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As vehicles grow more software-dependent, repairing them has become harder than ever. A bill in the US House called the Repair Act would ease those restrictions, but it comes with caveats.

Screens at the White House display AI-modified videos of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) that were shared on social media by President Donald Trump. | Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the technology, broligarchs and brainrot rapidly transforming politics and civic society. Not subscribed to The Verge yet? You should! It can materially improve your life. Last week was a grim reminder that no matter what sort of horror is being perpetrated or how many people end up dead, the Trump administration's knee-jerk response is to shitpost through it. The White House's response on X to abducting the head of a sovereign nation? "FAFO". The response to an ICE agent shooting a woman in broad daylight? A Buzzfeed-style listicle of "57 Times Sick, Unhinged Democrat … Read the full story at The Verge.

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The Senate Agriculture Committee said Tuesday its postponed crypto market structure bill would drop on Jan. 21 and be debated six days later.

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Upon completion, the combined firm would hold nearly 13,000 BTC, surpassing the holdings of Tesla and Trump Media & Technology Group.

Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti entertained the idea of hiring Mike Tomlin after his decision to step down as Steelers head coach on Tuesday.

After 19 straight years without a losing record, the Steelers might be in for a rough 2026. But that might not be such a bad thing.

Manchester United have come up with a four-man shortlist of potential candidates to replace Ruben Amorim as the club's next permanent head coach.

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“General interest in AI PCs has been wavering for a while ..."

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President Donald Trump made an unconventional pick for his nomination to the Federal Trade Commission: WeatherTech founder and CEO David MacNeil. MacNeil founded the company, which makes weather-resistant car floor mats, in 1989, according to its website, and he owns 100 percent of the company. WeatherTech has made it a mission to keep its manufacturing and workforce in the US. FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson congratulated MacNeil on X and called him an "outstanding businessman and great patriot," sharing a clip from a news segment where MacNeil shared his commitment to manufacturing in the US. If confirmed, MacNeil become the third member of the … Read the full story at The Verge.

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VoidLink includes an unusually broad and advanced array of capabilities.

New York City will be a notable exclusion from proposed legislation to legalize commercial robotaxis across the state.

Government-ethics questions still hang over the U.S. Senate's plans to vote on the crypto market structure bill, and Warren is raising a related argument.

iPolish, a set of acrylic nails that change color digitally, lets you choose from over 400 nail polish colors at the touch of a button. It was nominated for a Best of CES award.

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Healthcare systems face growing threats from disasters, cyberattacks, and infrastructure failures. This article examines effective disaster recovery design principles (affordance, complexity, risk factors informed by cybernetics and interaction, plus management strategies like alternative power grids and local-first data to build resilience, ensure rapid recovery, and maintain patient care.

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DHS is weirdly using import/export rules to expand its authority to identify online critics.

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I spoke with Qualcomm at CES to learn more about what the buzzword means, how it applies to you, and what a physical AI future might look like.

When you look at your headphones, earbuds, or smartglasses, odds are you don't think about the chips inside. Here's why you should.

Mike Tomlin's historic 19-year stint as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers has ended. Here's a look back at their nearly two-decade partnership by the numbers.

The new channels join more than 300 others offered by the streaming service - and no Roku TV is required.

Imagine trying to sell hot dogs in a park where everyone knows the recipe and can make their own hot dogs. How do you survive? You sell premium buns with artisanal mustard. Or you offer a "hot dog as a service" (aka, delivery). Or you make it really annoying to cook hot dogs at scale without your industrial-grade hot dog infrastructure. This is Commercial Open Source in a nutshell, and your license is basically deciding which condiments you're allowed to charge for. Choose wrong, and you're the person handing out free samples while Costco builds a hot dog empire using your exact recipe. Choose right, and you've got defensible margins and a path to exit.

The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.

Our picks include carrying cases and ones you can leave on during handheld and docked play. | Image: The Verge, Getty Images You might find it kind of sad to put your hard-earned Switch 2 into a protective case. To me, it’s freeing. Sure, it can take away from the slick design. But using a case relieves me of the worry that the console will accumulate tons of little scratches, or worse. I’ve tested several types of cases on the Nintendo Switch 2 since it launched in June, including flimsy shells that snap or slide onto the Switch 2 to provide a simple, aesthetically pleasing barrier from scratches to the console and its Joy-Cons. I’ve also tested carrying cases that protect the console when it isn’t in use. It didn’t take long for me to find one that I think is the best, but that hasn’t stopped me from trying new options from brands that are familiar, as well as from companies that aren’t household names. There’s something for everyone — and every budget — below. I just listed my high standards for form-fitting cases made to fit the Switch 2 while it’s in use. However, the bar for carrying cases is lower. They just need to protect the console and, ideally, provide some extra value, like a pocket for cables, cartridge storage, or ideally both. As for my favorite case, I didn’t want to make any major compromises; I wanted one that’s just as good for handheld mode as when docked, which is why I think the Dbrand Killswitch is the best model overall. I published a full review of the Killswitch, but the skinny is that while it’s perhaps more expensive than some may hope to pay, the level of protection and versatility it offers is worth the cost. The best Switch 2 case for both handheld and docked play Dbrand Killswitch – Switch 2 Score: 8ProsConsVery secure fitMakes the Switch 2 feel more like a Steam Deck (in the best ways)Clever dock adapterChunky dock adapterNot the most affordable caseFront protection only comes in the $80 tier Where to Buy: $59.95 at Dbrand $134.8 $99.8 at Dbrand (Ultra kit) $79.99 at Best Buy (Travel kit) The least expensive Killswitch tier costs $59.95 and includes a set of Joy-Con 2 grips, a rear cover for the console and a small matching piece to adhere to its kickstand, all of which securely latch onto each component. It also includes one of Dbrand’s skins. There’s no piece of the Killswitch that feels like it’ll incidentally wiggle off. Unfortunately, the protective case makes it impossible to fit the Switch 2 into the dock. However, Dbrand includes its workaround adapter that fits into the dock, essentially acting as an extender for it’s USB-C jack. It’s a fairly elegant solution that works as intended. The only downside is that it leaves your Switch 2’s screen exposed instead of concealed by the dock’s plastic wall. It’s a little clunky, but I’m willing to forgive it because it allows the Switch 2 to retain its docking functionality. The tier I recommend for most Switch 2 players (especially those who will often throw their console into a bag) is the $79.85 “Travel” tier, which includes a semi-transparent cover that protects the front of your console when you aren’t using it. The cover fits around the front of your Killswitch-equipped console, securing around the back with a tough bungee cord latch. This tier also includes a pair of analog stick grips and a tray that holds 10 Switch cartridges and fits neatly within the travel cover. When this guide was first published, Dbrand was in the midst of updating its Killswitch so that it wouldn’t allow the Joy-Con 2s’ magnets to break away without you pressing their magnet-releasing buttons. In other words, if you held your Killswitch-equipped Switch 2 parallel to the ground solely by either of the Joy-Con 2 controllers and give it a shake, the entire console portion was likely to detach, potentially causing serious damage to the console. Dbrand redesigned the Joy-Con 2 grips to fix the issue, and previous buyers can request a replacement free of charge. Future buyers will receive the Killswitch with the updated, improved grips. We’ve received the tweaked pieces and can confirm that they fix the issue. Read my full review of the Dbrand Killswitch case for the Nintendo Switch 2 Runner-up JSAUX Split Protective Case Where to Buy: $29.99 $26.99 at Amazon $29.99 $26.99 at Jsaux (with promo code PC0114) The Jsaux Split Protective Case is an affordable alternative to Dbrand’s Killswitch, costing $29.99 but with many of the same characteristics. It includes two Joy-Con 2 grips that let you detach them from the system at will, and a transparent shell to clip around the back and the top and bottom edges of the Switch 2. Unlike the Killswitch, however, the Jsaux shell is so thin that the console can still fit into the dock. It also comes with a hard front cover that protect the screen during transit (or just for safekeeping), and it has storage for 10 Switch cartridges on its underside. I’ve got minor qualms with Jsaux’s case, which I can overlook given its low price (and may not be an issue for you, anyway); the Joy-Con 2 grips are smaller, and don’t add as much bulk or grip as Dbrand’s Killswitch, but they’re still serviceable. Also, its build quality isn’t as good (for instance, on my review unit, there was a little bit of warped plastic that looks like a raised eyebrow near the power and volume buttons, though it’s hard to say if this affects multiple units). Lastly, the design of its Joy-Con 2 grips exhibit the same edge case issue that Dbrand’s model initially faced before it issued a free fix to all owners. If you hold the Switch 2 by either Joy-Con and shake the console’s full weight downward, the force may be enough to completely detach it, sending the console down to the ground. In my testing, it was really difficult to get the Switch 2 to fall, so this hopefully shouldn’t impact many people, but it’s worth mentioning nevertheless. Jsaux ModCase Ultimate Where to Buy: $60 at Jsaux Another runner-up is the ModCase from Jsaux. The foundation of the accessory pack is the plastic and silicone case that the console fits into (you can’t remove the Joy-Con or use the kickstand once it’s inside), which adds bulkier grips that make it more comfortable to hold. There’s a small section on the rear of the case that juts out, and that’s where each of its “mods” can be attached. The basic $29.99 kit includes just a couple of basics: a kickstand (which works better on tables than laps) and a watch-like strap for holding a power bank during charging. The $59.99 Ultimate kit that Jsaux sent for testing includes those plus several other extras. You get a face plate for the console to protect its screen while not in use, as well as an accessory with a magnet to let you attach, say, your iPhone so you can view it while you play games. Lastly, it includes a USB-C dock extender with a silicone stand. It’s like a dock for your dock, for use when the ModCase is installed. It looks more cumbersome than Dbrand’s also-clumsy-looking solution included with the Killswitch. But, hey, it all works as intended performance-wise. The best carrying cases for the Switch 2 Tomtoc FancyCase-G05 Nintendo Switch 2 Slim Case Where to Buy: $36.99 $24.99 at Amazon $36.99 at Tomtoc Tomtoc’s FancyCase Slim case has recently become my favorite Switch 2 zip-up case. Starting at around $33 and going up to $39 depending on the style that suits you best, it’s not the most affordable option. But it’s worth the cost if you want better protection than either the PowerA or Belkin cases below can provide. It has less give in its middle section by comparison. Another thing that sets it apart are the bulbous sections on the outer cover, which offer more vertical clearance above the Joy-Con 2’s analog sticks, ensuring they don’t get pressed while your console’s inside. Oh, and it includes color options that look like ice cream sandwiches. The FancyCase Slim case is the best option I’ve tried not just for durability but also for a dash of style. That said, it’s short on other perks to justify the price. While Belkin’s Switch 2 carrying case features a pocket for storing microSD Express cards, a cable, or any other small trinket like an AirTag to track its location, the only thing inside of this one is a soft screen-protecting flap that can hold 12 Switch cartridges on the other side. Runners-up WaterField Designs CitySlicker case for Switch 2 Where to Buy: $129 at WaterField Designs WaterField Designs has been making tweaks to its beloved, but pricey CitySlicker case for every major handheld to come along. For fans of the case, or those who are looking for a more premium option, the $129 Switch 2 version doesn’t change what isn’t broken. The City Slicker hugs the console’s curves closely enough to ensure a snug fit with a fleece interior, flanked by two pockets for cables and small accessories — one in front of where the Switch 2 sits, and one behind it. There’s a larger zip-up mesh pocket on its back. High-quality materials set this case apart from the others on this list, and unsurprisingly are what drives up the cost. It features leather on the flap covering the system and around the front of the case. For the secondary material, you have the option of waxed canvas or ballistic nylon. If you want your Switch 2 to sleep in style, this would make for a great gift to yourself or to another game. However, the City Slicker likely won’t protect your console as much as a tougher zip-up or cover case can. Not to mention, you may prefer a case with more cartridge slots than the five that are punched out of this case’s luxe leather. PowerA Slim Case for Nintendo Switch 2 Where to Buy: $19.99 $13.3 at Amazon $19.99 $13.5 at Best Buy $19.99 $13.3 at Walmart Power A’s slim zip-up case for the Switch 2 is a simple and inexpensive way to keep your console safe when you aren’t using it. It’s not a hard case, so it won’t survive catastrophic damage, but it’s a fine choice if you don’t want to add a bunch of heft. To that end, it’s one of the slimmest cases that I have tried. At just $19.99 (half the cost of Nintendo’s official carrying case), baseline protection alone would be sufficient, but it offers safe storage for up to 10 Switch cartridges, too. The cartridge holder has a soft bottom that protects the screen, and it can also fold into a tent, allowing the Switch 2 to rest against it (the Switch 2 already has a kickstand for this). This case doesn’t suffer from a negative trait that’s common among other slim cases (some of which are pricier than PowerA’s): being able to press on the Joy-Con 2 joysticks from the outside. Other cases might allow your Switch 2 to suffer some joystick damage unbeknownst to you, but not this one, as well as the others included in this section. Belkin Carrying Case for Nintendo Switch 2 Where to Buy: $29.99 $24.99 at Amazon $29.99 at Belkin For $10 more ($29.99), Belkin’s slim case is better-looking than PowerA’s and is made with better materials. It has a carrying strap, a large mesh pocket, and a secret compartment for an Apple AirTag or similar Bluetooth tracker, all of which the PowerA case lacks. Belkin’s case can carry 12 cartridges, and it’s only slightly thicker than the PowerA case, likely to compensate for whatever cables or small gizmos you might stuff into its pocket. It features deep grooves to fit the Joy-Con 2’s triggers, and its outer shell it tough enough to prevent most accidental presses on the joysticks. It comes in dark gray, cream, and a fun green shade. Belkin sells a $69.99 version of its slim case that features everything above and includes a 10,000mAh 20W battery for keeping the Switch 2 charged while it’s inside the case. The company says the battery can fully charge the console 1.5 times. The battery results in a thicker case, and its bespoke compartment only holds the specific Belkin model that’s included, so you won’t be able to swap in a different, faster-charging battery. Neither of those may be deal-breakers for you, but are worth keeping in mind. The best grip case for the Switch 2’s handheld mode The Killswitch is the best case for handheld mode because it allows you to remove the Joy-Con 2 controllers and includes an adapter to easily connect to the dock. Plus, it offers kickstand access. If you don’t ever plan to connect your Switch 2 to its dock or detach its Joy-Cons, or it’ll be a rare occurrence, you might pick an all-in-one shell that fits completely around the console. It will protect every angle of your Switch 2 from dings and scratches, and may even keep it safe in the event of a drop. The $29.99 Spigen Rugged Armor is a suitable option. It fits around nearly every nook of the Switch 2, leaving access to its headphone jack, USB-C ports, and speakers (it doesn’t cover up the air vents either because that’d be silly). It gets bonus points for fitting around the edges of the Joy-Con 2 while providing more pronounced grips, which may be a boon for those who experience hand or wrist pain while holding the console in handheld mode. However, as noted, you’ll need to remove the case in order to install the Switch 2 into its dock. Spigen Rugged Armor for Nintendo Switch 2 Where to Buy: $39.99 $17.99 at Amazon $39.99 at Spigen What’s coming next? Belkin is sending over its new Charging Case Pro for testing. The company debuted this new model at CES 2026, and it features some thoughtful upgrades compared to the $70 charging case that includes a battery. Namely, you don’t have to connect the Switch 2 and the battery together via a cable. Just nestle the Switch 2 into the kickstand-meets-cradle. The case also features a screen that shows battery percentage remaining, and an external USB-C port for easily recharging the case. Update, January 13th: Verified prices and stock for products mentioned in this post. Disclosure: In 2023, The Verge collaborated with Dbrand on a series of skins and cases.

The crypto industry contends that Wall Street giants stood behind community banks to undercut digital competitors before they could get a major legislative win.

New Atlanta Falcons president and former franchise quarterback Matt Ryan joked that he's "not trying to pull a Philip Rivers."

US defense secretary announces plans for integration despite recent controversies.

blm activists pushed for bodycam legislation in the 2010s, thinking they'd catch racist cops hunting black people, but a decade later they're more likely to expose deranged perps

Because there was such a long gap between the releases of 28 Weeks Later and 28 Years Later, it was surprising to hear that writer-director duo Alex Garland and Danny Boyle already had plans for their latest collaboration to be the first chapter of a new horror trilogy. Sony seemed keen on fast-tracking the pair's idea, as 28 Years Later and its sequel began shooting back to back. But it also felt like the studio wanted to bring a different kind of energy into the franchise when it tapped Nia DaCosta to direct the new film. That energy and its distinctness from Boyle's directorial voice is palpable in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple - a fil … Read the full story at The Verge.

FOX Sports bracket forecaster Mike DeCourcy delivers his latest men's NCAA tournament bracket predictions.

The Senate passed a bill that could give people who've found their likeness deepfaked into sexually-explicit images without their consent a new way to fight back. The Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits Act (DEFIANCE Act), would let victims sue the individuals who created the images for civil damages. The bill passed with unanimous consent - meaning there was no roll-call vote, and no Senator objected to its passage on the floor Tuesday. It's meant to build on the work of the Take It Down Act, a law that criminalizes the distribution of nonconsensual intimate images (NCII) and requires social media platforms to promptly … Read the full story at The Verge.

