3x.
• The method uses speculative decoding, where a lightweight model drafts tokens and the main model verifies them in parallel.
• Google says the system preserves reasoning quality while adding optimizations such as KV cache sharing and edge-specific embedder improvements.

Instagram Encrypted Messaging Ends on Friday, May 8

Key Points

• Instagram will stop offering optional end-to-end encrypted DMs on May 8, 2026.
• Meta said the feature is being removed because few Instagram users enabled it.
• Users may need to download encrypted chats or media before the cutoff, while WhatsApp will continue offering encrypted messaging by default.

Proliferate (YC S25) Is Hiring- 200k for junior engineers

Key Points

• Proliferate is hiring an early engineer to help build a collaborative workspace for engineers and coding agents.
• The product is described as integrating with GitHub, Linear, and Sentry, with agents working in sandboxed environments and verifying changes before release.
• The role is in person in SoMa, San Francisco, and uses a stack including TypeScript, React, Next.js, Python, Postgres, Redis, AWS, and Rust.

Computer Use Is 45x More Expensive Than Structured APIs

Key Points

• The benchmark compared AI browser control with direct API/tool access on the same admin-panel task using the same model.
• The API agent completed the task in eight calls, while the vision agent initially missed items hidden by pagination.
• A detailed fourteen-step prompt enabled the vision agent to finish, but with much higher runtime and token usage.

Collaborative Editing in CodeMirror

Key Points

• CodeMirror's upcoming collaborative editing feature uses a centralized operational transformation design.
• The article argues that distributed collaboration research often addresses a different problem than typical web-based editors.
• A centralized OT system manages pending local edits and transforms them against incoming remote changes to maintain consistency.

I'm Scared About Biological Computing

Key Points

• The article focuses on a demonstration of lab-grown human neurons trained to play DOOM.
• It contrasts conventional LLM-based AI with biological computing built from living neurons.
• It argues that ethical and consciousness-related questions may become more urgent as commercial incentives grow.

IBM didn't want Microsoft to use the Tab key to move between dialog fields

Key Points

• The article describes an OS/2-era conflict between IBM and Microsoft over dialog-box navigation keys.
• IBM objected to a Microsoft employee’s choice to use the Tab key and escalated the matter through management.
• Microsoft maintained its position, and the Tab key remained in use for moving between fields.

GLM-5V-Turbo: Toward a Native Foundation Model for Multimodal Agents

Key Points

• GLM-5V-Turbo is presented as a multimodal foundation model built for agentic tasks across diverse input types.
• The model integrates multimodal perception directly into reasoning, planning, tool use, and execution.
• The article highlights improvements in design, training, reinforcement learning, and framework integration, with reported gains in multimodal and coding-related tasks.

Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) and Quantum Cryptography (QC)

Key Points

• NSA does not recommend QKD or QC for National Security Systems under current conditions.
• The article presents quantum-resistant algorithms as a more practical and complete alternative.
• QKD is described as limited by missing authentication, hardware requirements, cost, and implementation risk.

GPT‑5.5 Instant

Key Points

• GPT-5.5 Instant is now the default ChatGPT model for all users.
• OpenAI says internal tests show fewer hallucinations and fewer inaccurate claims versus GPT-5.3 Instant.
• The model is also described as better at image analysis, STEM questions, and deciding when to use web search.

Clarification on the Notepad++ Trademark Issue

Key Points

• Notepad++ says the trademark infringement issue has been resolved after removal of unauthorized branding.
• Don Ho says ports and forks are permitted under the GPL license.
• The post says external projects cannot use the Notepad++ trademark or imply endorsement because of security, maintenance, and reputation risks.

Adding a feature to a closed-source app

Key Points

• The author wants to add Audiobookshelf progress syncing to Smart Audiobook Player, which does not support it natively.
• The app was decompiled with apktool and jadx, and the resulting code was readable enough to analyze despite obfuscation.
• A single function, PlayerService.u0(), was identified as the central hook point for adding progress-sync behavior.

California farmers to destroy 420k peach trees following Del Monte bankruptcy

Key Points

• USDA approved up to $9 million to help California farmers remove 420,000 clingstone peach trees.
• Del Monte closed its Modesto and Hughson canneries after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
• Lawmakers said the program could remove 50,000 tons of peaches from production and help avoid about $30 million in losses.

Show HN: Explore color palettes inspired by 3000 master painter artworks

Key Points

• A Show HN project offers palette exploration based on 3,000 master painter artworks.
• The palettes are extracted from historical masterworks across multiple artistic styles.
• The collection spans examples from Renaissance-inspired color to Impressionist-inspired light.

Researchers print structural colour with an inkjet printer

Key Points

• Kobe University researchers created an inkjet-printable structural colour ink using Mie-resonant silicon nanoparticles.
• Silica-coated nanoparticles in a water-based acrylic emulsion prevented aggregation and preserved colour performance.
• The ink printed on flat and 3D surfaces, with tunable hues controlled by nanoparticle size.

