Texas Senate passes bill requiring solar plants to provide power at night
https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/5292792-texas-senate-bill-power-cost/
https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/5292792-texas-senate-bill-power-cost/
The Hill
Texas Senate passes bill requiring solar plants to provide power at night
The Texas Senate passed a bill Thursday that leading business interests fear would lead to an age of expensive power and rolling blackouts. If passed by the House, state S.B. 715 would require all …
Persuasion Methods for Engineering Managers
https://newsletter.manager.dev/p/5-powerful-persuasion-methods-for
https://newsletter.manager.dev/p/5-powerful-persuasion-methods-for
newsletter.manager.dev
5 Powerful Persuasion Methods for Engineering Managers
Insider tips to drive results, accelerate decisions, and build consensus from a former Google Engineering Director
Iceland approved 4-day workweek in 2019; six years later, predictions came true
https://farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/10/iceland-approved-the-4-day-workweek-in-2019-nearly-6-years-later-all-the-predictions-made-have-come-true/
https://farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/10/iceland-approved-the-4-day-workweek-in-2019-nearly-6-years-later-all-the-predictions-made-have-come-true/
Farmingdale-Observer
Iceland approved the 4-day workweek in 2019: nearly 6 years later, all the predictions made have come true.
In 2019, Iceland made headlines by becoming one of the first countries in the world to adopt the four-day working week, not through a general law, but through agreements allowing workers to negotiate shorter weeks or reduced hours. Five years on, the results…
Low-intensity transcranial focused ultrasound amygdala neuromodulation
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-025-03033-w
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-025-03033-w
Nature
Low-intensity transcranial focused ultrasound amygdala neuromodulation: a double-blind sham-controlled target engagement study…
Molecular Psychiatry - Low-intensity transcranial focused ultrasound amygdala neuromodulation: a double-blind sham-controlled target engagement study and unblinded single-arm clinical trial
The world could run on older hardware if software optimization was a priority
https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1922100771392520710
https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1922100771392520710
FlyLoop – AI Agent for Scheduling Meetings and Managing Your Calendar
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43972660
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43972660
Bosses weren't being paranoid: Remote workers more likely to start their own biz
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/12/remote_work_leads_to_more_startups/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/12/remote_work_leads_to_more_startups/
The Register
Bosses weren’t being paranoid: Remote workers more likely to start own biz
: All those return to office mandates make a lot more sense now
Coinbase joins the S&P 500, another summit scaled on towards economic freedom
https://www.coinbase.com/zh-tw/blog/Coinbase-joins-the-S&P-500-another-summit-scaled-on-Coinbase-drive-towards-economic-freedom
https://www.coinbase.com/zh-tw/blog/Coinbase-joins-the-S&P-500-another-summit-scaled-on-Coinbase-drive-towards-economic-freedom
Coinbase
Coinbase joins the S&P 500, another summit scaled on Coinbase’s drive towards economic freedom
Understanding Java's Asynchronous Journey
https://amritpandey.io/understanding-javas-asynchronous-journey/
https://amritpandey.io/understanding-javas-asynchronous-journey/
ETH Zurich researchers discover new security vulnerability in Intel processors
https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2025/05/eth-zurich-researchers-discover-new-security-vulnerability-in-intel-processors.html
https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2025/05/eth-zurich-researchers-discover-new-security-vulnerability-in-intel-processors.html
ETH Zurich
ETH Zurich researchers discover new security vulnerability in Intel processors
Computer scientists at ETH Zurich discover new class of vulnerabilities in Intel processors, allowing them to break down barriers between different users of a processor using carefully crafted instruction sequences. Entire processor memory can be read by…
Don't Unwrap Options: There Are Better Ways
https://corrode.dev/blog/rust-option-handling-best-practices/
https://corrode.dev/blog/rust-option-handling-best-practices/
Corrode Rust Consulting
Don't Unwrap Options: There Are Better Ways | corrode Rust Consulting
I noticed that handling the None variant of Option without falling back on unwrap() is a common papercut in Rust.
More specifically, the problem arises when you want to return early from a function that retur…
More specifically, the problem arises when you want to return early from a function that retur…
FCC threatens EchoStar licenses for spectrum that SpaceX wants to use
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/fcc-threatens-echostar-licenses-for-spectrum-that-spacex-wants-to-use/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/fcc-threatens-echostar-licenses-for-spectrum-that-spacex-wants-to-use/
Ars Technica
FCC threatens EchoStar licenses for spectrum that SpaceX wants to use
SpaceX alleged EchoStar is barely using spectrum, said it’s “ripe for sharing.”…
Android and Wear OS are getting a big refresh
https://blog.google/products/android/material-3-expressive-android-wearos-launch/
https://blog.google/products/android/material-3-expressive-android-wearos-launch/
Google
Android and Wear OS are getting a big refresh
Learn more about Material 3 Expressive, the new design for Android and Wear OS devices coming later this year to Pixel devices first.
Programmers Will Be Replaced by People with Ideas
https://www.cleverthinkingsoftware.com/programmers-will-be-replaced-by-people-with-ideas/
https://www.cleverthinkingsoftware.com/programmers-will-be-replaced-by-people-with-ideas/
Clever Thinking Software
Programmers Will Be Replaced by People with Ideas - Clever Thinking Software
…the same way human computers were replaced by machines. Software engineers – those tasked with translating ideas into code – are witnessing a transformation as AI begins to handle more of the technical heavy lifting. So what happens when neural networks…