Vision Pro: What we got wrong at Oculus that Apple got right https://hugo.blog/2024/03/11/vision-pro/
Hugo's Blog
Vision Pro is an over-engineered “devkit” // Hardware bleeds genius & audacity but software story is disheartening // What we got…
by Hugo Barra (former Head of Oculus at Meta) Friends and colleagues have been asking me to share my perspective on the Apple Vision Pro as a product. Inspired by my dear friend Matt Mullenweg̵…
Sunlight, a Certificate Transparency log implementation https://letsencrypt.org/2024/03/14/introducing-sunlight.html
letsencrypt.org
Introducing Sunlight, a CT implementation built for scalability, ease of operation, and reduced cost
Let’s Encrypt is proud to introduce Sunlight, a new implementation of a Certificate Transparency log that we built from the ground up with modern Web PKI opportunities and constraints in mind. In partnership with Filippo Valsorda, who led the design and implementation…
Fuzzing Ladybird with tools from Google Project Zero https://awesomekling.substack.com/p/fuzzing-ladybird-with-tools-from
Substack
Fuzzing Ladybird with tools from Google Project Zero
While Ladybird does an okay job with well-formed web content, I thought it would be useful to throw some security research tools at it and see what kind of issues it might reveal.
The return of the frame pointers https://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2024-03-17/the-return-of-the-frame-pointers.html
LLM4Decompile: Decompiling Binary Code with LLM https://github.com/albertan017/LLM4Decompile
GitHub
GitHub - albertan017/LLM4Decompile: Reverse Engineering: Decompiling Binary Code with Large Language Models
Reverse Engineering: Decompiling Binary Code with Large Language Models - albertan017/LLM4Decompile
Nanofont3x4: Smallest readable 3x4 font with lowercase (2015) https://github.com/Michaelangel007/nanofont3x4
GitHub
GitHub - Michaelangel007/nanofont3x4: World's smallest readable 3x4 font with lowercase; includes all ASCII symbols
World's smallest readable 3x4 font with lowercase; includes all ASCII symbols - Michaelangel007/nanofont3x4
When Armor Met Lips https://crookedtimber.org/2024/03/16/occasional-paper-when-armor-met-lips
Crooked Timber
Occasional paper: When Armor Met Lips
So about five hundred million years ago, give or take, there was this little creature called Plectronoceras. It was about 2 cm long — just under an inch — and it had a conical shell wi…
Cranelift code generation comes to Rust https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/964735/8b795f23495af1d4/
YouTube now requires to label their realistic-looking videos made using AI https://blog.google/intl/en-in/products/platforms/how-were-helping-creators-disclose-altered-or-synthetic-content/
Google
How we're helping creators disclose altered or synthetic content
Generative AI is transforming the ways creators express themselves – from storyboarding ideas to experimenting with tools that enhance the creative process. But viewers …
WebSockets vs. Server-Sent-Events vs. Long-Polling vs. WebRTC vs. WebTransport https://rxdb.info/articles/websockets-sse-polling-webrtc-webtransport.html
rxdb.info
WebSockets vs Server-Sent-Events vs Long-Polling vs WebRTC vs WebTransport | RxDB - JavaScript Database
Learn the unique benefits and pitfalls of each real-time tech. Make informed decisions on WebSockets, SSE, Polling, WebRTC, and WebTransport.
Stability.ai – Introducing Stable Video 3D https://stability.ai/news/introducing-stable-video-3d
Stability AI
Introducing Stable Video 3D: Quality Novel View Synthesis and 3D Generation from Single Images — Stability AI
When we released Stable Video Diffusion, we highlighted the versatility of our video model across various applications. Building upon this foundation, we are excited to release Stable Video 3D. This new model advances the field of 3D technology, delivering…
Michel Talagrand wins Abel Prize for work wrangling randomness https://www.quantamagazine.org/michel-talagrand-wins-abel-prize-for-work-wrangling-randomness-20240320/
Quanta Magazine
Michel Talagrand Wins Abel Prize for Work Wrangling Randomness
The French mathematician spent decades developing a set of tools now widely used for taming random processes.
Intel to Receive $8.5B in Grants to Build Chip Plants https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/20/us/politics/chips-act-grant-intel.html
NY Times
Intel Receives $8.5 Billion in Grants to Build Chip Plants
The award, announced by President Biden at a plant in Arizona, is the biggest the government has made under a new program that aims to rebuild the nation’s semiconductor manufacturing industry.
Rive Renderer for real-time vector graphics is now open source https://rive.app/blog/rive-renderer-now-open-source-and-available-on-all-platforms
Suspicious discontinuities (2020) https://danluu.com/discontinuities/
Redis adopts dual source-available licensing https://redis.com/blog/redis-adopts-dual-source-available-licensing/
Redis
Redis Adopts Dual Source-Available Licensing | Redis
Developers love Redis. Unlock the full potential of the Redis database with Redis Enterprise and start building blazing fast apps.
The baffling intelligence of a single cell: The story of E. coli chemotaxis https://jsomers.net/e-coli-chemotaxis/
jsomers.net
E. coli chemotaxis: the baffling intelligence of a single cell
Difftastic, a structural diff tool that understands syntax https://difftastic.wilfred.me.uk/
U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/technology/apple-doj-lawsuit-antitrust.html
NY Times
U.S. Sues Apple, Accusing It of Maintaining an iPhone Monopoly
The lawsuit caps years of regulatory scrutiny of Apple’s wildly popular suite of devices and services, which have fueled its growth into a nearly $3 trillion public company.