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AI AND THE GREAT CMS UNBUNDLING

AI is unbundling creation from control, making CMS more important wherever content is shared, reused, approved, or trusted across systems.

ANDROID 17 STARTS HITTING PIXEL PHONES AND WATCHES TODAY

Android 17 adds a small set of features and lays the groundwork for the future.

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ANTHROPIC'S SAFETY SUPERPOWER

Many people think that Anthropic's public statements around its model releases are mostly scare-mongering for the sake of marketing. However, its models are very impressive, and Anthropic's cautious rollout of Mythos was justified. The model is definitely more capable of identifying and exploiting security issues than previous generations. The problem with public releases is that guardrails can be jailbroken, which is what happened shortly after release.

FOX TO BUY ROKU STREAMING SERVICE IN $25 BILLION DEAL

Fox is acquiring Roku in a deal valued at around $25 billion. The deal will add scale to Fox's streaming business, subscription-based Fox One, and Fox Nation. The combined company will compete with the likes of Amazon and Netflix for ad dollars. The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2027.

SPACEX & THE SENTIENT SUN

SpaceX's mission statement to scale to make a sentient sun is more honest than ridiculous. SpaceX is a launch provider with an internet subsidiary and an AI lab. It is the only company on Earth assembling the full prerequisite stack for a transition to a post-scarcity society. The company is a serious attempt to push humanity into an interplanetary species.

BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE ENABLES INDEPENDENT, ACCURATE COMMUNICATION FOR MAN LIVING WITH ALS

A brain-computer interface developed at UC Davis has enabled a person with severe paralysis caused by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to communicate, work, and interact with the digital world. The device uses an advanced decoding algorithm to translate neural signals into text and enable cursor control. It allows full interaction with a personal computer. The development marks a significant step toward delivering practical assistive technology for people with severe speech and motor impairments.

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AGENTIC CODE REVIEW

Coding agents are good and getting better fast. The hard heart of engineering has moved from writing code to deciding whether to trust it. Code review is the most leveraged skill in software right now. Understanding is still as expensive as it has always been.

THE GOLDEN RULE OF CUSTOMIZABLE SELECT

Customizable select, a new feature coming to Safari 27, allows developers to fully control the appearance of 'select' elements without the need for JavaScript libraries or endless 'div' elements. Ensuring this built-in control works well for everyone requires making sure developers always provide text content or accessible text attributes in their 'option' elements. This provides a better UX, better accessibility, and better progressive enhancement.

GOOGLE CHROME'S NEXT UPDATE WILL MARK THE END OF POPULAR AD BLOCKERS

Google Chrome has been planning its move to Manifest V3 for years. A recent commit in the Chromium repository finally removes support for Manifest V2 extensions. This will stop many Manifest V2-based ad blocker extensions from working. All traces of Manifest V2 will be removed in Chrome 151.

THE WEB WE KNOW IS GOING TO DISAPPEAR

The web is now shifting from search engines to AI chat interfaces. The open place where people search, click, read, browse, publish, and discover is being replaced by something more centralized and much harder to escape. Websites are increasingly becoming infrastructure for machines. The web will likely still exist in the future, but it may no longer be where people go.

RUNNING LOCAL MODELS IS GOOD NOW

Local models may still be slow and resource-intensive, but they can run many tasks competently and can help save on costs.

WHY I EMAIL COMPLETE STRANGERS

In a networked but still disconnected world, being deliberate in your search for friends is more necessary than ever before.

APPLE FOUNDATION MODELS

The Claude for Foundation Models Swift package allows developers to use Claude on Apple platforms through the Foundation Models framework.

THE PROMISE OF POLYMATH LLMS

People who learn more fields discover more intersections where they can apply the tools of one field to the problems of another.

A BACKDOOR IN A LINKEDIN JOB OFFER

The company asked this developer to review a public GitHub repository that was falsely authored using the name of a real developer.

UK BANS UNDER-16S FROM USING SOCIAL MEDIA APPS INCLUDING TIKTOK AND YOUTUBE

The ban is expected to take effect early next year.

ANTHROPIC SHUTS DOWN FABLE, MYTHOS MODELS FOLLOWING TRUMP ADMIN DIRECTIVE

Anthropic has shut off access to its Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models. The US Commerce Department has issued a directive that subjects the new models to export controls restricting their use anywhere outside of the US. Anthropic says the only way to ensure compliance is to completely cut access until the issue is resolved. Access to other Anthropic models is not affected.

ELON MUSK BECOMES THE WORLD'S FIRST TRILLIONAIRE

Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire on Friday after shares of SpaceX rose 20% from their initial public offering price of $135. Musk was already the world's richest person, claiming the title from Jeff Bezos in 2021 with a net worth of over $185 billion. His worth is now equivalent to more than 3% of the US gross domestic product. It is five million times as large as that of the typical US family.

NUCLEAR CLOCKS TICK FOR THE FIRST TIME

Chinese and European research teams working independently have both achieved building a working nuclear clock. Both exploit the nucleus of a thorium-229 atom to keep time with extraordinary precision. Building a working nuclear clock has so far proven to be challenging, as the required laser light sits in a part of the spectrum that is technically challenging to generate and control. The Chinese team used a more powerful laser, while the European team worked with a crystal containing a higher concentration of the thorium nuclei.

