Child predators are arguably the most reviled demographic in society. So when someone like Chris Hansen, the former NBC Dateline journalist and host of the To Catch a Predator series, decides to take up the mantle of exposing them to the public, he is naturally praised as a hero. But, as is revealed in Lance … Read more
Artificial Intelligence (AI) or LLMs are here to stay. They have revolutionized the speed of execution of many business teams. With the help of AI coding assistants, developers can now ship new features, bug fixes, and entire products at record speeds. Pitch decks, presentations, and proposals can be generated within minutes. While AI exceeds efficiency expectations, … Read more
Nscale, a British neocloud, has secured $3.36 billion in financing ahead of its IPO later this year, the company announced on Friday. Structured as a convertible note, the massive funding round underscores the staggering capital required to build out AI data centers. Led by hedge fund Third Point, the new investment includes $2.36 billion available … Read more
Last month, we reported that defense attorneys representing prominent torrent trackers told a federal judge that the case may have been filed by an impostor. After they revealed their findings, Judge Andrea R. Wood put the case on a sanctions track and scheduled an in-person hearing. Since then, the case has taken some surprising turns … Read more
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