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In a detailed timeline, the xz open source attack conducted by an attacker named “Jia Tan” is outlined. Over the course of two years, Jia Tan managed to insert a hidden backdoor into the liblzma component of the xz compression library, which was a dependency for OpenSSH sshd on many Linux systems. This allowed unauthenticated, […]
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Canoo’s 2023 earnings report revealed a significant gap between spending and revenue, with CEO Tony Aquila’s private jet expenses drawing attention. The company showed progress, generating $886,000 in revenue and reducing operational losses. However, total net losses remained high at $302.6 million. Specifically, Canoo spent $1.7 million in 2023 on the CEO’s jet, double its […]
The author shares their experience of creating an app for the Apple Vision Pro (AVP) during a break between jobs, aiming to explore app development in 2024 and bring back the concept of screensavers. The app features flying toasters that interact with the user’s real-world environment, with customizable features and an inactivity-triggered screensaver. The author […]
Encoding data in decimal is more efficient for storing data in QR codes compared to base64, despite requiring more characters initially. The magic of QR code modes optimizes the storage of decimal data, resulting in QR codes that either store more data or are easier to scan. The author explores how decimal encoding slightly reduces […]
Bun is a versatile toolkit for JavaScript and TypeScript, offering a range of capabilities from running scripts to building full-stack applications. The latest update, Bun 1.1, is a significant leap forward with over 1,700 commits. Notably, Bun now fully supports Windows, providing a faster alternative to npm on this platform. Additionally, Bun introduces .bunx files […]
Lumos is a cutting-edge Language Agents system with a General Agent Modular Framework that unifies a variety of interactive tasks with competitive performance. Trained with ~40K diverse high-quality subgoal/action annotations, Lumos surpasses GPT-series agents on complex QA tasks and outperforms domain-specific agents by a large margin on unseen tasks like WebShop. Lumos also exceeds larger […]
HeyForm is an open-source form builder that simplifies the creation of conversational forms for surveys, questionnaires, quizzes, and polls without requiring coding skills. The platform offers versatile inputs, smart logic, powerful integrations, and advanced theming options to customize forms to match brand identity. Users can gain insights through insightful analytics and easily export form results […]
Microchess for the Kim-1, developed in 1976, was the first game program sold for home computers. Initially priced at $245, this game ran on systems like Apple, Tandy, Commodore, and more. The creator spent sleepless nights developing it, using a Kim-1 system with just 1K of memory. Over time, Microchess became a success, reflecting the […]
In 1988, GCC 1.27 was released, the first version supporting the x86 CPU. A blog post by Mikhail Maltsev detailed building and using this 29-year-old compiler on a modern system. Updating paths and configurations for a 64-bit Ubuntu system was necessary, despite issues with the ancient GCC version not understanding system headers. Enabling the DBX […]
Summary: This web content discusses a method called refix, which makes builds reproducible, debuggable, and fast. It involves a small Rust program that post-processes build outputs to ensure debug information points to the correct source path. The method can be applied to C/C++ source code, as well as other languages and binary formats. The content […]