'Crackgate,' catty patties, and more in today's newsletter.
404 Media
• Samantha Cole
It's not the bots, Flock
404 Media
• Samantha Cole
'Crackgate,' catty patties, and more in today's newsletter.
404 Media
• Samantha Cole
The former CEO of Yahoo! and current founder of a chatbot app is going viral for using AI to list things she loves about her daughter. But what she has to say about women in tech in 2026 is worth talking about.
The San Francisco Standard
• Zara Stone
Meet the latest venture-funded tech news outlet. It streams for hours a day on X and wants to be “good propaganda” for the AI era.
The San Francisco Standard
• Danny Emerman
The rookie led the Warriors to their first win of the season by scoring 31 points against the Nuggets in Denver.
The San Francisco Standard
• Emily Dreyfuss
Last week we reviewed statewide races. This week, it’s all about the local props.
The San Francisco Standard
• Eli Benton Cohen
How the ‘endorsement roundups’ section of The Standard’s 2026 Voter Guide gives you a cheat sheet at the polls.
The San Francisco Standard
• Tim Kawakami
This is the second series in a row when Golden State’s center has been assigned to stop a superstar. After slowing down A’ja Wilson, she’s shutting down Angel Reese.
The San Francisco Standard
• Jane Kenny
Angel Reese and coach Karl Smesko expressed frustration with the officiating despite Atlanta’s 52-attempt advantage at the free-throw line in the Finals.
The San Francisco Standard
• Adam Lashinsky
When it comes to the city’s health savings accounts, the mayor’s “get close to the problem” mantra meets a problem his team won’t get close to.
The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Sri Saran Balaji Vellore Rajakumar

Kubernetes control planes are designed to contain individual failures, but their availability still depends on how components in the critical
The post The hidden failure paths that affect Kubernetes control plane availability appeared first on The New Stack.
The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Michael Levan

Separation of workloads before AI wasn’t easy, but it was far more straightforward. Servers sat in data centers, VLANs segregated
The post When “isolated” doesn’t mean isolated: How to sandbox AI agents appeared first on The New Stack.
Defector
• Patrick Redford
SCOTUSblog
• Edward Foley
SCOTUSblog
• Amy Howe
SCOTUSblog
• Kelsey Dallas, Blake Fox
Plus, journalist Bob Woodward is finally sharing the story behind his famous book on the court.
TPM – Talking Points Memo
• Josh Marshall
So here we are. One week out. Are you ready? Drop me a line at our comments email address –...
TPM – Talking Points Memo
• John Light
The California Scheme Comes to Washington State The Department of Justice on Wednesday told Washington state officials to segregate ballots...
The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
• Bobby Welber
A student in the Hudson Valley was hospitalized after being cut by a sharp object during a fight in the bathroom. Continue reading…
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The secret to aging more slowly may be hiding in your gut. Scientists discovered that certain gut bacteria are strongly linked to how quickly the body ages, with microbial differences accounting for about 15% of the variation in biological aging rates. Some bacterial species were associated with slower aging, while others were linked to accelerated aging.