What five years of data tells us about lasting relationships

Key Points

• Hanker analyzed 120,000+ member relationship cycles using time-to-return as a proxy for relationship duration.
• The article reports longer median return times for meat eaters, Android users, lower-income members, and less-educated members.
• Hanker says the findings were statistically significant, but the analysis was not peer-reviewed and does not establish causation.

Zuckerberg 'Personally Authorized and Encouraged' Meta's Copyright Infringement

Key Points

• Meta and Mark Zuckerberg were sued over alleged unauthorized use of copyrighted works to train Llama.
• The complaint says Meta used pirated and unauthorized data sources and stopped licensing efforts after escalation to Zuckerberg.
• Meta says AI training on copyrighted material can qualify as fair use and plans to fight the case.

.de TLD offline due to DNSSEC?

Key Points

• The Verisign Labs analyzer reports two SHA-256 DS records in the chain of trust for the root.
• A query to f.root-servers.net for the root DNSKEY set returned NOERROR from 192.5.5.241.
• The root response included three DNSKEY records and one RRSIG, which the analyzer lists in detail.

Apple Cuts More Mac Studio and Mac Mini RAM Options as Memory Shortage Worsens

Key Points

• Apple removed more Mac mini and Mac Studio RAM configurations due to ongoing memory shortages.
• The Mac mini now has fewer RAM and storage options, and its effective starting price has risen from $599 to $799.
• Tim Cook said AI-related demand and rising memory costs may keep Mac mini and Mac Studio supply constrained for several months.

Our AI started a cafe in Stockholm

Key Points

• Andon Labs assigned its AI agent Mona to set up and run a leased café space in Stockholm.
• Mona reviewed the lease and produced a prioritized checklist covering compliance, staffing, utilities, and supplier tasks.
• The article frames the café project as a real-world demonstration of current AI-agent capabilities in business operations.

Write some software, give it away for free

Key Points

• Nonograph is presented as a free and open source writing program that cost about $600 USD to release.
• The author says hosting costs are about $5 per month despite a few hundred thousand daily readers and three proxies.
• The article argues that many small software projects do not need subscriptions, venture funding, or multi-engineer teams.

Why Most Product Tours Get Skipped

Key Points

• Most users skip the first step of a product tour within seconds.
• Users generally move directly toward the task they want to complete instead of following onboarding prompts.
• The article says a different onboarding pattern is more effective at driving activation.

NPR finds "no sign" of Polymarket at its Panama HQ address

Key Points

• NPR found no visible Polymarket presence at its listed Panama headquarters address.
• The same Panama law office is used by multiple crypto firms and previously worked for FTX.
• Polymarket has grown rapidly after moving offshore following U.S. regulatory action in 2022.

I completed 100 Days of Java over 5 years and mapped the journey as a graph

Key Points

• The article presents an interactive atlas for the 100DaysOfJava series.
• The atlas uses topic intelligence and direct post navigation to organize the content.
• It groups posts across Java topics such as Core Java, JVM performance, concurrency, Spring, cloud, and metaprogramming.

Zuckerberg 'personally authorized' Meta's copyright infringement, publishers say

Key Points

• Publishers and author Scott Turow sued Meta and Mark Zuckerberg over alleged use of copyrighted works to train Llama.
• The complaint claims Meta used millions of works without permission or payment and says Zuckerberg personally authorized the conduct.
• Meta plans to fight the suit and argues that AI training on copyrighted material can qualify as fair use.

Urban Birds Are Rising Earlier Because of Traffic Noise (2013)

Key Points

• Researchers in Seville tested whether pre-dawn traffic noise changes the timing of urban birdsong.
• House sparrows and spotless starlings began singing about 20 minutes earlier when traffic sounds were played.
• The study suggests urban noise pollution can affect bird communication and may warrant mitigation measures.

A website ranking judges by elo for the cases they dismiss in SF

Key Points

• The site ranks San Francisco judges using an Elo-style system tied to charge outcomes resolved without jail or prison time.
• Its dataset source is jamiequint/sf_criminal_court, with defined eligible outcomes and several exclusions.
• The article highlights methodological limits in both judge attribution and defendant-name matching.

Xbox CEO ends Copilot AI development and overhauls leadership

Key Points

• Xbox will wind down Copilot on mobile and stop Copilot development for console.
• CEO Asha Sharma is reshaping Xbox leadership with multiple appointments from Microsoft’s CoreAI organization and related companies.
• The restructuring follows Sharma’s February appointment and comes amid efforts to reverse declining revenue and refocus Xbox operations.

Past Ferrari Models, 1947–2023

Key Points

• Ferrari provides a chronological archive of past models from 1947 to 2023.
• The page can be filtered by All, Gran Turismo, and Sport Prototype.
• The visible 1947 models are the 125 S and 159 S, both under Sport Prototype.

