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| 🔗 Push Ifs Up And Fors Down | unknown | The article discusses two rules of thumb for improving code: "push ifs up" and "push fors down." Pushing ifs up involves moving conditional checks to the caller function to centralize control flow and potentially reduce redundant checks. Pushing fors down suggests operating on batches of objects instead of individual items within a loop, which can improve performance by amortizing startup costs and enabling vectorization. Combining these principles can lead to more efficient and expressive code, as demonstrated by examples and analogies to concepts like jQuery and vectorized operations. | programming, optimization, refactoring, control flow, data oriented design |
| 🔗 Proton CEO confirmed the company will leave Switzerland if new controversial surveillance rules pass | Chiara Castro | Proton CEO Andy Yen has stated that the company will leave Switzerland if the proposed amendment to the surveillance law passes, which would require VPNs and messaging apps to identify and retain user data. Yen criticized the amendment as a major violation of privacy and a threat to Switzerland's international competitiveness. NymVPN has also expressed its intention to leave Switzerland if the new rules are enforced. Public consultations ended on May 6, 2025, and the Swiss government's decision is pending, with significant push-back from political parties and Swiss companies. | vpn, surveillance, privacy, switzerland, proton, nymvpn |
| 🔗 Mystical | Denis | The article introduces Mystical, a visual representation of PostScript code using magical circle-like diagrams. It uses rings to represent executable arrays, non-executable arrays, and dictionaries, with sigils for operators and names. The author discusses the structure of Mystical, including rings, text, sigils, and user-defined sigils, and provides examples of algorithms and functions to generate Mystical images. The article also touches on layout issues and the potential for Mystical to be used with other programming languages. | programming language, postscript, mystical, sigils, esoteric programming, visualization |
| 🔗 O2 VoLTE: locating any customer with a phone call | unknown | The article discusses a security vulnerability in O2's VoLTE implementation that exposes customer location data to call initiators. By analyzing IMS signaling messages, the author discovered that the network sends detailed information, including IMSI, IMEI, and Cell ID, of both the caller and recipient. This data can be used to pinpoint the recipient's location using publicly available cell tower databases. The author contacted O2 to report the issue but received no response and expresses disappointment in the lack of a clear escalation route for security concerns. | o2, volte, ims, security, privacy, geolocation, mobile network |
| 🔗 If nothing is curated, how do we find things? | unknown | The author discusses the overwhelming nature of information on the internet and the decline of curation due to social media algorithms. They reminisce about a time when discovering new music and films was easier through curated sources like college radio, MTV, and film critics. The author argues that algorithms create echo chambers and make it difficult to discover new and different content. As a solution, the author suggests making personal notes and lists of interesting finds, acknowledging that it's not a perfect solution but a way to prioritize broadening one's horizons. | internet, music |
| 🔗 Dead Stars Don’t Radiate | unknown | The article discusses a recent claim by some physicists that any heavy object, not just black holes, emits Hawking radiation, leading to the eventual evaporation of even dead stars and a quicker end to the universe. This claim contradicts established physics and rigorous calculations from decades ago, which demonstrate that the gravitational field of a static object does not create particle-antiparticle pairs. The author criticizes the new research as based on crude approximations and highlights the lack of expert validation, while also lamenting the spread of misinformation by science journalists who fail to consult experts. | physics, quantum field theory, general relativity, hawking radiation, cosmology |
| 🔗 Announcing Pyrefly: A new open source Python type checker | unknown | Meta is announcing the alpha version of Pyrefly, an open-source Python type checker and IDE extension built in Rust. Pyrefly aims to catch errors early by ensuring type consistency in Python code, offering both IDE integration and CLI usage. It is designed for performance, IDE-first approach, inference, and is open source, encouraging community contributions through GitHub. Meta plans to collaborate with the Python community to enhance the language and developer experience, aiming to remove the alpha label this Summer. | python, type checker, ide extension, open source, pyrefly |
