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Simon Willison's Weblog Jul 11 Score 0.8869938444444444

sqlite-utils 4.1

Release: sqlite-utils 4.1 The first dot-release since 4.0 a few days ago , introducing a number of minor new features. sqlite-utils insert and sqlite-utils upsert now accept a --code option for providing a block of Python code (or a path to a .py file) that de

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BBC News — World Jul 12 Score 0.8234892129629631

China's second typhoon in a week makes landfall

Nearly two million people are evacuated from eastern Zhejiang province, with the city of Wenzhou close to the path of the storm.

Geopolitics geopoliticsbbcworld-news
Krebs on Security Jul 8 Score 0.8231416578703705

Felons, Fraudsters Flog Offensive Cybersecurity Startup

A cybersecurity startup dangling millions of dollars to acquire zero-day security vulnerabilities in popular software is run by a pair of far-right conspiracy theorists and convicted felons whose most recent ventures included fake intelligence companies and a

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The Guardian — World Jul 12 Score 0.8206002490740741

A revolution in ruins: fury amid the rubble of a housing project in quake-hit Venezuela

Discontent with Trump-backed government mounts as Chávez heirs struggle to respond to disaster for which they seem ill-prepared Even before two powerful earthquakes reduced the OPPE 25 government housing project to an anarchy of shattered concrete and broken l

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The Guardian — World Jul 12 Score 0.8189437675925927

Toronto shooting: two dead and four injured at Salsa on St Clair street festival

Police say two people exchanged gunfire in shooting that mayor called an ‘irresponsible act of violence’ in festival attended by families A shooting near a Toronto street festival killed two men and wounded four other people on Saturday evening, police said, a

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BBC News — World Jul 12 Score 0.8188193055555556

At least two killed in Toronto street festival shooting

Police say there was an exchange of gunfire between two individuals at the festival, and two firearms had been recovered from the scene.

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The Verge Jul 11 Score 0.8071989324074075

After years of teasing, the viral Nopia synth is ‘basically finished’

After setting the music gear corner of the internet on fire back in 2023 with the first glimpse at the Nopia, creators Martin Grieco and Rocío Gal are almost ready to bring it to market. The duo brought it to the MusicRadar offices for an in-depth first l

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The Verge Jul 11 Score 0.7972628212962963

Nintendo’s Talking Flower got a small price cut

If you’re the type of person who could always use a little extra positive affirmation, or you have a weakness for weird gadgets, the Talking Flower might be of interest. I’m only kind of serious. The toy is based on a character from Super Mario Bros. Wonder th

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The Verge Jul 11 Score 0.7972628212962963

FL Studio head Constantin Koehncke turns to Reddit for feedback and fun

If you're a music maker of a certain age, then you probably once dabbled with a pirated copy of a little app called Fruity Loops. These days it's called FL Studio, and Constantin Koehncke, is the man responsible for shepherding the pioneering digital audio wor

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The Verge Jul 11 Score 0.7961114324074074

White House taps the guy who keeps crying ‘aliens’ to run UFO group

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb will head the UAP Science Advisory Council established by the White House, the Pentagon, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the FBI, and "the intelligence community." The Council will provide scientific reports

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The Guardian — World Jul 11 Score 0.7922400643518519

Nigeria says army has killed 300 bandits in north-western state of Zamfara

Vigilantes also took part in the fight that raged all night and the following morning, residents say Nigerian soldiers killed more than 300 members of kidnapping and cattle bandit gangs in the north-western state of Zamfara this week, according to a government

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Wired — Security Jul 11 Score 0.7897627958333334

AI Found a Root Bug in Linux That Everyone Missed for 15 Years

Plus: The Pentagon is training amateurs to become part of its hacker army, a Flock license plate reader error led to cops surrounding a car reviewer, and more.

Security securityprivacysurveillance
BleepingComputer Jul 11 Score 0.7873721925925926

'Ghostcommit' hides prompt injection in images to fool AI agents, steal secrets

A PNG hiding a prompt injection could steal your repo's secrets, researchers demonstrate. The technique, dubbed 'Ghostcommit,' slipped past AI code reviewers CodeRabbit and Bugbot, which never open image files at all, then convinced a coding agent to read a re

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SANS Internet Storm Center Jul 10 Score 0.7587194111111112

My Stack Simulator, (Wed, Jul 8th)

The stack is a memory region where a program stores temporary data - like local variables and return addresses. Think of the stack as a pile of plates in your kitchen: you can onl

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Quanta Magazine Jul 8 Score 0.7511958124999999

Is Life Just Different?

