Google Launches ‘Gemma 4 12B’ AI Model That Can Run On Your Laptop
Google has launched Gemma 4 12B, a 12-billion-parameter open AI model designed to run locally on your laptop without depending entirely on cloud infrastructure. WION reports: According to Google, the new model delivers performance close to much larger AI systems while requiring significantly less memory. The company says Gemma 4 12B can run … ⌘ Read more

Nouveau micmac autour de la primaire: le PS voit double
La proposition d’Olivier Faure d’organiser deux primaires successives pour désigner un candidat de la gauche non mélenchoniste à la présidentielle a déclenché une énième crise au PS où les oppositions dénoncent une «tentative de coup de force». Dans l’entourage du premier secrétaire, on assume un «pavé dans la mare». ⌘ Read more

Okay. I have lost the “battle” against “AI” at work and I will no longer try to “fight” any of it.

It is simply what people want. They want to use it. And that’s the end of it.

And why do they want it? Because it makes their job easier. And why is that? In very large parts, it’s because we have accumulated a metric fuckton of technical debt due to decades long mismanagement. We were (and are) operating in “emergency mode” all the time. There simply was no time to clean things up or to rethink designs. We always have to go with the cheapest and quickest solution. We are never ahead of things: Earlier this year, I started an initiative and wanted to tackle some issue that I could see coming. I was shut down because this wasn’t “urgent”. Very soon after, this exact thing became that exact problem – but now, there was no time anymore to do it properly because NOW it’s urgent, so, once again, we had to go with a quick and dirty solution.

It’s always like that and I had brought it up again and again. And now we have a huge spaghetti mess that hardly anyone understands anymore.

Nobody – except AI. It can still make some sense of this and, obviously, this is useful to people.

So, any argument I make against AI is completely pointless to begin with. I’m such a fool for not having seen this earlier.

The last argument I made today was: “Look, we already have so much technical debt and spaghetti systems, we really, really must clean this up. If we throw AI on top of this now, it’ll only get so much worse.” And once more, I was shut down. My intentions were “admirable”, but “there’s no time for that”.

Okay. Good luck with that. They’ll keep doing it this way. At some point, it’ll either explode entirely and some poor soul has to clean it up, or it’ll explode and they’ll have no other choice but to throw everything away and start from scratch – assuming they can still afford that.

In other words, none of this about AI, really, nor caused by it. Our department’s massive spike in AI usage is just a symptom of the underlying management issues. And since those aren’t being addressed, nothing will change and this whole mess will only get worse.

(I blame all this on management, because, well, that’s who’s to blame. I do not have a solution for it, though – and assigning blame without constructive criticism always sucks big time. I don’t like doing this. If you had put me into that particular management position, I wouldn’t have been able to solve any of this. The thing is, though, I’m not an expert on management and it isn’t my job – I’m just the “princess” who solves your technical issues.)

Microsoft’s Project Solara Is an OS For Devices That Run AI Agents Instead of Apps
An anonymous reader quotes a report from GeekWire: A team inside Microsoft has been quietly building a platform for devices that run AI agents instead of apps, based on Android instead of Windows, with two working hardware designs so far, and an initial set of big-name companies lined up to run pilots. The p … ⌘ Read more

COSMIC Desktop’s Frosted Glass Is Giving Windows Aero Vibes
Some of the latest feature work for the Rust and Wayland based COSMIC desktop environment is on creating their new “Frosted Glass” appearance. It’s getting closer to release and giving off Windows Aero vibes for that design language from the Windows Vista days… ⌘ Read more

Companies chosen for Marsden Pt rail spur ‘design sprint’
Three companies have been chosen for a Marsden Point rail spur “design sprint”, Rail Minister Winston Peters says.

