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Researchers have developed a smart contact lens using microfluidics that measures eye pressure and automatically delivers medication to treat glaucoma. The lens sensors monitor intraocular pressure through a smartphone-based neural network, enabling real-time monitoring and targeted treatment delivery.

Iku Bio, founded by Sterling Hooten, addresses cell culture media optimization in biologics manufacturing using printed circuit board (PCB) technology embedded with microfluidic bioreactors. The PCB-based devices deliver 100x lower cost ($8 versus $20,000) and 10,000x higher experimental throughput compared to traditional systems, representing a significant productivity lever for the half-trillion-dollar biologics industry.

Meta is installing tracking software on US employees' computers to capture mouse movements, clicks, and keystrokes to train its AI models for building autonomous work agents. The company states the collected data will only be used for model training, not performance evaluations, and aims to improve AI capabilities in areas like dropdown menu selection and keyboard shortcuts.

Laws of Software Engineering is a comprehensive collection of 56 principles and patterns that shape software systems, teams, and decisions across multiple domains. It organizes fundamental rules—from Conway's Law and Brooks's Law to YAGNI and DRY—across categories including architecture, quality, team management, planning, scalability, and design. The resource helps developers and managers make better decisions by providing access to battle-tested laws based on real-world experience.

Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple CEO to become Executive Chairman after 15 years of transforming the company—revenue grew 303%, profit 354%, and Apple's value increased 1,251%—but his strategic decisions favoring short-term financial gains over long-term sustainability are increasingly scrutinized. While Cook brilliantly scaled iPhone production and revamped supply chains, his heavy dependence on China for operations and aggressive App Store monetization raise concerns about Apple's future resilience and developer ecosystem health.

TagTinker is a research tool for Flipper Zero designed to study infrared electronic shelf-label protocols through signal analysis and controlled experiments on authorized hardware. It is strictly limited to educational use on personally owned or explicitly authorized devices and explicitly prohibits unauthorized use in retail environments, price manipulation, or any interference with commercial systems. The maintainer disclaims responsibility for any misuse and emphasizes that unauthorized use violates the project's scope and legal boundaries.

Anthropic has confirmed that OpenClaw-style Claude CLI usage is permitted again after Anthropic staff approved this integration method. OpenClaw now treats Claude CLI reuse and claude -p usage as sanctioned unless Anthropic publishes a new policy change. While Anthropic API keys remain the clearest production path for long-lived gateway hosts, users can leverage existing Claude CLI logins directly through OpenClaw.

Anthropic secured a fresh $5 billion investment from Amazon, bringing Amazon's total stake to $13 billion, while committing to spend over $100 billion on AWS cloud services over the next decade. The deal provides Anthropic with up to 5 GW of computing capacity for Claude's training and operation, heavily leveraging Amazon's custom Trainium AI accelerator chips through future generations.

A breach targeting Vercel platform exploited OAuth vulnerabilities to expose sensitive environment variables. This incident highlights the critical security risks in platform authentication mechanisms and demonstrates the broader supply chain attack surface that developers must protect.

GrapheneOS project has published its official responses to criticisms made by WIRED magazine's fact-checker. The responses aim to defend the project's security claims and correct allegations made by the news outlet.

Britannica11.org provides a structured digital version of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. The project converts a historical knowledge resource into modern web format, improving accessibility to archival information.

This simulator from Fusion Energy Base allows users to explore how fusion power plants operate by adjusting parameters like heating energy, pulse rate, fuel type (D-T, D-D, D-³He, or p-¹¹B), and conversion efficiencies. The tool demonstrates in real time how these variables affect scientific gain (Q), electricity output, and overall plant performance.

VidStudio is a browser-based video editor that processes videos entirely on your device without uploading files to servers, ensuring complete privacy. Powered by WebAssembly and requiring no installation, it offers professional features including resizing, trimming, compression, audio processing, watermarking, and subtitle management.

MNT Reform is an open-source laptop designed and manufactured in Berlin, Germany, featuring an aluminum case, trackball input, and customizable keyboard. The device supports multiple operating systems including various Linux distributions and 9front, with users able to modify hardware components and optimize performance through configuration adjustments. Based on user experiences documented here, some areas like screen protection, audio output, and Wi-Fi reception may require additional tweaks and third-party accessories for optimal functionality.

Salmon exposed to cocaine and its main metabolite exhibit increased roaming behavior and deviate from normal migration patterns. This study reveals how water pollution affects fish behavior and highlights serious risks posed by industrial pollutants to aquatic ecosystems.

Mediator.ai is an AI-powered mediation platform that uses Nash bargaining theory and large language models to systematically resolve disputes between two parties who both want a deal. The system analyzes each side's private statement, generates multiple agreement proposals, scores them mathematically against both parties' needs, and iteratively improves until finding an optimal solution neither side would reject—such as structuring founder equity with forward-looking compensation rather than debating past contributions.

Tindie, the marketplace where independent electronics designers sell hobby projects, has been offline for several days due to scheduled maintenance, affecting both sellers and buyers.

A programmer successfully ran a Minecraft server, NES emulator, web server, and OCaml programs on a 1960s UNIVAC 1219B computer (250kHz, 90KB RAM) in an 8-month project. By creating a RISC-V emulator written in UNIVAC assembly, they enabled C compilation and execution, achieving 30x performance improvements through careful optimization.

Bonsai is a centuries-old Japanese art form that aims to represent the natural growth styles of trees within containers, with origins in Chinese penjing practices. The article details five basic bonsai styles—formal upright, informal upright, slanting, cascade, and semi-cascade—plus variations like raft, forest, and literati styles, each designed to honor how trees grow in nature under specific environmental conditions. These styles serve as flexible guidelines rather than rigid rules, allowing artists to interpret and reshape trees creatively throughout their lifetimes.