White House press secretary leaving
Karoline Leavitt will continue to be an outside adviser, Trump said
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Pickle Browser
Browser for your agent. Runs local in a window you can see Discussion | Link
ThreadPort
Move AI chats between ChatGPT, Claude & Gemini in one click Discussion | Link
alchemy-utils 0.1a0
Release: alchemy-utils 0.1a0 I've long pondered what a database agnostic version of my sqlite-utils Python library and CLI utility might look like. This morning (literally a shower project) I tasked Codex and GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra with building a prototype: Do a research spike to see what it would take to build a library with the same core API as SQLite-utils - in particular the insert and upsert and insert_all and upsert_all and create and update methods, and the table introspection stuff - but backed by SQLalchemy so it works for multiple database engines Test against PostgreSQL and SQLite and duckdb Use ~/dev/sqlite-utils for reference Create a git repo for this and commit and early and often - use uv init to start the project - use red/green TDD and pytest, see ~/dev/django-sql-dashboard for one idea as to how the PostgreSQL tests could work It took very few follow-up prompts to produce this project in a state good enough to release as an alpha. Here's a one-liner I can use to list the rows in a table in my local PostgreSQL copy of my blog's database: uvx --with 'alchemy-utils[postgresql]' alchemy-utils rows 'postgresql+psycopg://simon@localhost:5432/simonwillisonblog' redirects_redirect The output from that starts like this: [ { "id": 2328, "domain": "simonwillison.net", "path": "2020/May/21/apple-photos-sqlite/", "target": "/2020/May/21/dogsheep-photos/", "created": "2020-05-21T13:03:46.591692-07:00" }, { "id": 3, "domain": "feeds.simonwillison.net", "path": "swn-links", "target": "https://simonwillison.net/atom/links/", "created": "2017-10-01T14:12:54.820729-07:00" } Or if you'd like a DuckDB database with every tree in San Francisco , schema created automatically to match the file: curl 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/simonw/sf-tree-history/refs/heads/main/Street_Tree_List.csv' | uvx --with 'alchemy-utils[duckdb]' alchemy-utils insert 'duckdb:////tmp/trees.db' trees - --csv (That one took nearly an hour the first time I ran it, so I had Codex optimize it and got it down to around 35 seconds.) Tags: databases , postgresql , projects , python , sql , sqlalchemy , sqlite , sqlite-utils , duckdb , coding-agents , codex
The next big indie game publisher is taking some exciting swings
Kinetic Publishing, a new indie publisher from the development team behind the co-op horror game Phasmophobia, just hosted its first games showcase, and it includes five ambitious new titles set to release in 2027 and 2028. Perhaps the most significant announcement from Kinetic's show is that it's publishing the next game from Telling Lies and […]
Iceland and Spain plunged into darkness during total solar eclipse
A total solar eclipse took place in Iceland and Spain as crowds gathered to watch.
It looks like Apple’s iPhone 18 really will skip the fall launch this year
According to an Economic Daily News report spotted by MacRumors, executives for Apple supplier Pegatron confirmed during an earnings call that the iPhone 18 Pro series phones will launch this fall, but the base iPhone 18 won't arrive until the first quarter of next year. The more affordable iPhone 18e and a new iPhone Air […]
Brazil orders Discord to suspend livestreams after teen’s death
Regulator says Discord failed to protect minors from violence, self-harm, and suicide content.
Impractical
AI Motion Design - Every feature deserves an amazing video. Discussion | Link
Eurovision bars countries at war from hosting
A Eurovision victory will no longer guarantee hosting rights if war or a wider security crisis affects the winning country. The change could have particular significance for recent high-flyers Ukraine and Israel.
Iraq says September 30 withdrawal deadline for US-led coalition ‘final’
A US official confirmed that the United States expects to complete its pullout by September 30.
Thousands flee drought in Somalia amid sharp aid decline
Thousands of hunger-stricken families have lost their livestock and farms due to a yearslong drought in Somalia.
Russia: Why is the Yabloko party barred from the elections?
Russia's supreme court has banned the anti-war opposition party Yabloko from September's parliamentary elections. What does this mean for the election campaign, opponents of the war and for the political mood in Russia?
25 years Ohrid Agreement: Is N. Macedonia's peace holding?
A quarter of a century after the Ohrid Framework Agreement ended North Macedonia's 2001 conflict, analysts warn that peace between ethnic communities remains fragile.
Agent Plugins 1.0 in VS Code, Copilot CLI, and the Copilot app
You can now build a plugin once and use it across all compatible agent clients. We published Agent Plugins 1.0 on August 6 with AWS, Anysphere, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Vercel.… The post Agent Plugins 1.0 in VS Code, Copilot CLI, and the Copilot app appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
SpaceXAI's Grok 4.6 matches OpenAI's best model and undercuts it on price
xAI's Grok 4.6 scores 61 points on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, tying GPT-5.6 Sol and trailing only Anthropic's Claude Opus 5. On agentic tasks, it completes complex workflows in about 53 steps where Claude Opus 5 needs 103, at a price more than 60 percent lower. The article SpaceXAI's Grok 4.6 matches OpenAI's best model and undercuts it on price appeared first on The Decoder .
Rule insights for organizations in public preview
The rule insights dashboard is now in public preview at the organization level. You get a visual, high-level view of how GitHub evaluates and enforces your GitHub repository rulesets, so… The post Rule insights for organizations in public preview appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
Has the U.S. lost its dominance to China?
Beijing may be benefiting from the war in Iran and Trump's tariffs and has an edge in the competition for tech supremacy. The New Yorker 's Evan Osnos discusses his story "The Future, Made in China."
Paramount Skydance mulls CNN sale amid antitrust merger challenge
Paramount’s legal officer hints at CNN sale as 12 states, led by California, file lawsuit to block merger with WBD.
DR Congo Ebola outbreak set to become deadliest on record, WHO warns
Outbreak to eclipse West Africa's Ebola outbreak of 2014 to 2016 if it continues at current pace, WHO chief says.
Countries in ‘armed conflict’ barred from hosting Eurovision
Organisers says new rule will ensure contest provides ‘safe and welcoming environment’ for participants Broadcasters will no longer be eligible to host the Eurovision song contest if their state is involved in an “armed conflict” or “sensitive geopolitical situation”. Eurovision is traditionally hosted by the previous year’s winner’s broadcaster, with next year’s show due to take place in Bulgaria after the singer Dara’s victory for the country in May. Continue reading...
Delta
Article URL: https://zed.dev/blog/introducing-delta Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49276574 Points: 607 # Comments: 221
AI coding startup Cognition reportedly already in talks to raise at $40B valuation
Cognition may be looking to raise another mega round just a few months after raising $1 billion at a $26 billion valuation.
Docker VMM Public Beta: A Complete Overhaul, Built for Performance
Docker VMM is now available in public beta for Mac and Windows. Learn what this means for performance, stability, and governance and how to try it yourself.