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Japan's Top Court Rules AI Can't Be Named as a Patent Inventor
Japan's highest court has held that only a human can be listed as the inventor on a patent application, rejecting attempts to credit an artificial intelligence
PostgreSQL, strict memory overcommit, and the kernel bug that faked an OOM
Ubicloud makes the case for running PostgreSQL under Linux's strict overcommit policy (vm.overcommit_memory=2), and the reasoning turns on how Postgres handles
Put your workflow engine inside Postgres and partial failures disappear
DBOS argues that durable workflow systems shouldn't just persist their state in Postgres — they should live in the same Postgres database as the application its
pxpipe: a local proxy that images your LLM context to cut input tokens ~60%
pxpipe is an open-source local proxy that sits between Claude Code and the Anthropic API and rewrites the bulky, static parts of each request — system prompt, t
Reality Has a Surprising Amount of Detail — And Why That Traps Even Experts
John Salvatier argues that every real-world task hides far more meaningful complexity than it appears to from a distance. Using the example of building basement
"Right to Local Intelligence" — a landing page with no retrievable content
The linked page at righttointelligence.org resolves to little more than a heading and contains no article body, argument, or supporting detail that can be summa
Screwworm returns to the US as a forgotten eradication triumph quietly unravels
On June 3, a flesh-eating screwworm larva turned up in a calf near La Pryor, Texas — the first real infestation on US soil since the 1980s, followed by dozens m
Spain Bars Palantir From State-Linked Firms Over Data Sovereignty Fears
Madrid has begun ordering companies under the state holding company SEPI to stop signing new contracts with Palantir, the U.S. data-analytics and AI firm, citin
The Oven Startup: A Parable of How Half-Baked Products Get Shipped
A fable dressed as a business case study, this piece follows a charismatic non-technical founder who spots a spreadsheet opportunity — capture 10% of Spain's ov
The 'Short Leash' Method: Expert Devs Beat Frontier AI by Never Looking Away
A maintainer of security-critical software at okTurtles lays out a workflow for using AI coding agents without surrendering code quality or your own understandi
Valve releases MIT-licensed 'Inkterface' plans for a DIY Steam Machine e-ink front plate
Valve has published everything needed to build an e-ink display for the front of the upcoming Steam Machine, but it won't sell the part itself. The design—dubbe
Virginia bans selling location data — but its narrow 'sale' definition leaves a gap
Virginia has become the third state to prohibit selling consumers' geolocation data. Governor Abigail Spanberger signed S.B. 388 on April 13, 2026, amending the