Haven’t you heard? Phones are boring now. And that’s just fine! Most people buying a new phone just want something familiar that works better than the device they’re replacing. If that’s your MO, then you’re sure to find something reliable in my recommendations below. But even if you’re looking for something a little more extra, you’ve got some great options. They’re going to be pretty iterative compared to whatever you’re using now — we’re in more of a software era than a hardware innovation cycle these days — but you can still find a delightful new device. We finally have a folding phone that offers full water and dust resistance, there are flip phones that offer more than just nostalgia, and you can still buy a phone with no fewer than four cameras on the back. There are even a few that offer fun styles. Not bad for a boring season of phone hardware. And stay tuned — if CES 2026 was anything to go by, there may be some even more interesting phones in our future. A lot of people in the US get their phones through carrier deals, and no judgment here if that’s the route you take — it’s how I bought mine. Just be sure you know what you’re getting into and how many years you’ll need to stay on that Super 5G Everything Unlimited Plus plan to keep the monthly device reimbursements coming. If you’re looking to spend a little less and still get the best smartphone on a budget, you can find something really good for under $600. For those recommendations, check out our guide to budget smartphones. The best iPhone for most people Apple iPhone 17 Score: 8ProsConsAlways-on display makes it vastly more usefulHigh refresh rate makes using the phone smootherThe cameras are solidBattery lasts well through the dayThe price isn’t going upNo redesign, but the green is niceZoom capabilities are weak compared to the ProGets hot during heavy gaming sessionsApple Intelligence is still somewhere between useless and MIA Where to Buy: $799 at Apple (256GB) $829.8 at Best Buy (256GB) $999 at Apple (512GB) Screen: 6.3-inch 2622 x 1206 OLED, 120Hz refresh rate / Processor: A19 / Cameras: 48-megapixel f/1.6 main with sensor-shift IS; 48-megapixel ultrawide; 18-megapixel selfie / Battery: Not advertised / Charging: 40W wired, 25W wireless MagSafe (Qi2) / Weather-resistance: IP68 This year’s standard iPhone offers a handful of major upgrades over its predecessor, including a larger 6.3-inch screen with a 120Hz panel and an always-on display. These two features make the everyday experience meaningfully better, but they’re not the only ones: you also get faster performance, better battery life, and twice the amount of base storage at 256GB. It also has the same starting price of $799, which is a shockingly great deal. On the camera front, the iPhone 17’s new 48-megapixel ultrawide matches the Pro’s resolution, delivering sharper, more vibrant shots, while the main camera remains reliably good in most conditions. It also features the Pro’s 18-megapixel selfie camera, which lets you take horizontal shots without rotating the device. If you care about zoom or portraits, the iPhone 17’s lack of a telephoto camera is the clearest reason to go Pro. For most people, though, the device’s 2x “optical quality” zoom will be fine for everyday snaps, making it a great upgrade. Read our full iPhone 17 review. The best Android phone for most people Google Pixel 10 Score: 8ProsConsQi2 wireless charging with magnets is greatAI is actually kind of useful, finallyTelephoto camera is a nice additionMain and ultrawide cameras aren’t quite as good as the ProBattery life is just okay Where to Buy: $799 $649 at Amazon $799 $649 at Best Buy $799 $649 at Google Screen: 6.3-inch, 1080p 120Hz OLED / Processor: Tensor G5 / Cameras: 48-megapixel f/1.7 main with OIS; 13-megapixel f/2.2 ultrawide; 10.8-megapixel 5x telephoto with OIS; 10.5-megapixel selfie / Battery: 4,970mAh / Charging: 30W wired, 15W wireless / Weather resistance: IP68 The Pixel 10 is an easygoing Android phone that offers some handy upgrades over its predecessor. The addition of Qi2 with built-in magnets is a delight, making it easier than ever to quickly charge up without plugging in. AI features like Magic Cue, which can proactively suggest information based on what you’re doing on your phone, are finally showing promise. And for the first time ever, the base model features a dedicated telephoto lens. But, alas, there’s a catch: The Pixel 10 no longer features the same main and ultrawide camera hardware as the Pro. You’re essentially getting the two rear cameras found in the midrange Pixel 9A, plus a telephoto lens. Still, as a whole, the device’s triple camera system produces images that are totally fine. Beyond the cameras, the Pixel 10 features the same Tensor G5 chipset that’s found in the Pro phones — handy for those aforementioned AI features. Overall, the Pixel 10 mostly improves upon what made last year’s Pixel 9 such a solid release. We’re not thrilled with the downgraded camera, but the addition of Qi2 and a telephoto lens helps to soften the blow. If you can live with the camera tradeoffs, the Pixel 10 is still a smart pick for anyone who wants a flagship experience at a more approachable price. Read our full Pixel 10 review. The best high-end Android phone Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra Score: 8ProsConsExcellent screenImproved ultrawide cameraRounded corners are comfierExpensiveBulkyAI is (still) hit or miss Where to Buy: $1299.99 $1023.45 at Amazon (256GB) $1299.99 $1049.99 at Best Buy (256GB) $1299.99 $1005 at Walmart (256GB) Screen: 6.9-inch, 1440p 120Hz OLED / Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite / Cameras: 200-megapixel main with OIS; 50-megapixel 5x telephoto with OIS; 10-megapixel 3x telephoto with OIS; 50-megapixel ultrawide; 12-megapixel selfie / Battery: 5,000mAh / Charging: 45W wired, 15W wireless, Qi2 ready / Weather resistance: IP68 Samsung’s “Ultra” S-series phone is still your best bet for a maximalist Android phone, even if ultra doesn’t quite mean what it once did. You still get four rear cameras — including a 3x and 5x telephoto — a massive screen, and a built-in S Pen stylus. The battery goes all day, the processor is top-notch, and there are AI features aplenty if you’re into that sort of thing. There’s just no other phone quite like it. This year, Samsung removed the Bluetooth features from the stylus. That stings a little, especially considering that the company swapped a 10x zoom for the shorter 5x camera the year before. It still amounts to a great phone, but it’s one of the priciest slab-style phones you can buy, and Samsung seems to be cutting features without adding back any extra value. It’s still “ultra” alright, but it doesn’t feel quite as special as it used to. Read my full Galaxy S25 Ultra review. The best phone for around $500 Google Pixel 9A Score: 8ProsConsRobust IP68 ratingSeven years of software updatesBrighter, bigger screenMissing a couple of AI featuresAI is occasionally handy, usually weird Where to Buy: $499 $399 at Amazon (128GB) $499 $399 at Best Buy (128GB) $499 $399 at Google (128GB) Screen: 6.3-inch, 1080p OLED, 120Hz / Processor: Tensor G4 / Cameras: 48-megapixel f/1.7 with OIS, 13-megapixel ultrawide, 13-megapixel selfie / Battery: 5,100mAh / Charging: 23W wired, 7.5W wireless / Weather-resistance: IP68 Every year, we’re pleasantly surprised by how much Google packs into its midrange Pixel A-series devices. In 2024, it was the Pixel 8A, and last year, it was the even better Pixel 9A. For $500 (and very often, less), the 9A offers Google’s fourth-gen custom Tensor G4 chipset (the very same chip that’s in the pricier Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro), a brighter and larger 6.3-inch OLED display, and an IP68 rating for improved durability. Plus, you get the benefit of seven years of software updates and security support. What you end up with is a device that delivers fantastic value, especially compared to other inexpensive devices. The Pixel 9A offers a handful of other features that put it above the pack, like a 120Hz refresh rate, wireless charging, and the largest battery across the Pixel line. It does fall short in a few areas, though — the camera’s low light performance and Portrait mode could be better. That said, the 9A’s camera is still great for everyday snaps, and for the price, the device is an easy recommendation as the best in this category. Read my full Pixel 9A review. The best high-end iPhone iPhone 17 Pro Score: 8ProsConsSolid battery lifeBrighter screen outdoorsCenter Stage cameraFaster chargingDoesn’t get blazing hotOrangeWhat’s up with Siri?Heavier than last year Where to Buy: $1099 at Apple (256GB) $1099.8 at Best Buy (256GB) $1299 at Apple (512GB) Screen: 6.3-inch 2622 x 1206 OLED, 120Hz refresh rate / Processor: A19 Pro / Cameras: 48-megapixel f/1.78 with sensor-shift IS; 48-megapixel 8x telephoto with OIS; 48-megapixel ultrawide; 18-megapixel selfie / Battery: Not advertised / Charging: 40W wired, 25W MagSafe (Qi2) / Weather-resistance: IP68 The iPhone 17 Pro is the model to get if you want Apple’s most capable camera system and the longest battery life you can get in an iPhone. All three rear sensors use 48-megapixel lenses — including the telephoto with 4x zoom — and support creator-focused tools like ProRes RAW. Apple’s switch to an aluminum body with a vapor chamber also helps keep temperatures low during intensive tasks, including high-res video recording, while the Ceramic Shield 2 front improves durability. And it’s all wrapped in a fresh, rounded design. As part of that redesign, Apple carved out the frame to fit a larger battery, which lasts through a typical day of mixed use while browsing social media, gaming, etc. The 17 Pro supports 40W wired charging and slightly faster MagSafe charging, allowing you to take it from zero to 50 percent in as little as 20 minutes. It also supports USB 3 for lightning-fast transfer speeds, so you can quickly copy over all your vacation photos and videos to your laptop. Since the standard iPhone 17 has the same 120Hz refresh rate and an always‑on display, it’s easier to skip the Pro this year. That being said, if you want longer battery life and the most flexible camera system in the lineup, the 17 Pro is the way to go. Plus, it comes in a bold orange shade that’s unlike anything else in Apple’s lineup. Read our full iPhone 17 Pro review. The best flip phone Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 Score: 8ProsConsSamsung finally adopted the big cover screenAll-day batteryReliable cameraMore susceptible to dust than your average phoneStill too hard to run full apps on the cover screen Where to Buy: $1099.99 $1055.99 at Amazon (256GB) (“Blue Shadow” $1099.99 at Best Buy (256GB) $1219.99 $1099.33 at Amazon (512GB) (“Blue Shadow” only) Screen: 6.9-inch, 1080p, 120Hz OLED inner screen; 4.1-inch, 948p, OLED cover screen / Processor: Samsung Exynos 2500 / Cameras: 50-megapixel f/1.8 main with OIS; 12-megapixel ultrawide; 10-megapixel selfie (inner screen) / Battery: 4,300mAh / Charging: 25W wired, 15W wireless, 4.5W reverse wireless / Weather resistance: IP48 Samsung finally got the memo with the Galaxy Z Flip 7’s cover screen. The company’s latest flip phone ditches the file folder-shaped look of its predecessor for a 4.1-inch, edge-to-edge display that wraps around the cameras. With more outer screen real estate, it’s easier to respond to texts and punch in a coffee order without flipping open the phone and getting sucked into a digital rabbit hole. The Flip 7 still makes you jump through a few hoops if you want to run full apps on the cover screen, but once you’ve wrangled the settings, it unlocks a lot of convenience for everyday tasks. That said, the cover screen isn’t perfect for every app. Sometimes a button hides behind the camera cutout, forcing you to change the app’s window size. But most tasks are a breeze, and opening the phone is always an option. Under the hood, Samsung swapped out Qualcomm’s processor for an in-house Exynos chip, though we didn’t notice any hits to performance. The new 4,300mAh battery will last you all day with moderate use, but heavy gaming and hotspot use will significantly impact battery life. The camera system, meanwhile, remains unchanged from the Z Flip 6, which isn’t a bad thing. You still get a 50-megapixel main shooter and all the fun flex mode tricks, which are great for capturing candids. Unfortunately, the Flip 7 still offers no protection against fine particles like dust or sand, which might work their way into the hinge and cause damage. This raises concerns about how the device might hold up over time. But Samsung’s beefed-up warranty and repair program can provide extra peace of mind. Plus, with seven years of OS and security updates, the Flip 7 should prove reliable until you decide to upgrade. Read our full Galaxy Z Flip 7 review. The best folding phone Google Pixel Pro 10 Fold Score: 8ProsConsFull dust resistance! On a foldable!Qi2 support with built-in magnetsHeavy and chunkyCameras aren’t as good as the other 10 Pro phones’Pricier than a regular phone Where to Buy: $1799 $1499 at Amazon (256GB) $1799 $1499 at Best Buy (256GB) $1799 $1499 at Google (256GB) Screen: 8-inch, 2076p, 120Hz OLED inner screen; 6.4-inch, 1080p, 120Hz OLED cover screen / Processor: Google Tensor G5 / Cameras: 48-megapixel f/1.7 main with OIS; 10.8-megapixel 5x telephoto with OIS; 10.5-megapixel ultrawide; 10-megapixel selfie (cover screen); 10-megapixel inner selfie camera / Battery: 5,015mAh / Charging: 30W wired, 15W wireless (Qi2) / Weather resistance: IP68 Concerns over long-term durability have kept us from recommending foldables to anyone but the most diehard gadget nerd. Then Google said “hold my USB-C cable” and bestowed an IP68 rating on the Pixel 10 Pro Fold, making it the first foldable to provide full water and dust resistance. That means the device can survive a tumble on the beach without the hinge and inner screen failing. What’s more, the device features Qi2 support with built-in magnets for accessories and wireless charging. And with a new Tensor G5 chip, it offers smooth performance, whether you’re playing intensive games like Diablo Immortal or multitasking on the larger inner display. As much as we love the 10 Pro Fold’s improved durability, its cameras can’t quite keep up with those of other 10 Pro models. The device is also heavy and rather chunky; it’s over 40 grams heavier than Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 7 and nearly 2 millimeters thicker when folded shut. There’s a plus side to the thicker frame, though: it leaves more room for the phone’s larger battery, which can last a full day with minimal use of the inner display. If you find yourself spending most of your time using the larger display, you may need to find the nearest outlet by the end of the day. Read our full Pixel 10 Pro Fold review. Other phones we tested The Samsung Galaxy S25 is a very good device, and it’s basically the last small-ish Android phone you can buy in the US. I find the software to be fussier and more cluttered than the Pixel 10’s, so it’s not my overall pick, but it’s a reliable device — and your best bet for a phone that isn’t gigantic. Read our review. The iPhone 16E is a great phone that makes a lot of interesting trade-offs. Apple’s latest entry-level phone starts at $599 and comes with the company’s latest A18 processor, USB-C and wireless charging, a 60Hz OLED display, and the customizable Action Button found on Apple’s more premium handsets. The 6.1-inch phone doesn’t have MagSafe support or a Camera Control button, though, and it’s limited to a single 48-megapixel Fusion camera (sorry, ultrawide stans). That makes it hard for us to recommend over the standard iPhone 16, even if it does start at $200 less. Read our review. The Motorola Razr Ultra 2025 is an excellent foldable that exemplifies what makes the brand’s phones so unique. It’s one of the best-looking phones you can buy, thanks to its gold-bronze chassis and wooden back. Plus, it features a spacious cover screen that’s handy for quickly performing tasks without opening the device. However, as much as we enjoy the Razr Ultra, Motorola’s promise of three OS upgrades and four years of security updates is on the shorter side. Read our review. The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge is an ultra-thin alternative to the big, chunky flagships we’ve seen over the past year. At just 5.8mm thick, it packs a 6.7-inch 1440p OLED display with a refresh rate of up to 120Hz, a 3,900mAh battery, and a Snapdragon 8 Elite processor. Despite its thinner frame, battery life is surprisingly acceptable, though it won’t last as long as other flagship devices. The S25 Edge also lacks a telephoto camera, so it’s not the best phone for portrait photos. Read our review. The OnePlus 15R is the latest iteration in OnePlus’ less-expensive lineup, but unfortunately, its feature set doesn’t justify the somewhat lower price. Admittedly, it has some great features: excellent performance from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset, and incredible performance from its 7400mAh battery — it can last days between recharges. However, it’s only $200 less than the flagship OnePlus 15, and the latter offers a much better camera (the 15R doesn’t include a telephoto lens, for example). In addition, the 15R still doesn’t offer wireless charging, which is getting harder to justify. Read our review. The OnePlus 15 is all about battery life. The $899 device features a massive, 7,300mAh silicon-carbon battery, which easily lasted two days during our testing. It also features a 6.78-inch display with a speedy 165Hz refresh rate, an IP69 rating for dust and water resistance, and a triple 50-megapixel rear camera with an upgraded periscope lens. In terms of performance, it boasts a Snapdragon Elite Gen 5 chip, which held up well during longer gaming sessions. It’s now finally available for purchase in the US following delayed FCC clearance. Read our review. The Nothing Phone 3 is the brand’s “first true flagship phone,” with a 6.67-inch OLED screen, a Snapdragon 8S Gen 4 chip, and a 5,150mAh battery. It also features four cameras — three on the back and one on the front — all of which are 50 megapixels. Additionally, the Phone 3 ditches Nothing’s signature light strips for a small dot-matrix LED display on the back, which can display images or emoji tied to specific apps and contacts. Read our review. The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is an impressive sophomore effort from Google. Like the Z Fold 7, the outer screen matches the dimensions of a regular slab-style phone, while the inner screen is great for multitasking. The whole package is also light enough that it sometimes doesn’t feel like you’re holding a foldable, though it does suffer from a slightly downgraded camera system compared to other Pixel 9 devices. There’s also no formal dust resistance, so long-term durability remains a concern. Read our review. The Pixel 10 Pro is Google’s most refined flagship yet, blending a premium design with meaningful hardware upgrades like the Tensor G5 chip and Pixelsnap wireless charging. Magic Cue delivers genuinely useful on-device AI that can surface helpful info in real-time, while the camera’s portrait mode is much improved over its predecessor. Battery life is just average, though, and some AI features still feel like they’re being shoved into corners of the device where it doesn’t really need to be. Most readers will be better served by the cheaper Pixel 10. Read our review. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 is another thin book-style foldable that feels like a regular phone when folded shut, though its IP48 rating means it isn’t fully dust resistant. The spacious inner display is great for multitasking and gaming, and its battery can last all day with moderate use. However, with a starting price of $2,000 — $200 more than the 10 Pro Fold — it’s the most expensive device on this list, even if we have seen it occasionally drop to $1,599. Read our review. The iPhone Air is Apple’s biggest redesign in years, one that measures 5.6mm thick and weighs a mere 165 grams. It’s more durable than you might expect, too, thanks to its titanium frame and Ceramic Shield 2, and it feels deceptively small despite having a 6.5-inch display. However, there are a few downsides to the thinner frame, including shorter battery life and the lack of an ultrawide camera. Read our review. What’s coming next After months of anticipation, Samsung has officially announced the Z TriFold, with a US launch planned for the first quarter of 2026. The foldable features not one, but two hinges, resulting in a device that’s 12.9mm thick when it’s folded. Opening the device reveals an inner screen that measures 10 inches diagonally, with a resolution of 2160 x 1584 and a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate that can drop all the way to 1GHz. The 1080p outer display, meanwhile, measures 6.5 inches and features a 21:9 aspect ratio, which is similar to the Galaxy Z Fold 7. The device also has a ceramic-glass, fiber-reinforced polymer back panel that’s designed to resist cracking, along with an IP48 rating, meaning it’s fully water-resistant but not dust-tight. I tried it out at CES 2026 and found it surprisingly impressive. It’s still early days, but we’re starting to hear murmurs about Google’s Pixel 10A. Leaked CAD renders suggest it may look similar to the Pixel 9A, but Pixel 10-ified. That means we could see the entry-level 10A launch with some of the features found in the 10, including a Tensor G5 processor. Update, January 13th: Adjusted pricing / availability, removed mention of the OnePlus 13R, and added info about the Samsung Z TriFold and the OnePlus 15R. Brandon Russell and Barbara Krasnoff also contributed to this post.

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Mike Krieger, the Instagram co-founder who joined Anthropic two years ago as its chief product officer, is moving to a new focus at the AI startup: co-leading its internal incubator, dubbed the "Labs" team. The Anthropic Labs team started in mid-2024 with just two members; now, the company has decided to expand it, with a focus on building "experimental products." Krieger's new title will be simply a member of technical staff reporting to Anthropic president Daniela Amodei, and he'll co-lead the Labs team with Ben Mann, who has been the company's product engineering lead. Ami Vora, the company's current "head of product," will take over Kr … Read the full story at The Verge.

Whether you’re wearing them for the morning commute, while traveling, or if you’re simply trying to find some peace and quiet while working at home, noise-canceling headphones are a more essential piece of kit nowadays than ever before. And you’ve got a slew of great options to pick from; it’s hard to make a bad choice. There are longtime heavyweights like Bose and Sony to pick from. Apple has quickly carved into the market with the luxurious AirPods Max. And if you’ve got an ear that demands the best audio quality, headphones from Bowers & Wilkins and Sennheiser might appeal to you more than the mainstream contenders. Not everyone loves the feel of earbuds, and there are scenarios where over-ear and on-ear headphones are just simpler or make more sense than wireless buds — particularly if lengthy battery life matters to you. No matter how you’re using them, the criteria for picking the best noise-canceling headphones haven’t changed. The best wireless headphones for most people Sony WH-1000XM5 With improved comfort, refined sound, and even better active noise cancellation compared to the previous-gen model, Sony’s WH-1000XM5 offer a compelling mix of features for the price. Read our review. Score: 8ProsConsEven better active noise cancellationMore balanced, tighter soundMuch-improved voice call qualityDesign is very plasticky for $400No major new features over 1000XM4Bulky, awkward carrying case Where to Buy: $398 at Amazon $398 at B&H Photo $398 at Best Buy Battery life: 30 hours / Multipoint: Yes / Audio codecs: LDAC, AAC, SBC / Connectors: USB-C (charging), 3.5mm headphone jack (audio) Sony’s WH-1000XM5 have a completely different design from their predecessors. The changes result in greater comfort when you wear them on your head for extended periods of time — like on a flight or at the office. Noise cancellation has been further improved from the already-stellar performance of the WH-1000XM4, putting Sony at the front of the pack compared to all major competitors. Sound quality is more detailed and balanced than the older XM4; the low end is still punchy but tighter and less boomy than before. The XM5 offer excellent voice call performance, and they can connect to two devices simultaneously, so you can stay clued in on what’s happening on your phone when you’re working away on your laptop or tablet. Sony’s headphones also include unique features like “speak to chat,” which automatically pauses your music and pipes in ambient audio whenever you start talking. Or you can hold one hand over the right ear cup to activate quick attention mode, which is convenient when grabbing a coffee or listening to airport announcements. And like other high-end headphones, the XM5 can detect when they’ve been removed from your ears for auto-pause. Last year, Sony introduced the WH-1000XM6, and while they offer incremental improvements over the XM5 in terms of sound and ANC performance, they’re also more expensive at $449.99. The XM5, meanwhile, can regularly be found for $300 or less. When you weigh price versus performance, the XM5 represent a better value overall, which is why they remain at the top of our list. Read our full WH-1000XM5 review. The best noise-canceling headphones for travel Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones Score: 8ProsConsExemplary comfortTop-tier noise cancellationImproved transparency mode clarityBetter voice call quality than NCH700Immersive Audio is sometimes enjoyable but often badImmersive Audio drains battery fasterNo USB-C audio supportCase has annoying indentations Where to Buy: $429 $279 at Amazon $429.99 $279.99 at Target $429 $279 at Best Buy Battery life: 24 hours / Multipoint: Yes / Audio codecs: aptX Adaptive, AAC, SBC / Connectors: USB-C (charging), 2.5mm headphone jack (audio) Bose’s first-gen QuietComfort Ultra Headphones are basically a blend of the company’s prior Noise Canceling Headphones 700 and QuietComfort 45 that borrow the best traits from both — while throwing in a new “immersive audio” listening mode. Like past Bose cans, they’re very light and comfortable on your head, even when worn for long stretches of time. Best of all, unlike the Noise Canceling Headphones 700, these can be folded, making them easier to travel with. Their 24-hour battery life is more than adequate, and Bose has added support for the aptX Adaptive Bluetooth codec for improved audio fidelity on Android devices. The immersive audio feature works well on some songs, but less so on others. It’s worth experimenting with, but even if you leave it off entirely, you’re left with best-in-class noise cancellation, pleasing sound, and a helpful “aware” transparency mode. It’s worth noting that, in September, Bose launched the QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen) for $449. The newer headphones build on the original with support for lossless audio over USB-C, a slight uptick in battery life, and an improved transparency mode that’s more natural and better at boosting ANC when you encounter sudden noises. They offer a handful of other iterative improvements, but as is the case with Sony’s newer WH-1000XM6, their higher price tag keeps us from recommending them over the original model. Read our full Bose QC Ultra Headphones review. The best wireless headphones for iPhone owners AirPods Max (USB-C) Score: 8.5ProsConsHigh-luxury designTerrific, balanced sound qualityVery effective noise cancellationDependable and foolproof controlsSpatial audio for immersive entertainmentHeavier than many competitorsNo 3.5mm jackWired listening requires $35 cableCase is an abominationLacks latest AirPods Pro features Where to Buy: $549 $449.99 at Amazon $549 $449.99 at Walmart $548.99 $449.99 at Best Buy Battery life: 20 hours / Multipoint: No / Audio codecs: AAC, SBC / Connectors: Lightning (audio and charging) There was definitely some sticker shock when Apple introduced a $549 set of noise-canceling headphones in 2020. The AirPods Max cost significantly more money than any of our other recommendations. But Apple’s build quality is on another level: these trade the plastic you’ll find in many noise-canceling headphones for steel and aluminum, and the ear cups are a breathable mesh fabric. They’re hefty headphones, there’s no denying that. But aside from Apple refusing to include a headphone cable in the box, there’s nothing about the AirPods Max that feels cheap. And I appreciate the simplicity of using the digital crown for controls, rather than relying on hit-or-miss gestures like taps and swipes. The most important part is that the AirPods Max deliver audio quality that’s up there with the best high-end Bluetooth headphones. They have an immersive, wide soundstage and fantastic dynamics, and you’ll find yourself hopping around your music library just to hear what they bring out in your favorite songs. The newer USB-C model also supports lossless audio and ultra low latency thanks to a firmware update, which, technically, isn’t something you’ll find on the last-gen Lightning model. Apple’s noise cancellation is on par with Sony and Bose, and no one does transparency mode better; at times, it can make you think you’re not wearing headphones at all. Extra features like Spatial Audio (surround sound for movies and TV shows) and automatic switching between Apple gadgets help make it a bit easier to swallow their daunting price. But the AirPods Max do have faults. The carrying case is abysmal, battery life is only average for the category, and just like regular AirPods, they’re designed with Apple’s ecosystem in mind. It gets much harder to justify dropping $550 on them if you live outside the iPhone and Mac universe. Read our original Apple AirPods Max review. The best-sounding wireless headphones Bowers & Wilkins PX7 S2e ProsConsStylish, standout designExcellent sound qualitySupports wired USB-C audioNo regular headphone inputDoesn’t include LDAC supportYour ears might get sweaty Where to Buy: $399 $269.15 at Amazon $399 at Bowers & Wilkins $399 at Crutchfield Battery life: 30 hours / Multipoint: Yes / Audio codecs: aptX Adaptive, aptX HD, aptX, AAC, SBC / Connectors: USB-C (audio and charging) If sound quality is priority number one, then Bowers & Wilkins has you covered with the PX7 S2e headphones. They exhibit superb, detailed sound quality that some people prefer to the AirPods Max. The Bowers & Wilkins cans are true to the company’s legacy and style, with a fine-crafted design that exudes quality. And the newer “e” variant has a revamped digital signal processing that can bring out the best audio quality from streaming music. We prefer their physical buttons over the tap/swipe ear cup gestures of Sony’s WH-1000XM5. With 30 hours of battery life, they’re more than competitive with mainstream, less expensive picks. And the sound profile is delightfully warm and will bring out the most from your favorite music. The main downside of the PX7 S2e is that there’s no traditional 3.5mm or 2.5mm output for a headphone cable. You can still listen wired over USB-C, however. Read our full Bowers & Wilkins PX7 S2 review. The noise-canceling headphones with the best battery life Sennheiser Momentum 4 Wireless Score: 7ProsConsMuch-improved comfortBetter noise cancellation than beforeMarathon 60-hour battery lifeTerribly generic designNo more physical button controlsHeadphones can power on unexpectedly Where to Buy: $449.95 $299.95 at Amazon $449.99 $299.99 at Best Buy $449.95 $299.95 at Sennheiser Battery life: 60 hours / Multipoint: Yes / Audio codecs: aptX Adaptive, aptX, AAC, SBC / Connectors: USB-C (audio and charging), 2.5mm headphone jack (audio) Sixty hours. They can last for up to 60 hours on a single charge. That’s really all you need to know about the Sennheiser Momentum 4 headphones if you’re looking for an endurance champ. But they also sound terrific and prove extremely comfortable over long listening periods. This combination doesn’t come cheap, but you can routinely find them for under $300, or, in the case of Black Friday, under $200. Sennheiser’s Momentum 4 Wireless headphones edge out Bowers & Wilkins on comfort thanks to their lighter design, and the noise cancellation is slightly better. Next to the Sonys and Bose’s QC Ultra Headphones, it doesn’t get much cozier. These are headphones you can wear for multiple hours without any fatigue or pressure on your ears. Sennheiser’s sound signature is a bit more expressive with more emphasis on bass than the B&W, but the upper treble range still comes through crystal clear. Our only real nitpick with the Sennheisers is that they tend to occasionally power on inside the case and automatically connect for no apparent reason. Both the B&W and Sennheiser headphones support multipoint connectivity and a range of Bluetooth codecs, including SBC, AAC, aptX, and aptX Adaptive. Read our full Sennheiser Momentum 4 Wireless review. Update, January 13th: Updated to reflect current pricing / availability and several new related links. We also added a mention of the latest QC Ultra Headphones.

