Hacking Workshop for June 2025

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Next month, I'll be hosting 2 or 3 discussions of Masahiko Sawada's talk, PostgreSQL meets ART - Using Adaptive Radix Tree to speed up vacuuming, from 2024.pgconf.dev. If you're interested in joining us, please sign up using this form and I will send you an invite to one of the sessions.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals says it will acquire all of 23andMe's assets, including its Personal Genome Service, for $256M in a bankruptcy auction, closing in Q3 (Dean Seal/Wall Street Journal)

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Dean Seal / Wall Street Journal:
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals says it will acquire all of 23andMe's assets, including its Personal Genome Service, for $256M in a bankruptcy auction, closing in Q3  —  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals said it will acquire substantially all of 23andMe's assets 

‘River of Death’: 8,000 dinosaur bones discovered at Canada’s fossil mass grave

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In Alberta, Canada, paleontologists continue to unearth thousands of Pachyrhinosaurin bones across a kilometer of...

‘America first’: Trump criticized over world’s largest data center deal with UAE

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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif) took a dig at President Donald Trump on Sunday, criticising the...

A profile of nonprofit Psst, launched in September 2024 to offer a "digital safe" for tech whistleblowers; its legal team manually reviews encrypted submissions (Victoria Turk/Wired)

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Victoria Turk / Wired:
A profile of nonprofit Psst, launched in September 2024 to offer a “digital safe” for tech whistleblowers; its legal team manually reviews encrypted submissions  —  Amber Scorah and Psst are building a “digital safe” to help people shine a light on the bad things their bosses are doing, without getting found out.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the US' third-largest district, trained 1,000+ educators on AI and introduced Gemini to 105K+ students, the largest US rollout (Natasha Singer/New York Times)

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Natasha Singer / New York Times:
Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the US' third-largest district, trained 1,000+ educators on AI and introduced Gemini to 105K+ students, the largest US rollout  —  One morning in April, Tracy Lowd, a social studies teacher in Miami, tried a new approach to making government policy come alive for her high school students.

China to deploy world’s largest drone mothership with 4,500-mile range, 100-UAV payload

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In a significant development that underlines China’s continued investment in unmanned warfare capabilities, the People’s...

Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities

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South America discovers one of world’s largest copper, gold, silver deposits

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In the Andes Mountains along the Argentina-Chile border, a massive deposit of copper, gold, and...

A profile of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who transformed himself from an academic into a CEO; as of mid-April, Anthropic was on track for $2B in annual revenue (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)

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Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
A profile of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who transformed himself from an academic into a CEO; as of mid-April, Anthropic was on track for $2B in annual revenue  —  Dario Amodei has transformed himself from an academic into the CEO of a $61 billion startup.  —  Anthropic Chief Executive …

OWC Unveils 11-Port Thunderbolt 5 Dock With Triple Display Support

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OWC today announced its new Thunderbolt 5 Dock, a high-performance connectivity hub designed for creative professionals and power users who need expanded port options for their setups.


The dock features three Thunderbolt 5 ports offering bi-directional data speeds up to 80Gb/s and up to 120Gb/s for display needs. It can power up to three 8K displays or dual 6K displays on Macs, making it suitable for the latest M4 MacBook Pro models that support Thunderbolt 5.

With 11 ports in total, the dock includes two USB-A 10Gb/s ports, one USB-A 5Gb/s port, 2.5GbE Ethernet, microSD and SD card slots, and a 3.5mm audio combo jack. It delivers up to 140W of power, enough for the most energy-hungry notebooks.

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How the UK's Met Office, alongside Google DeepMind, Nvidia, Microsoft, IBM, and others, are leveraging AI to enhance weather forecasting accuracy and detail (Financial Times)

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Financial Times:
How the UK's Met Office, alongside Google DeepMind, Nvidia, Microsoft, IBM, and others, are leveraging AI to enhance weather forecasting accuracy and detail  —  Rapidly advancing technology is helping meteorologists to make more accurate and detailed forecasts even further into the future

Epic Games Asks Judge to Force Apple to Approve Fortnite for US App Store

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Epic Games on Friday filed a court motion asking District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to order Apple to approve Fortnite for the US App Store, in another escalation of the ongoing legal battle between the two companies.


