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OpenAI’s new GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark model is a bit of a departure for the company’s family of Codex software development models: its

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Mark Gurman, reporting for Bloomberg: After planning to include the new capabilities in iOS 26.4 — an operating system update slated for March — Apple is now working to spread them out over future versions, according to people familiar with the matter. That would mean po...

The Origins of One of the Most Beloved Video Games of All Time. “Something I’ve heard from every Mario developer I’ve ever spoken to over the years is this: Whenever you press a button, something fun should happen.”

Ahead of this year's midterm elections, Mark Leibovich, a staff writer for The Atlantic, talks about his reporting on how the Democrats are searching for a new identity and winning formula, against the backdrop of what many of them see as a descent into fascism in President Trump's second term.

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I understood the web because I understood Unix and missed it.

Jimmy Vielkind, New York State issues reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, discusses Mayor Mamdani trip to Albany on Wednesday for "Tin Cup Day" to make his case to the legislature for more funding, including a millionaire's tax, for his agenda.

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Justin Peters, a correspondent for Slate, discusses some standout moments from the 2026 winter Olympics, and listeners share what they've been tuning in to.

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Jeff Johnson: In today’s macOS 26.3 update, Apple implemented a “fix” for an issue I blogged about a month ago, macOS Tahoe broke Finder columns view. (At the behest of John Gruber and the Apple Style Guide, I’m now using the term “column view” rather than “columns view....

Michelle Zauner (Crying in H Mart) on the 30th anniversary of Infinite Jest. “If you allow yourself to trust-fall into the barbed intricacies of the writing, you will discover soft, exquisite humanity as its perennial landing.”

Because everyone else at Industrial Foundry No. 682 is basking in the joys of publicly libidinous biathletes and their subtly vengeful exes, snow-runners with nuclear quad muscles, credit card-kiting biathletes, deeply sinister ice dancers, free...

New York City nurses are returning to work at some hospitals, while the strike drags on at NewYork-Presbyterian. Nancy Hagans, president of the New York State Nurses Association, talks about the latest and responds to criticism from rank-and-file members who say top union brass circumvented their negotiating committee to force a vote on a previously rejected proposal. 

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The software industry reached an inflection point in November and December 2025. Three breakthrough AI model releases, Gemini 3 by

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Leo Laporte:

It’s so unsettling watching our 250 year-old democracy decay into dictatorship while the most disruptive technology since steam power is evolving at superhuman speed. It’s like watching a locomotive barrel headlong into a tornado. I have a bad feeling about this.

Sara Hussain for Vogue India: In 2026, I’m No Longer Interested in ‘Working on Myself’, aka the exhausting “hyper-policing [of] our thoughts and language until having a personality feels like a risk assessment exercise”. Everything began to feel like a diagnostic exercise....

The Olympic spirit takes a few forms. There's total dominance, as the best athletes in the world display their mastery. There's the unlikely upset, when deep underdogs overcome the odds. And then there's the Olympians with no chance in hell. The ones who are outclassed, outm...

Technical debt is an inevitable byproduct of software development as complexity grows. However, unlike stateless application code, the stateful nature

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“Any serious push to account for the actions of this government — to abolish the president’s private army, restructure immigration enforcement and punish anyone responsible for wrongdoing — must include recompense and repair for its victims.”

Matt Shumer writes that something big is happening. It’s a long post. Some good points and some things that might be framed a little too dramatically. If you are firmly an AI skeptic, I doubt you will be convinced by Matt, but his post is comprehensive and got me thinking. I...

I like this post from Justin Jackson about the impact on RSS if browsers remove XSLT support, which some bloggers use to make RSS more accessible. There has never been a good answer to “what do normal people do with an RSS link?”… We really need to solve this.

In their Open Web Conversations podcast, Dave Lockie and Robert Jacobi banter about the evolving AI landscape, exploring challenges and opportunities related to technology, open source, and the future of work while emphasizing the importance of innovation, privacy, and digital freedom.