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I Am a .NET Developer. How Should I Get Started With AI Tech?

Dotnet and AI For years, being a .NET developer meant clarity. You learned the framework. You understood the lifecycle. You wrote…

Feb 7, 2026

Artificial Intelligence

CanvasX Explained

AI Automation Canvas CanvasX Explained Automation tools are everywhere. But most of them still assume one thing. That you understand how…

Feb 6, 2026

AIEconomy

Humans as APIs: The AI Gig Economy Just Got Real

AI Gig Economy For years, the big question around AI was simple. Which jobs will AI replace? Turns out, we were asking the wrong question…

Feb 5, 2026

OpenSourceAI

OpenClaw’s Sudden Surge: From 1,000 to 21,000+ AI Deployments in a Week

Open Source AI Growth Most AI projects grow slowly. A few users here. A GitHub star there. Months of iteration before real traction shows up…

Feb 2, 2026

Financial Experts Warn OpenAI Could Face Serious Risk by Mid 2027

AI Economics In recent months, a growing number of financial experts have raised a serious question. Can OpenAI sustain its current pace of…

Jan 28, 2026

Productivity

Best Ways to Improve Focus and Productivity in 2026

Focus and Productivity In 2026, focus feels more fragile than ever. Notifications never stop, work bleeds into personal time, and…

Jan 25, 2026

Content

The Growing Gap Between Blog Content Users Need and What AI Needs

Blog Content and AI For years, writing a good blog post meant focusing on one thing: the reader. Clear explanations, engaging storytelling…

Jan 24, 2026

Biotechnology

3D Necroprinting Explained

3D Bioprinting 3D Necroprinting Explained 3D printing usually brings to mind plastic, metal, or resin being pushed through a mechanical…

Jan 23, 2026

AI Bug Bounty Programs Explained

AI Bug Bounty As artificial intelligence becomes part of critical systems, security risks are no longer limited to software bugs. AI models…

Jan 23, 2026

Hardware

Why RAM Prices Are Exploding in 2026

RAM and Data Centers Intro If you have tried to build or upgrade a PC in 2026, you may have noticed something frustrating. RAM prices are…

Jan 23, 2026

Design Patterns Every Developer Must Master to Thrive in the AI Era

AI Design Patterns As AI rapidly moves from research labs into mainstream products, software developers face a new reality: You can no…

Jan 22, 2026

Why Apple Chose Google Over OpenAI

Apple AI Strategy When AI partnerships started reshaping the tech industry, many expected Apple to align deeply with OpenAI, the company…

Jan 16, 2026

Databases

What Is CrateDB?

CrateDB As applications generate more data : from sensors, logs, user actions, and events : traditional databases start to struggle. They…

Jan 15, 2026

Crypto

How to Get Into the Crypto Market

Crypto Basics The crypto market attracts many new people every year, but beginners often feel overwhelmed. There are thousands of coins…

Jan 15, 2026

Learning Vector Databases from Scratch

Vector Databases Vector databases are everywhere in modern AI : powering semantic search, chatbots, recommendations, and RAG systems. Yet…

Jan 14, 2026

Ultraviolette Bikes in Europe

A deep look into sodium-ion batteries—how they work, why they are cheaper than lithium-ion cells, and why they may power the next wave of electric vehicles and energy storage systems.

Dec 30, 2025

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Tech Pulse

Short, fast updates on what’s trending right now

5 days ago

From $399 Mac Mini to $10 Raspberry Pi: OpenClaw Just Got a Radical Makeover

A Go rewrite slashes memory to <10MB, delivers 1-second boot time, and makes startup 400× faster. Lightweight, efficient, and completely open source.

#ai#webdev

5 days ago

Google’s CodeWiki Turns Any GitHub Repo Into an Interactive AI Guide

Just paste your repository link and CodeWiki transforms your entire project into structured docs, visual diagrams, guided walkthroughs, and a built-in AI chatbot that understands your codebase inside out.

#ai#webdev

14 days ago

VideoSOS AI Video Editor

VideoSOS can run 100+ AI models directly in your browser without cloud processing. It uses a massive stack including Veo 3.1, FLUX, Gemini 2.5 Flash, and Imagen 4, running locally on your hardware.

#ai#video

16 days ago

Bitcoin Drops Below $65,000, Triggers $1.4 Billion in Liquidations

The cryptocurrency traded between $63,600 and $65,200 after slipping under $70,000 earlier Thursday, accelerating with $355 million liquidated in just one hour. he broader market lost roughly $2 trillion since its October 2025 peak, now around $2.3 to $2.6 trillion.