The idea of ‘biological agency’ — that life devises its own goals and behaves accordingly — complicates our understanding of what it means to be alive. But does it serve a scientific purpose? The post Is Life Just Different? first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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InfoQ Jul 12 Score 0.7477624875

Cloudflare Identifies Race Condition in hyper’s HTTP/1 Implementation

Cloudflare recently documented how its development team identified and fixed a rare bug in the widely used Rust HTTP library hyper that could silently truncate large HTTP responses while still returning a successful 200 OK status. The issue had existed for yea

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Schneier on Security Jul 8 Score 0.745681035648148

Cybersecurity and the Gap Between Skill and Ability

Last week, national security agencies from the Five Eyes—that's the rich, English-language-speaking countries club—jointly released a statement warning of the increasing cyber risks of AI models: in particular, their ability to autonomously hack in

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ScienceDaily — Top Science Jul 12 Score 0.7415982212962963

Why gold never tarnishes has finally been explained

Gold may have a secret self-defense system that helps it resist tarnishing. Researchers discovered that atoms on gold surfaces reorganize themselves into patterns that block oxygen from reacting with the metal, suppressing oxidation by up to a trillion-fold. B

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TechCrunch Jul 12 Score 0.7377100449074074

Reed Jobs would rather talk about curing cancer than his last name

When we last sat down with Jobs at TechCrunch Disrupt nearly three years ago, his firm Yosemite was brand new and biotech was still reeling from its post-pandemic crash. Now, the venture outfit has a team of 17; a cluster of blockbuster drugs are all losing pa

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Politico Europe Jul 12 Score 0.7374896875

New arrest in death of Ann Widdecombe

A 28-year-old British national was taken into custody in South Yorkshire Saturday evening on suspicion of the murder, the police said.

Geopolitics geopoliticseuropepoliticspolicy
TechCrunch Jul 11 Score 0.7339294893518519

This slushie machine was a lifesaver during NYC's heat wave

Last weekend's brutal NYC heat wave had me craving a frozen drink almost every afternoon. Normally, that would mean sweating through a walk to 7-Eleven for a slurpee. This time, though, I stayed home and put the new Ninja Slushi Twist to the test. Ninja's late

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The Hacker News Jul 11 Score 0.7272466907407408

Compromised jscrambler 8.14.0 npm Release Drops Rust Infostealer During Install

The jscrambler npm package was compromised, and simply installing its 8.14.0 release runs an infostealer on your machine. Published on July 11, 2026, the malicious version carries a preinstall hook that drops and executes a native binary, o

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The Hacker News Jul 11 Score 0.7269712277777778

Hackers Weaponize Balochistan Police Portal in Multi-Group Espionage Campaigns

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of sustained cyber espionage activity against several Pakistani law enforcement organizations undertaken by suspected China- and India-aligned threat actors between February 2024 and April 2026. "At Balochistan

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ScienceDaily — Top Science Jul 11 Score 0.7187602583333333

Scientists warn invasive Asian mantises are threatening Europe's wildlife

Two striking Asian praying mantis species that have rapidly spread across Europe have now been officially classified as invasive, raising new concerns about their impact on native wildlife. Boosted by climate change and urban environments, these fast-breeding

Science scienceresearchdiscoveries
The Hacker News Jul 11 Score 0.7085378944444445

Critical Zimbra Flaw Could Let Crafted Emails Run Malicious Code in User Sessions

Zimbra is urging customers to apply updates to address a critical security vulnerability impacting the Classic Web Client that could result in arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability has been described as a case of stored cross-site scripting (XSS) that co

Security securityhackingvulnerabilities
ScienceDaily — Top Science Jul 11 Score 0.7015690546296296

Why the human body has so many design flaws

Many of the body's biggest flaws are the result of evolution building on old designs instead of starting over. Our spine, eyes, teeth, pelvis, and even certain nerves all reveal compromises that worked well enough for survival but still leave us prone to

Science scienceresearchdiscoveries
ScienceDaily — Top Science Jul 11 Score 0.7005190546296296

