'We Currently Have No Container Ships,' Seattle Port Says
https://www.newsweek.com/seattle-port-says-no-container-ships-tariffs-2069464
https://www.newsweek.com/seattle-port-says-no-container-ships-tariffs-2069464
Newsweek
"We currently have no container ships," Seattle port says
Seattle port commissioner Ryan Calkins described the decline in activity as "a stark reminder" of the impact of tariffs.
Sam Altman Wants Your Eyeball
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/10/sam-altman-wants-your-eyeball/
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/10/sam-altman-wants-your-eyeball/
Privacy Guides
Sam Altman Wants Your Eyeball
Last week, OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman announced in San Francisco that the World project he co-founded, formerly known as Worldcoin, is opening six stores across the United States, allowing users of the project's app to scan their eyeballs.
Update turns Google Gemini into a prude, breaking apps for trauma survivors
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/08/google_gemini_update_prevents_disabling/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/08/google_gemini_update_prevents_disabling/
The Register
Update turns Google Gemini into a prude, breaking apps for trauma survivors
: 'I'm sorry, I can't help with that'
AI AI is draining water from areas that need it most
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-ai-impacts-data-centers-water-data
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-ai-impacts-data-centers-water-data
Microsoft Teams will soon block screen capture during meetings
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-teams-will-soon-block-screen-capture-during-meetings/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-teams-will-soon-block-screen-capture-during-meetings/
BleepingComputer
Microsoft Teams will soon block screen capture during meetings
Microsoft is working on adding a new Teams feature that will prevent users from capturing screenshots of sensitive information shared during meetings.
Show HN: PLAttice, for assembling structures much larger than the 3D printer bed
https://zachfred.in/projects/plattice/plattice.html
https://zachfred.in/projects/plattice/plattice.html
Show HN: Xenolab – Rasp Pi monitor for my pet carnivourus plants
https://github.com/blackrabbit17/xenolab
https://github.com/blackrabbit17/xenolab
GitHub
GitHub - blackrabbit17/xenolab: A monitoring station for carnivorous flora.
A monitoring station for carnivorous flora. Contribute to blackrabbit17/xenolab development by creating an account on GitHub.
Why the Apple II Didn't Support Lowercase Letters (2020)
https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/2833/why-the-apple-ii-didnt-support-lowercase-letters
https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/2833/why-the-apple-ii-didnt-support-lowercase-letters
Vintagecomputing
Why the Apple II Didn’t Support Lowercase Letters
[Editor's Note: I recently asked Steve Wozniak via email about why the original Apple II did not support lowercase letters. I could have guessed the [...]
Show HN: LoopMix128 – Fast C PRNG (.46ns), 2^128 Period, BigCrush/PractRand Pass
https://github.com/danielcota/LoopMix128
https://github.com/danielcota/LoopMix128
GitHub
GitHub - danielcota/LoopMix128: A very fast 64-bit PRNG with a 2^128 period, proven injectivity, passing BigCrush & PractRand…
A very fast 64-bit PRNG with a 2^128 period, proven injectivity, passing BigCrush & PractRand (32TB). - danielcota/LoopMix128
Ireland given two months to implement hate speech laws or face action from EU
https://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-given-two-months-to-start-implementing-hate-speech-laws-6697853-May2025/
https://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-given-two-months-to-start-implementing-hate-speech-laws-6697853-May2025/
TheJournal.ie
Ireland given two months to begin implementing hate speech laws or face legal action from EU
The European Commission said Ireland is allegedly “failing” to comply with laws around race-based violence and hate.
Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk released from immigration detention
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5393055/tufts-student-rumeysa-ozturk-ordered-freed-from-immigration-detention
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5393055/tufts-student-rumeysa-ozturk-ordered-freed-from-immigration-detention
NPR
Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk freed from immigration detention
Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University doctoral student, was ordered released by a federal judge in Vermont in the latest setback for the Trump administration's effort to deport noncitizen activists it accuses of antisemitism.
What is it like to be a thermostat? (1996)
https://www.organism.earth/library/document/what-is-it-like-to-be-a-thermostat
https://www.organism.earth/library/document/what-is-it-like-to-be-a-thermostat
The Library
What is it Like to be a Thermostat?
Could a simple thermostat possess consciousness? Philosopher David Chalmers believes it’s possible. He compares connectionist networks to mundane thermostats, finding uncanny similarities in how they process information. This suggests thermostats could model…
Most AI spending driven by FOMO, not ROI, CEOs tell IBM
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/06/ibm_ai_investments/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/06/ibm_ai_investments/
The Register
FYI: Most AI spending driven by FOMO, not ROI, CEOs tell IBM, LOL
: Just 1 in 4 bets paying off so far