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NFL ended minority offensive assistant mandate before '25 season — The NFL ended a mandate that all 32 teams hire a minority coach as an offensive assistant ahead of the 2025 season and not because of recent pressure from Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier.

Ardent — Database branching for coding agents — Create copies of any Postgres database in under 6 seconds. Let coding agents test, clean, and migrate data on isolated branches with zero risk to production.

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

YouTube is courting creators — and sponsors — with streaming shows — YouTube is pushing new series from stars like Trevor Noah and Alex Cooper

cost of enum-to-string: C++26 reflection vs the old ways — Article/tutorial on http://vittorioromeo.com

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

TechPays has been acquired by Levels.fyi — tl;dr: TechPays is joining Levels.fyi: so the leading tech salary site in Europe gets the love and care it deserves. Thanks to Zsombor for building this project with me for so many years. Pay transparency has always been an issue in tec

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

Robert Gehrke: Making the news available at no cost is a massive victory — Folks, it's happening. The Salt Lake Tribune's journalism will be free to read starting Thursday. Read all about it here — and how you can support us in this new phase.

Emilio Gay: New England opener drove from Durham to Bedford to tell parents the news about call-up — On the day he learned he would be England’s new opener, Emilio Gay drove from Durham to Bedford to tell his parents about his first international call-up.

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

Princeton faculty mandate proctoring for in-person exams, upending 133 years of precedent — The faculty voted Monday to require universal proctoring for all in-person examinations in response to mounting concerns over AI-assisted cheating and declining student reporting of Honor

Ads Aren't in the Apple Maps App Yet, But They're Coming Soon — Apple released iOS 26.5 yesterday with a new Suggested Places feature in the Apple Maps app, which is a precursor to the ads that Apple plans to start showing later this year. There was some confusion over whether ad

The great memory panic of 2026 — Office Hours question asked by by Ian H. on May 1, 2026 Q: Memory prices could move from 15% to 40% of the BOM of a device. This seems incredible. So how can Apple deal with this? This has been on …

Inside the Company Helping America’s Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Treatments — When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their p

Starmer warns against leadership contest in pleas to ministers and MPs — Sir Keir battles to save his job, as Health Secretary Wes Streeting is thought to be plotting a leadership challenge potentially as early as Thursday.

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

LukeW | Mockups Were Never the Hard Part — With AI, anyone on a team can generate mockups in minutes. That was never the hard part. The difficult work is, and always has been, maintaining coherency and i...

Why Louisiana paused its US House primary election amid redistricting push — Louisiana governor suspends vote following Supreme Court ruling; critics say move sows confusion and violates law.

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

Man City beat Palace to close gap with Arsenal to 2, with two games to play — Manchester City overcome Crystal Palace 3-0 to cut Arsenal's Premier League lead to two points as season finale looms.

Trump taps David Venturella, former private prison executive, to lead ICE — Venturella will helm the immigration enforcement agency after previously serving in an executive role at GEO Group.

Why big tech is betting on cute mascots — The likes of Apple, Microsoft and Google are all putting cartoon characters centre stage.

NASA-Supported Space Tech Advances Earthly Construction - NASA — An innovative 3D printing process that advanced NASA’s approach to outfitting a lunar habitat is making buildings on Earth beautiful, efficient, and

Cincinnati vs. Miami (May 13, 2026) Live Score - ESPN — Live coverage of the FC Cincinnati vs. Inter Miami CF MLS game on ESPN, including live score, highlights and updated stats.

Canadian Miner to Start Graphite Project in Challenge to China Dominance — Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. expects to formally green-light plans this week to build one of North America’s few graphite projects, as countries seek to weaken China’s dominance over the critical mineral.

Five things you may not know about US-China ties — Al Jazeera’s @avawarrinerr explains five things you may not know about the ties connecting China and the US.

Crowds gather in Tehran to send off Iran’s World Cup team — Huge crowds gathered in Tehran’s Revolution Square to celebrate and send off Iran’s national football team.

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.

Maple Pecan Sticky Buns — I've never been a huge fan of sticky buns because I find many of them teeth-screamingly sweet. That said, these dial down the sweetness in favor of flavor, courtesy of two of my favorite things: pecans and maple syrup. And having the two swaddled in a bu

Why Your Beef Chow Mein Never Tastes Like the Restaurant's — Until Now — Pull off restaurant-quality beef chow mein right in your own kitchen with our detailed step-by-step recipe and YouTube video!

