This past April, while attending his nephew’s bar mitzvah on Cape Cod, Eric Umansky woke up to an inbox full of emails from people from his past. They all wanted to know the same thing: Was he actually throwing a party Saturday night? The New York–based journalist wasn’t sure what party they were referring to, … Read more
This post’s title may seem odd to you, if you’re up to date, but a few things have changed from React 18 to 19, and one of them is how you manage document metadata. Before it, you likely had some shenanigans going on, like react-helmet or react-helmet-async in place to dynamically update your document title, … Read more
Hospitals’ use of artificial intelligence tools as they submit insurance claims led to an additional $942 million in healthcare spending over a two-year period, according to an analysis by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. The BCBSA analysis found “a sharp increase in patients being documented as having complex conditions,” but argued there is a … Read more
Dynamic site blocking orders that allow rightsholders to add new targets without returning to court have been common in Europe for years. In July, Spanish-language broadcaster TelevisaUnivision (TU) obtained a similar order from a federal court in Florida. This preliminary injunction, which started with five pirate IPTV services, expanded to cover hundreds of domains and … Read more
And lastly, for something with a larger screen, I’d recommend the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5x. It’s a particularly good alternative to the 15-inch MacBook Air, at a much lower cost. These days, you can buy the upgraded model with the 2560 x 1600 OLED display (and 165-Hz refresh rate) for $1,000, on sale at Amazon. … Read more
An observability-first approach for building an AI agent, and what it bought me. A couple of weeks ago I started implementing Kept, a self-hostable post-purchase support agent for e-commerce, with reliability as its core offering. Besides the product itself, my objective in building it is to delve into the depths of agentic system design, and … Read more
TikTok will pay Alabama at least $100 million in a settlement tied to allegations that the short-form video platform misled users about safety and was designed to addict children. The case was scheduled to go to trial on Monday. According to the Alabama attorney general’s office, TikTok could end up paying the state a total … Read more
Rightsholders have linked piracy to terrorism and organized crime for several decades. The framing first emerged in the late 1990s, when IFPI raised concerns about criminal networks smuggling pirated CDs across borders. The terrorism angle was added in 2003, when the U.S. House held a hearing on piracy’s “links to organized crime and terrorism.” Around … Read more
The US government is trying to get Elon Musk and his social media platform X out of a $137 million fine by the European Union in an escalation of its criticism of the bloc’s tech rules. The US Department of Justice said it had filed an application with the help of the Department of State … Read more
11 September 2026 It’s late in the night. The espresso cup didn’t provide the alertness I was hoping for. I’m struggling to find the proper words to present my app in another Reddit post. Suddenly my phone lights up and interrupts me mid-sentence. I furiously pick it up and I stop in disbelief. Levely has … Read more