Latest Steam Client Update Fixes Steam Controller Trackpad Issues, Compatibility Problems, and More
Valve rolled out a Steam Client update on May 9, 2026 that targets the newly launched Steam Controller. The patch resolves configuration‑save failures, docking compatibility glitches, and a wireless left‑trackpad touch‑registration bug. It also introduces customizable Grip Sensor settings and several broader client refinements. These changes aim to stabilize the controller experience just days after its May 4 release.
How to Use the Open a Page Action in Flow
Salesforce’s Summer ’26 release introduces a native Open a Page action for Screen Flows, letting admins direct users to Salesforce record pages or external URLs without custom code. The action offers inputs for page type, record ID, object name, view...
Build a Distributed Logging Pipeline(TCP, UDP, Batching, Compression, TLS) – Week 2 Integration Project
The blog post showcases a merged repository that consolidates days 8‑14 of a distributed logging course into a runnable demo platform. It includes producers that ship logs, receivers that persist them, and a dashboard for health metrics, all configurable with...
Handling "Hot Keys" In Distributed Databases: Detection and Splitting Strategies
A hot key occurs when a single cache or database key draws a disproportionate share of traffic, overloading the node that owns it despite the rest of the cluster being idle. In Redis clusters this manifests as extreme CPU usage,...
Cisco Future Workplace Lead Explains How AI Agents Are Changing The Value Of Offices
Cisco’s Future Workplace lead Bob Cicero says AI agents are reshaping office value by shifting spaces from individual desks to collaborative hubs. Cisco’s data shows roughly 70% of floor area is now earmarked for "we space" while AI handles routine...
Claude Cowork vs ChatGPT Codex : Which Is Actually Better for Everyday Users?
Anthropic’s Claude Cowork and OpenAI’s Codex present contrasting approaches to AI‑assisted workflows. Claude Cowork uses a tab‑based layout with advanced project management, extensive third‑party integrations and motion‑graphics tools, while Codex offers a single‑page, distraction‑free interface focused on speed, coding, and...
Kraken Robotics Signs MOU with Turkish Drone Firm
Kraken Robotics announced a memorandum of understanding with Turkish unmanned‑systems researcher SEFINE SISAM to embed its KATFISH towed synthetic‑aperture sonar into the firm’s mission‑planning software and add automatic target‑recognition capabilities. The agreement builds on a sea trial earlier this year...
Three Years Later: AI in Education Revisited
Three years after forecasting AI’s role in education, the author finds most predictions on integration, tutoring systems, and administrative automation have materialised, often faster than expected. AI features now sit inside Canvas, Google Classroom and Moodle, and 83% of K‑12...
Unlock Growth with a Spotify Advertising Agency
Brands increasingly view Spotify as a core growth channel, with advertising revenue projected to hit $2.2 billion by 2027 and delivering five times higher ad recall than other platforms. However, the platform’s fragmented buying paths, ambiguous measurement, and internal priorities make...
What Is the Difference Between Perma.cc and the LexBlog Library
The LexBlog Library and Perma.cc both aim to keep legal citations permanently accessible, but they do so in opposite ways. Perma.cc, created by Harvard Law School’s Innovation Lab, takes a reactive snapshot of a webpage only when an author decides...
17-Alpha Estradiol - Another Top Anti-Aging Drug
The post details efforts to source 17α‑estradiol (alfatradiol) for anti‑aging and renal‑protective research, listing vendors and pricing—including Octagonchem’s $1,200 for 100 g and Shanghai Jizhi’s roughly $80 for 200 mg (≈¥568). It proposes a group‑buy workflow that starts with small‑scale sampling, purity...
NHG Health, Singtel to Bring 5G Connectivity to Enhanced Community Health Posts
NHG Health and Singtel have teamed up to equip 40 enhanced Community Health Posts in Singapore’s Central and North regions with 5G+ Priority connectivity. The rollout begins in Toa Payoh’s Age Well Neighbourhood and will extend to Woodlands, Sembawang and...
