Nonprofit Releases Thousands of Rare American Music Recordings Online
The nonprofit Dust-to-Digital Foundation is making thousands of historic songs accessible to the public for free through a new partnership with the University of California, Santa Barbara. The songs represent “some of the rarest and most uniquely American music borne from the Jazz Age and the Great Depression,” according to the … ⌘ Read more
Show HN: LLM Onestop – Access ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and more in one interface
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Ryzen AI Software 1.6.1 Advertises Linux Support
Ryzen AI Software as AMD’s collection of tools and libraries for AI inferencing on AMD Ryzen AI class PCs has Linux support with its newest point release. Though this “early access” Linux support is restricted to registered AMD customers… ⌘ Read more
GTK Adds “Reduced Motion” Accessibility Option To Follow macOS, Windows & Others
In addition to GNOME’s Mutter compositor removing its X11 back-end support to focus exclusively on Wayland while keeping around XWayland client support, another notable GNOME change this week was the GTK toolkit adding a “reduced motion” accessibility option… ⌘ Read more
Denmark’s Government Aims To Ban Access To Social Media For Children Under 15
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: Denmark’s government on Friday announced an agreement to ban access to social media for anyone under 15, ratcheting up pressure on Big Tech platforms as concerns grow that kids are getting too swept up in a digitized world of harmful content and commercial int … ⌘ Read more
Self-Hosted Human and Machine Identities in Keycloak 26.4
Keycloak is a leading open source solution in the cloud-native ecosystem for Identity and Access Management, a key component of accessing applications and their data. With the release of Keycloak 26.4, we’ve added features for both… ⌘ Read more
Dynamic MCPs with Docker: Stop Hardcoding Your Agents’ World
The MCP protocol is almost one year old and during that time, developers have built thousands of new MCP servers. Thinking back to MCP demos from six months ago, most developers were using one or two local MCP servers, each contributing just a handful of tools. Six months later and we have access to thousands… ⌘ Read more
The Louvre’s Video Surveillance Password Was ‘Louvre’
A bungled October 18 heist that saw $102 million of crown jewels stolen from the Louvre in broad daylight has exposed years of lax security at the national art museum. From trivial passwords like ‘LOUVRE’ to decades-old, unsupported systems and easy rooftop access, the job was made surprisingly easy. PC Gamer reports: As Rogue cofounder and former Polygon arch-jester Cass … ⌘ Read more
T-Mobile Brings Free 911 Emergency Texting To AT&T and Verizon Customers
An anonymous reader shares a report: T-Mobile is opening up access to its Starlink-powered emergency texting service. The carrier announced on Wednesday that anyone with a compatible phone – even AT&T and Verizon customers – can sign up to text 911 over satellite for free.
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@movq@www.uninformativ.de Gemini liked your opinion very much. Here is how it countered:
1. The User Perspective (Untrustworthiness)The criticism of AI as untrustworthy is a problem of misapplication, not capability.
- AI as a Force Multiplier: AI should be treated as a high-speed drafting and brainstorming tool, not an authority. For experts, it offers an immense speed gain, shifting the work from slow manual creation to fast critical editing and verification.
- The Rise of AI Literacy: Users must develop a new skill—AI literacy—to critically evaluate and verify AI’s probabilistic output. This skill, along with improving citation features in AI tools, mitigates the “gaslighting” effect.
The fear of skill loss is based on a misunderstanding of how technology changes the nature of work; it’s skill evolution, not erosion.
- Shifting Focus to High-Level Skills: Just as the calculator shifted focus from manual math to complex problem-solving, AI shifts the focus from writing boilerplate code to architectural design and prompt engineering. It handles repetitive tasks, freeing humans for creative and complex challenges.
- Accessibility and Empowerment: AI serves as a powerful democratizing tool, offering personalized tutoring and automation to people who lack deep expertise. While dependency is a risk, this accessibility empowers a wider segment of the population previously limited by skill barriers.
The legal and technical flaws are issues of governance and ethical practice, not reasons to reject the core technology.
- Need for Better Bot Governance: Destructive scraping is a failure of ethical web behavior and can be solved with better bot identification, rate limits, and protocols (like enhanced
robots.txt). The solution is to demand digital citizenship from AI companies, not to stop AI development.
