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Claude Opus 4.8: "a modest but tangible improvement"

Simon Willison's Weblog · Blog · 11:59 PM

Anthropic shipped Claude Opus 4.8 today. My favourite thing about it is this note in the release announcement: Users will find Opus 4.8 to be a modest but tangible improvement on its predecessor...

llm-anthropic 0.25.1

Simon Willison's Weblog · Blog · 11:54 PM

Release: llm-anthropic 0.25.1 New model: Claude Opus 4.8 (claude-opus-4.8). New -o fast 1 option for fast mode, for organizations with that feature enabled on their account. De...

The 4 day work week dream

Birchtree · Blog · 11:41 PM

Mike (just Mike): Can we have the day off?If AI is going to 10x our productivity across the board, that means that I should be able to produce the same amount of output by midday on Monday that, in th...

by Matt Birchler

Who's getting wealthier in America?

Birchtree · Blog · 10:51 PM

One concept I'm obsessed with is the general idea of whether things (art, money, anything) are getting worse, or if we're just nostalgic for when we were younger and simply didn't know...

by Matt Birchler

Manton Reece · Blog · 10:13 PM

Feels like a great, tight series even with a couple blowouts like tonight. As a Spurs fan, that run in the 3rd quarter was fun to watch. Expecting game 7 to be close, though, maybe more like OT in gam...

28th May 2026 at 23:09

Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed · Blog · 10:09 PM

Broke my own rule and backed a hardware kickstarter

by Robb Knight

4 new ways to go from idea to product with AI tools

Figma Blog | Shortcut · Dev · 7:52 PM

AI tools are changing how teams build products—from where they start to what carries through to production. Here's what that shift looks like across four organizations.

markdown-svg-renderer

Simon Willison's Weblog · Blog · 7:45 PM

Tool: markdown-svg-renderer A slightly customized Markdown rendering tool with special treatment for fenced code SVG blocks - it both renders the image and provides a tab for swi...

Canonical announces optimized Ubuntu images for TPU virtual machines by Google Cloud

Scripting News · Blog · 6:21 PM

I applied to speak at WordCamp US in Phoenix in August. I want to give a rip-roaring talk about how WordPress is at the center of the universe and it doesn't even know. Let's get busy filling in the b...

Scripting News · Blog · 6:12 PM

Really Open this time vs Really Simple last?? Hmm.

Enhanced games

Manuel Moreale — Everything Feed · Blog · 6:10 PM

The other day that stupid thing called the Enhanced Games took place. As you might have guessed by the name, this is basically the Olympics on steroids, quite literally. The event itself is n...

by [email protected] (Manuel Moreale)

I shall be released! (a mixtape)

Austin Kleon · Blog · 5:30 PM

Listen on Spotify, Apple Music, or YouTube My latest mixtape captures my attempt to get over the depression and anxiety that can accompany “The Gulp” in between when you finish something and finally p...

by Austin Kleon

ScyllaDB Customer Experience Spotlight: Tyler Denton

ScyllaDB · Dev · 5:28 PM

Welcome to the first installment of a new blog series introducing some of the experts you’re likely to encounter when you work with ScyllaDB. Tyler Denton is a Solutions Architect on the Customer Expe...

by Cynthia Dunlop

Scripting News · Blog · 5:25 PM

Dries Buytaert says you have to grow the ecosystem, not just yourself.

Malware Blocking and Dependency Policies in Composer 2.10

Laravel News · Dev · 4:53 PM

Composer 2.10 adds malware blocking for Packagist.org packages, a new dependency policy configuration system, and...

by Eric L. Barnes

Nintendo’s newest WarioWare is a weirdo smartphone app

The Verge · News · 4:16 PM

A decade ago, Nintendo made a big splash into the world of mobile gaming with a new Super Mario platformer directed by none other than Shigeru Miyamoto. But even though t...

by Andrew Webster

Manton Reece · Blog · 4:15 PM

Anthropic released Opus 4.8 today. GPT-5.6 is probably soon. Which is better seems increasingly subjective. It’s hard to notice small steps forward when you’re already at really good. Peop...