Thailand Considers Suspending BOLT Ride Sharing Over “Compliance and Safety Concerns”
Thailand’s Digital Economy Ministry is moving to withhold BOLT’s operating licence after the ride‑hailing firm failed to meet mandated driver vetting and safety standards. The Department of Land Transport warned that the current licence expires on May 31 2026, and a 90‑day...
The Mercury Program
Project Mercury, NASA’s first human‑spaceflight effort, was approved in November 1958 to put an American into orbit and prove humans could survive space. After a series of uncrewed tests and sub‑orbital flights by Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom, the program...
Valve Steam Machine: Shipping Traces, Controller Sell-Off and Open Pricing Question Intensify Launch Suspicion
Valve has officially unveiled the specifications of its upcoming Steam Machine, a compact PC‑console hybrid powered by a Zen‑4 CPU and RDNA‑3 GPU, slated for a 2026 release. Import records show roughly 50 tons of goods labeled “Game Consoles” arriving in...
Biostar at Computex 2026: New 800-Series Motherboards, Edge AI Systems, and a Small Zen 6 Misunderstanding
Biostar marked its 40th anniversary at Computex 2026 by unveiling a full slate of AMD and Intel 800‑series motherboards, Radeon RX graphics cards, DDR4/DDR5 memory and PCIe M.2/SATA SSDs. More strategically, the company introduced industrial W880 boards, EdgeComp systems built on NVIDIA Jetson Thor...
ASUS Is Reportedly Scaling Back Its RTX 5070 Ti Focus in Favor of the RTX 5080: Blackwell Supply Is Apparently...
ASUS is reportedly scaling back production of several GeForce RTX 5070 Ti models in Q2 2026, shifting capacity toward the higher‑priced RTX 5080. Both cards share 16 GB GDDR7 memory, but memory shortages and margin considerations are prompting ASUS to prioritize the more profitable 5080....
Review of Rikomagic DS08 Android 13 Digital Signage Player
Rikomagic’s DS08 digital‑signage player ships with a Rockchip RK3588 SoC, 8 GB RAM and 128 GB eMMC, running Android 13. It offers dual HDMI 2.1 outputs, Wi‑Fi 6, Gigabit Ethernet, and signage‑specific features like screen‑orientation control, scheduled power cycles, and a hardware watchdog. In testing,...
Thermal Master P4 Review – Mobile Infrared Camera with Fixed Focus in Use
The Thermal Master P4 is a compact USB‑C thermal imaging dongle aimed at electricians, HVAC technicians, and general service professionals. It features a 256 × 192 px VOx sensor, fixed focus from 15 cm to infinity, a 56°×42° field of view, and 15× digital...
Scale Across, Confirmed
Scale across is the emerging coherent‑optics interconnect that links AI data centers separated by tens to hundreds of kilometers, enabling workloads to spill beyond a single building. Ciena estimates more than 300 new AI‑focused data centers were commissioned in 2025...
Text Is Thought, and Thought Is Holy
The piece debates whether AI‑generated content should shift from Markdown to HTML. Thariq Shihipar argues HTML offers superior readability and shareability, while the author warns that moving the primary authoring format to HTML sacrifices the raw, editable text that mirrors...
Foundryecosystem Report: Terafab; Capacity, EUV, GaN
Semiecosystem’s latest Foundryecosystem Report highlights a series of pivotal developments across the semiconductor sector. Elon Musk’s Texas “Terafab” is projected to require $55 billion for its first phase and up to $119 billion overall, while 3nm capacity remains scarce and TSMC dominates...
Scaling a Jewelry Brand on Shopify: The Operational Decisions That Separate $250K Stores From $2M Stores
Jewelry brands on Shopify often stall at $250K‑$500K because they overlook five key operational decisions. These include miscalculating fully landed product cost, relying on a single supplier, spreading marketing spend across too many channels, treating packaging as a cosmetic add‑on,...
I Spent the Last Week Building You a Team OS in Claude Code
The post details how a "Team OS" built with Claude Code can capture and surface institutional knowledge that’s otherwise hidden in Slack threads, personal notes, or individual AI agents. By storing context in a shared, markdown‑based repository, any team member...