In the filing, Epic claims Apple is in contempt of the judge's April order that restricted Apple from rejecting apps over their use of outside payment links. Epic argues that Apple's refusal to review its Fortnite submission until after a pending Ninth Circuit ruling amounts to retaliation for its legal challenges.

According to a letter from Apple shared by Epic, Apple stated it "won't take action on the Fortnite app submission until after the Ninth Circuit rules on our pending request for a partial st [...]

Russia ‘trains’ 6,800-mile-range nuclear missile amid peace talks with Ukraine

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Russia is allegedly planning to conduct a “training” launch of its RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic...

Apple's AI Partnership With Alibaba Draws Scrutiny From Washington

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The Trump administration is scrutinizing Apple's partnership with Chinese tech giant Alibaba to bring AI features to iPhones in China, according to a new report from The New York Times.


Washington officials are concerned the collaboration could help Chinese AI providers collect data to improve their models, potentially benefiting China's military. Defense Department and intelligence officials are reportedly examining Alibaba's ties to the Chinese Communist Party and the People's Liberation Army.

Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi called the lack of transparency about the agreement "extremely distu [...]

Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun says on Weibo that the company invested ~$1.9B to build its Xring O1 chip and plans to invest $6.9B+ in chip design over the next decade (Reuters)

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Reuters:
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun says on Weibo that the company invested ~$1.9B to build its Xring O1 chip and plans to invest $6.9B+ in chip design over the next decade  —  China's Xiaomi will launch its highly-anticipated YU7 electric sports utility vehicle on Thursday, as well as other products …

iPhone 17 Air Battery Capacity and Weight Allegedly Revealed

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Apple is expected to launch an all-new ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air later this year, and while there have been plenty of rumors about the camera's overall design and thinness, we haven't heard any details about the device's weight and battery capacity until now.


According to the leaker going by the account name "yeux1122" on the Korean-langauge Naver blog, the 6.6-inch iPhone 17 Air has a weight of approximately 145 grams, while the battery capacity is 2,800mAh. The details allegedly originate from a "mass production confirmed sample." The blog has previously offered accurate insights into Apple's component strategy.

The claimed weight is similar to an iPhone SE 2 or iPhone 13 mini, which are 148 g [...]

Streamlining CI/CD: Building Efficient Pipelines With GitHub Actions for Modern DevOps

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Kuo: Lighter Version of AirPods Max to Enter Mass Production in 2027

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Apple is working on a lighter version of AirPods Max that will enter mass production in 2027, according to industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.


Kuo shared the prediction on X (Twitter). He provided no additional details on the weight reduction that Apple plans to make to its over-ear noise-canceling headphones.

Apple updated the AirPods Max in September, receiving a USB-C charging port instead of Lightning, and new color options. Bloomberg reported in November that Apple currently has "no concrete plans" to update the headphones again "in a meaningful way."

Ai [...]

World’s largest quantum research supercomputer runs on powerful NVIDIA chips

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NVIDIA has launched the Global Research and Development Center for Business by Quantum-AI Technology (G-QuAT),...

Experts blame Big Tech lawyers' culture of lawlessness for Amazon, Apple, and Google being accused of abusing legal privilege in antitrust and other court cases (Tim Higgins/Wall Street Journal)

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Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal:
Experts blame Big Tech lawyers' culture of lawlessness for Amazon, Apple, and Google being accused of abusing legal privilege in antitrust and other court cases  —  Amazon, Apple, Google are all being accused of abusing legal privilege in battles to strip away their power

Nvidia plans to build an AI supercomputer with Foxconn and Taiwan's government to support local researchers and enterprises; TSMC plans to use the system (Kimberley Kao/Wall Street Journal)

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Kimberley Kao / Wall Street Journal:
Nvidia plans to build an AI supercomputer with Foxconn and Taiwan's government to support local researchers and enterprises; TSMC plans to use the system  —  The company also said it is deepening partnerships with Taiwan's system manufacturers  —  Nvidia is deepening its partnerships …

