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DeepSeek details DSpark, a speculative decoding framework for its V4 models, saying it speeds up AI inference by up to 85% and was tested on Gemma and Qwen (Ben Jiang/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/artic…

Faster AI, lower costs: DSpark eases bottlenecks and chip strain, says DeepSeek
Start-up unveils speculative decoding framework that speeds up inference by up to 85 per cent amid China’s push to overcome US AI curbs.

Antibiotic “megacluster” discovery provides new strategy to fight superbugs
It’s “an exciting advance in efforts to restock the antibiotic arsenal.”
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/06/antibiotic-megacluster-discovery-p…

Antibiotic "megacluster" discovery provides new strategy to fight superbugs
It's "an exciting advance in efforts to restock the antibiotic arsenal."

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sandraschi/windows-computer-use-mcp
Windows Computer Use for AI Agents. Both a tool (22 MCP tools for click, type, screenshot, OCR, UI inspection) and an agent (autonomous mission engine, macro recorder, intent-based discovery, event watchers). Built with opencode (DeepSeek V4). Ships as MCP server, web UI, and Tauri desktop app.
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GitHub - sandraschi/windows-computer-use-mcp: Windows Computer Use for AI Agents. Both a tool (22 MCP tools for click, type, screenshot, OCR, UI inspection) and an agent (autonomous mission engine, macro recorder, intent-based discovery, event watchers). Built with opencode (DeepSeek V4). Ships as MCP server, web UI, and Tauri desktop app. · GitHub
Windows Computer Use for AI Agents. Both a tool (22 MCP tools for click, type, screenshot, OCR, UI inspection) and an agent (autonomous mission engine, macro recorder, intent-based discovery, event watchers). Built with opencode (DeepSeek V4). Ships as MCP server, web UI, and Tauri desktop app. - sandraschi/windows-computer-use-mcp

Putin started a war of choice and vastly underestimated his opponent
Trump: Hold my beer!
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/25/russia-ukraine-war-putin-escalation-nato-europe/

As the Tide Turns Against Putin, Beware the Drowning Man
Like a struggling swimmer, he may take desperate measures to stay afloat.

London-based Perceptic, which says its end-to-end AI platform for drug development is being used by top pharmaceuticals, raised a $12M seed led by Accel (Jeremy Kahn/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/05/2…

Exclusive: Perceptic, a startup automating drug discovery end-to-end for Big Pharma, emerges from stealth with $12 million in seed funding
Accel is leading the seed funding round for Perceptic, which emerges from stealth today.

#AI
When you out source your thinking you lose the ability to think.
I remember my father telling me that when he started using an adding machine to do his estimates, his ability to do simple math disappeared.
I would rather think.

Happy CI!
I pulled the trigger and cut over completely, we are no longer building with GitHub Actions at all.
Clean build with 45-74 warnings depending on platform, no asan/ubsan reports on the (admittedly limited) test suite, no static analysis errors, and 210 static analysis warnings - which while not ideal, is much better than the several thousand we had at the start.
This means there is now a window in which pull requests don't have CI checks (since we only run the …

Usable Security and Privacy Experts on Mastodon: Let's Fill This List!
Starting in the Fediverse and looking for researchers, practitioners, and institutions in the field of Usable Security and Privacy? I compiled a list on @… as a starting point.

Scientists Discover Ultrasound May Stop Arthritis Before It Starts
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-ultrasound-may-stop-arthritis-before-it-starts/

Syria saw an opportunity when the war with Iran cut off access to one of the world’s most important shipping routes.
With multiple Mediterranean ports and borders with Turkey, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon, the country offers a desperately needed alternative to the blocked Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway that, before the war, was used to transport a hefty share of the global oil supply.
Iraq and Gulf states including the United Arab Emirates have already begun to transport oil an…

Blocked Strait of Hormuz Leads to New Opportunities for Syria
The latest war in the Middle East has created new economic opportunities for Syria thanks to its geography.