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Cursor CEO Michael Truell warns that "vibe coding" advanced projects may create "shaky foundations" and eventually "things start to kind of crumble" (Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/12/25/cursor-

Cursor CEO warns vibe coding builds ‘shaky foundations’ and eventually ‘things start to crumble’
“Vibe coding refers to a method of coding with AI where you kind of close your eyes and you don't look at the code at all and you just ask the AI to go build the thing for you.”

🪡 Nanostructured coatings physically puncture bacteria to prevent biofilm formation
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-nanostructured-coatings-physically-bacteria-biofilm.html

Nanostructured coatings physically puncture bacteria to prevent biofilm formation
Bacteria that multiply on surfaces are a major headache in health care when they gain a foothold on, for example, implants or in catheters. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have found a new weapon to fight these hotbeds of bacterial growth—one that does not rely on antibiotics or toxic metals.

As SBOMs slowly progress at the federal level and in enterprises, the rise of AI coding assistants is fueling optimistic—and, some experts argue, “kind of insane”—claims about a future with vulnerability-free software.
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The slow rise of SBOMs meets the rapid advance of AI
Despite progress from CISA and global regulators, SBOM adoption in the private sector remains slow as experts debate if AI-driven coding will improve or undermine software security and transparency.

ChatGPT Now Citing Musk's Far-Right "Grokipedia" - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/01/chatgpt-now-citing-musks-far-right-grokipedia/

Vibe #Coding
https://davidbau.com/archives/2025/12/16/vibe_coding.html

The new Zygote issue 39 is featuring stunning art by Kate MccGwire[1] and articles about:
Forward Motion: Robert J. Full’s Career of Discovery
Science of Seeing: Plant It and They Will Come
Cutting Without Cutting: Lessons from the Sawfly
Interview with Arindam Phani and Seonghwan (Sam) Kim
Building with Biology
Turning Bio-Inspired Ideas Into Patents
Biomimicry in Architecture

Even before extremist Republican Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office on January 20,
progressives warned of his fascistic tendencies and plans,
often citing his platform, and highlighting what former Labor Secretary Robert Reich calls “Trump’s playbook of dictators.”
But too few people, even on the left side of the electorate, listened.
After all, those warnings have been sounded for months if not years.
“Trump is following, point for point, the playbook of …

Top Senators expose Trump’s fascist playbook
WASHINGTON—Even before extremist Republican Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office on January 20, progressives warned of his fascistic tendencies and plans, often citing his platform, and highlighting what former Labor Secretary Robert Reich calls “Trump’s playbook of dictators.

Character.ai is cutting off access to ongoing chats for users under 18 over mental-health concerns, after adding a two-hour daily limit on October 29 (Georgia Wells/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/character-ai-t

Teens Are Saying Tearful Goodbyes to Their AI Companions
Chatbot maker Character.AI is cutting off access, citing mental-health concerns. Teens are distraught: ‘I cried over it for days.’

Japanese chipmaker Rapidus plans to start building a second plant in Hokkaido in fiscal 2027, aiming to make advanced 1.4nm chips as early as 2029 (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/tech/semiconductors…

Japan's Rapidus to build cutting-edge 1.4-nm chip plant in race with TSMC
Construction to begin in fiscal 2027, production to start as early as 2029

Anthropic unveils two Claude Code upgrades: a new plan mode that creates more precise plans, and support for Claude Code in the Claude desktop app (Frederic Lardinois/The New Stack)
https://thenewstack.io/anthropics-new-claude-opus-4-5-reclaims-…

Anthropic's New Claude Opus 4.5 Reclaims the Coding Crown
In addition to the new model, Anthropic is also announcing two updates to the Claude Developer Platform that go hand-in-hand with the Opus 4.5 release.