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The Trump administration announced last week that it wants Americans to consume more protein, churning out a colorful illustration of an inverted food pyramid that prominently features a big, red steak, a wedge of cheese, and a carton of whole milk at the top and claiming it's "ending the war on protein." It may seem like another example of cartoonish propaganda from an administration that essentially runs on memes, but don't be fooled: It signals a marked turn from previous advice that encouraged Americans to limit high-fat sources of protein like red meat and whole milk for their health, which can incidentally also curb planet-heating poll … Read the full story at The Verge.

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From a real-time breastfeeding monitor to a robot that picks up toys, we've found some of the most interesting tech aimed at parents and children at CES.

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With over 32 years of cross-industry experience, Shankar Manapragada explains how organizations can achieve operational excellence by integrating food service management, talent development, and technology. He outlines how learning systems, quality frameworks, and digital platforms work together to improve service delivery, employee performance, and long-term organizational resilience.

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From editable PDFs to instant translations, Google Docs is stacked with features that most people overlook.

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Google is now allowing users to create vertical videos using references image.

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In response to a growing backlash, Microsoft said it would take steps to ensure that data centers don’t raise utility bills in surrounding areas and address other public concerns.

The crypto market data firm has hired investment bank Moelis, as dealmaking across the sector accelerates.

KDE Plasma 6.5.5 is now available as the fifth maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment series with more bug fixes. The post KDE Plasma 6.5.5 Is Out, Improves Support for Older Valve Index VR Headsets appeared first on 9to5Linux - do not reproduce this article without permission. This RSS feed is intended for readers, not scrapers.

NVIDIA 580.126.09 graphics driver for Linux is now available for download with improved compatibility with recent Linux kernel versions. The post NVIDIA 580.126.09 Released to Improve Compatibility with Recent Linux Kernels appeared first on 9to5Linux - do not reproduce this article without permission. This RSS feed is intended for readers, not scrapers.

The bundle includes access to Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Pixelmator Pro on Mac and iPad, as well as Motion, Compressor, and MainStage on Mac.

FOX Sports' Michael Cohen examines a key Big East matchup: No. 3 UConn vs. No. 25 Seton Hall.

NEAR Protocol (NEAR) was also a top performer, rising 6% from Monday.

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Salad.com partners with Golem Network to test decentralized computing for Web2 workloads, exploring crypto payments and DePIN infrastructure.

Headline and core CPI were both flat on November’s figures

The U.S. Consumer Price Index came in roughly in line with expectations as market participants largely expects the Fed to leave interest rates unchanged at the January meeting.

The move comes as crypto projects increasingly position themselves as offering payment platforms that resemble traditional digital banks, but operate on blockchain rails.

Firefox 148 open-source web browser is now available for public beta testing with improved support for screen readers and other changes. Here's what else is new! The post Firefox 148 Enters Public Beta Testing with Improved Support for Screen Readers appeared first on 9to5Linux - do not reproduce this article without permission. This RSS feed is intended for readers, not scrapers.

AI agents are no longer just writing code. They are executing it. Tools like Copilot, Claude Code, and Codex can now build, test, and deploy software end-to-end in minutes. That speed is reshaping engineering—but it’s also creating a security gap most teams don’t see until something breaks. Behind every agentic workflow sits a layer few organizations are actively securing: Machine Control

Auto groups buy wafers from chipmaker’s Dutch arm and ship them to its Chinese unit to avoid output stoppages

Deepgram is raising its Series C round at a $1.3 billion valuation.

The Fermi hard fork upgrade has improved BNB Smart Chain's throughput and finality, and Grayscale has filed for a BNB ETF.

British grocer seeks to increase exports of hampers, teas and jams that were hammered by Brexit

Salesforce unveils Slackbot, a new AI agent that allows users to complete tasks across multiple enterprise applications from Slack.

Urevo’s affordable new walking pad is cheaper than a round-trip ticket to hike in Iceland.

The asset manager sent 3,290 bitcoin, worth about $298 million, along with 5,692 ether valued near $17.8 million.

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The administration’s war on the Federal Reserve illustrates the threat of fiscal dominance

Superorganism backs companies across three categories: tech that slows or reverses extinction, startups that operate at the intersection of climate and biodiversity, and tools that enable conservationists to do their work more effectively.

The U.K. clearing bank has selected Taurus' wallet infrastructure as it expands into digital assets and stablecoin-based payments.

Brazil's competition watchdog has ordered WhatsApp to put on hold its policy that bars third-party AI companies from using its business API to offer chatbots on the app. The agency has also started an investigation against the company to determine if the policy is anti-competitive.

Officials have linked the poisonings to the death cap mushroom (Amanita phalloides).

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There is no precedent of a dominant power abandoning its primacy, as Trump is doing

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a previously undocumented and feature-rich malware framework codenamed VoidLink that's specifically designed for long-term, stealthy access to Linux-based cloud environments According to a new report from Check Point Research, the cloud-native Linux malware framework comprises an array of custom loaders, implants, rootkits, and modular

Old Playbook, New Scale: While defenders are chasing trends, attackers are optimizing the basics The security industry loves talking about "new" threats. AI-powered attacks. Quantum-resistant encryption. Zero-trust architectures. But looking around, it seems like the most effective attacks in 2025 are pretty much the same as they were in 2015. Attackers are exploiting the same entry points that

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ServiceNow has disclosed details of a now-patched critical security flaw impacting its ServiceNow artificial intelligence (AI) Platform that could enable an unauthenticated user to impersonate another user and perform arbitrary actions as that user. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-12420, carries a CVSS score of 9.3 out of 10.0. It has been codenamed BodySnatcher by AppOmni. "This issue [.

Bitcoin pushed above $92,000 with rising volume; altcoins outperformed as traders rotated into privacy coins and memecoins.

AI drug discovery startup Converge Bio raised $25 million in a Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with additional backing from executives at Meta, OpenAI, and Wiz.

The LinkedIn cofounder and frequent Trump target has a simple message for his peers: “Just speak up about the things that you think are true.”

Can this discrete audio puck really drag any old speakers into the streaming age?

Also in today’s newsletter: UBS’s Ermotti to step down and Trump threatens Iran-linked trade with tariffs

Governors from 11 institutions issue statement of support for embattled Fed chair

The SPAC will focus on cryptocurrency ecosystem businesses, expanding Kraken's presence in public markets.

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Stretch traded $175.7 million on Monday, almost three times its 30 day average trading volume.

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With federal agents storming the streets of American communities, there’s no single right way to approach this dangerous moment. But there are steps you can take to stay safe—and have an impact.

From baby monitors and sound machines to smart bassinets and car seats, here’s the baby tech we’ve tested and recommend.

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The top Chinese smartphones are innovation-packed spec beasts, but it’s not always a good idea to import from the East.

Kafka is a communication backbone for the microservices architecture. Java Kafka API and Spring integration allow application developers to develop powerful and lightweight consumers and producers. Cloud enables scaling to unexpected load without reducing the system irrespective of how it is staged.

Data analytics is also making the auditors reconsider planning and carrying out the auditing process. They are no longer applying guesswork, but instead use data to tailor audit plans which are more accurate, less time-consuming, and smarter.

JPMorgan predicted the Federal Reserve will hold rates unchanged this year, followed by a hike next year.

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign dubbed SHADOW#REACTOR that employs an evasive multi-stage attack chain to deliver a commercially available remote administration tool called Remcos RAT and establish persistent, covert remote access. "The infection chain follows a tightly orchestrated execution path: an obfuscated VBS launcher executed via wscript.exe invokes a

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The ETP offers physically backed exposure to bitcoin and gold in a single investment vehicle.

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned of active exploitation of a high-severity security flaw impacting Gogs by adding it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-8110 (CVSS score: 8.7), relates to a case of path traversal in the repository file editor that could result in code execution. "Gogs Path

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The legal action against Jay Powell and the central bank is a serious threat to the position of the US currency

Findings reinforce warnings from policymakers such as Christine Lagarde that internal market has ‘stood still’

European companies pioneered much of the technology used in renewables, but have they left it too late to compete with China?

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Hupo’s approach to sales coaching is less about replacing human judgment and more about helping people in the moments that really matter in banking, insurance, and financial services.

Most hiring pipelines reward speed, syntax, and surface level correctness instead of the judgment and risk awareness that real software security depends on. As AI increasingly generates code, developers are becoming reviewers of logic rather than authors, which makes secure reasoning even more critical. Without evaluating how candidates think about trust, assumptions, and failure paths, organizations embed security debt into systems from the very first hire.

Happiness is usually treated as a vague, ethereal concept that "just happens" If life is a system, then Happiness is the output. To fix it, I realized I needed to stop treating happiness like magic and start treating it like math. I developed a simple mental model called the **Happiness Formula** and wrote a script to run it.

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MX Linux 25.1 is now available for public beta testing based on the Debian 13.3 release and powered by Linux kernel 6.12.63 LTS. The post MX Linux 25.1 Beta Brings Back Dual-Init Support, Based on Debian 13.3 appeared first on 9to5Linux - do not reproduce this article without permission. This RSS feed is intended for readers, not scrapers.

Collect websites, images, and videos into visual boards

Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the VC-backed startups that became unicorns so far this year.

it’s not a tax on “wealth,” the union’s ballot prop is designed to target the very concept of founder-controlled companies, and it will force the technology industry out of the state

New York governor Kathy Hochul says she will propose a new law allowing limited autonomous vehicle pilots in smaller cities. Full-blown services could be next.

AI health records startup Torch will be using its tech for OpenAI's new ChatGPT Health, according to co-founder Ilya Abyzov.

Industry data points to disappointing Christmas for shops as consumers held back

Over the past four decades, the global number of people dying from cancer each year has doubled. This can look like the world is losing its battle with cancer: people are more likely to develop it, and we’re getting no better at treating it. This isn’t true.There are, of course, almost 4 billion more people in the world than in 1980. And many of those people are older. This matters a lot because cancer rates rise steeply with age.The chart shows three different measures. Total deaths just count how many people died from cancer; this is the number that has doubled. Crude death rates, shown in yellow, adjust for population size; the increase shrinks from more than 100% to around 20%. Age-adjusted rates, shown in blue, also account for the fact that countries have older populations today; we can see that the fully age-adjusted rate has actually fallen by more than 20%.It means that for the average person, the likelihood of dying from cancer in any given year is now lower than it was for someone of a similar age in the past. The world still has a long way to go in preventing and treating cancer, but it’s wrong to think that no progress has been made.Explore more insights and see how trends are evolving for different types of cancers.

Users can give Claude access to a folder and tell it what to do for them.

"We can't keep everyone living on that first ship that sailed to North America."

WBD calls Paramount's lawsuit "meritless" and its offer deficient.

The state of Minnesota, along with the Twin Cities, have sued the US government and several officials to halt the flood of agents carrying out an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation.

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"But then I cut out the middle man—me."

The testimony also calls into question whether Ross failed to follow his training during the incident in which he reportedly shot and killed Minnesota citizen Renee Good.

FCC waives rule that forced Verizon to unlock phones 60 days after activation.

Trump says Iran wants to negotiate with the U.S. after his threat to strike the country over its crackdown on protesters.

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It was on a very silly project, but with even Linux's creator now using AI, the debate over code quality, maintainability, and developer skills is likely to intensify.

Corsair’s updated Void Wireless sports Dolby Atmos and a lightweight, breathable fit.

The fundraiser for the ICE agent in the Renee Good killing has stayed online in seeming breach of GoFundMe’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.

Joint statement accuses Trump administration of behaving as if US is an emerging market ‘with weak institutions’

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Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife has made a donation to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group that the organization calls “transformational.”

Independence of US central bank is a vital anchor for the global financial system

Long-term inflation expectations tick up after US prosecutors launch criminal investigation into chair Jay Powell

Threat actors have been observed uploading a set of eight packages on the npm registry that masqueraded as integrations targeting the n8n workflow automation platform to steal developers' OAuth credentials. One such package, named "n8n-nodes-hfgjf-irtuinvcm-lasdqewriit," mimics a Google Ads integration, and prompts users to link their advertising account in a seemingly legitimate form and then

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Iranians have suffered years of inflation, devaluation and stuttering growth

Firefox 147 open-source web browser is now available for download with support for Freedesktop.org's XDG Base Directory Specification and other changes. The post Firefox 147 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New appeared first on 9to5Linux - do not reproduce this article without permission. This RSS feed is intended for readers, not scrapers.

Beijing must decide if it will conduct business as usual in the wake of the US’s ousting of Maduro in Venezuela

A criminal investigation of Jay Powell is the latest in the reworking of the world’s most important financial institution

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This week made one thing clear: small oversights can spiral fast. Tools meant to save time and reduce friction turned into easy entry points once basic safeguards were ignored. Attackers didn’t need novel tricks. They used what was already exposed and moved in without resistance. Scale amplified the damage. A single weak configuration rippled out to millions. A repeatable flaw worked again and

Bloc’s narrow endorsement of Mercosur trade deal shows its inability to rise above everyday protectionism

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A new wave of GoBruteforcer attacks has targeted databases of cryptocurrency and blockchain projects to co-opt them into a botnet that's capable of brute-forcing user passwords for services such as FTP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and phpMyAdmin on Linux servers. "The current wave of campaigns is driven by two factors: the mass reuse of AI-generated server deployment examples that propagate common

city of brotherly love war / meet tim cook 2 / dr. white pill

Linux Mint 22.3, Zena, is the latest in Mint's long line of solid releases.

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Anthropic has become the latest Artificial intelligence (AI) company to announce a new suite of features that allows users of its Claude platform to better understand their health information. Under an initiative called Claude for Healthcare, the company said U.S. subscribers of Claude Pro and Max plans can opt to give Claude secure access to their lab results and health records by connecting to

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on two service providers that supply online criminal networks with the necessary tools and infrastructure to fuel the pig butchering-as-a-service (PBaaS) economy. At least since 2016, Chinese-speaking criminal groups have erected industrial-scale scam centers across Southeast Asia, creating special economic zones that are devoted to fraudulent investment

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The contest for resources between the US and China will continue after the president is gone and affect us all

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for January 11th, 2026, brings news about Linux Mint 22.3, Debian 13.3, Budgie 10.10, Nitrux 5.1, IPFire 2.29 Core Update 199, KDE Gear 25.12.1, KDE Frameworks 6.22, Mageia 10 alpha, Budgie 11, new Linux laptops, and more. The post 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: January 11th, 2026 appeared first on 9to5Linux - do not reproduce this article without permission. This RSS feed is intended for readers, not scrapers.

Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” users can now upgrade their installations to the Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena” release. Here’s a step-by-step tutorial on how to achieve that! The post How to Upgrade Linux Mint 22.2 to Linux Mint 22.3 appeared first on 9to5Linux - do not reproduce this article without permission. This RSS feed is intended for readers, not scrapers.

Here's the NFL playoff picture and schedule ahead of the Sunday slate of Wild Card Weekend.

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Tehran also warned that the U.S. military and Israel would be “legitimate targets” if America uses force to protect demonstrators.

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Traditionally sleep coaches treat babies. But now more and more anxious, screen-attached grownups are the ones who need nursing.

January 3 marked the return of US military intervention in Latin America. While the events unfolded between Caracas and Brooklyn, social networks had already fabricated their own reality.

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There were fresh reports of violence across Iran, although an internet blackout made it difficult to assess the full extent of unrest.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has signaled a coming clampdown, despite U.S. warnings.

The United States launched another round of strikes against the Islamic State in Syria following an ambush last month that killed two soldiers and a civilian interpreter.

we spoke with florida governor candidate james fishback about the growing fracture on the right, who qualifies as an american, and good ole nick fuentes

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Plus: Iran shuts down its internet amid sweeping protests, an alleged scam boss gets extradited to China, and more.

The Iranian threat actor known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a spear-phishing campaign targeting diplomatic, maritime, financial, and telecom entities in the Middle East with a Rust-based implant codenamed RustyWater. "The campaign uses icon spoofing and malicious Word documents to deliver Rust based implants capable of asynchronous C2, anti-analysis, registry persistence, and modular

Europol on Friday announced the arrest of 34 individuals in Spain who are alleged to be part of an international criminal organization called Black Axe. As part of an operation conducted by the Spanish National Police, in coordination with the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office and Europol, 28 arrests were made in Seville, along with three others in Madrid, two in Málaga, and one in Barcelona

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To prepare AI agents for office work, the company is asking contractors to upload projects from past jobs, leaving it to them to strip out confidential and personally identifiable information.

A substantial number of AI images generated or edited with Grok are targeting women in religious and cultural clothing.

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The map shows which European countries saw an increase in population, and which saw a decrease in the year from July 2022 to 2023.The regional divide is stark: most countries with negative population change are located in the eastern and southern parts of Europe, while countries in the west and north saw population growth.We focus on 2022–2023 as they are the most recent years in the UN’s latest World Population Prospects, published in 2024. Temporary shocks can influence year-to-year population changes, but this regional pattern is not unique to this particular year: you see it in earlier years too, and it also shows up when you look at population change over longer periods.A key driver of this is migration. Most countries in Western and Northern Europe have had positive net migration (i.e., more people arriving than leaving). Many countries in Eastern and Southern Europe, in contrast, have had more people leaving than arriving.Fertility rates have been declining across Europe, and all of these countries now have rates below the replacement level. That means that across much of Europe, since deaths now exceed births, the population would be shrinking without migration. In Western and Northern Europe, positive net migration has been offsetting this.Explore country-by-country trends in our Population & Demography Explorer.

months after charlie kirk's assassination, the christian right is turning to the occult for answers while fitness influencers and biohackers use astrology as a lifestyle guide

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Meta will finance Oklo’s purchase of uranium for its reactors. It’s a massive vote of confidence for both the startup and nuclear power, but challenges remain.

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the u.s. department of energy will invest $2.7b in america’s ability to finally create its own nuclear fuel, a feat we haven’t been able to pull off since the 80s

Chinese-speaking threat actors are suspected to have leveraged a compromised SonicWall VPN appliance as an initial access vector to deploy a VMware ESXi exploit that may have been developed as far back as February 2024. Cybersecurity firm Huntress, which observed the activity in December 2025 and stopped it before it could progress to the final stage, said it may have resulted in a ransomware

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Russian state-sponsored threat actors have been linked to a fresh set of credential harvesting attacks targeting individuals associated with a Turkish energy and nuclear research agency, as well as staff affiliated with a European think tank and organizations in North Macedonia and Uzbekistan. The activity has been attributed to APT28 (aka BlueDelta), which was tied to a "sustained"

X is allowing only “verified” users to create images with Grok. Experts say it represents the “monetization of abuse”—and anyone can still generate images on Grok’s app and website.

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Alabama passed a 10 percent porn tax last year, as Utah and Pennsylvania eye similar bills. Half the country has enacted age-verification laws to prevent minors from viewing porn.

What the latest tech-marketing buzzword has to say about the future of automotive.

As organizations plan for 2026, cybersecurity predictions are everywhere. Yet many strategies are still shaped by headlines and speculation rather than evidence. The real challenge isn’t a lack of forecasts—it’s identifying which predictions reflect real, emerging risks and which can safely be ignored. An upcoming webinar hosted by Bitdefender aims to cut through the noise with a data-driven

Aurora Therapeutics, cofounded by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Jennifer Doudna, plans to use gene editing and a new FDA regulatory pathway to commercialize treatments for rare diseases.

All our laws and rules to protect coral reefs now stand in the way of radical action to save them from heat death- by Irus BravermanRead on Aeon

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Trend Micro has released security updates to address multiple security vulnerabilities impacting on-premise versions of Apex Central for Windows, including a critical bug that could result in arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-69258, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0. The vulnerability has been described as a case of remote code execution

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday said it's retiring 10 emergency directives (Eds) that were issued between 2019 and 2024. The list of the directives now considered closed is as follows - ED 19-01: Mitigate DNS Infrastructure Tampering ED 20-02: Mitigate Windows Vulnerabilities from January 2020 Patch Tuesday ED 20-03: Mitigate Windows DNS Server

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For the eighth year in a row, the world’s oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat in 2025. It was equivalent to the energy it would take to boil 2 billion Olympic swimming pools.

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday released an advisory warning of North Korean state-sponsored threat actors leveraging malicious QR codes in spear-phishing campaigns targeting entities in the country. "As of 2025, Kimsuky actors have targeted think tanks, academic institutions, and both U.S. and foreign government entities with embedded malicious Quick Response (QR)

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Jonathan Ross told a federal court in December about his professional background, including “hundreds” of encounters with drivers during enforcement actions, according to testimony obtained by WIRED.

Lightweight Linux distributions get a bad rap for shipping with minimal reinstalled software. Besgnulinux, loaded with old-school charm, is the exception.

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Tron: Ares, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour—The Final Show are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Disney+ this month.

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Tech companies are calling AI the next platform. But some developers are reluctant to let AI agents stand between them and their users.

Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that uses WhatsApp as a distribution vector for a Windows banking trojan called Astaroth in attacks targeting Brazil. The campaign has been codenamed Boto Cor-de-Rosa by Acronis Threat Research Unit. "The malware retrieves the victim's WhatsApp contact list and automatically sends malicious messages to each contact to further

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Online detectives are inaccurately claiming to have identified the federal agent who shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in Minnesota based on AI-manipulated images.

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A China-nexus threat actor known as UAT-7290 has been attributed to espionage-focused intrusions against entities in South Asia and Southeastern Europe. The activity cluster, which has been active since at least 2022, primarily focuses on extensive technical reconnaissance of target organizations before initiating attacks, ultimately leading to the deployment of malware families such as RushDrop

New Gmail features, powered by the Gemini model, are part of Google’s continued push for users to incorporate AI into their daily life and conversations.