Nvidia unveils NVLink Fusion, letting customers use its NVLink to pair non-Nvidia CPUs or accelerators with Nvidia's products in their own rack-scale setups (Bloomberg)

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Bloomberg:
Nvidia unveils NVLink Fusion, letting customers use its NVLink to pair non-Nvidia CPUs or accelerators with Nvidia's products in their own rack-scale setups  —  Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang outlined plans to let customers deploy rivals' chips in data centers built around its technology …

A look at Neuralink and other brain-computer interface startups, as the number of people with brain implants is set to double from ~100 in the next 12 months (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

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Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
A look at Neuralink and other brain-computer interface startups, as the number of people with brain implants is set to double from ~100 in the next 12 months  —  In the next 12 months, the number of people with a brain-computer interface is set to double  —  A high-stakes technology race is pl

Sources: Nvidia is in advanced talks to invest in PsiQuantum, a startup looking to build quantum computers that is in the process of raising $750M+ (Anissa Gardizy/The Information)

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Anissa Gardizy / The Information:
Sources: Nvidia is in advanced talks to invest in PsiQuantum, a startup looking to build quantum computers that is in the process of raising $750M+  —  Nvidia is in advanced talks to invest in PsiQuantum, a quantum computing startup, according to a person involved in the discussions.

A look at WBD's reasons behind rebranding HBO Max to Max; Netflix executives were surprised to see Disney's Josh D'Amaro at Netflix's upfront and afterparty (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
A look at WBD's reasons behind rebranding HBO Max to Max; Netflix executives were surprised to see Disney's Josh D'Amaro at Netflix's upfront and afterparty  —  Warner Bros. Discovery had a plan to turn HBO into Netflix.  Here's where it went wrong.  —  Good afternoon from Los Angeles.

Viral TikTok videos of AI bots interviewing job candidates and sometimes glitching are bringing attention to a practice more companies have embraced since 2023 (David Mack/Slate)

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David Mack / Slate:
Viral TikTok videos of AI bots interviewing job candidates and sometimes glitching are bringing attention to a practice more companies have embraced since 2023  —  “Tell me about a time when—when—let's.  Let's circle back.  Tell me about a time when—when—let's."

How the crypto industry is adapting to the recent wave of kidnappings: more extensive security around conferences, a rise in personal bodyguards, and more (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)

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Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg:
How the crypto industry is adapting to the recent wave of kidnappings: more extensive security around conferences, a rise in personal bodyguards, and more  —  Pijlman works for an Amsterdam-based firm that provides physical security and intelligence services to cryptocurrency holders …

Some parent groups are hosting Alternative Device Fairs, showcasing phones with limited features, social media blocks, and AI-powered content filters (Kaitlyn Tiffany/The Atlantic)

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Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic:
Some parent groups are hosting Alternative Device Fairs, showcasing phones with limited features, social media blocks, and AI-powered content filters&

Robot inspired by octopus can autonomously decide how to grip objects with accuracy

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Scientists have developed a robot that can decide how to move or grip objects by...

Apple Will Reportedly Be More Cautious About Announcing New Features Well in Advance

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Apple plans to mostly stop announcing new features more than a few months before they are ready to launch, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman and Drake Bennett. The pair of reporters revealed this noteworthy tidbit towards the bottom of a lengthy report about Apple's artificial intelligence shortcomings today.


This alleged change in strategy comes after Apple was forced to delay its more personalized version of Siri, which will be powered by Apple Intelligence. Apple first previewed the promised Siri upgrades during its WWDC 2024 keynote, and at the time it said the features would be available within t [...]

Apple Will Reportedly Let iPhone Users in the EU Switch Away From Siri

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Apple is planning to give users in the EU the ability to set a default voice assistant other than Siri, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman and Drake Bennett.


In a lengthy report about Apple's artificial intelligence shortcomings today, Gurman and Bennett said Apple plans to introduce this change across multiple software platforms, which likely means the iPhone, iPad, and Mac at a minimum.