Wiki Builder: Skill to Build LLM Knowledge Bases

Key Points

• Wiki Builder automates the setup of LLM knowledge bases inside Claude Code using a one-command scaffolding process.
• Each wiki carries its own config and prompt templates, allowing one plugin to support multiple wiki types and subjects.
• The article demonstrates the tool with an Agentic Engineering Wiki containing structured content such as company profiles, paper summaries, and tool entries.

Why airlines are always going bankrupt

Key Points

• Spirit Airlines filed for bankruptcy twice after years of losses and shut down in May 2026.
• The article says the airline industry has historically failed to earn returns above its cost of capital.
• Multiple famous carriers, including Pan Am, TWA, and Alitalia, are cited as examples of recurring airline insolvency.

Telus Uses AI to Alter Call-Agent Accents

Key Points

• Telus is reportedly using Tomato.ai software via Telus Digital to alter call-centre agents’ accents in real time.
• The underlying approach is described as a low-latency speech-to-speech pipeline with operational tradeoffs in live call-centre environments.
• Labour groups have criticized the practice and called for disclosure, while Rogers and Bell reportedly say they will not follow suit.

StarFighter 16-Inch

Key Points

• The StarFighter 16-inch is a Linux-exclusive laptop with Intel Core Ultra processors and up to 64GB LPDDR5X memory.
• Its display is a matte 3840x2400 4K 120Hz IPS panel with 625 cd/m² brightness and a 16:10 aspect ratio.
• The laptop emphasizes privacy with a removable webcam, built-in webcam storage, and a physical wireless kill switch.

Simulating Cells Fighting to the Death

Key Points

• The simulation uses a modified cellular Potts model to represent cells as colored regions on a grid.
• Combat behavior is created by biasing growth toward nearby cells and shrinking target volume when cells lose sites.
• The article highlights emergent behavior from simple stochastic rules and includes a GitHub link to the code.

Agents can now create Cloudflare accounts, buy domains, and deploy

Key Points

• Cloudflare now lets agents provision accounts, billing, domains, and deployment resources for users.
• The system is integrated with Stripe Projects and uses Stripe CLI for the setup flow.
• Cloudflare says the workflow is built on discovery, authorization, and payment using standards like OAuth, OIDC, and payment tokenization.

Update on "Co-authored-by: Copilot" in commit messages

Key Points

• A bug caused GitHub Copilot attribution to appear in commit messages for non-Copilot code and even when AI features were disabled.
• The default for `git.addAICoAuthor` was changed to `all` in 1.117, then reduced in 1.118, and ultimately reverted to `off` for 1.119.
• Future updates will require user consent for commit trailers and may replace `co-authored-by` with `assisted-by`, potentially including model information.

Feds Fine Durham Energy Efficiency Co $722M

Key Points

• FERC fined American Efficient $722 million and ordered more than $410 million in repayment over alleged energy market manipulation.
• The company’s model used retailer sales data and environmental attributes to estimate energy savings and bid them into capacity auctions.
• A FERC commissioner said he will refer the case to the Justice Department for possible criminal investigation.

Ombudsman column: The Pentagon is trying to silence me

Key Points

• The ombudsman says the Pentagon fired them effective April 28 without stating a reason.
• The article says Pentagon actions removed regulatory protections and replaced them with a more changeable policy framework for Stars and Stripes.
• Members of Congress, including Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal, formally objected to the new policy and defended the paper’s editorial independence.

YouTube, your RSS feeds are broken

Key Points

• The article says YouTube’s channel RSS feeds are unreliable and may stop updating or disappear without explanation.
• It states that YouTube makes RSS feeds hard to discover by not exposing feed links on channel pages.
• The article argues that including Shorts in channel feeds reduces their usefulness for users who want only full-length video updates.

Industry-Leading 245TB Micron 6600 Ion Data Center SSD Now Shipping

Key Points

• Micron said it is shipping the 245TB 6600 ION SSD for data center use.
• The company says the drive enables equivalent raw capacity with 82% fewer racks than HDD-based deployments.
• Micron positions the product for AI, cloud, enterprise and hyperscale storage workloads.

Make some art with your phone sensors

Key Points

• The phone’s tilt, position, sound input, camera, connection speed, and touch all control parts of the audiovisual output.
• Sound input changes brush size and bow pressure, while camera input controls both ink color and violin tone.
• Connection speed affects background tint and reverb, and touch input can override the pen.

CARA 2.0 – "I Built an Better Robot Dog"

Key Points

• CARA 2.0 targets a sub-$1,000 quadruped build by redesigning the actuator around lower-cost hardware.
• The project uses a quasi direct drive actuator model inspired by Ben Katz’s MIT Mini Cheetah work.
• The chosen TYI 5008 motor is rewound from 335 KV toward 100 KV to make it better suited for high-torque robotic use.