Strike on girls' school that killed 150 in Iran 'likely' carried out by US
https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1497949/strike-on-girls-school-that-killed-150-in-iran-was-likely-carried-out-by-us-military-nyt-says.html
https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1497949/strike-on-girls-school-that-killed-150-in-iran-was-likely-carried-out-by-us-military-nyt-says.html
L'Orient Today
Strike on girls' school that killed 150 in Iran was 'likely' carried out by US military, NYT says
A U.S. military strike may have caused the deadly bombing of a girls' school in Iran, resulting in 150 deaths during recent airstrikes, says NYT.
Apple's 512GB Mac Studio vanishes, a quiet acknowledgment of the RAM shortage
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/apples-512gb-mac-studio-vanishes-a-quiet-acknowledgement-of-the-ram-shortage/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/apples-512gb-mac-studio-vanishes-a-quiet-acknowledgement-of-the-ram-shortage/
Ars Technica
Apple's 512GB Mac Studio vanishes, a quiet acknowledgment of the RAM shortage
Announcements this week were mostly business as usual, but Apple isn't immune.
I ported Linux to the PS5 and turned it into a Steam Machine
https://xcancel.com/theflow0/status/2030011206040256841
https://xcancel.com/theflow0/status/2030011206040256841
CLI RSS/Atom feed reader inspired by Taskwarrior, synced using Git
https://github.com/kantord/blogtato
https://github.com/kantord/blogtato
GitHub
GitHub - kantord/blogtato: A CLI RSS/Atom feed reader inspired by Taskwarrior
A CLI RSS/Atom feed reader inspired by Taskwarrior - kantord/blogtato
LibreOffice: Request to the European Commission to adhere to its own guidances
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/05/cra-guidances/
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/05/cra-guidances/
TDF Community Blog
UPDATED Request to the European Commission to adhere to its own guidances - TDF Community Blog
The European Commission has accepted our request, and starting from today – Friday March 6 – has added the Open Document Format ODS version of the spreadsheet to be used to provide the feedback. We are grateful to the people working at DG CONNECT, the Commission’s…
Oracle may slash up to 30k jobs to fund AI data-centers as US banks retreat
https://www.cio.com/article/4125103/oracle-may-slash-up-to-30000-jobs-to-fund-ai-data-center-expansion-as-us-banks-retreat.html
https://www.cio.com/article/4125103/oracle-may-slash-up-to-30000-jobs-to-fund-ai-data-center-expansion-as-us-banks-retreat.html
In vitro neurons learn and exhibit sentience when embodied in a game-world(2022)
https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(22)00806-6?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0896627322008066%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(22)00806-6?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0896627322008066%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
Neuron
In vitro neurons learn and exhibit sentience when embodied in a simulated game-world
The DishBrain system is the first real-time synthetic biological intelligence platform
that demonstrates that biological neurons can adjust firing activity in a way that
suggests the ability to learn to perform goal-oriented tasks when provided with simple…
that demonstrates that biological neurons can adjust firing activity in a way that
suggests the ability to learn to perform goal-oriented tasks when provided with simple…
Google just gave Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/07/google-just-gave-sundar-pichai-a-692m-pay-package/
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/07/google-just-gave-sundar-pichai-a-692m-pay-package/
TechCrunch
Google just gave Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package | TechCrunch
Most of it is tied to performance, including new stock incentives linked to Waymo and Wing, its drone delivery venture.
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71% Desk Workers Say Screen-Related Visual Discomfort Is Reducing Productivity
https://www.vspvision.com/newsroom/eye-health-and-wellness/vision-care/new-research-from-vsp-vision-care-and-workplace-intelligence-finds-desk-workers-spend-nearly-100-hours-a-week-on-screens
https://www.vspvision.com/newsroom/eye-health-and-wellness/vision-care/new-research-from-vsp-vision-care-and-workplace-intelligence-finds-desk-workers-spend-nearly-100-hours-a-week-on-screens
Vspvision
New Research from VSP Vision Care and Workplace Intelligence Finds Desk Workers Spend Nearly 100 Hours a Week on Screens, 71% Say…
Base Site
Detection Is Not Protection: What WAF Detection Mode Does (and Doesn't)
https://blog.ebbypeter.com/2026/03/detection-is-not-protection-what-azure-waf-detection-mode-actually-does-and-doesnt/
https://blog.ebbypeter.com/2026/03/detection-is-not-protection-what-azure-waf-detection-mode-actually-does-and-doesnt/
Ebby Builds!
Detection Is Not Protection: What Azure WAF Detection Mode Actually Does (and Doesn't)
Most teams think a WAF in Detection mode is partially protecting them. It isn’t. Here’s what actually happens to requests, why the logs actively mislead, and how organisations end up stuck in Detection mode indefinitely without noticing.
Most of the US economy is in a recession
https://www.businessinsider.com/recession-economy-us-tech-wall-street-strategist-investing-stocks-market-2026-3
https://www.businessinsider.com/recession-economy-us-tech-wall-street-strategist-investing-stocks-market-2026-3
Business Insider
Why a 40-year Wall Street veteran says that most of the US economy is in a recession
Wall Street veteran Jim Paulsen said tech is the only bright spot in the economy, comparing the bifurcation to the Mag 7 vs. the rest of the S&P 500.
Linux Internals: How /proc/self/mem writes to unwritable memory (2021)
https://offlinemark.com/an-obscure-quirk-of-proc/
https://offlinemark.com/an-obscure-quirk-of-proc/
offlinemark
Linux Internals: How /proc/self/mem writes to unwritable memory - offlinemark
Introduction An obscure quirk of the /proc/*/mem pseudofile is its “punch through” semantics. Writes performed through this file will succeed even if the destination virtual memory is marked unwritable. In fact, this behavior is intentional and actively used…