Microsoft 365 Copilot gets a speed boost and cleaner design

The Verge · News · 4:14 PM

Microsoft is launching a revamped version of Microsoft 365 Copilot, offering a cleaner design that the company claims loads twice as fast. As part of this update, Copilot...

by Emma Roth

Amazon’s last-gen Paperwhite is on sale for less than the entry-level Kindle

The Verge · News · 4:10 PM

The 2021 Kindle Paperwhite has never been cheaper. | Photo: Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge If you like to read by the pool or at the beach, the 2021 Kindle Paperwhite remain...

by Sheena Vasani

Connected 605: Being Completely Awesome

512 Pixels · Blog · 4:00 PM

This week on the podcast: Stephen has been blogging, Myke has been shopping, and Federico has been… CLI’ing.

In an AI world, the most valuable developers will be both artisans and builders‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‌‌

Stack Overflow Blog · Dev · 4:00 PM

If AI is the new power tool for developers, is there still value in artisanal craft when anyone can be a builder?‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍...

by Phoebe Sajor

Scripting News · Blog · 3:53 PM

If you want to know who’s responsible for the good karma the Knicks are experiencing look to Kevin Durant. While while he was trying to build some weird rivalry between the Knicks and the Nets, the Kn...

Manton Reece · Blog · 3:42 PM

Jill Biden says she wondered if Joe Biden was having a stroke during the presidential debate. One of the great what ifs to think what would’ve happened if the debate had been a week earlier or a...

Clinton H. Groves’ aviation photos

Rubenerd · Blog · 3:11 PM

This is going to come as a shock—a SHOCK—to some of you, but I harboured a not insignificant obsession with liners when I was a teenager, both of the ocean and air kind. I loved reading about commerci...

by Ruben Schade

Scripting News · Blog · 3:05 PM

Another great thing about building software with Claude Code, I can implement something the simple way knowing that later on I can change it to work in the more complex way without having to relearn a...

Manton Reece · Blog · 3:01 PM

Bluesky is now showing Standard.site info in the timeline: Starting today, Standard.site links will have an enhanced render in the Bluesky app, with extra, actionable metadata about the post, includi...

Scripting News · Blog · 2:54 PM

The big wait betw Knicks series isn't just hard on the team, it's confusing for the fans/addicts like me. It's about the time of year that the Knicks are no longer in, and two teams I don't care about...

Technology still feels magical

Robert Birming · Blog · 2:50 PM

I sometimes hear people my age (I'm 55) talk about tech and the younger generation. Not just the usual conversations about social media and doomscrolling bringing civilization to its knees. Yes, they...

by robert

Motorola’s last-gen Razr Ultra is almost half off

The Verge · News · 2:33 PM

Motorola’s latest Razr Ultra proves that its flip foldable format has evolved to become more than just a nostalgic gimmick. I’d understand if you’re not interested in she...

by Brad Bourque

Overworld is your landing page for video game news

Birchtree · Blog · 2:32 PM

Overworld is a new website by Brendon Bigley and Pablo Marti Cordero that's designed to be a single page to go and see what's going on in the world of video games. As someone who r...

by Matt Birchler

The line between games and movies keeps getting blurrier

The Verge · News · 2:03 PM

The most memorable part of 007 First Light is something that's typically pretty boring: the tutorial. In many games, you're forced through a series of tedious lessons in...

The Tao of Mac · Blog · 1:56 PM

Allergy season is finally fading (at least for me), but today was the first time I had to turn on the AC in the office, and it was great to realize that despite the recent Wi-Fi changes and almost fo...

by Rui Carmo

Scripting News · Blog · 1:53 PM

Scott Hanson is working on the Baseline theme for WordLand.

