The Limpopo Way Power solar farm in Harare, Zimbabwe, is a non-traditional power project built on rooftops of warehouses. This innovative approach reflects the growing energy revolution across Africa and Asia.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned amid scandal over alleged extramarital affairs and ties to a Chinese spy, sending shares plummeting. The company has named Colette Kress as interim CEO and will consider internal and external candidates to replace him.
The author created a high-resolution scanner for the Macintosh called Thunderscan, and later developed an application switcher utility that was initially intended to be part of the Mac OS. The author worked with Microsoft on this project before deciding to develop it independently.
Rust 1.100.0 is released, featuring the stable never type (!) and various other improvements including allocator_api stabilization, core::mem::DropGuard, zero-sized types in unsafe code, and Cargo's min-publish-age aware dependency resolution.
Google is releasing Gemini 4 Hydrogen and Orchestrator, a dynamic model pairing for efficient task execution. These tools aim to improve quality, efficiency, and latency in coding and agentic workflows.
The Edge0-145B model is the world's first open-source on-device AI model with 145 billion parameters, allowing coding, reasoning, and agent capabilities to rival cloud models. It enables local use on laptops without corresponding cloud-model token or API fees.
ZigZag is a visual embroidery editor built in Rust for performance, allowing users to create and edit designs alongside AI agents. The app supports various file formats and can export designs to multiple embroidery machines or send them directly to a Brother Skitch over Bluetooth.
Astronomers have discovered a new dwarf planet candidate, 2026 ED138, in the distant solar system. The object is estimated to be between 370-930 miles across and orbits the sun every 281 years.
The Foundation Models framework is a native Swift API for integrating large language models into apps, offering features like guided generation and image understanding. It provides on-device access to Apple's foundation models and extends to server models through the same Swift API.
Some Nvidia employees are calling for Jensen Huang's return despite his resignation due to multiple reported affairs, with over 1,600 comments on an internal suggestion box post. Many employees want a second chance for Huang and believe he should be given the opportunity to continue leading the company.
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The surge of AI-generated apps is overwhelming Apple's app review process, causing delays and rejections for many developers. The flood of new iOS music apps has led to a backlog in reviews, with some developers waiting weeks or even months for their apps to be approved.
This project, smolmaxxing, unlocks the capability of devices like TVs and old phones by finding the biggest language model each device can run. It achieves this by customizing kernels, memory usage, and weight streaming on devices with limited resources. The results show that a 2B model runs faster than larger models on a Xiaomi TV Box S.
The author discovered a 22-year-old zero-day vulnerability in PostgreSQL core, which allowed for type-confusion attacks. The exploit was triggered by manipulating composite types and exploiting the way PostgreSQL handles Datum values.
The Quake 4 expansion, The Awakening, is now playable with openQ4 0.14.1, featuring a second campaign and various improvements. This update brings polish to the game's engine and gameplay mechanics.
Sift is a Lisp formatter, linter and language server that reads source files, reports errors and suggestions, and formats the code according to its own style. It supports Scheme, Emacs Lisp and Common Lisp dialects with 92 rules.
Relax is a live compiler and JIT runtime for Rust that compiles each function when it's first called, optimizes hot ones while running, and patches edits into the process. It runs in one process with its own pipeline from source bytes to executable memory.
RealtimeVAD detects speech end up to 100 ms faster than Silero by combining noise and speaker level checks. It provides start, pause, and end events with audio segments, improving voice assistant responsiveness.
The author has successfully adapted the YK JIT compiler to work with CPython, a popular Python interpreter, achieving performance gains of 2.7x compared to the original CPython and 0.43x compared to the experimental JIT compiler. The adaptation involved adding support for YK's meta-tracing JIT compiler and optimizing interpreter dispatch.
Announcement: CONDUCTOR IS BACK We’ve decided to continue development of Conductor! Reports of our death have been greatly exaggerated (by us). Regularly scheduled updates will resume next week! 🫡🚂
AMD's Zen 6 and Zen 6c cores have evolved from the previous generation, with improvements in IPC, vector scheduler size, and branch predictor accuracy. The new designs aim to balance performance and power efficiency.
Anthropic is a public benefit corporation using AI to accelerate scientific innovation and mitigate its risks, with an upcoming IPO. The company's shares will trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "ANT" starting November 19th.
Gemini 4 Hydrogen is a new AI model that offers speed and efficiency for everyday coding and agentic workflows, surpassing its predecessor in certain areas. It's priced at $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens, making it accessible to a broader audience.
Researchers have found evidence that six Chinese AI models, including those from DeepSeek and Moonshot AI, were trained on export-controlled NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs. The findings suggest that these companies gained access to the restricted hardware despite export restrictions.
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Marcin Wichary shares his experience as a UX designer and typographer, mentioning a vintage "Speed-Minder" sign he saw while driving. The sign displayed speed using a segmented font, sparking his interest in its design and functionality.
Jane Street is evolving its coding interview process to incorporate AI tools, focusing on software design and code quality rather than just writing code. The new format will include more high-level discussions and less coding, but traditional coding interviews will still be a part of the process.
AgentRun is an open-source platform that supercharges agents, adding self-improvement and durable execution. It helps agents learn from their runs and retain useful information for future use.
ExcalidrawZ is an enhanced version of Excalidraw with added features like file management, iCloud sync, and AI assistance. It records checkpoints for app-managed drawings and integrates with Apple platforms for a seamless experience.