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Google flags Immich sites as dangerous
How Google actively breaks Immich deployments, an open-source Google Photos alternative.
Django 6.0 beta 1 released
Posted by Natalia Bidart on Oct. 22, 2025
JMAP for Calendars, Contacts and Files Now in Stalwart
After four years of development, we’re thrilled to announce a major milestone in the evolution of Stalwart — the full implementation of JMAP for Calendars, Contacts, File Storage, and Sharing. With...
Galaxy XR: The first Android XR headset
Galaxy XR is now available today. Here’s what to expect.
Eye prosthesis is the first to restore sight lost to macular degeneration
In a Stanford Medicine-led clinical trial of a wireless retinal prosthesis, people with advanced macular degeneration regained enough vision to read books and subway signs.
Willow quantum chip demonstrates verifiable quantum advantage on hardware
Our latest quantum breakthrough, Quantum Echoes, offers a path toward unprecedented scientific discoveries and analysis.
Cryptographic Issues in Cloudflare's Circl FourQ Implementation (CVE-2025-8556)
The vulnerabilities we found in Cloudflare's CIRCL FourQ implementation: invalid-point attacks, Edwards-curve edge cases, and the disclosure that fixed them.
Why I'm teaching kids to hack computers
Cybersecurity challenges for iPhone, iPad, and Mac
The security paradox of local LLMs
Local LLMs prioritize privacy over security. Our research reveals a 95% backdoor injection success rate.
SourceFS: A 2h+ Android build becomes a 15m task with a virtual filesystem
SourceFS - a high-performance virtual filesystem that builds Android 9× faster, cuts compute costs by 14×, and reduces disk usage by 83× — unlocking a new level of developer productivity.
Starcloud
The NVIDIA Inception startup projects that space-based data centers will offer 10x lower energy costs and reduce the need for energy consumption on Earth.
Public trust demands open-source voting systems
On its website , Liberty Vote says, "We are turning the page and beginning the vital work of restoring faith in American elections."
UA 1093
On Thursday, 16 October, Foreign Object Debris (FOD) struck the windshield of UA1093, a 737 MAX aircraft, at approximately 36,000 ft. WindBorne began investigating…
Claude Code on the web
Today, we're introducing Claude Code on the web, a new way to delegate coding tasks directly from your browser. Now in beta as a research preview, you can assign multiple coding tasks to Claude that run on Anthropic-managed cloud infrastructure, perfect for tackling bug backlogs, routine fixes, or...
Matrix Conference 2025 Highlights
The Matrix Conference 2025 was a huge success, and the energy and enthusiasm was just incredible!
Abandoned land drives dangerous heat in Houston, study finds
Research highlights how a lack of vegetation and shade exposes vulnerable residents to heightened health risks.
Deterministic multithreading is hard (2024)
Hello, While a lot of time of 2.0 development has been spent on new features and quality of life, we still take care of the smaller details and technical improvements.
Most users cannot identify AI bias, even in training data
When recognizing faces and emotions, artificial intelligence (AI) can be biased, like classifying white people as happier than people from other racial backgrounds. This happens because the data used to train the AI contained a disproportionate number of happy white faces, leading it to correlate race with emotional…
Asking AI to build scrapers should be easy right?
Skyvern now writes and maintains its own code, making AI scraper building 2.7x cheaper and 2.3x faster. Learn how explore-replay works in June 2026 (Updated).
Forgejo v13.0 Is Available
Forgejo v13.0 was released on 16 October 2025. You will find a short selection of the changes it introduces below and a complete list in the release notes .
Is Postgres read heavy or write heavy?
A query to find out if Postgres is read heavy or write heavy and tips for optimizing Postgres for both read and write workloads.
Ruby core team takes ownership of RubyGems and Bundler
Dear Ruby community,
Migrating from AWS to Hetzner
We saved 76% on our cloud bills while tripling our capacity by migrating to Hetzner from AWS and DigitalOcean. Digital Society is a not-for-profit cooperative helping you get your projects off the ground and realise the value of your data.
Free the Internet: The Tor Project's annual fundraiser
This year we are calling to FREE THE INTERNET. Your donation will help break the chains of censorship and surveillance. If you give now during the campaign, your donation will be matched by our supporters at Power Up Privacy. This means a $25 donation will have a $50 impact.