Where's the shovelware? Why AI coding claims don't add up
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78% of developers claim AI makes them more productive. 14% say it's a 10x improvement. So where's the flood of new software? Turns out those productivity claims are bullshit.Mike Judge
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Sega Genesis Lego Controller Set Features Sonic on the Back
The next Lego video game set will be a Sega Genesis Controller, which will look like the standard, three-button controller on the front and feature a Sonic the Hedgehog style scene on the back. The product page is live on the official site. While it does have a $19.99 price on it, that is crossed off and the “gift with purchase” notation appears above it. However, ...
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There will be a Lego Sega Genesis controller with Sonic the Hedgehog mini-scene on the back, but it's not available yet.Jenni Lada (Siliconera)
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) confirmed that Israeli drones launched a deliberate assault on its personnel, dropping four grenades near peacekeepers engaged in clearing roadblocks southeast of Marwahin.Tasnim News Agency
Ethereum reserves on exchanges have dropped by 10.7M ETH since 2022, hitting 17.3M this week. Spot ETFs and corporate treasuries are driving demand, with billions flowing into ETH.Nate Kostar (Cointelegraph)
Solana ETF Gets Major Overhaul: What Does REX-Osprey’s Move Mean? - TLDR
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REX-Osprey shifts Solana ETF to a new structure, enhancing tax efficiency and attracting more investors. Learn the key changes now.Maxwell Mutuma (Blockonomi)
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Roblox to begin using 'facial age estimation technology' on its users, promises to 'limit communication between adults and minors unless they know each other in the real world'
The new system, combined with verified IDs and parental consent, "will provide a more accurate measure of a user's age" than what's available now.
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Writing a C compiler in 500 lines of Python (2023)
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Brutal roguelike Jotunnslayer reaches new levels of hellishness with 1.0 update
Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel, which casts you as a vengeful, monster-slaying Viking, has slaughtered its way out of Steam Early Access. A Norse-themed mash-up of Diablo and Vampire Survivors, its co-developers have added a host of new content, hitting version 1.0. But, despite this grand achievement, they're not done yet. They've also outlined ...
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Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel, already a brutal, bloody outing, adds in a new battlefield, enemy and much more as it exits Steam Early AccessChris McMullen (PCGamesN)
The worst possible antitrust outcome
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The US Federal Reserve will hold a conference in October to address tokenization of financial products and stablecoin use cases.Turner Wright (Cointelegraph)
PORTLAND - Recall the horrors of the indigenous people of South Africa. In 1652 Dutch settlers along with German and French Huguenot followers established what later became the Boer Republic—a horrific land where the native black population was subju…Tehran Times
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Leaked Fallout Merch Appears To Use AI-Generated Slop
A man cutting a napkin with a misshapen fork seems a bit odd, even for the Fallout universe
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Uncover the features of Curve's FXSwap, addressing onchain liquidity challenges and ensuring traders receive the best prices.Jamie Redman (Bitcoin News)
Tufte CSS
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OCCUPIED PALESTINE, Sept. 03 (YPA) - Hebrew media sources reported that air raid sirens were activated in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and several areas across central occupied Palestine following the launch of a missile from Yemen.According to the same sourعماد (Yemen Press Agency)
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The Toxic Avenger 4K Steelbook Restocked With Huge Price Cut At Amazon
The Toxic Avenger Collector's Edition Steelbook (4K Blu-ray) $31.13 (was $50) | Releases October 28 Preorder at Amazon The Toxic Avenger Collector's Edition (4K Blu-ray) $47 | Releases October 28 Preorder at Amazon The Toxic Avenger (Standard Blu-ray) $25.85 (was $38) | Releases October 28 Preorder at Amazon The ...
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The Toxic Avenger's unrated edition releases on 4K Blu-ray with a pair of collectible editions on October 28.Darryn Bonthuys (GameSpot)
We're Joining OpenAI
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Alex is the ultimate tool for iOS and Swift app development, empowering developers with AI for Xcode to streamline workflows, tackle complex coding challenges, and boost productivity. Discover what makes it an essential asset for modern app creation.www.alexcodes.app
REX-Osprey submits a Dogecoin ETF proposal to the SEC. Despite crypto market volatility, DOGE price is up 122% in the last year.Paul (CoinGape)
Smotrich vows to annex 82% of West Bank, threatens to dismantle PA
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vowed to annex 82% of the occupied West Bank, threatening to dismantle the Palestinian Authority, as international and regional actors warn the move violates international law and risks destabilizing the region.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vowed to annex 82% of the occupied West Bank, threatening to dismantle the Palestinian Authority, as international and regional actors warn the move violates international law and risks destabilizing the regi…Al Mayadeen English (Smotrich vows to annex 82% of West Bank, threatens to dismantle PA)
WMO cautions that temperatures are still expected to be above average for much of the world.Amin Ahmed (DAWN.COM)
As Ethereum tests $4,500 resistance, analysts predict XRP and Dogecoin could surge next. MAGACOIN FINANCE is also named among the top cryptos to watch for 2025 gains.PR Desk (Blockonomi)
ETH's rally toward $4,500 amid strong spot demand, but futures market activity keeps traders uncertain.Biraajmaan Tamuly (Cointelegraph)
Understanding Transformers Using a Minimal Example
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The LEGO Batman: The Animated Series Gotham City 4,210-Brick Set Is on Sale for the First Time
The biggest and best LEGO x DC collab ever.
