Today, after I don’t know how long, with a rebuilt battery pack, the mighty TI-59 is alive again.
Ricardo B�nffy
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Writer of executable poetry, maker of a font. Opinions are mine. Also @rbanffy@mastodon.social and @0xDEADBEEFCAFE on Twitter.
A lawsuit accuses Homeland Security of violating protesters’ free-speech rights—but the agency is using it to try to get access to the plaintiffs’ encrypted communications. www.wired.com/story/dhs-wa...
DHS Wants Protesters’ Signal Group Chats
A lawsuit accuses Homeland Security of violating protesters’ free-speech rights—but the agency is using it to try to get access to the plaintiffs’ encrypted communications.
wired.com
David Ellison's promise is that he won't impose his politics on CNN. Sure, sure, sure, sure. www.readtpa.com/p/straight-d...
Straight Down the Middle
Ask the people who aren't there anymore.
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Plus: The FBI eyes AI-powered tech to detect future crimes, Russia charges Telegram’s founder, xAI sues to stop a state’s “nudification” ban, and the Democrats learn a lesson about getting scammed. www.wired.com/story/securi...
7 States’ Water Systems Hit by Cyberattacks Likely Tied to Iran
Plus: The FBI eyes AI-powered tech to detect future crimes, Russia charges Telegram’s founder, xAI sues to stop a state’s “nudification” ban, and the Democrats learn a lesson about getting scammed.
wired.com
American AI is locked down and proprietary. It's losing. werd.io/american-ai-...
American AI is locked down and proprietary. It's losing.
China's open-weights AI strategy is winning: its companies are taking the lead. America's closed-first, locked-down strategy is doomed to failure - and it could take the US economy down with it.
werd.io
Where does one buy a parasol? Asking for a vampire
Aprendi hoje que a Maga Patalógica se chama Magica De Spell no original! (No Alt da imagem)
Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash!@standplaatskrk.pl · 3w ago
Scrying the AMD GFX1250 LLVM Tea Leaves - by Aurora Nockert chipsandcheese.com/p/scrying-th...
Scrying the AMD GFX1250 LLVM Tea Leaves
In just a few short days, AMD will be showing off their brand new MI400 series of Datacenter Accelerators at their Advancing AI event but before that event comes, we thought it would be fun to attempt...
chipsandcheese.com
This is a new level of institutional corruption. Trump Media to sell fast feed of 'market-moving' posts to Wall Street www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump Media to sell fast feed of 'market-moving' posts to Wall Street
Trump Media is launching a fast, paid feed to its most influential posts for Wall Street traders.
bbc.com
TINA SMITH: Researchers in MN made a breakthrough in childhood cancer in Black kids with a grant. But it seems that according to your proposed rule, this type of research wouldn't allowed bc it's 'DEI.' VOUGHT: We are against DEI policies. We have intended to rid of them whenever we possibly can.
A popular princess drives support for having a female Japanese Emperor. But the country's first female prime minister opposes it. n.pr/45cTHju
Japan revises law to ensure supply of (male) heirs to the imperial throne
A popular princess drives support for having a female Japanese Emperor. But the country's first female prime minister opposes it.
n.pr
Competing speech streams are simultaneously represented in the human cortex during attention switching | PLOS Biology journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Competing speech streams are simultaneously represented in the human cortex during attention switching
How the brain rapidly switches attention between competing speech streams in complex listening environments is not fully understood. This study shows that neural tracking of a new speaker emerges befo...
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Some software has bugs even before the first line of code is written. C is one such case. C Strings: A 50-Year Mistake - by Trần Thành Long longtran2904.substack.com/p/c-strings-...
C Strings: A 50-Year Mistake
Why C strings suck—and why length-based strings are the right design.
longtran2904.substack.com
Will We Ever Find Alien Civilizations? | Quanta Magazine www.quantamagazine.org/will-we-ever...
Will We Ever Find Alien Civilizations? | Quanta Magazine
Astronomer David Kipping discusses why claims of extraterrestrial life keep dissolving under scrutiny, why we need a more statistically grounded approach to searching for life beyond Earth, and why it...
quantamagazine.org
AI is top of mind for many of us. What's different for EFF? We're fighting to keep your privacy and free speech front and center. You can help us when you join EFF today: eff.org/summer
EFF Summer Membership Drive
Let's cut through AI hype and fight for the people. Join EFF for the future of privacy & free expression.
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“If any Americans have information related to the operation of a Lenovo laptop running Windows—at least I think it’s Windows, anyway—we encourage them to very slowly talk me through it by reaching out to our tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI,” said Kash Patel
Kash Patel Calls For Public’s Help Using Computer
WASHINGTON—Urging anyone with knowledge of the electronic device to come forward, FBI Director Kash Patel issued a statement Tuesday asking for the public’s help using the computer. “If any Americans ...
theonion.com
Lack of transparency around how AI tools might be used in creating or changing policy is particularly worrisome, “so having access to the prompts is really the best way to be able to tell what officials are using these tools for and how harmful those uses might be,” EFF’s Tori Noble told @WIRED.com.
DOGE Used AI for Housing Policy. The Government Won’t Say How
In response to a public records request, HUD has withheld documents about DOGE’s use of AI—in part by citing a privilege that doesn’t exist.
wired.com
at this point i think we can stop calling it “highly unusual”
From 20 deaths a day to just 2: Ebola mortality rate drop in Ituri province thanks to awareness campaigns: www.radiomoto.net/2026/07/14/e...
Ebola en Ituri : le taux de mortalité en baisse à Djugu
Le taux de mortalité des personnes souffrant de la maladie à virus Ebola est à la baisse en territoire de Djugu. C’est le résultat de la sensibilisation qu’effectuent les leaders communautaires dans c...
radiomoto.net
“Oh my God, I can’t believe it remembers me,” said the University of Idaho professor
Geologist Reunited With Beloved Rock He Studied 20 Years Ago
SPOKANE VALLEY, WA—Experiencing a range of emotions from excitement to joy to nostalgia, 49-year-old geologist Alan Hargroder was reportedly reunited Tuesday with a beloved rock that he had studied ov...
theonion.com
An incredible euphemism here for “the government is doing illegal discrimination”
