The Mira Pro Color is Boox's first color E Ink monitor
https://www.theverge.com/news/658705/boox-mira-pro-color-e-ink-desktop-monitor
https://www.theverge.com/news/658705/boox-mira-pro-color-e-ink-desktop-monitor
The Verge
The Mira Pro Color is Boox’s first color E Ink monitor
An e-reader for your work.
Reversible computing with mechanical links and pivots
https://tennysontbardwell.com/blog/2025/04/30/mechanical-computing/index.html
https://tennysontbardwell.com/blog/2025/04/30/mechanical-computing/index.html
Tennysontbardwell
Mechanical Computing
Doge Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-college-student-ai-rewrite-regulations-deregulation/
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-college-student-ai-rewrite-regulations-deregulation/
WIRED
DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations
A DOGE operative has been tasked with using AI to propose rewrites to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s regulations—an effort sources are told will roll out across government.
JetBrains defends removal of negative reviews for unpopular AI Assistant
https://devclass.com/2025/04/30/jetbrains-defends-removal-of-negative-reviews-for-unpopular-ai-assistant/
https://devclass.com/2025/04/30/jetbrains-defends-removal-of-negative-reviews-for-unpopular-ai-assistant/
DEVCLASS
JetBrains defends removal of negative reviews for unpopular AI Assistant • DEVCLASS
JetBrains has defended its removal of negative reviews and feedback for its AI Assistant on its plugin marketplace, […]
Home washing machines fail to remove important pathogens from textiles
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-home-machines-important-pathogens-textiles.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-home-machines-important-pathogens-textiles.html
Medicalxpress
Home washing machines fail to remove important pathogens from textiles
Health care workers who wash their uniforms at home may be unknowingly contributing to the spread of antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals, according to a new study led by Katie Laird of De Montfort ...
RFK Jr.'S HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
https://www.wired.com/story/hhs-niaid-irf-ebola-disease-research-stop/
https://www.wired.com/story/hhs-niaid-irf-ebola-disease-research-stop/
WIRED
RFK Jr.’s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID’s Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s department.
Phi-4 Reasoning Models
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/one-year-of-phi-small-language-models-making-big-leaps-in-ai/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/one-year-of-phi-small-language-models-making-big-leaps-in-ai/
Microsoft Azure Blog
One year of Phi: Small language models making big leaps in AI | Microsoft Azure Blog
Microsoft continues to add to the conversation by unveiling its newest models, Phi-4-reasoning, Phi-4-reasoning-plus, and Phi-4-mini-reasoning. Learn more.
Company built its own rail terminal in NYC to avoid relying on trucks
https://www.fastcompany.com/91324241/this-company-built-an-entire-rail-terminal-in-queens-to-avoid-relying-on-trucks
https://www.fastcompany.com/91324241/this-company-built-an-entire-rail-terminal-in-queens-to-avoid-relying-on-trucks
Fast Company
This company built its own rail terminal in New York City to avoid relying on trucks
Eco Material Technologies says that it's 90% more efficient for it to make deliveries to New York on a train.
The one interview question that will protect you from North Korean fake workers
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/north_korea_worker_interview_questions/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/north_korea_worker_interview_questions/
The Register
The one interview question that will protect you from North Korean fake workers
RSAC: FBI and others list how to spot NK infiltrators, but AI will make it harder
Microsoft gets twitchy over talk of Europe's tech independence
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/30/microsoft_getting_nervous_about_europes/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/30/microsoft_getting_nervous_about_europes/
The Register
Microsoft gets twitchy over talk of Europe's tech independence
: Brad Smith commits org to facing off with US govt in court to protect them
Game preservationists say Switch2 GameKey Cards are disheartening but inevitable
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/game-preservationists-say-switch-2-game-key-cards-are-disheartening-but-inevitable/
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/game-preservationists-say-switch-2-game-key-cards-are-disheartening-but-inevitable/
VGC
Game preservationists say Switch 2 Game-Key Cards are ‘disheartening’ but inevitable
It’s also argued that patches and updates mean physical carts become outdated anyway…
Trust Me, I'm Local: Chrome Extensions, MCP, and the Sandbox Escape
https://blog.extensiontotal.com/trust-me-im-local-chrome-extensions-mcp-and-the-sandbox-escape-1875a0ee4823
https://blog.extensiontotal.com/trust-me-im-local-chrome-extensions-mcp-and-the-sandbox-escape-1875a0ee4823
Medium
Trust Me, I’m Local: Chrome Extensions, MCP, and the Sandbox Escape
Let’s talk about MCPs. You’ve probably heard of them, and maybe you’ve read the security risks associated with them. Sure, they sound…
Judge Rules Apple Executive Lied Under Oath, Makes Criminal Contempt Referral
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/judge-rules-apple-executive-lied
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/judge-rules-apple-executive-lied
Thebignewsletter
Judge Rules Apple Executive Lied Under Oath, Makes Criminal Contempt Referral
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers rebuked the phone giant, opened the app store, and made a criminal contempt referral to an Apple executive for lying under oath. Plus, a bad antitrust bill goes down.
If you're in the market for a $1,900 color E Ink monitor, one of them exists now
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/e-ink-android-tablet-maker-onyx-boox-is-making-a-1900-color-e-ink-monitor/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/e-ink-android-tablet-maker-onyx-boox-is-making-a-1900-color-e-ink-monitor/
Ars Technica
If you’re in the market for a $1,900 color E Ink monitor, one of them exists now
Display has a nice design and plenty of ports, but color E Ink has downsides.
NASA's Psyche spacecraft hits a speed bump on the way to a metal asteroid
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/04/engineers-probe-pressure-drop-in-psyche-spacecrafts-propulsion-system/
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/04/engineers-probe-pressure-drop-in-psyche-spacecrafts-propulsion-system/
Ars Technica
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft hits a speed bump on the way to a metal asteroid
“This kind of thing happens, and that’s why we build redundancy into our missions.”…