Norway reviews cybersecurity after remote-access feature found in Chinese buses
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“This is not a Chinese bus problem. It is a problem for all types of vehicles and devices with Chinese electronics built in.”, says in the article.
Sorry but no. The truth is that “This is not an all types of vehicles and devices with Chinese electronics built in problem. It is a problem for all types of remotely accessible vehicles.”
Introducing the CNCF End User Contributor Program: Earn Access, Influence, and Recognition
The cloud native ecosystem runs on the contributions from many sources– including vendors, developers, academics, and importantly, end users. The real-world production experience of end-user organizations is essential for project evolution and growth. If your organization… ⌘ Read more
Reduce Transparency Does Not Work in macOS Tahoe 26.1?
Some Mac users have discovered that the “Reduce Transparency” and “Increase Contrast” accessibility toggles no longer work completely after installing the macOS Tahoe 26.1 update, as transparency remains prominent throughout the interface. Toggling the Accessibility switch on for ‘Reduce Transparency’ in MacOS Tahoe 26.1 might reduce the transparency in the menu bar and Control Center … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/1 … ⌘ Read more
Benchmarking The AMD EPYC 9V64H: Azure HBv5’s Custom AMD CPU With HBM3
Nearly one year ago Microsoft announced the HBv5 virtual machines powered by a custom-designed AMD 4th Gen EPYC processor with high bandwidth memory (HBM3). Finally today the Azure HBv5 series is reaching general availability for those with memory-intensive HPC applications and other workloads. Microsoft kindly provided Phoronix with HBv5 access in advance to begin testing these new VMs with the AMD EPYC 9V64H CPUs featuring HBM memory, so … ⌘ Read more
Design trends I think will take off in 2026
but tierlist
S - move from flat design to more detailed, 3D, more complex logos.
A - glass, not just liquid, Windows Vista, 7, 11,… accessibility concerns, but I like to see it.
B-/C+ - black and white icons, favicons. I did it before it was cool, but it’s getting overused.
E - gradientslop, barely started, already all blends together.
Bangladesh’s accession to the UN Water Convention has a ripple effect that could cause problems with India
When Bangladesh became the first country in South Asia to join the U.N.’s Water Convention earlier this year, it was presented as a win-win. ⌘ Read more
Checkup time for Fido? The wait to get an appointment might be longer in rural areas
Most people can get their pets in for veterinary visits relatively quickly, but access to care could be improved in rural areas, suggests a recent study. ⌘ Read more
Event gives access to small wineries in Tasmania
The owners of around forty vineyards in the south of the state are hoping the weather holds out for the next few days as they prepare to open the gates for the annual Spring in the Vines. ⌘ Read more
Meta and TikTok are obstructing researchers’ access to data, EU commission rules
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ICE contract could bring controversial surveillance tech to American streets
Ja’han Jones, - MSBNC
_Stephan: Dictator Trump has now authorized ICE to take the next step in its Gestapo tactics. Trump has authorized ICE to use a spyware programn called Pegasus on the phones of people who oppose him. You won’t know it has happened to your phone, but ICE will then have access to everything on your phone, and everthing your phone is connected to. IC … ⌘ Read more
Using Homebrew to Distribute Early Access Binaries from Private Github Repositories
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KDE Plasma 6.5 released
KDE is on a roll lately, and keeps on rolling with today’s release of KDE Plasma 6.5. As the project itself notes, this release focuses on relatively small improvements, refinements, and other niceties, without making any massive changes. With Linux desktops taking accessibility more seriously lately than ever before, I want to focus on the accessibility improvements first. The Orca screen reader now announces caps lock state changes, and screen readers will now describe the Shortcut … ⌘ Read more
Applying RBAC to databases on Kubernetes: Practical, real-world examples
Introduction Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) is one of the most important security features in any cloud native platform. It determines who can do what inside the Kubernetes Cluster, helping teams give the right access to the… ⌘ Read more
Study highlights supply and demand gaps in after-school programs
After-school programs are in high demand among families, but mismatches in cost, location and program type can prevent students from accessing the opportunities they need most, according to a new USC study. ⌘ Read more
How to turn Liquid Glass into a solid interface
Apple’s new Liquid Glass interface design brings transparency and blur effects to all Apple operating systems, but many users find it distracting or difficult to read. Here’s how to control its effects and make your interface more usable. Although the relevant Accessibility settings are quite similar across macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS, I separate them because they offer different levels of utility in each. I have no experience with (o … ⌘ Read more
What’s your go-to strategy for giving engineers access to production?
