My May ‘26 in Review
And just like that, another month has flown by. Time for my usual look back. The month started with my longest single-day bike tour ever: 136 km from Braunschweig to Gifhorn, Celle, and back. It was p...
May 31, 2026
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Something is Very Wrong in San Francisco
Once again– Nat here, from Simpler Machines.If you've been enjoying my writing and you want to get more of it, I could use your help – I'm starting a membership program. The ba...
by Nat Bennett
datasette 1.0a32
Release: datasette 1.0a32 A minor bugfix release. Fixes a bug with INSERT ... RETURNING queries via the new /db/-/execute-write endpoint and a bunch of base_url issues which show...
Linux App Release Roundup (May 2026)
May 2026 delivered a sizeable set of Linux software updates, including the set I’ve rounded up for your reading pleasure in this post. The month also saw a buffet of big browser updates, includ...
by Joey Sneddon
Things I enjoy about Dungeons & Dragons
I consider myself a newcomer to D&D, based on my age. As someone born in the mid-eighties with a tendency toward video games, board games, and fantasy, I ought to have learned about—and probably l...
The web was always social
Bridging protocols is how we preserve that without locking into any one silo. Following my last blog post about what I’ve been working on in the past month, @davew and I had an interesting c...
by [email protected] (Jeremy Herve)
Claude always tries to understand what you're saying. I like that. We do a lot of communicating, and have a lot of misunderstandings, I see its flaws as a programmer, it makes mistakes. Today I asked...
Watched: Marty, Life Is Short. Surprisingly I didn’t really know that much about Martin Short’s early career. Nice the way they mixed in footage from home movies too. 📺
Truth is Fiction or is it?
Masayuki Amagai, Vice President of Keio University: In this age of excess, truth and fiction are intermingled. Truth tends to be complex and challenging to grasp, while fiction is often simple a...
by Om Malik
31st May 2026 at 21:12
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by Robb Knight
Pantai # 5
Tanggal 11 Mei kemarin, aku bersama seorang temanku memutuskan untuk pergi ke Pantai Drini. Kami berdua naik Angkutan KSPN dari Gembira Loka sampai Pantai Drini dengan biaya Rp28.000 untuk tiket dan t...
by sekar
AMD’s new pitch: our old tech is so good you should just keep using it
AMD CEO Lisa Su holds a Ryzen chip. | Image: AMD Computex 2026 is underway in Taiwan, and we're expecting all manner of flashy computers with jaw-dropping prices (or no pr...
by Sean Hollister
Dell is bringing back the XPS 13 as a MacBook Neo competitor — with a temporary discount to $599
Dell is aiming for students like Apple did with the MacBook Neo. | Image: Dell Dell is making good on its tease from CES and finally announcing a new XPS 13. The XPS 13 re...
by Antonio G. Di Benedetto
The QD-OLED gaming monitor that started it all got a big upgrade
The AW3426DW familiar specs, updated design language, and a bunch of QD-OLED enhancements. | Image: Alienware Alienware is taking to this year's Computex 2026 in Taipei to...
by Cameron Faulkner
Typeface Specimens of Houston Mono™
Neil Panchal, the creator of soon-to-released Typeface Houston Mono™, recently sent me a complimentary set of the TX-24 Houston Mono typeface specimens. Some of you know this probably, but U.S...
by Fatih Arslan
The impossible dream
In every self-improvement attempt I've done, there would be times where it didnt work out and made me question everything. What am I doing? What am I chasing? Why I do this? How long will this be? So...
by disil
Apple’s strategy for smart glasses is the same as for smart watches
Apple isn't just looking to take on Meta in the smart glasses market; it's looking to upend eyewear as a whole, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. When the Apple Watch...
by Terrence O’Brien
How bad was it with the Knicks. As something of a joke, but not really, Knicks fans would disguise themselves with paper bags with eye cutouts. Fans got accustomed to the feelings of betrayal and hope...
There have been problems reported with subscribe.scripting.com. At least some of them are fixed. It's hard to test this kind of software because you can't really tell what went wrong. If people report...
