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React Native's new architecture, enabled by default in version 0.76, can improve app performance through optimizations in rendering (Fabric), native module communication (Turbo Native Modules), JavaScript interaction (JSI), and code generation (Codegen).
Google's client-side search no longer functions without JavaScript, but DuckDuckGo and Yahoo still support a method of no JavaScript by using different search parameters.
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Spencer Rascoff co-founded Zillow. Austin Allison sold his company to Zillow for $125M. Now they've teamed up with investors like SoftBank and Maveron to transform the $1.3T vacation home market – and you can join them for just $2.70 a share [4].
Sam Altman published OpenAI's GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 roadmap on X on Wednesday. Altman acknowledges that OpenAI's product lineup has gotten complicated and that the company wants to simplify its offerings. GPT-4.5, which was internally called Orion, will be OpenAI's last non-chain-of-thought model. GPT-5 will integrate a lot of OpenAI's technology, including o3. Free ChatGPT users will get unlimited GPT-5 chat access at the standard intelligence setting - Plus and Pro subscribers will have access to higher levels of intelligence. It is unknown when the models will be released.
Apple is reportedly exploring both humanoid and non-humanoid robotic form factors. The company is still in an early proof-of-concept stage. 2028 would be an optimistic timeline for mass production. The robot would be part of a future smart home ecosystem.
Google DeepMind has published a video demonstration of miniature humanoid robots playing a one-on-one game of soccer. The robots are able to understand the rules of the game and can anticipate where the ball is going or when to block shots from an opponent. The 15-second video is available in the article.
A team building a detector on the Mediterranean Sea got extremely lucky recently when it picked up the most energetic neutrino ever detected. The detector was only 10% of the size it will be on completion. The neutrino originated outside of our galaxy. Once completed, the detector will be able to help scientists detect where sources of neutrinos reside.
These days, a cheap NVME SSD can supply data much faster than a query interpreter can process it. Depending on the query, removing the interpreter bottleneck can yield several orders of magnitude speedup. The article looks at different options for compiling queries and their pros and cons. Queries might only be run once, so it's only worth spending time on optimization at compile-time if doing so will save even more time at runtime.
This article explores the benefits and trade-offs of building web pages with Tailwind. Tailwind is a CSS framework that uses a utility-first approach that involves styling elements directly without needing to leave HTML. It promises developers the ability to build modern web pages quickly and simply, but there can be significant impacts on maintenance and scaling. Tailwind's utility-first approach can work well for small-to-medium projects where speed and cost-efficiency are top priorities, but for larger projects or teams with established CSS practices, it introduces challenges around readability, maintainability, and scalability.
Working at a large technology company has been an excellent financial decision for technically capable people over the last few years. Joining a rocketship startup - at the right time - can also be an excellent decision. Early-career cash pay at YC startups is often similar to big tech firms. Founding engineers can receive equity that, vested over four years, could potentially be not too different from an offer from Facebook. The median startup fails, making the equity worthless, but there is the potential for extraordinary returns. Being a founding engineer essentially means taking a pay cut and accepting illiquid equity in exchange for a lottery ticket - it's a high-stakes game of calculated risk-taking where due diligence can help tilt the odds in your favor.
Micro LED, one of the most anticipated display technologies, is still years away from being suitable for the mass production of consumer products. The industry is struggling to manage obstacles Luke manufacturing costs and competition from other advanced display technologies. It will probably still be another five years before consumer products are available.
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It is possible to encode data in any Unicode character.
Anduril Industries will take over Microsoft's augmented reality headset program with the US Army, pending approval from the Department of Defense.
Netflix Bites has opened at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino - it will operate for a year, offering breakfast, lunch, and dinner options inspired by Netflix series.
It was possible to leak a Google account identifier by blocking them on YouTube - the exploit has been fixed.
FullSoak is a no-build TypeScript full-stack framework for building fast web applications.
It is possible that data speeds are approaching 'fast enough' for most people for most purposes.
The legal AI startup Harvey raised a substantial sum in a funding round led by Sequoia to continue building tools for law firms.
Apple is in the early proof-of-concept stage for both humanoid and non-humanoid robots, with potential mass production not expected until 2028 or later.
OpenAI plans to release GPT-4.5 as its last non-chain-of-thought model before launching GPT-5, which will unify its o-series and GPT-series models.
Most of the research that makes such dramatic claims is easily falsifiable. This is a unique work in that the methods are quite sound. One cool finding the researchers made is that by gradually increasing the context length during RL training, they could smoothly improve AIME performance without wasting compute.
OpenAI paper about using their o series of reasoning models in competitive programming. They find that originally they had to use hand crafted inference strategies, but later versions of o3 scored well without human intervention.
DeepMind scaled vision language model training to a substantially higher data scale than was previously attempted. Western-centric tasks saturate quickly. However, performance on diverse global tasks continues to improve. Interestingly, this improvement is rarely captured by existing benchmarks.
ESM2 is a great protein folding model. This is a well-maintained version in a popular Jax package.
A great little tool from Microsoft that uses language models to create charts and answer questions about datasets. It unfortunately doesn't support local models, but works well with an API key.
