Artificial IntelligenceSee all →Neural networks are already cleanTheoPhysEval: Assessing AI agents at autonomous theoretical physics problem solvingAI models may be capable of self-replicating without access to a datacenter~
TechnologySee all →Anthropic says revenue jumped 45% to $16.8 billion in third quarter~Ukraine accuses SpaceX of crippling drone missions as ties with US worsen~Constellation Energy to add 890 megawatts of generating capacity at 11 existing nuclear plants
HealthSee all →MIT class project turns into An FDA-cleared treatment for tremors~Child mortality rates by regionOur AI Midwife~
ChartsSee all →Three charts showing BART crime and ridershipAfter a decade of growth, global call center employment is shrinkingThe plunging price of AI~
WarSee all →How Ukraine uses precision drone strikes to hobble Russian oil refineries~Ukraine hits second major tech site, expanding range of targets inside Russia~Russia puts Ukraine’s internet in its sights as attacks on Kyiv infrastructure intensify~
Software DevelopmentSee all →Valen's memory safety: a new kind of borrow checkingWhat mathematicians should know about the Lean theorem prover: questions of reliability and AIDeno is joining Cloudflare~
Academic PapersSee all →The big data paradox in clinical practiceThe actuary's final word on algorithmic decision making~A case study on emergent cheating and whistleblowing in autonomous research swarms~
EnergySee all →Facilities betting big on low-cost, 100-hour iron-air batteries~Dig Energy completes first project with novel geothermal drilling tech~ForeFront Power completes its first Erthos solar energy system for the city of Fresno~
MilitarySee all →How Iran’s drones hit America’s Achilles heelTrump orders Pentagon to redesign US aircraft carrier to use steam catapults to launch jetsU.S. bears brunt of Israel’s missile defense, Pentagon assessments show
HistorySee all →Margaret Hamilton on the origin of "software engineering"The 12th-century military disaster that forever changed global finance~Maria Edgeworth sneaked economic theory into her best-selling novels~
MathematicsSee all →The mathocalypse~OpenAI releases findings on 377 math problems, further roiling field~Applied pure mathematics
SecuritySee all →Hackers obtain counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other large services~OpenAI ignored employees’ warnings about safely testing AI models~Revealing the details of how OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face~
EnvironmentSee all →Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concernsScientists heard a knock at the door. It was a pelican in need of help.Cod fishing is back in Newfoundland~
Source CodeSee all →Software to run multiple coding agents from desktop and mobileAn executable specification language based on the temporal logic of actions (TLA)A build system for operating system images
PhilosophySee all →How effective altruism conquered the worldMeta-rational failure (and success) in the covid crisisThe train to crazy town
GamesSee all →With most information hidden, the game Stratego had stumped AI—until now~A reverse asteroids gameA game based on special relativity
MusicSee all →Coltrane's tone circleMy recording of "Je me suis fait tout petit"Building an interactive instrument for a one-of-a-kind festival
OffbeatSee all →How a character from 'The Addams Family' is shaping the future of robotics‘That’s so AI!’ What gen Alpha’s biggest insult tells usPlease don’t rearrange our shoes when we turn up, paramedics in Japan urge
ComicsSee all →Bad Machinery"It's OK, they don't truly 'want' to take over.""something I noticed about working with Fable..."
OpinionSee all →Bundling life and health insuranceAlexander Berger on X about the relationships between Effective Altruism to AI organizationsBuffered and porous selves
BooksSee all →The wealthiest—and stealthiest—class in America~Crafting Interpreters (2021)A new book details Israel’s destruction of Palestinian life in Gaza~
LawSee all →Guatemala’s democracy dilemma~FBI, coast guard boarded hacked oil tankers heading toward US coast~Russian sanctions are fueling a Canadian car theft epidemic~
US GovernmentSee all →‘We hacked The FBI:’ hackers say they have data on all FBI employees~How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation~How Marco Rubio is running Venezuela from afar~
HousingSee all →Where is housing slow to build, and is it getting slower? (PDF)Review: SydneyWhy socialists should embrace luxury apartments~
ScienceSee all →Study shows that the human brain is two separate organs~"Falcopolis" discovered in Angola~Seedless blackberries and cherries that grow on bushes vie to be the future of food~
CrimeSee all →South Africa is at risk of becoming a mafia stateTrump says he has secured a vast U.S. stake in Venezuelan oil industry~Car break-ins drop in San Francisco as drone use increases~
MarketsSee all →The S&P 500's response to the pandemicWhy we built Pion~Canada's oil windfall may yet wipe out its losses from tariffs~
TransportSee all →Saudi oil exports face heightened threats after attacks on pipeline~The US is recruiting gamers to solve its air traffic controller shortage~A thread about the history of streetcars in the US~
FinanceSee all →Nvidia is the central bank of AI~Inside Google’s $200bn Wall Street finance machine for Anthropic~Japanese financial assets abroad, 1996–2025
WorkSee all →After work, we’ll have each other~The JavaScript / wasm runtime that powers Cloudflare workersCalifornia goat grazing faces crisis after wage change~
CharitiesSee all →GiveWell makes $276 million grant to fund anti-malaria nets in Democratic Republic of the Congo~Dolly Parton’s other legacy: a fortune given away, dollar by dollar~Ending respiratory infections~
SpaceSee all →NASA’s attempt to save the Swift telescope has failed~50 years ago, cosmic rays may have caused Apollo astronauts to see lights (2023)~India's first privately developed rocket reaches orbit on dramatic debut launch
EconomicsSee all →The consequences of caste in village India~The effects of the EU’s Cohesion Policy~The great wealth transfer reality check
FoodSee all →Some Estonians invite strangers into their back gardens each summer~My journey to the microwave alternate timeline~Yakult ladies are an icon in Japan~
EducationSee all →How states are streamlining college admissions~Mass layoffs hit Haitian workers at airports, nursing homes, schools as protected status ends~Schools are adding pepper-spraying drones to help combat active shooters~
~cryptographySee all →Some thoughts about Anthropic’s new cryptanalysis results~Discovering cryptographic weaknesses with Claude~LLMs can hide text in other text of the same length
ArtSee all →Charles Ross has devoted half a century to building Star Axis, a monolithic celestial observatoryMaking Mouseland~How to make a living as an artist~
TravelSee all →What did banning Airbnbs in NYC accomplish?~'Asia's cleanest village' bans tourists on Sundays~Cambria, California banned fireworks. Then came the dogs~
JournalismSee all →The inside story of Leverage Research 1.0How two Chronicle reporters broke the Eric Swalwell story~Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don't rewrite an Iran missile story~
Real EstateSee all →Wealthy AI workers send San Francisco house prices soaring~Why the West stopped making land~Plans for nearly 4,000 homes over Safeways divide Bay Area residents~
ElectionsSee all →Micah Lasher wins primary to succeed his political mentor in star-studded contest~New York City House primary emerges as key battleground in ‘AI civil war’In Shasta County, the MAGA backlash has begun~
Book ReviewsSee all →Squillions: where’s all the cash?~Infinite Jest extraction~A history of PG&E and how we got here~
ElectronicsSee all →Announcing web serial support in Firefox 151~A fully featured audio DSP firmware for the raspberry pi pico (RP2040) and pico 2 (RP2350)USB cheat sheet