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Release:datasette-upload-dbs 0.5a0This plugin has been around for a while - it lets users upload a brand new SQLite database to a hosted Datasette instance, at which point that database will start bei...
Device-bound session credentials thwart an increasingly common form of account takeover.
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“That product is off the market, so I think there’s absolutely lower risk for cyclospora in terms of eating lettuce,” one professor of food safety tells WIRED.
The divesture comes comes as the two once-tight companies have started to diverge on the business side.
Gears are usually the biggest contributors to backlash in a mechanical system, but they’re far from the only culprits. Ball bearings are a less obvious source of imprecision, since any…read more
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: As AI models gain advanced capabilities to find vulnerabilities in software, develop ways to exploit them, and even carry out autonomous hacking sprees,...
For the 14th time, a Google product has hit 1 billion users. Google CEO Sundar Pichai posted on X that a billion people are using Gemini every month, and that Gemini is Google's fastest-growing produc...
Judges tell Meta that Section 230 provides a defense, not immunity from lawsuits.
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The Perseids will peak between August 12 and 13. Here’s what time—and where—you can get the best view, and why 2026 will be an exceptional year.
In a new alert, the FBI said cybercriminals are targeting adults and minors in an attempt to steal their personal and intimate pictures in extortion campaigns.
Spotify will begin labeling AI-generated artist identities with "AI Persona" badges and exclude their music from editorial, algorithmic, and personalized recommendations unless users explicitly follow...
Meta has launched a Threads app for Meta Quest VR headsets, the company announced on Tuesday. The launch follows Meta bringing the app to its Ray-Ban Display AR glasses last month and the recent news ...
But will Gemini's surge survive slowing model releases?
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In Brief Posted: 12:15 PM PDT · August 11, 2026 Lucas Ropek OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for Linux ChatGPT is on desktops across the world, but there’s been one place where it’s been lacking: t...
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Article URL:https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-ultimate-horse/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49263260Points: 5# Comments: 0
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