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Why is Donald Trump meeting with China’s President Xi? — Laura Bicker breaks down what could be on the agenda for the US president and China’s leader as they meet in Beijing.

SpaceX launch from my bedroom

SpaceX launch from my bedroom

Microsoft is retiring Copilot Mode on Edge, because everything is Copilot Mode now - Engadget — Copilot features are now available on Edge for mobile.

Your Name in Landsat 🛰️ — Type your name and see it spelled out in stunning Landsat satellite imagery. Explore Earth from space, letter by letter, with NASA and USGS Landsat images.

I Stopped Using a 3-Step Breading Station for Fried Chicken — This New Method Is Faster and More Flavorful — Spicy, sweet, and crispy.

A desire for a loud car with a modified muffler is predicted by being a man and higher scores on psychopathy and sadism — Background: Although people are familiar with loud automobiles, equipped with modified mufflers to increase the volume, it is unclear who is most attracted t

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NYT Connections hints and answers for May 14. Tips to solve 'Connections' #1068. — Everything you need to solve 'Connections' #1068.

An IC’s guide to roadmap planning – Increment: Planning — How individual contributors can leverage their unique perspective to advance alignment and clarity of vision.

3dsvg — The easiest way to turn SVGs into 3D — Turn any SVG into interactive 3D objects. Animate and export as 4K image or video. 100% free, no account or subscription needed.

The Boring Internet — The internet you grew up on isn't dying. A commercial veneer glued on top of it is. A visual essay about what actually persists.

'Completely private': Meta AI gets Incognito Chat — Meta claims the feature make sensitive conversations invisible to anyone else.

winter cabbage salad with mandarins and cashews — Slightly tart mandarin orange segments, salty-spicy-sweet roasted cashews, and a very crunchy red cabbage salad threaded with fennel, scallions, and a hint of fresh mint with a sumac-specked vinaig…

Fifa World Cup 2026: Leading scientists highlight extreme weather fears — A group of world-leading scientists warn Fifa its current heat safety measures for the men's 2026 World Cup are "inadequate" and could put players at risk of serious harm.

simple crispy pan pizza — The simplest, fuss-free pan pizza with a thick, airy dough rippled with blistered cheese on top, and browned to a seasoned crouton-like crisp underneath, the kind that makes an audible crunch when …

Why Taiwanese Cooks Are So Proud of Their Fish Ball Soup (And How to Make It at Home) — Fish Ball Soup is a point of pride in Taiwanese households. This recipe's quick to make, with lots of flavor from just a few ingredients!

Marco Polo — Finding a friend with only distance and motion.

Eminem, 50 Cent lead NBA playoffs celebrity sightings — Celebrities have been out in style courtside at the NBA playoffs.

The glossy, golden frosting you probably haven't made yet — With a smooth, custardy texture, French buttercream is elevated but still approachable. Here’s why it demands your attention.

Your Breakfast Is Getting an Upgrade: Jimmy Dean Just Launched a First-of-Its-Kind Bacon — Crispy, savory, and spicy.

Apps and programming: two accidental tyrannies — On coding agents, malleable software, and the future of interface invention

Paris book launch and booksigning of ready for dessert! — I’ll be at AXS design, one of my favorite shops in Paris, celebrating the release of Ready for Dessert on Sept 30th from 5:30 to 7pm. AXS is filled with treasures, including French dinnerware, glasses and linens, and lots

BBC Sport weekly quiz: Who took wickets on their England debut? — How much attention have you paid to what's happened in the world of sport over the past seven days?

The world needed a pizza book. So we wrote one. — Does anybody actually need this? That’s the question my colleagues and I ask ourselves whenever we embark on a new cookbook. We know we can make the book. But to make sure it’s the right book, we first interrogate why anybody woul

Our Path Forward — Cisco announces a realignment of resources to support strategic investment areas and a workforce reduction. Cisco announces a realignment of resources to support strategic investment areas and a workforce reduction.

Apple Jelly — A great jelly - perfect for fall!

Implementing Hybrid Semantic + Lexical Search — Semantic search alone wasn't good enough. Here's how I improved search on kentcdodds.com through three rounds of iteration with Cursor and GPT-5.4, each time learning something that the previous design missed.

Ice Moves Out of Aniak - NASA Science — Spring melt along Alaska’s Kuskokwim River caused ice jams and flooding.

Ikea’s New Designer Collection Is Home-Office Heaven — From a twisty lamp to a bendy clock, the Swedish company’s full 2026 PS Collection has dropped. It’s a boon for those looking to refine their homes and workstations.

Celtic v Hearts: Penalty pandemonium sets up showdown for the ages — On a night of bewilderment, there was one unarguable truth. Hearts still have this in their own hands. Only Celtic can stop them, writes Tom English.