Last.fm Is Now Independent

Initial Charge · Blog · 1:41 PM

From the announcement: Today, Last.fm begins a new chapter as an independent company. Ownership has changed, but the product you use every day has not. Your account, your listening history, and your...

by Mike Rockwell

Aegis for Laravel: Scaffolding and Validation Helpers for Value Objects

Laravel News · Dev · 1:30 PM

A string isn't an email until something validates it. Aegis scaffolds the Value Object that fixes that, with...

by Harris Raftopoulos

To reach your big goal, you need to sell where you're heading next

Ben Werdmuller · Blog · 1:14 PM

Link: Know Your Point C, by Corey FordThere’s so much packed into this idea:“You started at Point A. Now you're at Point B. To reach your big goal, you don't just need to paint...

by Ben Werdmuller

Scripting News · Blog · 1:08 PM

I've hesitated at calling FeedLand a feed reader. I'm concerned people would stop listening right there. They know what a feed reader is. But FeedLand is not like most feed readers. Your subscription...

Scripting News · Blog · 1:06 PM

Writing a lot of test posts. And thus have coined some (mostly) rhyming pairs of words. Greek sneakers. Geek peekers. Feast of yeast. Villa in Manila.

Real-world AI test: I tried for the first...

Jason Journals · Blog · 1:01 PM

Real-world AI test: I tried for the first time using Copilot at work today. In the app, I added a pdf file of a plot plan with clear text and tags. I asked AI for a simple numbered equipment list f...

Claude’s new model is more ‘honest’ when it messes up

The Verge · News · 1:00 PM

Anthropic is releasing Claude Opus 4.8 on Thursday, and the company is touting the model's "honesty." According to Anthropic, it trains "all [its] models to be honest - f...

by Jay Peters

Algorithmic Theming Engines: Building Self-Correcting Color Systems With `contrast-color()`

Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers · Dev · 1:00 PM

The HTTP Archive Web Almanac has been tracking color contrast failures for years. The numbers have barely moved. After half a decade of design system tooling, accessibility linters, and entire JavaScr...

by [email protected] (Durgesh Pawar)

The Fediverse is not a product. It's time to get real about marketing

Ben Werdmuller · Blog · 12:44 PM

Link: The 'normal' response to the Social Web, by Saskia WelchA smart, accessible, nuanced piece from Saskia Welch about marketing the open social web, which translates easily to being a pie...

by Ben Werdmuller

Here’s where you can preorder the new Oura Ring 5

The Verge · News · 12:43 PM

If you’ve been waiting for a smaller version of the Oura Ring, the company’s latest wearable is now available for preorder ahead of its June 4th release from Oura and var...

by Sheena Vasani

sakit pertama tahun ini

sekar 💐 · Blog · 12:39 PM

Pertama dipijet waktu bayi, aku jadi anak yang melegenda sepanjang karir per-pijet-an Budhe yang mijet aku. Aku adalah klien pertamanya, didorong oleh Ibu yang melihat potensi Budhe itu. Setiap kali b...

by sekar

28th May 2026 at 13:37

Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed · Blog · 12:37 PM

My electricity bill during this heatwave

by Robb Knight

10 Questions About Project-Driven Organizations, Answered

HBR.org · Magazine · 12:25 PM

Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, author of “Powered by Projects,” on balancing operations with transformation, reducing hierarchy, and more.

by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez

Leading the Human-AI Organization

HBR.org · Magazine · 12:15 PM

Three CHROs on which skills matter most, how to build them at scale, and how to ensure leaders can guide organizations through rapid technological change.

by HBR Editors

A $2,000 AI-generated film will make its debut at Tribeca

The Verge · News · 12:08 PM

Next month's Tribeca Festival will include the premiere of an AI-generated film: Dreams of Violets. The 75-minute film is a fictional dramatization of the Iranian governm...

by Emma Roth

Call of Duty: Warzone is dropping PS4 and Xbox One support later this year

The Verge · News · 12:05 PM

Activision is planning to drop support for PS4 and Xbox One consoles in Call of Duty: Warzone later this year. Players will need to upgrade to a PS5 or Xbox Series S / X...

by Tom Warren

YouTube takes baby steps to being a real podcast app

The Verge · News · 12:05 PM

New features coming to YouTube could make it better for listening to podcasts, rolling out to Premium subscribers starting today on Android and coming later to iOS. A ne...

by Stevie Bonifield

What’s next for Microsoft’s Surface PCs?

