2025-04-01
Next.js Locks the Back Door, OpenAI Unlocks Image Generation, and Vue Steals the Spotlight
Next.js patched a critical security flaw (CVE-2025-29927). OpenAI’s 4o image generation enhances AI-powered visuals. Vue.js 2025 sees TypeScript & Pinia dominance. Plus, key updates in Bun, pnpm, Babel, and Babylon.js.
ChatGPT Goes Ghibli, Google Gets Smarter, and Microsoft Embeds Knowledge at Scale
ChatGPT 4o’s image generation is going viral with the “Ghibli effect.” Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro leads in reasoning benchmarks. Microsoft’s KBLaM optimizes LLM knowledge retrieval with linear scaling. Tencent’s hybrid...
NASA Signs Contract for Elon Musk's Starship, Even Though It's Never Launched Without Exploding
NASA has officially added SpaceX's enormous Starship rocket to its roster — despite the vehicle never having completed a single successful test flight, let alone mission. According to a statement...
Gemma 3 for Beginners: An Introduction to Google's Open-Source AI
Gemma 3 is a powerful open-source model designed to operate on a single GPU. It’s multilingual (140+ languages out of the box) and even multimodal, meaning it can understand images...
M4 Extreme Mac Pro
The Mac Pro has been updated with the new M4 Extreme—the most extreme chip for the most extreme workloads.
Use AI To Draft Your Email and Slack Messages with MCP
Listen now (43 mins) | Zapier's CTO shows you how to turn AI models into real agents using MCP and Zapier to send Slack messages, draft emails, and automate workflows...
Man Who Believes Poppers Cause AIDS Is Planning to Gut America's HIV Prevention Office
The nepo baby in charge of America's healthcare ascribes to homophobic conspiracy theories about the origins of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) — and he's purportedly planning to close the office...
John Lithgow Reads 20 Lessons on Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
In this 10-minute video, John Lithgow reads each of the lessons from Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (Bookshop). Number two: defend institutions. It is institutions...
Tressie McMillan Cottom: AI is mid tech for mid tasks. “The use...
Tressie McMillan Cottom: AI is mid tech for mid tasks. “The use cases for artificial intelligence across every domain of work and life have started to get silly really fast.”
Civil Rights and Historical Honesty
A historian's reaction to a recent executive order
We're listening to your feedback and updating the character count for posts on Bluesky. Posts can
We're listening to your feedback and updating the character count for posts on Bluesky. Posts can now be 299 characters long! https://bsky.social/about/blog/04-01-2025-april-fools
After a Single Concussion, Kids Are 15 Percent Less Likely to Go to College
More concerning news from the traumatic brain injury (TBI) front: a new study shows that kids who experience just one concussion are 15 percent less likely to go to college...
OnlyFans Sued After Two Guys Realized They Might Not Actually Be Talking to Models
A class action complaint claims OnlyFans is allowing fraud on its platform by letting models use agency chat service to talk to fans.
Why Is Orbs Partnering with IVX to Change Futures Trading on Berachain?
Why Orbs’ Perpetual Hub integration with IVX on Berachain aims to boost leveraged futures trading—exploring its mechanics and DeFi impact.
How Nyholt’s Method Makes Scientific Testing More Reliable
This appendix explores Nyholt’s method for optimizing multiple hypothesis testing. It enhances efficiency by adjusting for covariance structures, improving type I error rates and power while maintaining confidence intervals and...
Can a Decentralized Internet Make Free Speech and Global Access a Reality?
2.6 billion people still lack internet access, according to the ITU. Many countries impose strict internet censorship, limiting free speech and access to information. A decentralized internet is suggested as...
How will Linear avoid becoming bloated
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Evaluating False Positives and Sequential Testing in Experimentation
This appendix examines the effects of sequential deterioration tests on statistical accuracy. Monte Carlo simulations show minimal impact on error rates and power, ensuring reliable decision-making in experiments.
Announcing the COBOL Streamhouse
COBOL still plays a significant role in the world's codebase. COBOL systems handle approximately $3 trillion worth of daily transactions. Despite its age, it remains a critical component of many...
The Toothbrush That Cured My Bad Breath — And Made Me Believe in Branding Again
I finally discovered the Apple of toothbrushes.Continue reading on The Startup »
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