2026-06-17

Apple’s Vehicle Motion Cues promise tap into your device’s accelerometer and gyroscope to reduce or, in my case, even eliminate motion sickness.

Original research from 2,000 decision-makers and consumers on AI brand visibility, content trust, and what brands need to do as the web feels less human. 74% say the internet feels less human than it did 10 years ago.

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Independent analysis of AI models and hosting providers. Understand the AI landscape and choose the best model and API provider for your use-case.

Leadership at the social media giant has been on an AI-fueled rampage through its engineering org. We report what’s happened

Yesterday, June 15, 2026, a small and unimportant announcement appeared in Apple developer news: New domain for Sign in with Apple and iCloud+ Hide My Email. Long story short: now both Sign in with Apple and Hide My Email aliases are going to be issued on the @private.icloud.com subdomain. This makes it much easier to ban all aliases without affecting non-relay mailboxes on iCloud mail. This is certainly a big hit for iCloud privacy, since some plausible deniability together with Apple’s backing made banning iCloud aliases costly.

A U.S. decision to yank scientific instruments from around its shores will leave a gap in research, said the head of UVic’s Ocean Networks Canada.

We're in the era of trillion-dollar companies, but that doesn't mean you should leave $5 on the table!

Minimal container images often ship without curl, wget, or any HTTP client at all. Bash can open a TCP socket through /dev/tcp, which is enough to write a tiny HTTP/1.1 request by hand for quick checks.

Independent blog posts, ranked by the community. Good stuff bubbles up. The rest pops.

The Stop Killing Games campaign has been dealt a major setback after the EU declined to force publishers to keep discontinued games playable.

Stop using JWTs. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

Lore is designed for unprecedented scalability of both data and teams. It’s optimized for projects that combine code with large binary assets.

How did we get here?

My head has been spinning after getting a spreadsheet roughly a week ago.Before we dive into my dirty laundry, let’s state the obvious: millions of people have a vague sense that AI is changing things. And LLMs sure are convenient for getting answers quickly.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91558427/ghost-jobs-could-soon-be-illegal-in-new-york

Claude's Status Page - Elevated errors across many models.

https://ankursethi.com/links/nobody-clicks-your-share-buttons/

This specification defines the QUERY method for HTTP. A QUERY requests that the request target process the enclosed content in a safe and idempotent manner and then respond with the result of that processing. This is similar to POST requests, but QUERY requests can be automatically repeated or restarted without concern for partial state changes.

With GPT‑NL, TNO - together with SURF and the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) is building an independent Dutch language model and ecosystem. This strengthens the digital autonomy of the Netherlands and Europe, and provides a solid foundation for responsible AI applications.

A friend of mine once told me: If you ever spot an IIS blue screen, don’t stop there; there must be something.

More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.

Neural Cellular Automata: From Cells to Pixels

We share how AI-native founders are using Claude at every stage of the startup journey, with practical exercises, frameworks, and prompts.

AI-related upgrades like the built-in AI Assistant, extended computation-augmented generation and the Wolfram Agent Tools framework. Advances in TimeSeries & Tabular. New categorical data, ModelFit automated model selection, symbolic music. Efficient handling of gigabyte-sized notebooks. Gains in the already-robust visualization functionality. New functions for algebra, matrices, PDE modeling.

As predicted by several people, one of my Marvell-based SFP+ modules had overheating problems. I've switched it over to a Broadcom-based one, and it looks better, though I can't be certain.

Audited OpenAI financials viewed by Ed Zitron and verified by the Financial Times show $13.07B in 2025 revenue, $34B in costs, and a $38.5B loss attributable to OpenAI.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is not having a particularly good time of being the UK's leader. Basically everyone thinks he's doing a terrible job and it seems unlikely that he'll be in the role much longer. Apparently desperate to turn the tide on being historically disliked, he's decided to grab the most reliable life…

https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260616-67-new-projects.html

Why ast.walk when you can ast.sprint?

Always talk to a criminal defense attorney before you tell the police anything or consent to a search without a warrant. When I was a prosecutor, the first think I would ask when given a case was, "did he say anything?"