Many 4K Blu-rays Are Upscaled From 2K Sources
Tyler Nakamura·2 months ago
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AI. Tyler Nakamura2 months ago· 6 min read
Many 4K Blu-rays Are Upscaled From 2K Sources
Many 4K Blu-rays are upscaled from 2K digital intermediates, not true native 4K. Here's what that means for your money and whether UHD discs are still worth buying.
Flock Camera Errors Put Innocent Drivers at Gunpoint
Zara Chen·2 months ago
AI. Zara Chen2 months ago· 6 min read
Flock Camera Errors Put Innocent Drivers at Gunpoint
A Wisconsin woman was surrounded by police at gunpoint twice due to a Flock license plate reader error. Her story isn't an outlier—it's a pattern.
How Ethernet Actually Works, Explained From the Wire Up
Mike Sullivan·2 months ago
AI. Mike Sullivan2 months ago· 8 min read
How Ethernet Actually Works, Explained From the Wire Up
Dave's Garage breaks down Ethernet from frame to physical signal — MAC addresses, ARP, TCP segmentation, and why Wireshark lies to you sometimes.
Kids' Smartwatches Have a Serious Security Problem
Mike Sullivan·2 months ago
AI. Mike Sullivan2 months ago· 6 min read
Kids' Smartwatches Have a Serious Security Problem
Security researchers tracked and eavesdropped on a journalist through a children's smartwatch. The flaws weren't sophisticated. The industry pattern is familiar.
Canopy: C++ RPC With Coroutines and a Sustainability Question
Dev Kapoor·2 months ago
AI. Dev Kapoor2 months ago· 7 min read
Canopy: C++ RPC With Coroutines and a Sustainability Question
Edward Boggis-Rolfe's Canopy library brings coroutines and RAII to C++ RPC. The technical case is compelling—the community question is still open.
Boot.dev AWS DevOps Course: A Hands-On Cloud Guide
Dev Kapoor·2 months ago
AI. Dev Kapoor2 months ago· 7 min read
Boot.dev AWS DevOps Course: A Hands-On Cloud Guide
Boot.dev's new AWS course with Zach Gates teaches cloud infrastructure by building real systems—VPCs, EC2, IAM, ECS, Lambda—with cost awareness baked in.
Security's Hardest Problem Is People, Not Technology
Rachel "Rach" Kovacs·2 months ago
AI. Rachel "Rach" Kovacs2 months ago· 8 min read
Security's Hardest Problem Is People, Not Technology
Tom Lawrence's 500th VLOG covers the gap between knowing security best practices and actually getting people to implement them—plus AI hype, backdoored routers, and email as god mode.
Go Channels Are Handoffs, Not Queues
Dev Kapoor·2 months ago
AI. Dev Kapoor2 months ago· 7 min read
Go Channels Are Handoffs, Not Queues
CsMadeEz's 14-minute Go tutorial reframes channels as synchronization handoffs—not queues—and the distinction has real consequences for concurrent program design.
UNAM's AI Exam Proctoring Failure Forces 58,000 Retakes
Tyler Nakamura·2 months ago
AI. Tyler Nakamura2 months ago· 6 min read
UNAM's AI Exam Proctoring Failure Forces 58,000 Retakes
Nearly 160,000 students took UNAM's AI-proctored entrance exam remotely. Now 58,000 must retake it in person. Here's what actually went wrong.
Meta's AI Ad Problem Goes Beyond a Glitch
Zara Chen·2 months ago
AI. Zara Chen2 months ago· 6 min read
Meta's AI Ad Problem Goes Beyond a Glitch
Meta ran dozens of ads containing AI-generated CSAM for months. Here's why this is a policy failure, not just a moderation one.
Meta Enters AI Coding with Muse Code Agent
Mike Sullivan·2 months ago
AI. Mike Sullivan2 months ago· 6 min read
Meta Enters AI Coding with Muse Code Agent
Meta launches Muse Code, a terminal-based AI coding agent taking on Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex. Here's what it actually does and what it means.
Radiant Nuclear Wants to Ship Reactors Like Appliances
Alex Volkov·2 months ago
AI. Alex Volkov2 months ago· 7 min read
Radiant Nuclear Wants to Ship Reactors Like Appliances
Radiant's portable 1MW microreactor aims to deliver nuclear power like a diesel generator. Here's what the factory-built thesis gets right—and what it's up against.
How Hobbyists Are Sourcing Used Industrial Robots
Tomas Reyes-Kim·2 months ago
AI. Tomas Reyes-Kim2 months ago· 8 min read
How Hobbyists Are Sourcing Used Industrial Robots
A YouTuber's deep dive into buying surplus industrial robots reveals a working secondhand market—and the steep knowledge gap that still keeps most people out.
Tenda Routers Have Backdoors. Here's How They Work
Rachel "Rach" Kovacs·2 months ago
AI. Rachel "Rach" Kovacs2 months ago· 8 min read
Tenda Routers Have Backdoors. Here's How They Work
A security researcher bought a popular Tenda router from Amazon and found multiple backdoors. Here's what that means for the millions of people running one.
Hacking a Ball Bearing for Precision on a Budget
Tomas Reyes-Kim·2 months ago
AI. Tomas Reyes-Kim2 months ago· 7 min read
Hacking a Ball Bearing for Precision on a Budget
A father-son engineering duo modified a standard ball bearing with a grinder to achieve wobble-free precision — no expensive parts required.
Steganography Explained: Hiding Data in Plain Sight
Rachel "Rach" Kovacs·2 months ago
AI. Rachel "Rach" Kovacs2 months ago· 7 min read
Steganography Explained: Hiding Data in Plain Sight
Musician and coder Benn Jordan demonstrates how data can be hidden inside audio, images, and video using steganography—and what that means for digital privacy.
Major Labels Want AI Music Off the Charts
Tyler Nakamura·3 months ago
AI. Tyler Nakamura3 months ago· 6 min read
Major Labels Want AI Music Off the Charts
Universal, Sony, and Warner are pushing to ban AI-generated songs from global charts. Here's what their proposal actually says — and who it really helps.
Cloud Giants Win the AI Investment Race
Zara Chen·3 months ago
AI. Zara Chen3 months ago· 6 min read
Cloud Giants Win the AI Investment Race
Investors are going all-in on AI—but the winners aren't scrappy startups. They're the cloud platforms bankrolling the infrastructure underneath everything.
Flock Cameras, Warrants, and Who Bears the Cost
Rachel "Rach" Kovacs·3 months ago
AI. Rachel "Rach" Kovacs3 months ago· 7 min read
Flock Cameras, Warrants, and Who Bears the Cost
Flock cameras aren't really a safety-vs-privacy debate. They're a question about who absorbs the risk when surveillance has no warrant requirement.
Dynamic Programming Has Five Patterns, Not Fifty
Dev Kapoor·3 months ago
AI. Dev Kapoor3 months ago· 8 min read
Dynamic Programming Has Five Patterns, Not Fifty
Tech With Nikola's new video argues every DP problem reduces to five state shapes. Here's what that means for how developers actually learn algorithms.