Peters on Tuesday afternoon said Spanish infrastructure firm Acciona, a Downer-HEB joint venture, and Auckland City Rail Link (CRL)-builder Martinus Rail had been selected by KiwiRail to complete a “design sprint” for the proposed 19km rail line in Northland. ⌘ Read more

Aon NZ retrenches regional presence in nationwide office shake-up
Aon New Zealand is scaling back its nationwide office network, consolidating smaller regional branches into larger hubs in 2026.

In a written statement, the global insurance and consulting firm said the changes were designed to meet client needs and would take place throughout the year. ⌘ Read more

Dell Rivals Apple’s MacBook Neo With $699 Touchscreen XPS 13 Laptop
Dell has introduced a redesigned $699 XPS 13 aimed squarely at Apple’s budget MacBook Neo, offering a premium aluminum design, touch display, backlit keyboard, Wi-Fi 7, 512GB of base storage, and various other configuration options. Dell’s machine costs more than Apple’s entry model but tries to justify the difference with lighter weight, … ⌘ Read more

‘The Oral Tradition That Built Software May Not Survive AI’
A historian-turned-software engineer warns that “so little is ever written down” by professional programmers in a new article for Fast Company:

Perhaps there’s an early design doc, but then it turns out that everything was substantially revised before work began. Maybe there are a few wiki pages explaining known issues, some of which were solved a long … ⌘ Read more

Don’t forget the value of design
Ten billion dollars. That’s what design contributed to the Kiwi economy in 2016, more than farming.

We know this because in 2017, a consortium paid PwC to put a dollar figure on the design disciplines’ contribution to the economy.

They added it all up, revealed the result at a launch in Wellington, and – according to those in the room – watched the Minister of Finance … ⌘ Read more

**Présidentielle en Colombie: un premier tour sous haute surveillance **
Quelque 41 millions de Colombiens doivent désigner le successeur de Gustavo Petro, le premier président de gauche du pays. Dans un contexte de recrudescence des violences, l’armée a été déployée pour permettre au scrutin de se dérouler dans le calme. ⌘ Read more

Telli (YC F24) is hiring in engineering, design, and GTM [Berlin, on-site]
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Cheese Paper: a text editor specifically designed for writing
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Ferrari launches $1m, Jony Ive-designed, glass-clad electric speedster
By Stephen Wilmot

An electric vehicle big on glass, light and space: This isn’t your father’s Ferrari. ⌘ Read more

Une semaine de canicule en France: les amalgames racistes en roue libre
La hausse exceptionnelle des températures du mois de mai a renforcé les discriminations et commentaires racistes à l’égard de citoyens français, désignés coupables d’avoir occupé l’espace public pour tenter de se rafraîchir. ⌘ Read more

Is the Ferrari Luce’s Design Really That Bad? 3 Italian Auto Experts Weigh In
The first electric Ferrari is already this year’s most divisive car. We asked three Italian auto industry professionals to explain where the EV’s design makes sense, and where it doesn’t add up. ⌘ Read more

Sponsored: Host your next event the RED way at Radisson RED Auckland
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KRAID Being Developed As New Compiler For Modern Arm Mali Graphics
KRAID is a new Rust-written shader compiler currently being developed for the Panfrost/PanVK open-source Arm Mali driver code. KRAID is designed for Mali’s Valhall graphics processors and new as a modern, clean sheet design… ⌘ Read more

I Like Ferrari’s Luce EV. But This Is Why It’s Heartbreaking
Designed by Jony Ive and a host of ex-Cupertino colleagues, the Luce shows us what might have been had Apple made good on its $10 billion bet. ⌘ Read more

Second attempt, at mixing a couple of previous designs together and I think this one came out pretty cute looking.

