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Apple Intelligence Foundation Language Models Tech Report 2025
We introduce two multilingual, multimodal foundation language models that power Apple Intelligence features across Apple devices and…
ChatGPT agent: bridging research and action
Introducing ChatGPT agent: it thinks and acts, using tools to complete tasks like research, bookings, and slideshows—all with your guidance.
Mistral Releases Deep Research, Voice, Projects in Le Chat
The most powerful AI platform for enterprises. Customize, fine-tune, and deploy AI assistants, autonomous agents, and multimodal AI with open models.
Upcoming coordinated security fix for all Matrix server implementations
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications
The AI bubble today is bigger than the IT bubble in the 1990s
The difference between the IT bubble in the 1990s and the AI bubble today is that the top 10 companies...
How to run an Arduino for years on a battery (2021)
Build an autonomous Arduino system optimized for ultra-low power consumption. How to Run an Arduino for Years on a Battery Build an autonomous Arduino.
Code execution through email: How I used Claude to hack itself
This is the story of how I used a Gmail message to trigger code execution through Claude Desktop, and how Claude itself (!) helped me plan the attack.
PyPI Prohibits inbox.ru email domain registrations
We have prohibited new registrations of accounts using inbox.ru email domains.
How and where will agents ship software?
Beginners are vibe-coding apps and experts are maxing out their LLM subscriptions. What does this mean for how we build software?
Shipping WebGPU on Windows in Firefox 141
After years in development, we will be releasing WebGPU on Windows in Firefox 141! WebGPU gives web content a modern interface to the user’s graphics processor, enabling high-performance comp…
Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 Incident on July 14, 2025
On July 14th, 2025, Cloudflare made a change to our service topologies that caused an outage for 1.1.1.1 on the edge, resulting in downtime for 62 minutes for customers using the 1.1.1.1 public DNS Resolver as well as intermittent degradation of service for Gateway DNS. We’re deeply sorry for this outage. This outage…
Six Years of Gemini
It's been a quiet year at geminiprotocol.net thus far. I've let two "Apollo days" slip by without a word. I'm about as disappointed in myself for this as I expect many folks are unsurprised by it. I do still have plans and clear ideas for finalising the minor oustanding spec issues. I'd tell people to look forward to…
Claude for Financial Services
A comprehensive solution for financial analysis that helps finance professionals analyze markets, conduct research, and make decisions.
The FIPS 140-3 Go Cryptographic Module
Go now has a built-in, native FIPS 140-3 compliant mode.
Helix Editor 25.07
A post-modern modal text editor.
Data Centers and Water Consumption | Article
See all of our articles on the impacts of data centers , including their energy needs, water usage, noise pollution, and contribution to higher energy bills: The Environmental Impacts of Data Centers (Article Series)
Blender 4.5 LTS
With 2 years of updates, full Vulkan support, and quality-of-life improvements, Blender 4.5 LTS is every Blenderhead’s best friend.
Voxtral – Frontier open source speech understanding models
The most powerful AI platform for enterprises. Customize, fine-tune, and deploy AI assistants, autonomous agents, and multimodal AI with open models.
Code highlighting extension for Cursor AI used for $500k theft
Kaspersky GReAT experts uncover malicious extensions for Cursor AI that download the Quasar backdoor and a crypto stealer.
When Sigterm Does Nothing: A Postgres Mystery
A story about a bug with logical replication slot creation on Postgres read replicas
LIGO detects most massive black hole merger to date
Gravitational waves from massive black holes challenge current astrophysical models
Context Rot: How increasing input tokens impacts LLM performance
Large Language Models (LLMs) are typically presumed to process context uniformly—that is, the model should handle the 10,000th token just as reliably as the 100th. However, in practice, this assumption does not hold. We observe that model performance varies significantly as input length changes, even on simple tasks…
Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf
Cognition has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf, the agentic IDE.
Embedding user-defined indexes in Apache Parquet
Posted on: Mon 14 July 2025 by Qi Zhu (Cloudera), Jigao Luo (Systems Group at TU Darmstadt), and Andrew Lamb (InfluxData)
Data brokers are selling flight information to CBP and ICE
For many years, data brokers have existed in the shadows, exploiting gaps in privacy laws to harvest our information—all for their own profit. They sell our precise movements without our knowledge or meaningful consent to a variety of private and state actors, including law enforcement agencies....
Kiro: A new agentic IDE
A new agentic IDE that works alongside you from prototype to production
Apple's Browser Engine Ban Persists, Even Under the DMA
Apple's rules and technical restrictions are blocking other browser vendors from successfully offering their own engines to users in the EU.
Archaeologists discover tomb of first king of Caracol
UH researchers uncovered the tomb of Te K’ab Chaak, founder of Caracol’s royal dynasty. The find includes jadeite treasures, rare pottery and evidence of early ties between the Maya and Teotihuacan, reshaping understanding of Mesoamerican history.
Big Data was used to see if TCM was scientific (2023)
People love to show that skeptics were wrong about something, especially when national pride hangs in the balance. The South China Morning Post published the following headline on November 3rd: “Scientists find traditional Chinese medicine is based on a complex network of proteins – 3,000 years before modern science.”…