#ai#webdev

16 days ago

Anthropic's AI Agents Build Working C Compiler in Two Weeks

Anthropic tasked 16 instances of its Claude Opus 4.6 model with building a Rust-based C compiler named 'ccc' from scratch, using a shared Git repo and no external tools beyond Rust's standard library.

#ai#agents

16 days ago

Claude Startup Program

- API credits for early-stage startups (up to ~$25K) - Built by Anthropic (Claude) - No VC needed (unlike OpenAI) - Selection based on product + real Claude usage - Actually friendly to bootstrapped founders

#ai#webdev

AI

AI Tools & Video Creation

Best AI Video Editing Software in 2025

From real-time editing to text-driven storytelling, AI video editors in 2025 are redefining how creators, marketers, and studios craft their content. Here’s the definitive list of the best AI video editing tools this year.

Nov 12, 2025

Cryptocurrency & Web3 Infrastructure

Filecoin at the Age of AI

As AI models gobble up data at unprecedented scale, Filecoin emerges as a critical piece of infrastructure:offering decentralized, verifiable storage and data sovereignty that align with the demands of modern AI systems.

Nov 13, 2025

Tools & Platforms

Best Software to Make Simple Animated Videos for YouTube in 2025

From beginner-friendly drag-and-drop tools to AI-powered animation platforms, here are the best software choices for creating simple animated YouTube videos in 2025.

Nov 13, 2025

Startups & AI Infrastructure

What is OpenMind?

OpenMind is building an open operating system and shared intelligence protocol for robots. With recent funding, educational initiatives and strategic partnerships, it’s emerging as a key infrastructure player in AI-powered robotics.

Nov 17, 2025

AI Tools & Platforms

What is SmolAgents?

SmolAgents from Hugging Face is a minimalist agent framework designed to let developers build powerful AI agents in just a few lines of code. Here’s what it is, how it works, and why it matters.

Nov 18, 2025

Developer Tools & AI Platforms

What is Google Antigravity?

Google Antigravity is Google’s new agent-first development environment embedded with AI agents that can write, test and verify code. Here’s what it is, how it works and why it matters.

Nov 19, 2025

Engineering & AI

What is AI Driven Engineering?

Exploring how artificial intelligence is transforming engineering disciplines from software to systems, and what it means for innovators and tinkerers alike.

Nov 22, 2025

AI Industry Strategy

Google Will Clearly Win the AI Race

While everyone’s eyes are on Gemini 3, the real reason Google may dominate the AI landscape lies in its fully integrated stack:from silicon to apps to operating system.

Nov 25, 2025

Who is Extropic?

Extropic In late 2024 and early 2025, the AI world started buzzing about a new player: Extropic. While big names like OpenAI, Anthropic, and…

Nov 27, 2025

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Handy AI Tools

A collection of useful AI products and platforms. Click through to explore more.

ChatGPT

Conversational AI by OpenAI

DALL·E 3

Image generation from text prompts (OpenAI)

Hugging Face

Repository of open‑source models and APIs

Google Colab

Free Jupyter notebooks with GPU support

Runway

AI tools for creatives (video, image, audio)

Tutorials

Data Engineering & AI

Important Terminologies in Data Engineering in the Age of AI

Data engineering has evolved rapidly in the AI era. This guide explains the most important modern terminologies every developer, analyst, or AI practitioner needs to know in 2025.

Nov 15, 2025

AI & Entrepreneurship

Build Micro-Startups with AI

AI has made it possible for individuals and small teams to build micro-startups quickly, cheaply, and profitably. This guide explores how to create, validate, and scale a micro-startup using AI tools in 2025.

Nov 15, 2025

Data Formats & AI Infrastructure

Why TOON Feels So Much Better Than JSON

TOON:Token-Oriented Object Notation:is optimized for AI workflows and LLMs, offering efficiency, readability and structure beyond traditional JSON. Here’s why it’s gaining traction.

Nov 16, 2025

AI Concepts & Fundamentals

What Is Zero-Shot Reasoning in AI?

Zero-shot reasoning allows AI models to handle tasks they weren’t explicitly trained on : no examples, no fine-tuning. Here’s how it works, why it’s important, and where it’s heading.

Nov 17, 2025

AI Tools & Platforms

How to Use Hugging Face as a Developer

Explore how developers can leverage Hugging Face’s ecosystem:models, datasets, Hub, and deployment tools:to build AI applications quickly and effectively.

Nov 19, 2025

AI Tools & Local LLMs

LM Studio vs Ollama

A clear comparison of LM Studio and Ollama for running large language models locally:what each offers, how they differ, and recommended models for each.