Congress Narrowed the GUARD Act, But Serious Problems Remain
Congress has narrowed the GUARD Act, limiting its scope to AI companions that simulate emotional interactions rather than all AI chatbots. The revised bill still mandates intrusive, identity‑linked age verification and raises penalties to $250,000 per violation. Critics argue the...
It’s A Dirty Frag Frag Friday
A new Linux zero‑day called Dirty Frag has been disclosed, allowing local attackers to obtain root privileges on most major distributions with a single command. The exploit chains two separate kernel flaws, mirroring the technique used in the earlier Dirty Pipe and...
Untangled
The data‑center interconnect (CPO) value chain is currently split into three headline layers: switch silicon from Nvidia and Broadcom, XPU‑side photonics from Marvell and MediaTek, and laser components from Lumentum, Coherent, Furukawa and Applied Optoelectronics. The article points out that...
EU De Minimis Is Changing — Here’s How To Protect Your DTC Margins
The EU is ending its €150 de‑minimis exemption, imposing a €3 flat customs duty on every low‑value parcel from July 1 2026 and moving to full tariff assessments by mid‑2028. The change targets the 4.6 billion parcels that entered the bloc last year,...
AMD Delivers Plug-In AI Power with PCI-Based GPU
AMD unveiled the Instinct MI350P, a PCIe Gen5 GPU that slots into existing servers and delivers up to 4,600 teraflops of MXFP4 AI performance. The accelerator packs 185 billion transistors, 144 GB of HBM3e memory, and 4 TB/s of bandwidth while staying within a...
Tesla Scales Unsupervised Robotaxis, Wisk Doubles Fleet, Meta Aspires to Build the Android of Humanoids
Tesla has expanded its unsupervised robotaxi program to Dallas and Houston, bringing the fleet to over 36 vehicles across Austin, Dallas and Houston and eliminating chase cars. Wisk Aero doubled its Gen 6 eVTOL test fleet and completed the first uncrewed...
Magnite Inc. (MGNI) CTV Momentum Strengthens Its Small-Cap Value Case
Magnite Inc., the world’s largest independent sell‑side advertising platform, received a reiterated Buy rating from Benchmark on April 28, accompanied by a $30 price target. The firm is leveraging its relationships with Walmart, Amazon and over ten commerce‑media partners to...
Linklaters Launches New Practice to Build Matter-Specific AI Solutions
Linklaters has launched an Applied Intelligence practice that blends lawyers with data scientists to develop custom AI solutions for specific legal matters. The new unit will create bespoke tools and automated workflows tailored to complex cases, offering clients a fixed‑fee...
The Openclaw Bill Shock No One Sees Coming
OpenClaw agents run continuously, often while users sleep, and can generate hidden costs when heartbeats reload full conversation history. Recent GitHub issues revealed regressions where light‑context flags were ignored, causing millions of input tokens to be consumed daily. The post...
The Kyle Kingsbury Podcast Podcast - Episode 2 - Dave Rossi
The Kyle Kingsbury Podcast released its second episode featuring Silicon Valley entrepreneur Dave Rossi, author of “Alphas Die Early.” The episode is sponsored by PodPitch, an AI‑powered platform that automates podcast pitch creation and delivery for PR professionals. Kyle humorously...
74% of Workers Think They Can Spot AI-Generated Content, But 48% Get It Wrong
A recent Resume Now survey of 1,006 U.S. workers reveals a stark gap between confidence and accuracy in spotting AI‑generated content. While 74% say they can identify AI output, only 52% actually choose the AI‑written example correctly, meaning 48% get it...
The $1 Trillion Cardiovascular Reset
The blog highlights Eli Lilly's $1.3 billion acquisition of Verve Therapeutics, targeting a one‑shot PCSK9 gene‑editing therapy that could replace daily statins. It underscores the massive adherence problem—up to 75% of statin users stop within two years—and the untapped 1.4 billion‑person market for...
DOE and NVIDIA Detail Genesis Mission Plans at SCSP AI+ Expo
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and NVIDIA’s Ian Buck announced the Genesis Mission at the SCSP AI+ Expo, a joint DOE‑NVIDIA effort to embed artificial intelligence into energy research. The partnership will deploy two AI supercomputers at Argonne National Laboratory—Equinox...