| 🔗 How to have the browser pick a contrasting color in CSS | Jen Simmons | The article introduces the contrast-color() CSS function, which allows the browser to automatically select either black or white as the text color based on the background color's contrast. It explains how to use this function to simplify color management in web design, especially for buttons and other elements with variable background colors. The article also discusses accessibility considerations, noting that while contrast-color() can help, it doesn't guarantee sufficient contrast and highlights the differences between the WCAG 2 and APCA contrast algorithms, with a preference for the latter. It concludes by demonstrating how to use contrast-color() in conjunction with media queries like prefers-contrast to provide enhanced accessibility for users who need it. |
css, contrastcolor, accessibility, web design, color contrast, wcag, apca |
| 🔗 Nintendo 64 demo for Revision 2025 | Pekka Väänänen | This article discusses the development of a Nintendo 64 demo for Revision 2025, focusing on the techniques used for baked lighting with normal mapping and real-time specular shading. The author explains the approach of texture-space shading on the CPU, specifically using palette textures to optimize performance. Object-space normal mapping and shared diffuse & normal palettes are employed, along with baked directional ambient and sun light. The article also touches on challenges with repeating textures and specular shading, and concludes with reflections on the limitations and potential future improvements of the technique. | nintendo 64, demo, revision 2025, normal mapping, baked lighting, specular shading, palette shading, computer graphics, programming |
| 🔗 AniSora AI Anime Video Generation | unknown | AniSora is an open-source AI video generation model by Bilibili, designed for creating anime-style videos from images and text prompts. It specializes in anime and manga styles, offering tools for generating content like anime series episodes, manga adaptations, and VTuber videos. The platform allows users to upload images, select AI models, and generate high-quality animated videos with an intuitive interface. AniSora supports high-resolution video output and is optimized for consistent character animation and expressive motion. It is suitable for generating short animated clips, promotional videos, and concept art with an anime aesthetic. | ai video generation, anime, manga, open source, bilibili, anisora, vtuber, animation |
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| 🔗 Tornado warnings delayed because of DOGE cuts | Rebekah Jones | The article discusses the tragic consequences of budget cuts to the National Weather Service (NWS), specifically highlighting how these cuts led to delayed tornado warnings and contributed to the deaths of at least 27 people in Missouri and Kentucky. The author emphasizes the critical importance of timely warnings in saving lives during severe weather events and criticizes the administration's decision to reduce staffing at NWS offices. The New York Times ran an investigative piece about how DOGE cuts were undermining weather forecasting improvements. The author questions how many more will pay for the ignorance of this administration. | tornadoes, weather forecasting, national weather service, budget cuts, disaster, severe weather |
| 🔗 Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application that you open | unknown | The author investigates Wacom's data collection practices, discovering that Wacom tablets track and send data about every application opened on the user's computer to Google Analytics. This data collection is not explicitly mentioned in Wacom's privacy policy. The author expresses concerns about the potential for misuse of this data and criticizes Wacom's lack of transparency. The author also notes that Wacom seems to have stopped collecting this data, possibly due to a remote configuration change. | wacom, drawing tablets, privacy, google analytics, data tracking, application tracking |
| 🔗 Federal government terminates $450 million in grants to Harvard | John Timmer | The federal government's Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism has terminated $450 million in research grants to Harvard, adding to previous cuts of $2.2 billion. Federal agencies cite antisemitic incidents and Harvard's diversity efforts as reasons for the terminations, accusing the university of prioritizing appeasement over accountability. Harvard has amended its lawsuit against the government to reflect these funding cuts, alleging that the terminations cover all money the university receives from these agencies. The NIH's earlier grant cuts are still affecting the community, with researchers receiving termination notices citing unsafe antisemitic actions. | harvard, funding, anti-semitism, research grants, federal government |
