Wazafak — All Articles

The AI investment boom is driving a shift in financing from cash flows to debt, with private credit playing a key role. This shift raises concerns about financial stability and the potential for systemic spillovers.

Dependabot now waits three days before opening a version update pull request, reducing the risk of supply chain attacks. This cooldown period is configurable and only applies to version updates, not security updates.

The era of free open-source software is coming to an end. Maintainers are burning out, and companies are exploiting their labor without contributing back. It's time to rethink the economics of open-source software.

Bonsai 27B is the first 27B-class model to run on a phone, enabling local execution of AI workloads and reducing dependence on cloud APIs. The model comes in two variants: Ternary Bonsai 27B and 1-bit Bonsai 27B, with the latter being footprint-oriented and suitable for phone-class devices.

A recent study measures input latency on Linux, comparing X11 and Wayland, with Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) and DXVK low-latency fork. The results show that X11 has lower latency than Wayland, but the difference is small. VRR has the biggest effect, reducing latency by 0.26 to 0.45 ms.

The European Union's new age verification app requires users to have an Android or iOS device, sparking controversy over digital sovereignty and privacy concerns.

A recent update to OpenAI's Codex CLI has introduced end-to-end encryption for inter-agent communications, making it difficult for users to inspect and debug their AI workflows.

New York becomes the first US state to impose a data center moratorium, citing concerns over power costs, water supplies, and local communities. The one-year moratorium will apply to data centers using 50 megawatts or more of power.

Scientists from Japan have developed a new method to recover up to 90% of lithium from used EV batteries, a breakthrough that could change how EV batteries are made and reused.

Cloudflare's Images team found a race condition bug in the hyper HTTP library, causing truncated large image responses over sockets. The bug was fixed with a simple flush before shutdown.

After the Trump administration took down Climate.gov, a group of former NOAA employees rebuilt the site, preserving over 15 years of climate data and resources. The new site, Climate.us, is a testament to the power of open data and community-driven initiatives.

Benchmarking 15 decommissioned NVIDIA enterprise GPUs with modern AI workloads reveals surprising performance and value, despite being EOL'd and less power efficient.