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Google Replaces Fitbit App with Google Health

Google just swapped out the Fitbit app for its own Google Health platform, complete with an AI health coach and a redesigned interface. The move has sparked user complaints about confusing layouts and limited customization options. If you're tracking your fitness closely, this change might disrupt your workflow. The new design takes up more screen space, making it harder to view all your data at once. Users can now chat with an AI bot for sleep logs but must navigate through multiple sections to access workout details.

May 26, 2026 · 3 min read

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American Airlines to Install Starlink on Over 500 Airbus Aircraft

American Airlines is set to install Starlink on more than 500 narrow-body Airbus planes starting early next year. Why should you care? This move solidifies Starlink’s position as the go-to provider for satellite communications, outpacing rivals like Amazon and Viasat. The deal covers American's new Airbus A321XLR and A320neo aircraft but excludes Boeing models. SpaceX is set to benefit from this partnership ahead of its anticipated IPO next month.

May 26, 2026 · 3 min read

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OpenRouter Raises $113M for AI Gateway

OpenRouter, an AI gateway maker, just secured a hefty $113 million Series B investment led by CapitalG. The company's valuation is now around $1.3 billion, up from $547 million last year. This surge reflects the shift in AI work towards inference and agents over training. OpenRouter's platform supports 8 million users globally and processes a staggering 25 trillion tokens weekly. With this funding, enterprises can more easily switch between different models to optimize costs or enhance accuracy.

May 26, 2026 · 3 min read

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Sony's Spider-Noir: A Messy Pastiche Premiering in May

Sony's latest attempt at expanding the Spider-Man universe with its live-action 'Spider-Noir' series is set to debut on Amazon Prime and MGM Plus in May 2026, starring Ben Reilly as a private investigator who used to be a vigilante hero. The show aims to blend classic crime drama aesthetics with comic book lore but falls short of delivering substantial narrative substance or emotional depth. Fans of the Spider-Verse films might find it entertaining for its visual charm and nostalgic nods to Golden Age Hollywood, but the story feels predictable and relies heavily on familiar tropes.

May 26, 2026 · 3 min read

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American Airlines to Install Starlink Wi-Fi on 500+ Airbus Planes

American Airlines has announced the installation of SpaceX's Starlink satellite-based Wi-Fi on over 500 Airbus planes starting next year. This decision comes as airlines race to enhance their connectivity offerings, with Starlink promising faster speeds and lower latency compared to traditional providers like Viasat. For passengers, this means a better internet experience during flights, crucial for streaming services and staying connected while in the air.

May 26, 2026 · 3 min read

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Cerebras Runs Kimi K2.6 at 981 Tokens/Sec, 6.7x GPUs

Days after its $95B IPO, Cerebras is serving Moonshot's trillion-parameter Kimi K2.6 at 981 output tokens/sec, 6.7x the fastest GPU cloud per Artificial Analysis. A 10K-token agentic request finishes in 5.6 seconds versus 163.7 on Kimi's own endpoint.

May 26, 2026 · 3 min read

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Latent Space: Why AI Agents Need Real Computers

On Latent Space, Daytona CEO Ivan Burazin argues agents need composable, stateful computers, not just code-execution sandboxes. He details 74% month-over-month growth, roughly 850K sandbox runs a day, and why RL and eval workloads jumped from 0% to about 50% of usage.

May 26, 2026 · 3 min read

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Training-Free Metric Picks Best LLM Reasoning Data

Researchers propose High-Entropy Sum (HES), a training-free way to rank reasoning training data by summing entropy of only the top 0.5% highest-entropy tokens. Training on the top 20% of HES-ranked data matched full-dataset SFT performance.

May 26, 2026 · 3 min read

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Turing Laureate Valiant Proposes Efficient Reasoning

Turing Award winner Leslie Valiant proposes a way to give LLMs principled, trustworthy reasoning without prohibitive cost. His method recodes inputs into a 'Unary Relational Integracode' that makes core relational rules learnable in polynomial time.

May 26, 2026 · 3 min read

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How to Put an LLM in a Script's Shebang Line

Simon Willison shows how to use his llm CLI in a script's shebang line so the file itself becomes an LLM-powered program. The short TIL walks through the exact syntax and a working example you can copy.

May 26, 2026 · 3 min read

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Paper: LLMs Show Alignment Failures in Conflict Use

A May 2026 arXiv study finds LLMs deployed in conflict-sensitive contexts can produce alignment failures, giving escalatory or inconsistent guidance. The authors test models across scenarios and argue general-purpose safety tuning doesn't transfer to high-stakes settings.

May 26, 2026 · 3 min read

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Human Archive Raises $8.2M for Egocentric Video Data Collection

Human Archive, a Silicon Valley-based startup, just secured $8.2 million in funding to collect egocentric video data from gig economy workers in India. This is big for anyone working on physical AI or robotics — real-world human interaction data is crucial but hard to come by. The company has more than 1,000 active headsets deployed across multiple locations and over 50 different devices to capture various data points. They're expanding into Southeast Asia and the U.S., aiming to democratize access to this valuable training data.

May 26, 2026 · 3 min read

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