atlasobscura
8h ago
2°
14 Mesmerizing Mazes and Labyrinths
Since antiquity, mazes and labyrinths have been places of spiritual reflection and deep contemplation. The famous Egyptian Labyrinth at Hawara was built around 1860 BCE during the reign of Pharaoh Amenemhat III, though 2D depictions of the classic seven-circuit design appear as early as 2000 BCE in clay tablets from the Mediterranean. Mazes, too, have origins in ancient Egypt, primarily serving to keep looters away from the tombs of the important and wealthy.
longreads
8h ago
10°
Melon’s Odyssey On The Black Market For Life-Saving Cat Medicine
"While Melon lay dying under my bed, I contacted the Facebook group."
9to5google
9h ago
47°
Pixel 10 vs. Pixel 11: Where are the upgrades? [Video]
A year in tech used to bring about big, bold changes. Today, things are iterative, merely refinements, and that has never been more apparent than going from the Pixel 10 to the Pixel 11. Here’s what you need to know.
macrumors
9h ago
46°
Siri AI Will Have a Waitlist When iOS 27 Launches
iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS Golden Gate include Siri AI, Apple's much more capable version of Siri. When the new updates launch, it appears Apple will use a waitlist and limit initial access.
omgubuntu
10h ago
22°
Ubuntu 24.04 gets a big open-vm-tools update
A major update to open-vm-tools, a package that integrates Linux virtual machines with VMware hypervisors, is rolling out to users of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. “Without SRUing the newer version users get issues running on more recent hypervisors”, Canonical’s Lena Voytek explained in a backport request. It’s a full backport from Ubuntu 26.04 LTS to support platform enablement to benefit those running 24.04 LTS. The open-vm-tool package goes from v12.3.5 to v13.0.10 (the same...
tidbits
10h ago
7°
MarsEdit 5.4.5
Reduces flickering and reloading of embedded content in the live preview window. ($59.95 new, free update, 23.8 MB, macOS 10.15.4+)
sciencenews
11h ago
4°
Heat therapy for sick frogs lowers sperm levels
Scientists often use thermal treatment to combat fatal fungal infection in frogs, but it may come at a cost.
quantamagazine
12h ago
26°
A New Framework for How the Brain Compresses Our Noisy World
An updated view of categorization reflects the modern understanding that the nervous system is more of a prediction engine than a filing cabinet. The post A New Framework for How the Brain Compresses Our Noisy World first appeared on Quanta Magazine
infoq
12h ago
25°
Microsoft Moves AI Governance From Policy to Runtime Enforcement
Microsoft has outlined an AI governance architecture spanning nine governance domains and four functions: policy, control, visibility, and proof. The approach connects policies with runtime enforcement, continuous evaluation, observability, identity, security, and audit evidence to help organizations verify governance requirements as AI applications and agents operate in production. By Leela Kumili
venturebeat
13h ago
40°
Anthropic’s new Claude Tag update lets its Slack agent read the full conversation — and jump in unprompted
Anthropic is making a calculated bet that the biggest bottleneck in enterprise AI isn't model intelligence — it's the fact that most people still use AI alone.In an exclusive interview with VentureBeat, Scott White, Anthropic's head of product for enterprise, laid out the company's thesis for what it calls "multiplayer AI": a shift away from the single-user chatbot paradigm toward AI agents that operate across teams, read organizational context, and proactively insert...