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Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: analyzing their SSD activity

Frost: [Browser] Fingerprinting Remotely Using OPFS-Based SSD Timing [pdf]

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Evaluation of Baseline Methods for IDD-based SSD External Memory Search

Announce Type: new Abstract: Many difficult search problems cannot be solved by algorithms such as A* using only RAM. Search algorithms which use external memory such as SSDs and HDDs with much higher capacity than RAM have been proposed in previous work, but previous work has focused on delayed duplicate detection approaches, as well as complex immediate duplicate detection (IDD) methods, and relatively simple methods for IDD have not been systematically studied. In addition, the effect of...

Cross-Modality Feature Fusion Based on Structured State Space Duality for Multimodal Image Registration Network

arXiv:2606.03341v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In multi-modal image registration, the primary challenge lies in shared structural information extraction. Compared to Transformers, Structured State Space Duality (SSD) offers greater global structural feature extraction with higher efficiency during training and inference. Inspired by these advantages, we propose a novel algorithm for multi-modal image registration, named RegNetMamba-2.

Use your Nvidia GPU's VRAM as swap space on Linux

Use your NVIDIA GPU's VRAM as swap space on Linux. Built for laptops with soldered memory and no upgrade path. If you have an RTX card sitting there with 8GB of VRAM and you're getting swapped to SSD, this puts that VRAM to work.

KnapSpec: Self-Speculative Decoding via Adaptive Layer Selection as a Knapsack Problem

arXiv:2602.20217v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Self-speculative decoding (SSD) accelerates LLM inference by skipping layers to create an efficient draft model, yet existing methods often rely on static heuristics that ignore the dynamic computational overhead of attention in long-context scenarios. We propose KnapSpec, a training-free framework that reformulates draft model selection as a knapsack problem to maximize tokens-per-time throughput. By decoupling Attention and MLP layers and...

This is MSI’s new Claw 8 EX AI Plus gaming handheld

MSI has announced its new Claw 8 EX AI Plus gaming handheld PC, which features a specialized handheld processor. This model is claimed to be the world's first handheld to incorporate the Intel Arc G3 Extreme processor, equipped with Xe3 GPU cores for gaming. The device also includes a single NVME M.2 SSD slot for storage.

Websites Can Now Spy on You Through Your Hard Drive

Over the decades, there has been no shortage of sites using clever techniques to covertly track visitors’ browsing histories, device fingerprints, and keystrokes and mouse movements in real time. Even Meta and Yandex were recently caught joining in the privacy-invasive free-for-all. Now sites have a new way to spy on their visitors: by measuring subtle interactions with their solid-state drives.

LG's 2026 Gram laptop lineup starts at $1,150

LG's 2026 Gram laptop lineup starts at $1,150 Many CES product announcements leave us hanging for a while on pricing and availability. Today, one of this year's updated laptop series finally has official pricing and release info. LG's 2026 Gram models are now available, starting at $1,150 for the base model.

Towards Serverless Semi-Decentralized Federated Learning with Heterogeneous Optimizers

Announce Type: new Abstract: We investigate cluster formation, involving the number and composition of clusters, in decentralized federated learning (FL) with heterogeneous machine learning (ML) optimizers. While clustering in centralized FL has enabled scalability and resource savings, its value and development in fully decentralized environments have yet to be explored. Optimizing cluster formation in such environments is challenging, especially due to the complex coupling between network...