Spoiler : it is also likely already the best BZip2 encoder for a given block size. See the green charts below. Note for subscribers: if you...

I've never been known for my coordination, balance, or cardiovascular enthusiasm. In team sports, I was invariably the last one picked – probably only becaus...

MIT researchers developed a new type of bionic knee that can help people with above-the-knee amputations walk faster, climb stairs, and avoid obstacles more easily than they could with a traditional prosthesis.

Introducing Deep Research (Preview), plus Audio-in, Projects, and other updates.

My block list and some fun search lenses. Don't @ me that damn article about the guy whinging about Kagi.

ChatGPT now thinks and acts, proactively choosing from a toolbox of agentic skills to complete tasks for you using its own computer.

A key operative from DOGE initiated plans to potentially kill Direct File, the free tax filing tool developed by the IRS, after offering assurances it would be spared from cuts.

The discovery, made thanks to an experiment involving hundreds of bank employees in Spain, opens the door to new treatments beyond reducing cholesterol

The airline touted a partnership with an AI-enabled revenue system as a step on the road to fully personalized ticket pricing, part of its goal to raise profit margins long-term.

We introduce two multilingual, multimodal foundation language models that power Apple Intelligence features across Apple devices and…

After centuries beneath the waves, 22 massive stone blocks from the ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria have been recovered from the seafloor.

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Cursor, my beloved, started rate limiting shenanigans a few days back. For a good 2 weeks after June 16,...

Discussion of dabbling in samplers of ‘avant-garde’ perfumes and other perfumes; what I liked and did not like, and what 2 perfumes I ultimately bought for myself (Acqua di Sale and Kyoto Incense).

Did you know that Chrome has a secret cheatcode that lets you bypass SSL errors? It’s called thisisunsafe, and I couldn’t help but pull on the thread to uncover its history.

what can language model embeddings tell us about whales speech, and decoding ancient texts?      (on The Platonic Representation Hypothesis and the idea of *universality* in AI models)

Claude Code users have been hit with unexpectedly restrictive usage limits. The problems, many of which have been aired on Claude Code’s GitHub page, seem to be concentrated among heavy users of the service, many of whom are on the $200-a-month Max plan.