EU Parliamentary Research Service calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing" https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/
CyberInsider
EU calls VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push
The European Parliamentary Research Service has warned that VPNs are increasingly being used to bypass online age-verification systems.
Internet Archive Switzerland https://blog.archive.org/2026/05/06/internet-archive-switzerland-expanding-a-global-mission-to-preserve-knowledge/
LLMs corrupt your documents when you delegate https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15597
arXiv.org
LLMs Corrupt Your Documents When You Delegate
Large Language Models (LLMs) are poised to disrupt knowledge work, with the emergence of delegated work as a new interaction paradigm (e.g., vibe coding). Delegation requires trust - the...
I’ve banned query strings https://chrismorgan.info/no-query-strings
chrismorgan.info
I’ve banned query strings — Chris Morgan
Idempotency is easy until the second request is different https://blog.dochia.dev/blog/idempotency/
blog.dochia.dev
Idempotency Is Easy Until the Second Request Is Different | Dochia CLI Blog
Idempotency is not just an HTTP header or a key lookup. This article covers the failure cases that bite real APIs: different requests with the same key, concurrent retries, partial success, downstream uncertainty, response replay, expiry, and duplicate message…
I returned to AWS and was reminded why I left http://fourlightyears.blogspot.com/2026/05/i-returned-to-aws-and-was-reminded-hard.html
Blogspot
I returned to AWS - and was reminded HARD why I left.
I was one of the very first advocates for AWS back when it was brand new - SQS, S3, EC2 SimpleDB - it was a lot smaller back then. In fact I...
Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116550899908879585
GrapheneOS Mastodon
GrapheneOS (@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social)
Apple and Google are gradually expanding their use of hardware-based attestation. They're convincing a growing number of services to adopt it. Google's Play Integrity API and Apple's App Attest API are very similar. Apple brought it to the web via Privacy…
Local AI needs to be the norm https://unix.foo/posts/local-ai-needs-to-be-norm/
unix.foo
Local AI Needs to be the Norm · unix.foo
Local AI models should be the default.
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Rendering the Sky, Sunsets, and Planets https://blog.maximeheckel.com/posts/on-rendering-the-sky-sunsets-and-planets/
The Blog of Maxime Heckel
On Rendering the Sky, Sunsets, and Planets - The Blog of Maxime Heckel
This article explores how to render realistic skies and atmospheres in real time in the browser with shaders, from simple sky domes, to entire planets using shaders, raymarching, Rayleigh and Mie scattering, and ozone absorption.
Show HN: Needle: We Distilled Gemini Tool Calling into a 26M Model https://github.com/cactus-compute/needle
GitHub
GitHub - cactus-compute/needle: 26m function call model that runs on incredibly small devices
26m function call model that runs on incredibly small devices - cactus-compute/needle
Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025) https://fredchan.org/blog/locality-domains-guide/
Frederick's Perch
Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain
In the US, you can get a domain name like `somename.city.state.us` for free. If your town has its own domain, you can get nameservers from Amazon Lightsail, send the *Interim .US Domain Template* to the delegated manager for your locality, then point DNS…
The Emacsification of Software https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2026/05/12/emacsification/
sockpuppet.org
The Emacsification of Software
Rewrite Bun in Rust has been merged https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/30412
A Claude Code and Codex Skill for Deliberate Skill Development https://github.com/DrCatHicks/learning-opportunities
GitHub
GitHub - DrCatHicks/learning-opportunities: A Claude or Codex skill for deliberate skill development during AI-assisted coding
A Claude or Codex skill for deliberate skill development during AI-assisted coding - DrCatHicks/learning-opportunities
Leaving the Physical World https://www.eff.org/pages/leaving-physical-world
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Leaving the Physical World
For the Conference on HyperNetworking, Oita, Japan by John Perry Barlow Like very few Americans of my generation, I come from the physical world. I spent most of my working life running a large
Show HN: Running the second public ODoH relay https://numa.rs/blog/posts/odoh-anonymous-dns-without-an-account.html
numa.rs
Anonymous DNS without an account: shipping ODoH client + relay in
one Rust binary — Numa
one Rust binary — Numa
Every existing anonymous-DNS option
(Apple Private Relay, NextDNS, Cloudflare Families) requires signing up.
ODoH (RFC 9230) is the protocol that splits ‘who you are’ from ‘what you
asked’ across two independent operators. Numa v0.14 ships the client,
the…
(Apple Private Relay, NextDNS, Cloudflare Families) requires signing up.
ODoH (RFC 9230) is the protocol that splits ‘who you are’ from ‘what you
asked’ across two independent operators. Numa v0.14 ships the client,
the…
USDA Projects Smallest US Wheat Harvest Since 1972 Due to Plains Drought https://www.agweb.com/news/usda-projects-smallest-us-wheat-harvest-1972-due-plains-drought
AgWeb
USDA Projects Smallest US Wheat Harvest Since 1972 Due to Plains Drought
USDA forecasts historic wheat lows and record soybean gains amid drought, trade tensions, and rising input costs for the 2026/27 season.
Computer Hobby Movement in Canada https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/exhibits/show/hobby_canada/hobby_canada
museum.eecs.yorku.ca
Computer Hobby Movement in Canada · Computer Hobby Movement in Canada · York University Computer Museum Canada
The York University Computer Museum (YUCoM) is a historical collection and a research center for the history of computing in Canada. Computer museum Canada
Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI's IPO https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/sam-altmans-business-dealings-under-gop-scrutiny-ahead-of-openais-ipo-52c1cc4d
The Wall Street Journal
Sam Altman’s Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI’s IPO
The Republican-led House Oversight Committee says it is investigating, and seven GOP state attorneys general are calling for SEC review after a WSJ article.