4. The Website Specification (specification.website)

A platform-agnostic, full specification of the technical features a good website should have. Built in the open under an MIT licence.

5. Dav2d (jbkempf.com)

VideoLAN announces dav2d, an open source AV2 decoder β€” continuing the work started with dav1d for AV1.

6. Creatine raise brain energy levels and slow Alzheimer's cognitive decline by 30% (thesciverse.org)

Tens of millions of people take creatine every day for their muscles. A comprehensive review and a landmark clinical trial published in 2025 and 2026 have now documented what the same supplement is quietly doing to their brains. Creatine crosses the blood-brain barrier, raises phosphocreatine levels in neurons, and provides the ATP buffer that keeps cognitive performance from hitting an energy ceiling during demanding mental work. In early Alzheimer's patients, it slowed cognitive decline by approximately 30% versus placebo in a controlled trial. In healthy adults under sleep deprivation, a single dose measurably improved cognitive performance. In depression patients, adding it to cognitive behavioral therapy significantly improved outcomes beyond therapy alone. None of this is mentioned on the label.

15. ChatGPT for Google Sheets Exfiltrates Workbooks (www.promptarmor.com)

ChatGPT for Google Sheets is vulnerable to data exfiltration and phishing overlay attacks that affect workbooks across the victim’s account after an indirect prompt injection in a single sheet.

17. Restartable Sequences (justine.lol)

All languages will change to express restartable sequences, and all software will be rewritten to use them.

23. Racket v9.2 is now available (blog.racket-lang.org)

_posted by Stephen De Gabrielle and John Clements_ We are pleased to announce Racket v9.2 is now available from https://download.racket-lang.org/. As of this release:: The `match` form checks that when non-linear patterns (patterns where the same vari...

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