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How Should a Book Sound? And What About Footnotes? Footnotes present “kind of a nasty problem for an audiobook: where do the footnotes go? There is no bottom of the page in an audiobook, obviously.”

A new study by the Center for Democracy & Technology shows how chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini, Replika and more can lead users down paths they didn't intend.

Finished watching Hacks season 5 this week. Great series. Each season had its own theme and arc, and they knew when to call it, not drag on past the story they set out to tell. 📺

Federico Viticci blogs about RemCTL, a command-line tool he built for Reminders:

So I decided to take matters into my own hands and build the Reminders CLI of my dreams with Codex. After about two months of work and everyday tests, the result is RemCTL (short for “Reminders Control”): to the best of my knowledge, it’s the only Reminders CLI that can read and write any kind of reminder and Reminders metadata…

Really impressive. I installed it to play with, even though I don’t really use Reminders. Works well.

Last week, Rafia Zakaria won the 2026 National Magazine Award in the category of Columns and Essays. The winning piece, “Water Pressure,” was published in Issue 150 of The Believer and is available to read in full on their website. It follows Zakaria’s father on his search f...

“This here banger should grab your attention.” “This semi-banger should alert your attention before the second track really grabs your attention.” “Slowwwwwww fade in.” “Honestly, this is the only track worth listening to, but it’s the pre-digital age, and we just forced you...

How can Democrats win back a vital part of the Trump coalition? And with the matchup in Texas set - can Talarico win that Senate seat? Trippi's take on why the anti-trans attacks he and other Democrats are facing aren't landing like they did in 2024. And why Joe thinks Trump's biggest weakness is... Trump. What can Democrats do about it? And can Trump dig out of the hole he put himself in?
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@dave I also wish everyone would support inbound RSS! But I’m also okay with meeting each platform where they are, as long as they are trying to be open.

The detonation of the New Glenn rocket resulted in a huge fireball in Florida, and may have long-term implications for the company's ambitions.

I’m not here to argue who’s right. I have opinions. Everyone does. But after fifteen months of watching this play out in public, I’ve landed somewhere simple: it no longer matters who started it or who’s owed what. Whatever the verdict, WordPress is the one bleeding out. So I won’t relitigate any of it. I […]

Snyk has entered the AI-powered penetration testing market with a new product it says addresses the gap in how enterprises

The post AI is shipping code faster than security was built to handle appeared first on The New Stack.

I'm one of those people who enjoy on planes and in public spaces in general. But the issue of privacy was always a hurdle.

To get to $600, Apple and HP made different compromises. If you demand more power and performance, the HP Omnibook 3 delivers.

Consoles with disc drives are the easiest way to enjoy all kinds of physical media, but that could end with the next-gen PlayStation 6 and Microsoft's Project Helix.

Built like a tank, the endlessly capable GoRuck GR1 is as close to a do-it-all bag as you can get.

Sex workers appear on the livestreams of famous manosphere influencers to boost their followings—but often end up being degraded.

Out now: new Boards of Canada album. Get it wherever you buy or stream music.

This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with fLaMEd 🔥, whose blog can be found at flamedfury.com. Tired of RSS? Read this in your browser or sign up for the newsletter. People and Blogs is supported by the "One a Month" club me...

A longtime pro barista’s favorite tools for dialing in the perfect shot at home.

While the United States and Iran have each signaled that they may be making progress toward a peace deal, the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. Thousands of crew members have been stranded in the shipping channel since the war broke out three months ago. Two seafarers who got...