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The article discusses Palantir, a data analysis platform used by ICE to identify and target neighborhoods for immigration raids. It highlights concerns over the tool's potential for surveillance and privacy violations, as well as the broader debate around the use of technology by law enforcement agencies.

Apple is in a fierce battle with competitors to secure chip production capacity from TSMC, the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer. The article explores Apple's efforts to maintain its technological edge by ensuring a steady supply of advanced chips for its products.

The article discusses Palantir, a data analytics company whose software is used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to identify and target immigrant communities for deportation raids. It examines the ethical concerns around Palantir's technology being utilized by law enforcement agencies for surveillance and enforcement purposes.

The UK government held a record-breaking offshore wind auction, securing a total of 8 gigawatts (GW) of new offshore wind capacity at historically low prices. This auction demonstrates the growing competitiveness of offshore wind as a renewable energy source and the UK's commitment to transitioning to a clean energy future.

OBS Studio, the popular open-source software for recording and streaming, has released a new beta version 32.1.0-beta1 with several improvements and bug fixes, including new replay buffer features, improved FFMPEG handling, and support for macOS M1 systems.

The article provides an update on the recent GitHub service disruption, explaining that the company is investigating the root cause and working to restore full functionality across its platform.

JuiceFS is an open-source distributed file system that provides a POSIX-compatible interface and is designed for high-performance cloud storage. It supports multiple cloud storage backends, including Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, and Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, and is optimized for cloud-native applications.

This article examines the discrepancies in copper usage estimates for data centers, highlighting a potential '$500,000 typo' that could have significant implications for the copper market's future outlook.

Denmark has declared war on Big Tech companies, aiming to assert its digital sovereignty and limit the influence of large tech firms on the country's digital landscape. The Danish government is pushing for new regulations and policies that would give the country more control over its digital infrastructure and data.

The article discusses the CodeBreach vulnerability found in AWS CodeBuild, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code and gain unauthorized access to sensitive data. The researchers at Wiz discovered and reported the vulnerability, which has since been patched by AWS.

The Danish Armed Forces are expanding their presence and continuing exercises in Greenland in close cooperation with allies, to strengthen the military's capabilities and readiness in the Arctic region.

The article discusses the evolution of programming, highlighting the growing importance of artificial intelligence and machine learning in software development. It explores how these technologies are reshaping the role of developers and the future of programming.

The article discusses the importance of data as a strategic asset and key competitive advantage in the modern business landscape. It emphasizes that companies should focus on collecting, analyzing, and leveraging data to drive innovation and stay ahead of the competition.

The article discusses a survey that found most Americans strongly support science, but a significant portion believe the U.S. is lagging in scientific advancements compared to other countries. The survey also highlighted differing attitudes towards science among political parties and demographic groups.

The article discusses South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem's statements regarding U.S. citizenship and identity following the recent police shooting in Minnesota, highlighting the political debate surrounding these issues.

The article discusses the development of a new pain relief medication that has the potential to be more effective and have fewer side effects than traditional opioid painkillers. The medication, which is still in the early stages of research, works by targeting a specific receptor in the brain to reduce pain without the addictive properties of opioids.

It turns out the inverse of the Hessian of a deep net is easy to apply to a vector. Doing this naively takes cubically many operations in the number of layers (so impractical), but it's possible to do this in time linear in the number of layers (so very practical)!

This is possible because the Hessian of a deep net has a matrix polynomial structure that factorizes nicely. The Hessian-inverse-product algorithm that takes advantage of this is similar to running backprop on a dual version of the deep net. It echoes an old idea of Pearlmutter's for computing Hessian-vector products.

Maybe this idea is useful as a preconditioner for stochastic gradient descent?

Hi HN! In the past few months my team and I have been working on Tusk Drift, a system that records real API traffic from your service, then replays those requests as deterministic tests. Outbound I/O (databases, HTTP calls, etc.) gets automatically mocked using the recorded data.

Problem we're trying to solve: Writing API tests is tedious, and hand-written mocks drift from reality. We wanted tests that stay realistic because they come from real traffic.

versus mocking libraries: Tools like VCR/Nock intercept HTTP within your tests. Tusk Drift records full request/response traces externally (HTTP, DB, Redis, etc.) and replays them against your running service, no test code or fixtures to write/maintain.

How it works:

1. Add a lightweight SDK (we currently support Python and Node.js)

2. Record traffic in any environment.

3. Run `tusk run`, the CLI sandboxes your service and serves mocks via Unix socket

We run this in CI on every PR. Also been using it as a test harness for AI coding agents, they can make changes, run `tusk run`, and get immediate feedback without needing live dependencies.

Source: https://github.com/Use-Tusk/tusk-drift-cli

Demo: https://github.com/Use-Tusk/drift-node-demo

Happy to answer questions!

The article discusses German politician Friedrich Merz's admission that the country's decision to phase out nuclear power was a strategic mistake, as it has contributed to the current energy crisis and increased reliance on fossil fuels.

Iran's internet shutdown, one of the longest in the country's history, has continued as protests over the death of Mahsa Amini persist. The article discusses the impact of the prolonged internet disruption on communication and access to information during the ongoing civil unrest in Iran.