40 percent of fMRI signals do not correspond to actual brain activity
For almost three decades, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been one of the main tools in brain research. Yet a new study published in the renowned journal Nature Neuroscience fundamentally challenges the way fMRI data have so far been interpreted with regard to neuronal activity. According to the findings, there is no generally valid […]
This is not the future
I thought about this when reading a mastodon post which commented on a news where a project adopted a “use Generative AI but disclose it” policy, because it is “the future” and “people are going to use it anyway”. I find the “this is the future, like it or not” framing particularly disgusting, and it […]
I don’t think Lindley’s paradox supports p-circling
As usual I’d like to preface all this that I write these blogposts as attempts to make sense of a subject for my own sake. I am not an expert here and it is likely I am confused about some details. On the other hand, I think “confused” discourse can also be productive to read […]
Rust GCC back end: Why and how
Whenever you compile using Rust, the compiler goes through different passes and in the end, generated binary code for the target processor. By default, it uses LLVM as backend to generate the binary code, but more backends exist like cranelift and GCC. This post is about how it’s possible for one compiler to use different […]
Put a ring on it: a lock-free MPMC ring buffer
One of the reasons few security products work well in busy Linux environments is that they amplify performance risk. You’re popular and your backend’s load is skyrocketing? Well, the typical product is just going to collect more data and do more analysis, which amplifies the degradation. In the real world, one of the key ways […]
Sega Channel: VGHF Recovers over 100 Sega Channel ROMs (and More)
Sega broke ground in the late 90s with one of the first digital game distribution systems for consoles. Sega Channel offered access to a rotating library of Sega Genesis titles, along with game tips, demos, and even a few exclusive games that never came out in the United States in any other format. In an […]
Cekura (YC F24) Is Hiring
About Us Cekura (YC F24) is one of the fastest-growing companies in its batch, with strong revenue traction. We’re well-funded, backed by premier investors, and have years of runway. We’re building the reliability layer for Conversational Agents. Teams use Cekura to simulate and monitor their AI agents end-to-end – measuring latency, barge-in, instruction-following, regressions, and […]
ArkhamMirror: Airgapped investigation platform with CIA-style hypothesis testing
Connect the dots without connecting to the cloud. ArkhamMirror is an air-gapped, AI-powered investigation platform for journalists and researchers. It runs 100% locally on your machine, turning chaos into order using advanced NLP, Vision AI, and Knowledge Graphs. ⚡ Key Features at a Glance Feature Description 🕵️ Local AI Chat with your data using Offline […]
A2UI: A Protocol for Agent-Driven Interfaces
A2UI enables AI agents to generate rich, interactive user interfaces that render natively across web, mobile, and desktop—without executing arbitrary code. ️Status: Early Stage Public Preview A2UI is currently in v0.8 (Public Preview). The specification and implementations are functional but are still evolving. We are opening the project to foster collaboration, gather feedback, and solicit […]
The biggest heat pumps in the world
9 hours ago ShareSave Chris BaraniukTechnology Reporter ShareSave MVV Energie The pipe that will supply the heat pump, drawing water from the River Rhine in Germany, is so big that you could walk through it, fully upright, I’m told. “We plan to take 10,000 litres per second,” says Felix Hack, project manager at MVV Environment, […]