2025-04-04
The Truth Is, These Are Not Very Bright Guys
Susan Glasser, writing for The New Yorker, “Donald Trump’s Ego Melts the Global Economy”: In this new political moment of the unthinkable made manifest, the sheer power rush for Trump...
Wish that you spent your Friday doing something besides checking if TikTok was banned or not? Try
Wish that you spent your Friday doing something besides checking if TikTok was banned or not? Try out @skylight.social — a video app built upon the same open network as...
Pyramid Schemes, MLM Schemes, and the Tech That Runs Both
Pyramid schemes, which are illegal, can look “remarkably like” multi-level marketing companies, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
OpenAI Saga Part 4: The firing & unfiring of CEO Sam Altman FINALLY explained
Sam Altman was fired from OpenAI in Nov 2023 over trust issues flagged by top execs Ilya and Mira. But employees sided with Sam, fearing lost equity in a $90B...
There’s a new Frank Lloyd Wright house that was just built in...
There’s a new Frank Lloyd Wright house that was just built in Ohio. The home was constructed according to plans completed by Wright just before his death. 💬 Join the...
Earners vs Owners
No Mercy / No MaliceIt’s tax season in the U.S. Sixty-million-plus Americans’ taxes are so simple, the IRS could process them automatically and just send a bill or refund check....
The extended trailer for Mario Kart World, the new Kart title launching...
The extended trailer for Mario Kart World, the new Kart title launching on Nintendo Switch 2 in a couple months. Love a new Kart. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org...
Trump Claims to Extend TikTok Deadline for Another 75 Days
CNBC: President Donald Trump on Friday extended a deadline requiring China-based ByteDance to sell the U.S. operations of TikTok or face an effective ban in the country, marking the second...
‘Floundering’
From that same Reuters report by Akash Sriram that I just wrote about, speculating that iPhone prices might rise dramatically under Trump’s tariffs: However, other analysts noted that iPhone sales...
China Attacks Trump With Sassy AI-Generated Music Video
As the world economy reels from President Donald Trump's so-called "reciprocal tariffs," the trade war between China and the US is escalating to new heights. While remarks from US officials...
The Minimalist’s Guide to Speech-to-Text: Big Wins with Little Data
Efficient and effective: A text-based LLM outperforms traditional methods in speech-to-text retrieval and translation tasks.
RFK Jr. Realizes He's Made a Huge Mistake
Last week, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary and noted anti-vaccine crackpot Robert Kennedy Jr. announced sweeping layoffs as part of a major restructuring effort. Roughly 20,000 of...
Leading Smart Account Protocol ‘SAFE’ And Its Community Invited To Binance’s’ Vote To List’ Program
Safe & its global community has been invited by Binance to participate in its second 'Vote to List' campaign. Binance users & supporters of Safe can influence token listings on...
Remember when the Switch 2 was *only* going to cost $449?
Nintendo Life: Nintendo Delays Switch 2 Pre-Orders in the US Amidst New Trump TariffsNintendo has delayed pre-orders for the Switch 2 in the US while it evaluates the potential impact...
Why Our Tiny Training Set Beat Giants in Cross-Lingual Speech Retrieval
LLMs take the lead in speech-text retrieval, outperforming larger models with smarter training and cross-lingual adaptability.
Extsy Officially Launches Today: A New Era Of Seamless Crypto Trading With Industry-Leading Features
Extsy is set to disrupt the market and aims to become a ‘top 10’ global crypto exchange within the next 12 months. The platform's clean interface, low fees, instant transactions,...
Yala Announces RealYield: A Marketplace For Bitcoin-Powered Real-World Asset Yields
Yala RealYield is a curated marketplace for real-world asset (RWA) yield opportunities powered by Bitcoin. The new platform will enable BTC holders to earn regulated, risk-adjusted yields by allocating capital...
★ Tired: Irresistable Force vs. Immovable Object — Wired: Unchanging Prices vs. Nonsensical Tariffs
The erratic, illogical, nonsensical nature of Trump’s tariffs is bad for everyone. (Understatement.) But it’s particularly troublesome for a company that sees retail price stability as part of the branding...
50 Ways to Rest. “Wander slowly around the block. Look at the...
50 Ways to Rest. “Wander slowly around the block. Look at the trees. Look at the clouds. Look at the moon. Stand barefoot on grass.” 💬 Join the discussion on...
102 Languages, One Model: The Multimodal AI Breakthrough You Need to Know
A multi-modal retrieval system using LLMs matches speech and text across 102 languages, outperforming prior methods with multilingual understanding.
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