The UK has emerged as a leading hub for unicorn creation, producing nearly three times as many billion-dollar startups as the US per dollar of early-stage VC investment. With strong funding growth and a focus on finance, insurance, and AI, the UK continues to attract significant venture capital attention.

Apple's upcoming iOS 26.2 beta enables users in Japan to install third-party app stores, a significant shift in policy ahead of a regulatory deadline. This change follows new legislation aimed at promoting competition in the mobile market, allowing developers like Epic Games to offer alternative options to the App Store.

UK parliament recently debated the Stop Killing Games campaign, which urges the government to enhance consumer rights regarding digital game ownership. While MPs highlighted the cultural significance of video games and consumer frustrations, the government maintained its stance against changing existing laws on the issue.

This article explores the author’s experience using Typst for creating diverse technical educational content. Highlighting its advantages over formats like Markdown and Org mode, Typst’s modern features, scripting capabilities, and multi-platform compatibility enhance the writing process and support efficient content delivery across various formats.

The Dunning-Kruger Effect highlights how individuals with limited skills often overestimate their abilities. As AI tools simplify creative tasks, this dynamic may encourage overconfidence without real expertise, diluting the joy of authentic creation. Emphasizing the value of personal effort fosters true artistry and self-discovery in a superficial digital landscape.

After landing a role as a compiler engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area, the author reflects on the challenges and rewards of breaking into this niche field. This post shares insights on the job market, interview experiences, and offers guidance for aspiring compiler engineers.

Zig is an innovative programming language that offers a fresh perspective on writing code, differentiating it from traditional options like C and C++. This article highlights its key features, installation guide, and programming basics to help new users get started quickly while exploring its industry impact.

A recent study reveals the most powerful and distant flare ever recorded from a supermassive black hole, J2245+3743. Astronomers theorize it resulted from a massive star being torn apart by the black hole's gravity. This remarkable event shows that cosmic phenomena of this scale may occur more frequently than expected.

This article explores the complexities and frustrations of using recursive macros in C programming. Despite the challenges posed by C's macro system, it highlights their importance in compile-time execution and error reduction. The author guides readers through building a macro to count variable arguments, illustrating potential applications and solutions.

This article introduces PETRA, a new transformer model designed for predicting mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 virus. By using evolutionary data rather than raw sequences, PETRA addresses the challenges of sequencing noise and enhances mutation prediction accuracy, improving responses to emerging variants. The code is openly available.

This study explores how the language used in prompts and cultural framing affects the responses of Large Language Models (LLMs). While targeted prompts can adjust outputs to align with certain cultural values, LLMs still show a strong bias towards a limited set of cultures, highlighting challenges in representing global diversity.

This paper presents a new composable fine-tuning method that combines graph structural priors and modular adapters to improve the efficiency and stability of large-scale models in multi-task learning. The approach enhances task accuracy while reducing computational costs, addressing challenges like parameter allocation and path conflicts.