Wildfire smoke now bigger prenatal threat than human sources of air pollution
Regulations reduced prenatal exposure to harmful emissions, but wildfire smoke is erasing gains.
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The what, why, and how of pull requests and source comments
Microsoft veteran on knowing the difference and convincing approvers to accept a change
VisionQuest trailer kicks off Disney's D23 fan event
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Jason Arday death 'tragedy on so many levels' says PM
Andy Burnham says the former Cambridge professor's death is a "really sad, sad and sorry state of affairs".
React for Agents: Astro Creator Brings Hooks to his Meta-Harness, Flue
Flue 2 takes its inspiration from React. Creator Fred Schott, of Astro fame, tells Latent Space why he added hooks and why agents are defined by their harnesses.
Ukraine strikes major Russian rocket factory with cruise missiles
"Flamingo missiles were used. A good achievement."
So much solar: Digging into the list of every US power plant that went online this year
Utility-scale solar leads by a mile, followed by batteries. Fossil fuels, not so much.
ChainDrop worm crawls into npm supply chain, evades standard defenses
Shai-Hulud variant poisons 444 packages, spreads via tarballs and dev-tool hooks
Lego's supersized Hubble deserves a little more shine
Excellent internal detail cannot entirely disguise some penny-pinching choices
Anthropic says text watermarking scheme relies on inconsequential words
And other AI model makers are expected to deploy something similar
How to Decide What Work AI Should Do for You: The AI Deputization Audit
OpenAI’s Computer History and GrokBot’s “teach a task” feature point to a new phase of AI: tools that learn how you work so they can take more work off your plate. NLW introduces the AI Deputization Audit, a simple framework for deciding what to hand over, what to do alongside AI, and what to keep for yourself. In the headlines: Gemini 3.7 Flash, the true cost of cheaper models, GPT-5.6 Sol’s ultra-fast mode, and more OpenAI executive turnover.AIDB's AI Summer Adventure: https:/
DeepSeek's innovative harness treats everything as a plug-in
Chinese AI labs keep moving forward while US labs play defense