Genie 4

Genie 4 introduces real-time interactive world simulation with native audio, advanced physics, natural human motion, and steering powered by Gemini models.

Survival LLM: AI assistant and emergency library that runs on your own computer

A free, open-source AI assistant and survival library that runs on your own computer and works with no internet.

Python's experimental JIT to be removed

Radio-tagged Monarch butterflies

Researchers use lightweight radio-pulse tags and cellphone signals to track migrating monarch butterflies, revealing routes, behavior, survival, and habitat needs while informing conservation and future land management across North America.

An examination of lost firefly species of the US and Canada

Four Months of Zig

Tailscale SSH: Investigation and remediation update

An update on the Tailscale SSH security investigation, remediation progress, and what customers can do now.

Ink droplets in motion snag top prize in Nikon Small World contest

Ole Bielfeldt of Germany captured a microscopic view of an inkjet printer depositing ink onto paper.

New 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6

Free daily JSON feed of Shanghai government subsidy notices

Free daily JSON feed of Shanghai government grant/subsidy notices, for researchers and AI agents - ZhongGheart/china-policy-data

Reviewers rarely talk about reliability. Owners bring it up twice as often

Across 657 products in 19 categories, Reddit owners bring up reliability and support in 13% of their opinions, YouTube reviewers in 7%. On apps, 71% of owner opinions are negative. Data to download.

Classification of Finite Simple Groups Formalized in Lean

A complete formalization in Lean of the first-generation proof of the classification of finite simple groups, with every logical step checked by Lean’s kernel.

Hex Raises $100M

Announcing Hex 4.0, and Hex's $100m fundraise.

Wikipedia's Cleanup of AI-Generated Content

AI cleanup tools and human editors join forces to protect Wikipedia from subtle machine-written bias and fake citations to keep the site human.

New iMac with M6

The brilliant all-in-one desktop with the superfast M6 chip. A powerful platform for AI. With a 24-inch 4.5K Retina display. Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.

81 Jokes for the ZX81

Rob Manuel (creator of Fesshole and co-founder of B3ta.com) set himself an absurd task. Write 81 jokes for the ZX81, illustrate them himself and use only the ZX

SS United States to be sunk as largest artificial reef

Officals in Okaloosa County, Florida, have announced the SS United States, once the fastest liner in the world, will be sunk in November

Ghostty 1.4

Release notes for Ghostty 1.4.0, released on October 27, 2026.

Raspberry Pi Zero 3W and Pi 4 Model A spotted in device trees

Device tree files point to a Raspberry Pi Zero 3 W with the Pi 4’s BCM2711 chip and a cut-down Pi 4 Model A.

Early progress on accelerating drug development with Claude

Over the past several months, we’ve partnered with six organizations to accelerate curing disease. We’ve also started drug discovery efforts of our own, including programs for rare childhood forms of muscular dystrophy. In this post, we provide an update on our progress.