Entry-level jobs down by a third since launch of ChatGPT https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/fall-in-entry-level-jobs-linked-to-rise-of-ai-tools/
Personnel Today
Fall in entry-level jobs linked to rise of AI tools
Entry-level jobs have taken a major hit, dropping by nearly a third since the advent of widely available generative AI tools.
Donkey Kong Country 2 and Open Bus https://jsgroth.dev/blog/posts/dkc2-open-bus/
jsgroth.dev
Donkey Kong Country 2 and Open Bus | jsgroth's blog
Donkey Kong Country 2 has a pretty well-known bug in the old SNES emulator ZSNES where some stages have spinning barrels that don’t work properly. One of the earliest pictured here, in the first stage of Krem Quay (third world):
After you jump into the barrel…
After you jump into the barrel…
The Academic Pipeline Stall: Why Industry Must Stand for Academia https://www.sigops.org/2025/the-academic-pipeline-stall-why-industry-must-stand-for-academia/
ACM SIGOPS
The Academic Pipeline Stall: Why Industry Must Stand for Academia
The Research Pipeline is Stalling
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) froze all outgoing funding, including new awards and scheduled payments on active grants. Over 1,000 NSF research projects were abruptly canceled in a few days, resulting in roughly…
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) froze all outgoing funding, including new awards and scheduled payments on active grants. Over 1,000 NSF research projects were abruptly canceled in a few days, resulting in roughly…
There are no new ideas in AI only new datasets https://blog.jxmo.io/p/there-are-no-new-ideas-in-ai-only
blog.jxmo.io
There Are No New Ideas in AI… Only New Datasets
LLMs were invented in four major developments... all of which were datasets
I write type-safe generic data structures in C https://danielchasehooper.com/posts/typechecked-generic-c-data-structures/
Danielchasehooper
I Write Type Safe Generic Data Structures in C
I write type safe generic data structures in C using a technique that I haven’t seen elsewhere1. It uses unions to associate type information with a generic data structure, but we’ll get to that. My approach works for any type of data structure: maps, arrays…
Printegrated Circuits: Merging 3D Printing and Electronics https://spectrum.ieee.org/3d-printing-smart-objects
IEEE Spectrum
“Printegrated Circuits” Bring the Smarts to 3D Printing
How can hobbyists make their 3D printed objects smarter? Discover the printegrated circuits that embed microcontrollers seamlessly.
Proton joins suit against Apple for predatory practices https://proton.me/blog/apple-lawsuit
Proton
Proton joins suit against Apple for predatory practices that harm developers and consumers | Proton
Apple's anti-competitive App Store policies are gouging consumers, enabling censorship, and harming privacy-focused developers. We're joining a lawsuit to restore internet freedom.
Show HN: Open-Source International Space Station Tracker ESP32/Arduino for $20 https://github.com/GuitarML/SpaceStationTracker
GitHub
GitHub - GuitarML/SpaceStationTracker: Simple app to display the current location of the International Space Station on a ESP32…
Simple app to display the current location of the International Space Station on a ESP32 CYD (Cheap Yellow Display) - GuitarML/SpaceStationTracker
Auth for B2B SaaS: it's not like auth for consumer software https://tesseral.com/blog/b2b-auth-isnt-that-similar-to-b2c-auth
Tesseral
Auth for B2B SaaS: it's not like auth for consumer software | Tesseral Blog
Auth for business software (B2B) shouldn’t look the same as auth for consumer software (B2C). In many cases, it actually can’t work the same way.
Apple Weighs Using Anthropic or OpenAI to Power Siri in Major Reversal https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-30/apple-weighs-replacing-siri-s-ai-llms-with-anthropic-claude-or-openai-chatgpt
Bloomberg.com
Apple Weighs Using Anthropic or OpenAI to Power Siri in Major Reversal
Apple Inc. is considering using artificial intelligence technology from Anthropic PBC or OpenAI to power a new version of Siri, sidelining its own in-house models in a potentially blockbuster move aimed at turning around its flailing AI effort.
Datadog's $65M/year customer mystery solved https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/datadog-65m-year-customer-mystery/
The Pragmatic Engineer
Datadog’s $65M/year customer mystery solved
The internet has been speculating the past few days on which crypto company spent $65M on Datadog in 2022. I confirmed it was Coinbase, and here are the details of what happened.
The hidden JTAG in a Qualcomm/Snapdragon device’s USB port https://www.linaro.org/blog/hidden-jtag-qualcomm-snapdragon-usb/
www.linaro.org
The hidden JTAG in your Qualcomm/Snapdragon device’s USB port | Blog | Linaro
Learn about JTAG and EUD...
A CarFax for Used PCs; Hewlett Packard wants to give old laptops new life https://spectrum.ieee.org/carmax-used-pcs
IEEE Spectrum
A CarFax for Used PCs
Could a PCFax report change how we buy used PCs? Dive into HP's innovative approach to tackling e-waste and boosting device longevity.
Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/wifi-motion
Xfinity Help & Support
Using WiFi Motion in the Xfinity app
Find more information on using WiFi Motion in the Xfinity app.
The new skill in AI is not prompting, it's context engineering https://www.philschmid.de/context-engineering
www.philschmid.de
The New Skill in AI is Not Prompting, It's Context Engineering
Context Engineering is the new skill in AI. It is about providing the right information and tools, in the right format, at the right time.
They don't make 'em like that any more: Sony DTC-700 audio DAT player/recorder https://kevinboone.me/dtc-700.html
kevinboone.me
Kevin Boone: They
don’t make ’em like that any more: Sony DTC-700 audio DAT
player/recorder
don’t make ’em like that any more: Sony DTC-700 audio DAT
player/recorder
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Price of rice in Japan falls below ¥4k per 5kg https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/24/japan/japan-rice-price-falls-below-4000/
The Japan Times
Price of rice in Japan falls below ¥4,000 per 5 kilograms
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba had aimed to push down rice prices to the ¥3,000-¥4,000 range by as early as mid-June.