What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers https://www.noemamag.com/why-is-everyone-in-tech-so-sad/
NOEMA
Why Is Everyone In Tech So Sad?
A lot of people seem to be realizing that knowledge work is mostly pointless. AI might give us the pleasure of finding out what happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers.
U.S. Department of Energy Launches the Genesis Open Models Initiative https://genesisopenmodels.anl.gov/
Muse Glimmer: 30B-parameter model optimized for always-on local agent workflows https://research.meta.ai/blog/introducing-muse-glimmer-open-agentic-model
Meta AI Research
Introducing Muse Glimmer: An Open Agentic Model That Runs on Your Device
Muse Glimmer is a 30-billion-parameter open agentic model from Meta Superintelligence Labs, optimized for always-on local workflows on consumer hardware.
Tail-call optimization in C is relatively recent (2025) https://lwn.net/Articles/1034703/
Squeak 6.1 https://squeak.org/release_notes/6.1/
Squeak/Smalltalk
Squeak 6.1 Release Notes
These release notes are optimized for viewing inside Squeak, as they contain a lot of interactive examples. On this page, interactive links open in SqueakJS, which is a browser-based Smalltalk VM with some limitations. For the best experience, download Squeak…
Mark Zuckerberg attacks 'closed' AI rivals as Meta returns to open models https://www.ft.com/content/4e3957f8-ea7c-4c46-a3de-cdce8e526878
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London Underground begins scanning passengers' faces https://www.btp.police.uk/news/btp/news/england/btp-expands-live-facial-recognition-lfr-trial-into-london-underground-stations/
www.btp.police.uk
BTP expands Live Facial Recognition (LFR) trial into London Underground stations
British Transport Police (BTP) is to expand its trial of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology by deploying it in Transport for London (TfL) Underground stations.
DeepSeek Harness developer preview https://deepseek.com/harness/en/
Deepseek
DeepSeek Harness developer preview: Everything is a plugin
DeepSeek Harness is now available in developer preview to developers building agent harnesses worldwide, with the source code released at the same time. Every agent capability is implemented as a plugin that can be swapped or recomposed.
GLM-5.3: Frontier coding with emergent cyber capabilities https://z.ai/blog/glm-5.3
Why does Opus 5 feel worse to work with? https://mun-logadan.github.io/why-does-opus-5-feel-worse/
mun-logadan.github.io
Why does Opus 5 feel worse to work with?
A blog
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Google is making private AI practical with homomorphic encryption https://blog.google/security/how-google-is-making-private-ai-practical-with-homomorphic-encryption/
Google
How Google is Making Private AI Practical with Homomorphic Encryption
Today we're excited to showcase HEIR, the latest powerful tool added to our Private Computing Toolkit. HEIR is an open source compiler that unlocks cryptographically-sec…
RustDesk now supports true unattended remote access on Wayland https://rustdesk.com/blog/unattended-remote-access-wayland/
RustDesk
Unattended Remote Access on Wayland with RustDesk
RustDesk brings true unattended remote access to Wayland, with multi-monitor support. A preview build for x86_64 Debian/Ubuntu-based systems is available now.
At-home test for infected ticks could improve Lyme Disease diagnosis https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/the-first-at-home-test-for-infected-ticks-could-improve-lyme-disease-diagnosis-180989235/
Smithsonian Magazine
The First At-Home Test for Infected Ticks Could Improve Lyme Disease Diagnosis
LymeAlert will hit the market in August. The latest tool against the tick-borne illness could become a medicine cabinet staple
Semaglutide linked to lower predicted dementia risk https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dad2.70432
Alzheimer’s Association
Semaglutide attenuates a proteomics‐based dementia risk signature in older adults with overweight or obesity and cardiovascular…
INTRODUCTION
Plasma proteomics detect multi-pathway biological changes preceding dementia onset. The Dementia SomaSignal Test (dSST) is a validated 25-protein score predicting 5- and 20-year all-cau...
Plasma proteomics detect multi-pathway biological changes preceding dementia onset. The Dementia SomaSignal Test (dSST) is a validated 25-protein score predicting 5- and 20-year all-cau...