The solution might be cancelling my AI subscription
The solution might be cancelling my AI subscription I find this post by David Wilson very relatable. David lists 16+ projects he's spun up with AI tooling, and concludes: I didn't mean to build...
Indian Street Lettering
I have a terrible admission to make and you may never forgive me. It’s taken far too long, so please don’t be mean about this. Look, I’m already on my knees apologizing and you don’t have to make this...
How to watch Nvidia’s Computex keynote
Watch the stream below. | Image: NVIDIA NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang is set to take the stage for his GTC Taipei keynote at 8PM PT / 11PM ET. You can watch all the announceme...
by Terrence O’Brien
Congrats to my friend Manton Reece, a San Antonio fan, for their victory in the Western Conference last night. The Knicks will be playing them starting on Wednesday for the NBA championship. Knicks re...
17 down, 27 more to go
Here we go again. Afternoon walk this time around. It’s almost 2pm, and I’m standing in the same parking spot where I got picked up last week. No breakfast in me, but I did have lunch before...
by [email protected] (Manuel Moreale)
I’ve been digging out some of the backyard. Planning for new plants, rocks, and a garden railroad. I finally get to use my copy of RailModeller Pro. 🚂
Here’s your first look at ‘A Minecraft Movie Squared’ with Kirsten Dunst as Alex
Squared. Get it? | Image: Mojang The A Minecraft Movie sequel officially has a title: A Minecraft Movie Squared. What's more, we now know that Kirsten Dunst will star as A...
by Terrence O’Brien
Chat SDK adds Lark and Feishu support
by Ben Sabic
Laracon AU 2026 Announces Full Speaker Lineup, Schedule, and Workshops
Laracon AU has officially unveiled its full 2026 schedule, including all speakers, talks, and workshops for this y...
by Eric L. Barnes
Liqoria Music Player for Mac
Great website. Even greater music player design. I, like so many folks, yearn for a better music experience on the Mac. ●
The Keyboard Isn't Dead, But Voicepilling Won't Work Until Voice Goes Local
I have only somewhat recently discovered the power of AI dictation tools and the ability to dictate lengthy work — like, perhaps, this blog post! — rather than type everything out. There’s signi...
Patina - A private sidekick for everything on your plate
Intriguing app that appears to monitor various inputs — be they messages, calendars, Notion or Slack workspaces — and provides you insight into your daily matters. In many ways, you are likely a...
Feeble Little Horse leans into digital weirdness on bitknot
Even the cover revels in a low-bit digital aesthetic. | Image: Saddle Creek / Feeble Little Horse From the opening moments of bitknot, it's obvious that Feeble Little Hors...
by Terrence O’Brien
United flight forced to turn around because of a Bluetooth speaker name
An hour in flight UA236 returned to Newark. | Screenshot: The Verge United flight 236 from Newark to Palma de Mallorca on Saturday night was forced to turn around just an...
by Terrence O’Brien
Who are the actors in the UK's 2015 passport?
I got nerdsniped by a bloody Reddit post! In 2015, the UK Government launched a new passport design. It immediately attracted negative press for its designers' "sexist" decision to feature more men t...
by @edent
This extravagant gaming laptop could ruin other screens for you
A speedy 18-inch Mini LED that needs to be seen to be believed. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge My eyes have seen the PC gaming promised land, and it's a beau...
by Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Marathon’s second season is a chance for Bungie to turn things around
Earlier this month, I finally achieved the elusive goal I had set for myself in Bungie's Marathon. I collected six of the game's rarest items, allowing me to attempt and...
by Nick Statt
007 First Light is already discounted for the PS5 and Steam
IO Interactive’s 007 First Light is here, and it’s just as stunning a James Bond mov — err, video game — as we hoped it would be. Pardon the confusion, the title’s engagi...
by Cameron Faulkner
NASA confirms exploding meteor caused the sonic boom over Boston
Meteor caught by the GOES-19 weather satellite breaking up 40 miles above the ground. | Image: CIRA On Saturday, at around 2:06 pm ET, a meteor streaked over the northeast...
by Terrence O’Brien
📝 2026-05-31 09:25
I've been thinking about getting a #3DPrinter recently. Never used one before but I think it would be useful/interesting. I have no experience with them, and don't want to spend a...
