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April 16, 2024

I am in Helsinki, Finland, for the T2.fi conference this Thursday and Friday. The newsletter will be on semi-hiatus while I am away. If you’re around Helsinki feel free to say hello.

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Vision is expensive. One bit of information in a photo receptor costs 100x to 1000x more energy than in a synapse.

This adds up to ~4% of the entire body's energy budget.

A Story of Energy, Information, and Evolution (Thread 🧵) pic.twitter.com/SzldnAhcMk

— Alex (@notcomplex_) April 14, 2024

Thread by @notcomplex_ on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App

@notcomplex_: Vision is expensive. One bit of information in a photo receptor costs 100x to 1000x more energy than in a synapse. This adds up to ~4% of the entire body's energy budget. A Story of...


The U.S. government has a Microsoft problem.

Market dominance, inertia, and savvy PR have almost completely insulated the hack-plagued company from meaningful oversight, even as Biden officials preach corporate accountability.

My new @WIRED story: https://t.co/ckMUvY6AKN pic.twitter.com/d9jM54v9PJ

— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) April 15, 2024

Thread by @ericgeller on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App

@ericgeller: The U.S. government has a Microsoft problem. Market dominance, inertia, and savvy PR have almost completely insulated the hack-plagued company from meaningful oversight, even as Biden officials preach c...…


12 Map Happenings that Rocked our World: Part 9 – Map Happenings

The Map Happenings series on the hugely impactful events that forever changed our world. This week: the story of a little known company called ‘Etak’. I think you’ll find it a fas…


I'm watching @yarden_shafir's talk "Intel CET and how to stop being scared of French baking." This part rings so true 😂😭

> Oh this is definitely a malicious thing. We definitely want to detect that always. Then you ship your product, it runs on exactly 3 customer machines,…

— Gabriel Landau (@GabrielLandau) April 15, 2024


pic.twitter.com/AX89AxjT5e

— yasmin (@ycsm1n) April 15, 2024


If you were going to identify this as an AI image, what would be your first clue? pic.twitter.com/hICjNC1Bf0

— Glenn Craven 🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦🌻 (@GlennCraven) April 14, 2024

Due to the way dcnns work, the shape of Fourier transform is the most salient feature that you see on the image that differentiates it from native ones. https://t.co/2hG4aX897H

— Iris (2/3) Вы/ж. р. (@iris_IGB) April 15, 2024

[1/3] Real vs. AI-generated images: check out the Fourier patterns yourself. At right: the FFT output, which captures info on repeating patterns in images. You can generate them easily with ImageJ, as I've done here.
Fake: https://t.co/CXzZokbrXA pic.twitter.com/789jzymVFb

— Masao Dahlgren (@masao_dahlgren) April 15, 2024

[2/3] Load in 4K and zoom for best results.
Real: pic.twitter.com/RXLfhJ73fQ

— Masao Dahlgren (@masao_dahlgren) April 15, 2024

[3/3] Real at left, fake on right. Can you see the difference?
CC @dicooke34 @SpauldingSez pic.twitter.com/qP9gDKINOw

— Masao Dahlgren (@masao_dahlgren) April 15, 2024


Collection of resources for getting started with CTFs related to Satellites hacking

Satellite Hacking Demystified: https://t.co/hGDo9jKO7W
Hack-a-sat writeups: https://t.co/PIkGXuAKSN
Hack-a-sat players corner: https://t.co/aQwVw117nU#satellite pic.twitter.com/LDPAoV6c0T

— 0xor0ne (@0xor0ne) April 16, 2024

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