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META REPORTEDLY IN TALKS TO INVEST BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SCALE AI

Scale AI provides data labeling services to companies to help them train their AI models.

SPECIFICATION ENGINEERING

Declarative engineering is fine when software is 99% Python logic and 1% AI, but software would be poorly served by that paradigm if it was 99% AI and 1% Python.

ODYC.JS

Odyc.js is a small JavaScript library for coding video games even without programming experience.

SAAS IS JUST VENDOR LOCK-IN WITH BETTER BRANDING

MAINTAINING AN ANDROID APP IS A LOT OF WORK

Android development requires more effort to maintain compared to server-side development - developers planning to build an Android app as a hobby should keep the ongoing maintenance costs in mind.

REVERSE ENGINEERING CURSOR'S LLM CLIENT

This blog post demonstrates how to reverse-engineer Cursor's LLM client by setting up TensorZero as a self-hosted proxy service - this enables users to observe, analyze, and experiment with different LLM models while maintaining the full Cursor experience.

MAGIC NAMEREFS

namerefs (introduced in bash 4.0) act as aliases for other variables and can also reference a specific element in an array, allowing for the creation of magic variables that evaluate any arbitrary expression.

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META CONSIDERS $10B+ INVESTMENT IN SCALE AI

An investment in Scale, already valued at $14 billion, underscores how high-quality training data has become a key competitive differentiator.

CLAUDE GOV MODELS FOR U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY CUSTOMERS

Anthropic launched Claude Gov models for U.S. national security customers, designed for strategic planning, operational support, and intelligence analysis. These models excel in handling classified materials, understanding intelligence contexts, and interpreting complex cybersecurity data. Built with feedback from government users, they adhere to strict safety standards while addressing unique national security needs.

GOOGLE GEMINI CAN NOW HANDLE SCHEDULED TASKS LIKE AN ASSISTANT

Gemini's new scheduled actions feature allows AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers to ask the assistant to perform tasks at specific times. Subscribers can now ask the assistant to provide daily summaries. Users can also ask Gemini to complete one-tasks, for example, summarizing an award show the day after it airs. Gemini subscribers can manage planned tasks on the 'scheduled actions' page in the Gemini app's settings.

WE MADE TOP AI MODELS COMPETE IN A GAME OF DIPLOMACY

Of the 18 AI models tested, OpenAI's o3 emerged as the most successful by mastering deception and secretly orchestrating coalitions, including convincing Claude 4 Opus to betray its ally Gemini 2.5 Pro by promising an impossible "four-way draw" before eliminating Claude itself. Gemini 2.5 Pro was the only other model to achieve victory using blitzkrieg-style tactics, while Claude consistently sought peaceful resolutions even when betrayed.

ANTHROPIC SHARES HOW IT USES CLAUDE CODE

Anthropic released detailed case studies showing how 10 internal teams use Claude Code. Claude only works on its first attempt one-third of the time, leading to a "slot machine" approach: commit frequently, let Claude work autonomously, then either accept or restart fresh. The most successful teams emphasize writing detailed Claude.md documentation files and breaking complex workflows into specialized sub-agents for better results.

THE ILLUSION OF THINKING IN REASONING MODELS

Apple researchers evaluated Large Reasoning Models (LRMs) using custom puzzle environments to study reasoning complexity. They found LRMs collapse at high complexities, with reasoning effort peaking then declining.

QWEN 3 EMBEDDING

Alibaba has open-sourced the Qwen3 Embedding series, with its 8B model achieving #1 on the MTEB multilingual leaderboard. The models enable developers to build RAG systems, semantic search engines, and document retrieval applications across 100+ languages, with options ranging from 0.6B to 8B parameters for different performance needs.

MICROSOFT'S GUI-ACTOR ENABLES AI AGENTS TO NAVIGATE SCREENS WITHOUT COORDINATES

GUI-Actor is a new approach that lets AI agents interact with computer interfaces by using attention mechanisms instead of predicting precise pixel coordinates based on screenshots. The method achieves state-of-the-art results on GUI benchmarks while being more efficient - fine-tuning only 100M parameters while keeping the underlying vision model frozen delivers comparable performance to much larger models.

PROGRESSIVE TEMPERING SAMPLER WITH DIFFUSION

PTSD trains diffusion models sequentially across temperatures to improve sampling from unnormalized densities.

MISTRAL AI REVENUES SURGE AS EUROPE SEEKS US ALTERNATIVES

Mistral AI is reportedly closing multiple $100M+ contracts and approaching $100M annual revenue as European companies seek alternatives to US AI providers following Trump's return to office. The "sovereignty play" appears to be working, with Mistral's CEO noting its business tripled in the last 100 days, particularly in Europe and non-US markets.

COMMON PILE V0.1 DATASET

Hugging Face and collaborators released the Common Pile v0.1, an 8 TB openly licensed dataset for training large language models.

