Spacecraft fails to rescue NASA telescope, burns up in atmosphere
By Marcia DunnAP Aerospace Writer Sept. 27, 2026 10:50 AM PT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The robotic spacecraft that failed…
Engineer’s Viral Post Captures the Soul-Crushing Downside of AI Coding
A software engineer’s viral post about AI coding has set off a debate over whether the technology is…
A Developer Asked Claude Code’s Creator About AI Slop. He Replied.
Developers are worried about AI. The creator of Claude Code has a response. On Thursday, Anthropic’s Boris Cherny…
My Dad Is Healthy at 93. He’s Never Set Foot in a Gym.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with dermatologist Dr. Jessica Wu. It has been edited for…
Engineer’s 88-pound trebuchet makes projectile fly at supersonic speeds
UK-based engineer Tom Stanton has successfully built a trebuchet that can send projectiles flying at supersonic speeds. Although,…
Replit’s CEO Says AI Is Making Software Engineering More Human
Replit CEO Amjad Masad says AI is making software engineering at his company more cerebral and fun. That’s…
Uber Turns Its Best AI Engineers Loose on the Rest of the Business
Remember the executive who sparked the tokenmaxxing panic earlier this year after saying Uber had already blown through…
How I Got OpenAI Internship in San Francisco: What It Was Like
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Hamza Mostafa, 21, who lives in San Francisco. The…
AI Rewrites the Big Tech Org Chart
AI isn’t replacing engineers so much as reshaping who else gets hired. New data from SignalFire shows software…
Startup Cofounder Accidentally Spent $30,000 on AI Tokens, Worth It
This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Sarthak Dhawan, a 21-year-old cofounder of Turbo AI, based in…
Tokenmaxxing Is Over. It’s All About Modelmaxxing Now.
Twice a week, Morgan Linton tells his 16 engineers which AI models to use and when. Business Insider…
AI Isn’t Killing Real Tech Jobs. It’s Hitting Here Instead.
BNP Paribas analysts recently spotted a striking contradiction. Even though Cloudflare cut 20% of its workforce earlier this…