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Chronon is a data platform for serving AI/ML applications that abstracts away the complexity of data computation, allowing users to utilize all of the data within their organizations.

YOU WANT TECHNOLOGY WITH WARTS

Every wart used to be a reasonable feature that someone relied on, a testament to the care the maintainers put into backward compatibility.

THE 14KB PROBLEM

The first burst of data allowed in a TCP connection is about 14 KB of data, so fitting sites within that cap means they can be delivered in a single round trip.

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GOOGLE'S NEW OPEN PROTOCOL SECURES AI AGENT TRANSACTIONS - AND 60 COMPANIES ALREADY SUPPORT IT

Google's Agent Payments Protocol helps companies carry out agent-led payments securely.

JAVA 25/JDK 25: GENERAL AVAILABILITY

JDK 25 is now Generally Available and ready for production use.

THE CREATOR ADVANTAGE

Nobody can take away what you build when you build an audience.

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U.S. AND CHINA REACH ‘FRAMEWORK' FOR A TIKTOK SALE

The US has reached a preliminary deal with China on the fate of TikTok. Both sides have agreed to a framework to divest TikTok from ByteDance. President Trump and Xi Jinping are set to speak on Friday to approve the deal.

OPENAI UPGRADES CODEX WITH A NEW VERSION OF GPT-5

SAM ALTMAN-BACKED RETRO BIOSCIENCES STARTS ALZHEIMER'S REVERSAL TRIAL

Retro Biosciences is gearing up for a clinical trial of a drug aimed at reversing the effects of Alzheimer's disease. The drug could potentially restore cognitive function in ways that could redefine longevity treatments. Retro's approach leverages cellular reprogramming techniques. The upcoming trial will test the pill's efficacy in human subjects.

NEW ULTRASOUND HELMET REACHES DEEP INSIDE THE BRAIN WITHOUT SURGERY

Researchers have created an ultrasound helmet that could offer an alternative to invasive procedures. It can modulate deep-brain circuits without surgery with unrivaled precision. The helmet offers a safe, reversible, and repeatable method for both understanding brain function and developing targeted therapies. It has potential clinical applications for neurological disorders like Parkinson's disease, where deep-brain regions are especially affected.

A TERMINAL COMMAND THAT TELLS YOU IF YOUR USB-C CABLE IS BAD

Android Studio recently added a new feature that warns users when they connect a slow cable to their phones. This post presents a script that checks USB connections in macOS. The script was originally cobbled together with AI, but while it worked, it was a mess to maintain. The developer used AI to port it to Go so the code could be structured more legibly and more easily tweaked.

APPLE HAS A PRIVATE CSS PROPERTY TO ADD LIQUID GLASS EFFECTS TO WEB CONTENT

Apple has a custom CSS property named -apple-visual-effect that allows the use of Liquid Glass in iOS 26. It only works by toggling a private setting in WKPreferences, so using it means no App Store approval. No one outside of Apple can use it - and no one knows where Apple is using it.

CUBESATS ARE FASCINATING LEARNING TOOLS FOR SPACE

It's possible to build a space-ready CubeSat using just a few thousand dollars of parts. Many CubeSats use Raspberry Pis and other off-the-shelf components. This post introduces CubeSats and shows readers how they can build their own CubeSats. It also covers several CubeSat projects by other creators.

THE LAST DAYS OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Genuine human content is increasingly being sidelined by algorithms. Engineered content and AI slop optimized solely for clicks are being prioritized. Early social media was built for connection. The generative AI-fueled attention economy has broken that illusion. Feeds are no longer crowded with people, but with content.

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TASTE

Taste is humanity's last edge over AI.

WHY AREN'T YOU A GOOD FIT?

Asking candidates why they shouldn't be hired is a good filter.

STRINGWA.RS ON GPUS: DATABASES & BIOINFORMATICS 🦠

StringZilla is a string library that uses SIMD and SWAR to accelerate string operations on modern CPUs.

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HOW PEOPLE ACTUALLY USE CHATGPT VS CLAUDE - AND WHAT THE DIFFERENCES TELL US

Most ChatGPT usage is not work related, while Claude is used more for automation, especially coding.

THE 4P DEVELOPER: THE MISSING LAYER IN PLATFORM THINKING

4p developers, the developers that build tools for other developers on platforms, are the fourth party that makes platforms explode.

PROGRAMMING DEFLATION

Understanding, integration, and judgment will be the differentiators that separate signal from noise.

GOOGLE GEMINI IS THE TOP FREE IPHONE APP

Gemini for iPhone is the top free app in the US App Store. ChatGPT is in second position, and Threads is third. The Gemini app ranks second in Canada and the UK. It has seen more than 23 million new users since its launch. Google's new image editing model has been a viral hit due to how it maintains character likeness and consistency.

