The signal in the feed.

Why this CEO thinks video games make better training data than the internet

When it comes to achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI), large language models just don’t have what it takes. Models like ChatGPT and Claude are great at text, but they’re less skilled at understanding how things actually move through space and time — an essential skill for producing intelligence that generalizes. That gap, it turns out, might be filled by gaming data. That’s the bet behind General Intuition, a […]

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PlayStation can delete all your digital games after 3 years of inactivity (EU)

US seeks cheaper hunter-killer drones after Iran destroys $1B worth of Reapers

US military drone losses in Iran war spur Pentagon call for cheap replacements.

Miami-based City Labs achieves a first for commercial nuclear power in space

"The BOHR mission serves as a pathfinder for future nuclear-powered spacecraft."

React Re-Rendering & Performance Mastery (2026 Edition)

A Complete 4-Part Dev.to Series — Updated for React 19 & React Compiler 1.0 Series Navigation Part Title Focus Part 1 Why React Re-renders Core concepts, Virtual DOM, Reconciliation Part 2 Preventing Re-renders memo, useMemo, useCallback, patterns Part 3 Forms Optimization RHF, controlled vs uncontrolled, Zod Part 4 React Compiler & Profiling 2026 automation, profiling, checklist Target reader: Junior to mid-level React developer. No fluff. Just the core mental model you need. Before any code —

Meta wants its AI glasses to seem less creepy. Its AI strategy says otherwise.

Meta is adding a new safeguard to stop people from secretly recording others with its AI glasses. But the update comes as the company continues to expand how much personal data its AI products collect and use.

GPT‑Live

ChatGPT’s upgraded voice mode is better at shutting up

OpenAI is overhauling ChatGPT's voice mode with a new model that it says is more like "talking to another person." The new GPT-Live-1 is designed to interrupt you less and will also wait for you to continue speaking if you pause mid-conversation. During a press briefing, OpenAI research lead Kundan Kumar called GPT-Live-1 the company's "smartest voice model" yet. It will automatically pass your queries to its best text models, like GPT-5.5, when it needs to reason or search the web, allowing it

OpenAI releases new voice models for more natural live conversations

OpenAI says its new voice mode can speak and listen at the same time, a key ability for live translation.

EU now one step away from reviving private message scanning rules

Fetching Data in React: A Beginner-Friendly Guide (with `fetch` and `async/await`)

If you're learning React, one of the very first "real world" things you'll need to do is fetch data from an API and show it on the screen. In this post, we'll build that up step by step using a free, no-auth-required API: FakeStoreAPI. By the end, you'll understand: How fetch() works with .then() How to rewrite the same logic using async/await How to fetch data properly inside a React component using useEffect + useState How to handle loading and error states like a pro fetch() with .then() Befo