I’ve been in this field for almost 15 years, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen two companies handle this the same way
Some other places just hand out just-in-time database access with short-lived credentials, others rely on rigid role-based permission, and others go all in on anonymized data dumps or shadow environments to avoid prod access altogether
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Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agreeing new rules
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Sniffer dogs tested in real-world scenarios reveal need for wider access to explosives
Dogs aren’t just our best friends, they’re also key allies in the fight against terrorism. Thousands of teams of explosive detection dogs and their handlers work 24/7 at airports, transit systems, cargo facilities, and public events around the globe to keep us safe. But canine detection is an art as well as a science: success depends not only on the skill of both dog and human, but also on their bond, and may vary … ⌘ Read more
Poorer health linked to more votes for Reform UK, 2024 voting patterns suggest
Poorer health is linked to a higher proportion of votes for the populist right wing political party, Reform UK, indicates an analysis of the 2024 general election voting patterns in England, published online in the open access journal BMJ Open Respiratory Research. ⌘ Read more
How GitHub Copilot and AI agents are saving legacy systems
GitHub Copilot and AI agents are making legacy COBOL systems accessible to modern developers.
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Bypass 403 Response Code by Adding Creative String | IRSYADSEC
HTTP 403 is a response code indicating that access to the requested resource is forbidden. This can happen due to various reasons, such as…
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[2022] JSONSki: Streaming Processing of JSONPath Queries with Fast Forwarding
Relevant Paper: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3503222.3507719
I am sure this is impressive engineering, but I am not sure if this solves a meaningful problem. If you do need to access the data in this manner, maybe you shouldn’t have stored it as JSON in the first place?
Docker Model Runner on the new NVIDIA DGX Spark: a new paradigm for developing AI locally
We’re thrilled to bring NVIDIA DGX™ Spark support to Docker Model Runner. The new NVIDIA DGX Spark delivers incredible performance, and Docker Model Runner makes it accessible. With Model Runner, you can easily run and iterate on larger models right on your local machine, using the same intuitive Docker experience you already trust. In this… ⌘ Read more
LineageOS 23 released
The LineageOS project has released version 23 of their AOSP-based Android variant. LineageOS 23 is based on the initial release of Android 16 – so not the QPR1 release that came later – because Google has not made the source code for that release available yet. Like other, similar projects, LineageOS also suffers from Google’s recent further lockdown of Android; not only do they not have access to Android 16 QPR1’s source code, they also can’t follow along with the latest security patche … ⌘ Read more
** The Access Control Apocalypse: How Broken Permissions Gave Me Keys to Every Digital Door**
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Stop Overlapping Text & Legibility Issues on macOS Tahoe with “Reduce Transparency”
The Liquid Glass interface of macOS Tahoe 26 can provide some accessibility and legibility challenges for some Mac users, and one of the recurring complaints is the heavy usage of transparency and translucency can lead to text overlapping other text throughout the operating system. Whether it’s a sidebar, menu, messages, or window, having text atop … [Rea … ⌘ Read more
Unlocking Local AI on Any GPU: Docker Model Runner Now with Vulkan Support
Running large language models (LLMs) on your local machine is one of the most exciting frontiers in AI development. At Docker, our goal is to make this process as simple and accessible as possible. That’s why we built Docker Model Runner, a tool to help you download and run LLMs with a single command. Until… ⌘ Read more
Stealing Part of a Production Language Model (2024)
We introduce the first model-stealing attack that extracts precise, nontrivial information from black-box production language models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google’s PaLM-2. Specifically, our attack recovers the embedding projection layer (up to symmetries) of a transformer model, given typical API access. For under $20 USD, our attack extracts the entire projection matrix of OpenAI’s ada and babbage language models. We thereby confirm, for the first time, that these black-box … ⌘ Read more