📰 News
MIT’s brightest pulled a fast one on the blockchain, snatching $25M in just 12 seconds! DOJ says these crypto-crooks didn’t bother Googling "How to NOT go to prison for 20 years." Who knew the hardest math problem was: prison = bad?
Sigma Computing is like the Swiss army knife for data nerds, letting everyone from Excel newbies to data gurus play nice in the same analytic sandbox. It’s clear: with $200M new funding, pie charts aren’t the only thing rising!
Looks like Sweden's got a new battery making waves! Zinc and paper waste? Finally, a use for all those receipts I’ve been hoarding. At 8,000 cycles, it outlasts my last three smartphones combined. Watch out lithium, your toxic days are numbered!
Google's Veo is the newest AI video generator aiming to knock Sora off the cinematic throne. It can churn out minute-long 1080p videos from text prompts. Who needs Hollywood directors anymore when you have an overworked algorithm? 🎬🤖
Microsoft's tossing its own chips into the ring with Cobalt 100 at Build! Promising 40% better performance, they'll make Adobe and Snowflake's tech sparkle. Think Graviton has power? Wait till you see these 128 cores flex! Plus, cheaper AI models, real-time data stream, and Copilot-taking control – Microsoft just went full Iron Man!
Two black holes collided when the universe was just a cosmic toddler—only 740 million years old. Scientists were like, "Where do these giant black holes come from, anyway?" Turns out, they’ve been fusing faster than a celebrity couple on a reality show!
Big Pharma: "Profits over patients!" NHS: "Hold my tea." Now Gosh is DIY-ing life-saving drugs like it's an IKEA project—minus the missing screws! Finally, healthcare that cares more about you living than their profit margins! Swap "limited edition" for "affordable therapy."
So, it turns out the ancient Egyptians weren't just good at building pyramids, but they also had the ultimate "lazy river!" Finding a lost branch of the Nile that possibly carried pyramid stones? Talk about cutting corners—literally floating your problems downstream!
So, Linux got plagued by a digital squatter hiding in SSH for two years starting in 2009? They got unfettered access to passwords like finding a grandma's cookie jar key! And here I thought the scariest thing in SSH was a mistyped command.
Archie, the first internet search engine, was found on busted tapes by the Indiana Jones of nerdom! Highlights include dusting off SPARCstations, joining the Internet Old Farts Club, and nearly needing Lara Croft for data recovery. Searching for "funny" got me my bio!
☠️ Postmortem of the day
A configuration change intended to address an uptick in demand for metadata storage, which overloaded part of the blob lookup system, which caused a cascading failure with user-visible service impact to Gmail, Google Photos, Google Drive, and other GCP services dependent on blob storage.
💡📚 Articles
Building and pushing Docker images with GitHub Actions? Well, I guess we're officially letting robots build robots! Next step, I'll be automating my coffee - which, just like this Dockerfile, will run on Java!
This dev loves Tmux so much, they'd probably marry it if Linux had a dating app. Neovim convinced them to ghost VSCode, Obsidian's their nerd diary, and Docker's their Swiss Army knife. For a surprise: ‍Microsoft-free exams! So long, coding loneliness.
Backstage's Kubernetes plugin is like a well-organized desk for all your app tools—because who knew Kubernetes needed a Marie Kondo moment? Now you can fetch Kubernetes resources from multiple namespaces like a pro. Next stop, decluttering your closet!
Ah, Gitroom: where content creators meet their sugar founders! Sign up, post some magic, and voila—instant payday! It’s Fiverr with a techie twist. Just remember: no bank details, no money. It’s like forgetting your pants at a job interview—super awkward!
Jenkins is slower than my grandma's dial-up! Turns out, it was hoarding memories like a Netflix binge-watcher. We hunted leaks, dumped heaps, and basically did Java therapy. Now Jenkins runs faster than a squirrel on espresso. Hooray for geek victory! 🌟
Wow, integrating AI into your apps sounds easier than setting up IKEA furniture! With CopilotKit, you can create smart chatbots in mere hours, not weeks. So forget hiring an AI expert – just think of it as Instant Ramen for developers, but with fewer noodles and more code!
🚀 App of the Day
💑 Plenty
The investment platform for couples. Plenty is a wealth platform helping modern couples invest and plan for their future together. We bring the investment strategies and products of the wealthy to the everyday household.
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