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Cursor 3

Cursor 3 unveils a unified, agent-first workspace for building software. It brings all your agents—local and cloud—into a single multi-workspace interface, enabling parallel execution across repos and from mobile/Slack/GitHub to produce demos and screenshots. It introduces fast handoffs between local and cloud environments, with Composer 2 for rapid iteration. It features a new diffs view for committing and PRs, files viewer with go-to-definition, an integrated browser, and a marketplace of plugins and MCPs. Cursor aims to move toward autonomous agents and self-driving code, continuing to evolve the IDE. Upgrade via Cmd+Shift+P to Agents Window or read docs.

JSON Canvas Spec

JSON Canvas Spec defines a canvas with optional nodes and edges. Each node has id, type, x, y, width, height, color; node types: text (text with Markdown), file (path with optional subpath), link (url), group (label, background, backgroundStyle: cover/ratio/repeat). Nodes are ordered by z-index; first is below, last on top. Edges connect fromNode to toNode with optional fromSide, fromEnd, toSide, toEnd, arrow color, and label. Colors are strings: hex or presets "1"–"6" (red to purple); presets have unspecified exact values.

Hugo's New CSS Powers

Hugo v0.158.0 adds css.Build, enabling esbuild-powered CSS with bundling, minification, and fast development. It supports modern CSS but older browsers may require fallback or post-processing. You can deliver multiple CSS files as a single bundle. If some features can’t be converted, you can add PostCSS or target newer browsers. Options: Sass (preprocessor, no native browser-prefixing, requires Dart Sass and PostCSS), PostCSS (plugins, slower), Lightning CSS (fast but dev watch lacking). For simple sites Baseline 2024 suffices; larger sites may need extra post-processing.

George Goble died recently – known for first dual-CPU-Unix and fast BBQ lighting

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Tailscale's New macOS Home

Escaping the notch: Tailscale solves its macOS notch problem by introducing a windowed app that runs alongside the menu-bar icon. Previously, the icon could disappear behind the notch on 2021+ MacBook Pros, with no native workaround. A temporary notch warning helped briefly. The new windowed interface, default since v1.96.2, makes tailnet device lists searchable, lets you ping and copy IPs, send files via Taildrop, access exit nodes with latency-based suggestions, shows a Dock red dot for errors, includes a mini player, and offers a product tour. Apple may adjust notch behavior; the article notes a Swift occlusion-state listener.

Quadratic Micropass Type Inference

Quadratic Micropass Type Inference proposes a multi-pass, user-prioritized inference that reorders unifications to match developer expectations rather than code order. Inference runs through ordered passes (known_applications, known_assignments, known_return_types, known_same_as_unifications, known_record_fields, resolve_records, less_known_functions, default_numbers, default_unknown_to_unit_or_lift), re-running earlier passes after each step. Errors are generated by a separate type checker after inference. The approach aims to reduce misleading messages and better align with user intent, illustrated with examples and a proof-of-concept.

OpenAI Acquires TBPN

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A forecast of the fair market value of SpaceX's businesses

Forecast for SpaceX’s June 2026 IPO values seven segments to about $1.253T; adding cash and subtracting debt yields ~\$1.250T equity, about 29% under a \$1.75T target. A bull-case (75th percentile) across segments reaches ~\$1.675T, near the target. Starlink (consumer/enterprise/direct-to-cell) dominates ~\$602B (34% of the IPO price). xAI at \$258B is highly speculative; Starship is pure option value (~\$170B); physical assets ~\$46B. The conclusion: the \$1.75T price hinges on everything going right and may warrant a conglomerate premium; retail demand could be strong.

The SpaceX IPO: retail investor notes

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Snow melt-off in American west stuns scientists

New measurements show western US snowpack collapsed after an unusually warm winter and record March heat. April surveys found Sierra Nevada SWE at 18% of average, Colorado River headwaters about 24%, Great Basin 16%, Rio Grande 8%. Snow acts as a natural water savings account; with melt accelerating, major basins like Lake Mead and Lake Powell risk critically low levels, potentially cutting off hydroelectricity and water deliveries. Even with possible storms, the melt is unlikely to be reversed this year. The drought also foreshadows an earlier, longer fire season.