Presumably, this means that users in the EU will be able to set options like Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant as their default voice assistant on Apple devices.

Apple is working on this change in response to expanding EU regulations, the report said.

Apple already lets iPhon [...]

Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

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This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Stephen T. Stone with a comment about Stephen Miller suggesting the suspension of habeas corpus: Remember: Once they suspend the civil rights of non-citizens, they’ll only ever need to declare someone a non-citizen to justify black-bagging an American citizen off the street and sending […]

China debuts world’s first quantum cryptography system, claims it’s ‘unhackable’

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As quantum computing advances, traditional encryption faces growing risks from powerful new algorithms. In a...

Learn Linux File Permissions the Easy Way (And the Hard Way, Too)

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Do you remember when you were a little kid, and you had to ask your parents’ permission to do just

The post Learn Linux File Permissions the Easy Way (And the Hard Way, Too) appeared first on The New Stack.

Canada’s eVTOL firm makes history, becomes first to achieve full wing transition

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Canada-based aerospace engineering company Horizon Aircraft has hit a significant milestone by becoming the first...

Medieval skeleton reveals what Swedish disability care was really like

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A new study analyzed the skeleton of a man who lived with a disability during...

To Fix Platform Engineering, Build What Users Actually Want

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I was working with an automotive client whose engineering team had an ambitious goal: build new microservices and an external

The post To Fix Platform Engineering, Build What Users Actually Want appeared first on The New Stack.

Amazon's Weekend Sale Has Great Deals on AirPods Max, Apple Watch, iPad, and More

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Amazon is hosting a big collection of discounts across multiple Apple products this weekend, including notable deals on AirPods, Apple Watch, iPad, Apple Pencil Pro, and MacBook Air.

AirPods

Incidents From Generative AI Cloud Services Hit Different

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Generative AI (GenAI) cloud services are unique in their intense demands on hardware — as well as the computational resources

The post Incidents From Generative AI Cloud Services Hit Different appeared first on The New Stack.

OpenMDW Is a New Permissive License for AI Models

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The Linux Foundation quietly released a new license for AI models and their artifacts earlier this month. The new OpenMDW

The post OpenMDW Is a New Permissive License for AI Models appeared first on The New Stack.

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The coyote trap. - “Call it whatever you will, I don’t care, but we’re on a new path and companies are doing more than ever to extract every ounce of value out of everyone in the payroll system. I talked to a long time friend and former colleague who went from team leader to division leader overnight. No title change. No additional compensation. Just do more."

OpenAI Codex: Transforming Software Development with AI Agents

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Game Jam Winner Spotlight: Cocoanut Hotel

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We’re nearing the end of our series of posts about the winners of this year’s public domain game jam, Gaming Like It’s 1929! We’ve already covered the Best Remix, Best Deep Cut, Best Visuals, Best Adaptation, and the honorable mentions, and this week we’re looking at the winner of Best Digital Game: Cocoanut Hotel by […]

AI-Driven Software: Why a Strong CI/CD Foundation Is Essential

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The rise of AI-generated code and increasingly sophisticated AI agents will change the game for enterprises and startups seeking to

The post AI-Driven Software: Why a Strong CI/CD Foundation Is Essential appeared first on The New Stack.

Powerbeats Pro 2 on Sale for Record Low Price of $199.95 This Weekend

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Amazon this weekend is discounting a collection of Beats headphones and speakers, including an all-time low price on the Powerbeats Pro 2. You can get this new 2025 model for $199.95 in four colors, down from $249.99. This deal on the Powerbeats Pro 2 is being matched at Best Buy, along with a few other Beats deals.

Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

This sale also includes major discounts on products like the <a [...]

Arch Ultimate Edition: A Feature-Rich, Beautiful Desktop OS

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When I think of Arch Linux, I think of a distribution that’s best suited for those with enough Linux skills

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Tutorial: Set Up an MCP Server With .NET and GitHub Copilot

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There has been an explosion of interest in Model Context Protocol (MCP), which is a good sign that people are

The post Tutorial: Set Up an MCP Server With .NET and GitHub Copilot appeared first on The New Stack.

