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META DELAYS ROLLOUT OF NEW AI MODEL AFTER PERFORMANCE CONCERNS (4
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Meta's new foundational AI model, Avocado, has fallen short on
internal tests for reason, coding, and writing. It is not performing
as strongly as the leading AI models from rivals like Google, OpenAI,
and Anthropic. The model's release will be delayed until at least May
while Meta works on improving it. Meta's leaders are already thinking
about the next AI model, which will be named Watermelon.

GOOGLE MAPS GETS ITS BIGGEST NAVIGATION REDESIGN IN A DECADE, PLUS
MORE AI (3 MINUTE READ) [6]

Google Maps has implemented a feature called Ask Maps that helps
users plan trips and answers complex questions about locations.
Powered by Gemini, it is accessible via a button up near the search
bar. It works like a chatbot, so users can send follow-up prompts to
refine and expand on its suggestions. Ask Maps is rolling out now in
the US and India, but only on Android and iOS. Web support will come
later.

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SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

BUILDING A HOME ROBOT WITH ZERO ROBOT DATA (3 MINUTE READ) [7]

Data-first home robot company Sunday Robotics has announced a Series
B raise. The company's unique approach claims zero robot data, with a
focus on real-world data only. It uses exact duplicates of tools
mounted on robot arms to collect all of its robot data while data
collectors wear a hat that captures wide field-of-view RGB camera
images. The company has developed a glove that allows it to create a distributed network of operators to collect high-quality, diverse data
at a massive scale.

THE ELUSIVE COST SAVINGS OF THE PREFABRICATED HOME (42 MINUTE READ)
[8]

Factory-manufactured homes can, in certain cases, yield substantial
cost savings over conventional construction. A single-wide
manufactured home is probably around 40% to 50% cheaper than an
equivalent site-built home. However, these savings quickly disappear
with larger and more complex homes. This doesn't mean the
industrialization of home building is a doomed enterprise, but it does
show how it is an enormously complex problem.

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The Perplexity API platform replaces model providers, search layers,
and embeddings. It allows developers to swap between the latest
frontier models and configure curated presets, tool access, step
limits, and token budgets, all from one endpoint. Developers have
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real-time information with citations within apps and agents. They will
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SHOPIFY/LIQUID: PERFORMANCE: 53% FASTER PARSE+RENDER, 61% FEWER
ALLOCATIONS (2 MINUTE READ) [11]

Shopify's Liquid is an open-source Ruby template engine somewhat
inspired by Django. Its developer found dozens of new performance micro-optimizations using a variant of Andrej Karpathy's Autoresearch,
a system that runs hundreds of semi-autonomous experiments to find new effective training techniques. Implementing the optimizations resulted
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MISCELLANEOUS

THE SHAPE OF THE THING (5 MINUTE READ) [12]

The market instability in February was a preview of what it feels
like when the increasing ability of AI starts to interact with
markets, jobs, and governments all at once. While feelings of
uncertainty will likely spread further, uncertainty is not the same as helplessness. The choices that individuals and organizations make now
matter because there is still time to influence the direction the
technology develops. Every organization trying to figure out a good
way to use AI right now is setting a precedent for everyone else.

THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST JOB YOU HAVE (7 MINUTE READ) [13]

A huge amount of modern work is already hollow. People sit in
meetings that don't matter, produce things that won't last, and
perform a version of productivity that everyone silently pretends is
real. Most mass layoffs aren't really due to some AI revolution, but
because those jobs were already obsolete. AI is bringing in an era
where the constraints of work that told us what to do, who to be, and
how to spend our days are dissolving. It will take us some time to
learn how to deal with this freedom.

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MICROSOFT TO MAKE NEW `XBOX MODE' AVAILABLE ON ALL WINDOWS 11 PCS
NEXT MONTH (1 MINUTE READ) [16]

Xbox mode is a controller-optimized interface that lets players
browse their library, launch games, use Game Bar, and switch between
apps.

DON'T VIBE Ä PROVE (16 MINUTE READ) [17]

This post describes a vibe coding system that uses types as
specifications, which forces compilers to reject code until they can
produce a valid proof that the output satisfies the specification.

AMAZON IS DETERMINED TO USE AI FOR EVERYTHING - EVEN WHEN IT SLOWS
DOWN WORK (15 MINUTE READ) [18]

Amazon's internal AI tool, Kiro, frequently hallucinates and
generates flawed code that software developers have to spend time
fixing.

VITE 8.0 IS OUT! (12 MINUTE READ) [19]

Vite 8 delivers up to 10-30x faster builds while maintaining full
plugin compatibility.

ADOBE CEO SHANTANU NARAYEN SAYS HE WILL STEP DOWN AFTER COMPANY
INSTALLS SUCCESSOR (4 MINUTE READ) [20]

He will remain as Adobe's company chair.

THE MIDDLE LOOP (6 MINUTE READ) [21]

There is still plenty of engineering work in software engineering,
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