The Verge · News · 12:00 PM

Nearly 10 years ago I reviewed my favorite Surface device. Microsoft hand-delivered its Surface Studio all-in-one PC to me, and I was hooked from the moment I switched it...

by Tom Warren

Figma Make, now on your local code

Figma Blog | Shortcut · Dev · 12:00 PM

From visual editing to contextual prompting and collaboration, Figma Make is expanding how teams can design with code.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is out in October, and it’s coming to the Switch 2

The Verge · News · 11:32 AM

Activision has officially announced Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 and says the game will launch on October 23rd, 2026. Modern Warfare 4, which is developed by Infinity W...

by Jay Peters

The secret to Roku’s success: not being cool

The Verge · News · 11:30 AM

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Rough...

by Janko Roettgers

Pluralistic: Hold on for dear life (28 May 2026)

Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow · Magazine · 11:24 AM

Today's links Hold on for dear life: Not your keys, not your wallet, entirely your problem. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Who owns "Web 2.0"; EFF saves bloggers' sou...

by Cory Doctorow

Waymo to begin passenger rides in its new Ojai robotaxi

The Verge · News · 11:00 AM

After several months of testing, Waymo is finally ready to invite non-employee passengers into its newest vehicle, the Zeekr RT minivan, which has been rebranded as Ojai....

by Andrew J. Hawkins

Menjaga transisi hijau di daerah: Warga butuh ‘data tandingan’ untuk mengawal kebijakan iklim

Home – The Conversation · Magazine · 10:59 AM

Aktivitas warga setempat di bantaran Sungai Kampar yang menambang pasir dan batu sungai menggunakan peralatan manual. Ratalfa28/Shutterstock ● Pelaporan iklim daerah masih cenderung administratif dan...

by Habib Muhammad Shahib, Postdoctoral Fellow at Research Cluster of Governance, Risk Management, and Sustainability, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia, Universitas Indonesia

This sound card could give gamers a competitive edge

The Verge · News · 10:55 AM

Fosi Audio announced a new sound card today with a unique feature designed to give FPS players an advantage. The C3 Gaming Sound Card, which sits outside your PC or lapto...

by Andrew Liszewski

These new iOS 27 renders hint at Siri’s big redesign

The Verge · News · 10:33 AM

Apple's long-awaited Siri overhaul, expected to arrive in iOS 27, might look a lot like ChatGPT with a splash of Liquid Glass. Renders from Bloomberg offer a preview of i...

by Stevie Bonifield

AI's hand in creativity

Manton Reece · Blog · 10:26 AM

Thinking about this perspective from Alan Jacobs about AI and people wanting to be recognized: Millions of people desperately want affirmation. They don’t want to go to the trouble of writing or pain...

Fujifilm X100VI Monochrome? My Case for a Dedicated Black-and-White Fuji

Fujifilm Photography Reviews, Tips & Tricks · Blog · 10:19 AM

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by Kevin Mullins

CNN sues Perplexity over ‘verbatim’ copycat articles

The Verge · News · 10:08 AM

CNN has filed a lawsuit against Perplexity, claiming that the startup's AI tools generate "verbatim" copies of its work, as reported earlier by CNN. The lawsuit, filed in...

by Emma Roth

These are my favorite Switch 2 accessories

The Verge · News · 10:00 AM

The Nintendo Switch 2 can be enjoyed right out of the box, but it’s even better with the right accessories. Some of these add-ons are more crucial than others, especially...

by Cameron Faulkner

An Interview with Eric Seufert About Models and Ads, and AI’s Upside for Humanity

Stratechery by Ben Thompson · Blog · 10:00 AM

An Interview with Eric Seufert about building models for generative AI, why Meta's foundational models are so important, and why understanding advertising leads to optimism about humanity's future.

by Ben Thompson

Manton Reece · Blog · 9:55 AM

More details from Mark Gurman about the upcoming Siri redesign: Apple has redesigned Siri for modern iPhone hardware, making it live inside the Dynamic Island as an always-on agent that can help user...

