Large Language Models (LLMs) are inherently probabilistic, which means you have to add evaluation frameworks, human-in-the-loop processes, and design for graceful failure, using LLMs for probabilistic guidance rather than deterministic answers. Unlike with traditional software, there is no way to get better at using AI than using AI - there is no substitute for trial and error. This makes it hard to predict development and makes building future-proof technology almost impossible. While software is inexpensive to distribute once written, LLMs have continued costs.
The US government is attempting to prove that Meta violated competition laws, but new evidence shows that Meta had identified TikTok as a major competitor several years ago.
The agentic AI space still feels chaotic, overhyped, and hard to navigate. But for businesses that get it right, AI agents are reshaping customer experience.
Google is developing its own Samsung DeX-like desktop mode for Android. Samsung DeX is a software feature that emulates a desktop UI that presents a desktop-like interface, allowing users to launch multiple apps in floating windows and control everything with a keyboard and mouse. The feature is still unfinished and almost certainly won't launch by the release of Android 16. This article presents a preview of the new desktop mode.
Amazon's Kindle app for iPhones and iPads wouldn't actually let anyone buy books in the app, until yesterday. The iOS app still doesn't allow books to be purchased directly in the app, but users can search Amazon's virtual bookstore inside the app and tap a new button that automatically pops them over to Amazon's website. Apple plans to appeal the ruling to allow third-party developers to use alternate payment processors in their apps - if successful, it could create new potential PR headaches for Apple as the company would then be taking away something from developers and users rather than preserving the status quo.
The Federal Aviation Administration has agreed to allow SpaceX to substantially increase the number of annual launches from its Starbase launch site in South Texas. SpaceX will now be able to conduct up to 25 Starship launches and landings during a calendar year. It will be required to undertake dozens of actions to mitigate environmental impacts. The company has yet to announce a firm date for its ninth Starship flight test.
Stratolaunch's Talon-A2 reusable hypersonic rocket plane has already carried multiple experiments and delivered payloads. The company is aiming for monthly flights by the end of the year and eventually wants to ramp up to weekly flights. The Pentagon has spent about $12 billion on hypersonic weapons development and testing since 2018 - none of the weapons are operational yet. China's first hypersonic weapon became operational in 2019, and Russia's government claimed it deployed a hypersonic weapon in the same year. The Pentagon's hunger for hypersonic weapons will likely fund Stratolaunch for some time to come.
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Google has released early access to a version of Gemini 2.5 Pro with significantly improved coding capabilities. The model is reportedly better at coding tasks such as building interactive web apps, code transformation, code editing, and creating agentic workflows. It was scheduled to debut at Google I/O, but Google released it early in response to positive feedback. The updated Gemini 2.5 Pro is placed at the top of the WebDev Arena Leaderboard and scored 84.8% on the VideoMME benchmark.
Hyper is a simple markup language for building user interfaces that enables developers to generate complex UIs with clean syntax. It is a headless view layer focused on rendering. Hyper allows developers to ditch the hundreds of frameworks, tools, languages, idioms, libraries, and practices that attempt to solve problems within the idiomatic React stack. This post compares React to Hyper.
Uber has announced that it will increase its in-office requirements and change benefits. Employees will be required to come into the office three days a week starting in June. The eligibility for Uber's month-long paid sabbatical benefit has been raised from five years at the company to eight years. Some employees who had previously been approved for remote work will be required to start coming in.
UK retailers Harrods, Marks & Spencer, and Co-op have all reported cyber intrusions in the past two weeks. A group that calls itself Star Fraud (but more widely known as Scattered Spider) is suspected to be the culprit of the hacks. The attacks bear all the hallmarks of the group's attacks. Other retailers have been warned to harden their defences as the group usually works its way through a sector.
A class action suit filed on behalf of developers claims that Apple's actions cost them revenue during the period it was found to have violated a court order to let developers sell subscriptions directly to customers.
Microsoft has introduced a Surface Pro convertible tablet and a Surface Laptop, both of which can run artificial intelligence models without using the internet.
Manual testing on personal devices is TOO SLOW AND TOO LIMITED. It forces teams to CUT RELEASES A WEEK EARLY just to test before submitting them to app stores. And without broad device coverage, issues slip through.
Microsoft has still not yet approved OpenAI's plans for restructuring. The conversion will also need the approval of the state attorneys general of California and Delaware. Microsoft wants to make sure that any changes to OpenAI's structure adequately protects its investment. It is still actively negotiating the details of OpenAI's proposal. OpenAI will move forward with the effort to restructure its for-profit division as a public benefit corporation, but the overall business will remain under the control of its nonprofit.