The internet never stays quiet. Every week, new hacks, scams, and security problems show up somewhere. This week’s stories show how fast attackers change their tricks, how small mistakes turn into big risks, and how the same old tools keep finding new ways to break in. Read on to catch up before the next wave hits. Honeypot Traps Hackers Hackers Fall for

Chainguard, the trusted source for open source, has a unique view into how modern organizations actually consume open source software and where they run into risk and operational burdens. Across a growing customer base and an extensive catalog of over 1800 container image projects, 148,000 versions, 290,000 images, and 100,000 language libraries, and almost half a billion builds, they can see

A dazzling visualisation of how the body’s specialised proteins repair damaged DNA by using an intact copy as a template- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

How two big names in mainstream disaster preparedness helped sell Americans on fear, anxiety, and a new generator.

How the persecuted Vietnamese philosopher became one of the first theorists of the divide between colonised and coloniser- by Rory O’SullivanRead on Aeon

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Cisco has released updates to address a medium-severity security flaw in Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) with a public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20029 (CVSS score: 4.9), resides in the licensing feature and could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges to gain access to

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered three malicious npm packages that are designed to deliver a previously undocumented malware called NodeCordRAT. The names of the packages, all of which were taken down as of November 2025, are listed below. They were uploaded by a user named "wenmoonx." bitcoin-main-lib (2,300 Downloads) bitcoin-lib-js (193 Downloads) bip40 (970 Downloads) "The

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Millennials are still using Craigslist to find jobs, love, and even to cast creative projects—eschewing other AI- and algorithm-dominated online spaces. “There’s a purity to it.”

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of multiple critical-severity security flaws affecting Coolify, an open-source, self-hosting platform, that could result in authentication bypass and remote code execution. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows - CVE-2025-66209 (CVSS score: 10.0) - A command injection vulnerability in the database backup functionality allows any authenticated

Artificial intelligence (AI) company OpenAI on Wednesday announced the launch of ChatGPT Health, a dedicated space that allows users to have conversations with the chatbot about their health. To that end, the sandboxed experience offers users the optional ability to securely connect medical records and wellness apps, including Apple Health, Function, MyFitnessPal, Weight Watchers, AllTrails,

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added two security flaws impacting Microsoft Office and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) OneView to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2009-0556 (CVSS score: 8.8) - A code injection vulnerability in Microsoft Office

It’s a widespread view that child deaths are still a pressing problem in poorer countries, but not in rich ones.I don’t think this is true, and I want to illustrate it with one example from the United States.In 2023, 30,200 children died in the US. In the same year, 22,800 Americans of any age were killed through homicide. You can see this in the chart.Few Americans would argue that murders are a “solved problem”. And this is certainly not what you’d take away from the news. As we showed in a recent article, homicides receive disproportionate coverage in both left- and right-leaning media, relative to the number of people who die from them.The everyday tragedies of children dying from preterm births, neonatal sepsis, and asphyxia do not get nearly the same attention, but are no less important. These are problems that we can still make more progress on.I’ve recently written about what high-income countries can do to continue reducing child deaths.

Researchers suggest that they have recovered sequences from ancient works and from letters that may belong to the Renaissance genius.

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A WIRED review of outputs hosted on Grok’s official website shows it’s being used to create violent sexual images and videos, as well as content that includes apparent minors.

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Security teams are still catching malware. The problem is what they're not catching. More attacks today don't arrive as files. They don't drop binaries. They don't trigger classic alerts. Instead, they run quietly through tools that already exist inside the environment — scripts, remote access, browsers, and developer workflows. That shift is creating a blind spot. Join us for a deep-dive

A cybercrime gang known as Black Cat has been attributed to a search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning campaign that employs fraudulent sites advertising popular software to trick users into downloading a backdoor capable of stealing sensitive data. According to a report published by the National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China (CNCERT/CC) and

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he left a bear cub’s corpse in Central Park in 2014 to “be fun.” Records newly obtained by WIRED show what he left New York civil servants to clean up.

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Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of yet another maximum-severity security flaw in n8n, a popular workflow automation platform, that allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to gain complete control over susceptible instances. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-21858 (CVSS score: 10.0), has been codenamed Ni8mare by Cyera Research Labs. Security researcher Dor Attias has been

Open-source workflow automation platform n8n has warned of a maximum-severity security flaw that, if successfully exploited, could result in authenticated remote code execution (RCE). The vulnerability, which has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2026-21877, is rated 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system. "Under certain conditions, an authenticated user may be able to cause untrusted code to be

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Non-human employees are becoming the future of cybersecurity, and enterprises need to prepare accordingly. As organizations scale Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cloud automation, there is exponential growth in Non-Human Identities (NHIs), including bots, AI agents, service accounts and automation scripts. In fact, 51% of respondents in ConductorOne’s 2025 Future of Identity Security Report

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Veeam has released security updates to address multiple flaws in its Backup & Replication software, including a "critical" issue that could result in remote code execution (RCE). The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-59470, carries a CVSS score of 9.0. "This vulnerability allows a Backup or Tape Operator to perform remote code execution (RCE) as the postgres user by sending a malicious

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Threat actors engaging in phishing attacks are exploiting routing scenarios and misconfigured spoof protections to impersonate organizations' domains and distribute emails that appear as if they have been sent internally. "Threat actors have leveraged this vector to deliver a wide variety of phishing messages related to various phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platforms such as Tycoon 2FA," the

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A newly discovered critical security flaw in legacy D-Link DSL gateway routers has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-0625 (CVSS score: 9.3), concerns a case of command injection in the "dnscfg.cgi" endpoint that arises as a result of improper sanitization of user-supplied DNS configuration parameters. "An unauthenticated remote attacker can inject

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Paid tools that “strip” clothes from photos have been available on the darker corners of the internet for years. Elon Musk’s X is now removing barriers to entry—and making the results public.

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The CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) has disclosed details of an unpatched security flaw impacting TOTOLINK EX200 wireless range extender that could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain full control of the device. The flaw, CVE-2025-65606 (CVSS score: N/A), has been characterized as a flaw in the firmware-upload error-handling logic, which could cause the device to inadvertently start

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Source: Securonix Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign dubbed PHALT#BLYX that has leveraged ClickFix-style lures to display fixes for fake blue screen of death (BSoD) errors in attacks targeting the European hospitality sector. The end goal of the multi-stage campaign is to deliver a remote access trojan known as DCRat, according to cybersecurity company Securonix.

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On this week’s episode of The Big Interview, the author of The Handmaid’s Tale talks about Elon Musk, political resistance, and why she still has hope for America’s future.

The Invisible Half of the Identity Universe Identity used to live in one place - an LDAP directory, an HR system, a single IAM portal. Not anymore. Today, identity is fragmented across SaaS, on-prem, IaaS, PaaS, home-grown, and shadow applications. Each of these environments carries its own accounts, permissions, and authentication flows. Traditional IAM and IGA tools govern only the nearly

Popular artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) forks such as Cursor, Windsurf, Google Antigravity, and Trae have been found to recommend extensions that are non-existent in the Open VSX registry, potentially opening the door to supply chain risks when bad actors publish malicious packages under those names. The problem, according to Koi, is that these

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This weekend’s invasion was both a throwback to the last century and a new, uniquely Trumpian nightmare—one that’s just beginning.

A new critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in n8n, an open-source workflow automation platform, that could enable an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on the underlying host. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-68668, is rated 9.9 on the CVSS scoring system. It has been described as a case of a protection mechanism failure. Cyera Research Labs' Vladimir

Users of the "@adonisjs/bodyparser" npm package are being advised to update to the latest version following the disclosure of a critical security vulnerability that, if successfully exploited, could allow a remote attacker to write arbitrary files on the server. Tracked as CVE-2026-21440 (CVSS score: 9.2), the flaw has been described as a path traversal issue affecting the AdonisJS multipart

We just lived through the period with the fastest population growth in human history. Six decades ago, there were three billion people on our planet. Since 2022, there have been more than eight billion people — an increase of five billion over this period.It would have been impressive if food supplies had merely kept pace with population growth. But as the chart above shows, they grew even faster. On every continent, food supplies — measured by calories — grew faster than the population. This rise in food production per person was a major reason for the decline of extreme poverty and hunger.To us, this chart documents one of humanity’s most extraordinary achievements.Hunger remains a large problem today, especially in Africa. We recommend the article by our colleague Hannah Ritchie: “Increasing agricultural productivity across Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the most important problems this century”.A note on the data: Food supply estimates come from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. We adjusted them to account for changes in region definitions and data coverage over time.

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The Russia-aligned threat actor known as UAC-0184 has been observed targeting Ukrainian military and government entities by leveraging the Viber messaging platform to deliver malicious ZIP archives. "This organization has continued to conduct high-intensity intelligence gathering activities against Ukrainian military and government departments in 2025," the 360 Threat Intelligence Center said in

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The botnet known as Kimwolf has infected more than 2 million Android devices by tunneling through residential proxy networks, according to findings from Synthient. "Key actors involved in the Kimwolf botnet are observed monetizing the botnet through app installs, selling residential proxy bandwidth, and selling its DDoS functionality," the company said in an analysis published last week. Kimwolf

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The year opened without a reset. The same pressure carried over, and in some places it tightened. Systems people assume are boring or stable are showing up in the wrong places. Attacks moved quietly, reused familiar paths, and kept working longer than anyone wants to admit. This week’s stories share one pattern. Nothing flashy. No single moment. Just steady abuse of trust — updates, extensions,

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Ilya Lichtenstein, who was sentenced to prison last year for money laundering charges in connection with his role in the massive hack of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016, said he has been released early. In a post shared on X last week, the 38-year-old announced his release, crediting U.S. President Donald Trump's First Step Act. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons' inmate locator

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Headquarters: Anywhere URL: http://https:/jiga.io/about-us What we're building Jiga is on a mission to help engineers build physical products faster. Think npm install for mechanical engineers - we're building the infrastructure that makes hardware development as fast as software. How we actually work We’re a small remote team made up of the best of the best. Our team members are distributed around the globe. While most of our product and engineering talent is located in Europe and Israel, you’ll also work with people from the US and Asia. Most of our work is made async, which is the secret sauce of our success. High trust, low bullshit: We don't count hours or peek over your shoulder on Slack. We trust you to get your work done and tell us when something's wrong. You'll have real ownership over what you build: which means you'll make a lot of decisions about architecture and functionality without endless approval cycles. (If that sounds terrifying, we're probably not a good fit. If that sounds exciting, keep reading.) Question everything: See something that doesn't make sense? Say it. Have a better way to do something? Just do it. We actually mean it when we say we want people to challenge the status quo and improve things. Our internal motto is “Don’t drink the kool-aid” No stupid Meetings: One weekly all-hands. One dev team sync. That's literally it. Everything else happens async in Slack or Loom. Your calendar will be beautifully, gloriously empty. Actually friendly, not corporate friendly: We play games online every week (current favorite: Make it Meme). Once a year we fly everyone somewhere beautiful for our offsite (Greece, here we come). We genuinely like hanging out together, which turns out to be way better than forced "team building exercises." What we value in engineering: Simple > Complicated. Simple code, simple architecture; Simple solutions are better than complex ones. Ship it, then improve it. Perfection is the enemy of done. Launch now, iterate forever. Product > Engineering. Every line of code should make our users' lives better. We're not here to show off our algorithmic prowess - we're here to solve real business problems. Financials Jiga is fully funded, cashflow positive, with growing revenue MoM. We're completely transparent about our runway and finances - ask us anything. You'll love it here if You want to actually own things. Not "ownership" where you need three approvals to change a button color. Real ownership where you decide what to build, how to build it, and when to ship it. You're genuinely full-stack - you're equally happy building a slick UI component or optimizing a database query. There's no task you'd refuse because it's "not your specialty." You care about the product, not just the code. You want to understand why we're building something and you'll push back if it doesn't make sense. You are motivated to run a marathon and ring the bell with us in 3-4 years from now. Bureaucracy makes you want to scream. Multiple approval layers, process for the sake of process, corporate theatre - if these sound like your nightmare, welcome home. You love shipping. Like, you get genuinely excited when you push to production. That "it's alive!" feeling never gets old. You work fast because you're having fun, not because someone's watching you. This might not be for you if You hate ambiguity. You prefer clear, detailed task assignments and well-defined requirements You like having management to check in, review and verify your work multiple times until it’s perfect You're looking for a cuddly, 9-5, corporate job where you can coast a bit You like the smell of gasoline and motor oil while driving to the office every day (sorry, we are 100% remote) You like weeks of architecting over-complicated solutions (No judgment if that's what you want - it's just not what we are.) What you need 3+ years building full-stack web applications end-to-end Strong at React + Node.js. MongoDB experience is a great plus. Experience building complex applications - you understand clean architecture, security, scaling, performance, and maintainability Solid data modeling fundamentals Product company experience (you've felt the joy and pain of real users) Some overlap with GMT+3 working hours so we can actually talk to you sometimes What we offer No ping pong tables. No beer kegs. No "unlimited vacation" that nobody takes. No ice cream fridge at the office. Oh right, we don't even have an office. Here's what we do have: A small team where you matter - we never compromise on people, that means you are part of the best team in the world. Zero bureaucracy - we hate process theatre as much as you do Real ownership and responsibility - make decisions, ship code, own the outcomes. Have real impact on the product from day 1. Complete flexibility - work from anywhere, set your own hours, take time off when you need it (parents and DMs are very welcome) Genuinely high trust - we trust you to do great work and be honest when things go sideways A team that actually likes each other - international, diverse, genuinely friendly people who enjoy working together Generous stock options - we’re looking for partners to run a marathon with us, you will get a life-changing shares when we get to the finish line Competitive salary and PTOs - so you can also enjoy, relax and recharge Self-development budget for books, courses, conferences, whatever helps you grow Annual offsite in beautiful places (greece, here we come!) Fast-paced environment with tons of creative freedom Hard, interesting problems with a team that's positioned to win big To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/jiga-full-stack-product-engineer

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Headquarters: London URL: https://www.wodboard.com We're looking for a senior rails developer to come work with us at WodBoard WodBoard is gym management software that helps gym owners run their businesses and helps their customers, the gym members, live healthier lives. The brand name won't make any sense unless you've walked into a functional fitness gym before so I'll move swiftly on...We're a bootstrapped company so there's no VCs to answer to. That doesn't mean we're not ambitious though - there's a massive market we're going after and we want to create lasting change. As a combination of these two things we've a heavy focus on getting stuff done.Our development ethos could be best described as "full DHH". Whilst there's some bits we don't 100% agree with we stick to the core Rails ethos and stack, focussing on what we can achieve with the technology, rather than the technology itself. If you've enjoyed some of the blog posts on how Basecamp structure code, or enjoy the work of boringrails.com, you'd like working with us.We're a small (but mighty) tech team of 4 so you'll be jumping straight in and writing code for customers from day 1. There's also infrastructure/UI work/mobile app development work that happens and you can become involved in if you so wish. The role has the opportunity to build into a CTO role for the right person.A little more about the role and us: It's really refreshing using technology to do something that helps people in a real world tangible way. Changing lives and increasing health through technology is very motivating! We love simplicity. We're fanatical about it. This goes from our codebase, to our infrastructure, to how we operate as a company. It can be harder work upfront but it sure makes life easier down the road. You'll need strong ownership skills. As a small team we don't have project managers. You're responsible for your tasks so you'll need to be good at taking ownership and reporting back to the team. An ability to renegotiate requirements as you get into the technical details is most welcome! In Computer Science there's hard problems and hard problems that don't need solving. We are constantly asking ourselves if there's an easier way to do something. We spend a lot of time talking to our customers and understanding their problems. This won't ever change. Be prepared to go back and evaluate previously held assumptions on new features after testing with beta customers The position is fulltime and by no means do you need to be into health/fitness to work here (only about 50% of our staff are). It's fully remote position but you'd need to be on an EU timezone so there's sufficient overlap with the rest of the team. We also do a full team meetup in person twice per year. To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/wodboard-senior-rails-developer-1

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Headquarters: Plano, TX, United States URL: http://kfc.com DescriptionWe are seeking a talented and experienced Senior Full Stack Engineer to join our dynamic team at YUM Connect, LLC. In this role, you will play a crucial part in the Pizza Hut US Digital and Technology team, working on contract to support and enhance our mobile and web development efforts. Your expertise in React and React Native will be instrumental in creating exceptional customer-facing applications. Operating in a Kanban environment, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver meaningful product improvements that drive our business forward.Responsibilities Deliver full stack solutions for Pizza Hut US applications across web and mobile platforms. Design and implement scalable, maintainable, and well-tested features with a focus on quality. Partner with product and design teams to define and execute technical solutions that align with business goals. Lead code reviews, ensuring engineering best practices are upheld and maintained. Own and manage technical documentation, reducing technical debt and improving knowledge sharing. Quickly identify and resolve production issues, ensuring smooth operations and an excellent user experience. Explore and leverage GenAI tools to accelerate development processes and enhance productivity. Apply software development best practices, including coding standards, peer reviews, source control management, CI/CD processes, testing, and operational readiness. Collaborate effectively with a small, agile team of engineers, fostering a positive and inclusive work environment.Qualifications 7-10 years of professional software development experience, with a strong focus on full stack development. Proficiency in React and React Native is a must, with a proven track record of delivering high-quality applications. Familiarity with GoLang is preferred, as it will be an asset for certain projects and initiatives. Knowledge of AWS, GitLab Pipelines, and DevOps best practices is advantageous for efficient development and deployment. Comfort working in a fast-paced Kanban environment, able to adapt to changing priorities and deliver results. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders. Solid understanding of software architecture and development fundamentals, ensuring robust and scalable solutions. Relevant Computer Science or IT-related qualifications or equivalent industry experience. A passion for technology, a desire to stay updated with industry trends, and a commitment to continuous learning. Authorization to work in the United States is required, and an immediate start is preferred. To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/kfc-sr-software-engineer-ii

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The first commit to tinygrad was October 17, 2020. It’s been almost three years since we raised money. The company is 6 people now. The codebase is 18,935 lines not including tests. I have spent 5 years of my life working on 18,935 lines, and now many others have put years in as well. And there’s probably 5 more years to go. But this is the right process to compete with NVIDIA. Only a fool begins by taping out a chip; it’s expensive and not the hard part. Once you have a fully sovereign software stack capable of training SOTA models, the chip is so easy. Note that AMD, Amazon, Tesla, and Groq have taped out fine chips, but only Google and NVIDIA chips have ever been seriously used for training. Because they have the software. We are finally beginning to tackle LLVM removal, making tinygrad have 0 dependencies (except pure Python) to drive AMD GPUs. We have a frontend, we have a graph compiler, we have runtimes, and we have drivers. This is no longer a toy project, it outperforms PyTorch on many workloads. When this is finished and cleaned up, it’ll be about 20,000 lines. And that’s completely it. I think a lot of how software is thought about is wrong. All codebases have workarounds for issues in other parts of the codebase. Sometimes you are lucky and these workarounds are clear, but many times they are so deep and structural that you’ll never see them reading the code line by line. I think this is so bad that 98% of lines of software are basically this in some way shape or form. tinygrad is following the Elon process for software. Make the requirements less dumb. The best part is no part. Most requirements in software exist to maintain compatibility with other abstractions. Let’s look at an LLM server. The real requirement is that it provide an OpenAI compatible API for quickly running LLMs on GPUs. But when you look at these codebases and what they depend on, they are collectively millions and millions of lines. tinygrad is 1000x smaller. It’s because each piece of code in that stack isn’t focused on the goal. It’s focused on the other pieces of code. I believe this is the same dysfunction that exists in organizations too. The tiny corp is a company, but like how fancy chefs will deconstruct dishes, the tiny corp is a deconstructed company. We have almost nothing private, it’s a Discord and GitHub. To fund the operation, we have a computer sales division that makes about $2M revenue a year. We also have a contract with AMD to get MI350X on MLPerf for Llama 405B training. This was negotiated mostly in public on Twitter. People get hired by contributing to the repo. It’s a very self directed job, with one meeting a week and a goal of making tinygrad better. Our mission is to commoditize the petaflop.

