iOS 26! It feels like just last year we were here discussing iOS 18. How time flies. After a year that saw the debut of Apple Intelligence and the subsequent controversy over the features that it d…| Six Colors
Oracle's Java 25 eliminates intimidating syntax barriers that have long deterred programming newcomers, while adding AI-focused features that prepare students for modern development careers.| The New Stack
Well, the types of computers we have today are tools. They’re responders: you ask a computer to do something and it will do it. The next stage is going to …| Simon Willison’s Weblog
I’ve noticed something interesting over the past few weeks: I’ve started using the term “agent” in conversations where I don’t feel the need to then define it, roll my eyes …| Simon Willison’s Weblog
We build teams in pyramids today. One leader, several managers, many individual contributors. In the AI world, what team configuration makes the most sense? Here are some alternatives : First, the short pyramid. Managers become agent managers. The work performed by individual contributors of yore becomes the workloads of agents. Everyone moves up a level of abstraction in work. This configuration reduces headcount by 85% (1:7:49 -> 1:7). The manager to individual contributor ratio goes from 1...| Tomasz Tunguz
It’s fall here in the northern hemisphere. Feels like the fall of my life, too. Somehow midlife feels both like slowing down and also starting new things. I haven’t been in school for years now but fall still feels like back to school. Yesterday I just missed the subway on my way to a 5 pm appointment in the city. The display sign above ground indicated that the train was coming in 0 minutes, and the next one was coming in 9 minutes, which would have gotten me to my appointment at 5:04 pm...| kwon.nyc
I recently gave some bad advice.| taylor.town
New study breaks down what 700 million users do across 2.6 billion daily GPT messages.| Ars Technica
Liquid Glass brings translucent sheen to the typical batch of iterative changes.| Ars Technica
I'm going to take a wild guess here and say that you, like me, have a large pile (or digital equivalent) of books or articles you've been meaning to get around to reading, plus maybe a long queue of podcast episodes to which you'd love to listen, if only you had the time. It's the archetypal "first-world problem", I know. But one worth reflecting on – because it's a microcosm of a broader mistake that makes it more stressful than in needs to be to build a fulfilling and productive life: the...| Oliver Burkeman
