Human Cognition Can’t Keep Up With Modern Networks. What’s Next?
IBM, the venerable tech company, has been on an acquisition binge in the last few years, buying Red Hat and HashiCorp, and it recently announced plans...
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Gunnar Wolf: Artificial Intelligence • Play or break the deck
This post is an unpublished review for Artificial Intelligence • Play or break the deck As a little disclaimer, I usually review books or articles written...
Read moreTesting Laughing Gas for Rocket Propellant
Nitrous oxide’s high-speed abilities don’t end with racing cars, as it’s a powerful enough oxidizer to be a practical component of rocket propellant. Since [Markus Bindhammer]...
Read moreWhat’s Going on With Smart Rings?
Ultrahuman smart rings currently can’t be sold in the US. We caught up with the company’s chief business officer to discuss what’s next for ring-based health...
Read moreEuropean Commission issues call for evidence on open source
The European Commission has opened a “call for evidence” to help shape its European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy. The commission is looking to reduce its dependence...
Read moreLessons Learned From Real-World NoSQL Database Migrations
In “Battle-Tested Tips for a Better NoSQL Migration,” I shared my top strategies for planning, executing and de-risking a NoSQL database migration. I discussed key steps...
Read moreMeet the IEEE Board-Nominated Candidates for President-Elect
The IEEE Board of Directors has nominated IEEE Senior Member David Alan Koehler and IEEE Life Fellow Manfred “Fred” J. Schindler as candidates for 2027 IEEE...
Read moreAigars Mahinovs: Sedan experience (BMW i5)
Two years of midsize electric sedan experience This February (2026) marks a full 10 years since I started working for BMW, and a key employment bonus...
Read moreAI Models Are Starting to Learn by Asking Themselves Questions
An AI model that learns without human input—by posing interesting queries for itself—might point the way to superintelligence.
Read moreThe grief when AI writes most of the code
I’m coming to terms with the high probability that AI will write most of my code which I ship to prod, going forward. It already does it faster,...
Read moreBose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life
Bose released the Application Programming Interface (API) documentation for its SoundTouch speakers today, putting a silver lining around the impending end-of-life (EoL) of the expensive home...
Read moreFrom Guesswork to Guardrails: Kubernetes Container Rightsizing
In a Kubernetes cluster, CPU and memory requests are both a cost dial and a reliability dial. They’re how you tell the scheduler what a pod...
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