Corsair Galleon 100 SD Review: Stream Deck Now Included
Corsair unites Stream Deck functionality with Drop keyboard design expertise on its latest Galleon SD 100. ⌘ Read more

A Fundamental Principle of Aeronautical Engineering Has Been Overturned
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Aerodynamic drag is a major “barrier” in high-speed airplanes, automobiles, and bullet trains. This is because a design with less aerodynamic drag allows the aircraft to move at higher speeds with less energy. When an aircraft or car body moves at high speed, a thin layer of air cal … ⌘ Read more

Ferraris E-Auto irritiert Anleger und Fans
Der italienische Luxussportwagenhersteller Ferrari steigt spät, aber doch in den E-Automarkt ein. Am Montag und Dienstag präsentierte der Konzern das Modell Luce mit vier Elektromotoren und einer Gesamtleistung von mehr als 1.000 PS. Doch an den Börsen löste Luce nicht gerade Begeisterung aus. Auch Fans reagierten enttäuscht, vor allem wegen des für Ferrari untypischen Designs. Der Luce könne den Mythos Ferrari zerstören, hieß es. ⌘ Read more

Sponsored: Limited Time Offers available at One Greys Ave
The final release of apartments at One Greys Ave are gaining traction, underpinned by a suite of limited-time incentives designed to reduce the cost of entry and deliver immediate value. Remaining one, two and three-bedroom apartments are priced from $605,000, with purchasers able to choose from three compelling offers:

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Ferrari shares fall after launch of first EV as Jony Ive design proves divisive
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15 Best Travel Toiletry Bags, Tested Over Many Miles (2026)
Our team evaluated a ton of toiletry bags to find the best storage, organization, and design options for all your essentials. ⌘ Read more

NVIDIA Vera CPU Benchmarks: Olympus Cores Delivering The Best Performance Ever Seen On ARM
NVIDIA’s Vera data center CPU isn’t ramping up until later this year but I recently had the opportunity to try out this new ARM-based CPU designed for agentic AI workloads. NVIDIA’s Vera CPU with its in-house-designed Olympus CPU cores ends up packing a heavy-hitting punch with competitiveness to Intel/AMD x86_64 CPUs that I have never seen out of any other ARM or non-x86_64 processors. Continue on with these early benchm … ⌘ Read more

Cearvol’s Wave Design Fights Off Hearing Loss and Aging Stigma
Cearvol’s Wave Lite hearing aids take on the stigma of aging with tech-inspired design, but they lack the nuance to be truly useful. ⌘ Read more

Weave (YC W25) is hiring ML, AI, product, & design engineers
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Gas transition scheme leaves hard calls in the detail
The Government has found a way to intervene in the gas crunch without reviving the grant-based model it spent years criticising.

But whether the new loan-guarantee scheme actually helps firms transition away from gas will depend heavily on its final design. ⌘ Read more

Sponsored: Limited Time Offers available at One Greys Ave
The final release of apartments at One Greys Ave are gaining traction, underpinned by a suite of limited-time incentives designed to reduce the cost of entry and deliver immediate value. Remaining one, two and three-bedroom apartments are priced from $605,000, with purchasers able to choose from three compelling offers:

• An 8% gross rental return for two years
  
• A complimentary second car park valued at $120,000 with any carp … ⌘ Read more

[$] Tier-aware memory-controller limits
Joshua Hahn began his session in the memory-management track of the 2026 Linux Storage,\
Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit by saying that the memory
controller for control groups is intended to provide resource allocation,
accounting, and protection from interference by other tasks. But
it was not really designed for tiered-memory systems; he is looking for a
way to improve that situation. ⌘ Read more

Design Within Reach Promo Codes: 30% Off | 2026
Get 30% off, 20% off, and free shipping with our Design Within Reach coupon codes, plus up to 50% off furniture with these special discounts. ⌘ Read more

Topo Designs Rover Trail Pack Is the Best Backpack I’ve Ever Used
Unsurprisingly, the Denver gorpcore brand that makes many of the best bags in the world has delivered a perfect backpack. ⌘ Read more

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org … this reminds me that I should finally write that tutorial on how to make your own X11/Wayland keymaps. That helps a lot in mitigating stupid design issues like these.