Top Stories: CarPlay Ultra Debuts, iOS 18.5 Released, and More

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Apple surprised us this week with the official launch of its more advanced "CarPlay Ultra" feature to provide greatly expanded functionality in cars, while the company also released iOS 18.5 and related operating system updates.


This week also saw Apple's annual announcement of upcoming accessibility features for its products while we looked ahead to what else is coming at WWDC next month, so read on below for all the details on these stories and more!

Apple's 'CarPlay Ultra' Experience Now Available

Does LLM Write Performant Code? Survey Says No

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Saurabh Misra, founder and CEO of CodeFlash, highlighted the company’s study on AI’s ability to generate performant code at the

The post Does LLM Write Performant Code? Survey Says No appeared first on The New Stack.

Buc-ee’s Gas Station Chain Is Becoming The Monster Energy Of Gas Stations For Trademark Bullying

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If you’re from Texas or its surrounding states, you’ve probably heard of Buc-ee’s. The gas station and convenience store chain is a staple of the area and has a well-known branded logo that looks like this. I recently came across a settlement that was the result of a trademark suit Buc-ee’s initiated back in November […]

Apple's 20th Anniversary iPhone: What We Know So Far

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2027 will mark the 20th anniversary of the iPhone, and Apple is planning to celebrate with an all-new ‌iPhone‌ design. With the 10th anniversary of the ‌iPhone‌, Apple unveiled the all-display ‌iPhone‌ X with no bezels at the top or the bottom for the camera or the Touch ID home button. It marked the debut of Face ID, and dictated the next decade of ‌iPhone‌ design.


For the "‌iPhone‌ XX," Apple needs to do even better, and rumors suggest that the company has some big ideas that it's aiming for.

Apple wants to create an <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/12/20th-anniversar [...]

AI Agents Unite: Conference Reveals Next-Gen Frameworks

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NEW YORK — At the first-ever AI Agent Conference here last week, larger players lined up with startups to talk

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GitHub Copilot Wants To Become Your Peer Programmer

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GitHub first introduced its now ubiquitous Copilot back in 2021. At the time, the Microsoft-owned company described it as “a

The post GitHub Copilot Wants To Become Your Peer Programmer appeared first on The New Stack.

Even More iPhone Safety Tips You Should Know

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Last week, we shared a list of iPhone safety tools that every iPhone owner should know about, from Emergency SOS and Medical ID to Safety Check and Check In. MacRumors readers had more suggestions on safety information we should highlight, so we have a follow-up.

You Don't Need a SIM to Call Emergency Services

Supreme Court Pumps The Brakes On Trump’s Use Of The Alien Enemies Act

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The Supreme Court has delivered a clear rebuke to the Trump administration’s attempt to weaponize the Alien Enemies Act, issuing a slightly more detailed ruling that follows up on last month’s midnight emergency order. That emergency ruling came as the administration was literally loading detainees onto buses headed to airports, racing to deport them before […]

#define: I'm going pants (Friends)

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Welcome back to #define, our game of obscure jargon, fake definitions, and expert tomfoolery. We've gathered some awesome friends, new and old, to see who has the best vocabulary and who can trick the everyone else into thinking that they do.

The Kids Online Safety Act Will Make The Internet Worse For Everyone

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The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is back in the Senate. Sponsors are claiming—again—that the latest version won’t censor online content. It isn’t true. This bill still sets up a censorship regime disguised as a “duty of care,” and it will do what previous versions threatened: suppress lawful, important speech online, especially for young people. […]

NATS and the CNCF kerfuffle (Interview)

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Derek Collison — creator of NATS and Co-founder & CEO of Synadia — joins the show to dive into the origins, design, and evolution of NATS, a high-performance, open-source messaging system built for modern cloud-native systems and part of the CNCF. Derek shares the story behind NATS, what makes it unique, and unpacks the recent tensions between Synadia and the CNCF over the future of the project.

