Mercedes-Benz commits to bringing back physical buttons https://www.drive.com.au/news/mercedes-benz-commits-to-bringing-back-phycial-buttons/
Drive
Mercedes-Benz join the list of manufacturers admitting that touch-sensitive controls were a mistake
Another brand backflips and admits that touch-sensitive buttons for frequently used controls were a mistake.
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BYOMesh – New LoRa mesh radio offers 100x the bandwidth https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/116499715071759135
PartyOn
nullagent (@nullagent@partyon.xyz)
Announcing the BYOMesh!
We've been hard at work designing what I believe is now the worlds SMALLEST & most CAPABLE LoRa companion dev kit ever!
It combines the tried and true SX1276 allowing access to the full sub-1GHz ISM band all mesh enthusiast know…
We've been hard at work designing what I believe is now the worlds SMALLEST & most CAPABLE LoRa companion dev kit ever!
It combines the tried and true SX1276 allowing access to the full sub-1GHz ISM band all mesh enthusiast know…
Talking to strangers at the gym https://thienantran.com/talking-to-35-strangers-at-the-gym/
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
That Privacy Guy!
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are…
Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user deletes it. The pattern is identical to the Anthropic Claude…
Should I run plain Docker Compose in production in 2026? https://distr.sh/blog/running-docker-in-production/
Distr
Should I Run Plain Docker Compose in Production in 2026?
Yes, plain Docker Compose can still run production workloads in 2026—if you close the operational gaps it leaves: cleanup, healing, image pinning, socket security, and updates.
When everyone has AI and the company still learns nothing https://www.robert-glaser.de/when-everyone-has-ai-and-the-company-still-learns-nothing/
Robert Glaser
When everyone has AI and the company still learns nothing
Are people using AI, or is the organization learning from it? What changed because we spent those tokens? And who moves discoveries from individuals to teams to organizational capabilities?
iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet https://walletwallet.alen.ro/blog/ios-27-wallet-create-pass/
walletwallet.alen.ro
iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet
Apple is letting users build their own Wallet passes in iOS 27. After 14 years of PassKit, the supply-side problem is finally being solved from the demand side.
Agents for financial services and insurance https://www.anthropic.com/news/finance-agents
Anthropic
Agents for financial services
We're releasing ten new Cowork and Claude Code plugins, integrations with the Microsoft 365 suite, new connectors, and an MCP app for financial services and insurance organizations.
Three Inverse Laws of AI https://susam.net/inverse-laws-of-robotics.html
Accelerating Gemma 4: faster inference with multi-token prediction drafters https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/multi-token-prediction-gemma-4/
Google
Accelerating Gemma 4: faster inference with multi-token prediction drafters
An overview of how Multi-Token Prediction (MTP) drafters are making Gemma 4 models up to 3x faster at inference.
EEVblog: The 555 Timer is 55 years old [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JhK8iCQuqI
YouTube
EEVblog 1746 - The 555 is 55 Years Old!
A tribute to the 555 timer and Hans Caminzind, which turns 55 years old this year. Released on May the 5th, International 555 Timer Day at 5:55pm with a length of 5:55
And Dave demonstrates blowing out the birthday candle with his 555 Killer One Shot circuit.…
And Dave demonstrates blowing out the birthday candle with his 555 Killer One Shot circuit.…
Computer Use is 45x more expensive than structured APIs https://reflex.dev/blog/computer-use-is-45x-more-expensive-than-structured-apis/
reflex.dev
Computer use is 45x More Expensive Than Structured APIs
We benchmarked computer use against auto-generated API endpoints on the same admin panel. 53 steps and 551k tokens vs 8 calls and 12k tokens.
IBM didn't want Microsoft to use the Tab key to move between dialog fields https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260505-00/?p=112298
Microsoft News
A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch between Microsoft and IBM organizational structures
I want to speak to your manager.
Comparing the Z80 and 6502 to Their Relatives https://bumbershootsoft.wordpress.com/2026/05/02/comparing-the-z80-and-6502-to-their-relatives/
Bumbershoot Software
Comparing the Z80 and 6502 to Their Relatives
Last week’s adventures with the Exidy Sorcerer led me to write a Z80 version of the LZ4 decompressor I’d previously used on the SNES, the CoCo, and the Genesis. At this point, this has …
I'm scared about biological computing https://kuber.studio/blog/Reflections/I%27m-Scared-About-Biological-Computing
ᨒ MindDump
I'm Scared About Biological Computing
I’ve been in the AI space since ChatGPT first dropped. I’ve toyed around with a lot of Language Models, built random side projects, built a couple from scratch and I’ve spent hours looking at the math behind it all.
California farmers to destroy 420k peach trees following Del Monte bankruptcy https://www.sfgate.com/centralcoast/article/usda-aid-california-farmers-22240694.php
SFGATE
California farmers to destroy 420,000 peach trees following Del Monte bankruptcy
Del Monte Foods shuttered its Modesto and Hughson cannery plants in April.
Today I've made the difficult decision to reduce the size of Coinbase by ~14% https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/2051616759145185723
X (formerly Twitter)
Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) on X
This is an email I sent earlier today to all employees at Coinbase:
Team,
Today I’ve made the difficult decision to reduce the size of Coinbase by ~14%. I want to walk you through why we're doing this now, what it means for those affected, and how this…
Team,
Today I’ve made the difficult decision to reduce the size of Coinbase by ~14%. I want to walk you through why we're doing this now, what it means for those affected, and how this…
GLM-5V-Turbo: Toward a Native Foundation Model for Multimodal Agents https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.26752
arXiv.org
GLM-5V-Turbo: Toward a Native Foundation Model for Multimodal Agents
We present GLM-5V-Turbo, a step toward native foundation models for multimodal agents. As foundation models are increasingly deployed in real environments, agentic capability depends not only on...
Zuckerberg 'Personally Authorized and Encouraged' Meta's Copyright Infringement https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/meta-ai-mark-zuckerberg-copyright-infringement-lawsuit-publishers-scott-turow-1236738383/
Variety
Mark Zuckerberg ‘Personally Authorized and Actively Encouraged’ Meta’s Massive Copyright Infringement to Train AI Systems, Publishers…
Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg have been sued by five publishers and author Scott Turow, who allege the tech company illegally copied millions of books, articles and other works to train Meta's AI systems.