NEW CRISPR TECHNIQUE SELECTIVELY SHREDS CANCER CELLS, INCLUDING “UNDRUGGABLE” CANCERS

Researchers have created a new CRISPR-based approach that can selectively destroy cells carrying a mutation in a tumor suppressor found in nearly half of cancers and up to 70% to 90% of cases of some of the most difficult-to-treat cancers. The new approach harnesses CRISPR's ability to find cells with specific mutations and uses its cutting ability to selectively destroy those cells. Making treatments for different cancers using this technique is faster than making a small molecule drug or antibody therapy. Delivery remains a challenge, but a combination of therapies may prove useful for some cancers.

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PONYTAIL

Ponytail is an AI senior developer. It produces efficient code at low cost and at fast speeds. Ponytail works with every model. Examples and benchmark comparisons are available in the repository.

THE LOG IS THE AGENT

While the model, runtime, and loop matter, those things aren't the agent. The agent is the history of events that make up its data. This log allows agents to be reconstructed correctly and resumed. The concept of agents as logs unlocks a whole set of capabilities that make even advanced agent use cases easier to reason about and build into everyday applications.

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APPLE'S NEW SIRI IS JUST GOOD ENOUGH TO EASE ITS AI CRISIS

Apple's Siri now works the way it's supposed to. The latest update doesn't do anything revolutionary or innovative, but it shows how Apple has finally entered the modern AI market. The new Siri is roughly competitive with where the leading chatbots were about six months ago. Apple's preinstalled functionality is now competent enough that many users won't need competing AI services.

META'S MONTHS-OLD AI UNIT IS A SOUL-CRUSHING GULAG, SAY THE ENGINEERS STUCK INSIDE IT

Meta employees don't think it's a happy place to work at, especially given the seemingly endless layoffs the company has executed over the last few years. The company's Applied AI team is reportedly on the verge of revolt. One of the group's live-streamed, employee-only presentations was interrupted earlier this week with an expletive-laden meltdown targeting a senior Meta AI executive. Many employees in the group say they were forced into the group with no real choice and that the work inside the unit was soul-crushing.

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HAS AI ALREADY KILLED HOW-TO NONFICTION? SALES TRENDS, MY PERSONAL DATA, AND WHAT IT MIGHT MEAN FOR THE FUTURE

The market for information is collapsing into the chatbot.

INSIDE THE ROOM WHERE AMERICA'S BRIGHTEST GAME OUT HOW TO AVOID AN AI APOCALYPSE

Political polarization makes ambitious changes difficult, but inaction would be far more costly.

LEAVING MOZILLA

JR Conlin is leaving Mozilla on July 21 after more than 15 years.

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PROP-FOR-THAT

prop-for-that exposes what JavaScript knows, but CSS can't see as live CSS custom properties.

SPACEX'S PRESIDENT IS FLOATING A TESLA MERGER AS THE COMPANY BEGINS TRADING

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell declined to rule out a future merger with Tesla while tempering expectations about timing.

SOFTWARE IS NOT A SINGLE-PLAYER GAME

Building dependable software that lasts and grows will always remain a multiplayer game.

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JEFF BEZOS WANTS TO BUILD AN ‘ARTIFICIAL GENERAL ENGINEER'

Jeff Bezos' new startup, Prometheus, intends to create new engineering tools to improve the design and manufacture of practically any device. It aims to improve the efficiency of companies that design and build computers, automobiles, spacecraft, and other physical products. The tools it will create will accelerate the invention loop. The work done at Prometheus could benefit Bezos' other companies.

SPACEX IPO RAISES $75 BILLION IN BIGGEST DEBUT OF ALL TIME

SpaceX raised $75 billion in its IPO. The IPO, the biggest so far, drew demand more than four times the available shares. SpaceX's shares will debut on the Nasdaq and Nasdaq Texas on Friday. A successful showing in the public markets could tip the scales and make Elon Musk a trillionaire.

HOUSE ROBOTS ARE COMING—AND THEY WILL BE DANGEROUSLY CUTE

The Familiar is a soft, furry robot about the size of a dog created by Familiar Machines & Magic, a company started by Colin Angle, the creator of the Roomba. It uses AI to communicate and form intimate bonds with members of the household. The robot is designed to capture presence, not attention: it has no advertising model, engagement-driven feed, or incentive structure that rewards maximizing screen time or interaction time. While the Familiar can connect to the internet, by default, it will not send any data to the cloud and it will ask permission before accessing anything online.

AFTER NEARLY BREAKING, NASA'S DEEP SPACE NETWORK “WORKED WELL” ON ARTEMIS II

NASA's Deep Space Network couldn't keep up with the routine demands of its science missions during the Artemis I mission nearly four years ago. The network reduced or delayed downlinks from several high-profile science missions. As a result, NASA put in new processes focused around coordination and scheduling. This produced better results during Artemis II, which had an even higher data requirement than the previous mission, but the limitations of the network and high demand continue to be an issue.

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