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Daily News Stuff 5 June 2026

Lilo Pelekai Multipass Edition Top Story AI token costs are becoming a meme. Here's why that's a good thing. (Tom's Hardware) It's not. I mean, not unless for the AI companies, and not for anyone e...

OpenAI launches scalable 'dreaming' memory system for ChatGPT

OpenAI is launching an improved memory system for ChatGPT called 'dreaming', which provides fresher, more relevant, and automatically updated context across conversations. The feature is now rollin...

Moscow Nervous About Armenian Parliamentary Elections

Sam Jones and Mamie Powers

How Appealing Weekly Roundup

The week in appellate news. The post How Appealing Weekly Roundup appeared first on Above the Law.

An Ethernet WiFi Router on a Pi Pico 2W

We are all in search of the fastest in a wireless router, to give ourselves the best connectivity to the world. But what about the slowest? Gigabit Ethernet may not …read more

Pressing All Their Buttons

Read Pressing All Their Buttons Guest: "Why does the TV have three remotes?!" Me: "One remote is for the TV, one is for the DIRECTV streaming box, and… is the third remote white?" Guest: "Yes." Me:...

Japanese high school closes its cafeteria, replaces it with a 7-Eleven convenience store

The first time a 7-Eleven has opened inside a high school in Japan. 7-Eleven opened a new branch in Japan on 1 June, at a site so unusual it made nationwide news. This new store can be found inside...

Youth Climate Plaintiffs Challenge Endangerment Repeal on Religious Liberty Grounds

Constitutional climate litigation seems to know no bounds.

Weekly Notes 23/2026

It’s been a good week in general. The work schedule is back under control. I am getting back to normalcy there. I also played after a long time on Sunday. We played singles again. It was tough but ...

Proton Drive is Now Faster (And Getting a Linux Client Soon)

The overhaul is part of a broader SDK rebuild that has been in the works throughout 2026.

The Children of Sweyn, Part 3

After the untimely death of King Eric the Evergood in Cyprus, his brother Niels became King of Denmark, the latest of the sons of Sweyn II to become king. He was born c.1063, and his reign began in...

Two Horses Found in Pompeii That Were Buried Alive in a Bakery After the Collapse of the Upper Floor—What Were They Doing There?

A team of archaeologists and specialists has unearthed in the famous bakery of the Insula of the Chaste Lovers in Pompeii the remains of two large herbivores—probably horses, donkeys, or hybrids—th...

Data doesn't speak for itself

Training in how to translate data

Planetary Science

Aliyev’s Digital Silk Road and Middle Corridor Experiences Reliability Gap

Sertaç Canalp Korkmaz

It’s An Open Secret

Read It’s An Open Secret Caller: "What time do you close?" Me: "We're open 24 hours." Caller: *Impatiently.* "But what time do you close?" Me: "Ma'am, we don't close. We're open 24 hours per day." ...

If You Want to Hack Me, Come in Through the Speaker

Some security hacks require someone to have physical access to your computer. In many cases, that’s easy to mitigate. Other attack vectors can put you at risk from anywhere via …read more

Matching Is Easy When You’re Raking In This Much — See Also

Quinn Emanuel Matches Milbank's Salary Scale: With $2.7 billion in revenue for 2025, they can afford it! This Boutique Is Doling Out Milbank Money: Vartabedian Katz Hester Haynes is spreading the r...

Sam Bray's VC Post Cited by Justice Thomas's Opinion Today in Sripetch v. SEC

Congratulations to Sam, for having a total of six of his works cited in the same opinion. Counting all American… The post Sam Bray's VC Post Cited by Justice Thomas's Opinion Today in Sripetch v. S...

May 2026 at The New Leaf Journal

The trees leaf in May. So too do New Leaf Journal articles. I review the month that was at NLJ and related projects in May 2026.