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A new book introduces the ATS programming language, walking readers through functional programming basics, static and dependent types, recursively defined datatypes, polymorphism, linear types, theorem-proving, and template-based programming. The author notes the material is dense and best suited to readers who already have substantial programming experience, despite not formally requiring it.
Turtle Beach's Vulcan II XP keyboard offers per-key remapping, five onboard profiles, and a macro manager with millisecond-level timing control, plus built-in presets for games like Counter-Strike, Overwatch and Skyrim as well as office apps and Photoshop. The reviewed linear-switch model, also available with tactile switches in black or white, is hot-swappable but lacks the Hall effect switches found in the earlier Vulcan II TKL Pro.
HPE, IBM, and Quantum, the companies behind the LTO Program, have published a roadmap extending tape storage through LTO-14, with native cartridge capacity eventually reaching 365TB. The current LTO-10 generation already holds up to 40TB per cartridge using an extended-length design, up from 18TB in LTO-9, achieved partly through a new barium ferrite recording layer and far more data tracks.
VSDC Free Video Editor is presented as a lightweight, no-cost editing tool featuring a non-linear timeline, visual and audio effects, color blending, Instagram-style filters, masking, and motion tracking. It also includes export presets for social platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Twitter.
In an essay, Linear's team describes how the company has built its product by prioritizing founder and team intuition developed through customer conversations and experience, rather than relying mainly on data-driven processes. The piece argues that two teams with the same technology and customers can produce very different products because of differing perspectives and values.
A new web-based tool called lpviz offers an interactive visualizer for linear programming problems, running directly in a browser via JavaScript. Its accompanying documentation is accessible even without JavaScript enabled.
The creator of the rat compiler backend rewrote its x86-64 register allocator, discarding a 1392-line linear scan implementation that had grown incrementally over time. The replacement is a priority bin-packing allocator of 584 lines that assigns virtual registers to physical registers or stack slots by visiting live ranges in order of importance rather than program order, similar in approach to LLVM's greedy allocator.
Users experiencing distorted audio on their PS5 should verify their audio output settings, including selecting the correct HDMI device type and setting the audio format to Linear PCM for optimal quality. Properly configuring the connection between the PS5, TV, and sound system, especially regarding HDMI ports and formats, is crucial for achieving clear surround sound. Adjustments should be made incrementally, testing each change to identify the cause of the problem.
Linear's engineering team reworked its continuous integration system after the CTO flagged rising costs and slow test cycles, a problem intensified by developers using AI agents to write code far faster than CI could validate it. By switching to faster third-party runners and adopting the native TypeScript compiler tsgo, along with reducing redundant setup and optimizing gating jobs, Linear cut pull request wait times from over six minutes to just over five and roughly halved runner time per test, even as its test suite nearly quadrupled in size.
The LTO Consortium, backed by HPE, IBM, and Quantum, reports that shipped capacity of LTO-compatible tape media rose 57% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2026. The surge follows a 9% dip in 2025 and comes after 2024's record 176.5 exabytes shipped, with LTO-9 tapes driving much of the latest growth. Quantum's CEO attributes the rebound to enterprises needing durable, cost-effective long-term storage as AI-driven data volumes explode.
Circleback, a Y Combinator-backed startup, is introducing a free subscription plan offering unlimited meeting transcription with 30-day history access, mobile and Apple Watch apps, and integrations with Linear and Slack. Previously the company had no free option, with paid plans starting at $20.83 monthly; those now start at $14 per month for full features. The move comes as rivals like Granola, Wispr, Calendly, Read AI, and Fireflies crowd the meeting note-taking market.