AWS Launches Its Take on an Open Source AI Agents SDK

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today launched Strands Agents, an open source AI agents SDK that is the result of AWS’s internal efforts to build enterprise-ready

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Keeping Up With AI: The Painful New Mandate for Software Engineers

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A new era of software engineering is emerging, with artificial intelligence (AI) at the forefront. By 2028, it is expected

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Google to give app devs access to Gemini Nano for on-device AI

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New APIs for Google's ML Kit will let developers plug into the on-device AI model.

DHS, CBP Looking For Facial Recognition Tech That Will Allow Them To Scan Every Person In A Vehicle

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The festival of bad ideas continues. Despite facial recognition having proven over and over again it’s not really the solution to speedy ID verification that far too many people think it is, government agencies (along with retailers, sports arenas, and bored billionaires) seem to believe the real problem is that there just hasn’t been enough […]

Daily Deal: The 2025 Embedded Systems Engineer Mastery Bundle

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Embedded systems are at the heart of modern innovation, powering everything from smart devices to automotive technology. This Embedded Systems Engineer Mastery Bundle has 10 courses to help equip you with the skills to design, program, and implement microcontroller-based solutions. Gain hands-on experience with Arduino, PIC, and ESP32, master C programming for embedded applications, and […]

MacRumors Giveaway: Win an Apple Watch Ultra 2 From GRID Studio

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For this week's giveaway, we've teamed up with GRID Studio to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win an Apple Watch Ultra 2. GRID Studio is known for taking non-operational Apple devices that would be cluttering up a landfill and turning them into stylish art for Apple fans.


GRID Studio takes apart iPhones, iPads, Macs, and other Apple accessories, cleverly displaying each component to provide a look inside Apple's most iconic products. The pieces are arranged in a frame and accompanied by labels and little tidbits of Apple history.

The company is offering a flash sale this weekend, with up to 50 percent off a range of products. The GR [...]

Tackling the Fears and Risks of Cloud Abstractions

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Cloud development has evolved rapidly, bringing ever more services, configuration files and complexity. In response, a new generation of intent-based,

The post Tackling the Fears and Risks of Cloud Abstractions appeared first on The New Stack.

Apple Says Fortnite for iOS Isn't Blocked Worldwide, Just the U.S.

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Apple today clarified that it has not blocked Epic Games from updating the iOS Fortnite app in the European Union, but it is not planning to allow ‌Epic Games‌ to offer Fortnite in the United States App Store at the current time.


In a statement to Bloomberg, Apple said that ‌Epic Games‌ tied its U.S. ‌App Store‌ submission to the update that was also being submitted to the ‌Epic Games‌ Store for iOS in the European Union. Apple told ‌Epic Games‌ to resubmit the update without the U.S. component.

We asked that Epic Sweden resubmit the app update without including the

Apple Pay, Apple Card, Wallet and Apple Cash Currently Experiencing Service Issues [Update: Fixed]

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If you're having problems using your Apple Card, Apple Cash, Apple Pay, or the Wallet app, you're not alone. According to Apple's System Status page, there is an ongoing issue affecting these services.


Apple says that some users may be experiencing issues with ‌Apple Card‌, Apple Cash, ‌Apple Pay‌, or Wallet, and there are multiple complaints on social media sites about ‌Apple Pay‌ and other features not working.

The outage has been ongoing since 11:44 a.m. Eastern Time. We'll update this article when the services are back online.

Update 2:13 p.m. Eastern Time: Apple says th [...]

Windsurf Launches SWE-1: AI Models Built for the Entire Software Engineering Process

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FCC Commissioner Gomez Calls Out Administration’s Attack On Free Speech, Warns She May Get Fired

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We mentioned recently that the only remaining Democratic commissioner at the FCC (and the only remaining Dem commissioner across both the FCC and FTC since Trump illegally fired the Democratic FTC Commissioners) has started calling out FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr’s attacks on free speech. In a speech yesterday, she went even further: calling out the […]

The MacRumors Show: CarPlay Ultra and Samsung's iPhone 17 Air Rival

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On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss the long-awaited rollout of Apple CarPlay Ultra and Samsung's all-new S25 Edge, which is positioned to rival the iPhone 17 Air later this year.

