• Apple is teaming up with Anthropic on a new vibe coding platform.  (Bloomberg)  (archive site)
  
  Vibe coding is a term where a developer has no idea how to program - let alone build a complete application - and also no idea about the problems inherent in the application domain.  So someone trying to launch, say, a map to guide mining of rare earth elements when you not only can't program but also have no idea what an element is.
  
  Apple's own vibe coding platform was quietly scuttled last year when it turned out to be completely worthless, so they're doing it again.

• Grand Theft Auto VI, the latest iteration in the Grand Theft Auto series, logically enough, in which the character does stuff - GTA 5 is actually quite fun in multiplayer because you can get up to all sorts of shenanigans - has had its release delayed to May 26.  (MSN)
  
  Of next year.
  
  13 years after GTA 5.
  
  
  
• Thunderbolts is Marvel's latest attempt at clawing its way into an existential void.  (The Verge)  (archive site)
  
  Exactly why they wish to that that is unclear, but they do.
  
  Marvel movies used to be dependably fun popcorn flicks.
  
  This has now been corrected.
  
  
  
• And nothing of value was lost: Firefox could die if funding from Google is cut off due to antitrust proceedings.  (The Verge)
  
  Okay.
  
  
  
• Eric Schmidt - former CEO of Google - bought Relativity Space to put datacenters into orbit.  (Ars Technica)
  
  Does any of this make sense?  No.
  
  
  

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