The Case for Blogging in the Ruins: Reclaiming Long-Form Online Thought
TL;DR The author argues that the blog — a durable, addressable medium for extended thought — is better suited than…
Sam Altman: From Tech Superstar to a Waning Influence in AI Era
TL;DR Sam Altman rose rapidly from relative obscurity to become a central figure in AI, backed by major partners and…
Bandcamp Bans AI-Generated and Heavily AI-Produced Music from Platform
TL;DR Bandcamp announced a policy prohibiting music created wholly or in substantial part by generative AI and reiterated its ban…
Signal leaders warn agentic AI is insecure, unreliable surveillance risk
TL;DR Signal president Meredith Whittaker and VP Udbhav Tiwari told 39C3 attendees that current agentic AI designs create large, plain‑text…
Apple issues public beta 2 for macOS Tahoe 26.3, iPadOS 26.3 and tvOS 26.3
TL;DR Apple has released public beta 2 builds for macOS Tahoe 26.3, iPadOS 26.3, tvOS 26.3, watchOS 26.3 and related…
FCC lets Verizon extend phone locking, moving to one-year unlocking policy
TL;DR The FCC granted Verizon a waiver that removes a 60-day automatic unlocking requirement and puts the carrier under the…
China’s Viral ‘Are You Dead Yet’ App Makes Daily Check-In a Safety Tool
TL;DR A minimalist Chinese app that asks users to tap a daily button to confirm they are alive has surged…
FastScheduler: Decorator-first Python task scheduler with async support
TL;DR FastScheduler is an open-source Python scheduler that uses a decorator-first API to register interval, time-based, cron and one-off jobs.…
118 hours offline: 90 million people cut off as a nation vanishes online
TL;DR A published source reports that 90 million people were without internet access for 118 hours, effectively erasing a country…
House backs law to block China from remote access to US export GPUs
TL;DR The US House passed the Remote Access Security Act 369–22 to bring certain remote access to export‑controlled chips —…