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 Privacyβ¦
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 Β· 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 DNSβ¦
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 :)
First public macOS kernel memory corruption exploit on Apple M5 https://blog.calif.io/p/first-public-kernel-memory-corruption
blog.calif.io
First public macOS kernel memory corruption exploit on Apple M5
Apple spent five years building hardware and software to make memory corruption exploits dramatically harder. Our engineers, working together with Mythos Preview, built a working exploit in five days.
UK government replaces Palantir software with internally-built refugee system https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2l2j1lxdk5o
Bbc
'Millions' of pounds saved by replacing Palantir tech in refugee system
The government said its in-house IT system was "more flexible" while meeting "high standards" of security.
Mullvad exit IPs are surprisingly identifying https://tmctmt.com/posts/mullvad-exit-ips-as-a-fingerprinting-vector/
tmctmt
Mullvad exit IPs as a fingerprinting vector
Mullvad is one of the few VPN providers that offers multiple exit IPs for its servers. If two people connect to the same server, they will usually end up with different public IPs.
With only 578 servers (compared to Proton VPNβs 20,000), this kind of verticalβ¦
With only 578 servers (compared to Proton VPNβs 20,000), this kind of verticalβ¦
Details of the Daring Airdrop at Tristan Da Cunha https://www.tristandc.com/government/news-2026-05-11-airdrop.php
Tristandc
Details of the Daring Airdrop at Tristan da Cunha, 9th May 2026
More details and pictures have come in of the intrepid airdrop of urgent medical support sent to Tristan by the UK Government on the 9th May 2026.
Explore Wikipedia Like a Windows XP Desktop https://explorer.samismith.com/
Wikipedia File Explorer
Wikipedia File Explorer β Browse Wikipedia on a Windows XP desktop
A working Windows XP desktop in your browser. Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons as folder trees, Earth as a scrapbook. By Sami Smith.
Show HN: Find the best local LLM for your hardware, ranked by benchmarks https://github.com/Andyyyy64/whichllm
GitHub
GitHub - Andyyyy64/whichllm: Find the local LLM that actually runs and performs best on your hardware. Ranked by real, recencyβ¦
Find the local LLM that actually runs and performs best on your hardware. Ranked by real, recency-aware benchmarks, not parameter count. One command, run it instantly. - Andyyyy64/whichllm
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 β New book on his years at NeXT Computer https://spectrum.ieee.org/steve-jobs-next-computer
IEEE Spectrum
Steve Jobsβs Wilderness Years Shaped His Success as Apple CEO
A new book recalls forgotten lessons from his time at NeXT Computer