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Bambu Lab Threatens OrcaSlicer Fork Developer Over AGPL Code It Wrote Itself
Jeff Geerling escalates his criticism of 3D printer maker Bambu Lab, this time over the company's cease-and-desist threats against the developer of OrcaSlicer-b
Building a Real-Time Atmospheric Scattering Shader in the Browser
A month-long exploration into reproducing Earth's atmosphere in WebGL, inspired by a photograph of the Endeavour shuttle at sunset showing the gradient from ora
Cloudflare hosts the booter that took down Ubuntu — then sells Canonical the cure
On 30 April 2026 a pro-Iranian group calling itself the Islamic Cyber Resistance in Iraq knocked Canonical's public web infrastructure offline for roughly twent
Curl's Daniel Stenberg: Anthropic's Mythos Found Just One Real Bug
Anthropic's much-hyped Mythos model, billed in April 2026 as dangerously capable at uncovering security flaws, was given a shot at curl through the Linux Founda
Elevator: Static x86-64 to AArch64 Binary Translation Without Heuristics
Researchers have introduced Elevator, a binary translator that converts complete x86-64 executables to AArch64 entirely ahead of time, without requiring source
EU Targets Addictive Design in TikTok, Instagram to Shield Minors
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced plans to act against engagement-driving features on TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook later this year, nami
Gmail Signup Now Demands Outbound SMS From Your Phone, Killing Anonymous Accounts
Google has quietly tightened Gmail account creation: the QR code shown during registration now instructs the user's phone to send an outbound SMS to Google rath
Google Unveils Googlebook: AI-First Laptops With Deep Gemini Integration
Google has teased Googlebook, a new line of laptops positioning Gemini AI as the core operating layer rather than a bolted-on feature. The marketing pitch frame
Instructure Pays ShinyHunters After Twin Canvas Breaches Hit 275M Users
Instructure paid an undisclosed ransom to ShinyHunters after the group breached Canvas twice in under two weeks, exposing data tied to roughly 275 million users
Kraftwerk's Radioactivity at 50: From Sci-Fi Hymn to Anti-Nuclear Anthem
Kraftwerk's 1975 album Radio-Activity, reissued for its 50th anniversary, cemented the Düsseldorf quartet's shift into fully electronic music and showcased thei
Needle: A 26M-Parameter Model Distilled from Gemini for On-Device Tool Calling
Cactus Compute has released Needle, a 26-million-parameter model distilled from Gemini 3.1 that specializes in single-shot function calling. Built on a new "Sim
Obsidian Launches Automated Plugin Reviews and Safety Scorecards
Obsidian has launched Obsidian Community, a new directory and developer dashboard replacing its previous GitHub-based plugin submission flow. With over 4,000 co