INTERACTIVE FINANCE VISUALS IN GOOGLE AI MODE

Google is rolling out interactive financial data visualizations in AI Mode (Labs), enabling dynamic graphs and multi-step reasoning to answer complex stock and mutual fund queries.

I READ ALL OF CLOUDFLARE'S CLAUDE-GENERATED COMMITS

Cloudflare's open-sourced OAuth 2.1 library was almost entirely written by Claude, and the company documented its entire creative process through git commit messages.

HACKAPROMPT LAUNCHES $5K COMPETITION TO JAILBREAK AI

The two-week competition challenges participants to jailbreak an AI to provide dangerous information, from poison recipes to nuclear detonation instructions.

GEMINI CONFIDENTIALLY FILES FOR IPO

Gemini, the Winklevoss twins' crypto exchange and custodian, has confidentially filed for an IPO, allowing it to test investor demand without immediate disclosure of its financials. The filing comes after the SEC closed its investigation without enforcement and following a $5 million CFTC settlement, marking a cleaner regulatory slate. By going public under the Trump administration's more favorable crypto stance, Gemini joins peers like Circle and Galaxy Digital in leveraging public markets. The company appointed former Affirm executive Dan Chen as CFO earlier this year to steer its next growth phase ahead of a formal listing once the SEC review is complete.

POLYMARKET BECOMES OFFICIAL PREDICTION MARKET OF X

Polymarket has been named the official prediction market partner of X, rolling out a real-time insights tool that fuses X-sourced news, Polymarket event contracts, and xAI's Grok chatbot to explain market-moving developments. The initial integration will surface live predictions alongside contextual data from relevant X posts, with further “unique experiences” slated under their agreement. Crypto enthusiasts are excited for the potential of the partnership to expand to placing predictions, which would imply every X user getting a crypto wallet.

COINBASE UNLOCKS DEFI FOR XRP AND DOGECOIN HOLDERS ON BASE

Coinbase has launched wrapped XRP (cbXRP) and wrapped Dogecoin (cbDOGE) on its Base Layer-2, each backed 1:1 by native coins held in Coinbase custody, enabling holders to access DeFi protocols and yield-generating opportunities. These wrapped tokens facilitate interoperability within the Base ecosystem, allowing users to transfer and deploy their XRP and DOGE in decentralized applications. In the first 24 hours, cbXRP's market cap surpassed $5 million and cbDOGE neared $2 million, underscoring strong initial demand.

PUMP.FUN WILL DISTRIBUTE PROTOCOL REVENUE TO TOKEN HOLDERS

Pump.fun is preparing a PUMP token ICO targeting a $1 billion raise at a $4 billion valuation, complete with a “buyback-powered” revenue-sharing model that allocates a portion of the protocol's profits to token holders and an upcoming airdrop. The Solana-based launchpad, which has generated roughly $677 million in cumulative revenue, will set supply at 1 trillion tokens, price the public sale at $0.004 per token, and reserve 10% for the airdrop. All tokens sold in the public and private rounds will fully unlock at the token-generation event, with additional issuances possible but total supply fixed. This token launch is designed to reward early users and reignite platform activity.

LESSONS ABOUT AMMS

Liquidity providers in AMMs face a delicate balance where trading fees must outpace losses from price movements, or no amount of volume can make them profitable. Simple, static-fee models and overly concentrated or complex designs often underperform robust, battle-tested AMMs like Uniswap V2, which benefit from passive, ERC-20 liquidity and winner-takes-all network effects. Dynamic fee structures, good trade aggregation, and seamless UIs can improve profitability, but small tweaks that reduce losses or boost fees have outsized impacts on net returns. Ultimately, LPs crave simplicity and transparency and avoid overly bespoke code, reliance on oracles, or leveraged concentration that magnifies risk.

TRADING FRAMEWORK CHEAT SHEET

Use exponential moving averages (EMAs -21, 55, and 200) to gauge momentum and trend direction across timeframes. Lean on Volume Profile, VAH/VAL (value area high and value area low), and anchored VWAP (volume weighted average price) for key price zones and trend signals. Always separate low and high-timeframe analysis, focus on candle closes for clarity, and use tools like Auction Market Theory and AI for sharper insights.

SKEPTICISM AROUND STABLECOIN UTILITY IN G10 FX

Stablecoins may not improve FX efficiency in G10 corridors where costs are already near-zero and real-time, making traditional rails hard to beat. However, in high-friction markets, they offer dollar access, faster settlement, and programmable infrastructure where banking gaps or regulatory hurdles still limit financial inclusion.

YIELD-BEARING STABLECOINS TOP $7.19B AS SUSDE AND SUSDS DOMINATE LIQUIDITY

SUSDE and sUSDS now control 77% of the $7.19B yield-bearing stablecoin market, paying out over $360M in yield to date. With APYs up to 15%, RWAs like USDY and USDO offer safer alternatives, but smart contract risk and rate compression remain key concerns.

STABLECOIN'S VALUE PROP

Stablecoins are analogous to Real-Time-Payment rails, which offer instant settlement via central banks.

