Tootfinder

Analysis: YC picked just four Indian startups in 2024 vs. 66 in 2021, amid a growing trend of startups shifting their parent entities to India for domestic IPOs (The Economic Times)
https://economictimes.…

From 66 to 4: Why Y Combinator backed fewer Indian startups in 2024
Y Combinator's selection of Indian startups has decreased significantly. This decline is attributed to factors like YC's US incorporation requirement and the rise of domestic IPOs. Indian startups are shifting focus to local funding options. They find domestic markets favorable for listing. YC is also prioritizing AI-focused startups. This shift impacts Indian participation. Domestic capital is growing with regulatory support.

Ben PinePhone'u bekliyordum ama geleceği yok. Yurtdışından getirince de vergisi kendisinin değerinin neredeyse 3 katı.
https://pine64.com/product/pinephone-pro-explorer-edition/

Cometi um conto praticamente inofensivo.
#kindle

Inamigo meu, um conto IVUC – Brogue do Cassano
Cometi um conto. Um retorno a personagens que se tornaram parte da família. Lançado exclusivamente como ebook Amazon Kindle, Inamigo Meu – Um conto IVUC é, antes de tudo, uma festa com brigadeiro e refrigerante. Uma celebração ao que me fez um apaixonado por ficção científica. Não foram os magníficos clássicos do gênero, que mais […]

ProtocolLLM: RTL Benchmark for SystemVerilog Generation of Communication Protocols
Arnav Sheth, Ivaxi Sheth, Mario Fritz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.07945 h…

ProtocolLLM: RTL Benchmark for SystemVerilog Generation of Communication Protocols
Recent advances in Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown promising capabilities in generating code for general-purpose programming languages. In contrast, their applicability for hardware description languages, particularly for generating synthesizable and functionally correct designs, remains significantly underexplored. HDLs such as SystemVerilog are logic-oriented and demand strict adherence to timing semantics, concurrency, and synthesizability constraints. Moreover, HDL-based design flow…

OpenAI officially closes its ~$6.5B acquisition of Jony Ive's startup, which it refers to as io Products, after a trademark suit from hearing device startup Iyo (Hayden Field/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-inte…

OpenAI closes deal with Jony Ive’s io.

are you a platform/embedded developer?
do you need to interact with hardware in a semi-custom manner?
would you like to suffer a lot less doing it?
if so, #GlasgowInterfaceExplorer might be for you. the code below is all you need to build a custom testbench for a DUT you've never seen before. just as easily you can add JTAG/SWD debug, protocol analyzers, etc.…

Stratification-based Instrumental Variable Analysis Framework for Nonlinear Effect Analysis
Haodong Tian, Ashish Patel, Stephen Burgess
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07349

Stratification-based Instrumental Variable Analysis Framework for Nonlinear Effect Analysis
Nonlinear causal effects are prevalent in many research scenarios involving continuous exposures, and instrumental variables (IVs) can be employed to investigate such effects, particularly in the presence of unmeasured confounders. However, common IV methods for nonlinear effect analysis, such as IV regression or the control-function method, have inherent limitations, leading to either low statistical power or potentially misleading conclusions. In this work, we propose an alternative IV framew…

Hello, won't you tell me your name?: Investigating Anonymity Abuse in IPFS
Christos Karapapas, Iakovos Pittaras, George C. Polyzos, Constantinos Patsakis
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.04307

Hello, won't you tell me your name?: Investigating Anonymity Abuse in IPFS
The InterPlanetary File System~(IPFS) offers a decentralized approach to file storage and sharing, promising resilience and efficiency while also realizing the Web3 paradigm. Simultaneously, the offered anonymity raises significant questions about potential misuse. In this study, we explore methods that malicious actors can exploit IPFS to upload and disseminate harmful content while remaining anonymous. We evaluate the role of pinning services and public gateways, identifying their capabilitie…

Interesting piece on the #Arctic #SeaIce and it's (improving) representation in global climate models by Gavin Schmidt over on @realclimate, I'm not entirely sure all of the improvement is for the right reasons, there are probably compensating biases, it would be interesting to see if the models get the regional signal correct in different parts of the Arctic, but overall I agree with this piece, there have been some big steps forward in global models, the regional level is often not very well represented though.
https://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2025/05/predicted-arctic-sea-ice-trends-over-time/

Assessing Ocean World Habitability with HWO
Richard J. Cartwright, Lynnae Quick, Marc Neveu, Tracy M. Becker, Ujjwal Raut, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Kate L. Craft, Geronimo L. Villanueva
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07128

Assessing Ocean World Habitability with HWO
The instrument payload of the future Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) will span a wide range of wavelengths, including the ultraviolet (UV) region that cannot be easily accessed from the ground (< 350 nm). Along with its primary mission to characterize the habitability of candidate exo-Earths, HWO will be well suited for observations of potentially habitable icy ocean worlds in our Solar System, in particular with an integral field spectrograph (IFS). Here, we discuss future HWO observations …