Bear spray is exploding in the trash near Yellowstone National Park
https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/exploding-bear-spray-yellowstone-22244713.php
https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/exploding-bear-spray-yellowstone-22244713.php
SFGATE
Bear spray is exploding in the trash near Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone visitors need to stop throwing their bear spray in the trash.
Tesla Solar Roof is on life support as it pivot to panels
https://electrek.co/2026/05/14/tesla-solar-roof-promise-vs-reality-pivot-panels/
https://electrek.co/2026/05/14/tesla-solar-roof-promise-vs-reality-pivot-panels/
Electrek
Tesla Solar Roof is on life support as it pivot to panels
Tesla promised 1,000 Solar Roofs per week by 2019. It installed roughly 3,000 total, stopped reporting numbers, and is now pivoting to conventional panels.
Mozilla to UK regulators: VPNs are essential privacy and security tools
https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2026/05/15/mozilla-to-uk-regulators-vpns-are-essential-privacy-and-security-tools-and-should-not-be-undermined/
https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2026/05/15/mozilla-to-uk-regulators-vpns-are-essential-privacy-and-security-tools-and-should-not-be-undermined/
Open Policy & Advocacy
Mozilla to UK regulators: VPNs are essential privacy and security tools and should not be undermined
In the context of concerns around young people’s interactions with digital technologies, the UK’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is consulting on additional measures to prepare young people for ...
Playing Atari ST Music on the Amiga with Zero CPU
https://arnaud-carre.github.io/2026-05-15-ym-fast-emu/
https://arnaud-carre.github.io/2026-05-15-ym-fast-emu/
Leonard's Blog
Playing ATARI music on Amiga for free!
How to emulate an Atari YM2149 audio chip on Amiga at litteraly 0 CPU cost, by Arnaud Carré
I don't think AI will make your processes go faster
https://frederickvanbrabant.com/blog/2026-05-15-i-dont-think-ai-will-make-your-processes-go-faster/
https://frederickvanbrabant.com/blog/2026-05-15-i-dont-think-ai-will-make-your-processes-go-faster/
Frederickvanbrabant
I don't think AI will make your processes go faster
Explore the delirious rantings of Frederick Vanbrabant. A blog focused on the intersection of Enterprise Architecture, product, and business strategy.
WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/world/africa/ebola-congo-uganda-who-public-health-emergency.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/world/africa/ebola-congo-uganda-who-public-health-emergency.html
Nytimes
W.H.O. Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency
The agency made the declaration just a day after Africa’s top public health agency first announced the outbreak. There is no approved vaccine for this species of Ebola.
Security researcher says Microsoft built a Bitlocker backdoor, releases exploit
https://www.techspot.com/news/112410-security-researcher-microsoft-secretly-built-backdoor-bitlocker-releases.html
https://www.techspot.com/news/112410-security-researcher-microsoft-secretly-built-backdoor-bitlocker-releases.html
TechSpot
A security researcher says Microsoft secretly built a backdoor into BitLocker, releases an exploit to prove it
According to the researcher, YellowKey appears unusual for a previously unknown security bug. Nightmare-Eclipse explained that the flaw can be reproduced by copying an attached "FsTx" folder...
The ultimate female fantasy – A feminist critique of Beauty and the Beast
https://storica.club/blog/beast-was-the-best-part/
https://storica.club/blog/beast-was-the-best-part/
storica.club
The Beast was the best part of Beauty and the Beast — Storica
The version everyone remembers is the edited one. The 1740 original is a novella written, more or less literally, to prepare a young woman to be handed to a frightening older stranger. Camille Paglia and Judith Butler are usually treated as enemies. On the…
Meta deletes popular 1M follower account after Kuwaiti request
https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/2055992439031185782
https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/2055992439031185782
X (formerly Twitter)
Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) on X
Looks like @Meta plans to delete an account with more than a million followers because Ahmed was arrested and then acquitted in Kuwait amid their crackdown. Bowing down to Kuwait is pretty weak, gotta say.
EU weighs restricting use of US cloud platforms to process sensitive gov data
https://www.osnews.com/story/144943/eu-weighs-restricting-use-of-us-cloud-platforms-to-process-sensitive-government-data/
https://www.osnews.com/story/144943/eu-weighs-restricting-use-of-us-cloud-platforms-to-process-sensitive-government-data/
OSnews
EU weighs restricting use of US cloud platforms to process sensitive government data
The fact that this has only just become a possible reality now, and not decades ago, is beyond me, but better late than never, I suppose. The Americans voted en masse (not voting is a vote for the winner!) for Trump twice, and there’s no indication they won’t…
Scientists "bottle the sun" with a liquid battery that stores solar energy
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260513221821.htm
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260513221821.htm
ScienceDaily
Scientists “bottle the sun” with a liquid battery that stores solar energy
Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have created a remarkable new material that works like a “rechargeable solar battery,” storing sunlight inside tiny molecules and releasing it later as heat — even long after the sun goes down. Inspired by reversible changes…
Fired Atlassian engineer posts breakdown of every system he built
https://twitter.com/polydao/status/2055197994635424038
https://twitter.com/polydao/status/2055197994635424038
X (formerly Twitter)
Mr. Buzzoni (@polydao) on X
Atlassian's revenue: $1.79 billion last quarter
Atlassian's move: fire the engineer who built their infrastructure
his move: post a 38-minute breakdown of every system he built, free for anyone to copy
what he revealed:
> Envoy proxy instead of enterprise…
Atlassian's move: fire the engineer who built their infrastructure
his move: post a 38-minute breakdown of every system he built, free for anyone to copy
what he revealed:
> Envoy proxy instead of enterprise…
AI Wearables Are Coming but They'll Need to Pass the Coffee Shop Test to Survive
https://www.inc.com/connor-jewiss/ai-wearables-are-coming-but-theyll-need-to-pass-this-crucial-coffee-shop-test-to-survive/91345526
https://www.inc.com/connor-jewiss/ai-wearables-are-coming-but-theyll-need-to-pass-this-crucial-coffee-shop-test-to-survive/91345526
Inc
AI Wearables Are Coming. But They'll Need to Pass This Crucial Coffee Shop Test to Survive
Using a laptop or smartphone in public has long since become the norm. But AI wearables face a unique challenge.
Fabricked: Misconfiguring Infinity Fabric to Break AMD SEV-SNP
https://xca-attacks.github.io/fabricked/
https://xca-attacks.github.io/fabricked/
XCA
Fabricked
Misconfiguring Infinity Fabric to Break AMD SEV-SNP