The Pulse: AI load breaks GitHub – why not other vendors? — GitHub’s leadership blames the 3.5x increase in service load as the cause of degradation – or it might be self-inflicted.

Amid slump, Ohtani keeps up mound dominance in win over Giants — Out of the lineup again as he slumps at the plate, Shohei Ohtani continued his dominance on the mound Wednesday night, striking out eight in seven scoreless innings in a 4-0 win over the Giants.

I Asked 7 Chefs How to Nail Perfectly Runny Over-Easy Eggs Every Time — Here Is Their #1 Tip — Perfectly cooked whites and runny yolks every time.

Thanksgiving Recipes — It's that time of the year again. When bakers, cooks, and even bartenders, are baking, roasting, and shaking things up for the holidays. Here's a round-up of recipes from my blog, my personal favorites, that are great for Thanksgiving and winter holiday fêt

Families demand release of Pakistani crew captured by Somali pirates — Families of 10 Pakistani crew members taken hostage by Somali pirates have rallied in Karachi to demand their release.

The Other Half of AI Safety — Why labs gate bioweapons but not breakdowns

Adam Silver says NBA to present '3-2-1' anti-tanking proposal — NBA commissioner Adam Silver confirmed on Stephen A. Smith's radio show Wednesday that the NBA has landed on a proposal to present to the league's board of governors later this month to revamp the league's draft lott

Harry warns of 'deeply troubling' rise in antisemitism in UK — The Duke of Sussex says "legitimate protest" is important but people must be more "clear" about where they are aiming their anger.

The 14 best recipes to bake in April — From bright green brownies to carrot cake pancakes, find your next April recipe here.

Back in my day we hacked with style: a sentimental tour of late 1990s and early 2000s tools — A nostalgic and slightly sardonic look at the tools, IRC channels, and cultural chaos that defined the late 1990s and early 2000s hacker scene.

Hezbollah support endures in south Lebanon as ceasefire fails to stop war with Israel — Despite continuing Israeli attacks and occupation, many people in the south still believe the armed group is the only force capable of defending them.

Introducing Claude for Small Business — We're launching Claude for Small Business, a package of connectors and ready-to-run workflows that put Claude inside the tools small businesses use every day.

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Safari 26.5 fixes WebKit bugs that could crash Safari or expose user data - 9to5Mac — Apple has published the full list of security fixes for Safari 26.5, including a WebKit vulnerability that could let maliciously crafted web content disclose sensitive user information.

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pumpkin basque cheesecake — A dream of a pumpkin basque cheesecake that rewards last-minute planners with speed and ease. It’s almost halfway to pumpkin pie in flavor yet still a basque cheesecake, burnished edges and sunken-…

Reframing tech debt – Increment: Planning — If we bake addressing tech debt into our plans, could it become an opportunity to build abundance into our systems?

Iran slams ‘collusion with Israel’ as Netanyahu reports ‘secret’ UAE visit — Iranian first vice president said Tehran's 'right' to the Strait of Hormuz is 'established and the matter is closed'.

How can I get a more bubbly, open crumb in my focaccia? — Our best tips: Look for a high-hydration recipe and push the proof.

Cavaliers outlast Pistons in OT, score 1st road playoff win — The Cavaliers come back from a nine-point deficit late in regulation and beat the Pistons 117-113 in overtime Wednesday night to take a 3-2 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series.

How Searching for a New Dinner Routine Helped Me Reconnect with My Husband After Our Kids Moved Out — You learn a lot when the house goes quiet.

The Duck Dish That Vanished From Chinese Menus (& How to Make It at Home) — Wor Shu Duck, or almond pressed duck, is a rarity today, but this is our family's restaurant recipe—perhaps the first ever detailed wor shu duck recipe out there!

Trump administration drops $15,000 visa deposit for foreign fans with World Cup tickets — Fifty countries, including five that have qualified for the World Cup, are subject to the bond requirement as part of Trump's crackdown on visa overstays.

What you can do in a decade — I turned 40 today. For [my 35th I did principles](https://www.swyx.io/35-principles), but for my 40th, I wanted to offer perhaps more useful reflections.

Source: Dolphins, De'Von Achane reach 4-year, $64M extension — The Dolphins and De'Von Achane agreed to a four-year contract extension worth $64 million, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday, making him the third-highest-paid running back in the NFL.

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Newspaper headlines: 'Wes, prime minister?' and 'My flare lady' — Health Secretary Wes Streeting dominates the front pages on Thursday, as Sir Keir Starmer tries to retain his premiership.

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The Pulse: ‘Tokenmaxxing’ as a weird new trend — At Meta, Microsoft, Salesforce and other large companies, devs are purposefully burning tokens (and money!) to inflate their AI usage and hit AI usage metrics which they treat as targets.

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