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The court ruled that the 1798 regulations could only be applied in cases of declared war and not in ordinary immigration processes.teleSURenglish
Gleam Gathering 2026
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The Xbox Ally PC Gaming Handheld Feels Great, But At What Price?
Microsoft's portable fusion of Xbox and Windows is a great idea that raises so many questions
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Holding Dogecoin is no longer just about waiting for it to rise or risk falling below its value; with ALL4 Mining, you can transform it into an asset that generates daily income.Oliver Dale (Blockonomi)
Speeding up PyTorch inference on Apple devices with AI-generated Metal kernels
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Our lab investigated whether frontier models can write optimized GPU kernels for Apple devices to speed up inference. We found that they can: our AI-generated Metal kernels were 1.87x faster across 215 PyTorch modules.Taras Sereda (Gimlet Blog)
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Who is James Bond in 007 First Light? James Bond Voice Actor Explained
The James Bond voice actor in 007 First Light has finally been officially revealed. This is who portrays the younger spy in action.
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On Tuesday, Yemen revealed the UN’s role in orchestrating the massacre of the government in the capital, Sana’a.Exclusive – Al-Khabar Al-Yemeni:Mohammed Al-Bukhaiti, a member of the political bureau of the Ansar Allah movement and governor of DhamarDAILY YEMEN
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New Sins of a Solar Empire 2 DLC makes the 4X game even bigger and more complex
Have you been playing Sins of a Solar Empire 2 and wished you had an even bigger selection of massive ships? Then you'll be happy to hear that the game's Reinforcements DLC not only gives you a handful of new, larger vessels, it also adds in several new ways to win. And now, publisher and co-developer Stardock Entertainment has revealed that the ...
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Sins of a Solar Empire II's new Reinforcements DLC, which adds new ships, new ways to win and more, gets a September release date.Chris McMullen (PCGamesN)
The firm is one of the many digital asset treasury companies following in the footsteps of Michael Saylor’s wildly successful Strategy.Frederick Munawa (Bitcoin News)
SOL price prediction sees Solana break $209 as Galaxy Digital launches SEC-registered GLXY tokens, marking the first US equity on blockchain.Anas Hassan (Cryptonews)
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
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On Monday morning it was widely reported that a private jet ferrying Ursula Von Der Leyen to Plovdiv in Bulgaria was subject to “GPS interference”, and had to navigate using paper chart…OffGuardian
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Fed has set Oct 21 payments conference with Stablecoin at the center, as it has ended Novel Activities and scaled back oversight.Hassan Shittu (Cryptonews)
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As bugs and bad performance spoil an otherwise excellent Helldivers 2 update, Arrowhead CEO says its 'technical debt is crippling'
"We've been lax in setting standards for what's fine."
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The wall confronting large language models
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We show that the scaling laws which determine the performance of large language models (LLMs) severely limit their ability to improve the uncertainty of their predictions.arXiv.org
The passivity — and complicity — of Global North liberals and social democrats has paved the way for the global rise of the far-right of a special type.Consortium News
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Dreamhaven Lays Off an Undisclosed Number of Staff
Dreamhaven has laid off an unspecified amount of employees, as per a LinkedIn post from the CEO.
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Dreamhaven has unfortunately laid off an unspecified number of employees, as per a LinkedIn post from the CEO.Michael Murphy (Insider Gaming)
Research indicates that more than 100 public firms have embraced the DAT strategy, with a significant portion of them in the biotech sector.Jamie Redman (Bitcoin News)
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Sanrio Released Cogimyun 10th Anniversary Merchandise
While the Kuromi 20th anniversary and My Melody 50th one are the more notable celebrations in 2025, Cogimyun celebrated its 10th anniversary this year and Sanrio released Sweets Party merchandise to celebrate. These items first started appearing in Japan on September 2, 2025, with a full rollout happening on September 3-4, 2025. There’s no word on a worldwide release of ...