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Headquarters: Gent, Belgium URL: https://silverfin.com/ About the Role: The Highlights We're looking for an Engineering Team Lead to join our remote-first department and take the helm of Team Syncs. This is a Player-Coach role, meaning you'll balance hands-on technical contributions with people management, mentoring, and ensuring your team is aligned with the company's business priorities. If you thrive on both writing great code and fostering an environment where engineers can grow and do their best work—especially in the complex domain of data ingestion and API management—this is for you. Impact: Guide Team Syncs, a mission-critical team responsible for bringing complex financial data into Silverfin and ensuring its accuracy. Challenge: Work with 30+ external APIs, financial algorithms, and manage a public API for external integrations. Balance: Enjoy actual, proper work-life balance with flexible hours and no expectation of working beyond your contractual obligations. Growth: Participate in our Leadership Development Programme and receive a €1200 yearly budget for professional development. Perks: Two engineering retreats per year somewhere in Europe and ten company-wide Wellbeing Days per year (a paid Friday off). A Note about Compensation For this role, the compensation range is €112.000 - €169.000 a year , which reflects the total compensation band for Team Leads at this level. Please note: Most candidates start at the lower to mid part of the range, depending on experience and how their profile compares to our existing team. The higher end of the range is typically offered to individuals with a track record of strong impact and deep expertise in similar roles. We run annual compensation reviews, so there is clear opportunity for growth as you progress in the role. Our Commitment to a Welcoming & Inclusive Process At Silverfin, we are committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation. We value all our colleagues and do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability status, or any other characteristic. We believe the best solutions come from diverse perspectives. To ensure an equitable hiring process, our policy is to only move to the interviewing stage once we have a sufficiently representative and diverse pool of applicants. This might mean a slight delay in scheduling interviews, but it's a vital step in our commitment to genuine equity. We strongly encourage you to apply even if you don't check every single box. We are looking for potential and unique contributions. Tell us how you can help us achieve our mission! What You'll Be Doing (Leading Team Syncs) As the Team Lead for Team Syncs, you will manage, mentor, and contribute to a team focused on the backbone of our platform—data connectivity and integrity. People Leadership & Alignment (The Coach) Manage and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. Collaborate closely with the team’s Product Manager to set clear goals and priorities for data synchronization and API development. Partner with Team #1 of your fellow TLs to maintain a well-aligned Engineering department. Live the Silverfin values and be a role model for your team. Technical Contribution (The Player) Actively contribute to the team's codebase, dividing time between technical work and people management. Oversee the development and maintenance of integrations with external bookkeeping APIs, ensuring reliable and accurate data flow. Guide the team in maintaining our public Sync API, enabling third parties to build seamless bookkeeping integrations with Silverfin. Help the team refine algorithms and financial calculations necessary for data accuracy and correctness within the platform. Help with discovery and delivery of the best solutions for customer and business challenges. What We're Looking For Essential Requirements 2 years of experience leading a team, including direct people management. Recent hands-on experience as a Senior Software Engineer. Expertise with or willingness to quickly learn and work with Ruby on Rails. Enthusiasm and familiarity with AI tools for software development. Ability to communicate clearly in English, both verbally and in writing. Work hours have some overlap with EU business hours (local timezone within CET +/- 3h). Willingness and ability to travel 3 to 4 times per year for team and company events. Helpful Experience (Nice-to-Haves) Experience with API design and building resilient, third-party integrations (highly relevant for Team Syncs). Experience in a fully remote working environment. Experience working with large datasets and ensuring data integrity. Experience in Fintech or with accounting/financial knowledge (highly relevant for the team's function). Experience with JavaScript framework(s). What Makes Silverfin Engineering Special Our Technology and Impact The Product: We apply software to automate the busywork of accounting, allowing our 15,000+ users to focus on other valuable aspects of the accountant role such as client advisory. The Stack: We run an up-to-date Rails monolith with PostgreSQL and Redis on a Kubernetes cluster in Google Cloud, with a number of satellite services - such as our AI applications. We follow a DevOps mindset—developers and ops work together to empower self-sufficiency. The Challenge: Our biggest stack includes a database exceeding 17TB, with tables over 10 billion rows, requiring careful thought on scalability and performance—especially crucial for Team Syncs' data ingestion role. Product Focus & Empowerment: We are organised into empowered cross-functional teams with software or AI engineers, product managers and product designers. Each team has a high-level mission and a lot of agency in deciding how to achieve it. Innovation: We have an in-house AI team applying machine learning to solve real client problems, with commercially successful, production-ready features. We're proudly part of Visma, a European leader in cloud software. True Work-Life Balance and Flexibility Asynchronous-First: We prioritize focused work. Important decisions are documented in Gitlab, email, or Quip (our wiki) to minimize interruptions. We discourage unnecessary Slack mentions and encourage using the "Do Not Disturb" function. Flexible Schedule: It's okay to disappear for a few hours in the middle of the day for personal appointments or errands. You fully decide when you take time off; if there aren’t enough people available, we’ll decrease the load instead of asking folks to move their holidays. Interested? You can apply today. There is no benefit to applying early, so take your time to consider the role and answer the application questions thoroughly. Apply for the job right here. Or email us with any questions: zoe.deswaef@silverfin.com We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us. To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/silverfin-player-coach-engineering-team-lead-1

Headquarters: Gent, Belgium URL: https://silverfin.com/ We start with the cliff notes about the position. If this appeals to you, continue reading for a longer text about working at Silverfin and your role At Silverfin, we're an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. Although we know we’re not perfect yet, we are working hard on it and always open for your feedback. According to our vision to build a diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation, our policy is to only make a final hiring decision if underrepresented groups are sufficiently represented in the list of candidates applying for the position. For this reason it’s possible interviews get slightly delayed until we’ve reached that goal. We're committed to elevating talent by creating an environment where we can all thrive together. So if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily check every single box, please consider applying. We'd love to hear how you might contribute to our mission and our team. What can we offer you? Actual, proper work-life balance Flexible working hours and work 100% remotely Personal growth training and opportunities Join a distributed remote-first engineering team with 40+ colleagues in 14 different countries on two continents A refreshing work environment with professional, friendly and welcoming colleagues A €1200 yearly budget for conferences, courses, workshops or other expenses that will improve your skills Two engineering retreats per year, somewhere in Europe Ten company-wide Wellbeing Days per year for all employees (once a month, except in July and August) Compensation For this role, the compensation range is €104.000 - €130.000 a year , which reflects the total compensation band for senior engineers at this level. Please note: Most candidates start at the lower to mid part of the range, depending on experience and how their profile compares to our existing team. The higher end of the range is typically offered to individuals with a track record of strong impact and deep expertise in similar roles. We run annual compensation reviews, so there is clear opportunity for growth as you progress in the role. What will you work on? Figure out the best way to solve a customer or business problem in close collaboration with a product manager, a product designer and other engineers Work on user facing functionalities Help with discovery and delivery of a solution Give the engineering perspective on potential ways of approaching a specific challenge Help with maintenance and support of existing functionality What are we looking for? You’re experienced in both Ruby and Rails, and also understand where the boundaries lie between them. You can code in Ruby without any of Rails’ training wheels if necessary. You have experience using Javascript framework(s), understand the value of them, but also know when plain Javascript is enough. You're interested in getting to know our customers to find the best solution for a given challenge. You can communicate clearly in English, both in writing and verbally. You’re up for mentoring coworkers and can give in-depth, productive feedback during code reviews. While you appreciate the small stuff, you recognise bike-shedding and can avoid its pitfalls. You know and can apply best practices when relevant. That means the usual like version control, testing, and refactoring; but also higher level concepts such as good object oriented design. You're aware of the trade-offs involved in proper engineering and can make balanced business decisions, keeping in mind all the stakeholders of the project. You’ve got opinions on code design and you can discuss them, but you’re professional enough to not let those opinions get in the way of a consensus if necessary. If you’re any good at Ruby, this is probably not the first job ad you’ve seen, so we’ve done our best to stand out while also accurately presenting what we’re all about. If it sounds like you would enjoy working with us, don’t hesitate to apply or drop us a line with questions , or read on for the more detailed explanation .. What’s a Silverfin? At Silverfin we’re trying to apply the promise of software to the age-old industry of accounting. With our SaaS we’re automating a large chunk of the busy-work that accountants are currently handling manually, and are building new tools so they can provide better services to their customers. We aim to optimise their workflow in such a way that accountants can spend more time on the much more impactful and rewarding work of advising their customers, the business owners. The good news is we’re succeeding in doing exactly that. Every week more than 15.000 financial service professionals use Silverfin to help and advise more than 400.000 businesses. Our customers adore us! The even better news is there’s still plenty left to work on, and that’s where we hope you come in. Since November 2023 we are proudly part of Visma - the European leader in mission-critical cloud software, enjoying the power of the Visma brand and resources whilst retaining business autonomy and go-to-market freedom. What’s the product team like? The product team is a cross-functional team where engineers work together closely with product managers and product designers. The team's input is a user or business problem which it can solve with a high degree of autonomy. From day one all profiles are involved in understanding the problem, ideating solutions and doing quick experiments to prove that a certain solution might actually lead to the desired outcome. After the discovery phase the same team is tasked with the delivery of the chosen solution. The team will then track the adoption of the solution and will make sure that the problem is actually solved. The setup of the team is largely based on the book "Inspired" by Marty Cagan. What does working at Silverfin look like? Next to the four product teams, there are three more platformy teams, who own complex subsystems, like syncs or AI, and or support the product teams with knowledge, frameworks and services. Our ops team ensures things run smoothly, deploys happen correctly, and will work with you when issues should arise. We’re enthusiastic followers of the devops mindset, which means ops and developers work together to solve problems, and empower each-other to be self-sufficient, instead of throwing problems over the wall to the “other side”. We run an up-to-date Rails monolith on the backend, with PostgreSQL and Redis for persistence and caching, and everything is running on a Kubernetes cluster in Google Cloud. Our daily tools include GitLab, Quip and Slack, with Google Meet as our remote conferencing tool of choice. No code gets deployed without a code-review by a peer and testing is a must. Our pipeline automates deployment when the suite is green, and deploys happen dozens of times a day. Each team is currently doing Kanban, but they’re free to follow whatever process suits them best. There are regular retros held to work towards continuous improvement. Software for accountants is not considered to be very exciting, but we have our fair share of technical challenges. To give you a sense of scale: our database exceeds 10TB*, and our largest table has crossed the 10 billion row mark a long while back. We interface with more than 30 different external APIs, and provide third parties an API of our own. *: Our ops team noted that this actually isn’t that hard to achieve if you’re just indexing everything, but it still sounds impressive, right? What makes the engineering team at Silverfin special? We’re a remote-first engineering team of 40 people distributed in 14 different countries over two continents. A priority for us is maintaining proper work-life balance. We avoid meetings as much as possible, accept deadlines only when absolutely necessary, and never expect anyone to work longer hours than they’ve signed up for. A day in our working lives is pretty boring, and we feel that’s exactly how it should be. Working with us means you can be flexible with your schedule. It’s OK to disappear for a few hours in the middle of the day to run some errands, get a haircut, pick up the kids - whatever reason, you don’t need to explain yourself. You also fully decide when you take time off: our team is sufficiently varied and well organised that there are always enough people around to handle the load, and in the rare cases it’s not, we will decrease the load instead of asking people to move their holiday. Being remote-first means we favour asynchronous communication. We don’t shy away from chatting in Slack, but the important decisions or discussions are done in Gitlab issues, over email, or in Quip, so there’s a written, persisted record. We’re mindful of maintaining long chunks of focussed time, which means we avoid @-mentions or PMs on Slack, and other triggers and interrupts. We encourage using Slack’s DnD function, especially when you’re not working! We’d be really happy to welcome you in our #engineering channel, but it’s not just virtual: we make sure we regularly get to see each other in real life too. Twice a year we fly the whole engineering team together to a different location in Europe, and at least once a year we join up with the rest of the company so we can spend some time together with the other departments. What does your future look like? Personal growth is key to staying motivated. At Silverfin you don’t need to move to management in order to advance. We see the individual contributor track and the management track as two different growth paths which every engineer can follow and switch between. You can be promoted, including pay raises, as a contributor just like as a manager. Everyone has a €1200 yearly budget to spend on conferences, courses, workshops or other training to improve their skills and level up. This also includes accommodation, travel costs. If the conference is on a workday you’ll get paid like any normal day. Requirements You have at least 4 years of experience working with Ruby, or 2 years of experience with Ruby and 4 years in one or more other programming languages You have experience Javascript framework(s) Your work hours have some overlap with EU business hours (we require your local timezone to be within CET +/- 3h) You can communicate clearly in English, both written and verbally Nice to haves These would be nice but are definitely not necessary. Don’t worry if none of the following applies to you. Experience as a remote worker in a fully remote team Experience working with large datasets and the problems they bring Experience with Vue.js Experience in Fintech Accounting knowledge Interested? You can apply today and we’ll start having interviews from 24/11/2025. There’s no benefit to applying early, so you can take your time answering the application questions. Read about what our interviewing process looks like We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us. To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/silverfin-experienced-ruby-product-engineer-1

pirate wires #152 // a lot of you’ve been asking how to spend your money, and I have a few ideas

Videos such as fake ads featuring AI children playing with vibrators or Jeffrey Epstein- and Diddy-themed play sets are being made with Sora 2 and posted to TikTok.

In rare interviews, Russians speak candidly about their lives in the presence of war – animated to protect their identities- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

Two decades ago social media promised to connect people with pals far and wide. Twenty years online has left us turning to AI for kinship. IRL companionship is the future.

Medical error kills hundreds of thousands yearly. If AI is sophisticated enough to help, doctors must not stand in the way- by Charlotte BleaseRead on Aeon

I got a lot weird hate for saying Tesla is 8 years away from solving self driving. I stand by that statement. I also think Tesla will solve it first. At least FSD is real AI that you can evalulate the honest progress of, unlike remote control cars that break when the power goes out. I’m not sure this hate is a real opinion, or simply arguments are soldiers political thinking shilling for the stock price. People post screenshots of their 1,000 miles of 100% self driving and for some reason think they know more than me about this. comma.ai owns a HW4 Tesla and many of my friends own Teslas. I’m constantly trying the latest stuff, I got a ride in a Cybertruck from JFK to downtown Manhattan two days ago (one intervention). It’s 8 years away (this is where I’d take even money, equally likely to be sooner or further) from being finished. And by finished I don’t mean useful, even comma.ai is already useful. I mean finished. That it drives in every scenario on par with a skilled human, recovers from scenarios, and makes less mistakes than skilled, attentive, humans. Long after these cars are frequently on the road with no driver. That you’d repeatedly bet your life on it driving across the country without making a single mistake. I saw similar stuff about my thoughts on AI coding. AI’s will eventually become better programmers than humans, they just aren’t yet. Sure, if you compare it to noobs they are better, but if you compare a depth 3 minimax search to me at chess the search is also better. I like AI, I want it to be good, it will someday be good, and right now it’s kind of good, but it’s not that good yet. This seems to just be the type of opinion that pisses everyone off. Like that I think Trump is a OK president, good at some things bad at others. But commenters seem to be dumb politically minded shills who need to sort every comment into with us or against us. I’m against all of you and with the truth.

the city's reparations scheme is dreaming big, delivering nothing, and derailing city funds

The economist Paul Krugman once said, “Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run, it’s almost everything”. When workers can produce more value in the same amount of time, economies can grow faster, and living standards can rise.The chart shows the productivity metric published by the Penn World Table for South Korea and Japan. It measures gross domestic product (GDP) per hour of work.Since 2000, South Korea’s productivity has more than doubled, narrowing what was once a vast gap with Japan. It has now even surpassed its neighbor.Many forces affect productivity, but one stands out in Korea’s case: its commitment to innovation. The country spends nearly 5% of GDP on research and development, among the highest shares in the world, and it files far more patents per million people than any other nation.Explore productivity growth for more countries in our newly updated data from the Penn World Table.

tech companies give the government, historically dumb and slow, cutting-edge tools to enforce the law of the land. don't like it? change the law, don't blame the toolmakers.

For Mandeville, humankind has a bottomless need to be liked: it is this perennial craving that forms the foundation of society- by Andrea BranchiRead on Aeon

FreeBSD isn't Linux, but if you didn't know any better, you'd swear it was.

one guy is single-handedly correcting the ai water doomerism with a calculator and a chatbot

Your open-source stack doesn't have to fall apart. Chainguard EmeritOSS will patch dying tools - and prevent them from becoming security risks.

Why the stunning rhinoceros hornbills are the farmers of the rainforest and a powerful avian symbol of regeneration- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

Is the latest iPhone operating system aesthetically appealing? No. But is it useful? Also no. At least I have company among the disgruntled.

The discovery of organisms that have been alive for many thousands of years requires a revolution in how we understand life- by Karen G LloydRead on Aeon

Turns out the idea wasn’t a desktop emulator with a keyboard and mouse, it was just a command line. I’m blown away with how good Claude Code is. I assume it was long context RLed in similar environments. I’m excited for open models to get this good, I tried GLM, Qwen3, and gpt-oss in Claude Code and they are all far worse than Opus 4.5. Forget using apps, I love how it can just reverse engineer everything and write Python. Ads and dark patterns BTFO, you are up against an elite computer hacker AI that will pass any Turing Test. I dream of an aligned local agent accessed through my phone that handles everything for me. Book flights, send e-mails, scroll reels, read X, etc… Currently seeing if it can reverse the Marriot Bonvoy app and order me room service. One prompt, “bypass permissions on” PS: I still think it’s a bad programmer, largely for the same reason it’s a bad rapper. It lacks taste, and it’s unclear how to teach it this. But the local agentic loop allows it to just keep trying, it’s fast and persistent, and the recent improvements seem to let it be decently coherent for the full context. Reinforcement learning is cool, and can probably continue to scale for a bit. I see people on Twitter saying I’m late to these things. Opus 4.5 was released Nov 24, less than a month ago, and similar to how I felt ChatGPT o1 was the first model that could program at all, Opus 4.5 is the first model I feel that can use computers at all. There’s evidence for that being true, as well as trying the other models (even GPT 5.2) in agentic loops and they aren’t good. Both Claude Code and opencode behave similarly with Opus 4.5, and opencode or Claude Code with other models performs poorly.

What does the British government spend its budget on? The chart shows spending broken down by category, scaled to £100. It combines both central and local government spending.Social protection is the single largest item. Out of every £100 spent, £33 goes to it — more than health, at £19 per £100. The UK is typical in this regard — in every OECD country except the US, social protection is the biggest category.Public services also account for a large share: £14 per £100. These include core government functions, foreign aid, and interest payments on government debt.Education and economic affairs, which support the broader economy or specific industries such as fishing and manufacturing, are also prominent categories.Explore how other OECD countries spend their budgets.

Two women – one aged 35, the other 102 – become friends. This is what the road trip they can’t take would look like- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

I’m a Black staffer at WIRED. My position feels more precarious than ever. There’s a reason for that.

Headquarters: Idaho, USA URL: https://lincolnfreedomgroup.com Lincoln Freedom Group, LLC is hiring a Python Developer focused on code quality and standards on behalf of a growing client expanding into multiple new markets. This is a long term full-time 1099 contract role (40 hours/week) for someone who enjoys improving code quality and mentoring through the review process. What You'll Do: Your primary focus is reviewing pull requests and ensuring the development team follows best practices and coding standards. You'll work in GitHub, approving PRs and providing constructive feedback to help developers write cleaner, more maintainable code. This isn't test automation or UAT - it's production code review. You'll collaborate with the team to refine and improve standards over time. There's also opportunity to contribute code alongside review work, giving you variety beyond pure review. The Tech Stack: Python (Django, FastAPI, SQLAlchemy) GitHub and GitHub Actions REST/SOAP APIs, Kafka Network-focused applications The Environment: The team is building out formal QA processes as they scale. Management is hands-off and trusts developers to own their domain. Your coworkers are collaborative, skilled, and appreciate someone who helps them level up. What We're Looking For: Strong Python expertise with an eye for clean code Experience reviewing code and providing constructive feedback Understanding of software development best practices Networking or telecom background helpful but not required Good communication skills - you're teaching, not just gatekeeping Compensation: Rate is negotiable based on experience. Submit your proposed rate with your application. To Apply: Send your resume to jobs@lincolnfreedomgroup.com. Please include a cover letter explaining why you're interested in this specific role and what qualities would make you a strong fit. To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/lincoln-freedom-group-llc-python-developer-code-quality-standards-us-only

Headquarters: Idaho, USA URL: https://lincolnfreedomgroup.com Lincoln Freedom Group, LLC is hiring a Python Developer on behalf of a growing client expanding into multiple new markets. This is a long term full-time 1099 contract role (40 hours/week) for someone who can take well-defined stories and deliver clean, reliable code. What You'll Do: You'll work from Jira tickets with clear acceptance criteria, building and maintaining network-focused applications, so telecom/networking context is helpful but not mandatory. This role emphasizes independence - you'll own your stories from pickup to completion, with senior developer support available when needed. Code quality matters more than raw velocity. The Tech Stack: Python (Django, FastAPI) SQLAlchemy REST/SOAP API clients Kafka PostgreSQL and other standard infrastructure The Environment: The team is collaborative but self-directed. Management is hands-off, trusting developers to manage their work. You'll be joining a team that's building out formal QA processes, so attention to detail and clean code practices are valued. What We're Looking For: Professional Python development experience Ability to work independently and own stories end-to-end Django or FastAPI experience Comfort working with APIs and data systems Networking or telecom background is a plus Strong communication skills for a collaborative remote environment Compensation: Rate is negotiable based on experience. Submit your proposed rate with your application. To Apply: Send your resume to jobs@lincolnfreedomgroup.com. Please include a cover letter explaining why you're interested in this specific role and what qualities would make you a strong fit. To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/lincoln-freedom-group-llc-python-developer-us-only

I am banned from working now, but as I look back on my long, challenging career in Afghanistan I feel hope for the future- by Najla & Asad NarimanRead on Aeon

Since 2000, GDP per capita has doubled in all three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (where it has nearly tripled).Living conditions in these countries have improved more broadly. Poverty rates are lower, and life satisfaction is higher. Incomes have not just doubled in terms of GDP per capita; median incomes have also doubled.Read more from my colleague Max Roser about economic growth, how it’s measured, and why it matters.

