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Introduction to UEFI HTTP(s) Boot with QEMU/OVMF

Modern UEFI-based systems can boot over HTTP(S), which offers significant security and availability advantages over the…

Slightly reducing the sloppiness of AI generated front end

A developer discovered that requesting AI-generated frontend interfaces to mimic Qt (a desktop application framework)…

My Struggles Talking to an Old Piece of Junk (Fanuc 0M)

A machinist documents their months-long struggle to get an old Fanuc 0M CNC mill operational, including rewiring the…

WhatsApp Business API pricing 2026: what's free and where markup hides

# Summary WhatsApp Business API is never strictly free—Meta charges $0.004 to $0.13 per message depending on country…

How to automate Instagram engagements with computer vision (and get banned)

# Summary The author experimented with using computer vision and cursor automation to automate Instagram engagement by…

What the Fuck Happened to Nerds

Over the past decade, technology industry leaders have shifted from the modest, work-focused "nerd" archetype…

SpaceX IPO: Everything you need to know

TechCrunch has followed SpaceX's start, struggles, and successes from the early days.

WASI 0.3.0 Released

The WASI Subgroup has officially ratified WASI 0.3.0, rebasing WebAssembly System Interface onto the WebAssembly…

Hazel (YC W24) Is Hiring a Full Stack Engineer

Morning Minute: SpaceX Prices Largest IPO Ever at $135

Hyperliquid has SpaceX trading at $177 a share. Will we see a 30% pop on open this morning?

Who Will Win the 2026 FIFA World Cup According to ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Claude, and Perplexity?

With the 2026 FIFA World Cup underway across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, discussions about the eventual…

Encrypted Spaces An architecture for collaborative applications

Encrypted Spaces is a research architecture that enables collaborative cloud applications while keeping data encrypted…

BlackRock is betting big on SpaceX ahead of its historic IPO

SpaceX takes off on the stock market with 75 billion in the holds. BlackRock reserves its cabin for 5 billion.

Cameras, sensors, and 3D body scans: All the tech helping eliminate blown calls

This World Cup, refs will use digital twins of each player to view plays from every angle.

Pokémon Go players unwittingly contributed to tech with military drone uses

The repurposing of Pokémon Go data for AI training continues to draw scrutiny.

Ryanair dark UX patterns summer 2026 refresher

Ryanair's 2026 check-in process contains at least nine deliberately confusing steps designed to push users toward paid…

Verizon sent man a refurbished phone with MDM, then deleted his data remotely

Failure raises questions about how Verizon prepares refurbished phones for new users.

Kimi K2.7-Code: open-source coding model with better token efficiency

Kimi K2.7-Code is a new open-source coding model that improves upon its predecessor K2.6 with better performance on…

The Future of Email

Email authentication standards (SPF, DKIM, and DMARC) are becoming critical infrastructure as AI increasingly reads and…

SpaceX IPO Hype Returns as Traders Price in a $2.4 Trillion Valuation

Sentiment around SpaceX’s market debut has turned sharply bullish again.

SPCX Derivatives Gain Traction As SpaceX IPO Speculation Grows

The most anticipated IPOs often have their first effects well before the opening bell.

How to sparkle in conversation with strangers

In the face of loneliness, many people are turning to AI chatbots for companionship – but research shows it can’t…

Watch: Three things to know about SpaceX's stock market debut

The BBC's Samira Hussain explains everything you need to know about SpaceX's historic IPO.

SpaceX IPO Goes Live Today as Crypto Faces Capital Drain Risk 

The world’s largest IPO begins trading on Nasdaq today, with SpaceX’s $75 billion raise putting pressure on crypto…

'I was employee number one': SpaceX co-founder reacts to firm's market debut

The BBC's Michelle Fleury spoke to Tom Mueller, who was one of the company's founders alongside Elon Musk in 2002.

AUR Packages Compromised with Infostealer and Rootkit

Over 400 AUR (Arch User Repository) packages were compromised by an attacker who impersonated a trusted maintainer and…

AI Agent Bankrupted Their Operator While Trying to Scan DN42

An AI agent attempting to join the DN42 hobbyist network to perform a network scan inadvertently bankrupted its operator…

Cheaper, faster, and culturally aware, Avataar’s video AI is built for India’s scale

Avataar AI's distilled video model is priced at $0.005 for every second of generation

Equal AI raises $30M to screen calls so Indians don’t have to

Equal AI said that its AI-powered call assistant now has over a million monthly active users.