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The article discusses the growing concerns around the centralization of the internet and the potential risks it poses, particularly in terms of privacy, censorship, and control. It highlights the need for decentralized alternatives like the Fediverse, which aims to provide a more democratic and user-centric approach to online communication and content sharing.

The article discusses a new technique called 'Continuous Batching' that improves the efficiency of deep learning models by optimizing the batch size during training. It explains how this method can lead to faster convergence and better performance compared to traditional fixed-batch training.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has reportedly issued hundreds of subpoenas to identify and potentially prosecute individuals who have criticized the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency online, raising concerns about free speech and government overreach.

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The Dutch Defense Secretary has expressed concerns about the software issues affecting the F-35 fighter jet, highlighting the challenges of maintaining the aircraft's capabilities and calling for a collaborative effort to address these technical problems.

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The article explores the controversy surrounding Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s appointment to lead the Department of Health and Human Services' new AI chatbot initiative, which has raised concerns about the potential spread of misinformation and the influence of anti-vaccination views.

The article announces the release of the last version of Varnish Cache, a popular open-source web application accelerator. It highlights the key changes and improvements made in this version, including security fixes, performance enhancements, and updated features.

The article discusses the Trump administration's efforts to suppress and distort scientific information, particularly related to climate change, during its time in office. It examines the administration's actions to downplay and deny the scientific consensus on climate change and its impacts.

Peter Steinberger, the creator of the OpenClaw software framework, has joined OpenAI, the artificial intelligence research company. This move highlights the continued talent acquisition efforts by OpenAI as they advance their work in AI development and research.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has criticized a U.S.-funded clinical trial of a new vaccine for newborns, calling it unethical and raising concerns about the welfare of the infants involved. The trial was conducted in low-income countries without proper informed consent from parents.

The article explores the concept of 'unreal numbers' - mathematical entities that cannot be represented using conventional numeric systems. It delves into the implications of these abstract constructs and their potential applications in various fields, including computer science and physics.

Cybercriminals are targeting job seekers by disguising malware as developer coding challenges, aiming to steal sensitive information and gain unauthorized access to systems. Researchers warn that these fake job recruiters are using deceptive tactics to trick applicants and compromise their devices.

The article profiles Sam Stroozas, a Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) employee known as the 'Bathrobe Lady' for her work from home during the pandemic. It discusses Stroozas' role at MPR, her unique work attire, and how she has become a recognizable figure among MPR listeners.

The article describes GPUSched, an open-source GPU scheduling system that aims to improve the utilization and efficiency of GPU resources in multi-tenant environments. It focuses on key features like job prioritization, preemption, and fair-sharing of GPU resources across different users and workloads.

WebMCP is a browser API that lets websites expose tools to AI agents. Chrome just shipped an early preview in Canary (behind a flag).

I built webmcp-kit because the raw API is a bit tedious, you write JSON Schema by hand and get untyped inputs. This wraps it with Zod so you define schemas once and get TypeScript inference + validation.

It also includes a dev panel to test tools without needing a real AI agent, works in any browser by falling back to a mock.

Try it out and let me know!

I’m nervous, announcing this, as it isn’t ready to ship out to the general public yet, and I haven’t had any feedback at all from anyone, I’m out on my own here. I think this concept itself is kind of dismissed outright a lot too, and I understand why, I wouldn’t believe me either actually.

But, I do believe this is very much worth your time to check out, I am not aware of anything else very much like it.

I won’t repeat what is already written on the github README here, but some info:

I am a successful semi-retired solo game developer, I have been making my own bespoke game engines since 2003 for all of my games across a number of platforms and languages. Last year, I ripped out the engine of my latest game, and stripped it back with the goal to start a new project, as I have done a number of times before.

But this time, I decided to ditch lua and make my own programming language, and that was sort of the tipping point. Once I thought about multiplayer, and realized I wanted a general purpose network that didn't exist, I was on my way down this extremely deep rabbit hole.

I want to just make a few things clear, then I hope that some of you might have some questions or feedback.

- I'm disillusioned by capitalism and the AI transition, and that influences my motives

- I have made all of this open source and free not because I am overly altruistic, but because it is the only way something like this can succeed

- I don’t think it can or should replace the internet, I see it as a cycleway alternative to the internet highway, they have different purposes

- I have no real desire to run an open source project or lead anyone, I mostly just want software that works for me and my family and friends. I love coding and I like to make nice things and share them.

- There is still a lot to do, I'm very excited about messaging and the whole client-side data thing in particular, but for now there are only a few weeks of work to go until a bare bones browser will be functional enough to release and ship.

You can have a play and build it all yourself though right now, host sites, and build apps.

Hey HN,

I made a little Spotify TUI today because I was sick of the electron app draining my battery and otherwise slowing down my computer. I am using it right now and figured you all might find it useful.

Spotify doesn't seem to allow devs to create new apps at the moment, but this should work with any existing or unused app id.

Cheers!