Dashboards, or Launchpads?

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I have a personal vendetta against “dashboards.” Not because they’re not useful — I actually think they’re extremely useful —

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Best Apple Deals of the Week: Sitewide Sales Hit Anker, Verizon, Samsung, and More, Plus BOGO Apple Watch Band Sale at Woot

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This week's best deals include a big sitewide sale at Anker that's exclusive to MacRumors readers, a BOGO Apple Watch band sale at Woot, and a couple of solid discounts on iPhone charging stations and Jackery portable batteries at Amazon. We're also tracking sales at Verizon, T-Mobile, Samsung, and Logitech below.

Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

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iPhone 17 Air Could Debut Advanced Silicon Battery Tech

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The upcoming all-new ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air could become the first Apple smartphone to adopt advanced battery technology, with Japanese supplier TDK preparing to ship its new generation of silicon-anode batteries by the end of June.


According to DigiTimes, TDK CEO Noboru Saito revealed in a recent interview that the Apple supplier has accelerated its production timeline, moving shipments forward from the originally planned September quarter. That may give smartphone makers enough time to use the cells in thinner models launching this year, he suggested.

"We've made good progress, and we're shipping them very soon," Saito said, adding that "some handset makers might be able to use the ne [...]

Vulnerability transparency: strengthening security through responsible disclosure

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In line with CISA’s Secure By Design pledge, Cloudflare shares its vulnerability disclosure process, CVE issuance criteria, and CNA duties.

WSJ: Some Apple Vision Pro Buyers 'Feel Total Regret'

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Apple's Vision Pro headset has left many early adopters expressing dissatisfaction over its weight, limited use cases, and sparse software ecosystem, according to a new article from The Wall Street Journal.


In the year following the device's launch, user feedback suggests that it has failed to meet expectations for comfort, software support, and social acceptance. In interviews conducted by The Wall Street Journal, early buyers of the Vision Pro reported that the device now sits largely unused due to a range of practical issues. Dustin Fox, a real estate agent in Centreville, Virginia, said:

It's just collecti

"the great murderer of boredom"

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My Content

Two Software Defined episodes this week:

"I used to eat 7-Eleven pizza," startups, open source, and more, with Sarah Christoff - After an extensive discussion of 7-Eleven pizza cuisine, in this episode, Whitney and Coté talk with Sarah Christoff. They discuss working at startups, the point of startups, working in open source and balancing commercial and community interests, moving to Europe, and more!

This is a “hit by pitch” - This week, we discuss Zenoss finally getting acquired, Databricks buying Neon, and the debut of WizOS. Plus, updates on OpenAI, Google, Apple—and hot takes on Marmite, Vegemite, and Emacs. (Just Matt and Brandon, I was away.)

Keep your Spring Apps Up-to-date

Agentic Process Automation This Way Comes to Software Development

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A Practical Roadmap for Adopting Vibe Coding

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A new wave of generative AI tools is redefining the way we build software and who can participate in the

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OrbStack: A Deep Dive for Container and Kubernetes Development

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OrbStack is a lightweight Docker Desktop commercial alternative for macOS that promises faster performance and tighter integration with the Mac

The post OrbStack: A Deep Dive for Container and Kubernetes Development appeared first on The New Stack.

Trump’s FCC Wants To DOGE Itself, Yet Still Somehow Bully Companies For Doing Critical Journalism Or Not Being Racist Enough

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Earlier this month we noted how Trump FCC boss Brendan Carr thinks he can have it both ways. Carr desperately wants to please dear leader, and be part of Trump’s mindless quest to dismantle most U.S. corporate oversight and regulatory independence. Yet at the same time he wants to bully companies for not being racist […]

Apple Again Named the World's Most Valuable Brand

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Apple has been named the most valuable global brand for the fourth consecutive year, according to the 2025 edition of Kantar's BrandZ report, with its brand now valued at $1.29 trillion — a year-over-year increase of 28%.