Rare fossil goose rewrites the story of New Zealand's giant birds

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown fossil goose that challenges a decades-old theory about the evolution of New Zealand's birds. The find suggests the country's giant flightless geese evolved from much more recent arrivals, revealing a f

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SecurityWeek Jul 11 Score 0.6889289888888888

Ghost Accounts Abuse GitHub API in Mass Recon Campaign

Multiple campaigns are using ghost accounts to map GitHub organizations, including their repositories and members. The post Ghost Accounts Abuse GitHub API in Mass Recon Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Security securityindustryvulnerabilities
Stratechery Jul 10 Score 0.6855959944444444

2026.28: XBOX On the Rocks

The best Stratechery content from the week of July 6, 2026, including a word from Mark Zuckerberg*, pulling the plug on XBOX, and toilet talk.

Technology technologystrategybusinessnewsletter
HuggingFace Blog Jul 8 Score 0.6810424939814815

Data for Agents

Latest item from HuggingFace Blog.

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Dark Reading Jul 10 Score 0.6805956421296296

Fresh ATM Crypto Software Bugs: Jackpot or Bust?

Organizations, and possibly ATMs, are at risk of compromise, thanks to holes in a Microsoft BitLocker security wrapper.

Security securityenterprisethreats
Dark Reading Jul 10 Score 0.680328975462963

More Countries Jump on the Social Media 'Ban Wagon'

Age restrictions on accounts may be more of a stopgap because industry compliance is already falling short. Tech giants are struggling to follow the laws without affecting users.

Security securityenterprisethreats
Rest of World Jul 10 Score 0.6789294083333334

Older adults know AI is slop. They just like it

AI-generated singers, children, and even virtual lovers are providing seniors with comfort and companionship.

Technology technologyglobalsociety
Dark Reading Jul 10 Score 0.6789289754629629

AI Coding: Do Security Risks Outweigh Productivity Gains?

AI coding tools cost $19-$200/month/user, but security scanning, remediation, and false positives add hidden costs. Are the productivity gains worth it?

Security securityenterprisethreats
Microsoft Research Blog Jul 8 Score 0.6789289203703704

Flint: A visualization language for the AI era

Short chart specifications are easy to write, but often produce uninspiring results. Flint is an open-source visualization language that offers a middle path, letting AI agents create expressive charts from compact, human-editable specifications. The post Flin

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Techmeme Jul 12 Score 0.6722635810185186

A look at the growing anti-AI movement in the Bay Area, as the disappearance of Sam Kirchner, co-founder of a hard-line activist group, has the movement on edge (Zusha Elinson/Wall Street Journal)

Zusha Elinson / Wall Street Journal : A look at the growing anti-AI movement in the Bay Area, as the disappearance of Sam Kirchner, co-founder of a hard-line activist group, has the movement on edge   —  The resistance to artificial intelligenc

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Techmeme Jul 12 Score 0.671708025462963

AirDNA: during the FIFA World Cup group stage, platforms such as Airbnb saw 52K+ new listings in US host cities, while hotel bookings fell short of expectations (Financial Times)

Financial Times : AirDNA: during the FIFA World Cup group stage, platforms such as Airbnb saw 52K+ new listings in US host cities, while hotel bookings fell short of expectations   —  Hotel bookings fall short of expectations as price-conscious

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Hackaday Jul 12 Score 0.6706233962962963

Porting DOOM to the Casio Loopy

Targeted towards refined female gamers unlike the savagery of the mainstream game consoles of the era, 1995's Casio Loopy was a bit of an oddity of a game console. Despite …read more

Technology technologymakerhardwarehacking
Phys.org Jul 12 Score 0.6667073902777778

Almost a quarter of Dutch bee colonies did not survive last winter

During the winter of 2025–2026, 24% of Dutch honeybee colonies were lost. The upward trend observed in recent years therefore continues. This is the fourth consecutive year in which winter mortality has exceeded 20%. The figures are based on the annual survey

Science sciencephysicstechnology
Phys.org Jul 12 Score 0.6622629458333333

Q&A: Unforeseen consequences of the 'great aging' of America

The average life span for Americans hovered around 40 years for the first 100 years of the nation's existence. But after 1880, breakthroughs in modern medicine and public health resulted in a dramatic rise in life expectancy. By 1930, the average American

