OpenRouter secured $113M in Series B funding led by CapitalG, with participation from major tech companies. The funding will be used to scale infrastructure and deepen enterprise capabilities for AI production workloads.
A person found a rock resembling a seashell in the Alghat desert, Saudi Arabia, and attempted to identify the shell's shape using a dataset of 7894 species and 59244 images. They used Principal Component Analysis to reduce the shape's dimensions from 256 to 2.
Accenture acquires Ookla to strengthen network intelligence and experience with data and AI for enterprises. The acquisition will help clients optimize mission-critical Wi-Fi and 5G networks.
The Zig project has made significant progress in 2026, including improvements to the ELF linker, incremental compilation, and the build system, which has made zig build faster and more efficient. The project has also made changes to the standard library, including preferring the Native API over Win32 and deleting redundant code from the libc subproject, which has improved compilation speed ...
Jef Raskin founded the Macintosh project at Apple, leading to the development of the graphical user interface. He aimed for simplicity and user-friendliness, but the Mac has become increasingly complex over time.
The Joseon court — the dynasty that ruled Korea for five centuries (1392–1897) — watched and recorded eclipses, comets, droughts, floods, and tiger incursions as signs bearing on the Mandate of Heaven: Heaven's read on whether the dynasty should stand. This console logs those readings as operational telemetry — every entry a real record from the 朝鮮王朝實錄.
Agentic AI tools have changed software development by allowing non-experts to produce correct outputs without understanding the underlying code. The most valuable professionals now have both technical skills and deep domain knowledge to verify the correctness of generated code.
In 1992, Comanche used a 2.5D Voxel Space engine with a 1024x1024 height and color map for rendering. The engine used a simple painter algorithm to draw vertical lines based on height and color data.
The 8087 floating-point chip uses microcode to implement its instruction set, with 1648 micro-instructions controlling the chip's operations. The FXCH instruction, which exchanges two floating-point registers, is implemented with 14 micro-instructions that handle various conditions and exceptions.
openrsync is a BSD-licensed rsync implementation compatible with modern rsync protocol 27, primarily designed for OpenBSD but also portable to other UNIX systems. It uses a subset of rsync's command-line arguments and is part of the rpki-client project.
A TLS certificate renewal vulnerability in acme.sh allowed a certificate authority to issue a certificate, enabling wiretapping of jabber.ru. The vulnerability was exploited due to a remote code execution flaw in acme.sh, which was later patched.
Dusklight brings a classic adventure to PC and mobile platforms with a variety of fixes and improvements. You must provide a dump of your own copy of the original game to run Dusklight. Learn more → No longer constrained by early-2000s hardware, Dusklight runs at much higher resolutions and frame rates. Whether you prefer an authentic experience or a more modern one, Dusklight ...
Pandoc templates for PDF, LaTeX, HTML and Word. Easily convert documents with customizable templates for reports, articles, and more.
Container shipping costs have doubled since the Iran war began, with bunker fuel costs up 68% and spot rates increasing 59-66% on major routes. Importers are paying more for ocean transport due to the Hormuz crisis, with carriers passing on fuel costs and expecting further rate increases.
Werner Herzog discusses his film Grizzly Man, about Timothy Treadwell, a man who lived with bears in Alaska. Herzog found Treadwell's footage fascinating and powerful, despite his delusional acts.
use kore_fileformat::*; // Write data kore_write_simple("output.kore", schema_json, data_json)?; // Read data let data = kore_read_simple("output.kore")?; // Read specific column let col = kore_read_col_simple("output.kore", "column_name")?; // Get file info let info = kore_info_simple("output.kore")?; from pyspark.sql import SparkSession from kore ...
The Zig project has made several improvements including faster build times, incremental compilation, and better type resolution. These changes aim to make the development experience more efficient and user-friendly, with features like faster error messages and improved dependency management.
The user implemented a basic fluid simulation in Godot using Navier Stokes equations, including density advection, diffusion, and velocity advection, and also implemented boundary conditions and pressure correction to remove incompressibility artifacts. The user explained the process in a blog post, including code snippets and explanations of the algorithms used, and noted that the simulation ...
Researchers created a virtual bicycle simulator to study how humans and computers learn to ride a bicycle and found that humans use inertial cues and leaning actions that are missing from the simulation. They designed a two-neuron network that can control the bicycle's heading and leaning, and successfully tested it on a virtual bicycle, but future directions include having the system learn ...
GPTZero discovered that Ernst & Young's 2025 report "Points of Attack" contains fake citations and inaccurate claims, which are being spread through newspapers, blog posts, and AI search overviews. The company's Hallucination Check tool identified the fake citations and highlights the dangers of "vibe citing" in research and consulting reports.
The user and their cousin encountered an aggressively shouting man on the street, but a calm greeting changed his demeanor. This experience illustrates how our bodies give off signals that others can interpret, similar to how corporations collect emotional insights from people.
IXI's autofocus glasses automatically switch between prescriptions using cameraless eye tracking and liquid crystal lenses. They can track eye movements, blinking, and gaze direction, and are designed to help people with age-related farsightedness.
The Pope's encyclical warns against unregulated AI development and outdated concepts like "just war". He also calls for fact-checked journalism, multilateral diplomacy, and apologizes for the papacy's past slavery condemnation.
One of the considerations in designing our Oxide rack is asking which parts we expect to be accessible and by what means. The Oxide rack is designed to live in a data center with exclusive access via the network. The only reason an engineer should ever need to physically visit a rack is to replace a failing part, such as a disk. Our Service Processor (SP) is accessible via the management ...
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The user agrees with DBOS that a separate orchestration tier is not necessary for durable execution, as workflow state can be kept in a local database like SQLite. A local SQLite database with Litestream backup to S3 is a simple and cost-effective way to achieve durability for many AI and experimentation workflows.
Plug-in solar panels will be available in the UK soon, allowing you to generate electricity without installation fees or planning permission. Enter your postcode and details to estimate energy generation and potential savings.
An actor with no state can still be useful for isolating data and ensuring work is done on a specific thread, like a NetworkClient that decodes JSON responses. However, it may also indicate a misunderstanding or unnecessary complexity, and should be used intentionally with clear trade-offs.
Last week I had a call with Professor Gavin Hollis who is writing about Shakespeare’s use of maps and coining the term mapp’ry – you can read a bit more about our conversation here. That conversation prompted me to think about Shakespeare’s references to places in his plays and what that might tell me about his understanding of the world at the end of the 16th century. I thought this would be ...
A Snowy Owl's appearance in Central Park sparked curiosity in New Yorkers, leading to a surge in Google searches for the species. Google search trends reveal a seasonal pattern, with bird searches peaking in spring migration months, and also show that people are more interested in iconic and rare birds.