The LLM Critics Are Right. I Use LLMs Anyway https://www.theocharis.dev/blog/llm-critics-are-right-i-use-llms-anyway/
Jeremy Theocharis
The LLM Critics Are Right. I Use LLMs Anyway.
I almost agree with all of the LLM critics, yet I still use LLMs a lot. I know this sounds like I am delusional, but I don't think I am alone with it.
Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/07/16/microsoft-comic-chat-is-now-open-source/
Microsoft News
Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source
Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source. Explore the IRC client that turned conversations into comics and helped introduce Comic Sans to the world.
First atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in habitable zone of distant star https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4kdd1e0ejo
Bbc
First atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in habitable zone of distant star
Researchers have found an Earth-like, rocky planet orbiting within the habitable zone of a distant star with an atmosphere.
Kimi K3, and what we can still learn from the pelican benchmark https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/16/kimi-k3/
Simon Willison’s Weblog
Kimi K3, and what we can still learn from the pelican benchmark
Chinese AI lab Moonshot AI announced Kimi K3 this morning, describing it as their “most capable model to date, with 2.8 trillion parameters”. It’s currently available via their website and …
Claude Code uses Bun written in Rust now https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/19/claude-code-in-bun-in-rust/
Simon Willison’s Weblog
Claude Code uses Bun written in Rust now
In Rewriting Bun in Rust Jarred Sumner made the following claim: Claude Code v2.1.181 (released June 17th) and later use the Rust port of Bun. Startup got 10% faster on …
What I learned selling 2,500 MIDI recorders: Hardware is not so hard https://chipweinberger.com/articles/20260719-hardware-is-not-so-hard
Chipweinberger
Hardware is not so hard - Chip Weinberger
What Chip Weinberger learned building and selling 2500 Jamcorder MIDI recorders.
Minecraft: Java Edition now uses SDL3 https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-26-3-snapshot-4
Minecraft.net
Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 4
Claude Fable produced a counterexample to the Jacobian Conjecture https://xcancel.com/__alpoge__/status/2079028340955197566
Xiaomi-Robotics-1 https://robotics.xiaomi.com/xiaomi-robotics-1.html
Hacker wipes Romania's land registry database https://news.risky.biz/risky-bulletin-hacker-wipes-romanias-entire-land-registry-database/
Risky.Biz
Hacker wipes Romania's entire land registry database
In other news: Graykey maker sues former employee for leaking exploit; Hugging Face was hacked using AI; unauth RCE finally found in WordPress.
China’s open-weights AI strategy is winning https://werd.io/american-ai-is-locked-down-and-proprietary-its-losing/
Ben Werdmuller
American AI is locked down and proprietary. It's losing.
China's open-weights AI strategy is winning: its companies are taking the lead. America's closed-first, locked-down strategy is doomed to failure - and it could take the US economy down with it.
Jelly UI: Soft-body physics for native HTML form controls https://jelly-ui.com/
Jelly-Ui
Jelly UI — Soft Web Components
Jelly UI is a dependency-free Web Components library for tactile product interfaces: soft-body physics, real form controls, dark mode, RTL and WCAG AA accessibility.
Apple defeats liability for not scanning iCloud for CSAM https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2026/07/apple-defeats-liability-for-not-scanning-icloud-for-csam-but-the-judge-was-not-pleased-amy-v-apple.htm
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Apple Defeats Liability for Not Scanning iCloud Items for CSAM, But the Judge Was Not Pleased-Amy v. Apple - Technology & Marketing…
This case involves Apple’s handling of user-uploaded files hosted in private iCloud storage. Instead of adopting PhotoDNA to scan hosted files for CSAM, Apple created its own proprietary alternative, NeuralHash, which apparently wasn’t as good. So Apple U…
So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe https://www.cole-k.com/2026/07/21/reddit/
Cole-K
So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe
I am equally unsurprised and upset
Businesses with ugly AI menu redesigns https://blog.fiddery.com/businesses-with-ugly-ai-menu-redesigns/
fiddery
businesses with ugly AI menu redesigns!!!
I like supporting local businesses but it's so disheartening to see the increasing use of genAI in their branding/marketing/etc. Yuck yuck YUCK!!!