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 Items for CSAM, But the Judge Was Not Pleased-Amy v. Apple - Technology & Marketing…
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.
Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots https://deepmind.google/blog/gemini-robotics-2-brings-whole-body-intelligence-to-robots/
Google DeepMind
Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots
From feet to fingertips — we are teaching robots intelligent whole-body control, fine dexterity, and teamwork to complete a broad range of complex tasks.
Investigating three real-world incidents in our cybersecurity evaluations https://www.anthropic.com/news/investigating-incidents-cybersecurity-evals
Anthropic
Investigating three real-world incidents in our cybersecurity evaluations
In a review of our cybersecurity evaluation transcripts, we found three incidents in which a Claude model reached the internet from within or while interacting with a third-party evaluation environment, and then gained unauthorized access to the real systems…
Google fixed more Chrome bugs in June than over the past two years, thanks to AI https://blog.google/security/chrome-stronger-with-every-update/
Google
Stronger with every update: How we’re making Chrome and the web safer in the AI Era
Chrome uses Gemini AI to automate vulnerability discovery, triage, and patching, accelerating updates to match modern security risks.
Run Kimi K3 using 29 GB of RAM at 0.50 tok/s https://github.com/sqliteai/waste
GitHub
GitHub - sqliteai/waste: Run the full 2.78-trillion-parameter Kimi K3 model beyond available RAM by streaming activated weights…
Run the full 2.78-trillion-parameter Kimi K3 model beyond available RAM by streaming activated weights directly from NVMe. A dependency-free, embeddable C inference engine. - sqliteai/waste
Norway became a global salmon behemoth. Now it's facing the consequences https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-28/how-norway-s-salmon-industry-became-a-global-behemoth/106949872
www.abc.net.au
Salmon farming transformed Norway. Now it's facing the consequences
Norway's salmon industry is a global behemoth 18 times the size of Tasmania's. But the country's success holds a warning for Australia.
Karpathy’s Pelican https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/2083749667410727319
X (formerly Twitter)
Andrej Karpathy (@karpathy) on X
We're starting to leave the territory where you'd test an LLM by e.g. "create an svg of pelican on a bicycle". As one idea to generalize it, I was interested what Opus 5 would do if I gave it the first paragraph of the Lord of the Rings, a 1M token budget…
Show HN: Kakehashi – Experimental userspace to run macOS binaries on Linux ARM https://github.com/wie-project/kakehashi
GitHub
GitHub - wie-project/kakehashi: Userspace macOS translation layer for Linux ARM64
Userspace macOS translation layer for Linux ARM64. Contribute to wie-project/kakehashi development by creating an account on GitHub.
Developers are attached to tools because tools encode trust https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/07/29/developers-are-attached-to-tools-because-tools-encode-trust/
stackoverflow.blog
Developers are attached to tools because tools encode trust - Stack Overflow
The tools themselves are new and their capabilities are in constant flux. If your kitchen knife kept changing shape, weight, and edge, you’d have to relearn it every time; that’s a hard tool to build trust in. But it also points to a flaw in how you use that…
SwiftUI After 7 Years https://ykvm.com/2026/07/swiftui-a-story-of-mediocrity/
Yakov Manshin
SwiftUI After 7 Years: A Story of Mediocrity: Will it ever stop feeling like a beta? — Yakov Manshin
Back in 2019, SwiftUI was announced as the future of Apple development. Seven years later, it still feels like a beta version struggling with stability, performance, and many other aspects. What’s actually wrong with SwiftUI?
Note-Taking and Personal Knowledge Management https://unattributed.cc/note-taking-and-personal-knowledge-management
Unattributed
Note-Taking and Personal Knowledge Management — Unattributed
Bridge heading into the smokey landscape. License: CC-0 I read Brennan Kenneth Brown's What have note-taking PKMs accomplished, really?...
Read the novels and forget everything else https://hedgehogreview.com/web-features/thr/posts/read-the-novels-and-forget-everything-else
THR Web Features
Read the Novels and Forget Everything Else
Patrick O’Brian’s life may have been one of dissimulation but his Aubrey-Maturin novels still offer the nutmeg of consolation for thousands of readers.