ELON MUSK'S BORING COMPANY COMPLETES VEGAS LOOP TUNNEL TO AIRPORT

The Boring Company has successfully completed a 2.26-mile tunnel for the Vegas Loop system in Las Vegas. The tunnel, aimed at alleviating surface congestion in one of America's busiest tourist destinations, stretches from a site near Harry Reid International Airport in the south to the Westgate Resort in the north. There will be eight stations along the route, including key stops at Virgin hotels and the Hughes Center. The tunnel is part of a broader plan to create a 68-mile network with over 100 stations to connect major landmarks.

PROMISING NEW EPILEPSY DRUG DELIVERS 80% REDUCTION IN SEIZURES

Rapport Therapeutics' experimental compound, RAP-219, reduced seizures by an average of 77.8% in a Phase 2a study. Almost a quarter of participants remained seizure-free over the two-month treatment period. The study raises hopes for patients who suffer from seizures despite being on multiple medications. Rapport plans to meet with the US Food and Drug Administration and then launch two Phase 3 trials next year. It is also developing a long-acting injectable version to address medication adherence, a frequent challenge in epilepsy.

NASA ANNOUNCES DISCOVERY OF LIFE ON MARS WITH HIGH DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE

An analysis of the Martian Sapphire Canyon mudstone core found minerals and textures that are often linked to microbial activity. While nonbiological chemistry could also explain the signals, the finding is the closest scientists have ever come to discovering life on Mars. More data is needed to rule out nonbiological sources.

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GET EXCITED ABOUT POSTGRES 18

Postgres18 adds asynchronous I/O, which means faster reads for many use cases. This is a part of a bigger series of performance improvements planned. Asynchronous I/O allows workers to optimize idle time and improve system throughput by batching reads. It provides a more predictable and better-performing method for batching operations at the database level. Writes will continue to be synchronous as this is needed for ACID compliance.

UTF-8 IS A BRILLIANT DESIGN

UTF-8 was designed to represent millions of characters from different languages and scripts and still be backward compatible with ASCII. Every ASCII-encoded file is a valid UTF-8 file, and every UTF-8 encoded file that only has ASCII characters is a valid ASCII file. This post gets into how UTF-8 works. A link to a playground for visualizing and playing around with UTF-8 encoding is available in the post.

A.I.'S PROPHET OF DOOM WANTS TO SHUT IT ALL DOWN

Eliezer Yudkowsky, the founder of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), a Berkeley-based nonprofit that studies risks from advanced artificial intelligence, believes that building powerful AI systems is a terrible idea that will end in disaster. He recently released a book co-written with MIRI's president aimed at stopping the development of AI. The book claims that everyone on Earth will die if any company or group anywhere on the planet builds an artificial superintelligence using anything remotely like current techniques. While some may see Yudkowsky as an extremist or a crank, he is a central figure in modern AI history, and his influence on the industry is undeniable.

‘MORE EGALITARIAN': HOW NEPAL'S GEN Z USED GAMING APP DISCORD TO PICK PM

14 governments representing three parties have taken turns at governing Nepal since 2008, when the country adopted a new constitution after abolishing its monarchy. After recent protests, the country's citizens used a virtual poll on Discord to elect its new leader. A Gen Z group called Hami Nepal ran a channel where a debate on the country's future was livestreamed. After hours of debate, participants selected former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki to lead Nepal.

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WE GREW FROM ZERO TO $50M ARR IN <2 YEARS, PROFITABLY

This post looks at how influencer marketing, investing in brand before performance marketing, user testing, and dogfooding helped Gamma grow from zero to $50 million ARR in under two years.

THE CITY LEADING CHINA'S CHARGE TO PULL AHEAD IN AI

Hangzhou, China, has become an AI hub at the center of China's global tech ambitions.

OUR ROBOTS ARE NOW FOLDING LAUNDRY FOR TUMBLE LAUNDRY CUSTOMERS IN SAN FRANCISCO

A short video of a robot from Weave Robotics folding laundry.

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A WORD ABOUT COMPLEXITY

One of the barriers that prevents people from modifying open source software is complexity.

BECOMING THE PERSON WHO DOES THE THING

Our self-identity dictates everything, but it isn't set in stone.

WHY YOU'D ISSUE A BRANDED STABLECOIN LIKE MCDONALDSCOIN

Branded stablecoins entitle platforms to more of the issuer rewards for customer deposits, which consequently lets them pay more rewards to customers who choose to store money with them.