Blindboy interview Jeremy Corbyn and it was great. A conversation full of hope of where politics and society can move, towards an inclusive system for everyone.
Yoko Li at a16z published an interesting list of development patterns and methods that are now changing to meet the new expectations of an AI tech landscape, such as dashboards being now designed to be consumed by AI agents, documentation becoming interactive via AI chatbots, and ho version control needs to change when developing with AI.
Codemanship published a list of software development team productivity tips that are still more effective than using AI coding assistants, such as smaller teams, more frequent releases, and cross-functional teams.
Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China have developed contact lenses with embedded gold and sodium gadolinium fluoride nanoparticles that allow the wearer to see infra-red, which is even clearer when the wearer's eyes are closed.
Net Zero Tracker displays the progress of net zero plans achieved, in law, in policy, pledged, proposed, or missing across countries, cities, and companies around the world.
McKinsey published a post defining criteria to use when comparing and evaluating different qubit implementations, such as computation speed, cooling, and control at scale.
Scientists from the University of Turin have shown that snapdragon flowers increase production of sugar and nectar when the sound of bees was played near them.
BBC Future published a piece highlighting different systems around the world that are stuck using old tech and operating systems. Apparently the automatic train control system of San Francisco's Muni Metro boot up every morning from DOS using a floppy disk.
University of Maryland spinout InventWood have developed a new treated wood that has 50% more tensile strength than steel and a strength to weight ratio that is 10 times better than steel. The company uses chemicals to change the molecular structure of the wood, and then increases the hydrogen bonds between cellulose molecules using compression.
