NSF plans abrupt end to lone U.S. Antarctic research icebreaker
https://www.science.org/content/article/nsf-plans-abrupt-end-lone-u-s-antarctic-research-icebreaker
https://www.science.org/content/article/nsf-plans-abrupt-end-lone-u-s-antarctic-research-icebreaker
Science
NSF plans abrupt end to lone U.S. Antarctic research icebreaker
Imminent termination of the <em>RV Nathaniel B. Palmer</em> shocks polar scientists
You Went to a Drag Show—Now the State of Florida Wants Your Name
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/you-went-drag-show-now-state-florida-wants-your-name
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/you-went-drag-show-now-state-florida-wants-your-name
Electronic Frontier Foundation
You Went to a Drag Show—Now the State of Florida Wants Your Name
EFF has long warned about this kind of mission creep: where a law or policy supposedly aimed at public safety is turned into a tool for political retaliation or mass surveillance. Going to a drag
Pony: An actor-model, capabilities-secure, high-performance programming language
https://www.ponylang.io/discover/
https://www.ponylang.io/discover/
EU Commission finds Temu in breach of online platform rules
https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/07/28/eu-commission-finds-temu-in-breach-of-online-platform-rules
https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/07/28/eu-commission-finds-temu-in-breach-of-online-platform-rules
euronews
EU Commission finds Temu in breach of online platform rules
The investigation under the Digital Services Act into the Chinese e-commerce platform began in October 2024.
Stop promising "unlimited", when you mean "until we change our minds"
https://blog.kilocode.ai/p/ai-pricing-playbook-strikes-again
https://blog.kilocode.ai/p/ai-pricing-playbook-strikes-again
blog.kilocode.ai
Stop selling "unlimited", when you mean "until we change our minds"
Claude Code joins the AI pricing bait-and-switch
Wikimedia Foundation Challenges UK Online Safety Act Regulations
https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/07/17/wikimedia-foundation-challenges-uk-online-safety-act-regulations/
https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/07/17/wikimedia-foundation-challenges-uk-online-safety-act-regulations/
Wikimedia Foundation
Wikimedia Foundation Challenges UK Online Safety Act Regulations – Wikimedia Foundation
UPDATE: On Monday, 11 August, the High Court of Justice dismissed the Wikimedia Foundation’s challenge to the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) Categorisation Regulations. While the decision does not provide the immediate legal protections for Wikipedia that we…
Amazon's AI Coding Revealed a Dirty Little Secret
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-29/amazon-ai-coding-revealed-a-dirty-little-secret
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-29/amazon-ai-coding-revealed-a-dirty-little-secret
Bloomberg.com
Amazon’s AI Coding Revealed a Dirty Little Secret
The shopping behemoth is the latest firm to fall prey to a software security problem that’s flying under the radar.
Age Verification Laws Send VPN Use Soaring–and Threaten the Open Internet
https://www.wired.com/story/vpn-use-spike-age-verification-laws-uk/
https://www.wired.com/story/vpn-use-spike-age-verification-laws-uk/
WIRED
Age Verification Laws Send VPN Use Soaring—and Threaten the Open Internet
A law requiring UK internet users to verify their age to access adult content has led to a huge surge in VPN downloads—and has experts worried about the future of free expression online.
Sendblue (YC S23) is hiring senior engineers
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/sendblue/jobs/VP7cA0F-senior-backend-engineer
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/sendblue/jobs/VP7cA0F-senior-backend-engineer
Y Combinator
Senior Backend Engineer at Sendblue
We’re looking for a seasoned full-stack engineer to lead feature development across our Node.js, React, and PostgreSQL stack. You'll own projects end-to-end—from schema design to backend APIs—ensuring our platform remains fast, scalable, and reliable.
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Wish you could escape the planet? Too bad life in space would suck
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/22/wish-you-could-escape-the-planet-too-life-in-space-would-suck/
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/22/wish-you-could-escape-the-planet-too-life-in-space-would-suck/
Salon.com
Wish you could escape the planet? Too bad life in space would suck
Earth can be tiresome, but you probably wouldn’t enjoy living on the International Space Station either
RP2350 A4, RP2354, and a New Hacking Challenge
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/rp2350-a4-rp2354-and-a-new-hacking-challenge/
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/rp2350-a4-rp2354-and-a-new-hacking-challenge/
Raspberry Pi
RP2350 A4, RP2354, and a new Hacking Challenge - Raspberry Pi
New A4 stepping of our RP2350 microcontroller now available, with security and other improvements. Plus: another RP2350 Hacking Challenge!
The hit film about overworked nurses that's causing alarm across Europe
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/29/late-shift-swiss-hospital-nurses-overworked-healthcare
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/29/late-shift-swiss-hospital-nurses-overworked-healthcare
the Guardian
The shocking hit film about overworked nurses that’s causing alarm across Europe
A Swiss film about a nurse pushed to her limits one night is being praised for the picture it paints of treacherously underfunded healthcare. The director talks about the ‘heart-pounding’ story that inspired her
Microsoft Introduces 'Copilot Mode' in Edge
https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2025/07/28/introducing-copilot-mode-in-edge-a-new-way-to-browse-the-web/
https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2025/07/28/introducing-copilot-mode-in-edge-a-new-way-to-browse-the-web/
Microsoft Edge Blog
Introducing Copilot Mode in Edge: A new way to browse the web
For decades, the way we’ve used browsers has remained linear: open a tab (or 20), search for something, read a page, repeat. It’s a model that’s worked well, but it hasn’t fundamentally changed. Until now. As AI begins to reshape nearly every
Pax Markets (YC W25) is hiring a founding principal hardware (RTL) engineer
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pax-markets/jobs/qv4p3Al-founding-principal-hardware-engineer
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pax-markets/jobs/qv4p3Al-founding-principal-hardware-engineer
Y Combinator
Founding Principal Hardware Engineer at PAX Markets
## What you’ll do:
As founding principal hardware engineer, you will lead the design and in-production implementation of an exchange and co-located trading facility on a single silicon device. You will lead development of PAX core technology and set future…
As founding principal hardware engineer, you will lead the design and in-production implementation of an exchange and co-located trading facility on a single silicon device. You will lead development of PAX core technology and set future…