Lock Launcher Introduces “No Redirect” Launchers, XL Widgets for iOS 27
MacStoriesby Federico Viticci·27 Jul 2026
I don’t think I ever mentioned it on MacStories (although I probably did at some point on AppStories or Unwind), but my favorite “launcher” app for iOS is a utility called Lock Launcher, which I’ve...
Your dreams aren’t random. Your brain is rewriting reality
Neuroscience News -- ScienceDaily·27 Jul 2026
Your dreams aren’t random. Your brain is rewriting reality Dreams may be the brain’s nightly remix of personality, memory, emotion, and real-world experience.
How R8 made Kotlin Coroutines on Android 2x faster
Android Developers Blogby Android Developers (noreply@blogger.com)·27 Jul 2026
27 July 2026 Starting from AGP 9.2.0, R8 optimizes most Atomic*FieldUpdater calls into Unsafe variants that perform 2x to 4x better on common operations.
Weather Whiplash Helped Fuel the Wildfires in France and Spain
Yale E360by Fred Pearce·27 Jul 2026
In a summer of record heat waves, France and Spain are now facing wildfires that have forced the evacuations of more than 300,000 people.
Is a Total Bond Fund Still an Acceptable Core Bond Holding?
Oblivious Investorby Mike·27 Jul 2026
A reader writes in, asking: “I have question about your VT + TIPS choice. Will you maintain that two fund portfolio throughout your life?
In 1943, US built an entire city, and it didn't exist on a single map
Economic Timesby Trending Desk·27 Jul 2026
Listen to this article in summarized format A City That "Didn't Exist" When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Oak Ridge didn't exist at all.
How much faster are computers today?
Chess Newsby Frederic Friedel·27 Jul 2026
As a fledgling student at University I did a bit of programming – on a Zuse mainframe, originally designed by Konrad Ernst Otto Zuse, who is regarded as the inventor and father of the modern...
Eating within 8 hours may help keep the aging brain sharp
Neuroscience News -- ScienceDaily·27 Jul 2026
Eating within 8 hours may help keep the aging brain sharp Eating within a shorter daily window may give the aging brain a modest boost beyond weight loss alone.
I Asked Listeners for the Most Random Ways They’ve Made Extra Money - Side Hustle Nation
Side Hustle Nationby Nick Loper·27 Jul 2026
Last month, I put out a call for listeners to share the most random ways they’ve made extra money, and the responses did not disappoint! Some side hustles start with a business plan.
Six Agent Harness Capabilities for Higher Model Performance | NVIDIA Technical Blog
Nvidia Developer Blogby Michelle Horton·27 Jul 2026
Building a great AI agent isn’t just about choosing the right models. The harness is the architecture surrounding the model.
Humans have a 'third eye' in the brain: Study links it to a 600-million-year-old Cyclops ancestor
Economic Timesby Trending Desk·27 Jul 2026
Listen to this article in summarized format And that's not even the strangest part. According to the research, remnants of this ancient "third eye" may still be sitting inside our brains today, in...
Who calls this, calls you • Andrew Ford
Inside Storyby Administrator·27 Jul 2026
My father called me Horace. He was not a classicist, rather someone who, like most of his generation, grew up listening to the radio.
The great divide • Inside Story
Inside Storyby Administrator·27 Jul 2026
At the end of Australia Fair?, James Walter and Carolyn Holbrook’s monumental, sprawling and somewhat disheartening history of social policy in Australia over the past eighty years, we are left...
Tactical Decision Game with John Schmitt
Commonplace - The Commoncog Blogby Cedric Chin·27 Jul 2026
Aug 13 2026 9am-12pm CDT / 10pm-12am SGT. A live tactical decision game with the creator of Tactical Decision Games, John Schmitt.
‘Distributing Land Like Candy’: How Diluted Laws, Opaque Processes Power India’s AI Data Centre Boom
Behanboxby Saumya Kalia·27 Jul 2026
‘Distributing Land Like Candy’: How Diluted Laws, Opaque Processes Power India’s AI Data Centre Boom Data centres have existed since the 1990s so what is it about the new hyperscalers that is...
Advancing Semiconductor Innovation Across Materials Engineering and Manufacturing | NVIDIA Technical Blog
Nvidia Developer Blogby Tanya Lenz·27 Jul 2026
As AI workloads increase, explosive compute demand is pushing the semiconductor industry to meet unprecedented performance targets.
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra Leads Open Models on Accuracy and Efficiency in Agentic RTL Coding | NVIDIA Technical Blog
Nvidia Developer Blogby Nirmal Kumar Juluru·27 Jul 2026
Modern chip design is increasingly limited by engineering time. Register transfer level (RTL) development and verification require specialized hardware knowledge, precise reasoning, and repeated...
What the Actual Fuck, Carl
Feld Thoughtsby Brad Feld·26 Jul 2026
I finished A Parade of Horribles (book 8 of Dungeon Crawler Carl) on my run today. I laughed out loud when the AI said the title of this post.
A Cuban Protest Ballad From ICE Detention
The Marshall Projectby Lauren Villagran·26 Jul 2026
This essay is part of Redemption Songs, a limited-run newsletter that spotlights one song each week by incarcerated artists. Sign up now to get a new song each Sunday afternoon until September.
AITA Trust and Anil Khanna back in focus ahead of EGM
The Hinduby N Sudarshan·26 Jul 2026
Ahead of Sunday’s Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of the All India Tennis Association (AITA), focus is back on the AITA Trust.
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