The Android OS System Architecture: Part 6 – Process Lifecycle and Importance Hierarchy

If you’re working in a pure Linux environment, processes are generally left alone once they’re launched. A running process will rarely be killed unless there’s a serious reason, such as a crash, a security violation, or explicit user intervention. This is largely because traditional Linux systems often run on machines with abundant resources: constant power … Read more

Beware the Real-Time Trap: Your Fresh Data Could Be Slowing Down Your Dashboards

“Speed” in data engineering is a trade-off, not a single metric. To build effective systems, you must distinguish between two competing concepts: – Data Latency (Freshness): How long it takes for an event to reach your report. – Query Latency (Responsiveness): How long a user waits for a dashboard to load. The Conflict: Optimizing for … Read more

Off to the Rendezvous

:::info Astounding Stories of Super-Science March, 1932, by Astounding Stories is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here. The Affair of the Brains – Chapter I: Off to the Rendezvous Astounding Stories of Super-Science March 1932: The Affair of the Brains – Chapter I Off to … Read more

Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March, 1932 – Table of Links

:::info Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March, 1932, by Astounding Stories is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series. Title: Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March, 1932 Author: Astounding Stories Release Date: Jul 4, 2009 [EBook #29310] Language: English ::: TABLE OF LINKS Off to the Rendezvous The Coming of Ku Sui The Wave of a Handkerchief Soil … Read more

The Crypto Sellout

Jamie Dimon, head of JPMorgan, called crypto a “fraud … worse than tulips” The bank’s token, The JPM Coin, facilitates over $1B in interbank payments each month. In the Global South, Bitcoin adoption exploded.

ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot pulling answers from Elon Musk’s Grokipedia

ChatGPT is using Grokipedia as a source, and it’s not the only AI tool to do so. Citations to Elon Musk’s AI-generated encyclopedia are starting to appear in answers from Google’s AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Gemini, too. Data suggests that’s on the rise, heightening concerns about accuracy and misinformation as Musk seeks to reshape … Read more

A nice upgrade for Apple’s simplest gadget

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 114, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, send Arc Raiders tips, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about wind turbines and phishing scams and oboes, keeping organized … Read more

Bitcoin Price Prediction 2026: $300,000 Target and the Next Crypto to Explode in This Cycle

If you invest in crypto, you need to track Bitcoin closely, because Bitcoin drives the whole market. When BTC goes up, most altcoins follow. But the real question is: is Bitcoin still the best choice to make serious money in crypto today, or are there better opportunities with bigger upside? Bitcoin made people rich because … Read more