New Zealand lost its music media, and what we're building to replace it
https://propelmusic.co.nz/articles/the-sound-went-quiet-nz-music-media
https://propelmusic.co.nz/articles/the-sound-went-quiet-nz-music-media
Propel Music
The sound went quiet: how New Zealand lost its mus… | Propel
In the third week of June 2026, two announcements landed on Karangahape Road within hours of each other. Flying Out , the record store that had anchored...
Georgia police officers fired after Flock camera misuse
https://www.wtoc.com/2026/08/07/savannah-police-department-fires-6-employees-over-flock-safety-system-misuse/
https://www.wtoc.com/2026/08/07/savannah-police-department-fires-6-employees-over-flock-safety-system-misuse/
WTOC
Savannah Police Department fires 6 employees over Flock Safety System misuse
The Savannah Police Department has terminated four sworn officers and two civilian employees following an internal investigation into misuse of the department’s Flock Safety License Plate Reader system.
To Recruit Teachers, School Districts Are Building Homes
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/business/affordable-housing-schools-teachers.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/business/affordable-housing-schools-teachers.html
Nytimes
To Recruit Teachers, School Districts Are Building Homes
The nation’s housing shortage has made it challenging for some essential workers like educators to live where they work. An increasing number of school districts are trying to change that.
Japanese court overturns Red RAW video patent
https://www.dpreview.com/news/panasonic-did-what-apple-sony-and-nikon-couldnt-overturn-a-red-raw-video-patent/
https://www.dpreview.com/news/panasonic-did-what-apple-sony-and-nikon-couldnt-overturn-a-red-raw-video-patent/
DPReview
Panasonic did what Apple, Sony and Nikon couldn't: overturn a Red Raw video patent | DPReview
· The Japanese Patent Office has declared one of Red's key Raw video patents as invalid, following a challenge by Panasonic. The court determined that
How We Pushed CDC into Postgres
https://www.snowflake.com/en/blog/engineering/postgres-to-snowflake-replication-mirroring/
https://www.snowflake.com/en/blog/engineering/postgres-to-snowflake-replication-mirroring/
Snowflake
How we pushed CDC into Postgres — and turned replication into clockwork
Discover Snowflake Postgres Mirroring. Learn how push-based change data capture delivers transactional replication to your data lake with zero lag.
Long-Run Effects of H-1B Immigration on the U.S. Economy (July 2026)
https://www.nber.org/papers/w35560
https://www.nber.org/papers/w35560
NBER
Long-Run Effects of H-1B Immigration on the U.S. Economy
We study the effects of H-1B immigration on U.S. industries that employ H-1B workers and their trading partners. Using a novel cross-industry design and the 1999–2003 expansion of the H-1B visa cap for identification, we find that H-1B exposure raised incomes…
The Philippines' big offshoring industry is growing despite AI
https://www.economist.com/asia/2026/08/06/the-philippines-big-offshoring-industry-is-growing-despite-ai
https://www.economist.com/asia/2026/08/06/the-philippines-big-offshoring-industry-is-growing-despite-ai
The Economist
The Philippines’ big offshoring industry is growing despite AI
How long will that last?
Why do we assume everyone should be working?
https://wilsoniumite.com/2026/08/10/why-do-we-assume-everyone-should-be-working/
https://wilsoniumite.com/2026/08/10/why-do-we-assume-everyone-should-be-working/
Wilsons Blog
Why do we assume everyone should be working? - Wilsons Blog
I was talking to a friend of mine and I asked this. She said “of course everyone should be working, I mean, I’d like to be able to buy more stuff” In that statement though there really is a non obvious implied logic. So the next question: does economics support…
Docker Sandboxes – Disposable, isolated sandboxes for AI agents
https://www.docker.com/products/docker-sandboxes/
https://www.docker.com/products/docker-sandboxes/
Docker
Docker Sandboxes | Sandboxes for Coding Agents | Docker
Secure sandboxes for Claude Code, Gemini, Codex, and Kiro. Run coding agents with microVM-based isolation.
Meta Muse Glimmer – open weights 30B local coding model
https://research.meta.ai/blog/introducing-muse-glimmer-open-agentic-model
https://research.meta.ai/blog/introducing-muse-glimmer-open-agentic-model
Meta AI Research
Introducing Muse Glimmer: An Open Agentic Model That Runs on Your Device
Muse Glimmer is a 30-billion-parameter open agentic model from Meta Superintelligence Labs, optimized for always-on local workflows on consumer hardware.
A 'bananas' order for 5000 obscure book titles fuels suspicion
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/10/a-mysterious-buying-spree-is-unsettling-europes-booksellers/
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/10/a-mysterious-buying-spree-is-unsettling-europes-booksellers/
The Irish Times
A ‘bananas’ order for 5,000 obscure titles from a bookshop in Galway fuels suspicion
Independent retailers are receiving vast orders for obscure titles, fuelling suspicions that AI companies are quietly building the next generation of chatbots
Because It's Not Fun Enough: why languages fail
https://bytecode.news/posts/2026/08/because-it-s-not-fun-enough
https://bytecode.news/posts/2026/08/because-it-s-not-fun-enough
bytecode.news
Because It's Not Fun Enough
Andrew Oram asked why programming languages rise and fall, and quoted the answer without noticing. Programming is a vocation, an art, and a job. Make any of those harder than they need to be, and your language survives exactly as long as it can't be replaced.
Over 181,000 AI meeting recordings left wide open in note taking app
https://bobdahacker.com/blog/tldv-hack
https://bobdahacker.com/blog/tldv-hack
Bobdahacker
tl;dv (Too Lazy; Didn't Validate): 181,874 Meetings Left Wide Open
How a missing Firestore security rule on tl;dv exposed 181,874 meetings from 84,312 users across 35,003 domains, including live calls I could join uninvited, and how six months of disclosure got me nothing but seen receipts.