EU Parliamentary Research Service calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing" https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/
CyberInsider
EU calls VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push
The European Parliamentary Research Service has warned that VPNs are increasingly being used to bypass online age-verification systems.
Internet Archive Switzerland https://blog.archive.org/2026/05/06/internet-archive-switzerland-expanding-a-global-mission-to-preserve-knowledge/
LLMs corrupt your documents when you delegate https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15597
arXiv.org
LLMs Corrupt Your Documents When You Delegate
Large Language Models (LLMs) are poised to disrupt knowledge work, with the emergence of delegated work as a new interaction paradigm (e.g., vibe coding). Delegation requires trust - the...
I’ve banned query strings https://chrismorgan.info/no-query-strings
chrismorgan.info
I’ve banned query strings — Chris Morgan
Idempotency is easy until the second request is different https://blog.dochia.dev/blog/idempotency/
blog.dochia.dev
Idempotency Is Easy Until the Second Request Is Different | Dochia CLI Blog
Idempotency is not just an HTTP header or a key lookup. This article covers the failure cases that bite real APIs: different requests with the same key, concurrent retries, partial success, downstream uncertainty, response replay, expiry, and duplicate message…
I returned to AWS and was reminded why I left https://fourlightyears.blogspot.com/2026/05/i-returned-to-aws-and-was-reminded-hard.html
Blogspot
I returned to AWS - and was reminded HARD why I left.
I was one of the very first advocates for AWS back when it was brand new - SQS, S3, EC2 SimpleDB - it was a lot smaller back then. In fact I...
Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116550899908879585
GrapheneOS Mastodon
GrapheneOS (@[email protected])
Apple and Google are gradually expanding their use of hardware-based attestation. They're convincing a growing number of services to adopt it. Google's Play Integrity API and Apple's App Attest API are very similar. Apple brought it to the web via Privacy…
Local AI needs to be the norm https://unix.foo/posts/local-ai-needs-to-be-norm/
unix.foo
Local AI Needs to be the Norm · unix.foo
Local AI models should be the default.
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Rendering the Sky, Sunsets, and Planets https://blog.maximeheckel.com/posts/on-rendering-the-sky-sunsets-and-planets/
The Blog of Maxime Heckel
On Rendering the Sky, Sunsets, and Planets - The Blog of Maxime Heckel
This article explores how to render realistic skies and atmospheres in real time in the browser with shaders, from simple sky domes, to entire planets using shaders, raymarching, Rayleigh and Mie scattering, and ozone absorption.
Show HN: Needle: We Distilled Gemini Tool Calling into a 26M Model https://github.com/cactus-compute/needle
GitHub
GitHub - cactus-compute/needle: 26m function call model that runs on incredibly small devices
26m function call model that runs on incredibly small devices - cactus-compute/needle
Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025) https://fredchan.org/blog/locality-domains-guide/
Frederick's Perch
Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain
In the US, you can get a domain name like `somename.city.state.us` for free. If your town has its own domain, you can get nameservers from Amazon Lightsail, send the *Interim .US Domain Template* to the delegated manager for your locality, then point DNS…
The Emacsification of Software https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2026/05/12/emacsification/
sockpuppet.org
The Emacsification of Software
Removing the modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 hybrid https://arkadiyt.com/2026/05/13/removing-the-modem-and-gps-from-my-rav4/
Arkadiyt
Removing the Modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 Hybrid
Modern cars are computers on wheels that send home nonstop telemetry about you. In this post I remove my 2024 RAV4 Hybrid's modem and GPS to prevent that :)
O(x)Caml in Space https://gazagnaire.org/blog/2026-05-14-borealis.html
gazagnaire.org
Thomas Gazagnaire :: O(x)Caml in Space
On 23 April, Borealis booted in orbit on DPhi Space's ClusterGate-2: a pure-OCaml CCSDS protocol stack with end-to-end-encrypted command and control and post-quantum key rotation. OxCaml is what comes next.
Steve Jobs in Exile – New book on his years at NeXT Computer https://spectrum.ieee.org/steve-jobs-next-computer
IEEE Spectrum
Steve Jobs’s Wilderness Years Shaped His Success as Apple CEO
A new book recalls forgotten lessons from his time at NeXT Computer
Radicle: Sovereign {code forge} built on Git https://radicle.dev/
radicle.dev
Radicle: the sovereign forge
Sovereign code infrastructure.