AAVE TVL 50% GREATER THAN REVOLUT'S

Aave's total value locked (TVL) is ~50% greater than Revolut's assets under management.

ETH AND RWA MARKET CAP CORRELATION

This chart shows that Ethereum's fully diluted market cap has consistently stayed above the total value locked (TVL) on the network, including stablecoins, RWAs, and other hosted assets.

POST-STABLECOIN REMITTANCES CUT OUT CASH

Stablecoins reduce remittance costs by removing the need to off-ramp into local currencies, allowing users to receive, save, and sometimes spend in dollars directly.

TRADFI GIANTS CONTINUE TO SCALE ONCHAIN

BlackRock, PayPal, WisdomTree, Franklin Templeton, Apollo, and others have collectively driven tokenized assets under management on Ethereum.

JONY IVE'S LOVEFROM HELPED DESIGN RIVIAN'S FIRST ELECTRIC BIKE

LoveFrom, a creative firm led by former Apple designer Jony Ive, collaborated closely with Rivian's skunkworks team for about 18 months to help develop its first electric bike. The firm contributed to design, UI/UX, and packaging before concluding its role in late 2024. This secretive micromobility project later spun out into a startup called Also, which has received $105 million in funding and plans to unveil its first “bike-like” product later this year.

IOS 26 REVAMP DETAILED IN NEW REPORT: ‘DIGITAL GLASS' DESIGN WITH BIG CHANGES FOR SAFARI AND MORE

iOS 26 will feature the most significant redesign since iOS 7. Heavily inspired by visionOS, with a focus on glass-like elements, transparency, and redesigned icons, widgets, and interface components, such as Safari and the Phone app, the update will also introduce the macOS Preview app to iPhone and iPad, alongside other enhancements, including a revamped CarPlay, new Messages features, and a dedicated Apple Games app.

GOOGLE INTRODUCES SMALL WATERMARK TO VEO 3 VIDEOS

I TRIED THREE WAYS TO SHIP A DESIGN SYSTEM. HERE'S WHAT ACTUALLY WORKED

Rolling out a new design system is typically an 18-month effort. Success hinges more on strategic implementation than visual design. Projects that focus on iterative rollouts, anchored in real feature development, tend to outperform both complete redesigns and gradual component swaps. The most effective systems are designed in context, built to scale, and judged by adoption rather than aesthetic perfection.

HOW TO MULTIPLY YOUR VALUE AS A DESIGNER IN THE AGE OF AI

Growth Product Designers combine design skills with data analysis, user research, and prioritization of business impact. Principles for multiplying designer value include starting with data-driven hypotheses, iterating quickly through experiments, applying cognitive psychology principles, optimizing for learning speed over polish, and demonstrating measurable business impact. This approach transforms designers from product creators into essential business partners who can deliver ROI in an AI-driven economy. The shift requires designers to connect user needs with business goals while maintaining speed and accountability.

BEAUTIFUL THINGS

Discover the largest collection of 3D objects for Apple Vision Pro on Beautiful Things. Explore high-quality USDZ spatial computing models to enhance your AR experience across industries.

UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS

Sapiens is a curated collection of unique individuals across the internet, allowing them to be seen, appreciated, and connected.

MINI PHOTO EDITOR

A pure JS WebGL image editor with effects, filters, crop, perspective correction, and more.

WHY YOU NEED A PERSONAL BRAND IN A CROWDED JOB MARKET

In today's competitive job market, where roles often attract hundreds or even thousands of applicants, building a personal brand—especially through platforms like LinkedIn—can help job seekers stand out beyond their résumé. By consistently sharing content, showcasing expertise, and engaging with industry professionals, candidates can build trust, make meaningful connections, and even attract opportunities without applying.

WIKIPEDIA'S FASHION COLLECTION ACTUALLY LOOKS SURPRISINGLY COOL

Wikipedia has launched a fashion collaboration with sustainable brand Armedangels. Featuring recycled cotton garments such as T-shirts, hoodies, and caps that highlight facts, peace, and knowledge in a bold “cyber yellow” and “hyperlink blue” palette, the collection, titled “For Fact's Sake: Think Responsibly”, aims to promote truth and transparency in an age of misinformation. 12% of proceeds will go to the Wikimedia Foundation.

CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF PERFECTLY ADORABLE POP CULTURE ART FROM SCOTT C

Scott Campbell, known for his colorful pop culture art series Great Showdowns, celebrates 10 years of work with "The Big Show," which opened on June 7 in New York City. The exhibition features over 100 original watercolor paintings, sculptures, and prints that span his career from various projects and life experiences. Campbell describes the show as encompassing all his creative worlds together for the first time. Coinciding with the release of his upcoming graphic novel, the exhibition runs through June 28, with the remaining pieces going online June 12.

PENTAGRAM CRAFTS A SMART, ELEGANT IDENTITY FOR AI VIDEO PIONEER TWELVELABS

Pentagram has created a new visual identity for AI video company TwelveLabs centered around the concept of "video as volume" rather than traditional frame-by-frame processing.