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Using the Browser’s <canvas> for Data Compression
When building static websites and Single-Page Applications (SPAs), we sometimes need functionality in JavaScript front ends—such as compression—that is usually handled on the back end instead. […]
🔄 https://jstrieb.github.io/posts/canvas

The US Senate confirms Trump pick Michael Selig as chairman of the CFTC, as lawmakers consider legislation to give the agency more control over digital assets (Lydia Beyoud/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Senate Confirms Selig as Chief of CFTC and Hill to Run the FDIC
The US Senate on Thursday night confirmed Michael Selig as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Travis Hill as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., installing permanent chiefs of two agencies that play critical roles overseeing financial markets and banks.

This month, GÉANT was in Ireland for HEAnet Conference 2025!
Our CEO Lise Fuhr joined the panel with Ronan Byrne (HEAnet), Heidi Fraser-Krauss (Jisc), and Dr Gerard Culley (University College Cork).
And our very own Monique Pellinkhof & Magdalena Rząca also joined the programme, unpacking the future of EU collaborations, and what the EU AI Act means for the R&E community.
👏 A big thank you to the HEAnet team for an excellent event!

The weirdest spam I get is for "academic conferences" (garbage conferences where you pay to get your paper published so you can pump your publication list). Sure, I totally see myself publishing at a materials science conference in Singapore. Totally. It's been my dream since I was a little monkey.

Seven biggest NFL draft takeaways from Daniel Jeremiah's pre-combine conference call https://www.nfl.com/news/seven-biggest-nfl-draft-takeaways-from-daniel-jeremiah-s-pre-combine-conference-call

Sehr schöne Übersicht über Open-Source-Todo-Applikationen mit Anwendungsfällen.
https://super-productivity.com/blog/open-source-productivity-apps-comparison/

Open-Source Productivity Apps in 2025
Compare leading open-source productivity apps for 2025 – Super Productivity, Vikunja, Joplin, Taskwarrior, Trilium, and more – with privacy and platform details.

The US Senate confirms FDIC acting chairman Travis Hill to lead the agency, which regulates stablecoin issuers and impacts how the crypto industry is banked (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/12/11/s…

Two Trump Appointees Confirmed to Take Over Core Crypto Regulators CFTC, FDIC
In a package of confirmations, the U.S. Senate approved Mike Selig to lead the CFTC and Travis Hill to run the FDIC, both with major potential reach into crypto.

Security company Koi finds browser extensions with 8M total installs that collected users' conversations with AI chatbots and sold them for marketing use (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/1…

Browser extensions with 8 million users collect extended AI conversations
The extensions, available for Chromium browsers, harvest full AI conversations over months.

Inside NeurIPS 2025, and how it has transformed from a small academic conference into a massive industry event with 24,000 attendees, yacht parties, and more (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-conference-neurips-ff6398df?st=CPQ9Zc