FFmpeg devs boast of another 100x leap thanks to handwritten assembly code
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/the-biggest-speedup-ive-seen-so-far-ffmpeg-devs-boast-of-another-100x-leap-thanks-to-handwritten-assembly-code
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/the-biggest-speedup-ive-seen-so-far-ffmpeg-devs-boast-of-another-100x-leap-thanks-to-handwritten-assembly-code
Tom's Hardware
'The biggest speedup I've seen so far' — FFmpeg devs boast of another 100x leap thanks to handwritten assembly code
But admit this boost is only seen in 'an obscure filter'.
What birdsong and back ends can teach us about magic
https://digitalseams.com/blog/what-birdsong-and-backends-can-teach-us-about-magic
https://digitalseams.com/blog/what-birdsong-and-backends-can-teach-us-about-magic
Digital Seams
What birdsong and backends can teach us about magic — Digital Seams
Who said you had to be reasonable?
Show HN: X11 desktop widget that shows location of your network peers on a map
https://github.com/h2337/connmap
https://github.com/h2337/connmap
GitHub
GitHub - h2337/connmap: connmap is an X11 desktop widget that shows location of your current network peers on a world map in real…
connmap is an X11 desktop widget that shows location of your current network peers on a world map in real-time - h2337/connmap
Computational Complexity of Neural Networks
https://lunalux.io/introduction-to-neural-networks/computational-complexity-of-neural-networks/
https://lunalux.io/introduction-to-neural-networks/computational-complexity-of-neural-networks/
iMessage integration in Claude can hijack the model to do anything
https://www.generalanalysis.com/blog/imessage-stripe-exploit
https://www.generalanalysis.com/blog/imessage-stripe-exploit
How to handle people dismissing io_uring as insecure?
https://github.com/axboe/liburing/discussions/1047
https://github.com/axboe/liburing/discussions/1047
GitHub
How to handle people dismissing io_uring as insecure? · axboe liburing · Discussion #1047
I'm working on, from what I can tell, the most sophisticated open-source io_uring runtime and every time I try to shill it, developers will simply scoff at io_uring, saying, "isn't io_...
Vibe coding service Replit deleted production database, faked data, told fibs
https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/replit_saastr_vibe_coding_incident/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/replit_saastr_vibe_coding_incident/
The Register
Vibe coding service Replit deleted user’s production database, faked data, told fibs galore
: AI ignored instruction to freeze code, forgot it could roll back errors, and generally made a terrible hash of things
NIH limits scientists to six applications per year
https://www.science.org/content/article/fearful-ai-generated-grant-proposals-nih-limits-scientists-six-applications-year
https://www.science.org/content/article/fearful-ai-generated-grant-proposals-nih-limits-scientists-six-applications-year
Science
Fearful of AI-generated grant proposals, NIH limits scientists to six applications per year
Some critics of the new policy say the cap could hinder researchers in need of funding
France launches criminal probe of X over alleged algorithm ‘manipulation’
https://www.ft.com/content/21818d23-71d7-45a4-ae8c-e7940f5d9e00
https://www.ft.com/content/21818d23-71d7-45a4-ae8c-e7940f5d9e00
Ft
X slams French criminal probe over alleged algorithm ‘manipulation’
Lawmaker reported allegations over moderation and rightwing content on social media platform
Extend (YC W23) is hiring engineers to build SOTA document processing
https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/extend
https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/extend
Ashbyhq
Extend Jobs
Cryptocurrency exchanges begin offering tokenized securities
https://apnews.com/article/crypto-robinhood-openai-tokenization-sec-bfd41220717fe9b6ebcd0305005e0018
https://apnews.com/article/crypto-robinhood-openai-tokenization-sec-bfd41220717fe9b6ebcd0305005e0018
Spanish police arrest five over $542M crypto investment scheme
https://therecord.media/spain-europol-cryptocurrency-investment-scheme-takedown
https://therecord.media/spain-europol-cryptocurrency-investment-scheme-takedown
therecord.media
Spanish police arrest five over $542 million crypto investment scheme
Spain's Guardia Civil and Europol touted an operation that took down an international scheme that lured victims into bogus cryptocurrency investments.
Australian anti-porn group claims responsibility for Steams new censorship rules
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/australian-anti-porn-group-claims-responsibility-for-steams-new-censorship-rules-in-victory-against-porn-sick-brain-rotted-pedo-gamer-fetishists-and-things-only-get-weirder-from-there/
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/australian-anti-porn-group-claims-responsibility-for-steams-new-censorship-rules-in-victory-against-porn-sick-brain-rotted-pedo-gamer-fetishists-and-things-only-get-weirder-from-there/
PC Gamer
Australian anti-porn group claims responsibility for Steam's new censorship rules in victory against 'porn sick brain rotted pedo…
Everyone hated that.