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News
AI data centers just got a government-mandated fast lane to the grid
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FERC orders grid operators to fast-track data center connections, highlighting major infrastructure strain and rising energy demands.
Waymo recalls nearly 4,000 robotaxis to stop them driving into highway construction zones
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Waymo recalls 4,000 robotaxis after software failed to detect highway construction zones; highlights ongoing edge-case challenges in AV safety.
Amazon hopes to challenge Nvidia more directly by selling its AI chips
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Amazon explores selling its proprietary Trainium AI chips to third parties to challenge Nvidia.
Athena Coalition Brings Coordinated Defence to Open Source Security
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Chainguard's Athena coalition pools AI-generated vulnerability findings across industry partners to remediate open-source supply chain risks.
I found 10k GitHub repositories distributing Trojan malware
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Researcher identifies a sophisticated malware campaign using 10,000+ GitHub repositories to distribute Trojans, bypassing automated detection.
Apple opens up App Store to new competition in Brazil
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Apple allows alternative app marketplaces and third-party payment processing in Brazil, continuing the global regulatory shift away from closed ecosystems.
Texas government data breach allowed hackers to steal 3 million driver’s licenses and passports
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Texas government data breach exposes 3 million records, including sensitive driver license and passport information via a third-party vendor.
Introduction to the Agentic Resource Discovery (ARD) specification, aimed at standardizing how AI clients find and connect to tools/APIs.
Zero-Touch OAuth for MCP
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Standardized Enterprise-Managed Authorization for MCP servers, enabling centralized identity provider control and zero-touch authentication.
VS Code introduces a 2-hour delay for auto-updating extensions to mitigate supply chain attacks; critics argue it is insufficient.
Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS
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Ubiquiti introduces ENAS, a ZFS-based enterprise NAS solution integrated into the UniFi platform, aiming for hardware flexibility.
General Intuition is raising $300M at a $2B valuation for embodied AI world models; highlights significant capital flow into AI research labs.
Articles
Presentation: Write-Ahead Intent Log: A Foundation for Efficient CDC at Scale
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DoorDash engineers detail their 'Write-Ahead Intent Log' architecture, solving consistency issues in CDC by decoupling intent from state.
Cell-based architecture for resilient payment systems
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In-depth look at American Express's cell-based architecture, focusing on fault isolation, deterministic routing, and resiliency in payment systems.
zai-org/GLM-5
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New GLM-5 series introduces 1M token context, improved sparse attention architecture, and agentic workflows. Strong open-source contender for long-horizon engineering tasks.
Migrating from GNU Stow to Chezmoi
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Practical guide on migrating from GNU Stow to Chezmoi for cross-machine dotfile management, including templating and script automation.