This ONE Practice Could Add 6 Figures to Your Business This Year
Customer acquisition costs have jumped about 60% in the last two years, prompting many small businesses to chase new leads despite diminishing returns. The article argues that the real growth engine lies in systematically re‑engaging existing contacts—past clients, webinar attendees,...
Introducing the State of Hiring Automation 2026: The Gap Is Larger than You Think
Aptitude Research and Phenom released the State of Hiring Automation 2026, analyzing over 200 enterprise hiring experiences and survey data from more than 300 organizations. The report finds that while attraction and engagement tools have lifted firms to about 62 %...
The Multifamily Industry Just Got Its Dreadnought Warning. Most Owners Will Ignore It.
Anthropic announced a $1.5 billion joint venture with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman and Goldman Sachs to create an AI‑native enterprise services firm that will embed Claude models and engineers directly into portfolio companies. The venture, also backed by Apollo, General Atlantic, Leonard Green, GIC and...
Organic
The author reflects on the dual meaning of "organic," contrasting organic chemistry with organic search results that are generated algorithmically rather than through paid ads. He explains how SEO practices, driven by Goodhart's law, can corrupt search metrics and make...
EP261: Maximizing Your Business Exit: 6 Key Buyer Checks
Episode 261 of the High Voltage Business Builders Podcast reveals why Amazon sellers receive vastly different exit offers despite similar revenues. Host Neil Twa contrasts a seller who secured a $1.8 million, 4.5× EBITDA deal with another who only earned a...
Legaltech Rundown: Norm Law Hires Partner From Sidley, K&L Gates Appoints Global AI and Innovation Partner, and More
Norm Law announced the addition of a senior partner from Sidley Austin, bolstering its litigation and regulatory practice. K&L Gates named a new Global AI and Innovation Partner to lead its technology‑driven service offerings. Both moves reflect a broader trend...
Stop Flying Blind on Sales Tax: How RJM Tax Exemption Protects Shopify Brands From a Compliance Crisis
RJM Tax Exemption, a specialist compliance firm, helps Shopify brands navigate the four sales‑tax nexus triggers—economic, physical, affiliate and click‑through—that can create hidden liabilities once a seller exceeds $100 K in interstate sales or uses Amazon FBA warehouses. The firm offers...
A Blank Canvas
A ransomware gang called ShinyHunters breached Instructure's Canvas platform, forcing the service offline for thousands of schools worldwide. The attackers claimed access to billions of private messages and demanded a ransom to prevent data release. Nearly 9,000 institutions, including AP...
Frontline Workers Key to AI Adoption in Manufacturing
A PwC and Manufacturing Institute survey reveals that frontline workers remain the linchpin of AI adoption in manufacturing, yet 62% are skeptical and only 24% feel excited. Leaders point to insufficient training (40%) and unclear AI purpose (38%) as primary...
SimScale Opens Waitlist for Engineering AI Simulation Agents
SimScale has launched a public waitlist for its Engineering AI agents, autonomous tools that handle the full simulation workflow from CAD preparation to final reporting. The service, previously limited to strategic customers, now targets enterprises seeking to accelerate design validation....
Best Marketing Tools and Platforms For Growth
The article spotlights four purpose‑built marketing platforms—Ravetree, Passionfruit, GeoTargetly, and ClickGUARD—each targeting a specific growth bottleneck for ecommerce brands. It frames the recommendation against a backdrop of martech overload, noting Gartner’s finding that 59% of marketers deem their stacks too...
The Intelligence Community’s Acquisition Revolution: Can Washington Move Fast Enough?
The CIA announced a sweeping overhaul of its technology acquisition process, appointing former DARPA veteran Efstathia Fragogiannis to lead a faster, more agile procurement model. The change aims to cut months‑long contracting cycles to weeks, opening doors for AI, microelectronics...
50 Free APIs and the Smart Ways to Build With Them
The post outlines a practical guide to leveraging 50 free APIs, breaking down the fundamentals of what an API is and how it works. It demystifies core concepts such as endpoints, keys, HTTP methods, and request‑response cycles with simple curl...