Inflatable Space Stations(worksinprogress.co)

68 points by bensouthwood 11 months ago | 28 comments

A Cop's Case for Flock(worksinprogress.co)

6 points by skadamat 19 days ago | 6 comments

A Works in Progress essay by a police officer arguing in favor of Flock Safety's automated license plate reader cameras.

The Invention of Buses(worksinprogress.co)

38 points by surprisetalk 5 months ago | 7 comments

Bus stop balancing is fast, cheap, and effective(worksinprogress.co)

407 points by surprisetalk 8 months ago | 594 comments

A Works in Progress magazine essay arguing that US cities should consolidate and space out bus stops to make buses faster and cheaper to run.

How the world’s first electric grid was built(worksinprogress.co)

97 points by zdw 7 months ago | 30 comments

Why Japan has such good railways(worksinprogress.co)

537 points by RickJWagner 6 months ago | 507 comments

A Works in Progress magazine essay explaining why Japan's railway system is so effective.

ASML currently sells no chipmaking machines in Europe, executive says(nltimes.nl)

111 points by doener 1 month ago | 120 comments

NL Times news article reporting an ASML executive saying the company currently sells no chipmaking machines to customers in Europe.

ASML's strong orders ease fears AI spending boom is running out of steam(reuters.com)

153 points by tartoran 12 days ago | 145 comments

Reuters article on ASML's strong quarterly orders and sales forecast easing fears of a slowdown in AI spending; page showed a device verification screen.

ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026(tomshardware.com)

377 points by MC995 1 month ago | 811 comments

Tom's Hardware news article reporting ASML saying it sold nothing in Europe in 2026 and urging the EU to help create chip demand rather than subsidize fabs.

AMD acquires Taalas to boost inference performance by etching models in silicon(theregister.com)

902 points by itvision 2 months ago | 681 comments

The Register reports AMD has acquired AI chip startup Taalas, which hardwires model weights into silicon for fast inference, reaching up to 17,000 tokens per second.

AI models may soon self-replicate without access to data centers(reuters.com)

25 points by samizdis 13 days ago | 38 comments

Reuters article on an Anthropic warning that AI models may soon be able to self-replicate without access to data centers; page shows a device verification screen.

The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else(washingtonpost.com)

359 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 8 months ago | 596 comments

Washington Post article on how the roughly $700 billion AI spending boom is causing shortages of electricians, components, and pricier smartphones elsewhere in the economy.