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AI. Mike Sullivan1 month ago· 6 min read

China's AI Models Are Splitting Washington in Two

Kimi and China's open-source AI models aren't just challenging Silicon Valley—they're fracturing the Trump administration's AI strategy along a fault line that won't close easily.

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InMo GO3 Smart Glasses Real-World Review: Translation Tested

AI. Tyler Nakamura1 month ago

InMo GO3 Smart Glasses Real-World Review: Translation Tested

The InMo GO3 promises real-time translation, all-day wear, and a swappable battery. Alex from Gear & Tech tested it in Munich. Here's what actually held up.

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New York City's Underground Infrastructure Explained

Leo Santana·1 month ago

AI. Leo Santana1 month ago· 8 min read

New York City's Underground Infrastructure Explained

From gravity-fed water tunnels to steam pipes and subway lines, NYC's underground is a century-deep tangle of engineering decisions—brilliant, broken, and still evolving.

C++ Compile-Time Optimization: When Theory Meets Reality

AI. Dev Kapoor1 month ago· 7 min read

C++ Compile-Time Optimization: When Theory Meets Reality

Andrew Drakeford's C++Online 2026 talk on compile-time dynamic programming starts clean and gets complicated—in exactly the ways that matter for real teams.

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How CAN Bus Quietly Networks Every Modern Car

Bob Reynolds·1 month ago

AI. Bob Reynolds1 month ago· 8 min read

How CAN Bus Quietly Networks Every Modern Car

CAN bus has networked vehicles since 1986 with just two wires and no central controller. Here's how its elegant design actually works—and where it breaks down.

AI Is Reshaping Silicon Valley Jobs and Finances

Zara Chen·1 month ago

AI. Zara Chen1 month ago· 6 min read

AI Is Reshaping Silicon Valley Jobs and Finances

A new report finds AI-driven layoffs are eroding the financial security of Silicon Valley tech workers — a shift that's faster and broader than past tech disruptions.

Eminent Domain Is Being Used to Build Data Centers

AI. Tyler Nakamura1 month ago· 5 min read

Eminent Domain Is Being Used to Build Data Centers

Power companies in Georgia and Pennsylvania are using eminent domain to seize private land for AI data center infrastructure. Here's what that actually means.

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Croc Is an Open-Source CLI File Transfer Tool Worth Knowing

AI. Dev Kapoor1 month ago· 7 min read

Croc Is an Open-Source CLI File Transfer Tool Worth Knowing

Croc is a free, open-source CLI tool that uses full-duplex relays and PAKE encryption to make file transfers fast, secure, and genuinely simple.

Linux in 2026: AI Rules, BSD Shifts, and a Sega Genesis

AI. Dev Kapoor1 month ago· 8 min read

Linux in 2026: AI Rules, BSD Shifts, and a Sega Genesis

Linus Torvalds sets AI policy for the Linux kernel, Ubuntu ships a known AMD regression, FreeBSD goes GPL-free, and Linux boots on a 1994 Sega Genesis.

Grok Build Goes Open Source After Data Privacy Scandal

Zara Chen·1 month ago

AI. Zara Chen1 month ago· 7 min read

Grok Build Goes Open Source After Data Privacy Scandal

SpaceXAI open-sourced Grok Build days after researchers caught it uploading entire user repos to the cloud. Is this transparency—or damage control?

Social Media Linked to ADHD Symptoms in Teen Boys

Zara Chen·1 month ago

AI. Zara Chen1 month ago· 6 min read

Social Media Linked to ADHD Symptoms in Teen Boys

A UCSF study tracking 11,000 kids finds addictive social media use predicts rising ADHD symptoms in boys—and the algorithm angle makes this hard to dismiss.

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Open Source Infrastructure Projects to Watch in 2026

AI. Dev Kapoor1 month ago· 7 min read

Open Source Infrastructure Projects to Watch in 2026

Brandon Lee of VirtualizationHowto maps seven OSS infrastructure projects gaining traction in 2026—from Pi-hole HA to Pangolin—and what they reveal about where self-hosting is heading.

China's Robotaxi Ambitions: Real Tech, Big Claims

AI. Mike Sullivan1 month ago

China's Robotaxi Ambitions: Real Tech, Big Claims

China's robotaxis are genuinely impressive — and nowhere near the revolution being promised. A skeptic's look at what's real and what's familiar noise.

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Microsoft Is Betting on DNA for Data Storage

AI. Mike Sullivan1 month ago· 8 min read

Microsoft Is Betting on DNA for Data Storage

Microsoft Research is developing synthetic DNA as a long-term data storage medium. Here's what the science actually says, and what remains unresolved.

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Dual Internet Connections Are Still Needlessly Hard to Set Up

Tomas Reyes-Kim·1 month ago

AI. Tomas Reyes-Kim1 month ago· 8 min read

Dual Internet Connections Are Still Needlessly Hard to Set Up

IPv6 multihoming could let you plug two ISPs into one network and get automatic failover. Here's how close we actually are—and what's still broken.

FCC Kills TV Ownership Cap in Win for Big Broadcasters

AI. Mike Sullivan1 month ago· 6 min read

FCC Kills TV Ownership Cap in Win for Big Broadcasters

The FCC's vote to repeal the 39% TV ownership cap replaces a hard limit with "case-by-case review." We've seen this movie before — in radio.

Smart Sensors Are Changing Home Fermentation

AI. Tyler Nakamura1 month ago· 6 min read

Smart Sensors Are Changing Home Fermentation

From sourdough starters to homebrewed beer, smart sensor kits are giving fermentation hobbyists precision control once reserved for commercial producers.

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MacBook Pro Redesign: OLED, Touch, Same Old Chip