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Jun 22, 2026

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·david.newgas.net

Former GenieDB engineer examines whether VC fund fraud allegations explain the startup that launched his US career

A former GenieDB engineer reflects on how the UK startup was reshaped after a takeover by Frost VP, a US venture fund later sued by the SEC. After reading the fraud complaint, he i...

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·apertvs.ai

Swiss AI Initiative unveils Apertus, a fully open sovereign AI foundation model with transparent data, code, and weights

The Swiss AI Initiative, led by EPFL, ETH Zurich, and CSCS, introduced Apertus as a fully open foundation model for sovereign AI. The project documents and releases training data,...

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·alexkritchevsky.com

Essay reframes logarithms as unit-like ratios using a “baseless logarithm” abstraction to make bases easier to understand

The article proposes treating log N as an abstract object rather than an incomplete notation, with ordinary based logarithms represented as ratios such as log N divided by log This...

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·The Verge

Bose thinks it can be a media company for some reason

Bose CMO Jim Mollica says the company has created Bose Studios as part of a move away from campaign-based marketing. The effort includes Bose Records, a new music label that aims t...

Bose thinks it can be a media company for some reason
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·TechCrunch

Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot dies in plane crash

Claude Guillemot, who co-founded Ubisoft with his four brothers in 1986, died Friday in a plane crash in La Baule, France; both people aboard were killed. Ubisoft said it was deepl...

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·The Verge

Cold Court’s debut EP is an infectious, glitchy genre mashup

Cold Court, a Philadelphia brother-sister duo, debut with Hands Up, a chaotic EP that pulls from hyperpop, dance punk, pop punk, and emo. The review says the band recalls acts like...

Cold Court’s debut EP is an infectious, glitchy genre mashup
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·TechCrunch

Polymarket reportedly paid creators to post deceptive videos about fake bets

Polymarket reportedly paid creators to post videos showing trades and winnings that were not real. Many videos were allegedly filmed on near-perfect copies of the Polymarket websit...

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