📝 2026-05-31 09:20
It always makes me sad when bloggers have no way of easily contacting them on their site. I'd love to talk to you about your last post, but there's no way to email or comment. Pos...
I went looking for the AI weed vape that gives you Bitcoin for smoking
The crypto weed vape found me on 4/20, the high holiday of cannabis enthusiasts everywhere. It arrived over Slack with the thumbnail of a man exhaling a plume of vapor, t...
by Robert Hart
Relevan, Relate, dan Receh: Tiga Syarat Diterima Gen Z
Ada banyak orang cerdik pandai yang gagap ketika berbicara dengan anak muda. Ada banyak institusi besar yang gagal mendapatkan perhatian dari generasi muda. Ada pula banyak gagasan besar yang akhirny...
by hasanuddinali
User-replaceable batteries are coming back in a big way
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more news about gadgets and smartphones, follow Dominic Preston. The...
by Dominic Preston
June Is For Exploring (2026 Wallpapers Edition)
Everyone has a creative spark in them. Some bring their ideas to life with digital tools, others capture the perfect moment with a camera or love to grab pen and paper to create little doodles or piec...
by [email protected] (Cosima Mielke)
245 ☼ I'm Still Thinking About Saturday
Dear friends,Last Saturday, thirteen photographers spent a full day together in London for the first ever in-person Develop Workshop, co-hosted by myself and Shane Taylor of Framelines. I can still fe...
MiniMax M3 on AI Gateway
by Walter Korman
The Mercedes CLA offers great EV specs for an average price
Despite headwinds from the current administration, automakers continue to release well-equipped EVs with bigger battery packs and increasingly faster charging speeds. For...
by Peter Nelson
Maybe
I think I heard this parable somewhere in the 14 hours of Alan Watts lectures someone recommended to me in 2017, but here’s a beautiful 2-minute version I’d love to share for everyone goi...
by Matt
Butter bells, fresh from the kiln
When you fire the lid/bell and jar together, it helps keep them from warping – but it also requires some effort to get them apart, and sand the connections for a smooth sit.
(in)stability
Due to many reasons I have commitment phobia. Apart from having commitment issues I am/was also rather intolerant to many conditions the average person tend to put up with: toxic relatio...
by Winnie
Scripting News: Sunday, May 31, 2026
Sunday, May 31, 2026 The purpose of standards is interop. That's it. No other purpose. # Just watched the first episode of Star City, really good. Somewhat like The Americans, but takes place in the U...
by [email protected] (Dave Winer)
Quoting Karen Kwok for Reuters Breakingviews
Anthropic defines “run-rate revenue” in two parts. Use the last 28 days of sales from customers charged on a consumption basis and multiply it by 13. Then, multiply the monthly subscription take...
Efektivitas modifikasi cuaca masih diperdebatkan ilmuwan: Mengapa di Indonesia justru semakin diandalkan?
(AndMaul/Shutterstock) ● Pemerintah mengandalkan modifikasi cuaca untuk mitigasi bencana kendati belum tentu manjur. ● Kompleksitas atmosfer membuat pembuktian keberhasilan penyemaian awan sulit dip...
by Juwita Nirmala Sari, PhD Researcher, Monash University
One &udm After Another
Google made everyone mad again, so another wave of people just learned about &udm=14. Maybe we should all take the hint.Today in Tedium: When I spent two hours of my time, working against a...
by Ernie Smith
007 First Light
Just finished playing through the campaign of 007 First Light. Absolutely fantastic game. This would be my pick for the Game of the Year so far. The story, the character, the game design, the gameplay...
by [email protected] (Kevin Wammer)
What's new in Astro - May 2026
May 2026 - A new Astro jobs board, TinaCMS makes Astro their default template, experimental advanced routing, and more!