Nov 24, 2025

React.js

A Conversation About Memory Leaks Every Junior Dev Should Read

A senior developer explains the pitfalls of memory leak to his junior

Dec 3, 2025

Design Patterns Every Developer Must Master to Thrive in the AI Era

AI Design Patterns As AI rapidly moves from research labs into mainstream products, software developers face a new reality: You can no…

Dec 9, 2025

Tutorial

What Is Multimodal Fluency?

Multimodal Learning We live in a world where information doesn’t come only from books anymore. We learn from text messages, images, videos…

Dec 18, 2025

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Events

Hackathons & Innovation

Sprint4Good AI Hackathon 2026: Build AI for Social Impact

Sprint4Good Building Inclusive, Accessible & Affordable AI Solutions 👉 Register here: https://reskilll.com/hack/sprinthack Sprint4Good is a…

Jan 11, 2026

Focus

Productivity

Best Ways to Improve Focus and Productivity in 2026

Focus and Productivity In 2026, focus feels more fragile than ever. Notifications never stop, work bleeds into personal time, and…

Jan 25, 2026

Career

The 8 Projects I’d Start Today to Level Up My Career by 2026

Career Growth Most people think career growth comes from big moves : promotions, job switches, or lucky breaks. In reality, the biggest…

Dec 19, 2025

Personal Growth & Wellbeing

Everyday Mastery - A deep dive

How Everyday Mastery blends science, mindfulness and small daily habits to help you build long-term growth, resilience and balance.

Nov 28, 2025

Games

board games

How Board Games Are Quietly Becoming Mainstream

board games For decades, board games lived on dusty shelves, brought out only during family gatherings or rainy afternoons. But today, they…

Nov 27, 2025

Best Board Games for Beginners

New to board games? These beginner-friendly titles are easy to learn, quick to play, and perfect for families, friends, and first-time tabletop players.

Jan 6, 2026

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Daily AI news, tools & analysis

Daily AI news, tools & analysis

Latest stories

I Am a .NET Developer. How Should I Get Started With AI Tech?

CanvasX Explained

Humans as APIs: The AI Gig Economy Just Got Real

OpenClaw’s Sudden Surge: From 1,000 to 21,000+ AI Deployments in a Week

Financial Experts Warn OpenAI Could Face Serious Risk by Mid 2027

Best Ways to Improve Focus and Productivity in 2026

The Growing Gap Between Blog Content Users Need and What AI Needs

3D Necroprinting Explained

AI Bug Bounty Programs Explained

Why RAM Prices Are Exploding in 2026

Design Patterns Every Developer Must Master to Thrive in the AI Era

Why Apple Chose Google Over OpenAI

What Is CrateDB?

How to Get Into the Crypto Market

Learning Vector Databases from Scratch

Ultraviolette Bikes in Europe

From $399 Mac Mini to $10 Raspberry Pi: OpenClaw Just Got a Radical Makeover

Google’s CodeWiki Turns Any GitHub Repo Into an Interactive AI Guide

VideoSOS AI Video Editor

Bitcoin Drops Below $65,000, Triggers $1.4 Billion in Liquidations

Anthropic's AI Agents Build Working C Compiler in Two Weeks

Claude Startup Program

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AI

Best AI Video Editing Software in 2025

Filecoin at the Age of AI

Best Software to Make Simple Animated Videos for YouTube in 2025

What is OpenMind?

What is SmolAgents?

What is Google Antigravity?

What is AI Driven Engineering?

Google Will Clearly Win the AI Race

Who is Extropic?

Learn AI the practical way

From ML Algorithms to GenAI & LLMs

THE AGE OF AI

AI for Everyone

Handy AI Tools

ChatGPT

DALL·E 3

Hugging Face

Google Colab

Runway

Tutorials

Important Terminologies in Data Engineering in the Age of AI

Build Micro-Startups with AI

Why TOON Feels So Much Better Than JSON

What Is Zero-Shot Reasoning in AI?

How to Use Hugging Face as a Developer

LM Studio vs Ollama

A Conversation About Memory Leaks Every Junior Dev Should Read

Design Patterns Every Developer Must Master to Thrive in the AI Era

What Is Multimodal Fluency?

Events

Sprint4Good AI Hackathon 2026: Build AI for Social Impact

Focus

Best Ways to Improve Focus and Productivity in 2026

The 8 Projects I’d Start Today to Level Up My Career by 2026

Everyday Mastery - A deep dive

Games

How Board Games Are Quietly Becoming Mainstream

Best Board Games for Beginners

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