2026-07-06
The Coming Commodity Supercycle Is the Biggest Business Opportunity Founders Are Ignoring
Structural scarcity in critical minerals is not just an investment story. It is a business-building opportunity that most of the startup world hasn't noticed yet.
Amid Mounting War Casualties, Pete Hegseth “Defunded and Impeded” Efforts to Protect Civilians, Lawmakers Say
The post Amid Mounting War Casualties, Pete Hegseth “Defunded and Impeded” Efforts to Protect Civilians, Lawmakers Say appeared first on ProPublica.
Microsoft says the world is changing faster than it can keep up as it guts commercial, Xbox teams
Xbox chief says company can't afford to mistake longevity for inevitability
How life was different during the early Internet
AI for nostalgia’s sakeDear readers,You know those people who cannot bear to throw anything away? Every menu from a tasty meal in an exotic location, every abstract painting created by...
The U.S. Navy Retired the USS Enterprise in 2012. Throwing the Aircraft Carrier Away Will Take Until 2029 at the Earliest
The first nuclear carrier ever built has spent fourteen years tied to a pier while the Navy figures out how to make it disappear. The reactor that let the Big...
I Automated My Communication, and Everything Worked. Then I Slowly Disappeared
AI can make communication faster, cleaner, and more reliable. But when too much of it is delegated, something harder to measure can disappear: the feeling that a real person is...
Microsoft says 'cryptographically relevant quantum computers could arrive sooner than previously expected' as it bumps its QSP timeline to 2029
As attacks get more advanced, security must follow.
GameStop raises its wild Pokémon 30th anniversary prices again and that's not even the worst part
Pre-order market prices are out of control for the September TCG set, and likely to get worse the release date gets closer.
The Stablecoin Gold Rush Has a Plot Twist
Rather than competing to issue stablecoins, major asset managers are positioning themselves to manage the reserves backing them. The article argues that the GENIUS Act created an entirely new asset...
The Fun Shortage Is Real, and It’s Making America...
The Fun Shortage Is Real, and It’s Making America Miserable (gift link). “With fewer places to relax and socialize, and steeper prices for entry, having fun is quantifiably harder than...
Obscure Genesis Game Ghost Hunter set to Return
Ghost Hunter is a game for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive from 1994 that never received an official release, and which was only ever available as a bootleg, owing to the fact...
Sony goes radio silent after announcing end of PlayStation physical discs
After announcing that it's killing physical disc releases on its platform, Sony's X account hasn't posted anything.
A New Challenger Approaches the Open Source Vehicle
Cheap vehicles are thin on the ground in 2026, but [Andy Didorosi] thinks he has the answer for low-speed applications with an open source kei truck. Still in the early...
Star Wars Legacy gives Rey and Leia the story that Rise of Skywalker never could
Rey and Leia was a master and apprentice duo that never got to shine in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Madeline Roux plans to right those wrongs.
The World Cup Kicked Prediction Market Trading to $31 Billion. But Can the Industry Handle the ‘Pressure Test’?
With record numbers pouring in, can Kalshi and Polymarket sustain the surge once the final whistle blows?
Developing Engineering Judgment in the Age of AI Code Generation
The article argues that AI is changing the role of software engineers rather than replacing them. As code generation becomes increasingly automated, developers who excel at system design, verification, architecture,...
Grotesqqque trailer showcases new anime movie from Evangelion director
CloverWorks is producing Grotesqqque, an anthology anime movie from director Atsushi Nishigori that already looks like a spectacle.
The Air Force Is Building the B-21 Raider a $2 Billion Home. The First Piece Is an $81 Million Wash Rack
Summary and Key Points: The United States Air Force has formally accepted the first operational B-21 Raider facilities at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota, the opening projects in...
Tie training can make DPO/RLHF-trained AIs generalize better
This post covers our recent ICML paper: Spurious Correlation Learning in Preference Optimization: Mechanisms, Consequences, and Mitigation via Tie Training.TL;DROur theorems and experiments suggest that DPO and RLHF have an...
Russia Sent the Su-57 on Its Most Daring Mission Yet — Shooting Down Russia’s Own Top-Secret Stealth Drone
Sixteen years after its first flight, Russia's premier stealth fighter has flown its most daring mission against a Russian aircraft, taken on a back-seater who doesn't fly, and become the...
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