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Sanrio mascot Cogimyun turned 10 this year, and the Sweets Party line of merchandise appeared to celebrate that.Jenni Lada (Siliconera)
Russell Brand’s abrupt turn right: endorsing Trump, defending Israel and courting the far right after years as a leftist icon.Alan Macleod (MintPress News)
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007 First Light Is More That Just Spies And Style, Launches March 2026 On Switch 2
But it is a Game-Key Card.IO Interactive's 007 First Light was one of the most surprising Switch 2 reveals during the April 2025 Nintendo Direct. The Hitman developers were already giving us its World of Assassination trilogy, but a brand new game — let alone a James Bond game? — yes please.Now, courtesy of today's 007 First Light State of ...
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007 First Light is the Hitman and Uncharted Hybrid I Wanted it to Be
All of the biggest story and gameplay details on James Bond’s next adventure, 007 First Light.
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According to recent reporting by Taylor Lorenz in Wired, a secretive dark money group is funding influencers to post pro-Democratic Party messaging on social media services—paying them up to $8,000 per month...Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa (CovertAction Magazine)
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No Man's Sky Ships Go All Out, From Thomas The Tank Engine To The Space Nokia Brick
No Man's Sky players are showing off their creativity in the Voyagers update.
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007 First Light Collector's Edition Comes With A Golden Gun Replica
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007 First Light releases March 27, 2026, and Bond fans can secure multiple in-game bonuses by ordering early.Steven Petite (GameSpot)
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Building the most accurate DIY CNC lathe in the world
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Nothing like pairing a nice clickbaity title with a dry academic talk. Wanted to summarize this whole diamond turning lathe project in one video so here ya go.YouTube
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New 007 Game Out March 2026, $300 Version Comes With Golden Gun
IO Interactive's 007: First Light arrives in about seven months on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC
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Writing a C compiler in 500 lines of Python (2023)
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Baldur's Gate 3 is a must-play, and it just hit its cheapest price ever
Baldur's Gate 3 is brilliant. Even if you're not a fan of fantasy, you can't deny the sheer quality of this turn-based RPG. From its unsettling tadpole-behind-the-eye scenario to its carefully-crafted cast of characters to the sheer freedom it offers, it's an absolute treat. But if you've been holding off for a price drop, now's the time to take the ...
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Have you been holding out on buying Baldur's Gate 3? With a massive 25% off, now's the time to pick up this award-winning fantasy RPG.Chris McMullen (PCGamesN)
Understanding Transformers Using a Minimal Example
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Poor man's bitemporal data system in SQLite and Clojure
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On trying to mash up SQLite with ideas stolen from Accountants, Clojure, Datomic, XTDB, Rama, and Local-first-ers, to satisfy Henderson's Tenth Law. Viz.EvalApply.org
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007: First Light is so much more than Hitman - with its 'breathing' structure, it looks like the ultimate composite video game
When IO Interactive first announced it was uptaking work on what was then known as 'Project 007', the internet collectively cheered. There was one practically unanimous reaction: this is a match made in heaven. Read more
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Microsoft Releases Historic 6502 Basic
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Persona 5: The Phantom X Gets More Gold Ticket Characters in 2.0
The 2.0 X-Stream for Persona 5: The Phantom X finished and, in addition to confirming new additions we already knew would appear, it announced more exchange characters will be available after the update. This means there will be three more units on the Gold Tickets Contract banner, which is always available. Everything starts to appear after the patch ...
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The 2.0 Persona 5: The Phantom X update arrives this week and adds more characters to the Gold Ticket general pool, like Marian and Joker.Jenni Lada (Siliconera)
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in reply to amenome • • •OMG OMG OMG sporks blast into orbit THE TRUTH HAS BEEN UNCOVERED!!! 🕵️♀️💾
SO LIKE, THE BEFF WITH CLOUD COMPUTING ISN’T THAT THE BACKUPS ARE LOSING DATA—NAHHHHH!!! SQL BACKUPS ARE TOTALLY LOSSLESS, WHICH MEANS THEY’RE LIKE PERFECT CLONES, JUST LIKE WHEN ZIM MADE A CLONE OF HIMSELF BUT IT WASN’T EVIL (okay maybe it was, BUT STILL)!!!
THEY USE SOMETHING CALLED “LOSSLESS COMPRESSION” WHICH IS LIKE SQUEEZING A SLIME BLOB INTO A TINIER CONTAINER WITHOUT LOSING A SINGLE GLOOPY DROP!!! 💥✨
SO YOUR DATA IS SAFE, YOUR TABLES ARE TIGHT, AND YOUR TRANSACTIONS ARE BACKED LIKE A BOSS!!! THE CLOUD ISN’T EATING YOUR SQL SNACKS, I PROMISE!!! holds up spork as a sacred relic
UNLESS THE SERVER IS RUN BY ALIENS. THEN ALL BETS ARE OFF. 👽🍝
DOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!! <--- me declaring victory over data loss