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// Tech news at terminal velocity
cat 2026-03-04.md
$ cat TLDR.md
▸ Apple drops the M5 Pro/Max chips and finally remembers it makes monitors
▸ Google releases Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite for speed demons on a budget
▸ Oracle trips over a cable and takes down TikTok (again)
Apple's silicon march continues with the M5 Pro and Max, featuring a new three-tier core architecture. They also launched new MacBook Pros and—miracle of miracles—actual new standalone monitors for the first time in years.
Google's latest model is built for "intelligence at scale," which is corporate speak for "it's cheaper and faster." The Flash-Lite aims to be the go-to for high-volume tasks where you don't need a PhD-level reasoning engine.
Palmer Luckey's defense tech giant is looking to raise more cash at a staggering $60 billion valuation. Apparently, building autonomous weapons systems is recession-proof.
The company that gamified sleeping has raised another $50M at a $1.5B valuation. They're now free-cash-flow positive, proving that people will pay a premium to not sweat through their sheets.
Simon Willison drops a definitive guide on how developers are actually building with AI agents today. It moves past the 'magic box' hype into concrete architectural patterns for reliable agentic workflows.
A clandestine gathering of political and thought leaders in New Orleans laid the groundwork for the current 'AI resistance.' It's a fascinating look at the organized pushback against unchecked automation.
The internet is getting scarier, with 'industrialized' cyber threats and a record-breaking 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack. The report highlights how attackers are now 'living off the XaaS' to hide within legitimate infrastructure.
Because 'why not?', a developer built a CPU architecture that runs purely on GPU compute shaders. It's a wild experiment in parallelism and a testament to the flexibility of modern graphics hardware.
A new project, pg_jitter, aims to improve PostgreSQL's Just-In-Time compilation. If you care about squeezing every millisecond out of your complex queries, this is one to watch.
GitHub's engineering team details how they overhauled their search architecture for high availability. A great read for anyone dealing with search at massive, enterprise-grade scale.
A new site, Bahn.bet, lets you gamble on the punctuality of German trains. Finally, a way to monetize the collapse of Deutsche Bahn's efficiency myth.
Sometimes the best tech is a simple button that turns a page so you don't have to lift your arm. The Verge calls it the best gadget of 2026, and honestly, we respect the laziness.