Inference Engine for Apple Silicon

Onde Inference is an on-device LLM inference engine optimized for Apple Silicon. It runs entirely on the device, enabling live App Store apps with fully on-device chat—no server, low latency, and no data leaves the device. The project is in production and offers an SDK and a website.

Modern SQLite: Features You Didn't Know It Had

SQLite now includes built-in JSON support with a JSON extension to store and query JSON data, enabling flexible schemas and json_extract queries, plus indexing on JSON expressions. The FTS5 extension adds full-text search with ranking and phrase/prefix queries, all inside SQLite. Analytics are enhanced by common table expressions (CTEs) and window functions for running totals and dashboards. STRICT tables enforce stricter typing at insert time. Generated columns store derived data (e.g., full_name) and can be indexed. Write-ahead logging (WAL) improves concurrency, letting reads and writes run concurrently.

EmDash: A Fresh Take on CMS

EmDash is a real, open‑source CMS built on TypeScript and Astro 6.0. It runs serverless on Cloudflare Workers (SQLite locally, Cloudflare D1 in production) and stores content as portable JSON (structured text) rather than HTML. It’s pitched as a modern WordPress rebuilt from scratch, with sandboxed plugins and AI agents as first‑class users. The admin evokes a TinyMCE feel and uses Astro themes, avoiding Gutenberg-like block editing. For personal blogs, the author prefers Markdown/static sites; EmDash is early, developer‑oriented, and worth watching despite costs and trade‑offs.

Google releases Gemma 4 open models

Gemma 4 is DeepMind’s most capable open-family model built from Gemini 3 tech, designed for agentic workflows, multimodal reasoning, and offline edge deployment. It supports 140 languages, fine-tuning, and runs on local hardware (E2B/E4B) with 26B and 31B variants for frontier intelligence on PCs. Prioritizing safety with enterprise-grade security and transparent deployment, the Gemini/Gemma line includes Gemini, Genie, Lyria, Veo, and Gemma Nano Banana, plus developer tools like Google AI Studio and Edge Gallery.

Renewables reached nearly 50% of global electricity capacity last year

IRENA’s 2026 Renewable Capacity Statistics show renewables reached 49.4% of global installed electricity capacity in 2025, with a 15.5% YoY expansion after adding 692 GW, led by solar (about three-quarters of new capacity). Renewables accounted for 85.6% of global capacity additions in 2025 (down from 92% in 2024), while non-renewables rebounded, notably coal in China and gas in the US. COP28’s 11 TW by 2030 target appears unlikely given renewables are around 5.15 TW end-2025. Decentralised, diversified energy improves resilience.

On the trail of ancient art, deep in the Sahara

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Artemis computer running two instances of MS outlook; they can't figure out why

A Bluesky post explains that Bluesky is a highly interactive web app requiring JavaScript. It also humorously describes astronauts calling Houston because the spaceship computer is running two Outlook instances, with NASA about to remote in. 2026-04-02T06:06:54.854Z

Artemis II will use laser beams to live-stream 4K moon footage at 260 Mbps

Artemis II will use NASA’s laser-based Orion Artemis II Optical Communications (O2O) system to beam 4K lunar footage at up to 260 Mbps from the Moon to Earth, with Nikon cameras capturing the far side. Ground stations in Las Cruces, NM, and Table Mountain, CA, support the link, while traditional Deep Space Network radio remains a backup. A 41-minute 'dark window' can interrupt laser and DSN links. NASA has demonstrated higher speeds in other tests (622 Mbps previously; up to 200 Gbps in near-Earth tests).

Delve allegedly forked an open-source tool and sold it as its own

TechCrunch reports that YC-backed compliance startup Delve faces new backlash after an anonymous whistleblower, DeepDelver, alleged Delve repackaged an open-source tool as its own. The tool Pathways allegedly mirrors Sim.ai’s SimStudio, potentially violating Apache licensing due to missing attribution. Sim.ai’s Emir Karabeg says Delve never had a license with Sim.ai, and that Sim.ai had previously paid Delve as a customer. Delve denies the data-faking allegations; the firm’s funding round and due diligence by Insight Partners are also in focus, while Delve has not commented.

'Backrooms' and the Rise of the Institutional Gothic

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