An update on residential proxies and the scraper situation https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1080822/990a8a5e2d379085/
LWN.net
An update on the scraper situation
Our article 'Fighting the AI scraper bot scourge', published in early 2025, discussed the probl [...]
What xAI's Grok build CLI sends to xAI: A wire-level analysis https://gist.github.com/cereblab/dc9a40bc26120f4540e4e09b75ffb547
Gist
What xAI Grok Build CLI actually sends to xAI - a wire-level analysis (grok 0.2.93)
What xAI Grok Build CLI actually sends to xAI - a wire-level analysis (grok 0.2.93) - grok-build-cli-wire-analysis.md
Vint Cerf, “father of the Internet”, is retiring https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/the-father-of-the-internet-is-finally-retiring/
TechCrunch
The 'Father of the Internet' is finally retiring | TechCrunch
Vinton Cerf, one of the creators of the protocols underlying the internet, will step down as Google's chief internet evangelist next week.
The LLM Critics Are Right. I Use LLMs Anyway https://www.theocharis.dev/blog/llm-critics-are-right-i-use-llms-anyway/
Jeremy Theocharis
The LLM Critics Are Right. I Use LLMs Anyway.
I almost agree with all of the LLM critics, yet I still use LLMs a lot. I know this sounds like I am delusional, but I don't think I am alone with it.
Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/07/16/microsoft-comic-chat-is-now-open-source/
Microsoft News
Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source
Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source. Explore the IRC client that turned conversations into comics and helped introduce Comic Sans to the world.
First atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in habitable zone of distant star https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4kdd1e0ejo
Bbc
First atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in habitable zone of distant star
Researchers have found an Earth-like, rocky planet orbiting within the habitable zone of a distant star with an atmosphere.
Kimi K3, and what we can still learn from the pelican benchmark https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/16/kimi-k3/
Simon Willison’s Weblog
Kimi K3, and what we can still learn from the pelican benchmark
Chinese AI lab Moonshot AI announced Kimi K3 this morning, describing it as their “most capable model to date, with 2.8 trillion parameters”. It’s currently available via their website and …
Claude Code uses Bun written in Rust now https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/19/claude-code-in-bun-in-rust/
Simon Willison’s Weblog
Claude Code uses Bun written in Rust now
In Rewriting Bun in Rust Jarred Sumner made the following claim: Claude Code v2.1.181 (released June 17th) and later use the Rust port of Bun. Startup got 10% faster on …
What I learned selling 2,500 MIDI recorders: Hardware is not so hard https://chipweinberger.com/articles/20260719-hardware-is-not-so-hard
Chipweinberger
Hardware is not so hard - Chip Weinberger
What Chip Weinberger learned building and selling 2500 Jamcorder MIDI recorders.
Minecraft: Java Edition now uses SDL3 https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-26-3-snapshot-4
Minecraft.net
Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 4
Claude Fable produced a counterexample to the Jacobian Conjecture https://xcancel.com/__alpoge__/status/2079028340955197566
Nitter
levent (@__alpoge__)
hello there the jacobian conjecture is false thanx to my close friend akhil for asking about it and my other close friend fable for working during the world cup final
((1+xy)^3 z + y^2 (1+xy) (4+3xy), y + 3 x (1+xy)^2 z + 3 x y^2 (4+3xy), 2 x - 3 x^2 y…
((1+xy)^3 z + y^2 (1+xy) (4+3xy), y + 3 x (1+xy)^2 z + 3 x y^2 (4+3xy), 2 x - 3 x^2 y…
Xiaomi-Robotics-1 https://robotics.xiaomi.com/xiaomi-robotics-1.html
I found a WordPress RCEs with GPT5.6 and $25 https://slcyber.io/research-center/exploit-brokers-pay-500000-for-a-wordpress-rce-i-found-one-with-gpt5-6/
Searchlight Cyber
Exploit brokers pay $500,000 for a WordPress RCE. I found one with GPT5.6 Sol Ultra and $25 › Searchlight Cyber
Stay current: Get research alerts for newly disclosed vulnerabilities and exposures If you're running WordPress and want to check if your instance is vulnerable, you can use our tool we've hosted here: https://wp2shell.com/. We held off on publishing this…
The EU is about to sell our most sensitive data to the US for visa-free travel https://edri.org/our-work/the-eu-is-about-to-sell-our-most-sensitive-data-to-the-us-for-visa-free-travel/
European Digital Rights (EDRi)
The EU is about to sell our most sensitive data to the US for visa-free travel - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
The leaked draft text suggests that the Commission significantly caved in to US’s excessive demands for unfettered information access.