Waymo currently has more than 1,500 commercial robotaxis in operation. It is working with Magna to build more than 2,000 autonomous I-Pace vehicles at a new factory in Arizona. The factory is strategically located in one of Waymo's robotaxi markets and close to its other service areas. Vehicles will be able to pick up their first public passengers less than 30 minutes after leaving the factory. The plant will be capable of building tens of thousands of fully autonomous Waymo vehicles per year when operating at full capacity.
Many athletes are taking GLP-1 weight-loss drugs to gain a performance edge. The practice has caught the attention of the World Anti-Doping Agency. If the organization finds that semaglutide enhances performance, poses a health risk, or violates 'the spirit of the sport', it could end up on its banned list. However, making that determination is complex, and the drug's effects could have different outcomes depending on the sport.
Uber and Chinese autonomous vehicle technology company WeRide plan to bring robotaxi services to another 15 cities over the next five years. The expansion will focus on cities outside of China and the United States and include cities in Europe. Uber has more than 15 partnerships with a wide range of autonomous vehicle technology companies, the highest-profile of which is with Waymo. Uber and Waymo will soon launch a robotaxi service in Atlanta.
Google's next version of Android might look quite different. The company recently published and quickly removed a blog post that detailed 'Material 3 Expressive', a redesign expected to be revealed at I/O later this month. While the original Material Design did a good job of leveraging colors and consistent theming, it made apps look too similar. The new interface appears much more varied. Screenshots from the deleted blog post are available in the article.
Feather is a lightweight DX-first web framework for Rust. It features a middleware-first architecture, easy state management using context, a developer-first experience, great tooling out-of-the-box, and more. The project aims to be the simplest Rust web framework to get started with. It focuses on developer experience without sacrificing Rust's safety and performance.
This is a transcript of an interview with Mark Zuckerberg where he discusses the broader themes that place Llama in Meta's historical context. The interview covers Meta's platform ambitions over the last two decades, the evolution of social networking, and how Zuckerberg has changed his thinking about both. Zuckerberg talks about the Llama API and the tension between GPU opportunity cost and leveraging training costs, and why he thinks that the latter is worth paying for. He also discusses why Meta AI may actually bring many of his oldest ideas full circle, how that ties into Reality Labs, and why Meta ended up being the perfect name for the company.
People shouldn't let computers write for them. Their original thoughts are far more interesting, meaningful, and valuable than whatever a large language model can transform them into. Writing should be a medium for communicating original thoughts - if it's not worth writing, it's not worth reading. Language models are great for making nonsense and not so great for anything else - it's probably better to just read the prompt.
Large language models can be used in automated black box testing, not just as a post-hoc verification step, but as a foundational driver for the code generation process itself.
If the judge in Meta's antitrust trial decides that TikTok competes in the same space as Facebook and Instagram, it could sink the FTC's bid to break up Meta.
A vote to decide whether to turn part of south Texas into a new city centered around Elon Musk's SpaceX passed with broad support, paving the way for a newly incorporated city made up almost exclusively of SpaceX employees and people connected to the company. The brand-new city, Starbase, covers about one and a half square miles at the southern tip of Texas in a coastal spot nestled against the Mexico border. It is home to SpaceX headquarters and where the company builds its boosters and engines and launches its Starship rocket on test flights. Having greater municipal control of the area could ease some of the bureaucracy and restrictions around SpaceX's tests and rocket launches.
Eric Schmidt acquired Relativity Space to have the capability to launch a significant amount of computing infrastructure into space. Schmidt appeared before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce during a hearing in April and spoke about the need for more electricity to power data centers to facilitate the computing needs for AI development and applications. Space-based data centers would be powered by solar panels and be able to radiate heat into the vacuum of space. Relativity's Terran R will be capable of launching 33.5 metric tons to low-Earth orbit in expendable mode and 23.5 tons with a reusable first stage.
Japan's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone group claims to have created a drone that can induce and guide lightning strikes. The technology could theoretically be used to protect cities and infrastructure from lightning damage. A wire is attached to the drone - when a switch is flicked, a surge of electrical energy runs through the wire, grounding the drone electrically. This allegedly increases the strength of the drone's surrounding electric field, triggering and attracting a lightning strike. A video that explains how the technology works is available in the article.
Venom expert Tim Friede has voluntarily injected himself with snake venom 856 times across 18 years. This has led to the creation of the most widely effective snake antivenom on record. The antivenom protected mice from the venom of 19 different snake species in lab experiments. Rigorous clinical testing is required before the antivenom will be made available to humans. The researchers plan to conduct field trials of the antivenom to treat snake-bitten dogs in Australia.
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