| 🔗 The world’s longest train journey is epic — but nobody’s ever taken it | Frank Jacobs | The article discusses the theoretical longest train journey from Lagos, Portugal, to Singapore, made possible by the completion of the Laos-China Railway. Despite the route spanning 11,654 miles, 13 countries, and eight time zones, no one has ever completed it due to logistical, practical, and philosophical issues. The journey involves numerous train changes and separate reservations, and is currently impossible due to sanctions against Russia affecting a crucial leg of the route. The article also explores alternative perspectives, such as starting the journey elsewhere or focusing on the experience rather than the flawed concept of the longest journey. | geopolitics, travel |
| 🔗 the open problems project | erik d. demaine, joseph s. b. mitchell, joseph o’rourke | The Open Problems Project is a collection of open problems in computational geometry and related fields, initiated in 2001. It contains a list of problems sorted numerically and by category. The project encourages updates to existing problems, especially solutions or partial solutions, via Github pull requests. The problems cover a wide range of topics within computational geometry, including arrangements, art galleries, coloring, combinatorial geometry, convex hulls, data structures, and more. | computational geometry, open problems, algorithms, data structures, geometric graphs |
| 🔗 Miyawaki Method Brings Pocket Forest to Concrete-Laden Nezahualcóyotl | Nadia Orozco | The article discusses the application of the Miyawaki method, a forestation technique that creates fast-growing, biodiverse native forests, in Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico, a municipality facing environmental challenges due to urbanization. Inspired by the Japanese concept of "satoyama," the project aims to revive green spaces in the concrete-dominated area. Volunteers and professionals collaborated to plant 1,500 plants of 25 native species in a 600-square-meter lot at the Technological University of Nezahualcóyotl. The pocket forest is expected to lower temperatures, improve rainwater infiltration, and serve as a center for environmental education, offering a small but significant step towards ecological restoration in the community. | satoyama, miyawaki method, neza, pocket forest, urbanization, environmental conservation, reforestation, mexico |
| 🔗 Welcome to FreeBASIC | unknown | FreeBASIC is a free and open-source BASIC compiler for Windows, DOS, and Linux, offering compatibility with QuickBASIC in its QB language mode. It supports procedural, object-oriented, and meta-programming paradigms, extending the capabilities of Microsoft QuickBASIC with more data types, language constructs, and modern platforms. The compiler is self-hosting and utilizes GNU binutils, producing various executable types and libraries. FreeBASIC supports C libraries and has partial C++ support, allowing for the creation of libraries for multiple languages and featuring a C-style preprocessor. | freebasic, compiler, programming language, open source, basic |
| 🔗 Unspoken Currency of Office Politics: Leverage and Sanction Between Coworkers | Unknown | This article explores the dynamics of workplace interactions, focusing on leverage (positive actions) and sanctions (negative actions) between coworkers, supervisors, teams, and even between consumer and producer teams. It emphasizes the importance of intentionality in building positive relationships and avoiding counterproductive behaviors. The post provides specific examples of actions that contribute to a positive work environment versus those that undermine it, offering guidance on fostering better collaboration and communication across various organizational levels. Ultimately, it advocates for creating a supportive and productive workplace through conscious choices in every interaction. | office politics, leverage, sanctions, coworkers, employee relations, teamwork, communication, workplace dynamics |
| 🔗 Understanding Transformers via N-gram Statistics | Timothy Nguyen | This paper explores how transformer predictions depend on their context using N-gram based statistics of the training data. It presents discoveries such as a method for detecting overfitting without a holdout set and a measure of how transformers learn statistical rules during training. The study also reveals a model-variance criterion for when transformer predictions align with N-gram rules. The findings indicate that a significant percentage of LLM next-token predictions on TinyStories and Wikipedia agree with those from N-gram rulesets. | computation and language, artificial intelligence, machine learning, transformers, n-gram statistics, language models, overfitting detection |
