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Audio • The Washington Post

Deep Reads: L.A. fires burned their block. For each, the disaster was just beginning.

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The Eaton Fire tore through the Los Angeles suburb of Altadena, part of a storm that killed 19 people. It became one of the most expensive natural disasters in U.S. history, but the ultimate cost won’t be tallied in dollars and cents. That will be calculated on a different l...

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Text • Alison Irvine, PhD

Your AI Prompts Are Programming the Future So Use Them Wisely

We’re shaping the future of artificial intelligence every time we interact with it, often with more cruelty than care. Every

The post Your AI Prompts Are Programming the Future So Use Them Wisely appeared first on The New Stack.

WIRED
Text • Chris Hall

How a 2020 Rolex Collection Changed the Face of Watch Design

Five years on, the luxury watch brand's bright idea is still being copied.

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Working in Go this morning! Micro.blog obviously uses Hugo, written in Go, but we also have a little custom Go tool that runs behind the scenes for newsletters, with more to come. Nice to have a common template language.

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Nick Heer blogging about the win Automattic got this week in having some of the charges in the lawsuit from WP Engine dismissed:

Even if this case ends with a complete victory for Mullenweg and Automattic, his actions have shaken my support of — and faith in — the WordPress ecosystem.

While I do think there has been damage to the WordPress community, if Automattic wins most of the case, maybe settles the rest, I don’t know if there will be significant lasting damage. The views from WordCamp US this month didn’t look like a community in decline.

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Text • Maitreyi Anantharaman

Eight Teams, Eight Questions: A Guide To The 2025 WNBA Playoffs

Eight Teams, Eight Questions: A Guide To The 2025 WNBA Playoffs

The 2025 WNBA playoffs begin on Sunday. Here are some questions I’m asking about each team, paired by first-round matchup. If you, the person reading this, are not much of a reader, we also discussed a few of these questions on the most recent episode of Nothing But Respect.


The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
Text • David Eastman

Warp Code Gets Closer to an Emacs for the Modern AI Era

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I started using Warp as my default terminal some time ago, as it has useful tools — for example, time

The post Warp Code Gets Closer to an Emacs for the Modern AI Era appeared first on The New Stack.

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How did a healthy well-fed and educated 22 year old man from a good family throw his life away and for what? To kill a 31 year old family man who dedicated his life to making massive numbers of people miserable? What’s more tragic? And how many other Americans are on this track?

WIRED
Text • Nena Farrell

6 Best Digital Notebooks, Tablets, and Smart Pens (2025)

These nifty tools combine the ease of jotting notes by hand with the power of saving them digitally.

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
Text • Jack Wallen

How to Self-Host Your Notes With Trilium and Docker

I’ve been on the lookout for a notes app that I can use without having to rely on a third

The post How to Self-Host Your Notes With Trilium and Docker appeared first on The New Stack.

The Brian Lehrer Show
Audio • WNYC

Brian Lehrer Weekend: Improving Ticket-Buying; NYC's Rat Czar; Saving Monarch Butterflies

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.

Lawmakers Attempt to Improve the Ticket-Buying Experience  (First) | The City's Rat Czar Shares Progress and Challenges (Starts at 23:40) | Helping Monarch Butterflies Thrive in NYC (Starts at 44:44)

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WIRED
Text • Michael Venutolo-Mantovani

What Are Ebike ‘Classes’ and What Do They Mean?

Electric bikes are broadly designated as Class 1, 2, or 3. What class it is determines what’s legal to ride and where.

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Text • Becky Ferreira

NASA Rover Finds ‘Potential Biosignature’ on Mars

NASA Rover Finds ‘Potential Biosignature’ on Mars

Strange “leopard spots” on Mars are the most promising signs of alien life on the planet yet, but they could also have a geological origin.

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
Text • Loraine Lawson

18 Popular npm Packages Compromised in Attack

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Aikido Security detected a series of packages being pushed to npm that appeared to contain malicious code, according to a

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WIRED
Text • Luke Larsen

Dell 27 Plus 4K Review (S2725QS): The Monitor Almost Everyone Should Buy

Dell has made the definitive 4K monitor, and it’s selling for an irresistible price. What’s not to like?

WIRED
Text • Julia Forbes

How Often Should You Replace Your Mattress and Bedding?

You spend one-third of your life in bed—if you want your bedding to provide the proper support and performance, you might need to replace it sooner than you think.

WIRED
Text • Joseph Winters

Big Businesses Are Doing Carbon Dioxide Removal All Wrong

The technology is needed to limit global warming. But corporations are supporting it in lieu of reducing emissions.

WIRED
Text • Lily Hay Newman, Dell Cameron

Security News This Week: Jeffrey Epstein’s Yahoo Inbox Revealed

Plus: ICE deploys secretive phone surveillance tech, officials warn of Chinese surveillance tools in US highway infrastructure, and more.

WIRED
Text • Julian Chokkattu

Gear News of the Week: Google’s Next-Gen Nest Cams Are Coming, and Sony Debuts a New Xperia Phone

Plus: Qualcomm unveils Quick Charge 5+, Solo Stove has an easier-to-light firepit, Nikon debuts a cinema camera, and xMEMS upgrades the bass on its headphone tech.

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Audio • The New York Times

'The Interview': What Happened to Cameron Crowe? He Has Answers.

The writer-director made hit after hit movie, until he didn’t. But he doesn’t let it get him down.

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