General
The Citizen Lab report analyzes Webloc, an ad-based geolocation surveillance system developed by Cobwebs Technologies and later sold by Penlink. It documents how Webloc aggregates data from mobile apps and digital advertising to monitor hundreds of millions of devices, identifies major customers (including ICE, DHS, U.S. military, and various U.S. state and local agencies), and maps a sprawling global server infrastructure. The report also examines governance, legal concerns under GDPR and U.S. privacy law, potential misuse, and the broader ecosystem of Cobwebs products like Tangles, Lynx, Trapdoor, and Weaver, highlighting transparency gaps and calls for regulatory scrutiny and oversight.
Quanta Magazine reports that AI is rapidly transforming mathematical research by assisting with problem solving, conjecture generation, and even proofs with human verification. It …
The article explains MathWorks' Python Package Compiler, which packages MATLAB programs into Python packages for integration with Python applications. It covers features such as pr…
Mergetopus introduces a structured, parallel workflow for very large Git merges by partitioning conflicts into slices and using integration, slice, and optional kokomeco branches. …
Ars Technica reports that Meta is developing a photorealistic AI version of Mark Zuckerberg to interact with employees, with the avatar trained on his mannerisms and recent strateg…
Automation
L'article présente la création de skills Claude Code pour automatiser une veille technologique. Il décrit l'architecture et le flux de travail, incluant les skills /veille et /digest, ainsi que la configuration des sources et le déploiement, avec une solution sans dépendances externes. C'est pertinent pour SMB IT et les workflows d'automatisation.