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Apple & Meta Would Rather You Forgot About the 'Glasshole'

You may remember the term from the brief, awkward Google Glass Era.

I Tried Building My Resume on the Blockchain — Here’s What Worked (And What Didn’t)

Tired of traditional résumés, I built a blockchain-based Skill Wallet to showcase real contributions. It wasn't perfect, but it opened doors and changed how I see my work.

How We Turned the iPhone into a Laboratory Microscope with AI and BLE

An iOS application for a robotic microscope with AI-based blood cell recognition. The app uses a video stream from the microscope’s eyepiece, neural networks, hardware interaction, Bluetooth-controlled slide movement, and...

Missing the nostalgic tactility of VHS? Bring it back with this elegant DIY project using NFC and ESPhome

It'll never be the same without that melting plastic smell.

For the first time this generation US retailers are listing Nvidia RTX 50 series graphics cards below MSRP

Unfortunately they're the RTX 5060 Ti 8GB models, but a miracle is a miracle.

New Arrow Lake refresh rumours confirm addition of NPU to bring Microsoft's Copilot+ AI features to desktop machines

But with no other improvements, these still aren't looking like a gamer CPU of choice.

How Gen AI Can Reshape Your Role as a Manager

Generative AI is changing the balance of work, reducing the need for task coordination and increasing autonomy across teams. For middle managers, this shift opens the door to new ways...

Today's Wordle answer for Wednesday, July 9

Today's Wordle: Help with the daily puzzle.

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Subway Particle Levels Aren't That High

Published on July 9, 2025 2:30 AM GMT I recently read an article where a blogger described their decision to start masking on the subway: I found that the subway...

TT Self Study Journal # 2

Published on July 9, 2025 2:16 AM GMT[Epistemic Status: This is an artifact of my self study. I am using it to remember links and help manage my focus. As...

Elon Musk’s Lawyers Claim He ‘Does Not Use a Computer’

Wired, two weeks ago: Elon Musk’s lawyers claimed that he “does not use a computer” in a Sunday court filing related to his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI. However,...

Grok Praises Hitler, Shocking No One

Matt Novak, writing for Gizmodo: Social media users first started to observe that Grok was using the phrase “every damn time,” on Tuesday, something that seems innocuous enough. But if...

From Marcin Wichary, a history of Mac settings (1984-2004). The article includes...

From Marcin Wichary, a history of Mac settings (1984-2004). The article includes several embedded emulators, so you can actually use the setting panels under discussion. Amazing. 💬 Join the discussion...

AI Agent Benchmarks Are Broken

Published on July 8, 2025 10:11 PM GMTWe find that many agentic benchmarks have issues with task setup or reward design, leading to under- or overestimation of agents' performance by...

Mecha-Hitler, Grok, and why it's so hard to give LLMs the right personality

Recently, xAI’s Grok model made some very strange comments. In a now-deleted post, it suggested Adolf Hitler as the right person to deal with “anti-white hate”. It also pointed out...

Quick Pebble Project Update

uv cache prune

If you're running low on disk space and are a uv user, don't forget about uv cache prune: uv cache prune removes all unused cache entries. For example, the cache...

★ Jeff Williams, 62, Is Retiring as Apple’s COO

Post-Williams, Apple’s operations will clearly remain under excellent, experienced leadership under Sabih Khan. But the company will be left with its design teams reporting directly to Cook, leaving it less...

Monetization Isn't Just Pricing

Why stakeholders ask product managers about revenue — and how to answer without owning pricing