One of many new tools for web browsing with local language models.
Google has introduced new enhancements to Demand Gen campaigns, including advanced customization options, AI-driven creative improvements, and richer product details to improve ad performance across visual-first platforms like YouTube.
SiTime's MEMS-based timekeeping device enhances AI efficiency by improving synchronization across multiple components, offering significant energy savings. The Super-TCXO clock provides superior synchronization compared to quartz components, aiding in faster bandwidth and reduced idle times for GPUs. SiTime's technology is already integrated into Nvidia's Spectrum-X Switch, with plans for future advancements in energy efficiency and bandwidth.
Yann LeCun predicts a new AI revolution within five years, emphasizing current AI's limitations in understanding the physical world for applications like autonomous cars. LeCun and other AI pioneers received the Queen Elizabeth prize for their work in machine learning. Fellow winner Yoshua Bengio stresses the need for addressing AI safety risks at the upcoming global AI summit.
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI firm, faces bans from multiple countries and organizations due to privacy and security concerns linked to data sharing with the Chinese government.
Google removed its pledge against developing AI for weapons or surveillance from its website.
Figure AI has ended its collaboration with OpenAI to focus on developing in-house AI for humanoid robots.
Brian Quintenz, the head of policy at VC firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), has been chosen by Trump to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Quintenz, who previously served at the CFTC from 2017 to 2021 and organized its Technology Advisory Committee, has been a strong advocate for crypto industry self-regulation, and maintains connections to Fairshake, a crypto-focused PAC that invested $140 million in the 2024 election through a16z. The nomination comes as the CFTC seeks expanded oversight of crypto markets.
Franklin Templeton has expanded its Onchain U.S. Government Money Market Fund (FOBXX) to Solana, making it the latest major institutional player to adopt the network for tokenization efforts. Solana has captured over 90% of all new tokens appearing on decentralized exchanges, but lags behind in RWA and institutional adoption. Ethereum leads the tokenization market with a 52% market share worth $3.8 billion.
TracyAI is a sports commentary and analytics agent focused on basketball. It combines 3D sports commentary with real-time NBA-level analytics capabilities, backed by former NBA champion Tristan Thompson. It is launching as a flagship agent within the Virtuals Solana ecosystem and aims to make advanced statistics more accessible to fans while providing enterprise-grade insights for coaches, players, and media professionals.
Crypto.com has secured full regulatory approval under the EU's MiCA framework, allowing it to operate seamlessly across all European Economic Area (EEA) member states. This milestone enhances regulatory clarity, strengthens security measures, and positions Europe as a leading hub for compliant crypto services.
This post breaks down the Jupiter Liquidity Provider (JLP) Pool – a DeFi primitive that's generated nearly $1 billion in fees over the past 12 months and generating 35%+ yields. It is a type of Perpetual Demand Lending Pool (PDLP) that improves upon traditional LP models by featuring bounded risk profiles and easier hedging capabilities, allowing both liquidity providers and perpetual traders to be simultaneously profitable.
Consumer crypto represents the next major platform shift, following the disruption seen in mobile gaming and online video. With blockchain enabling digital property rights and permissionless, global participation, it is theorized that new market leaders will emerge by redefining content, creating new user bases, and leveraging Web3's open infrastructure to scale faster than their Web2 predecessors.
deBridge's 0-TVL cross-chain infrastructure uses intents to facilitate over $8 billion in transaction volume and $17 million in fees through its Liquidity Network and Interoperability-as-a-Service offering. With over 4 million trades, 700,000 users, and a perfect security record, the protocol is well-positioned to continue growing in the competitive interoperability and bridging sector. Additionally, its focus on intents makes it a compelling choice for AI agents and allows it to capitalize on upcoming chain launches with straightforward integrations.
The MegaETH contract is generally efficient, using custom errors, constants, immutables, and Merkle proofs for fair and optimized minting. However it has several inefficiencies, like inefficient ETH transfers and redundant storage updates. While the contract works, this post argues that a 10K ETH raise should use Solady, to follow better gas-saving practices, among other reasons.
Unichain successfully processed over $150M in DEX volume on its first day since launching.
Brian Quintenz has been nominated by President Donald Trump to be the next chairman of the CFTC.
Robinhood reported a record-breaking Q4, with total net revenues surging 115% YoY to $1.01B, primarily driven by a 700% increase in crypto transaction revenue to $358 million.
Legend, a DeFi startup founded by ex compound finance employees, has raised a $15M seed round.
Liquity is investigating a potential issue affecting V2 Stability Pools (“Earn”), but reports that the protocol is functioning as expected and no user issues have been reported.
Kiehl's has launched a bold new campaign featuring a custom typeface, 'Pubic Display Type,' made from pubic hair as a response to censorship of its intimate care ads. After some stores removed their original campaign featuring models with visible pubic hair, the brand replaced the images with text-based ads using unconventional font.
MattoBoard, a web-based design platform, raised $2 million to launch Design Stream, an AI-driven visual search tool. It helps architects and designers streamline material selection, reducing waste and delays. The platform integrates mood boarding, 3D visualization, and AI-driven discovery. Over 200,000 designers use it, including 2,000 Pro subscribers.