2025 Archive
1591.
The effect of deactivating Facebook and Instagram on users' emotional state (nber.org)
1592.
Over fifty new hallucinations in ICLR 2026 submissions (gptzero.me)
1593.
Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief (eclecticlight.co)
1594.
Monero appears to be in the midst of a successful 51% attack (twitter.com)
1595.
A faster way to copy SQLite databases between computers (alexwlchan.net)
1596.
Utah becomes first US state to ban fluoride in its water (bbc.com)
1597.
Iowa City made its buses free. Traffic cleared, and so did the air (nytimes.com)
1598.
AI is stifling new tech adoption? (vale.rocks)
1599.
Why did Windows 7 log on slower for months if you had a solid color background? (devblogs.microsoft.com)
1600.
PuTTY has a new website (putty.software)
1601.
Tips for stroke-surviving software engineers (blog.j11y.io)
1602.
Why haven't local-first apps become popular? (marcobambini.substack.com)
1603.
A 14kb page can load much faster than a 15kb page (2022) (endtimes.dev)
1604.
What went wrong inside recalled Anker PowerCore 10000 power banks? (lumafield.com)
1605.
In my life, I've witnessed three elite salespeople at work (slate.com)
1606.
The Lost Art of Research as Leisure (kasurian.com)
1607.
My insulin pump controller uses the Linux kernel. It also violates the GPL (old.reddit.com)
1608.
Occult books digitized and put online by Amsterdam’s Ritman Library (openculture.com)
1609.
Bletchley code breaker Betty Webb dies aged 101 (bbc.com)
1610.
Turning a Bluetooth device into an Apple AirTag without root privileges (nroottag.github.io)
1611.
Programming SDF animations of Rick and Morty (danielchasehooper.com)
1612.
We may not like what we become if A.I. solves loneliness (newyorker.com)
1613.
Nvidia announces next-gen RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs (theverge.com)
1614.
Offline card payments should be possible no later than 1 July 2026 (riksbank.se)
1615.
Boring tech is mature, not old (rubenerd.com)
1616.
Google’s OAuth login doesn’t protect against purchasing a failed startup domain (trufflesecurity.com)
1617.
The DOJ still wants Google to sell off Chrome (wired.com)
1618.
Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf (cognition.ai)
1619.
Y Combinator urges the White House to support Europe's Digital Markets Act (techcrunch.com)
1620.
The Zed Debugger Is Here (zed.dev)