I should have changed the key binding from Print to Shift+Print a long time ago to launch import and upload the screenshot to my server. I was constantly hitting that stupid key on accident when I actually wanted to press [AltGr].

If I only could map a key binding to slap these damn ThinkPad T15 keyboard layout designers at Lenovo remotely in the face. Seriously, who in their right mind puts Print (in German Druck) between AltGr and Ctrl at the bottom row to begin with?! Exactly. Nobody. What a horrible location.

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Vivaldi 8.0 Arrives With ‘Most Significant Design Overhaul’ In Browser’s History
Vivaldi 8.0 is being pitched as the browser’s “most significant design overhaul” yet, featuring a new unified, edge-to-edge interface, six preset layouts, and deeper customization across tabs, toolbars, panels, and themes. The company is also taking a swipe at rivals chasing questionable AI features. Neowin reports: Af … ⌘ Read more

[$] Support for private memory nodes
Gregory Price started his session in the memory-management track of the
2026 Linux Storage,\
Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit by saying that, in
current kernels, if a NUMA node has memory, the assumption is that anybody can
make use of it. He is trying to implement the opposite policy — to make
some memory off-limits for all processes except those designed specifically
to use it. The session was used to present his goals and to discuss h … ⌘ Read more

Data Brokers’ and AI Firms’ Opt-Out Forms Are Built to Fail, Report Finds
A new study finds AI companies, defense firms, and dating apps are among 38 data collectors allegedly using manipulative design to confuse users while collecting their data. ⌘ Read more

Google Changes Its Search Box for the First Time in 25 Years
Google is giving its iconic search box its first major redesign since 2001. The new design incorporates, you guessed it, artificial intelligence, “getting bigger and more interactive so that people can ask even longer questions and upload photographs and videos into queries,” reports the New York Times. “In addition, people can ask follow-up questions … ⌘ Read more

Google’s Response to OpenClaw’s 24/7 AI Agent
Google’s always-running, data-hungry AI agent is designed to spend your money and send your emails. ⌘ Read more

The Herman Miller Coyl Standing Desk Is Built Just for Gamers
The Coyl uses a coil design for the power cable, keeping it neat and taut between the desk and the wall. And instead of relying on boring levers to adjust the height, it has a nifty rotary dial. ⌘ Read more

Barkbox Promo Codes and Discounts: Up to 50% Off
Save on Barkbox subscriptions, including monthly themed collections of plush toys, tough chews, and healthy snacks designed to keep your pup’s tail wagging. ⌘ Read more

iRobot Promo Code: 15% Off
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Présidentielle au Pérou: un candidat de gauche face à Keiko Fujimori
L’autorité électorale vient de proclamer les résultats du premier tour du 12 avril, et de désigner l’adversaire de la candidate d’extrême droite, qui se présentait pour la quatrième fois. Elle affrontera le 7 juin Roberto Sánchez, soutenu par l’ancien président Pedro Castillo. ⌘ Read more

Japan Runs Out of Robot Wolves In Fight Against Bears
Japan’s worsening bear problem has created a shortage of handmade “Monster Wolf” robots, which are $4,000 solar-powered scarecrow-like devices with glowing eyes, sensors, and blaring sounds designed to frighten the animals away. “We make them by hand. We cannot make them fast enough now. We are asking our customers to wait two to three months,” company president Y … ⌘ Read more

Gantri’s 3D-Printed Lamps Are Going Wireless
In a partnership with design firm Ammunition, the lamp company is taking its lights wireless. ⌘ Read more

Design Within Reach Promo Codes: 30% Off | 2026
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These Instagram Ads Sure Seem to Be Selling Cocaine Accessories
From designer straws to magnet-sealed leather pouches, the platform is awash in products seemingly built for coke—despite Meta’s policies on drug paraphernalia. ⌘ Read more

We-Vibe Discount Codes and Deals: Up to 60% Off
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