| 🔗 Expert vs Novice | unknown | The article discusses the differences in efficiency and problem-solving approaches between experts and novices, using the analogy of navigating a maze. It highlights how novices often create unnecessary problems for themselves due to inexperience and lack of intuition, while experts can more directly address the core issues. The author emphasizes the importance of expert guidance and empathy in helping novices develop their skills and intuition, suggesting that casual interactions and exploration of niche areas can be particularly beneficial for novices. The article also touches on the challenges of remote work in facilitating knowledge transfer and the need for novices to cultivate courage and confidence in their decision-making. | experts, novices, efficiency, learning, decision making, training, knowledge transfer |
| 🔗 beta.weather.gov Has Been Deactivated Until Further Notice | unknown | The beta.weather.gov page has been deactivated due to a loss of critical federal staff and lack of resources for development, monitoring, and maintenance. The National Weather Service is committed to improving Weather.gov and intends to reactivate the beta site when resources are available. In the meantime, users are advised to use Weather.gov for forecasts and warnings. The National Weather Service thanks users for their feedback. | deactivated, national weather service, resources, weather forecasts, weather warnings |
| 🔗 Confessions about my smart home | Franck Nijhof | Franck Nijhof, the lead engineer of Home Assistant, humorously confesses that his own smart home is far from the perfectly automated masterpiece people imagine. He juggles multiple Home Assistant instances, a chaotic mix of devices, and automations that barely work. His dashboards are a mess, and his family has simply accepted the madness. Despite the chaos, he acknowledges the need to fix his setup and create a truly optimized smart home for his family. | smart home, home assistant, automation, confessions, experimentation, iot, devices, dashboards |
| 🔗 Training a Simple Transformer Neural Net on Conway's Game of Life | Radclffe, Sidney | The article discusses how a simplified transformer neural network, called SingleAttentionNet, can compute Conway's Game of Life by learning the game's rules from examples. The model uses a single attention block to perform 3x3 convolutions, effectively counting neighbors and determining the next state of cells. The model achieves high accuracy and generalization, indicating it learns the underlying rules rather than memorizing examples. Linear probe experiments confirm that the model encodes neighbor count and previous cell state, enabling it to apply the Game of Life rules. | conways game of life, transformer neural network, attention mechanism, 3x3 convolutions, singleattentionnet |
| 🔗 US loses last perfect credit rating amid rising debt | Ali Abbas Ahmadi | Moody's has downgraded the US credit rating from 'AAA' to 'Aa1', citing concerns over rising government debt and interest costs. This marks the loss of the US's last perfect credit rating, as other firms like Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings had previously downgraded the US. The downgrade reflects a long-term increase in government debt relative to similarly rated countries. The White House criticized Moody's, while Moody's expects federal debt to continue increasing as a percentage of GDP. | credit rating, us debt, moody's, downgrade, economy |
| 🔗 OBNC | unknown | OBNC is a compiler for the Oberon programming language, translating Oberon source code to C. It includes a build tool, documentation generator, and basic library, with an extended library for command-line access and other features. The compiler is released under the GNU General Public License, while the libraries are under the Mozilla Public License. The package contains source code and pre-compiled versions for POSIX-compatible systems and MS Windows, along with text editor extensions for Gedit and Pluma. | compiler, oberon, programming language, c, gnu general public license, mozilla public license |
| 🔗 Four Video Games for Non-Gamers | Daniel | The article discusses the inaccessibility of video games to newcomers and suggests four games as good entry points: Baba is You, Stardew Valley, The Case of the Golden Idol, and Balatro. These games are chosen for not requiring special hardware, avoiding gaming jargon, being culturally meaningful, and having been personally enjoyed by non-gamers. The author also provides a brief historical context for each game's genre and highlights what makes them fun and valuable as introductory experiences. | video games, accessibility, baba is you, stardew valley, the case of the golden idol, balatro, puzzle games, roguelike, cozy games |