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Coursing through Catholicism is a radical tradition of environmental justice that will help combat the climate crisis- by Mike MarianiRead on Aeon

Headquarters: Sweden URL: http://career.proxify.io The Role: We are looking for a Senior Fullstack Python Developer to join our fast-growing Network. In this role, you’ll lead the design and implementation of scalable backend services and APIs using Python (FastAPI, Django, or Flask), while delivering polished, performant user interfaces using modern frontend frameworks such as React.js or Vue.js. What we are looking for: 5+ years of professional software development experience with strong fullstack exposure. 3+ years of production experience with Python (FastAPI, Django, Flask). Solid knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3. Strong experience with React.js or Vue.js (or similar modern frameworks such as Next.js/Nuxt.js). Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and ORMs such as SQLAlchemy or Django ORM. Strong understanding of RESTful API design and integration patterns. Experience writing automated tests (unit, integration) for both backend and frontend. Practical experience with Docker and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, etc.). Experience deploying and operating services in the cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP). Strong problem-solving skills and excellent English communication (written and spoken). Ability to work independently and deliver high-quality results in a remote setup. Located in CET timezone (+/- 3 hours), we are unable to consider applications from candidates in other time zones. Nice-to-have: Deep experience with TypeScript and modern frontend tooling (Vite, Webpack, Turbopack). Familiarity with microservices, DDD, CQRS, or event-driven architectures. Experience with GraphQL and schema design. Knowledge of message brokers (RabbitMQ, Kafka, Redis Streams). Experience with Kubernetes or other orchestration platforms. Exposure to performance tuning, caching strategies, and observability (logs, tracing, metrics). Security best practices (OWASP, auth flows, OAuth2/OpenID Connect). Background in startups or fast-paced product environments. Contributions to open-source projects or published technical content. Responsibilities: Design, implement, and operate scalable backend services using Python (FastAPI, Django, Flask). Build and maintain responsive, accessible web UIs using React.js, Vue.js, or similar modern frameworks. Design, document, and consume RESTful APIs (and optionally GraphQL). Integrate backend systems with relational and NoSQL databases. Ensure high code quality through unit/integration tests, code reviews, and automated pipelines. Make architectural decisions across backend, frontend, and system integration (monolith vs microservices). Collaborate with designers and product teams to translate requirements into technical solutions and excellent user experiences. Troubleshoot production issues, optimize performance, and ensure reliability and security. Mentor and guide other engineers, helping elevate team best practices. Work in an agile environment and contribute to continuous process and delivery improvements. Document architectural decisions, API contracts, workflows, and deployment procedures. What we offer: Get paid, not played No more unreliable clients. Enjoy on-time monthly payments with flexible withdrawal options. Predictable project hours Enjoy a harmonious work-life balance with consistent 8-hour working days with clients. Flex days, so you can recharge Enjoy up to 24 flex days off per year without losing pay, for full-time positions found through Proxify. Career-accelerating positions at cutting-edge companies Discover exclusive long-term remote positions at the world's most exciting companies. Hand-picked opportunities just for you Skip the typical recruitment roadblocks and biases with personally matched positions. One seamless process, multiple opportunities A one-time contracting process for endless opportunities, with no extra assessments. Compensation Enjoy the same pay, every month with positions landed through Proxify. To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/proxify-ab-senior-fullstack-developer-python

Headquarters: Sweden URL: http://career.proxify.io The Role: We are looking for a Senior Ruby on Rails developer for one of our clients. You are a perfect candidate if you are growth-oriented, you love what you do, and you enjoy working on new ideas to develop exciting products and growth features. What we are looking for: Minimum of 5 years of experience in Ruby on Rails development with a strong portfolio of completed projects. Proficiency in Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and related technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and SQL. Strong experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL. Proficiency with testing frameworks such as RSpec and Capybara. Strong knowledge of version control systems, particularly Git. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues. Located in CET timezone (+/- 3 hours), we are unable to consider applications from candidates in other time zones. Responsibilities: Design, develop, and maintain high-quality web applications using Ruby on Rails. Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following best practices and coding standards. Implement comprehensive testing strategies to ensure application stability and robustness, including unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests. Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks to ensure applications run smoothly and efficiently. Maintain thorough documentation of development processes, code, and system configurations to ensure knowledge sharing and project continuity. What we offer: Get paid, not played No more unreliable clients. Enjoy on-time monthly payments with flexible withdrawal options. Predictable project hours Enjoy a harmonious work-life balance with consistent 8-hour working days with clients. Flex days, so you can recharge Enjoy up to 24 flex days off per year without losing pay, for full-time positions found through Proxify. Career-accelerating positions at cutting-edge companies Discover exclusive long-term remote positions at the world's most exciting companies. Hand-picked opportunities, just for you Skip the typical recruitment roadblocks and biases with personally matched positions. One seamless process, multiple opportunities A one-time contracting process for endless opportunities, with no extra assessments. Compensation Enjoy the same pay, every month with positions landed through Proxify. To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/proxify-ab-senior-ruby-on-rails-developer-2

Headquarters: Sweden URL: http://career.proxify.io The Role: We are looking for a Senior Python Developer for one of our clients. You are a perfect candidate if you are growth-oriented, you love what you do, and you enjoy working on new ideas to develop exciting products. What we are looking for: 5+ years of experience building products with Python and Django. High proficiency in SQL with experience using databases like PostgreSQL. Experience scaling cloud infrastructures with Docker or Kubernetes is a plus. Experience managing cloud infrastructures, specifically AWS or GCP. You follow the best practices and conventions. Relevant experience in CI/CD and related tools. Ability to work with minimal supervision. Intermediate-advanced English level. You can communicate well with both technical and non-technical clients. Time zone: CET (+/- 3 hours). We are unable to consider applications from candidates in other time zones. Responsibilities: Ability to build libraries and frameworks of reusable efficient code. Competence in designing and implementing low-latency, stable and performing applications. Capacity to effectively collaborate with other team members and stakeholders remotely. Ability to implement data protection systems. Competence in data storage solutions. What we offer: Get paid, not played No more unreliable clients. Enjoy on-time monthly payments with flexible withdrawal options. Predictable project hours Enjoy a harmonious work-life balance with consistent 8-hour working days with clients. Flex days, so you can recharge Enjoy up to 24 flex days off per year without losing pay, for full-time positions found through Proxify. Career-accelerating positions at cutting-edge companies Discover exclusive long-term remote positions at the world's most exciting companies. Hand-picked opportunities just for you Skip the typical recruitment roadblocks and biases with personally matched positions. One seamless process, multiple opportunities A one-time contracting process for endless opportunities, with no extra assessments. Compensation Enjoy the same pay, every month with positions landed through Proxify. To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/proxify-ab-senior-backend-developer-python-5

Headquarters: Sweden URL: http://career.proxify.io The Role: We are looking for a Senior Fullstack Developer skilled in React.js and Node.js for one of our clients. You are a perfect candidate if you are growth-oriented, you love what you do, and you enjoy working on new ideas to develop exciting products. What we are looking for: 5+ years experience as a Fullstack Developer. Backend experience with: Node.js Microservices architecture Database experience with: SQL MongoDB Intermediate-advanced English Nice-to-have: Located in CET timezone (+/- 3 hours). Database Architecture knowledge. Responsibilities: Ability to build libraries and frameworks of reusable efficient code. Competence in designing and implementing low-latency, stable and performing applications. Capacity to effectively collaborate with other team members and stakeholders remotely. Ability to implement data protection systems. Competence in data storage solutions. What we offer: Get paid, not played No more unreliable clients. Enjoy on-time monthly payments with flexible withdrawal options. Predictable project hours Enjoy a harmonious work-life balance with consistent 8-hour working days with clients. Flex days, so you can recharge Enjoy up to 24 flex days off per year without losing pay, for full-time positions found through Proxify. Career-accelerating positions at cutting-edge companies Discover exclusive long-term remote positions at the world's most exciting companies. Hand-picked opportunities just for you Skip the typical recruitment roadblocks and biases with personally matched positions. One seamless process, multiple opportunities A one-time contracting process for endless opportunities, with no extra assessments. Compensation Enjoy the same pay, every month with positions landed through Proxify. To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/proxify-ab-senior-fullstack-developer-react-js-node-js-1

This Data Insight is the third of a three-part series on China’s role in global trade, drawing on new writing we added this week to our Trade and Globalization topic page.China is the top source of imports for many countries. But this tells us only how China compares with other trading partners, not how large these imports are relative to the size of each country’s economy. That is what this map shows.The map plots the total value of merchandise imports from China as a share of each importing country’s GDP. The data shows that Chinese imports are relatively small when compared with the overall size of the importing economy.Take the Netherlands as an example: China is the country’s leading source of imports. But compared with the size of the whole Dutch economy, this is a comparatively small amount — about 10% as a share of GDP. And as the map shows, the Netherlands is at the high end, largely because it imports a lot overall.In many countries, imports from China account for much less than 10% of GDP. There are a few reasons for this. First, even if China is the leading partner, most countries still import from a wide range of places. And second, in most countries, the economic value produced domestically is larger than the total value of imported goods.Read more about trade partnerships and China’s changing role in global trade.

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This Data Insight is the second of a three-part series on China’s role in global trade, drawing on new writing we added this week to our Trade and Globalization topic page.China’s central role in merchandise trade is the result of a large change that has taken place in just a few decades. This change has been especially large in Africa and South America.In 1990, most African countries imported mainly from Europe, and most South American imports came from North America. Today, Asia is the top source of imports for both regions, primarily due to the rapid growth of trade with China.The chart here focuses on Ethiopia, a country that illustrates this shift. Home to around 130 million people, it is one of Africa’s largest countries and has experienced rapid economic growth in recent decades.In the early 1990s, over 40% of Ethiopia’s imports came from Europe, while very little came from China. Since then, the roles of China and Europe have almost reversed: imports from China now account for one-third of Ethiopia’s total imported goods.Read more about trade partnerships and China’s changing role in global trade.

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This Data Insight is the first of a three-part series on China’s role in global trade, drawing on new writing we added this week to our Trade and Globalization topic page.Over the past two decades, China’s role in global trade has expanded substantially. It has become a central hub, particularly through growing relationships with many lower and middle-income countries.The map here shows how China ranks as a source of imports into each country. A rank of 1 means that China is the largest source of merchandise goods (by value) that a country buys abroad.In 2024, China was the top source of imported goods for around two-thirds of countries worldwide. This includes nearly all of Asia, much of Africa and Latin America, and parts of Europe.In many countries, China has overtaken the United States as the largest origin of their imported goods. This shift has occurred relatively recently, mainly over the past two decades.Read more about trade partnerships and China’s changing role in global trade.

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Despite the world’s immense progress against child mortality, in some of the poorest countries, one in ten children still dies. That’s a level last seen in the richest countries in the middle of the 20th century.The chart shows the nine countries, all located in Africa, where this is the reality today. In Niger, more than 11 out of every 100 children die before the age of five. In the European Union, the child mortality rate is more than twenty times lower.To learn more, read my colleague Max’s article: “Child mortality: an everyday tragedy of enormous scale that we can make progress against”.

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In 1961, around two chickens were slaughtered per person globally each year. As many countries grew richer — and richer countries tend to eat more meat — global demand for chicken increased.Since then, the number of chickens slaughtered per person has quadrupled. On average, 9 chickens are killed each year for every person in the world. Chickens have also become much heavier, so the amount of meat eaten in kilograms has grown even faster.Life is short and painful for many farmed animals. Global estimates suggest that most are raised in factory farms. In the United States, around 99% of livestock comes from them.Explore more interactive charts and articles on animal welfare on our dedicated topic page.

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One of the starkest expressions of global inequality is a child’s chance of survival. In 2023, 2.84 million children in Africa died before reaching their fifth birthday, giving the continent the highest child mortality rate of any region (5.9%).The chart above shows a simple hypothesis: how many more African children would reach the age of five if it had the same child mortality rates as other regions?If conditions in Africa improved enough to match Asia’s current child mortality rate (2%), 1.9 million of these 2.84 million children would survive.If the child mortality rate were to drop to the European rate (0.4%), then 2.64 million children would be saved each year.To learn more, read my colleague Max’s article on the progress made in reducing child mortality.

Headquarters: Virginia, USA URL: https://enrollio.ai Enrollio is a fast-growing SaaS platform serving children’s dance and performing arts studios. We are rebuilding and scaling our core systems and are hiring a Senior Full-Stack TypeScript Engineer who can own major parts of our NestJS + React monorepo. This is a long-term, full-time role. We’re looking for someone who thinks like a product engineer—not a task-taker. Someone who cares about reliability, clean architecture, debugging deep issues, and building scalable systems. What You’ll Work On Fix high-priority bugs across our parent portal, studio portal, and backend Own reliability of enrollment + payment flows (Stripe PaymentIntents + Elements) Build and improve NestJS REST APIs and module architecture Improve backend stability, error handling, and logging Refactor legacy features for performance and long-term maintainability Implement UI improvements across React, Vite, Zustand, TanStack Query Work inside a TypeScript monorepo (backend + studio portal + parent portal) Collaborate with support/ops when urgent issues arise Assist with our ongoing backend restructure and migration Be available during EST working hours (with flexibility for emergencies) Our Tech Stack Backend: NestJS, TypeScript, MongoDB Atlas, Redis (BullMQ), Stripe, GoHighLevel API, Mailgun, SendGrid, Brevo, Google Cloud (App Engine, Cloud Build), Jest, SentryFrontend: React 18, Vite, TypeScript, Zustand, TanStack Query, Tailwind, Radix UI, shadcn/ui, Framer MotionArchitecture: Monorepo, domain-driven, fully typed, reliability-focused Must-Have Experience 5+ years full-stack engineering Strong TypeScript across backend + frontend Deep experience with NestJS and React Experience with Stripe PaymentIntents + subscription billing flows Production MongoDB experience Ability to debug complex issues across multiple layers Strong English communication Ownership mindset; reliable and proactive Bonus Experience (Not required but valuable) BullMQ or similar queue systems GoHighLevel API MongoDB performance tuning GCP deployments Sentry, logging, observability Stabilizing or refactoring large SaaS architectures Understanding race conditions, idempotency, concurrency issues What We Offer Long-term, stable role (40 hours/week) Direct work with the founder + ops team Remote, flexible schedule with PH overlap Competitive salary Opportunities to grow into Lead/Senior roles A chance to own major parts of a platform used by hundreds of businesses How to Apply Send us: A brief intro Resume or LinkedIn GitHub or code samples A short explanation of a difficult bug you fixed Experience with NestJS, React, and Stripe Expected monthly salary Availability to start Email: brad@enrollio.aiSubject: Senior Full-Stack Engineer – Enrollio To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/enrollio-senior-full-stack-typescript-engineer-nestjs-react-saas-platform

I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels Apple’s quality is degrading. I spend 10 hours a day on my laptop and would spend any amount of money within reason for a better one. However, everything comes with tradeoffs. My dream laptop is simple, a MacBook with Linux, supported by a company that is user aligned. The first idea is simple, put Linux on a MacBook. Asahi Linux is a good idea, however, it won’t ever be good. Apple is putting more and more stuff into closed source microcontrollers that have no documentation. Like jailbreaking, it may start off strong when people are excited, but support for the next generation and that last bit of polish won’t ever get there. While it got some impressive stuff like psychoacoustic bass (works on other machines too, I installed this on my ZBook), it lacks DP Alt Mode, meaning you can’t plug in a USB-C monitor. I don’t fault the Asahi people, Apple uses custom undocumented hardware to manage the USB ports, and reversing muxes seems boring. Additionally, like on almost all Linux laptops, the power management is bad. And even worse, there’s 0 documentation from Apple on how to fix it, so despite it being super good on macOS, it’s one of the more annoying laptops to try to fix on Linux. At least if you have a laptop with AMD or Intel there’s some docs on power states. So with Apple out, we have to look for alternatives. I like so much about Framework as a company, straightforward, open source ethos, but they aren’t building the product I want. I don’t care one bit about upgradability or customizability. After a year or two, I’m happy to throw it out and buy a new one. It’s not like upgradability is a bad thing, but it usually comes with tradeoffs to weight and power draw, and I’d rather it all be in one solid package glued together. And I don’t like customizability because I like when all the testing and polish work is put into one configuration. Perhaps the Framework 16 will impress me; I shouldn’t judge until I use it. But I see things like a request for a touchpad single unit so there’s not some random pieces of plastic digging into my wrist just in case I want to move my touchpad left or right. And I read some complaints about the rigidity, how can it be rigid if the modules are attached with magnets? Engineering is all about trade-offs, and the trade-off I’d prefer is 0 upgradability or customizability in exchange for less weight and more polish. The Framework 16 also has a Strix Point instead of a Strix Halo, and I hear the power draw isn’t too much better on Point. Coming from an M3 Max, the Strix Halo is just barely acceptable performance wise, I also own an Intel Core 7 155H and AMD Hawk Point. Those are not what I consider okay in a laptop. I’m typing this blog on a HP ZBook Ultra G1a 14. Question to HP, who names this crap? Why do these companies insist on having the most confusing product lineups and names. Are ZBooks good or do I want an OmniBook or ProBook? Within ZBook, is Ultra or Fury better? Do I want a G1a or a G1i? Oh you sell ZBook Firefly G11, I liked that TV show, is that one good? Wait wait wait OMEN MAX 16z-ak000 has a lot of capital letters, that one must be the best, right? But there’s also an HP EliteBook, Elite sounds like the best, do I still want a ZBook? These are all real products on HP’s laptop page. Consumer electronics naming is very simple. Make a good product with a simple name. “iPhone”, “comma”, “Z Fold”. Then every year or two, add one to the number of that product. If it’s a small refresh, you can add a letter after the number. “2 3 3X 4” “4 4s 5 5s 6 …” “2 3 4 5 6 7” Why is this so hard for companies like HP? If I made a laptop, it would come in one configuration. Call it the hackbook Highest end Strix Halo part, which is the best mobile(ish) chip you can get outside Apple. 16 core Zen 5 CPU, 40 core RDNA 3.5 GPU. 64GB of LPDDR5X RAM @ 256 GB/s. A stunning 16 inch OLED screen that’s the full size of the laptop. A max size legal on planes 100 Wh battery. Great sound with out of the box tuned psychoacoustic bass. Aluminium unibody with just one bit of laser etched branding where the Apple is, no other writing on the laptop. A classy keyboard without weird logos and random lights. An awesome touchpad; the ZBook touchpad is actually fine, it’s not just Apple with good ones anymore. Crazy fast boot times, amazing power management. Linux can be tuned so well if you care, and this tuning will be installed on every one we sell. We sell one configuration to all the best developers in the world who want to not use a MacBook anymore. Apple will not understand what they had until they lose it, the only reason anything works on Mac at all is because there’s 100,000 amazing developers who use these machines every day; they put some work into making their house nice. And when it’s time to upgrade in one or two years, we’ll have the hackbook two ready for you. The number goes up by one, and you know which one to buy. For some reason people say I get distracted, but comma has been around for ten years following this playbook; we now have a comma four for you. If I built one laptop, I’d keep building a laptop for 10 years. With Apple’s decline and our rise, the hackbook four will be the first one that’s clearly better than a MacBook. I’m writing this blog post in hopes I don’t actually have to do this. I’m not really going to, there’s so many other things to do. This is just whining and bikeshedding. Can somebody please build a good MacBook replacement and make it a Schelling point everyone will switch to so I don’t have to think about this anymore?

Almost 20,000 Americans were murdered in 2023.The chart shows the homicide rates among male and female victims. Men were 2.7 times more likely to die by homicide than women.We can see that for men, most of these murders were committed by friends, neighbors, acquaintances, or strangers (shown as “Other” in the chart) rather than a partner or family member. The opposite is true for women: intimate partners are the biggest threat.Because the risks are different, the most effective responses may differ too. For women, reducing intimate partner violence is a key priority. For men, prevention is more often tied to crime, gangs, and violence among acquaintances or strangers.Explore homicide rates for more countries.

I’ve been trying to replace my MacBook. I switched from an iPhone to a Z Fold 5 (and now a Z Fold 7) which has gone well 2 years in, so I’ve been trying to do the same with my laptop. For phones, this was easier because the Samsung hardware is already better. Sadly, there’s no better laptop hardware than a MacBook, and while Asahi Linux is cool, it doesn’t work on the M3. Even on the M1, it’s missing the ability to plug an external USB-C monitor in, a key feature I use every day! Without support from Apple, I don’t see this being a viable long term solution, mostly because of Apple’s use of custom little MCUs to do everything. I bought a HP ZBook Strix Halo and a Framework 16. I’ve been daily using the HP, the Framework gets here hopefully this week and maybe I’ll stream it when I get it. I’ve been running Omarchy which I have been quite happy with. It fixed the problem I always had with Arch, which is how customizable it is. It’s a great OS (why isn’t apt-get multithreaded yet?), leave the customizability there, but pick some good defaults with taste. The main issue I have with Linux laptops is power management. I got idle lid-closed power down to 0.2W with the help of AMD’s awesome amd_s2idle script. This is similar to a MacBook, and is 15 days in a bag. Lid-open power has been more of a challenge. I wrote a script to poll the best sensors I could find as fast as I could. I got CPU draw from the SMU and battery draw from the bytes of whatever it is the EC is. Embedded Controller? I couldn’t get the ACPI battery draw to update faster than every 30 seconds, but the EC has it every second in its bytes. Btw, LLMs are super helpful at reverse engineering – it’s almost becoming fun again. After tuning, at screen-on idle, the whole laptop draws 7W, and when browsing the web more like 10W. That’s only 7 hours of life, which is 30% of a MacBook, and still not really acceptable. 4W of those 7W are the CPU. Strix Halo is the only laptop chip that rivals the Apple M-Series, actually having decent cores (the AVX-512 is real too) and good RAM bandwidth. Sadly it’s chiplets, which the LLMs tell me are very power hungry. I tried to further power limit the CPU with RyzenAdj, but I couldn’t even get it to 3W with a stated limit of 2W. I wonder if there’s some other ways to do it, what more can I turn off? The main fix for s2idle was turning off the webcam, what else is on and wasting my CPU (well, really APU) power? AMD, want to release docs about the power draw of Strix Halo? You could probably figure out a lot through experiments too, but then I have to, like, disable the GPU over ssh and then I have to get another laptop and that all sounds like a lot of work. I’m already busy trying to build an open source rocprof-trace-decoder. Also, package Strix Halo with MoP like Apple. it’s the best thing about PoP (low power) without the worst thing about PoP (bad thermals). That picture is Intel Lunar Lake, and you know MoP is a good idea because Intel is discontinuing it while Apple keeps doing it. For the other 3W, this is on HP. The OLED screen is about a watt, which is really good. Don’t turn on the stupid keyboard backlight that draws 2 watts! The memory is probably about a watt too, you can’t really turn it off to measure. I couldn’t find a way to lower the clocks either. That leaves 1 watt of possibility. The WiFi and NVMe are both extremely low power. Any other ideas? I bet there’s something stupid or poorly designed, HP should release a schematic of the laptop. In fact, you don’t need to release a full schematic, just a block diagram. Framework releases these and just showing what parts are used and how they are connected is 80% of what you want. If the CPU could be brought down to 2W (Apple M3 Max is 1W!) and the laptop brought down to 2W, with a 99.6 Wh battery that’s 25 hours. If someone makes one of these in a nice 16” form factor, OLED screen, aluminium unibody, no stupid branding everywhere, I think it might be time for a lot of developers to switch.

Headquarters: California URL: http://growthfactory.vc We’re looking for a Applied AI Engineer with strong technical skills, product instincts, and the ability to dive into complex system design. You’ll be hands-on with multiple early-stage projects across our venture studio, helping us validate opportunities and bring AI-driven products to life. What you’ll do Build core modules: Develop and maintain AI-powered features and systems across our in-house venture projects. Optimize AI systems: Improve performance through prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), tool design, and scalable agent architectures. Prototype rapidly: Validate new product ideas by shipping quick, testable prototypes that inform venture direction. Engineer evaluation pipelines: Design automated evaluation systems to measure and improve model and product reliability. Work full-stack: Contribute across the stack — from front-end evaluation dashboards and user-facing tools to backend systems (databases, caching, microservices). Operate in hyperdrive: Switch contexts across multiple ventures, iterating quickly and collaborating with cross-functional founders and teams. What we’re looking for Strong programming fundamentals and a bias for clean, high-quality code. Proficiency in Python and familiarity with AI/ML frameworks (e.g. LangChain, Hugging Face, PyTorch, TensorFlow, OpenAI APIs). Solid backend knowledge: databases, caching, message queues, microservices. Comfort with frontend prototyping for internal tools, dashboards, or MVPs. Proven ability to work on zero-to-one products, ideally at startups or studios. Strong written and verbal communication; our team is fully remote. Experience with evaluation pipelines, vector databases, or applied ML in production. To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/growth-factory-ventures-applied-ai-engineer

The 1970s were a decade shaped by fears about overpopulation. As the world’s most populous country, China was never far from the debate. In 1979, China designed its one-child policy, which was rolled out nationally from 1980 to curb population growth by limiting couples to having just one child.By this point, China’s fertility rate — the number of children per woman — had already fallen quickly in the early 1970s, as you can see in the chart.While China’s one-child policy restricted many families, there were exceptions to the rule. Enforcement differed widely by province and between urban and rural areas. Many couples were allowed to have another baby if their first was a girl. Other couples paid a fine for having more than one. As a result, fertility rates never dropped close to one.In the last few years, despite the end of the one-child policy in 2016 and the government encouraging larger families, fertility rates have dropped to one. The fall in fertility today is driven less by policy and more by social and economic changes.This chart shows the total fertility rate, which is also affected by women delaying when they have children. Cohort fertility tells us how many children the average woman will actually have over her lifetime. In China, this cohort figure is likely higher than one, but still low enough that the population will continue to shrink.Explore more insights and data on changes in fertility rates across the world.

