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FiveThirtyEight articles on the Internet Archive

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An index of every fivethirtyeight.com article preserved by the Internet Archive.

Gemini 3.5 Flash

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Gemini 3.5 Flash is a powerful model combining frontier intelligence with action, delivering exceptional speed and performance for complex tasks. It's ideal for tackling long-horizon agentic tasks, automating workflows, and generating interactive web UIs and graphics.

I’ve built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of

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This virtual museum of operating systems runs on Linux VM for QEMU, VirtualBox, or UTM, with a custom launcher and pre-installed OSes. It includes historical OSes and platforms from 1948 to the present day, with a goal to make them easily accessible and runnable.

Remove–AI–Watermarks – CLI and library for removing AI watermarks from images

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The tool removes AI watermarks and metadata from images generated by various AI models, including Google Gemini, ChatGPT/DALL-E, and Stable Diffusion. It strips SynthID, C2PA, EXIF, and XMP labels, and prevents AI distortion of facial features.
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Google Search is upgrading with AI, introducing a new intelligent Search box and Search agents that can help with tasks and answer questions. The new features include custom dashboards, generative UI, and expanded Personal Intelligence capabilities.

GitHub Compromised

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Show HN: Forge – Guardrails take an 8B model from 53% to 99% on agentic tasks

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Forge is a reliability layer for self-hosted LLM tool-calling with guardrails and context management. It scores 86.5% on a 26-scenario eval suite and supports multi-step workflows and long-running sessions.

OpenAI Adopts Google's SynthID Watermark for AI Images with Verification Tool

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OpenAI is strengthening content provenance with a multi-layered model to build trust online, including C2PA conformance and SynthID watermarking. This approach aims to make AI-generated content easier to identify and verify, supporting a more trustworthy information ecosystem.

Mistral AI acquires Emmi AI

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Mistral AI is acquiring Emmi AI, a leading Engineering AI company, to create the leading AI stack for Industrial Engineering. The acquisition will strengthen Mistral's position as the leading AI transformation partner for industrial enterprises.

Apple unveils new accessibility features

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Apple is releasing accessibility updates using Apple Intelligence, including improved VoiceOver, Magnifier, Voice Control, and Accessibility Reader. New features include on-device generated subtitles, power wheelchair control with Apple Vision Pro, and an adaptive MagSafe accessory for iPhone.

The Mercury logic programming system

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Mercury is a logic/functional programming language with advanced static analysis and error detection. It has a compiler with two backends and works on various operating systems.

In 1979 engineer Hugh Padgham discovered "gated reverb" – by accident

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India's hottest district shuts at 10 am as mercury breaches 48 C mark

Banda in India is experiencing extreme heat, with temperatures reaching 48.2°C, making it one of the country's hottest locations. The heat is attributed to years of ecological destruction and climate crisis, causing widespread disruption to daily life and livelihoods.

Skills in Web, iOS, and Android

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Evals will break

The current evaluation infrastructure for LLMs is structurally reactive, failing to predict qualitative changes in model capabilities. This is because standard metrics often fail to anticipate regime shifts, making it difficult to detect the next capability jump.

GitHub is investigating unauthorized access to their internal repositories

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Gemini CLI will stop working from June 18, 2026

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Gemini CLI is being replaced by Antigravity CLI, a unified platform for multi-agent workflows. Antigravity CLI retains key Gemini features and adds asynchronous workflows and a unified architecture.

Minnesota becomes first state to ban prediction markets

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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a law banning prediction market sites, prompting a lawsuit from the Trump administration. The law forces sites like Kalshi and Polymarket to leave the state or face felony charges, amid a growing standoff over regulation.

Testing MiniMax M2.7 via API on three real ML and coding workflows

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I recently got access to some MiniMax M2.7 API credits, so I decided to plug this model directly into Claude Code and run it on three workflows I do regularly. The same tasks were run using Claude Opus 4.7 as the comparison baseline. The three workflows: scaffolding an entry for an active Kaggle competition, drafting and auditing knowledge-base notes for my Obsidian vault, and updating an old ...

Lisp in Web-Based Applications (2001)

Paul Graham discusses using Lisp in web-based applications, citing its flexibility and suitability for incremental development. He highlights the benefits of Lisp's interactive toplevel, macros, and embedded languages, which enabled Viaweb's rapid development and sophisticated user interface.

I’ve joined Anthropic

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Growing Neural Cellular Automata

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Biologists and computer scientists are working together to understand how living organisms develop and regenerate their bodies, and how this process can be replicated in artificial systems. Researchers are using cellular automata models and neural networks to simulate the growth and development of patterns, and are exploring how these models can be used to create self-repairing systems and ...

Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments

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A curated archive of imaginary musical instruments and speculative sound devices—exploring music, technology, and invention throughout history.

Why is almost everyone right-handed? A new study connects it to bipedalism

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The two oldest printing presses

Christoffel Plantin's printing workshop had 16 presses in 1575 and employed 56 people, making it the largest in the world. The oldest presses, dating from 1600, are still operational today, producing 1,250 sheets per day.

HTML-in-Canvas Demos

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This is a list of HTML-in-Canvas demos contributed by third-party developers. Note that Google does not endorse or maintain these demos and assumes no liability for their accuracy or performance.

Tool mapping 90 companies in the photonics and CPO supply chain

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Each tap traces the supply path. Hover/tap a chip layer to see who makes it. Hover/tap a company to see what it makes and what it depends on. I publish weekly analysis of AI semiconductor supply chains, Japanese tech equities, and compute infrastructure. Free, no spam. Check my other work →

Copy Fail, Dirty Frag, and Fragnesia kernel vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux teams are working to keep kernels secure by packaging latest upstream releases and backporting fixes. Users should upgrade to latest kernel version and automate upgrades for better security.

Disney erased FiveThirtyEight

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The author's website FiveThirtyEight was deleted by ABC News, a Disney subsidiary, after a decade of hard work and significant investment. The author believes Disney neglected the site, failing to make it a profitable unit, and now regrets choosing to partner with them.