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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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OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Astra With Staged Access Across ChatGPT, API, and Major Clouds
OpenAI has announced GPT-6 Astra, its next-generation flagship model, with a staged rollout across ChatGPT, the OpenAI API, Microsoft Azure, and AWS Bedrock. The September 3, 2026 release turns a prev...
Read →How to sum a column in a Confluence table
One of those questions that looks like it should have a one-click answer and does not. Here is exactly what Confluence Cloud can and cannot do with numbers, and how to pick between the three ways out....
Read →myna 0.15.0: myna update
myna 0.15.0: myna update I typed myna update today and got Unknown command "update". Run: myna help. That is a fair answer and a bad one. The installer already knew how to put a myna binary...
Read →IonQ Introduces Superion 256 Quantum Computing System
IonQ recently revealed its sixth-generation quantum computing platform, the Superion 256. This system marks the beginning of a new architectural lineage designed for mass production and data center in...
Read →With another huge infusion of cash, Stoke Space goes even bigger
The space economy will grow exactly as fast as we can launch rockets.
Read →EV batteries last longer than drivers feared
Study suggests used vehicles can retain about 90% of original usable battery capacity after 150,000 km.
Read →The combat demo for Free Stars: Children of Infinity is out, and it's free
Blast your opponents in 1v1 arcade space battles like it's 1992 all over again.
Read →The secret to protecting next-gen spacecraft might be eggshells
3D-printed aluminum eggshell arrays filled with water proved more effective at impact resistance.
Read →The White House made a "Tetris" clone. The Tetris Company was not amused.
Trump admin's propaganda "arcade" hits some apparent legal limits.
Read →Google complies with EU rules for travel searches, says the new results stink
The EU continues to go after Google search practices it sees as anticompetitive.
Read →Update to Google’s AI weather model improves forecast accuracy
Like traditional weather models, it benefits from an expanded set of inputs.
Read →“This is the AI men actually use”: Meta ads pushed apps nudifying real teens
Meta dragged its feet removing ads that nudify young girls' Instagram pics.
Read →Ranking position trendnews → referrals
Referral traffic from published news coverage.
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