Science sciencephysicstechnology
Phys.org Jul 11 Score 0.6605962791666667

Drawing the line: Virtual fences trigger the same cattle behavior as physical ones

Virtual fences could make managing grazing livestock on farms more flexible and more efficient while improving animal welfare. A new study by the University of Göttingen shows that virtual fences trigger behavior in cattle similar to that caused by conventiona

Science sciencephysicstechnology
Phys.org Jul 11 Score 0.658930537962963

Secure glass containers for storing chemical waste through laser welding

As the adoption of electric vehicles continues to grow, so does the need for the safe and permanent storage of battery materials and industrial chemical waste. Certain waste streams require disposal in what are known as Category IV landfills, which impose part

Science sciencephysicstechnology
Phys.org Jul 11 Score 0.6572652601851853

Synthetic rotation brings black hole energy theory into lab, amplifying waves

More than half a century ago, Sir Roger Penrose envisioned a scenario in which energy could be extracted from a black hole spinning at extreme speeds. He proposed that a particle entering its ergosphere—a region of space dragged around by a rotating black hole

Science sciencephysicstechnology
Nautilus Jul 10 Score 0.6497625078703703

Was This Fossil Creature the First Right-Hander Ever?

A half a billion years ago, this organism preferred to bend to the right The post Was This Fossil Creature the First Right-Hander Ever? appeared first on Nautilus .

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CyberScoop Jul 9 Score 0.6462138546296297

Interpol cybercrime crackdown nets 5,800 arrests across 97 countries

The anti-fraud crackdown, dubbed Operation First Light, identified more than 142,000 victims of various social-engineering scams. The post Interpol cybercrime crackdown nets 5,800 arrests across 97 countries appeared first on CyberScoop .

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GitHub Blog Jul 8 Score 0.6125941921296296

Automating cross-repo documentation with GitHub Agentic Workflows

Explore how the Aspire team turns merged product changes into SME-reviewed docs pull requests, closing the gap between release and documentation. The post Automating cross-repo documentation with GitHub Agentic Workflows appeared first on The GitHub Blog .

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GitHub Blog Jul 8 Score 0.6099252101851852

GitHub availability report: June 2026

In June, we experienced six incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services. The post GitHub availability report: June 2026 appeared first on The GitHub Blog .

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Towards Data Science Jul 11 Score 0.5689290282407409

That Is Embarrassing: Why Frontier AI Still Makes Things Up, and What to Do About It

The best AI models still hallucinate. These hallucinations are sometimes funny, and sometimes cause actual damage. In this post we will consider recent tales of AI hallucinations, and then look under the hood to understand why they happen. The post That Is Emb

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BAIR Blog Jul 7 Score 0.5522622342592592

Intelligence is Free, Now What? Data Systems for, of, and by Agents

... government of the people, by the people, for the people ...     — Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address (1863) The cost of AI is dropping rapidly. GPT-4-class capabilities cost roughly $30 per million tokens in early 2023; today the

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AI News Jul 9 Score 0.5309606138888888

AWS GraphRAG deployment cuts drug research cycles by 87%

A recent AWS GraphRAG deployment reduced drug research and development cycles in pharmaceutical environments by 87 percent. This acceleration is achieved by integrating previously separated proprietary databases into a unified and queryable knowledge graph. Hi

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Towards Data Science Jul 10 Score 0.5297623615740742

RAG Was Always a Temporary Workaround. What is Next?

Vector databases are a temporary bridge. Discover why the next AI infrastructure revolution relies on persistent neural state and strict latency budgets, not on vector databases. The post RAG Was Always a Temporary Workaround. What is Next? appeared first on T

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AI News Jul 9 Score 0.5214286694444444

NHS AI blood test could reduce invasive womb cancer checks

Several NHS hospitals are preparing to use an AI-powered blood test to help assess women referred for possible womb cancer before invasive checks are carried out. According to The Guardian, around 90,000 postmenopausal women in England are referred by GPs each

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AI News Jul 7 Score 0.44809811388888887

Insilico Medicine advances AI drug for IPF to Phase III trials

Insilico Medicine is advancing to Phase III human trials for testing a drug identified by AI targeting idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). This progression supplies the computational drug discovery sector with empirical test cases, advancing an AI medicine pa

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