Today, I’m proud to announce Homebrew 6.0.0. The most significant changes since 5.1.0 are a new tap trust security mechanism, the new faster, smaller, default internal Homebrew JSON API, sandboxing on Linux, better defaults informed by our user survey, many brew bundle improvements, improved performance and initial support for macOS 27 (Golden Gate).

Pokémon Go players' 30 billion scans trained navigation tech now bound for military drones, via Niantic Spatial's defense partnership with Vantor.

Agentic AI systems can be used to do a variety of things autonomously on behalf of a human user [...]

Anthropic said users ‘should have visibility into the safeguards we have in place, and why.’

Solar supplied 12.8% of US electricity in May even as Trump boosts coal over clean energy

A case against measuring AI-assisted engineering by code volume and other vanity metrics instead of outcomes.

As an Emacs user, few things are as delightful as catching my favorite text editor out in the wild. It doesn’t happen often though – Emacs is niche, and pop culture rarely gives it a nod. This post tracks down every one I know of (as of June 2026), and I’ll keep adding to it as I stumble across more.

I am forced to leave Google with 2026-08-31 because of the deal with the US Department of War, which is incompatible with my ethical principles.

Following backlash, AMD agreed to fix an MITM RCE I discovered in Ryzen Master. All in all, it took them over four months to roll out the fix.

This is my favorite news from all of WWDC this week. I mean that. In a small way I mean it because I so loathe this aspect of MacOS Tahoe. But in a large way I mean it because it’s proof that the rot has been rooted out of Apple’s software design team.

From the Zed Blog: Agents turned the conversation into the real source of our software. DeltaDB is the version control built for it.

The 1998 shooter now runs on Symbian hardware, with Bluetooth mouse and keyboard support added.

Workers are spending an average of 6.4 hours a week — almost a full working day — "botsitting" AI, pushing some to look for an exit, researchers say.

Fully open reproduction of DeepSeek-R1. Contribute to huggingface/open-r1 development by creating an account on GitHub.

New federal data shows double-digit percentage point drops in the shares of 9- and 13-year-olds who read for fun almost every day.

As we scale and bring our fully autonomous ride-hailing service to more people across the globe, we continue to refine the Waymo experience and deliver more for our riders. You spoke, and we listened to how we can offer an even more elevated experience for you, our top riders. Introducing: Waymo Premier.

A senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry told New Scientist that a test took place two years ago involving fully autonomous drones set to destroy anything in a given area, with confirmed casualties

With automated proof-checkers, a problem can be broken up into small chunks, solved bit-by-bit, then reassembled with confidence that every piece is correct. For some, this heralds a new area in mathematical research.

Exploring cyberspace with a thumbstick.

The vinyl record is an analog medium. How can it be affected by the loudness war? So what’s the impact?