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One of tech's best leakers drops the GPU specs for the RTX 5080 Super, likely confirming that 24GB VRAM update

These are looking like a great overclocking card, if the rumours are true.

The WinRAR Approach

The WinRAR Approach: a small tweak in how I distribute content to keep the site free, sustainable, & ad-free.

The JAS 39 Gripen Is ‘Hot on the Heels’ of the F-35 Fighter

Key Points – Concerns about US reliability as a defense partner and Washington’s control over American-made military hardware are prompting both Canada and Portugal to re-evaluate their F-35 fighter commitments...

Sometimes rock stars become high school teachers

I love, love, loved Absolutely (Story of a Girl) and I was a teenager, and I've watched this video at last a dozen times over the years because I love...

Revisiting the ideas for non-neuralese architectures

Published on May 20, 2025 11:35 PM GMTNeuralese recurrence, allowing a model to learn thousands of tokens of information from a single pass, is thought to be the key to...

The Method of the Monster

Meet the Monster: a fountain pen so ambitious that it holds enough ink to write a short novel. The pen is a symbiosis of precision engineering, material science, and bold...

The Need for Political Advertising (Post 2 of 6 on AI Governance)

Published on May 21, 2025 12:44 AM GMTIn my previous post in this sequence, I made a fundraising pitch for my organization, the Center for AI Policy (CAIP), asking readers...

1741 days after being kicked off iPhones, Fortnite is back on the US App Store

Tim Sweeney makes his (partially) triumphant return after a long fight with Apple.

Practical AI techniques for daily engineering work

Popular advice about using AI is obsessed with tools and “magic prompts”. To me, this is like if software engineering advice was all about memorizing the right vim commands: useful,...

Notes from Dopamine Detoxing

Published on May 20, 2025 11:43 PM GMT[Epistemic status: I'm not a neuroscientist nor any kind of medical nor biological professional. I have an amateur understanding of neurochemistry and cognitive...

The original Polish Witcher comics are available in English if you can get past the way Geralt's fringe looks like the mustache of a cartoon walrus who is also a circus ringleader

Toss a coin to your Witcher so he can pay for a better haircut.

Codex, OpenAI's New Coding Agent, Wants to Be a World-Killer

Though artificial intelligence is taking the world by storm, it's still pretty bad at tasks demanding a high-degree of flexibility, like writing computer code. Earlier this year, OpenAI, the company...

The SR-72 Darkstar Is Coming But There’s A Big Catch

Key Points – The SR-72 Darkstar, an uncrewed successor to the SR-71 Blackbird, is engineered for Mach 5+ hypersonic speeds, fulfilling intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR), and hypersonic strike missions. -Its...

Fortnite is back on iOS in the US after a 5-year battle...

Fortnite is back on iOS in the US after a 5-year battle with Apple over in-app payments. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

Ukraine’s F-16 Fighters Are Being Pushed to the Limit In Ukraine War

F-16 In Ukraine: “Some of the Most Intense Combat Ever” –  On May 16, at approximately 0330 Kyiv time, the Ukrainian Air Force (PSU) lost its third F-16 fighter aircraft...

Which version of Nicolas Cage will we get in the Madden movie? Boy, I hope it's the unhinged one

Throw in hothead Christian Bale and controversial director David O. Russell, and we'll hopefully see some fireworks in the Madden biopic.

Microsoft's Build conference interrupted by renewed protests over its ties with the Israeli military

Protesters claim Microsoft's Azure and AI technologies are being used to support the ongoing assaults against Gaza.

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How to Strengthen You Product Without Losing Momentum

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