As interest in Bitcoin Layer 2s skyrockets, the inclusion of OP_CAT — an opcode enabling concatenation of elements in the Bitcoin stack — has become a key technical upgrade to watch for its potential in the development of trustless bridges.OP_CAT co-author @ethan_Heilman and I sat down to discuss debate around this opcode — including why it’s controversial, the cultural environment shaping its future, and why some worry its broad expressivity could pose “unknown risks” to Bitcoin over time.More

Today, I want to share a new episode with Cat Wu.Cat is the product lead for Claude Code and I got her to share how one of the most AI-native teams in tech actually works. Highlights include getting user feedback every 10 minutes, going straight to prototypes instead of docs, and designers checking in code directly. Cat also shared her 3 best Claude Code tips and what’s next for the product.Cat and I talked about:(00:00) The process behind the best Claude Code features(05:00) How engineers can own

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Millionaires. De-aging technology. Embarrassing your kids. Afraid of the dark. Corn maze. Wash your bananas. Cyprus has a cat infestation. AI has run out of training data. Instagram’s new teen safety features. Moving Day. Spotify and Netflix are partnering for video podcasts. Jobs that drink the most coffee.

This week we discuss the latest hack, this time involving the Kido school nursery and photos leaked onto the dark web, as well as short topics on Tiktok, Snapchat and Sora AI from Open AI.

Episode SummaryThere’s a lot of AI slop out there, bland prompts, generic images, boring text that all blends together. But how do you stand out when everything looks the same?In this episode of In The Blink of AI, Georgie Healy sits down with Christina Jones (aka CJ), Head of Design for Generative AI at Canva, for an unfiltered conversation about creativity, originality, and why taste is the new moat in AI.CJ shares her journey from experimenting with a “cat editor” chatbot called Lemon to leading

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What happens when decades of financial leadership become the foundation for the next wave of AI transformation?On this week’s episode of RESET with Tonya J. Long, I’m joined by Joyce Li — CEO and Chief AI Strategist at Averanda Partners, former multi-billion-dollar portfolio manager, and co-author of the AI Governance Playbook.Joyce brings extraordinary insight into how finance leaders are adapting to an AI-driven world — and how governance, ethics, and continuous learning can turn experience into

When I was growing up in the 1980s in Hong Kong, we only had four television channels. Of these, two were in English—ATV and TVB. My father refused to buy a VHS player, his reasoning being that I would spend too much time watching TV. To this day, I think it was because he was burned by VHS beating Betamax. As with every kid in my generation, I was glued to the TV at certain times of the day. There were Saturday morning cartoons, Sesame Street every weekday afternoon, and the famous syndicated

As technology advances, threats to it advance. Cybersecurity in 2025 will be tested like never before, driven by AI, the Internet of Things, and the increasing digitalization of our daily lives. The cat-and-mouse game between defenders and attackers is soon to take a new turn.

https://www.billboard.com/video/mtv-vmas-2025-recap-mariah-carey-doja-cat From Mariah Caret to Doja Cat to KATSEYE, Billboard takes a look behind the scenes at the 2025 MTV VMAs.

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This conversation delves into the complexities of intellectual property in agriculture, particularly focusing on seed patents and their impact on innovation and farmers. The discussion highlights the challenges faced by the agricultural economy, including rising input costs and market consolidation. Joel Cape along with Todd Martin and Cat Frans emphasize the need for government intervention and the importance of competition in the industry. They also explore the role of technology and farm policy

https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-doja-cat-perform-jealous-type-at-2025-mtv-vmas She gave the lead single from her forthcoming album Vie its live debut—with an assist from Kenny G

What happens when a Russian teenager relocates to America and discovers the power of trial and error in both cultural adaptation and technological innovation? In this captivating episode, Igor Krasnykh takes us on his remarkable journey from a small Russian town to Silicon Valley entrepreneurship, revealing how life's pivotal moments shaped his approach to business, technology, and personal growth. Igor shares the fascinating story of arriving in California at 17 and experiencing culture shock—not

This is your US-China CyberPulse: Defense Updates podcast.You are now tuned in to CyberPulse with Ting, your guide to the wild world where US cyber defense meets China's latest digital maneuvers. Friends, this week, let’s just say Uncle Sam’s firewall gloves are off and the cat-and-mouse game has gone pretty next level.If you missed the latest from Google’s Threat Intelligence Group, listen up—Chinese-government-linked operatives, especially a crew known as UNC5221, have gone all Mission Impossible

This paper introduces **Compute as Teacher (CaT)**, a novel method that converts a large language model's (LLM) inference-time exploration into **reference-free supervision** by synthesizing a single, improved reference answer from multiple parallel rollouts generated by the model. This synthesized reference is then used as a teacher signal for training (CaT-RL) or immediate inference-time gain (CaT). For **verifiable tasks** like math, programmatic checks compare rollouts to the synthesized answer,

Send us a text Welcome to Factory of the Future, E45, Next-Gen Pet Tech: Sensors, Sustainability, and the Future of Smart Homes Join us as we discuss: - Evolution and technology behind robotic cat litter boxes - The environmental benefits of automated litter boxes - Transforming traditional consumer products through innovative manufacturing practices And so much more. Register Now for our Upcoming Industry 4.0 Workshop - Spots are limited! Connect with A.W. Schultz Em...

37signals embraced remote work long before it became mainstream. Its Shape Up framework helped define how remote product teams ship fast, but not every team inside the company follows the same playbook. In this episode of Distributed, host Jack Hannah sits down with Rosa Gutiérrez, Principal Programmer at 37signals and founding board member of the Ruby on Rails Foundation.Rosa takes us inside SEIP (Security, Infrastructure, and Performance), the team responsible for everything from privacy and

In episode 25 of "The Conversational Flow" podcast, guest David Leclerc, Director of the Cytometry and Antibody Technology (CAT) Facility at the University of Chicago, joins Dom and John to share his professional journey and insights into the evolving world of flow cytometry. Leclerc reflects on his early struggles during his master’s program in Montreal and how those challenges ultimately led him to a fulfilling career in core facility management and leadership. The discussion transitions to...