An analysis of SQL order-equivalence in window functions across major database systems, examining whether identical ORDER BY clauses in window functions guarantee consistent row ordering for peer rows. The article reveals that while the SQL standard requires order-equivalent clauses to produce deterministic peer ordering, several database systems violate this guarantee, and proposes solutions for achieving consistent results.
Cursor describes CursorBench, an internal evaluation suite for measuring AI coding agent quality using real developer workflows rather than public benchmarks. The approach combines offline evals on private task data with online metrics to better distinguish between models and align with actual developer experience.
Modulus is a desktop application that orchestrates multiple AI coding agents across repositories with shared memory and context, solving the problem of agents losing context when switching between repos and tools.
Google sells partial stake in its Google Fiber (GFiber) unit to investment firm Stonepeak in a restructuring deal that makes GFiber an independent company with Stonepeak as majority owner. The transaction aims to accelerate fiber network expansion across the U.S. amid growing demand for high-capacity infrastructure.
This is an Internet Archive landing page for the 1999 film 'Pirates of Silicon Valley', a dramatized movie about the history of Apple and Microsoft. It contains no security content.
The Trump administration's new State Department rule requiring visa applicants to declare "biological sex at birth" creates legal grounds for visa revocation and deportation of trans people by deliberately creating document mismatches, while simultaneously empowering ICE to use trans identity as justification for immigration enforcement stops and detention.
Geopolitical tensions and the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz threaten helium and LNG supply to South Korea and Taiwan's semiconductor manufacturing sectors, with helium being critical for wafer cooling in chipmaking.
A reflective essay examining why science fiction failed to predict the internet but extensively predicted AI, arguing that this over-expectation of AI has bred primarily negative anticipation and may be hampering realistic assessment of the technology's actual benefits and harms.