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LLM Writing Assistants Flatten How We Write — and Blur Who Wrote It
A study by Sourati and colleagues in Nature Human Behaviour tracks what happens to prose once large language models become the default writing aid. Across three
LWN raises subscription prices ~20% to track inflation, first hike since 2022
LWN, the independent Linux and free-software publication, is increasing subscription prices by roughly 20% — its first change in nearly five years and only the
Meta's Muse Spark 1.3 targets agentic coding, with a pay-with-your-data tier
Meta has released Muse Spark 1.3, an AI model pitched squarely at agentic workflows rather than one-shot chat. Meta's framing emphasizes higher first-attempt ac
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Polars 2.0 Makes the Streaming Engine the Default, Bets on Stricter, Fail-Fast Behavior
Polars is shipping its first 2.0 release candidate, and the headline change is that LazyFrame queries now run on the streaming engine by default when you call c
Reverse-Engineering a Game Save File with ImHex's Pattern Language
The creator of ImHex, a free cross-platform open-source hex editor, walks through how to decode an unknown binary format by reverse-engineering the save file fr
The Mechanic Who Accidentally Flew a Mach 2 Fighter Jet
In July 1966, RAF engineer Walter "Taffy" Holden was running ground taxi tests on a malfunctioning English Electric Lightning interceptor at RAF Lyneham. With n
WebLLM runs LLMs entirely in the browser via WebGPU — no server, OpenAI-compatible
WebLLM is an inference engine that executes large language models directly inside a web browser, tapping WebGPU for GPU acceleration so no backend or API server
Whistleblower: USPS mail-ballot portal is untested and could reject ballots in bulk
A federal whistleblower, filing through Whistleblower Aid to Sen. Richard Blumenthal, alleges that the U.S. Postal Service's new Federal Ballot Mail Portal is b
Why the Browser's Main Thread Is the Real Bottleneck in UI Performance
Frontend performance work usually fixates on network requests, bundle size, caching, and re-renders, but none of that matters once the browser's single main thr
153M ID Scans Surface on Dark Web, Traced to Vendor IDScan.net; FBI Opens Probe
A newly launched dark web service called Nexus is offering digital scans of more than 153 million U.S. and Canadian driver's licenses, alongside millions of ID
Aging Brains Blend Memories Rather Than Losing Them, Brain Scans Suggest
New imaging research in Cerebral Cortex argues that age-related memory failure isn't mainly about storage running low—it's about retrieval getting sloppy. Scien