Microsoft Edge stores all passwords in memory in clear text, even when unused
https://twitter.com/L1v1ng0ffTh3L4N/status/2051308329880719730
https://twitter.com/L1v1ng0ffTh3L4N/status/2051308329880719730
X (formerly Twitter)
Tom Jøran Sønstebyseter Rønning (@L1v1ng0ffTh3L4N) on X
Microsoft Edge loads all your saved passwords into memory in cleartext — even when you’re not using them.
White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/technology/trump-ai-models.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/technology/trump-ai-models.html
Nytimes
White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released
The Trump administration, which took a noninterventionist approach to artificial intelligence, is now discussing imposing oversight on A.I. models before they are made publicly available.
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Formatting a 25M-line codebase overnight
https://stripe.dev/blog/formatting-an-entire-25-million-line-codebase-overnight-the-rubyfmt-story
https://stripe.dev/blog/formatting-an-entire-25-million-line-codebase-overnight-the-rubyfmt-story
stripe.dev
Formatting an entire 25 million line codebase overnight: the rubyfmt story
This is the story of how our Developer Productivity team extended and rolled out rubyfmt, our Rust-based zero-config, ultra-fast autoformatter across the world's largest Ruby codebase.
'Point of no return': New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/04/new-orleans-sea-levels-relocation-climate-crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/04/new-orleans-sea-levels-relocation-climate-crisis
the Guardian
‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study finds
Louisiana’s cultural hotspot could be surrounded by Gulf of Mexico before end of this century, authors say
Suspected YouTube bug spikes RAM over 7gbs users report lag and frozen tabs
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/a-suspected-youtube-interface-bug-spikes-ram-usage-above-7-gigabytes-users-report-severe-lag-and-frozen-tabs-bug-might-be-trapping-browsers-in-an-endless-layout-loop
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/a-suspected-youtube-interface-bug-spikes-ram-usage-above-7-gigabytes-users-report-severe-lag-and-frozen-tabs-bug-might-be-trapping-browsers-in-an-endless-layout-loop
Tom's Hardware
A suspected YouTube interface bug spikes RAM usage above 7 gigabytes, users report severe lag and frozen tabs — bug might be trapping…
YouTube bug reportedly maxing out CPUs.
Bun is being ported from Zig to Rust
https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/commit/46d3bc29f270fa881dd5730ef1549e88407701a5
https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/commit/46d3bc29f270fa881dd5730ef1549e88407701a5
GitHub
docs: add Phase-A porting guide · oven-sh/bun@46d3bc2
Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager – all in one - docs: add Phase-A porting guide · oven-sh/bun@46d3bc2
What I'm Hearing About Cognitive Debt (So Far)
https://margaretstorey.com/blog/2026/02/18/cognitive-debt-revisited/
https://margaretstorey.com/blog/2026/02/18/cognitive-debt-revisited/
Margaret-Anne Storey
What I’m Hearing About Cognitive Debt (So Far)
A week ago, I wrote about how Generative and Agentic AI may be amplifying what I’ve been calling cognitive debt: the accumulated gap between a system’s evolving structure and a team’s shared unders...
Pulitzer Prize Winner in International Reporting
https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/dake-kang-garance-burke-byron-tau-aniruddha-ghosal-and-yael-grauer-contributor-associated
https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/dake-kang-garance-burke-byron-tau-aniruddha-ghosal-and-yael-grauer-contributor-associated
The Pulitzer Prizes
Dake Kang, Garance Burke, Byron Tau, Aniruddha Ghosal and Yael Grauer, contributor, of Associated Press
For an astonishing global investigation into state-of-the-art tools of mass surveillance, created in Silicon Valley, advanced in China and spreading worldwide before returning to America for secret new uses by the U.S. Border Patrol.
Linux, Windows or macOS: Which Operating System to Use in 2026?
https://www.lucasaguiar.xyz/posts/linux-windows-macos-qual-usar-2026/
https://www.lucasaguiar.xyz/posts/linux-windows-macos-qual-usar-2026/
Home
Linux, Windows or macOS: Which Operating System to Use in 2026?
Honest perspective from someone who used all three systems for years — why I chose macOS, when Linux is truly worth it, and what still bothers me about Windows.
CVE-2026-31431: Copy Fail vs. rootless containers
https://www.dragonsreach.it/2026/05/04/cve-2026-31431-copy-fail-rootless-containers/
https://www.dragonsreach.it/2026/05/04/cve-2026-31431-copy-fail-rootless-containers/
About 10% of AMC movie showings sell zero tickets. This site finds them
https://walzr.com/empty-screenings
https://walzr.com/empty-screenings
Lessons for Agentic Coding: What should we do when code is cheap?
https://www.dbreunig.com/2026/05/04/10-lessons-for-agentic-coding.html
https://www.dbreunig.com/2026/05/04/10-lessons-for-agentic-coding.html
Drew Breunig
10 Lessons for Agentic Coding
Guidelines for programming when code is cheap.
Async Rust never left the MVP state
https://tweedegolf.nl/en/blog/237/async-rust-never-left-the-mvp-state
https://tweedegolf.nl/en/blog/237/async-rust-never-left-the-mvp-state
tweedegolf.nl
Async Rust never left the MVP state - Blog - Tweede golf
I've previously explained async bloat and some work-arounds for it, but would much prefer to solve the issue at the root, in the compiler. I've submitted a Project Goal, and am looking for help to ...
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent
https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
That Privacy Guy!
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are…
Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user deletes it. The pattern is identical to the Anthropic Claude…