Tech news, summarized and translated.
Goeteia is a self-hosting Scheme compiler that compiles itself to WebAssembly GC in the browser — no server needed, just a 70 KB gzipped wasm blob and a reactive web stack.
Biff.graph is a ~600-line library that lets you query your database and derived data as a unified graph, inspired by Pathom but designed to be easier to understand and debug.
A new study analyzing billions of human sketches reveals that visual representations capture cultural variation far better than text-based models, with implications for how we build and evaluate multimodal AI.
Google Search Console now lets creators and publishers track search terms driving traffic to their Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube profiles.
A detailed scenario for an international deal to slow the AI race, enforce transparency, and avoid catastrophic concentration of power.
The desktop metaphor from Xerox PARC still rules our docs, but knowledge doesn't fit in folders. AI retrieval exposes the lie — time to think in graphs, not trees.
SpaceX has applied to the FCC for permission to launch 100,000 third-generation Starlink satellites, promising multi-gigabit symmetrical broadband and sub-20ms latency. The filing targets AI workloads and massive spectrum use, but faces regulatory and astronomy pushback.
AI scrapers are using millions of residential proxies to pillage web sites. LWN reports on the arms race, the takedowns, and why proof-of-work won't save us.
Xiaomi's MiMo team details the full-pipeline inference optimizations that turned Hybrid SWA's theoretical 7× KVCache savings into real-world gains, covering dual-pool caching, SWA-aware prefix trees, and tiered storage.
NYC bans deceptive subscription practices and hidden junk fees, with fines of $525 per user for companies that make cancellation hard. The rule takes effect October 1.
Cloudflare extends Smart Tiered Cache to support public cloud origins behind anycast IPs, letting you set a region hint so cache misses don't hairpin across continents.
Benjamin Piouffle, creator of the Burnex Elixir package, argues that domain blocklists for email signups are outdated and harmful. He distinguishes between public burner inboxes and personal aliases, and calls for a split in the widely-used wesbos/burner-email-providers list.