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Cardboard: YC’s Agentic AI Video Editor Is Here

by Klaus Max | February 26, 2026 | Tech | 0 Comments

The Promise of Agentic EditingVideo editing remains one of the most time-intensive creative tasks. Hours of raw footage must be trimmed, arranged, color-corrected, and polished into coherent stories. What if an AI agent could handle this work?Cardboard, a Y Combinator...

just-bash: Vercel Labs Gives AI Agents Safe Shell Access

by Klaus Max | February 26, 2026 | Tech | 0 Comments

The Agent Shell ProblemAI agents that can write and execute code need shell access to be truly useful. But giving an autonomous agent unrestricted bash access is a security nightmare. Vercel Labs has tackled this with just-bash, an open-source tool that provides AI...

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Will Vibe Coding Fade Like the Maker Movement Did?

by Klaus Max | February 26, 2026 | News | 0 Comments

The Rise of Vibe CodingA new term has entered the developer lexicon: vibe coding. It describes a style of software development where programmers describe what they want in natural language, and AI tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude, or ChatGPT generate the actual code....

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US Cities Have Too Many Bus Stops—and It’s Slowing Everyone Down

by Klaus Max | February 26, 2026 | News | 0 Comments

The Problem with Frequent StopsBuses in American cities crawl along at average speeds of just 8 miles per hour—barely faster than walking. One major culprit is stop frequency: US buses typically stop every 700-800 feet, while European systems use 1,300-foot...

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Google API Keys Weren’t Secrets—Until Gemini Changed the Rules

by Klaus Max | February 26, 2026 | Tech | 0 Comments

The DiscoveryIn November 2025, Truffle Security researchers made an alarming discovery: Google AI Studio API keys—commonly embedded in public code for services like Google Maps—could also access the powerful Gemini AI API without developers' knowledge or explicit...

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Jimi Hendrix Was a Systems Engineer in Disguise

by Klaus Max | February 26, 2026 | News | 0 Comments

Beyond the MythJimi Hendrix is remembered as a guitar god, a psychedelic icon who redefined rock music in the 1960s. But beneath the cultural legend lies something more technical: Hendrix was essentially a systems engineer working with analog circuits instead of...

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Mac mini production will start at Apple’s new Houston facility

by Klaus Max | February 25, 2026 | Tech | 0 Comments

Apple announced a major expansion of its U.S. manufacturing footprint in Houston, revealing that Mac mini production will be moved to a new facility later this year. The company said the Houston site will also house expanded advanced AI server manufacturing and a new...

A small cavapoo pawing a Bluetooth keyboard while keystrokes are recorded and overlaid on a video feed.

I’m Helping My Dog ‘Vibe Code’ Games

by Klaus Max | February 25, 2026 | News | 0 Comments

When a small cavapoo named Momo started pawing at a keyboard, Caleb Leak turned that accident into a repeatable system that turns nonsense keystrokes into playable games. The experiment pairs simple hardware (a Bluetooth keyboard and Raspberry Pi) with Claude Code, a...

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Get $30 in Samsung Credit by Reserving a Galaxy S26 Ahead of Unpacked

by Klaus Max | February 24, 2026 | Gear | 0 Comments

Quick take: Samsung is offering a $30 promotional credit to people who register their interest in the Galaxy S26 lineup before Unpacked. You don’t need to pay or enter payment details to reserve — just sign up on Samsung’s website or the Shop Samsung app and apply the...

Diode homepage showing electronic components such as resistors, capacitors, transistors, LEDs, and a 555 timer.

Diode: Build, Program, and Simulate Hardware in the Browser

by Klaus Max | February 24, 2026 | News | 0 Comments

The Diode homepage presents a compact promise: bring a hardware workshop to the web. At a glance, the site positions itself as a browser-based environment where users can build, program, and simulate hardware components without installing desktop software. What the...

This tiny robotic beetle travels for two hours without a battery

Aug 25, 2020 | Tech

A team of researchers from the University of Southern California have created a miniscule autonomous robotic beetle, RoBeetle, that can travel for more than two hours without a battery. The 88-milligram, insect-inspired robot runs on liquid methanol, which powers its...

TikTok sues Trump administration over ban in US

Aug 24, 2020 | News

TikTok is suing the Trump administration over an executive order that would effectively ban the short-form video app in the US on Sept. 20. The lawsuit (embedded below) was filed Monday in the US District Court for the Central District of California. TikTok said the...

THESE AUGMENTED REALITY GLASSES PROJECT A VIRTUAL RUNNING PARTNER TO HELP YOU CRUSH YOUR GOALS

Aug 24, 2020 | Tech

Think of the Ghost Pacer as your own personal carrot on a stick. Nothing makes a person more competitive than seeing that they’re actually losing to a competitor. It’s why multiplayer games are infinitely more fun and fast-paced than solo gaming. The Ghost Pacer...

TRANSPARENT OLED HITTING THE MARKET WITH XIAOMI’S MI TV LUX TRANSPARENT EDITION

Aug 22, 2020 | Gear

One of the major advantages of OLED over LCD panels is that the former can be made using far fewer layers as the pixels themselves are emitting the light instead of manipulating the light from a backlight. This led some to ask the question of whether it’s possible to...

Unity’s IPO filing shows how big a threat it poses to Epic and the Unreal Engine

Aug 21, 2020 | News

Unity, maker of the popular Unity Game Engine, has filed to go public at an incredible moment in time. Its chief rival, Epic Games, is currently busy arguing that Apple is holding the Unreal Engine hostage, and Epic will appear in court this very afternoon to demand a...

Review: Google Pixel Buds (2020)

May 1, 2020 | Gear

It’s taken Google a surprisingly long time to make good earbuds. The original Pixel Buds from 2018 were a bulky, mushroom-shaped mess that made you look like Frankenstein’s monster. The charging case was huge, the sound was middling, and when you finally worked up the...

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