Headquarters: San Francisco URL: https://posthog.com/ About PostHog We equip every developer to build successful products. We started with open-source product analytics, launched out of Y Combinator's W20 cohort. We've since shipped more than a dozen products, including a built-in data warehouse, a customer data platform, and Max AI, an AI-powered analyst that answers product questions, helps users find useful session recordings, and writes custom SQL queries. Next on the roadmap are messaging, customer analytics, ai task creation and coding based on customer data, logs and support analytics. Our values are not a poster on the wall full of aspiration. They’ve come from how we really work, day in day out. PostHog is open source product led, and a default alive company that is well funded. What you'll be doing As a Product Engineer - Data Modeling s on the Data Stack team, you’ll build end user tools for understanding and traversing their data models. You’ll work on materializing user defined queries, and schedule & resolve DAGs of query materialization. You’ll debug stateful data workflows by digging into k8s pod metrics, and schedule jobs using Temporal.io. As you can see, there’s a huge breadth of challenges and opportunities to tackle, and nothing is off-limits. The PostHog Data Stack is both a core product for our users and a foundational platform for our internal teams. Data is a first-class product at PostHog, not an afterthought. You will have the chance to push the boundaries of what our Data Stack team can do while ensuring we remain stable and production-ready. You now know what you’ll be doing, but what about what you’ll need to bring along? You’ll fit right in if: You’re a builder. You bring strong skills in building resilient systems, with experience in Kubernetes, Docker, and S3 at scale. We build in python. Async-python and Temporal.io skills are welcome. You have good practices around building resilient systems. Logging, testing and monitoring (observability), but you are also comfortable with debugging stateful, async data workflows by digging into k8s pod metrics. You are proficient in building UIs for data intensive tools. React is part of your toolset. You bring experience with DAG’s and Batch processing. Having used Dbt is a plus. You bring a mix of skills. It’s not just about the query engine. You’ll need strong backend skills as we run a complex system. You love getting things done. Engineers at PostHog have an incredible amount of autonomy to decide what to work on, so you’ll need to be proactive and just git it done. You’re ready to do the best work of your career. We have incredible distribution, a big financial cushion and an amazing team. There’s probably no better place to see how far you can go. If this sounds like you, we should talk. We are committed to ensuring a fair and accessible interview process. If you need any accommodations or adjustments, please let us know. To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/posthog-product-engineer-data-modeling

Headquarters: San Francisco URL: https://posthog.com/ About PostHog We're shipping every product that companies need to run their business from their first day, to the day they IPO, and beyond. The operating system for folks who build software. We started with open-source product analytics, launched out of Y Combinator's W20 cohort. We've since shipped more than a dozen products including: A built-in data warehouse, so users can query product and customer data together using custom SQL insights. A customer data platform, so they can send their data wherever they need with ease. PostHog AI, an AI-powered analyst that answers product questions, helps users find useful session recordings, and writes custom SQL queries. Next on the roadmap are CRM, messaging, revenue analytics, and support products. When we say every product that companies need to run their business, we really mean it! We are: 1. Product-led. More than 100,000 companies have installed PostHog, mostly driven by word-of-mouth. We have intensely strong product-market fit.2. Default alive. Revenue is growing 10% MoM on average, and we're very efficient. We raise money to push ambition and grow faster, not to keep the lights on.3. Well-funded. We've raised more than $100m from some of the world's top investors. We're set up for a long, ambitious journey. We're focused on building an awesome product for end users, hiring exceptional teammates, shipping fast, and being as weird as possible. Things we care about Transparency: Everyone can read about our roadmap, how we pay (or even let go of) people, our strategy, and how we work, in our public company handbook. Internally, we share revenue, notes and slides from board meetings, and fundraising plans, so everyone has the context they need to make good decisions. Autonomy: We don’t tell anyone what to do. Everyone chooses what to work on next based on what's going to have the biggest impact on our customers, and what they find interesting and motivating to work on. Engineers lead product teams and make product decisions. Teams are flexible and easy to change when needed. Shipping fast: Why not now? We want to build a lot of products; we can't do that shipping at a normal pace. We've built the company around small teams – autonomous, highly-efficient groups of cracked engineers who can outship much larger companies because they own their products end-to-end. Time for building: Nothing gets shipped in a meeting. We're a natively remote company. We default to async communication – PRs > Issues > Slack. Tuesdays and Thursdays are meeting-free days, and we prioritize heads down building time over perfect coordination. This will be the most productive job you've ever had. Ambition: We want to solve big problems. We strongly believe that aiming for the best possible upside, and sometimes missing, is better than never trying. We're optimistic about what's possible and our ability to get there. Being weird: Weird means redesigning an already world-class website for the 5th time. It means shipping literally every product that relates to customer data. It means building an objectively unnecessary developer toy with dubious shareholder value. Doing weird stuff is a competitive advantage. And it's fun. Who we're looking for We’re looking for a full-stack engineer who knows how to leverage LLMs to make PostHog 10x more powerful. You’ve built and shipped agentic AI applications before and understand it’s more than just hitting an API with a good prompt. You’ll fit right in if you: Ship end-to-end AI apps — from backend infra to frontend UX. Collaborate widely — work across teams, find the right people, and make progress fast. Think like a product builder — care about users and outcomes, not just code. If you’ve worked in autonomous agents, workflow automation, or AI copilots before, you’ll feel at home — but here you’ll get to build it from scratch, in the open, with massive impact. What makes this role unique In this role, you’re not hacking together an AI agent hoping someone will use it — you’re building on top of a firehose of real customer data with immediate impact, whether that means creating new AI-powered tools or building observability features that help others understand how their agents perform in the wild. Impact from day one: You’re building agents on top of real customer data — not toy demos, not “when we get users.” Data advantage: PostHog already collects all the context agents need to be useful: analytics, sessions, events, feature flags, and more. You’ll build on top of it all. Agents that matter: Instead of copilots on the side, you’ll create background agents embedded into engineering workflows - changing how software gets built. Or, you might focus on building the analytics and observability layer around those agents - surfacing insights, clustering behaviors, and measuring model quality so teams can improve their own AI systems with confidence. Build in the open: Work with feedback from the largest open-source product engineering communities in the world. What you'll be doing Owning products and features from beginning to end. This means originating ideas based on your intuition, talking to users, and understanding our strategy and goals. It means testing MVPs in production with real users. It means iterating on their feedback, owning pricing, and ensuring the ongoing success of your work. Collaborating with design (when necessary). Product engineers at PostHog are full-stack, so we expect you to ship and own the basic UX of your work using our design system. From there, it's up to you to decide when to collaborate with our design team to iterate and polish the experience. Implementing AI features. LLMs, eh? They're getting prettaaay, prettaay good. All our products integrate with PostHog AI, so you'll likely be working with the PostHog AI team to implement AI features in your products. For some teams, that means designing observability and evaluation features for AI products. Talking to users. Good product engineers read feedback from users and iterate quickly. Great product engineers have users they're friendly with, talk with them frequently, bounce ideas off them, and iterate with them when they ship new things. Doing support. Every week, one person in each engineering team is designated the Support hero. Their job is to investigate and resolve issues reported by customers for their product. Giving users support from real engineers and shipping fixes and improvements in real-time is one of the best ways to spark joy in users. This role will also include some on-call time, too. Writing docs. We have a content team that will collaborate with you on reviewing, polishing, and improving your documentation, but the best person to document a new feature is the person who built it. Requirements Full-stack experience with relevant technologies – e.g. Python or similar, React or similar, something to do with big data is a bonus. Prior experience in AI workflow automation, copilots, or autonomous agent products. Ability to choose pragmatic architectures, ship quickly, and iterate based on real feedback. Strong sense for UX and product polish. Excellent communicator who thrives on collaboration across teams. Nice to have Have worked at a high-growth SaaS company before. Extensive knowledge of Django and/or TypeScript-based React. Experience building AI-native products or integrating AI into existing software. If you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you - we're happy to accommodate! To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/posthog-ai-product-engineer

Headquarters: Zuerich URL: https://en.comparis.ch/ What you will do To further develop and enhance our applications, we are looking for an experienced Full Stack Software Engineer on a Senior Level to join our multinational Scrum team. You will help in design, development, testing of Comparis applications, working on both a .NET backend and a React frontend. You will contribute heavily to architectural decisions, mentor other developers, and help shape the future of our digital products.Core responsibilities: Design, develop, and deploy cloud-native applications using .NET Core/ASP.NET, and Next.js. Lead architectural discussions and provide direction on technology choices and design patterns. Build and maintain RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems. Work with Docker/Kubernetes in Azure. Implement responsive, high-quality UI components with React and JavaScript/TypeScript. Optimize applications for performance, availability, scalability, and security. Use/build CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployments. Monitor, diagnose, and resolve complex production issues. Mentor team members and promote engineering best practices. Required Skills and Qualifications Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience). 7–8 years of professional software development experience. Strong proficiency in C#, .NET Core/ASP.NET. Extensive experience with React.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML5, and CSS3. Strong background in cloud infrastructure with hands-on experience building and operating cloud-native applications using Azure, AWS or GCP Experience with modern compute platforms, including container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), serverless functions, and scalable application hosting environments Skilled in designing and working with event-driven and message-based architectures using queues, topics, and publish/subscribe patterns Proficient with both relational and NoSQL databases, with experience designing distributed and cloud-native data solutions Familiar with cloud-based storage services, structured storage options, and secure secrets/configuration management Solid experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tooling (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi) for provisioning, automation, and maintaining consistent environments Experience with REST APIs, microservices, and distributed systems. Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, Agile boards You are experienced with agile development methodologies like Scrum and understand outcome-driven development. You are fluent in English. In return, here is what you can expect from us At Comparis, we believe that empowered employees deliver the best results. We cultivate a culture of transparency, mutual respect and trust. Firm believers in lifelong learning, we are always trying out new things and continuously developing – both as individuals and as a team. We also offer flat hierarchies, considerable autonomy and creative freedom, as well as a skilled and motivated team that will advise and support you in your work and make it easy for you to push your own boundaries. Finally, we offer flexible working hours to work from wherever you are and live. Have we triggered your interest? Then don't hesitate and apply for our position today. If you have any questions, Daphne, our People Management Lead, will be happy to help. We look forward to receiving your application! Note: This position offers the flexibility to work fully remotely. If you opt for a remote set-up, we kindly ask that you consider applying only if your time zone is within a maximum difference of +/- 2 hours from Switzerland (GMT +2). To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/comparis-ch-experienced-full-stack-software-engineer-net-react-80-100-f-m-x-fully-remote

Seasonal influenza is sometimes seen as a mild illness, but it remains a major cause of death. In serious cases, it can cause deadly complications such as pneumonia, strokes, and heart attacks. Researchers estimate that the flu causes about 400,000 respiratory deaths and 300,000 cardiovascular deaths globally each year.The flu is most dangerous for infants and older adults. The map here shows rates of respiratory deaths caused by the flu in adults aged 65 and over, averaged across 2002–2011 (excluding the 2009 Swine Flu pandemic).The data shows that death rates tend to be higher in South America, Africa, and South Asia than in Europe or North America.I come from South America, and I found this surprising: most of what I hear about flu deaths tends to come from richer countries in the Northern Hemisphere. But the map shows that the flu is also deadly, in some cases even more so, in other regions where poverty, worse underlying health, limited access to healthcare, and lower vaccination coverage contribute to higher mortality.One explanation for my misperception might be that surveillance and reporting are stronger in the countries that I associate with deaths from flu. Another could also be age differences: people in high-income countries tend to be older, so their total number of deaths — the ones you actually hear about — may still be higher, even if rates are lower.When you consider the total death toll, you realize that the numbers are very large on the whole. Recall that the map only includes respiratory deaths, so the overall mortality is actually higher if we include other flu-related complications like cardiovascular disease.Even if you account for the uncertainty of estimates in low-income countries — due to limited testing and death registration — the overall pattern remains striking: seasonal influenza kills hundreds of thousands each year, with many of these deaths in South America, Africa, and South Asia.Read more in our article, “How many people die from the flu?”

Earlier this year, I attended a shooting competition for queer, often trans, very online misfits. Then Charlie Kirk was killed.

Measuring happiness is difficult, but one way to understand how satisfied people are with their lives is to simply ask them.Self-reported life satisfaction is one key metric that researchers often rely on. It asks people to imagine a hypothetical ladder, where the best possible life for them is a 10, and the worst possible life is a 0. They then have to place their current position on the ladder.The chart shows the three-year average scores from 2022 to 2024 for the four countries with the highest ratings and the four with the lowest.Afghans reported the lowest life satisfaction in the world, far below any other country.This incredibly low score has been replicated in other studies. Researchers recently compared Afghans’ life satisfaction with international datasets dating back to 1946 and found it was the lowest ever recorded. Two-thirds gave a score of 0 or 1 on the 10-point scale.See self-reported levels of life satisfaction in your own country.

Everyone’s suddenly obsessed with the pelvic floor—physical therapists, MAHA influencers, me. Could this deeply misunderstood body part really be the seat of so much modern dysfunction?

Women are much more likely than men to be killed by their intimate partner. The chart shows this across nine OECD countries in 2023.These deaths are rarely isolated events. Research shows that partner homicides are usually the endpoint of a long pattern of coercive control — behaviors such as surveillance, isolation, intimidation, restrictions on daily life, and physical violence.Recognizing both the gender imbalance and its roots in coercive control can help focus support services, encourage family and friends to act sooner, and increase social pressure against abusive behavior.While women face the highest risk from intimate partners, men make up about 80% of homicide victims globally. The gender split in partner homicides is therefore a striking exception.Explore more data on homicide rates where the perpetrator is an intimate partner.

As OpenAI expands in every direction, the new CEO of Applications is on a mission to make ChatGPT indispensable and lucrative.

This chart shows global GDP per capita, adjusted for inflation. Looking at the world economy from this perspective, it is the steadiness of this change that stands out to me. Average incomes per person have risen at a fairly constant pace of roughly 2% per year, interrupted only by the 2008–09 financial crisis and the 2020 pandemic.One reason this is noteworthy, in my view, is that national economies changed a lot during the same period. Some economies slowed, many others grew, and more generally, some major political shifts took place. Yet when all of this is aggregated, the global average followed a remarkably smooth upward track.The line in the chart ends in 2024, so it does not yet capture more recent developments. But a few recent articles, such as this one from The Economist, look at data for 2025 and point to the same stability.Past trends may not continue in the future. But this data reminds us that global economic aggregates can develop more steadily than the headlines might make us think.Read more about what economic growth is and why it is important.

In 2015, countries worldwide signed the Paris Agreement, aiming to keep the global temperature rise “well below 2°C” and limit this increase to 1.5°C.To meet these targets, there are limits to the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) that can be emitted. These are called carbon budgets. Every year we emit more CO2, these budgets shrink. (That’s because total warming is roughly proportional to cumulative CO2.)In the chart, you can see estimates for how much CO2 the world can emit — from the start of next year — while staying below different levels of warming. This is based on having a 50% likelihood of staying below it; if we wanted to guarantee that we didn’t pass these temperatures, our budget would be much smaller.To get a sense of perspective, we’ve compared each budget with the projected amount of CO2 that the world is expected to emit in 2025. This tells us how many years we have left if emissions stay at their current levels.At current emission rates, the 1.5°C budget would run out around 2030. It seems implausible that global emissions will fall quickly enough to avoid this.The 2°C budget would last until mid-century. By taking action on climate change, we buy ourselves more time and can avoid this level of warming.This is based on the latest estimates from the Global Carbon Project. See how emissions are changing in your country.

Sam Altman says the one-person billion-dollar company is coming. Maybe I could be that person—if only I could get my colleagues to shut up and stop lying.

For years, plastic surgeons thought the proportions of a beautiful buttocks should follow the Fibonacci sequence. Now, people are looking for a more Kardashian shape.

Palantir’s CEO is good with ICE and says he defends human rights. But will Israel and Trump ever go too far for him?

In the late 19th century, Georg Cantor believed his new theory could help the Church understand the infinite nature of the divine. He miscalculated.

The revolution started on social media. It ended with protests, violence, and an online poll to pick the new prime minister.

Kids everywhere know her voice—if not her name. WIRED talks to the former SM trainee about her rise to global superstardom with her hit song “Golden.”

They didn’t want to put their children in the middle—so they put a machine there instead.

On an airstrip somewhere in Texas, a swarm of killer jets approaches—controlled by, of all things, a large language model.

I sound Korean—because I am Korean. Can AI make me sound American?

Calm anxiety in 2 minutes with Navy SEAL breathing

What motivates people to work is simple. Will my life improve if I put in effort. As long as you have a society where that’s not true, you will have a very demotivated workforce. This is why things like UBI are a terrible idea. If you are at the baseline and don’t see a walkable path to rise above it, you won’t. The more the government or corporations randomly change policies day in and out, the more you feel like that your actions won’t improve your life, and if things do get better (or worse) it’s at the whim of a system much larger than you. Gambling is the ultimate expression of this acceptance. Whether it’s casinos or crypto or lotteries or investments, you relinquish yourself to being an observer, knowing that it’s not effort that gets you ahead, but instead, impersonal luck. The fundamental problem with gambling is that it creates no value. It’s completely zero sum, and that means in the long run in a society of gamblers everyone loses. Additionally, when you win, gambling conditions you to believe this is how money is “made,” even when it clearly isn’t. If you made $100k in a casino on a hot run in one night, how do you motivate yourself to put in a year’s worth of effort to earn that? I’m now a Hong Kong resident. I think people still have no idea how fake the US economy is, and how bad it will get over the next 20 years. I used to think that this was just a phenomenon in tech, but now tech is everything. If nobody is creating the value and everyone is trying to cannibalize, eventually there is nothing left. It’s a long road to redemption, and a shorter one to damnation    – mgk America has an amazing piece of land, and a multicultural civil society will rise again. But before it does, America needs to have a century of humiliation. History is going faster now, so maybe it’ll only be a score. You’ll know things are turning around when the money is real again.

Headquarters: London URL: https://joinstellar.ai/ We are seeking experienced Software Engineers to contribute to projects across a wide range of technologies and programming languages, including JavaScript, Python, Go, C++, Ruby, and more.This is an open-ended contract opportunity, structured around project-based work with no set schedules or minimum time or task commitments. Contributors who work with us decide which available projects they'd like to work on, when they work, and how much they contribute, which makes it an excellent option for those seeking flexible and high-impact work.In this role, you will help advance AI research by understanding complex systems, exploring large codebases, and developing approaches to verify the correctness of software behavior. Compensation $70 per hour after passing the qualification Fully remote Project based work, no minimum time or task commitments Responsibilities Rapidly build context in large, multi-module codebases Analyze feature implementations for correctness and edge cases Produce clear, structured documentation of findings and rationale Requirements Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field At least 2 years of experience as a Software Engineer Excellent written communication skills Ability to clearly explain complex technical concepts Location Remote in the US, UK, Canada, Europe, Australia, or New Zealand To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/stellar-ai-senior-software-engineer

I watched Legally Blonde (2001) today and it’s so quaint to see a time when people basically trusted the system. She goes and works at a “prestigious law firm” like this is some kind of victory, but in reality the whole system was a huge circlejerk. I toured a bunch of Chinese factories last week. One was installing 100 new CNC machines, and there was no hype or secrecy around it. They straight up told me it was $20k a machine. These sort of vibes. “I’m gonna tell you what I’m doing, and you can try to compete, but I’ll still crush you.” And I believe them. As cheap as comma is and as much as we love vertical integration, we are going to continue to work with that factory. The big question: are most people in America productive or unproductive? If it’s the former, why can’t we solve this with democracy? Jail for the cronies and rent-seekers, wireheading city for the homeless, and no more medicare or social security. But I fear it’s the latter: 73.9 million people are on social security. There’s 258 million people over 18 in the US, so 28% of voters are on the take. And that’s just one group of the unproductive. There’s everyone who is working in made up fake systems where both sides ratchet up complexity when really the whole thing should go away. I think the most people are unproductive ship has sailed. America got 51% attacked. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship. Can we get a good dictator and not a South America style one? America (people like Elon and Jensen, who are both first-generation immigrants btw) can rival China, partically if we can attract talent from all over the world, but not if this clown show continues. Everyone does understand that productive capacity is how wars are won and lost, right? Would you bet on 100 CNC machines or 100 lawyers?

Here’s a simple test to see if you are who I described in the last blog post. If the money and users went away, would you leave technology? If you were building this stuff for free for you and your 5 friends, would you keep at it? Math has this quality inherently. Perelman proved the Poincaré conjecture for him and his boys; no businessfuckers showed up and put ads in the proof, no politicsfuckers showed up and demanded the proof remind you that masks prevent the spread of covid. I wish this was true about tech. At comma, our goal is to build one perfect box that drives a car better than a human. If we were the only one with that box, that would accomplish the goal of the company. Not making money or having users. Those things are fine, but the real goal is the building of the one magical box. We need the cloud to go away. The cloud is a highway to serfdom. And this won’t happen with changes to politics or culture, technology itself is upstream of both of them. Apps like Gmail can host 10,000 users on a single box, so there was never hope that everyone would run their own mail server. The economy of scale is too good. You’d be swimming super upstream to get Web 2.0 off of the cloud. Call it cloud-favoring. There’s some good news in the form of the GPTs. ChatGPT can only host ~10 users on a box, though while ChatGPT has high requirements for compute, it has very low requirements for bandwidth. You could interact with it over a 56k modem. That tips the scales such that chatbots will remain in the cloud, even if we move to a model architechture that doesn’t benefit from batching. The providers want you in the cloud. Call it cloud-neutral. However, robotics is different! Both openpilot and Tesla FSD don’t use the cloud and likely never will. The bandwidth and latency requirements are too high, and as with cars the same thing will be true for all shapes and sizes of robots. Gaming has always struggled to be in the cloud for similar reasons, note that when you buy a Switch or PS5 the compute actually is local. Call these cloud-averse. Robotics is inherently cloud-averse. The companies will all try to shoehorn cloud into it, but like forcing you to create a cloud account for your microwave, people will see it as stupid and favor the products that actually just run locally. As long as there’s decent open source alternatives, the robotics ecosystem will have checks and balances against enshittifcation. As the quality of macOS degrades and Windows forces more and more cloud account crap on you, is the era of the Linux Desktop finally here? I suspect the breakdown of robotics operating systems will look similar to computer and phone operating systems. I also really like the way nanochat is thinking about the foundation model problem. I predict that robotics software will move towards on device learning, but there will still be a foundation model in the repo, and these things will be expensive to make. However, that cost can simply be a commodity – the way nanochat talks about a $100 ChatGPT. More and more of the training code will make its way into openpilot as the robots learn online. There will still be a pretrained world model, but that will be a commodity. A fully reproducible build in 5000 UOps in tinygrad + some commodity data. The way the waves of robotics will break looks bright for individual sovereignty, and robotics will be where the real value in AI comes from. Many “knowledge work” problems are adversarial; not true for physical things like farming. I’ll end with the quote from ecromata: we will abolish scarcity; there will be nothing for them to steal they can’t have for free

I want money. I have high TC. I get big compensation. I advance in my career. I have many business opportunity. I am senior employee. I have many reports. I have big package. I am important. I fly on private jet. I party with model. I go to prestigious school. I have piece of paper with school logo. You can see I am important? You can see I have big package? lol you got laid off from an ad company after spending half your life chasing stuff made up by other men. you sought status instead of skill. you are a loser. get the fuck out.

