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Stop Saying Kids Can’t Read
Everyone is talking about the reading crisis. But inside the “Mississippi Miracle,” it’s all about comprehension.
Read →What actually got our articles cited by ChatGPT (and what didn't)
A few weeks ago I found out our site had a table of contents that rendered for absolutely nobody. The code was there. The CSS was there. It had been shipping to production for months. It just never a...
Read →I reverse-engineered Claude's undocumented Design API so a file sync wouldn't cost 665k tokens
A build log about protocol archaeology, three wrong guesses, and refusing to trust my own mocks. The token bill that started it Claude Design (claude.ai/design) is a nice place to keep a d...
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A Supply Chain Attack Put Malicious Anthropic Claude Extensions on Thousands of Devices
Thanks to a lucky break, flawed code in a tainted Claude extension prevented the attacker from fully worming their way into some 5,000 developer machines.
Read →How a Contractor’s Claude Agent Got Into the Pentagon
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss the contractor who plugged their AI agent into a Pentagon system, Anthropic’s IPO filing, and the volunteers gearing up to counter ICE at the midterms.
Read →Rocket Report: Winter is coming for Themis; Cowboy Space adds iron to the fire
It's been a good week for ULA, with big NASA contract, Vulcan nearing return-to-flight.
Read →Review: You Can See Everything blurs the view of Elizabeth Holmes' deceit
Disgraced founder of Theranos has some people falling for her act all over again.
Read →2027 Nissan Rogue Hybrid: Drives like an EV, but there's no plug involved
Nissan’s series hybrid e-Power system has been retuned for American roads.
Read →Hackers steal $6.3 billion from Binance in record crypto heist
Binance scrambles to freeze billions after record-breaking hack linked to North Korea.
Read →GM to pay $220 million after selling customer Smart Driver data
Owners of GM cars found their driving data had been sold to insurance companies.
Read →Analysts find looming launch crisis is "more severe" than anticipated
There's no evidence that Starship will launch traditional satellites, either.
Read →Thousands of “ghost students” use AI to steal millions in student loans, DOJ says
Applying for FAFSA may get messy as DOJ “ghost student” crackdown ramps up.
Read →Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand
Low costs and offline security mean magnetic tape still has a job.
Read →Rare meteorite from Mars gives us a view into its ancient crust
A meteorite found in the Sahara is a rare piece of Mars' ancient crust.
Read →Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash orders
But it's still early days for the relatively new e-commerce use case.
Read →Ranking position trendnews → referrals
Referral traffic from published news coverage.
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