How we cut build times by two-thirds by deleting our CMS

Scripting News for email · Blog · 4:00 AM

Thursday, May 28, 2026 I've hesitated at calling FeedLand a feed reader. I'm concerned people would stop listening right there. They know what a feed reader is. But FeedLand is not like most feed read...

by [email protected] (Dave Winer)

Do the hardest thing

Justin Jackson · Blog · 4:00 AM

This morning, I was walking to a coffee shop on Bloor Street in Toronto, listening to the Mostly Technical podcast. Aaron Francis was interviewing Jesse Hanley, the founder of Bento....

by Justin Jackson

Mengenal keadilan transformatif: Cerita dari korban terorisme ‘lone wolf’

Home – The Conversation · Magazine · 3:49 AM

● Korban aksi teror berproses dari fase trauma, bangkit, hingga menjadi penyintas yang berdaya. ● Keadilan transformatif mengutamakan pemulihan hubungan sosial ketimbang sekadar aksi penghukuman. ●...

by Martinus Ariya Seta, Dosen, Universitas Sanata Dharma

The Steam Deck starting price is 2x what it was a year ago

Birchtree · Blog · 3:00 AM

The original Steam Deck launched four years ago to massive praise, and I was one of those people who absolutely loved it. It released with a very reasonable entry price of $399, making handheld PC gam...

by Matt Birchler

Checking in on Some Pro-Hate-Speech Social Networks

Pixel Envy · Blog · 2:58 AM

The Agence France-Presse reporting on the U.S. president’s social-media-and-cryptocurrency-and-maybe-nuclear-fusion operation: Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) reported revenue of l...

by Nick Heer

The golden age of handheld gaming is already over

The Verge · News · 2:30 AM

For a few glorious years, a $399 portable gadget could run almost anything you'd want to play. In 2022, the Steam Deck finally made PC gaming portable and affordable. I p...

by Sean Hollister

Bagaimana melindungi warga miskin dari panas kota? Belajar dari ruang pendingin di kampung Surabaya

Home – The Conversation · Magazine · 2:09 AM

shutterstock (Daniele Aloisi/Shutterstock) ● Penggunaan teknologi digital di Surabaya untuk berlindung dari panas justru membatasi akses sebagian warga. ● Tanpa solusi pendinginan yang terbuka bagi s...

by Nimas Maninggar, Peneliti bidang kebijakan inovasi/inovasi wilayah, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN)

9 years since the last Dragon Quest game…they just started over

Birchtree · Blog · 2:03 AM

Verity Townsend writing for IGN: about how Dragon Quest 12 has been completely restartedIn a special video to mark Dragon Quest’s 40th anniversary on May 27, Dragon Quest 12 executive producer...

by Matt Birchler

Playa: Cookie-Based Temporary Players for Laravel

Laravel News · Dev · 1:28 AM

A lightweight Player model for visitors, backed by an HttpOnly cookie and stored in the database....

by Paul Redmond

Team-wide provider allowlist on AI Gateway

Vercel News · Dev · 12:00 AM

by Rohan Taneja

Amazon OpenSearch Serverless is now available in the Vercel Marketplace

Vercel News · Dev · 12:00 AM

by Michael Toth

Astro 6.4

The Astro Blog · Dev · 12:00 AM

Astro 6.4 introduces a new pluggable Markdown processor API, a Rust-based Markdown processor for faster builds, and helpers to wire up experimental advanced routing with Cloudflare.

KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta Release

KDE Community · Dev · 12:00 AM

Here are the new modules available in the Plasma 6.7 beta: plasma-bigscreen union Some important features and changes included in 6.7 beta are highlighted on KDE community wiki page. Help stress-te...