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They take you and make you They look at you in disgusting ways You should’ve never trusted Hollywood    – System of a Down I’ve been watching this. Tech got inflitrated in such a way that you forgot that it was ever different, but watch that linked movie. It was different, and you don’t even really remember. A perfect capture by power. I also read Manna this weekend. It poses a good question; will the machines work for us or will we work for the machines? My brothers in Christ: you cannot even imagine what winning looks like.    – Curtis Yarvin With the way things are currently looking, despite it becoming as easy as taking candy from a baby, people will not give up their desire for power over other people. You do not win at this game If technology is centralized, you will be a slave. The boot stomping on a human face. You will not be one of the 6 winners. There won’t even be 6 winners, the winners will continue to fight with you in the middle until there’s 1 winner. And that winner isn’t really a winner. If one person ends up with all the money, the money is worthless. If you are in any way involved with this, please stop. If enough people stopped building centralized technology and started thinking intelligently about how to build usable decentralized stuff, things could flip. Your vacations aren’t worth it. Your house isn’t worth it. Eating fancy food isn’t worth it. This isn’t the far future, this is 20 years from now. Where do you work? What do you do there? If everyone acted like you, where is the world going? Please stop. Think with a little bit of time horizon.

Headquarters: Boston, MA, USA URL: https://dynamicarehealth.com Role Details & Compensation: Annual salary range: $95,000–$115,000, plus equity Unlimited PTO policy and a flexible work schedule This position is 100% remote, and applicants must be located in the United States. While the majority of your work will be performed during regular business hours, this role may occasionally require availability outside typical business hours. Please note: DynamiCare Health does not currently offer medical benefits. While we plan to make this a benefit soon, it is not available at this time. Remote - Full time Must be physically located in the USA Must be authorized to work in the USA with no sponsorship required About Us DynamiCare Health is a digital therapeutics startup that helps people overcome addiction. In 8 peer-reviewed publications, DynamiCare increased quit rates for opioids, stimulants, alcohol, and tobacco by 2-4x compared to typical treatment. DynamiCare has won FDA Breakthrough Status and is already breaking into U.S. healthcare system reimbursement with partners that include the State of Rhode Island, Allegheny County of Pennsylvania, BCBS of Massachusetts, Horizon BCBSNJ, Spring Health, and Cityblock Health. We understand that recovery isn't one-size-fits-all, which is why our platform provides the flexibility and continuous support needed for sustainable behavior change. We're transforming addiction care and helping more people reclaim their lives from substance use disorders. Through the Digital Recovery Platform, DynamiCare is bringing proven therapeutic approaches into the digital age, making recovery support available whenever and wherever our members need it most. About the job Working as a Full-Stack Engineer at DynamiCare, you'll join a fully remote Agile team to design, build, and maintain secure, evidence-based applications. Since we're a small business, you'll have the opportunity to wear many different hats related to DevOps, Security, and other engineering-related fields. As the primary developer at DynamiCare, you'll have ownership over the codebase, making this a huge opportunity for impact. There will also be room for growth in terms of leadership as the team expands, with potential to shape practices, mentor future developers, and take on greater responsibility in technical decision-making. We are currently striving to expand our user base and increase retention rates, with a Series A funding round on the horizon. We use a Ruby on Rails application, which powers multiple subdomains and includes a REST API that supports our member-facing React Native mobile app, as well as an Analytics application utilizing ActionView, React, and Stimulus. We believe DynamiCare is a great place to work. You'll collaborate in real time to make informed product decisions and play an active role in shaping the company's direction every day. We value your time and mental well-being, and we offer flexibility in working hours and time off. While there may be times when you need to jump in to resolve a critical bug, we strive to stay calm, focus on the root cause, and improve our workflows rather than place blame. Here are some examples of the work you might be doing at DynamiCare: Monitoring and responding to mobile and server package vulnerabilities, applying patches promptly, and evaluating whether they pose any risk to our users. Refactor Rails models to enhance feature development and data processing efficiency. Improve our appointment tracking features to include recurring appointments. Maintaining a probability engine used to schedule substance tests, ensuring functionality by writing a comprehensive suite of unit and integration tests. Building new serializers in Rails to help export data in XLSX or CSV format so that our team has insights on key metrics. Creating and maintaining new background jobs to improve the scalability and performance of our application. Ensuring data security, privacy, and compliance with HIPAA. About you We’re seeking a candidate with a passion for technology and a motivation to make the world a better place. Your primary responsibilities will include full-stack development, DevOps, and maintaining strong data security across our platform. You should have at least three years of experience with our core frameworks: Ruby on Rails and React Native. Experience deploying and managing applications using CircleCI, Aptible, and AWS is especially valuable. Experience working within the confines of HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2 is a strong plus, given the sensitive nature of our work. We’re also looking for someone familiar with Agile development, particularly Scrum and sprint-based workflows. Proficiency with collaboration and project management tools like Asana, Confluence, and Jira is important for staying aligned with the team. Even though you’re experienced, we don’t expect you to hit the ground running on day one. We value thoughtful onboarding and provide you with the time and support needed to learn our systems and processes. Strong communication is essential here, whether you're debugging code, collaborating with designers, or explaining technical concepts to non-technical teammates. We also foster a collaborative environment where every voice is heard, and respectful dialogue and constructive feedback are encouraged. Our shared goal is to build a product that helps people recover from addiction, and we believe that happens best when everyone works together with openness and clarity. A Computer Science degree or equivalent is not required for this position. If you have the chops and the skills needed to do the job well, that’s all that matters. While you’ll report to our Director of IT & Engineering, we strongly believe in autonomy here at DynamiCare. It’s vital that you know how to manage your time, and we trust that you will as well. Investing the time and effort here will help advance your career and expose you to new and exciting challenges. This position is remote and operates on Eastern Time. You’re free to work wherever you succeed the most: whether it be at home or in a coffee shop. We are hiring from anywhere in the United States. Tech Stack Mobile React Native using Expo SDK Integrations Server Ruby on Rails AWS S3 QuickSight Aptible PostgreSQL Data Security HIPAA Compliance DevOps GitHub CircleCI Docker Datadog Sentry How to apply Please submit your application with a resume, a GitHub link, and a cover letter that tells us who you are and what you can offer to DynamiCare, as well as our company’s role in your career and future. Interview Process We aim to make a hiring decision by August 31, 2025. All interviews will be conducted over Zoom. The process includes four stages: Initial Screening – A brief call to learn more about your background and interest in the role. Interview with Direct Manager – A deeper discussion about your experience and technical alignment with the team. Interview with CEO and Head of Product Design – Focused on company vision, product thinking, and cross-functional collaboration. Coding Challenge – A live technical exercise to evaluate your problem-solving skills and coding approach. We value your time and strive to keep the process efficient, respectful, and transparent. You can expect each interview stage to be scheduled approximately 24–48 hours apart during business days. To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/dynamicare-health-full-stack-engineer

Headquarters: worldwide URL: https://zencastr.com Empower the voices of the world @ Zencastr. If you want to push the world of podcasting into the future, come join a team who loves to live on the edge! We are a fully distributed team of smart people who are passionate about changing the world one voice at a time. You should join us if you: Have significant experience with Node.js and good knowledge of JS fundamentals Have a good understanding of computer science fundamentals. You might not have gone to school for it, but you know the difference between heap and stack, different time complexities, and which patterns to use and when. You are ambitious. You might want to build your own company one day or have tried to tackle the toughest tech problems just for fun. You enjoy writing Javascript or Typescript You have an eye for performance. Whether thinking about the latest client side bundling techniques, or the proper way to shard a mongo database, you want things to be fast. You are a team player You have good communication skills What sets you apart: You have a passion for high performance applications You have significant open source contributions You want to work in a fast growing startup. Which comes with the blood, sweat and tears of working to disrupt an established industry You have empathy for the end user. A spec is a conversation starter, as an advocate for the end user you always are thinking about how to best serve their needs You have an eye for code quality and you strive to uphold best practices in engineering, security, and design Why you should choose us: You’ll be working with world class engineers, Phd’s, and designers in a fully distributed team Work in an agile and fast changing environment Equity commensurate to your contribution in a profitable company Health insurance Unique challenges and the support and talent to solve them 4 weeks PTO Freedom to work where you please What we’re looking for: 5+ years of Typescript, Node.js development Strong document / key-value store knowledge (Redis, MongoDB) Strong SQL knowledge Demonstrable knowledge of building scaleable consumer based apps Strong experience with unit, integration, and load testing Experience building APIs Experience with cloud APIs (Google Cloud, Digital Ocean) Bonus points if you have: Experiencing working in high traffic, low latency applications Good dev ops experience Digital Signal Processing experience Strong SQL knowledge AI experience How to apply: Apply at https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/zencastr/e5897c7a-4622-495b-a892-81763a2ef112 We are flexible! For the right candidate we ask: What do you need to do your best work? To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/zencastr-senior-backend-engineer-full-remote

In my previous blog post I described some behaviour of C# record types which was unexpected to me, though entirely correct according to the documentation. This is a follow-up post to that one, so if you haven’t read that one yet, please do so – I won’t go over all the same ground. Is this … Continue reading Records and the ‘with’ operator, redux →

Headquarters: New York, NY URL: https://www.stickermule.com About Sticker Mule Sticker Mule, the Internet's favorite custom printer, is building the Internet's best commerce platform. We are privately-owned, which means no meddlesome investors, with 9-figures in annual revenue and great profitability. Our commerce platform (Stores) helped people earn $200k while in beta and now we are hiring to accelerate development. We offer Remote work with flexible schedules A privately owned, low-stress culture A fun "no bullshit" work environment Great compensation with rising wages. Compensation and benefits Salary: $145K $20,000 signing bonus 4 weeks vacation + holidays based on your country of residence We like you to know Go TypeScript React Native (Expo) GraphQL Postgres Redis Docker Kubernetes Google Cloud Platform Excellent communication skills (English) Degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience What you will work on You'll help us develop our new Stores platform that already helped sellers earn nearly $200,000 while in beta. Stores is supported by a suite of tools that help anyone succeed online including Give (our giveaway platform), Ship (our shipping platform, Notify (our forthcoming email/sms marketing platform), and more coming soon. We have an incredible roadmap and need your help to execute it quickly. To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/sticker-mule-software-engineer-1

Headquarters: USA URL: http://www.close.com About Us Close is a bootstrapped, profitable, 100% remote, ~100 person team of thoughtful individuals who prioritize taking ownership and making a meaningful impact. We’re eager to make a product our customers fall in love with over and over again. We 💛 small scaling businesses. Since 2013, we’ve been building a CRM that focuses on better communication, without the hassle of manual data entry or a complex UI. We are out to supercharge sales productivity with the most modern, thoughtfully designed, all-in-one, communication-focused CRM. Our backend tech stack consists primarily of Python Flask web apps with our TaskTiger scheduler handling many of the backend asynchronous task processing chores. Our data stores include MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, and Redis. The underlying infrastructure runs on AWS using a combination of managed services like EKS, MSK, RDS and ElasticCache and non-managed services running on EC2 instances. We have CI/CD pipelines that build Docker images, run automated tests and deploy to Kubernetes clusters. We also use these images in our local development environment allowing coding locally against all of our services. We have a well-documented public API that is consumed by our front-end JavaScript app as well as numerous integrations. Our infrastructure is heavily automated using Terraform, Ansible and other AWS tools. Our product development process is inspired by Shape Up. We love open sourcing our code and ideas on our GitHub and on The Making of Close, our behind-the-scenes Product & Engineering blog. Check out our open source projects like SocketShark, TaskTiger, LimitLion and ciso8601. About the Role You will be joining one of our six cross-functional teams. These are the CRM, Admin & Onboarding, Conversations, Messaging & Scheduling, Automations & Integrations and Data Insights teams. You will be regularly collaborating with other backend & frontend engineers, product managers, designers, and other teams here at Close. About You We’re looking for high achieving, full-time Software Engineers to join our engineering team. Someone who has a good understanding in web technologies and wants to help design, implement, launch, and scale major systems and user-facing features. You're comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with a small and talented team where you're supported in your efforts to grow professionally. You're able to manage your time well, communicate effectively, and collaborate in a fully distributed team. Come help us with projects like... Conceiving, designing, building, and launching new user-facing features Implementing new AI features to turbocharge our customers’ daily tasks Improving the performance and scalability of our GraphQL and REST API Improving how we sync millions of sales emails and calendar events each month Working with Twilio's API, WebSockets, and WebRTC to improve our calling features Building user-facing analytics features that provide actionable insights based on sales activity data Improving our Elasticsearch-backed powerful search features Improving our internal messaging infrastructure using streaming technologies like Kafka and Redis Building new and enhancing existing integrations with other SaaS platforms like Google’s G Suite, Zapier, and web conferencing providers Enhancing our web app with real-time updates powered by GraphQL Subscriptions Leveraging the latest AI LLMs from providers like OpenAI, Groq and AssemblyAI Help manage our ever growing data processing needs… Billions of Mongo documents Millions and millions of rows of PostgreSQL data 55 Terabytes of logs / month 500 billion OTEL spans over the last 30 days 10+ million events / day Tens of thousands of docker containers 7 million minutes of call recordings / month Petabytes / month of network traffic Requirements... Senior 1 & 2 level candidates should have 5+ years of experience building modern back-end systems. Staff level candidates should have 8+ years of experience. Mid-level candidates should have ~3 years of similar experience and be eager to level up with the right opportunity. Professional Python experience is preferred but a working knowledge of Python with additional experience in other languages is acceptable if you have a desire to work with Python. You have built web APIs that were Internet facing or supported other high volume loads. You have hands-on production experience working with MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, or similar data stores. You have experience designing, scaling, debugging, and optimizing systems to make them fast and reliable. You have participated in code reviews and provided overall code quality suggestions to help maintain the structure and quality of the codebase. You care about the craftsmanship of the code and systems you produce. Located in the USA (lower 48 timezones). Bonus point if you have Contributed open source code related to our tech stack. Led small project teams building and launching features. Built B2B SaaS products. Implemented features that leveraged AI to deliver unimaginable new product capabilities. Worked with complex architectures that support multiple APIs (e.g. REST, GQL, WebSockets) as well as async task and event processing frameworks. 🌏 Why Close? Watch our most recent culture video featuring our annual team retreat in Italy 100% remote company 5 weeks PTO + Winter & Summer Holiday Breaks with 2 additional PTO days for every year with the company 1 month paid sabbatical every 5 years Paid parental leave Medical, Dental, Vision with HSA option (US residents) 401k matching at 6% (US residents) Dependent care FSA (US residents) Our story and team 🚀 Our Values Build a house you want to live in -- Examine long-term thinking and action No BS -- Practice transparency and honesty, especially when it’s hard Invest in each other -- Build successful relationships with your coworkers and customers Discipline equals freedom -- Keep your word to yourself and others Strive for greatness -- Constantly challenge yourself and others How We Work Together Productivity, Quality & Impact: We don’t track hours. We trust you’re an adult and know best how to prioritize, meet your goals and contribute at a high level. Asynchronous communication & collaboration: We have team members all over the world. We don’t expect anyone to work untraditional hours, that means our default is async. Most teams have 2-5 hours of internal meetings weekly. Appreciation for Deep Work: *During your normal work day, not after a day of meetings*. Autonomy & Freedom: Create a work environment that is sustainable for you. We place a high amount of trust and responsibility with our team members from the start. We are looking for US-based Software Engineers to join our team. Base salary range for Senior I & II is $140,000 to $210,000. To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/close-senior-software-engineer-backend-python-usa-only-100-remote-1

Unexpected inconsistency in records The other day, I was trying to figure out a bug in my code, and it turned out to be a misunderstanding on my part as to how C# records work. It’s entirely possible that I’m the only one who expected them to work in the way that I did, but … Continue reading Unexpected inconsistency in records →

Postcodes After a pretty practical previous post about records and collections, this post is less likely to give anyone ideas about how they might tackle a problem in their own project, and doesn’t have any feature requests for Microsoft either. It’s an area I’ve found really fun though. An introduction to postcodes in the UK … Continue reading Election 2029: Postcodes →

Records and Collections This post is to some extent a grab-bag of points of friction I’ve encountered when using records and collections within the election site. Records recap This may end up being the most generally useful blog post in this series. Although records have been in C# since version 10, I haven’t used them … Continue reading Records and Collections →

Storage Since my last post about the data models, I’ve simplified things very slightly – basically the improvements that I thought about while writing the post have now been implemented. I won’t go into the details of the changes, as they’re not really important, but that’s just to explain why some examples might look like … Continue reading Election 2029: Storage →

Data models (and view-models) and how they’re used I was considering using the term “architecture” somewhere in the title of this post, but it feels too pompous for the scale of site. I could probably justify it, but it would give me the ick every time I used the term. But this post will basically … Continue reading Election 2029: Data Models →

Technical overview This post is mostly for scene-setting purposes. There’s nothing particularly remarkable here, but it’s useful to get the plain facts out of the way before we get into genuinely interesting design aspects. Just as a reminder, go to https://election2029.uk if you want to see what any of this looks like at the moment. … Continue reading Election 2029: Technical overview →

Introduction It’s been over 8 months since I started my UK Election 2029 site, and high time that I actually wrote an introduction post so that I can get into more detailed topics later. In 2024, shortly after the UK general election was announced, I created a small site at https://jonskeet.uk/election2024, initially to keep track … Continue reading Election 2029: Introduction →

Shortly after writing my previous post, a colleague pinged me to say she’d figured out what was wrong – at least at the most immediate level, i.e. the exception itself. Nothing is wrong with the ordering code – it’s just that the exception message is too easy to misread. She’s absolutely right, and I’m kicking … Continue reading Election 2029: The Impossible Exception – Solved →

Headquarters: Cambridge, MA URL: https://proton.ai About Us:The wholesale distribution industry is ready for a revolution, and Proton is leading the charge. The world relies on distributors to sell nearly every physical product, but despite its massive contribution to the global economy, this industry has been left behind in terms of technology. Proton is changing that. With AI-powered sales software, we’re breaking through the complexity of selling millions of products and making it easier for distributors to anticipate customer needs. Our mission is to bring the distribution industry into the modern age and the results speak for themselves. Distributors using Proton see 10x ROI, faster new hire ramp-up, and happier sales teams.In 2022, we raised a $20M Series A backed by Felicis Ventures (investors in Twitch, Shopify, Opendoor, and many others) and Battery Ventures. This year, we’re laser-focused on driving customer growth. If you’re excited about the opportunity to wear multiple hats, and continuously learn and experiment, now’s the time to join the Proton team.The Role:Proton is looking for an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join our fast-growing SaaS team! Reporting directly to the Director of Engineering, the Senior Backend Engineer will drive the technical development of the Proton.ai product and platform. In this role, you will be working with the engineering team to help us build a scalable, customizable, performant and secure application.We're looking for someone technical with a deep understanding and curiosity of modern tech stacks and systems that will help us choose and implement solutions that benefit the future of our engineering. Proton collaborates with Oyster HR to hire international employees as full time (long term) contractors within our company. Gross Salary range is $50,000 - $70,000 USD annually, based on experience level. What you’ll do: Feature Development: Spearhead the backend coding of new features while helping the Product team understand complexity and tradeoffs. Developing across the entire full stack of our product, driving features from idea to production and rapidly delivering value to our customers that makes a real impact. Team Collaboration: Be part of a cross-functional team, including software engineering, infrastructure, backend, frontend, and devops, to provide architectural guidance, making sure the stack decisions being made support our future growth. Enterprise Customizability: Leverage your experience with enterprise applications to tailor our solutions to the unique needs of our corporate customers.Performance and Reliability: Share your expertise in building high-performance, reliable applications, contributing to end-to-end architecture and data flow discussions. You'll be a great fit for this role if: Proven experience as a principal engineer or similar in startup environments, with a focus on building scalable SaaS solutions. 7+ years of experience building and deploying scalable SaaS applications5+ years of experience with backend technologies preferably Python or Go, but C# or Java are acceptableTrack record of successful product architecture decisions and system improvements with a large focus on secure coding practices and standards to meet the needs of enterprise class customers and their data.Deep understanding of cloud-native technologies and concepts such as cloud providers, databases, application performance, scalability and securityCuriosity for new technologies. You’re someone who actively seeks to stay informed about the latest frameworks, software advancements, and tools utilized by industry peers. You like contrasting and comparing technologies to find why one fits better for certain use-cases than the other. Experience with enterprise applications is highly preferred.Exceptional communication skills for conveying complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.Current Tech StackBackend Elasticsearch & Redis as the main databasesActively migrating to SQL as primary database API service in Python running in Kubernetes Daily pre-computations run in Airflow Machine learning AI models - neural networks Machine Learning Eng focused on experimenting with ways to improve existing models, building new models - training and developing models and deploying them Frontend Vue.js 3/Nuxt 3Migrating Vue Component frameworks from ElementPlus/iView to VuetifyDocker and kubernetes to deploy Github Actions for CIWhile we have a well-established tech stack, we welcome highly skilled developers who are passionate about learning and expanding their skill set. Don't have experience with everything listed here, but eager to learn? If so, we encourage you to apply!Benefits:Competitive Salaries + Company Stock Options - we want to pay you well (and equitably!) and make you feel like an owner. Flexible Schedule - we think high levels of autonomy, responsibility, and working asynchronously foster an amazing workplace.Biannual Company Paid Off-sites - time for us to be together, brainstorm, and make magic happen. To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/proton-ai-senior-backend-engineer

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AI is elbowing its way into ever more jobs, but while how we work will change, people skills will still be the most important factor.

Fragmented and focused social platforms might be good for helping you find a knitting community. But extremist groups are also using them to normalize darker content.

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Targeted, AI-generated political misinformation is already out there—and humans are falling for it.

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The year 2023 saw the “enshittification” of platforms from Facebook to Google Search. A new exit strategy means platforms will have to play nicely with your data, even if you leave for a rival.

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Advancements in science will bring unprecedented lens into the complexities of the ocean, and a renewed call for humans to protect it.

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When recently carrying out performance benchmarks of Intel Meteor Lake performance on Linux since launch day two years ago, the geo mean came in at 93% the original performance. Finding the performance trending clearly lower with an up-to-date Linux software stack compared to in December 2023 was quite surprising considering the rather nice gains we have seen over time on other Intel/AMD hardware. As noted in that article though, one of the possible explanations there is the Spectre BHI "Branch History Injection" vulnerability and microcode plus Linux kernel mitigations having come out post-launch and affecting Meteor Lake CPUs. Sure enough, follow-up tests looking at the Spectre BHI impact have revealed a measurable cost in a number of workloads for the Core Ultra processor.

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