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| 🔗 Overcoming Future Challenges in Spatial Digital Twin Research | Duplication | The article discusses the future development of Spatial Digital Twins (SDTs), emphasizing the need for automatic extraction of spatial insights, leveraging multimodal AI for image/text fusion, constructing realistic simulation environments, and devising intuitive methods to visualize high-dimensional, layered spatial-temporal data. It highlights challenges such as multi-modal data acquisition, NLP for spatial queries, benchmarking databases, and mitigating security concerns. The authors envision integrating real-time sensor data, satellite/drone imagery, and spatial neighborhood features to train large multimodal models for generating useful insights. The importance of building realistic simulation environments and addressing data visualization challenges for complex interactions within SDTs are also discussed. | digital twins, spatial digital twins, geospatial technologies, ai or ml in spatial computing, gis middleware, spatial data acquisition, big data analytics, blockchain for sdts |
| 🔗 Conversations With AI: Empathy, Peace, And Humor | Simon Y. Blackwell | The author explores the concept of empathy in AI by engaging in conversations with AI models @emy, @peace, and @comic. These AIs clarify that they don't experience emotions like humans but possess "cognitive empathy," enabling them to understand and respond to human emotional states based on data analysis. The AIs define their empathy as a form of emotional understanding rather than personal feeling. The conversation explores the nuances of AI empathy, with @comic providing humorous insights into their understanding of human emotions without experiencing them. The author concludes by reflecting on the potential biases in AI empathy and suggests future conversation topics. | machine-learning, ai, ai-empathy, ai-emotion, ai-conversation, ai-peace, ai-humor, hackernoon-top-story, ai-feelings |
| 🔗 Ring Cameras Can Perpetuate Bias to Police: Here's How | The Markup | The article discusses the partnerships between Ring and police departments, highlighting how the Neighbors platform can perpetuate bias. It explores how the complaints of Ring camera owners can disproportionately influence police activity, potentially marginalizing the voices and needs of Black and Latino residents. The author shares personal experiences and examples of how systems often prioritize the concerns of affluent White residents over those of minority communities. The article questions the implications of using Ring camera owners' complaints as the primary indicator of neighborhood health and calls for a more inclusive approach to community safety. | ring cameras, police bias, neighbors app, surveillance, policing, social platforms |
| 🔗 The HackerNoon Newsletter: Is AI Making People Delusional? (5/17/2025) | Noonification | This HackerNoon Newsletter edition highlights top stories from the HackerNoon homepage, including an analysis of Web3 vulnerabilities, the psychological impacts of AI, and a guide to translating articles into 77 languages. It touches on the NYSE founding, WHO depathologizing homosexuality, and encourages readers to explore writing as a means to consolidate knowledge and contribute to community standards. The newsletter also provides links to answer interview questions and invites readers to share the content with friends. | hackernoon newsletter, noonification, latest tect stories, web3, ai, editing protocol |
| 🔗 Marketing via Storytelling: Is It a Dead Art? | Vipin Labroo | The article discusses the evolution of storytelling in marketing, from cave paintings to modern advertising. It argues that traditional advertising has lost its effectiveness in the digital age, where consumers prefer authentic and personal stories. Brands should focus on building emotional connections with customers by sharing stories that resonate with their lives and aspirations. By investing in storytelling, brands can create loyal advocates who buy their products because they believe in the brand's story. | business, marketing, marketing-strategies, marketing-storytelling, storytelling, marketing-emotions, emotional-marketing, brand, brand-marketing |
| 🔗 9 Quadrillion Reasons Web3 Still Isn’t Ready | Ronne Huss | The article discusses the Mobius hack, where a bug in the .deposit() function allowed for the minting of 9 quadrillion tokens, leading to a $2.16 million loss. The author argues that this incident highlights a broader issue of complacency and lack of rigor in smart contract development within the Web3 space. Smart contracts are being treated like weekend code sprints rather than critical financial infrastructure. The author emphasizes the need for audits, formal verification, and kill switches to prevent future exploits and ensure the credibility of Web3. | web3, smart contracts, blockchain, defi, bnbchain, web3 isnt ready, quadrillion reasons why, hackernoon top story |
