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Build iOS Apps on Linux and Windows (WSL)

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Hi folks! A few months ago I shared my Swift SDK for Darwin, which allows you to build iOS Swift Packages on Linux, amongst other things. I mentioned that a lot of work still needed to be done, such as handling codesigning, packaging, and bundling. I'm super excited to share that we've finally reached the point where all of these things are now possible with cross-platform, open source software.

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Scientists clear major roadblocks in mission to build powerful AI photonic chips

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Two studies show major progress in the field of photonic microchips. Electronic microchips are at the heart of the modern world.

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An $18M grant would have drastically reduced food waste. Then the EPA cut it

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The Rhode Island project to create local jobs, launch compost hubs, and reduce emissions was years in the making.

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Philosopher Hannah Arendt provokes us to rethink what education is for in the era of AI

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In the 1954 essay The Crisis in Education, German-American philosopher Hannah Arendt argued that crisis can act as an opportunity to revisit questions

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What’s New in Apache Airflow® 3.0—And How Will It Reshape Your Data Workflows?

Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate

Apache Airflow® 3.0, the most anticipated Airflow release yet, officially launched this April. As the de facto standard for data orchestration, Airflow is trusted by over 77,000 organizations to power everything from advanced analytics to production AI and MLOps. With the 3.0 release, the top-requested features from the community were delivered, including a revamped UI for easier navigation, stronger security, and greater flexibility to run tasks anywhere at any time.

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Title of work deciphered in sealed Herculaneum scroll via digital unwrapping

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The Bodleian Libraries and the Vesuvius Challenge have announced that for the first time researchers have found the title and author inside of a sealed scroll from Herculaneum.

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Educators seek to combat AI challenges in the classroom

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Educators are reaching into their toolbox in an effort to adapt their instruction to a world where students can use ChatGPT to pull out a five-page

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More concise chatbot responses tied to increase in hallucinations, study finds

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Asking any of the popular chatbots to be more concise "dramatically impact[s] hallucination rates," according to a recent study. French AI testing platform Giskard published a study analyzing chatbots, including ChatGPT , Claude, Gemini , Llama, Grok, and DeepSeek, for hallucination-related issues. In its findings, the researchers discovered that asking the models to be brief in their responses "specifically degraded factual reliability across most models tested," according to the accompanying b

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5 Machine Learning Internships in India (2025)

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If youre a student or early professional eager to apply your Machine Learning skills in the real world, an internship is your best starting point. From GenAI-driven logistics to AI-powered finance and legal tech, companies across India are offering exciting ML roles that go far beyond textbook theory. These internships dont just pay – they […] The post 5 Machine Learning Internships in India (2025) appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Brain Cells That Predict What Comes Next, Even When It’s New

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A new study reveals that the brain uses special neurons to track where we are in a sequence of actionsnot just where we are in space.

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Insurers launch cover for losses caused by AI chatbot errors

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Policies will pay out for costs such as legal fees and court damages if AI tools underperform

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Agent Tooling: Connecting AI to Your Tools, Systems & Data

Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

There’s a lot of noise surrounding the ability of AI agents to connect to your tools, systems and data. But building an AI application into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. As an engineering leader, it can be challenging to make sense of this evolving landscape, but agent tooling provides such high value that it’s critical we figure out how to move forward.

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5 Secret ChatGPT Prompts That Will Turn Your AI Into a Beast

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The difference between amateur and pro-level AI use comes down to how you ask the questions. Here's how to speak ChatGPT's secret language.

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A Rust Documentation Ecosystem Review

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17 Smart And Simple AI Best Practices To Use Right Away

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Generative AI is the most powerful tool available today for advancing your personal brand, increasing your efficiency, and delivering exceptional value at work. But simply using AI isnt enough. How you use it matters.

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How a Quiet American Cardinal Became Pope

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How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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How to use Gemini to generate unique backgrounds in Google Meet

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For all those meetings where a blurred background doesn't cut it. Googles Gemini AI has been getting upgrade after upgrade, now being able to handle data analysis in Google Sheets and using your past conversations with its chatbot to inform better responses.

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High-School Shop Students Attract Skilled-Trades Job Offers

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"Prompt engineering" is no longer a job, but a skill

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Just two years ago, prompt engineering was the talk of the tech world a seemingly essential new job born from the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. Companies were eager to hire specialists who could craft the right questions for large language models, ensuring optimal AI performance. The role was.

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Plain Vanilla Web – Guide for de-frameworking yourself

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An explainer for doing web development using only vanilla techniques.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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ChatGPT is finally adding Download as PDF for Deep Research

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ChatGPT's Deep Research, which allows you to conduct multi-step research for complex tasks, is finally getting an option to save the report as a

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Show HN: GlassFlow – OSS streaming dedup and joins from Kafka to ClickHouse

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Real-time deduplication and temporal joins for streaming data - glassflow/clickhouse-etl

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SoundCloud says it's never trained AI using artists' work after getting called out for terms of use change

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A 2024 update that slid under the radar says content 'may be used to inform, train, develop or serve as input to' AI.

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In 2025, venture capital can't pretend everything is fine any more

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Venture capital is screwed. A bubble in AI is their last hope, and theyre betting everything on Sam Altman. Its heartwarming. Today, we have the Pitchbook-NVCA Venture Monitor for Q1 2025.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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From silicon to sentience: The legacy guiding AI’s next frontier and human cognitive migration

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Humans have always migrated, not only across physical landscapes, but through ways of working and thinking. Every major technological revolution has demanded some kind of migration: From field to factory, from muscle to machine, from analog habits to digital reflexes.

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Try Fellou AI and Say Goodbye to Google and ChatGPT

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If you look at the past 1 year, the browsing game has changed drastically. It all started with Perplexity and Co-pilot offering more detailed and personalized answers to search queries, and got amplified when ChatGPT added the web search option in its interface. Fast forward to today, all LLMs, be it Grok, Qwen, DeepSeek, kimi, […] The post Try Fellou AI and Say Goodbye to Google and ChatGPT appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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You’re using ChatGPT wrong — here’s how to fix that

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Transforming your ChatGPT interactions can dramatically enhance output quality. Are you still getting mediocre AI responses?

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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The Epochalypse Project

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Raising awareness about the 2038 bug in all its manifestations and trying to fix things while theres still time.

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OpenAI negotiating with Microsoft for new funding, future IPO: FT

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OpenAI and Microsoft are rewriting the terms of their multibillion-dollar partnership in a high-stakes negotiation designed to allow the ChatGPT maker to launch a future IPO, while protecting the software giant’s access.

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I built a native Windows Todo app in pure C (278 KB, no frameworks)

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A lightweight, native Windows Todo application built with pure C and the Win32 API.

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AI company secures $108 million to cut costs of cloud services

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Whats next for S. Fla.'s workforce housing challenges?

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The 2nd Generation of Innovation Management: A Survival Guide

Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring

Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?