Apple releases open-source model that instantly turns 2D photos into 3D views
https://github.com/apple/ml-sharp
https://github.com/apple/ml-sharp
GitHub
GitHub - apple/ml-sharp: Sharp Monocular View Synthesis in Less Than a Second
Sharp Monocular View Synthesis in Less Than a Second - apple/ml-sharp
This PNG shows a different version when loaded in Chrome than in Safari
https://lr0.org/blog/p/pngchanges/
https://lr0.org/blog/p/pngchanges/
USD Share as Global Reserve Currency Drops to Lowest Since 1994
https://wolfstreet.com/2025/12/26/status-of-the-us-dollar-as-global-reserve-currency-usd-share-drops-to-lowest-since-1994/
https://wolfstreet.com/2025/12/26/status-of-the-us-dollar-as-global-reserve-currency-usd-share-drops-to-lowest-since-1994/
Janet Jackson had the power to crash laptop computers (2022)
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20220816-00/?p=106994
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20220816-00/?p=106994
Microsoft News
Janet Jackson had the power to crash laptop computers
Not an artistic judgement. Just a technical one.
U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on EU individuals
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_25_3160
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_25_3160
European Commission - European Commission
Statement by the European Commission on the U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on certain EU individuals
The European Commission strongly condemns the U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on five European individuals, including former European Commissioner Thierry Breton.\nFreedom of expression is
White House pushes to dismantle leading climate and weather research center
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/white-house-pushes-to-dismantle-leading-climate-and-weather-research-center
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/white-house-pushes-to-dismantle-leading-climate-and-weather-research-center
PBS News
White House pushes to dismantle leading climate and weather research center
The Trump administration says it plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, which is the nation’s premier atmospheric science center. The center was founded in 1960 and has facilitated generations of breakthroughs in climate…
Richard Stallman at the First Hackers Conference in 1984 [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf2pfzzWPYE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf2pfzzWPYE
YouTube
Richard Stallman at the First Hackers Conference in 1984
Richard Stallman at the First Hackers Conference in 1984
Richard Stallman quotes from the documentary
Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age
1985
more on Richard Stallman
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbifnOFfoJu8h2qS6WhgejyQ-23jvAkJ8
Go watch the…
Richard Stallman quotes from the documentary
Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age
1985
more on Richard Stallman
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbifnOFfoJu8h2qS6WhgejyQ-23jvAkJ8
Go watch the…
In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/in-1995-a-netscape-employee-wrote-a-hack-in-10-days-that-now-runs-the-internet/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/in-1995-a-netscape-employee-wrote-a-hack-in-10-days-that-now-runs-the-internet/
Ars Technica
In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet
Thirty years later, JavaScript is the glue that holds the interactive web together, warts and all.
How We Found Out About COINTELPRO (2014)
https://monthlyreview.org/articles/how-we-found-out-about-cointelpro/
https://monthlyreview.org/articles/how-we-found-out-about-cointelpro/
Monthly Review
How We Found Out About COINTELPRO - Monthly Review
Martin Oppenheimer is professor emeritus of sociology at Rutgers University, and has written extensively about the civil rights movement. Betty Medsger, The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover’s Secret... READ MORE
The Dangers of SSL Certificates
https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/12/27/the-dangers-of-ssl-certificates/
https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/12/27/the-dangers-of-ssl-certificates/
Surfing Complexity
The dangers of SSL certificates
Yesterday, the Bazel team at Google did not have a very Merry Boxing Day. An SSL certificate expired for and as shown in this screenshot from the github issue. This expired certificate apparently b…
Show HN: Waycore – an open-source, offline-first modular field computer
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46406486
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46406486
Why Reliability Demands Functional Programming
https://blog.rastrian.dev/post/why-reliability-demands-functional-programming-adts-safety-and-critical-infrastructure
https://blog.rastrian.dev/post/why-reliability-demands-functional-programming-adts-safety-and-critical-infrastructure
blog.rastrian.dev
Why Reliability Demands Functional Programming: ADTs, Safety, and Critical Infrastructure
> In banking, telecom, and payments, reliability is not a nice to have. It is table stakes. The most reliable systems I have worked on reduce entire classes of bugs before the code even runs. Functional programming and Algebraic Data Types (ADTs) let you…
How a father’s choices may be packaged and passed down in sperm RNA
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-dads-fitness-may-be-packaged-and-passed-down-in-sperm-rna-20251222/
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-dads-fitness-may-be-packaged-and-passed-down-in-sperm-rna-20251222/
Quanta Magazine
How Dad’s Fitness May Be Packaged and Passed Down in Sperm RNA | Quanta Magazine
Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has become impossible to ignore.