The latest Kantar BrandZ Global Top 100 ranking assigns Apple the top position in a comprehensive analysis of brand performance, marking a continued upward trend for the company. Kantar's valuation methodology combines financial performance with brand perception, incorporating insights from over 4.5 million consumer interviews across 522 categories in 54 markets.

According to the report, Apple's dominance reflects sustained consumer trust, premium positioning, and success [...]

Building Trust in AI-Driven QA: Ensuring Transparency and Explainability With GenAI

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Generative AI (GenAI) is helping many of us with things we do every day. It is also rapidly advancing quality

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If Planes Can Fly Themselves Then Why Can’t IT Management be Autonomous?

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RFK Jr. Finally Says Something Sensible: ‘Don’t Take Medical Advice From Me’

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Fresh off of his Mother’s Day swim in a literal shit creek, RFK Jr. sat before House and Senate committees to answer questions about the impact of the proposed Trump budget on Health and Human Services (HHS), the cuts that have and are proposed further for HHS, and an explanation for why some programs are […]

Dead Code Detection Just Got Easier for Java Developers

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In a move to address productivity challenges facing enterprise Java development teams, Azul and Moderne this week announced a technical

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Code Fast, Crash Hard: The Million-Dollar Quality Crisis

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In the constant race to ship software faster, quality is increasingly being left behind, and the consequences could be catastrophic.

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7 Major Gaps in Today’s GitOps Tools

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GitOps has revolutionized infrastructure management and the software delivery process forever. With Git as the single source of truth, GitOps

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​​Build API-Driven Custom Agreement Workflows With Docusign Maestro

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Companies run on partnerships and agreements. Contracts with customers ensure that money is coming in. Obligations to your employees are

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Survey Surfaces AI Contest for the Hearts and Minds of DevOps Engineers

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Microsoft’s Surface lineup reportedly losing another of its most interesting designs

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Surface Laptop Studio 2 is reportedly no longer being manufactured.

AI Agents: Protocols Driving Next-Gen Enterprise Intelligence

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There has been significant progress in AI in terms of generative AI (GenAI) and agentic AI, and growing interest in

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Open-sourcing Pyrefly: A faster Python type checker written in Rust

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Back in 2017, engineers at Meta sought to create a type checker for Instagram’s typed Python codebase. Years later, as the type system continued to evolve, that type checker eventually became Pyrefly.  Pyrefly is a new type checker and IDE experience for Python, written with Rust, and now available for the entire Python community to [...]

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Introducing Pyrefly: A new type checker and IDE experience for Python

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Today we are announcing an alpha version of Pyrefly, an open source Python type checker and IDE extension crafted in Rust. Pyrefly is a static type checker that analyzes Python code to ensure type consistency and help you catch errors throughout your codebase before your code runs. It also supports IDE integration and CLI usage [...]

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Manage Complex Kubernetes Workflows With an AI Solution

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It was 2:45 a.m., and I was wide awake with my phone buzzing incessantly. Our production system was down, and

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Revolutionizing agricultural knowledge management using a multi-modal LLM: A reference architecture

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In this blog post, we introduce a reference architecture that offers an intelligent document digitization solution that converts handwritten notes, scanned documents, and images into editable, searchable, and accessible formats. Powered by Anthropic’s Claude 3 on Amazon Bedrock, the solution uses the sophisticated vision capabilities of LLMs to process a wide range of visual formats, preserving the original formatting while extracting text, tables, and images.

Agentic AI: Powerful but Fragile — What You Need To Know

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Just when you’d finally wrapped your head around AI, here comes its autonomous cousin, agentic AI. Think of it as

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Java at 30: The Genius Behind the Code That Changed Tech

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The Java programming language turns 30 next week (May 23). The high-level, general-purpose, memory-safe, object-oriented programming language that continues to

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Google restores Nextcloud user’s file access on Android

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Nextcloud's public story of Play Store problems seems to have helped.

Your AI Coding Buddy Is Always Available at 2 a.m.

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Ever had a brilliant coding inspiration at 2 a.m. but wished you had someone to bounce ideas off of? Aja

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