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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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As US ties fray, Europe plans first undersea cable link to Greenland
Europe's Pan-Arctic Cable will bypass US to link Canada, Japan, and South Korea.
Read →ULA's Vulcan rocket is set to return to flight on Friday the 13th
This Vulcan launch will be first to use a full complement of 6 solid rocket boosters.
Read →SpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that's a problem for America's space agency
"NASA desperately needs SpaceX, and SpaceX knows it, and Elon knows it."
Read →Massive leak exposes 41,000 DHS workers and undercover ICE agents
The leak reveals undercover agents, surveillance groups, and sensitive DHS access.
Read →Google admits AI search makes less money, but it's fixing that with more ads
Google's negative cash flow balloons to -$9.06 billion, and stock price tumbles following Q3 earnings.
Read →Turning a solar power system into its own backup
Plant design allows it to run on either stored solar heat or combustion.
Read →Trump ignored intel on China’s Nvidia spy to protect company’s stock, report says
Spy accused of exploiting Trump ties to Huang, funneling secrets to China.
Read →Trump declares robot imports a national security threat
President orders trade talks on foreign-made factory robots, threatens tariffs.
Read →Pentagon IG refuses to investigate Starlink/Starshield slowdown in Ukraine
Inspector general rejected request from Democratic and Republican senators.
Read →Microsoft fixes a Windows 11 annoyance as PC revenue declines
The latest update also brings a cloud recovery option for PCs that won't boot.
Read →Reddit is moving to “a logged-in-only experience,” CEO says
Reddit's search traffic "was down meaningfully" last quarter.
Read →Deepgram acquires Pipecat-maker Daily to bolster its voice AI infrastructure
With Pipecat, Deepgram will likely gain a deeper understanding of real-time voice and video infrastructure.
Read →Ranking position trendnews → referrals
Referral traffic from published news coverage.
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