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What you NEED to know before touching a video file · GitHub

668 · fileformats · video

January 2, 2026 at 4:47:06 PM UTC · permalink

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https://gist.github.com/arch1t3cht/b5b9552633567fa7658deee5aec60453/

TIL: Parental controls aren't for parents – Beast Hacker

644 · k12 · games · ux · ageverification

January 2, 2026 at 4:27:09 PM UTC · permalink

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https://beasthacker.com/til/parental-controls-arent-for-parents.html

GitHub - bfidatadigipres/BFI_scripts: Respository for BFI National Archive open source preservation workflow scripts

668 · workflows · tools

December 31, 2025 at 9:00:43 PM UTC · permalink

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https://github.com/bfidatadigipres/BFI_scripts/tree/main

ezff - npm

ffmpeg

December 27, 2025 at 1:26:18 PM UTC · permalink

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https://www.npmjs.com/package/ezff

The “machinal bypass” and how we’re using AI to avoid ourselves | PNAS

601 · 351 · ai · ethics

December 22, 2025 at 10:00:04 PM UTC · permalink

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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2518999122

[2512.08219] Any Old Tom, Dick or Harry: The Citation Impact of First Name Genderedness

500 · academia · bibliometrics · sexism

December 22, 2025 at 4:16:18 PM UTC · permalink

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https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.08219

AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary Journals | Scientific American

658 · ai · reference · 601

December 22, 2025 at 3:58:33 PM UTC · permalink

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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-slop-is-spurring-record-requests-for-imaginary-journals/

The H-Index of Suspicion: How Culture, Incentives, and AI Challenge Scientific Integrity | NEJM AI

658 · ai · researchfraud

December 22, 2025 at 3:58:11 PM UTC · permalink

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https://doi.org/10.1056/AIe2501273

When “A Helpful Assistant” Is Not Really Helpful: Personas in System Prompts Do Not Improve Performances of Large Language Models

351 · 601 · ai · personas

December 22, 2025 at 3:56:07 PM UTC · permalink

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https://arxiv.org/html/2311.10054v3?ref=felienne.nl

Mobile App Monetisation - Covert trackers in your pocket | Privacy International

Makes clear the role of dodgy SDKs.

351 · 510 · mobile · surveillance · marketing · programming · databrokers

December 22, 2025 at 3:46:53 PM UTC · permalink

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https://privacyinternational.org/case-study/4404/mobile-app-monetisation-covert-trackers-your-pocket

Most researchers would receive more recognition if assessed by article-level metrics than by journal-level metrics | PLOS Biology

658 · bibliometrics · scholreputation

December 22, 2025 at 3:37:04 PM UTC · permalink

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003532

Tech whistleblowers face job losses and isolation - The Washington Post

500 · 351 · 644 · ethics · whistleblowers · technology

December 22, 2025 at 3:12:59 PM UTC · permalink

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/12/15/big-tech-whistleblowers-speak-out/

The Breachies 2025: The Worst, Weirdest, Most Impactful Data Breaches of the Year | Electronic Frontier Foundation

510 · breaches

December 22, 2025 at 3:02:51 PM UTC · permalink

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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/breachies-2025-worst-weirdest-most-impactful-data-breaches-year#troyhunt

I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersonated me « Eira Tansey

351 · 644 · ai · ai · ethics · fraud · deepfakes · instagram

December 22, 2025 at 2:36:11 PM UTC · permalink

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https://eiratansey.com/2025/12/20/i-announced-my-divorce-on-instagram-and-then-ai-impersonated-me/

The Deviancy Signal: Having “Nothing to Hide” is a Threat to Us All - Nicholas A. Thompson 2026

351 · 510 · privacy · surveillance

December 20, 2025 at 2:18:38 PM UTC · permalink

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https://thompson2026.com/blog/deviancy-signal/

Cybersecurity 101: A Complete Cybersecurity Glossary | Huntress

510 · glossary

December 19, 2025 at 6:56:21 PM UTC · permalink

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https://www.huntress.com/cybersecurity-education/cybersecurity-101

Target Data Breach: What Happened, Impact, and Lessons | Huntress

510 · breaches

December 19, 2025 at 6:53:27 PM UTC · permalink

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https://www.huntress.com/threat-library/data-breach/target-data-breach

LLMs’ impact on science: Booming publications, stagnating quality - Ars Technica

658 · ai · ai · researchfraud

December 19, 2025 at 2:25:09 PM UTC · permalink

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https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/llms-impact-on-science-booming-publications-stagnating-quality/

JATS XML Converter Service

658 · xml · ejournals · jats

December 19, 2025 at 2:04:35 PM UTC · permalink

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https://jats.srce.hr/

2025 Book Censorship Wrapped: Trends, Challenges, and Successes Over The Year

601 · censorship

December 18, 2025 at 3:32:17 PM UTC · permalink

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https://bookriot.com/book-censorship-trends-2025/