McDonald's is a premium product now (2024)
https://greyenlightenment.com/2024/07/31/mcdonalds-is-a-premium-product-now/
https://greyenlightenment.com/2024/07/31/mcdonalds-is-a-premium-product-now/
MIT’s virtual violin offers luthiers a new design tool
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/mits-virtual-violin-offers-luthiers-a-new-design-tool/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/mits-virtual-violin-offers-luthiers-a-new-design-tool/
Ars Technica
MIT's virtual violin offers luthiers a new design tool
Computational model lets users tweak parameters to hear effect on the sound in early design process.
Show HN: PHP-fts – Full-text search engine in pure PHP, no extensions
https://github.com/olivier-ls/php-fts
https://github.com/olivier-ls/php-fts
GitHub
GitHub - olivier-ls/php-fts: A self-contained full-text search engine in pure PHP. No extensions, no dependencies.
A self-contained full-text search engine in pure PHP. No extensions, no dependencies. - olivier-ls/php-fts
Apple is enforcing an old App Store rule against a new kind of software
https://adaptivesoftware.substack.com/p/the-wrapper-and-the-code
https://adaptivesoftware.substack.com/p/the-wrapper-and-the-code
Substack
The Wrapper and the Code
How Apple's vibe coding crackdown collides with software that doesn't hold still
David Sacks crashed and burned in the White House
https://www.theverge.com/column/925487/david-sacks-trump-administration-ai-model-review
https://www.theverge.com/column/925487/david-sacks-trump-administration-ai-model-review
The Verge
How David Sacks crashed and burned in the White House
The Trump administration pulled a 180 on AI oversight, inducing Sacks’ worst nightmare: more government regulation on technology.
UK businesses brace for jet fuel rationing
https://bmmagazine.co.uk/news/uk-jet-fuel-shortage-rationing-goldman-sachs-warning/
https://bmmagazine.co.uk/news/uk-jet-fuel-shortage-rationing-goldman-sachs-warning/
Business Matters
UK businesses brace for jet fuel rationing as Goldman Sachs warns of 'critical' supply crunch
Goldman Sachs warns the UK is Europe's most exposed economy to a jet fuel crisis, with rationing looming as Strait of Hormuz closure hits airlines, SMEs and travel costs.
Pope Leo called his bank's customer service line. They hung up on him
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/05/06/pope-leo-bank-customer-service-chicago/89960592007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/05/06/pope-leo-bank-customer-service-chicago/89960592007/
USA TODAY
Pope Leo called his bank's customer service line. They hung up on him
Frustrating customer service experiences happen to us all – even Pope Leo.
How I made $350K from an open-source JavaScript library using dual licensing
https://www.paritydeals.com/blog/monetize-open-source-dual-licensing/
https://www.paritydeals.com/blog/monetize-open-source-dual-licensing/
Paritydeals
How I made over $350K from a simple commercial open-source (COSS) project using dual licensing.
In the last four years, I made over $350K from a simple JavaScript library called lightGallery using a dual-licensing business model. Here is everything you need to know about monetizing your open-source project.
Show HN: Agent-skills-eval – Test whether Agent Skills improve outputs
https://github.com/darkrishabh/agent-skills-eval
https://github.com/darkrishabh/agent-skills-eval
GitHub
GitHub - darkrishabh/agent-skills-eval: A test runner for agentskills.io-style AI agent skills
A test runner for agentskills.io-style AI agent skills - darkrishabh/agent-skills-eval
ZAYA1-8B: An 8B Moe Model with 760M Active Params Matching DeepSeek-R1 on Math
https://firethering.com/zaya1-8b-open-source-math-coding-model/
https://firethering.com/zaya1-8b-open-source-math-coding-model/
Firethering
ZAYA1-8B Matches DeepSeek-R1 on Math with Less Than 1B Active Parameters. - Firethering
Who should care If you work with math, science problems, or complex coding tasks and you're looking for something small enough to run locally or cheaply via API, this is worth serious evaluation. The benchmark numbers at 760M active parameters are not normal…
KLM flight attendant hospitalized after contact with hantavirus
https://nltimes.nl/2026/05/07/klm-flight-attendant-hospitalized-contact-hantavirus-cruise-ship-passenger
https://nltimes.nl/2026/05/07/klm-flight-attendant-hospitalized-contact-hantavirus-cruise-ship-passenger
NL Times
KLM flight attendant hospitalized after contact with hantavirus cruise ship passenger
A KLM flight attendant from Haarlem has been hospitalized due to a possible hantavirus infection. She came into contact with the 69-year-old Dutch woman who died of the virus in Johannesburg, South Africa. The flight attendant is in isolation at Amsterdam…