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
Hacker wipes Romania's land registry database https://news.risky.biz/risky-bulletin-hacker-wipes-romanias-entire-land-registry-database/
Risky.Biz
Hacker wipes Romania's entire land registry database
In other news: Graykey maker sues former employee for leaking exploit; Hugging Face was hacked using AI; unauth RCE finally found in WordPress.
China’s open-weights AI strategy is winning https://werd.io/american-ai-is-locked-down-and-proprietary-its-losing/
Ben Werdmuller
American AI is locked down and proprietary. It's losing.
China's open-weights AI strategy is winning: its companies are taking the lead. America's closed-first, locked-down strategy is doomed to failure - and it could take the US economy down with it.
Jelly UI: Soft-body physics for native HTML form controls https://jelly-ui.com/
Jelly-Ui
Jelly UI — Soft Web Components
Jelly UI is a dependency-free Web Components library for tactile product interfaces: soft-body physics, real form controls, dark mode, RTL and WCAG AA accessibility.
Apple defeats liability for not scanning iCloud for CSAM https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2026/07/apple-defeats-liability-for-not-scanning-icloud-for-csam-but-the-judge-was-not-pleased-amy-v-apple.htm
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Apple Defeats Liability for Not Scanning iCloud for CSAM, But the Judge Was Not Pleased-Amy v. Apple - Technology & Marketing Law…
This case involves Apple’s handling of user-uploaded files hosted in private iCloud storage. Instead of adopting PhotoDNA to scan hosted files for CSAM, Apple created its own proprietary alternative, NeuralHash, which apparently wasn’t as good. So Apple U…
So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe https://www.cole-k.com/2026/07/21/reddit/
Cole-K
So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe
I am equally unsurprised and upset
Businesses with ugly AI menu redesigns https://blog.fiddery.com/businesses-with-ugly-ai-menu-redesigns/
fiddery
businesses with ugly AI menu redesigns!!!
I like supporting local businesses but it's so disheartening to see the increasing use of genAI in their branding/marketing/etc. Yuck yuck YUCK!!!
Future euro banknote design proposals https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/future_banknotes/html/all-design-proposals.en.html
European Central Bank
All design proposals
The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purchasing power of the single currency.
My security camera shipped a GitHub admin token in its login page https://hhh.hn/hanwha-github-token/
hhh.hn
My security camera shipped a GitHub admin token in its login page
i dissected some firmware for a Hanwha Wisenet XNP-9300RW and found that it had github admin tokens in it, also miltech is weird
India's first privately-developed rocket reaches orbit on debut launch https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/indias-first-privately-developed-rocket-reaches-orbit-on-dramatic-debut-launch/
Ars Technica
India's first privately developed rocket reaches orbit on dramatic debut launch
On the first attempt, reaching orbit, I never thought it was possible."
Android may soon restrict on-device ADB https://kitsumed.github.io/blog/posts/android-may-soon-restrict-on-device-adb/
Kitsumed Blog
Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB, Affecting Shizuku, libadb and Developers
Changes proposed for ADB could kill an entire ecosystem of open-source power-user apps, mobile developer setups, and rootless privacy tools based on Shizuku.
VLC for Unity now supported on Linux https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc-unity
GitLab
VideoLAN / vlc-unity · GitLab
VLC for Unity
Removing React.js from the codebase and adapting Htmx for UI interactivity (2023) https://misago-project.org/t/removing-reactjs-from-the-codebase-and-adapting-htmx-for-ui-interactivity/1267/
Misago Forums
Removing React.js from the codebase and adapting HTMX for UI interactivity
Started by rafalp on Dec. 12, 2023 in the Roadmap category. 6 replies, last one from July 25, 2024.
Libsm64: Mario 64 as a library for use in external game engines https://github.com/libsm64/libsm64
GitHub
GitHub - libsm64/libsm64: Mario 64 as a library for use in external game engines
Mario 64 as a library for use in external game engines - libsm64/libsm64