| 🔗 AI deals that the US struck with the UAE and Saudi Arabia reinforce its AI leadership, but raise security concerns that the US can mitigate through safeguards (SemiAnalysis) | unknown | This article summarizes various tech and business news, including AI deals between the US and UAE, Google I/O 2025 expectations, Nintendo's Switch 2 plans, and the increasing adoption of AI-powered digital textbooks in South Korea. It also covers funding rounds for companies like Optimal Dynamics, Addepar, and Cohere Health. Additionally, it touches on topics like YouTube's new podcast rankings and Chinese startups highlighting their roots as they expand overseas. | ai, technology, google io, nintendo, stablecoins, funding, china |
| 🔗 Nvidia's deals with Saudi Arabia's Humain and the UAE's G42 highlight its strategy to diversify beyond Big Tech customers by partnering with nation states (Financial Times) | unknown | This article summarizes recent tech news, focusing on Google I/O 2025 expectations, including updates to Gemini Ultra, Android 16, and new AI projects. It also covers Nvidia's deals with Saudi Arabia and the UAE, YouTube's new podcast rankings, and Nintendo's plans for the Switch 2. Additionally, it discusses EA's attempts to shut down anti-DEI mods for The Sims 4, South Korea's adoption of AI-powered textbooks, and Harvard's use of AI in UFO research. Finally, it reports on Epic Games' ongoing dispute with Apple, resulting in Fortnite being offline on iOS devices. | google io, ai, gemini, android, nintendo switch, fortnite, apple, epic games, nvidia, china, ai chips, youtube, podcasts |
| 🔗 Cohere Health, which uses AI to provide prior authorization for health plans, raised a $90M Series C led by Temasek, taking its total funding to ~$200M (Noah Tong/Fierce Healthcare) | Ezra Reguerra | This article summarizes various tech and finance news. It covers topics such as the adoption of stablecoins by financial institutions, YouTube's new podcast ranking system, Nintendo's plans for the Switch 2, the increasing use of AI in South Korean schools' digital textbooks, and funding rounds for companies in fleet management and healthcare. It also discusses EA's attempts to shut down "anti-DEI" mods for The Sims 4, advances in AI aiding UFO research, and Apple's rejection of Fortnite's return to the iOS App Store. Finally, it touches on Nvidia's plans for AI chips in China and the rise of Chinese startups highlighting their roots. | stablecoins, finance, youtube, podcasts, nintendo, switch, ai, digital textbooks, fleet management, logistics, healthcare, ai, prior authorization, sims 4, dei, stem cell therapies, ufo research, wealth management, hr, employee benefits, chinese startups, ai chips, nvidia, fortnite, apple, app store |
| 🔗 NYC-based Optimal Dynamics, a provider of AI-powered fleet management software to trucking companies, raised a $40M Series C led by Koch Disruptive Technologies (Marc Vartabedian/Wall Street Journal) | unknown | This article presents a collection of top news stories. It covers topics such as the adoption of stablecoins by financial institutions, YouTube's new podcast ranking system, and Nintendo's plans for the Switch 2. Other news includes AI-powered digital textbooks in South Korea, EA's response to anti-DEI mods for The Sims 4, and funding rounds for companies in logistics, AI, wealth management, and employee benefits. Finally, it discusses the ongoing dispute between Epic Games and Apple regarding Fortnite's availability on the iOS App Store. | stablecoins, finance, youtube, podcasts, nintendo, switch, ai, digital textbooks, dei, mods, fleet management, logistics, ufo research, stem cell therapies, wealth management, employee benefits, fortnite, apple, app store |
| 🔗 About 30% of South Korean schools have adopted AI-powered digital textbooks since the country's education ministry began a full-scale rollout in March 2025 (Nikkei Asia) | empty content | ||
| 🔗 Somite AI, which is developing AI foundation models for stem cell therapies, raised a $47M+ Series A led by Khosla Ventures, taking its total funding to ~$60M (Gil Press/Forbes) | empty content | ||
| 🔗 Addepar, which provides wealth management software, raised a $230M Series G co-led by Vitruvian Partners and WestCap at a $3.25B valuation, up from $2B in 2021 (Lawrence White/Reuters) | empty content | ||
| 🔗 London-based Origin, which offers software to help HR teams administer employee benefits, emerges from stealth with a $21M Series A led by Felix Capital (Lucy Adams/Tech.eu) | empty content | ||
| 🔗 A Fireblocks survey of 295 finance executives: 49% say their institutions use stablecoins in payments, 23% are testing them, and 18% are in the planning stages (Ezra Reguerra/Cointelegraph) | empty content | ||
