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Apple TV acquires rights to the Cosmere! From The Hollywood Reporter:

The streaming giant has closed what has been described as an unprecedented deal to land the rights to the Cosmere books, the fictional literary universe by fantasy author Brandon Sanderson.

This lines up with what Brandon has said before: Mistborn as a feature, hopefully a theatrical release, and Stormlight as a series. Also:

Sanderson will be the architect of the universe, will write, produce and consult, and have approvals. That’s a level of involvement that not even J.K. Rowling or George R.R. Martin enjoy.

"There is no advantage that I can discern for creating a new format that only works in Bluesky." I put that at the end of a post the other day and as they say in journalism, he buried the lede. "Only works in" means silo. And it always results in stagnation because big organizations suck at shipping new ideas. For that you need a lot of people with laptops and a net connection and lot sof spare time to be able to replace small pieces, and join them up to the network, try out new ideas. When you're in a silo the owners place severe limits on what you can do. If you think you found a benevolent one, the exception -- there is no such thing. You're waiting for a "some day" that will never come.

Lauren and I had always wanted to visit Japan. We booked a trip for May 2020, but the pandemic canceled it. At last, we made it there last October and it was everything we hoped for. Over three weeks, we moved between Tokyo and Kyoto and smaller places like Kiso and Matsumoto. The attention to […]

Beautiful essay by Terry Godier about RSS reader UI and software creating obligations:

An interface that shows you an unread count is making an argument: that reading is something to be counted, that progress is something to be measured, that your relationship to this content is one of obligation.

Immigration agents have used Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of countless people in the US—including many citizens.

Catastrophic risks are increasing, cooperation is declining, and swift action is needed from global leaders to correct course.

Tim Cook, in a company-wide memo (first published by Mark Gurman): Team, I’m heartbroken by the events in Minneapolis, and my prayers and deepest sympathies are with the families, with the communities, and with everyone that’s been affected. This is a time for deescala...

Take home a sweet discount on Microsoft's first-party laptop.

A viral new virtual assistant formerly known as Clawdbot is complex and brings security risks—but some early adopters say it feels like the future.

Thank you so much for helping us welcome our new baby into the world. We’ve done a thesis amount of research as first-time parents, so here’s an overview of what we’d love from family and friends, and what we’re prepared to return or donate. It’s adorable how the baby—not us...

Python dominated the early days of machine learning, but that’s changing as AI becomes more mainstream. Take, for instance, the

The post Mastra empowers web devs to build AI agents in TypeScript appeared first on The New Stack.

President Trump calls global warming "a hoax." As the U.S. faces more severe storms and extreme weather events, New York Times climate reporter David Gelles describes what this means for climate change policy and shares what global leaders were saying at Davos. 

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As the cold weather continues, Patrick Spauster, City Limits housing and homelessness reporter, talks about the obligations landlords have to keep apartments heated, and what tenants should do if their heat or hot water isn't working.

 

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The Tour Down Under loves its kangaroo iconography. Any given cycling season only truly begins once everyone gets to see images of star riders holding little baby joeys, and the first WorldTour race of the season also features a kangaroo as its mascot (Oppy, per the TDU, "re...

If Kubernetes admins don’t have enough to worry about with the upcoming Nginx gateway cutoff, they now may need to

The post Kubernetes telemetry feature fully compromises clusters appeared first on The New Stack.

For a while now, Google has been on a mission to extend its Chrome browser with more AI features, powered

The post With Auto Browse, Google Chrome can now surf the web for you appeared first on The New Stack.

Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, co-host of Slate's "Political Gabfest" podcast and Truman Capote fellow for creative writing and law at Yale Law School, and Rachel Poser, features editor at The New York Times Magazine, discuss their reporting on the The Federal Bureau of Investigation under the leadership of Kash Patel, after speaking to forty-five current and former employees on the changes they say are undermining the agency and making America less safe.

 

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Google’s latest addition to its Chrome browser puts generative AI behind the wheel and you in the passenger seat.

This isn't the finale we imagined for season nine, but as 2025 and 2026 have illustrated, time will keep passing and things will keep changing regardless of our little plans. Just like everyone else right now we learned all the ways we can adapt when everything starts to get a little chaotic.

This week's episode is a little different from most. Instead of bringing you a new story Rachelle and Se’era sat down to talk about what it's been like to work on the show over the course of the past year and what it means to produce a podcast about gossip when it feels like the world is on fire. Fear not! We also came prepared with some morsels of gossip shared by listeners just to help sustain y’all through the break. See you this summer for season ten!