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On this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with reflections on the misuse of history in today’s politics. He argues that fascism, once thought to have been buried by the Second World War, has reemerged in modern forms, thriving on the endless hun...

Matthew Panzarino returns to the show. Topics include 007 logo creator Joe Caroff’s death at 103, Google’s weird “Made by Google” event hosted by Jimmy Fallon, the UK supposedly dropping its demand for an iCloud encryption backdoor, and Apple’s workaround for the Apple Watch blood oxygen sensor patent stalemate.

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After a 25-year run, the website MacSurfer closed in 2020. But, as brought to my attention two weeks ago by Nick Heer, MacSurfer quietly returned in June. No one seemed to notice until this month. The original MacSurfer was a bit of a weird site. Content-wise it was a daily...

Supply chain leaker Majin Bu has the scoop, including photos of the cases and their packaging, of Apple’s second attempt at a fabric-based successor to leather iPhone cases. Apple’s first attempt two years ago, FineWoven, was so unpopular that they didn’t even offer a premiu...

One of the standout bands from this year's #ArcTanGent to me was #Mew. I had no idea about them beforehand and caught them purely by accident as we were near the tent where they were playing. In the sea of post-rock, their clean vocals and distinguishable melodies clearly stood out. Sadly I learned it's their farewell tour.

AMSTERDAM – AI is ostensibly a major cause of the severe downturn in employment prospects for computer science majors just

The post AI Projects Aren’t Killing Open Source Because They Can’t Survive Without It appeared first on The New Stack.

Tulsi Gabbard — who, believe it or not, is the US director of national intelligence — on X last week: Over the past few months, I’ve been working closely with our partners in the UK, alongside @POTUS and @VP, to ensure Americans’ private data remains private and our Cons...

Elon Musk, Friday:

Join @xAI and help build a purely AI software company called Macrohard. It’s a tongue-in-cheek name, but the project is very real!

In principle, given that software companies like Microsoft do not themselves manufacture any physical hardware, it should be possible to simulate them entirely with AI.

If it’s “a purely AI software company” why do they need to hire anyone?

An update on offering Micro.blog for free to teachers and nurses, now that it has been a few weeks. It’s going well! We had some previous users take us up on the offer, and some brand new users. Thinking about other ways to get the word out.

Regarding the use of AI in software development right now, everybody is using it, but nobody seems to really know

The post Jellyfish Tracks Which AI Dev Tools Actually Pay Off appeared first on The New Stack.

John McCoy, on the supposedly controversial Cracker Barrel rebranding: But just because I doubt that these choices were motivated by politics doesn’t mean the detractors don’t have a point: something basic is being lost here. In both cases the companies have discarded ch...

With claims that sideloaded apps are 50 times more likely to contain malware, Google is tightening restrictions for developers distributing apps outside the Play Store.

The United States government has long had an interest in boosting its high technology sector, with manifold objectives: for soft power, espionage, and financial dominance, at least. It has accomplished this through tax incentives, funding some of the best universities in the world, lax antitrust and privacy enforcement, and — in some cases — direct involvement. The internet began as a Department of Defense project, and the government invests in businesses through firms like In-Q-Tel.

Late last week, President Donald Trump announced the federal government will now own 10 percent of the chipmaker Intel. The move is just one in a pattern of unprecedented deals the Trump administration has struck with tech companies, reshaping the relationship between the federal government and big business. 

Host Elahe Izadi talks with technology reporter Gerrit De Vynck about how the Intel deal happened, how it compares with past government bailouts and why some free-market conservatives are concerned that the deal signifies government overreach.

Today’s show was produced by Arjun Singh with help from Lucas Trevor. It was mixed by Sam Bair. And edited by Ariel Plotnick. Thanks to Tom Simonite.

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All week we're revisiting archival interviews with key figures in early rock and roll, rockabilly and R&B. Sam Phillips discovered Elvis Presley and produced his first records, which many consider Elvis’ best. He also founded Sun Records and launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Charlie Rich and Johnny Cash. Cash is one of the most influential figures in country music. His collaboration with producer Rick Rubin, starting in the late 1990s, transformed Cash’s image and gained him a new, young audience. 

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In a joint Instagram post made this afternoon, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement. "Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married," the caption reads. The song attached is Swift's "So High School," the only song she's released about Travis, which includes the famous line, "you know how to ball, I know Aristotle."

Fans have expected this engagement for months. Swift has sung about love ending in marriage her whole career, so it was safe to assume she hoped to marry one day. The two seem happy. They've been spotted on vacation and out to dinner all off-season, and Swift recently announced her new album on the Kelce brothers' podcast. And, ultimately, they are both people in their 30s who have been dating for two years. An engagement felt inevitable.

Anthropic faced the prospect of more than $1 trillion in damages, a sum that could have threatened the company’s survival if the case went to trial.

Got excited for a minute when I misread this headline: Libby’s library app adds an AI… Thought it was “API”. We sort of reverse-engineered how Libby works, but it’s not reliable.

This week on Nothing But Respect, Harry and I are joined by one of my favorite women's basketball writers, Maya Goldberg-Safir. Maya is the author of two great Defector stories, on Brittney Griner's wrongful detainment saga and on Golden State Valkyries head coach Natalie Na...

It was right around the time everyone left them for dead that the Las Vegas Aces began showing signs of life. At the start of August, the Minnesota Lynx rudely welcomed them back from the All-Star break by nearly doubling them up in Vegas; the 111-58 game was the second-bigg...