A developer recounts a year of experimenting with LLM coding assistants, from unusable output in mid-2025 to functional but messy 'spaghetti code' by early 2026. After growing tired of repeatedly correcting the same style issues in agentic tools like Antigravity and Claude Code, they created a persistent instruction file called agent.md that encodes coding style preferences so the AI applies them automatically in every session.
Slovak investigators reportedly discovered a hidden backdoor of Russian origin embedded in the country's traffic speed camera systems. The finding raises concerns that the compromised devices could have been used for surveillance or remote manipulation without operator knowledge.
A new analysis revisits the 2022 'doom loop' theory that predicted falling office values would trigger a self-reinforcing cycle of shrinking tax revenue and service cuts in major cities. Researchers now argue that New York and San Francisco, initially seen as most vulnerable, have shown surprising resilience—New York's office market has rebounded and San Francisco has benefited from AI-driven growth—while other cities face greater hidden fiscal risk.
A hands-on comparison finds that liquid coolers, such as NZXT's Kraken 360mm AIO, deliver superior thermal performance for high-end CPUs like AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D, enabling demanding 4K/120FPS gaming without overheating. However, the piece notes these coolers cost upwards of $200, are harder to install, and require more long-term maintenance than air coolers, which remain the practical choice for mid-range builds.
A hobbyist developer has released a major update to their QuickTake program for the Apple II, adding full support for the Kodak DC50 Zoom camera from 1996. The update enables picture downloads, thumbnail previews, deletion, and settings adjustments over a custom serial cable, achieved after reverse-engineering the camera's protocol using tools like dcraw, libgphoto2, and old Kodak software.
Waymo disclosed it built a proprietary 5-nanometer ASIC chip that pre-processes the massive stream of sensor data—including feeds from 13 cameras—before it reaches its self-driving system's core computer. The company says the chip delivers more than 1,000 TOPS of processing power, putting it near the performance level of Nvidia's DRIVE AGX Thor chip, and is a key part of the vehicle now rolling out to all riders in Los Angeles, Phoenix and San Francisco.
The volunteer-maintained Network Addon Mod for SimCity 4 has released version 50, resolving the long-standing 'Eternal Commuter Loop' issue that broke regional pathfinding across city boundaries. The update also adds new infrastructure options like diagonal streets, tunnels for street networks, and tighter building placement, while shrinking the mod's codebase by roughly 90% through a new DLL implementation.
Garrett Langley, CEO of surveillance firm Flock Safety, has been giving media interviews urging a 'compromise' between privacy and public safety as scrutiny of his company's cameras and license plate recognition tools intensifies. The pushback follows a Washington Post investigation citing 46 cases of police officers allegedly misusing Flock's technology to track partners or exes, prompting Langley to apologize while denying his company caused the abuse.
A conceptual housing framework called 'Universal Housing' was outlined, guaranteeing every citizen a free home for life while keeping construction and improvement subject to market competition. Under the model, residential land stays nationally owned, occupants earn homes via lottery when demand exceeds supply, and there's no ability to accumulate housing as an investment asset.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Apple is preparing a new iMac powered by the M6 chip, its first Mac processor built on a 2nm process, along with some unspecified new color options. The redesigned iMac is expected to ship before the end of the year, ending a roughly two-year gap since the last update and skipping the M2 and M5 generations entirely.
Reports highlight mounting concern among investors about the sustainability of massive AI data-center buildouts, alongside scrutiny of OpenAI's financial position. Analysts point to roughly $3 trillion in AI-related debt that sits off company balance sheets, raising questions about how these commitments are being tracked and financed.
Developers have ported AROS, the open-source Amiga Research Operating System, to run directly on Raspberry Pi hardware without virtualization, in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Previously, running AROS on a Pi required emulating it inside Linux; now it boots bare-metal, targeting the Pi3 with discussions underway for Pi4 and Zero2W support.
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