New study of birds shows citizen science can be trusted
https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/can-citizen-science-be-trusted-new-study-birds-shows-it-can
https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/can-citizen-science-be-trusted-new-study-birds-shows-it-can
UC Davis
Can Citizen Science Be Trusted? New Study of Birds Shows It Can
Platforms such as iNaturalist and eBird encourage people to observe and document nature, but how accurate is the ecological data that they collect?
Where did the false "equal transit-time" explanation of lift originate from?
https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/9931/where-did-the-false-equal-transit-time-explanation-of-lift-originate-from
https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/9931/where-did-the-false-equal-transit-time-explanation-of-lift-originate-from
History of Science and Mathematics Stack Exchange
Where did the false "equal transit-time" explanation of lift originate from?
It's supposedly a "widely circulated" false claim that wings generate lift because of their asymmetric shape, forcing air above to travel faster so that they meet up on the trailing edge at the sam...
Hyperscaling Have I Been Pwned with Cloudflare Workers and Caching
https://www.troyhunt.com/closer-to-the-edge-hyperscaling-have-i-been-pwned-with-cloudflare-workers-and-caching/
https://www.troyhunt.com/closer-to-the-edge-hyperscaling-have-i-been-pwned-with-cloudflare-workers-and-caching/
Troy Hunt
Closer to the Edge: Hyperscaling Have I Been Pwned with Cloudflare Workers and Caching
I've spent more than a decade now writing about how to make Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) fast. Really fast. Fast to the extent that sometimes, it was even too fast:
Open Source Projects Receive Funding to Reclaim the Public Internet
https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250422-announcement-grants-CommonsFund.html
https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250422-announcement-grants-CommonsFund.html
EU fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-fines-apple-meta-breaking-europe-digital-markets-act-dma/
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-fines-apple-meta-breaking-europe-digital-markets-act-dma/
POLITICO
EU fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M for breaking Europe’s digital rules – POLITICO
The highly anticipated penalties are the first to be issued under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act.
'60 Minutes' chief resigns, saying show's independence was compromised
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5372733/60-minutes-bill-owens-cbs-trump-paramount
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5372733/60-minutes-bill-owens-cbs-trump-paramount
NPR
'60 Minutes' chief resigns, saying show's independence was compromised
The longtime head of CBS' 60 Minutes resigned Tuesday, as the network's parent company grapples with President Trump's lawsuit over an interview the show did with Kamala Harris last fall.
Mozilla blocks UAE for internet security guardian after hacking reports (2019)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-mozilla/mozilla-blocks-uae-bid-to-become-an-internet-security-guardian-after-hacking-reports-idUSKCN1U42CA/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-mozilla/mozilla-blocks-uae-bid-to-become-an-internet-security-guardian-after-hacking-reports-idUSKCN1U42CA/
Reuters
Mozilla blocks UAE bid to become an internet security guardian after hacking reports
Firefox browser maker Mozilla is blocking the United Arab Emirates' government from serving as one of its internet security gatekeepers, citing Reuters reports on a UAE cyber espionage programme.
OpenAI tells judge it would buy Chrome from Google
https://www.theverge.com/news/653882/openai-chrome-google-us-judge
https://www.theverge.com/news/653882/openai-chrome-google-us-judge
The Verge
OpenAI tells judge it would buy Chrome from Google
OpenAI has its eye on Chrome.
How I Blog with Obsidian, Hugo, GitHub, and Cloudflare – Zero Cost, Fully Owned
https://ingau.me/blog/how-i-write-my-blogs-in-obsidian-and-publish-instantly/
https://ingau.me/blog/how-i-write-my-blogs-in-obsidian-and-publish-instantly/
ingau
How I write my blogs in Obsidian and publish instantly
I’ve been using Obsidian for all my writing lately, and it’s been a game changer. The local-first model means everything lives as plain text on my machine, and with the Minimal theme, the interface stays clean and distraction-free.
My vault lives in iCloud…
My vault lives in iCloud…
"Periodic table of machine learning" could fuel AI discovery
https://news.mit.edu/2025/machine-learning-periodic-table-could-fuel-ai-discovery-0423
https://news.mit.edu/2025/machine-learning-periodic-table-could-fuel-ai-discovery-0423
MIT News
“Periodic table of machine learning” could fuel AI discovery
After uncovering a unifying algorithm that links more than 20 common machine-learning approaches, MIT researchers organized them into a “periodic table of machine learning” that can help scientists combine elements of different methods to improve algorithms…
Empty Calories of AI: A Cure for Loneliness Worse Than the Disease?
https://peakhorse.substack.com/p/empty-calories-of-ai-a-cure-for-loneliness
https://peakhorse.substack.com/p/empty-calories-of-ai-a-cure-for-loneliness
Substack
Empty Calories of AI: A Cure for Loneliness Worse Than the Disease?
AI may keep us from being alone, but its presence could lead to a different kind of loneliness
Launch HN: Cua (YC X25) – Open-Source Docker Container for Computer-Use Agents
https://github.com/trycua/cua
https://github.com/trycua/cua
GitHub
GitHub - trycua/cua: c/ua is the Docker Container for Computer-Use AI Agents.
c/ua is the Docker Container for Computer-Use AI Agents. - trycua/cua
More Everything Forever
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/books/review/more-everything-forever-adam-becker.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/books/review/more-everything-forever-adam-becker.html
NY Times
Go to Mars, Never Die and Other Big Tech Pipe Dreams
In “More Everything Forever,” the science journalist Adam Becker subjects Silicon Valley’s “ideology of technological salvation” to critical scrutiny.