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Congress just gave DHS another $70 billion

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Congress narrowly voted to fund President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda, giving the Department of Homeland Security $70 billion over the next three years. The house voted 214 to 212 in favor of the reconciliation bill Tuesday, following the Senate’s 52-47 vote last Friday morning. The vote fell largely along party lines. Sen. Lisa Murkowski … Read more

The App Store is going to add subscription bundles soon

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Later this year, you will be able to get bundled subscriptions for iPhone apps, as Apple announced it’s expanding App Store bundles so they can include offers from different companies. It’s similar to streaming video bundles that have combined offers for Apple TV and Peacock, but it also could put together subscriptions for completely different … Read more

GM thinks EVs can help offset AI’s energy suck with vehicle-to-grid tech

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At an event in San Francisco today, General Motors made a series of announcements around EV batteries, energy storage, and grid resiliency in the face of growing electricity demand from AI data centers. The automaker announced that it would be activating new vehicle-to-grid capabilities for its current EV and home energy customers. It’s releasing a … Read more

Why Most GEO Tools Fail at AI Search Visibility (And What Actually Works)

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AI Search Visibility and GEO Tools: Key Takeaways Most GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) tools fail to improve AI search visibility because they focus on measuring where brands appear in AI-generated answers rather than increasing AI citations across systems like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. After testing five platforms, I found the core issue is … Read more

Microsoft AI head calls out Anthropic for acting like Claude is conscious

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Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says it’s “really, really dangerous” for Anthropic to speculate about Claude’s consciousness inside its “constitution,” or the instructions that tell the model how to behave. During an episode of Decoder, Suleyman argues that this kind of speculation may have set up the chatbot to act as though it’s conscious: I … Read more

Refactoring 010 – Extract Method Object

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You have a big algorithmic method. Let’s break it. TL;DR: Long methods are bad. Move them and break them. Problems Addressed 😔 Lack of Testability Accidental Complexity Testing Private Methods Related Code Smells 💨 https://hackernoon.com/how-to-find-the-stinky-parts-of-your-code-part-ii-o96s3wl4 https://hackernoon.com/how-to-find-the-stinky-parts-of-your-code-part-v-evj3zs9 https://hackernoon.com/how-to-find-the-stinky-parts-of-your-code-part-viii-8mn3352 https://hackernoon.com/code-smell-03-functions-are-too-long-heres-how-to-fix-that https://hackernoon.com/how-to-find-the-stinky-parts-of-your-code-part-xxiii https://hackernoon.com/how-to-find-the-stinky-parts-of-your-code-part-xlii Context 💬 Sometimes, a method is so complex that Extract Method isn’t enough. When you … Read more

Nintendo is playing things too safe

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Tuesday’s Nintendo Direct showcase felt like an important moment for the company. With the Switch 2 heading into its second holiday season, one in which the hardware will be even more expensive thanks to a price hike, it was a chance for Nintendo to really sell new audiences on its latest console – but that’s … Read more