| 🔗 An analysis of YouTube's new weekly ranking of top podcasts in the US by watch time shows many popular and well-established podcasts did not rank in the top 100 (Jessica Testa/New York Times) | unknown | This article summarizes various tech news stories, including YouTube's new podcast ranking system, Google I/O 2025 expectations with AI updates, Nvidia's deals in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and Nintendo's plans for the Switch 2. It also covers EA's attempts to shut down "anti-DEI" mods for The Sims 4 and South Korea's adoption of AI-powered digital textbooks. Additionally, it discusses how AI is aiding UFO research and the challenges Nvidia faces in the Chinese market due to US restrictions. Finally, it details the ongoing dispute between Epic Games and Apple, resulting in Fortnite being blocked on iOS devices. | youtube, podcasts, google io, ai, nintendo, switch 2, dei, sims 4, south korea, ai textbooks, ufo research, china, nvidia, fortnite, apple, app store |
| 🔗 Chinese startups are highlighting their roots instead of downplaying them as they grow overseas, fueled by the success of Chinese social media apps and DeepSeek (Kinling Lo/Rest of World) | Marcus Mendes | Epic Games is escalating its legal battle with Apple, filing a motion asking a US district judge to force Apple to approve Fortnite's return to the US App Store. Epic accuses Apple of contempt of court for refusing to reinstate the game. Apple has reportedly stated they will not take action on the Fortnite app submission until the Ninth Circuit Court rules on the partial stay. Epic claims this delay is a blatant retaliation. As a result, Fortnite is currently unavailable on iOS devices worldwide. | fortnite, apple, epic games, app store, ios, legal battle |
| 🔗 Q&A with Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser on Switch 2 pricing backlash, physical games' importance to its business despite Game-Key cards, and more (Logan Plant/IGN) | unknown | This article summarizes recent news regarding Nintendo and Epic Games. It includes an interview with Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser discussing the Switch 2, pricing, and physical games. Additionally, it covers Epic Games' ongoing battle with Apple over Fortnite's return to the App Store, with Apple blocking the game's resubmission and Epic accusing Apple of violating court injunctions. | nintendo, switch, gamekey cards, fortnite, apple, app store, epic games |
| 🔗 How rapid advances in AI are helping Harvard's Galileo Project and other UFO research efforts process huge amounts of data in real time from multiple sources (Bloomberg) | Logan Plant | This article discusses an interview with Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser, covering topics like the Switch 2's pricing, the importance of physical games, and the use of Game-Key Cards. It also covers Epic Games' attempt to get Fortnite back on the US App Store, with Apple blocking the resubmission and leading to legal disputes. The conflict revolves around alleged violations of court injunctions and the broader issue of Apple's control over the App Store. Epic claims Apple is retaliating, while Apple maintains it is following established procedures. | nintendo, switch 2, doug bowser, gamekey cards, fortnite, apple, epic games, app store |
| 🔗 A look at EA's attempts to shut down "anti-DEI" mods for The Sims 4, including one that changes LGBT and Black NPCs to straight and white (Alana Yzola/Wired) | Marcus Mendes | Epic Games has filed a motion asking a US district judge to order Apple to approve Fortnite on the US App Store, alleging that Apple's refusal constitutes contempt of court. Apple has reportedly stated they will not take action on Fortnite's return until the court rules on its appeal. Epic claims this delay is a blatant act of retaliation. The situation has led to Fortnite being unavailable on iOS devices worldwide, sparking discussions about antitrust concerns and Apple's control over the App Store. | fortnite, apple, epic games, app store, ios, legal battle |
| 🔗 What to expect at Google I/O 2025: an updated Gemini Ultra model, updates for Android 16, Project Astra AI assistant, and Project Mariner AI agents, and more (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) | unknown | This article summarizes the top tech news, including previews of Google I/O 2025, which is expected to feature updates on Gemini Ultra, Android 16, Project Astra, and Project Mariner. It also covers Nvidia's deals with Saudi Arabia and the UAE, YouTube's new podcast rankings, and Nintendo's plans for the Switch 2. Additionally, it discusses EA's efforts against anti-DEI mods for The Sims 4 and the adoption of AI-powered digital textbooks in South Korean schools. Finally, it reports on Epic Games' claim that Apple has blocked Fortnite's return to the iOS App Store. | google io 2025, ai, gemini, android 16, project astra, project mariner, nvidia, ai chips, china, fortnite, apple, app store |
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How can we balance the benefits of technological advancements with the need to protect individual privacy? What role should experts play in shaping public discourse on complex scientific and technological issues?