Android rolling out AI-powered ‘Contextual suggestions’ that learn from your habits — Google is using on-device AI to analyze how you use your Android phone and provide "Contextual suggestions."

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.

iOS 27’s new design leak sounds a lot like what I’ve been wanting most - 9to5Mac — One of my favorite details shared in the latest iOS 27 design leak sounds like good news for the Liquid Glass change I’ve been wanting most.

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

Philip Davis and Progressive Liberal Party win general election in Bahamas — The victory marks the first time in three decades a Bahamian political party has noticed back-to-back election wins.

Apple counters US smartphone decline as iPhone sales grow: report - 9to5Mac — Apple reportedly outperformed the broader US smartphone market in Q1, helped by continued iPhone 17 demand amid weakening Android sales.

crunchy brown butter baked carrots — We’re turning a bag of baby carrots into a spotlight-stealing side dish with a brown butter sauce and a cheesy toasted breadcrumb topping for a resounding crunch and the perfect level of decadence.…

Fan at White Sox game hospitalized after fall into visiting bullpen — The Royals-White Sox game at Rate Field was delayed for a brief time Wednesday after a fan fell into the Kansas City bullpen in right field.

Wells Fargo Markets Investment-Grade Bond Sale in Three Parts — Wells Fargo & Co. sold $6 billion of investment-grade bonds Wednesday, a month after the bank reported weaker-than-expected quarterly results.

Android Show I/O Edition 2026 Highlights — Google’s AI-powered Android future is taking shape.

KitchenAid launches its first smart thermometer - Engadget — There are single and dual probe models available.

Some Very Beautiful Cheese Boards You Should Buy If You’re Serious About Charcuterie — Boards for every vibe and aesthetic.

Masienda's New Masa Harina Brings Taqueria-Style Tortillas to Your Kitchen — Get puff-every-time tortillas.

My new book, Ready for Dessert - all my favorite recipes! — It’s almost ready! Coming this Fall is the new, completely revised edition of Ready for Dessert: My Best Recipes. When my publisher told me they wanted a new edition of the book, I decided to revise the book completely,

MacBook Neo Processor Benchmarks: A18 Pro CPU vs M1 and M4 — A18 Pro processor in the $599 MacBook Neo. Geekbench 6 scores 3,569 single-core, between M3 and M4. Full CPU benchmarks, power draw, and thermal analysis.

How the Avalanche became a hitting machine this postseason — The Avs have doubled their hits per game rate from the regular season. Fellow Stanley Cup contenders should be very concerned.

DHS Plans Experiment Running ‘Reconnaissance’ Drones Along the US-Canada Border — Autonomous drones and ground vehicles will stream “battlefield intelligence” over 5G along the US-Canada border in a bilateral DHS experiment this fall.

Funeral held for two Lebanese paramedics killed in Israeli attack — Hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of two Lebanese paramedics killed by an Israeli strike

Best drone deal: Get the DJI Neo Three-Battery Combo Kit for the lowest price we've seen — Perfect for both casual and veteran drone fliers alike.

Guardiola: Man City 'there just in case' Arsenal slip up in title race — Pep Guardiola said that Manchester City will make sure they are "there just in case" Arsenal slip up in the title race, despite admitting that player fatigue forced him to rest his star forwards in Wednesday

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.

ECB’s Lagarde Sees Make-or-Break Moment to Reform European Union — European Union leaders must show courage in strengthening the bloc’s foundations, according to European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde.

2026 NBA playoffs: What to watch for in Cavaliers-Pistons Game 5 — The Cavaliers and Pistons are headed back to Detroit tied 2-2. We broke down the key factors ahead of Game 5.

Notion just turned its workspace into a hub for AI agents | TechCrunch — Notion’s new developer platform lets teams connect AI agents, external data sources, and custom code directly into their workspace as the company pushes deeper into agentic productivity software.

This AI-powered workspace cuts down on tab overload, and now it’s $50 for life — Enjoy AI-powered help combined with collaborative workspaces with this tool.

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'.

Apple warns EU against forcing Google to open Android to AI rivals - 9to5Mac — Apple submitted a filing to the EC today criticizing proposed measures that would force Google to open parts of Android to AI rivals.

Vegas' McNabb gets 1-game suspension for late hit on Poehling — Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb will serve a one-game suspension in Thursday's Game 6 following an interference infraction that injured Ducks forward Ryan Poehling.

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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