Zot now supports Claude Opus 4.8
Background subagents that run alongside your main session. Type /swarm to open the dashboard, then n to spawn one. Each agent is a separate zot subprocess with its own model loop, its own persistent session file, and its own chat in the dashboard — but they all run in the same working directory as the […]
Volkswagen blocks Home Assistant by requiring client assertion
Before you post a new issue – you must first check the following (and check the boxes with an ”X” below) Environment Volkswagencarnet release with the issue: Last working homeassistant-volkswagencarnet release (if known): Home Assistant Core release with the issue: Operating environment (Home Assistant OS/Supervised/Container/Core/venv): Car model and year: Country where the car was bought: […]
Python utility package for building Claude Code hooks
A Python utility package for building Claude Code hooks with minimal boilerplate. What Are Claude Code Hooks? Claude Code hooks are custom scripts that run at specific points during Claude Code’s execution. They allow you to: Validate tool calls before they execute (PreToolUse) React to tool results after execution (PostToolUse) Intercept user prompts before Claude […]
The most spectacular rocket explosion since N1 just happened in Florida
Then there is the larger Blue Moon Mark 2 lander, which is due to fly on a larger and more powerful version of the New Glenn rocket with nine first stage engines, known as 9×4. NASA is counting on the Mark 2 lander, alongside SpaceX’s Starship vehicle, to carry humans to the Moon on a […]
Cars are trying to spy on you, and it’s only just the beginning
According to the report, car companies reserve the right to collect details including your name, age, race, weight, financial details, facial expressions, psychological trends and more. Kia’s privacy policy, for example, suggests the company may even collect details about your ”sex life” and general health.
Italians and Dutch share the same gestural instinct for teaching
New study by Emanuela Campisi (University of Catania) and Anita Slominska and Asli Ozyurek (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics) reveals that Italian and Dutch adults adapt their hand gestures in remarkably similar ways when explaining new concepts to children. New study by Emanuela Campisi (University of Catania) and Anita Slominska and Asli Ozyurek (Max Planck […]
Claude Code – Everything You Can Configure That the Docs Don’t Tell You
Claude Code’s auto-mode permission system is internally called the “YOLO Classifier.” That’s the actual variable name in yoloClassifier.ts. And you can configure it with plain English descriptions of your environment, things like “this is a staging server, destructive operations are acceptable,” that the classifier reads to decide what’s safe to auto-approve. This isn’t in any […]
Where are the economies of scale in homebuilding?
Over the last few months we’ve examined the extent of the construction industry’s productivity problem. We’ve looked at a variety of construction productivity metrics, both for the US and for countries around the world, and found that construction productivity almost always rises much less in construction than it does in industries like manufacturing; often, it […]
The mysterious Hy3 LLM is topping OpenRouter Model Rankings by a large margin
OpenRouter is a service that provides access to most LLMs with a singular API, which has become exceedingly useful as of late given the rapid cadence of new LLM releases. Due to the company’s role as an intermediary between users and the LLM APIs, OpenRouter has robust, representative data on how users interact with LLMs […]
SF startup is testing robots in Airbnbs, and trashing them, lawsuit claims
Published May 28, 2026at3:48pm The reservation request didn’t seem out of the ordinary: Eight colleagues visiting the Bay Area for work were looking for an Airbnb with reliable Wi-Fi. But at check-in time April 12, a Ring camera captured footage of people moving large, black cases into Sean Donovan’s home in San Francisco. Later that […]