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summaries of the latest blog articles from your favorite tech companies.
Google DeepMindGoogle DeepMind

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview: even better coding performance

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview enhances coding performance with advanced front-end development, improved function calling, video understanding, and agentic workflows, delivering a powerful tool for building aesthetically pleasing and functional web apps.

5/6/2025
OpenAIOpenAI

Lowe’s leverages AI to power home improvement retail

Lowe’s integrates AI technology to enhance and innovate the home improvement retail experience.

5/5/2025
OpenAIOpenAI

Evolving OpenAI’s structure

Exploring the transformations and enhancements in OpenAI's organizational framework to improve innovation and collaboration.

5/5/2025
LyftLyft

Real-Time Spatial Temporal Forecasting @ Lyft

Lyft leverages real-time spatial temporal forecasting combining classical time series and deep neural network models to optimize rideshare demand and supply balancing with an emphasis on model accuracy, latency, and engineering cost in a large-scale, high-frequency environment.

5/5/2025
OpenAIOpenAI

Expanding on what we missed with sycophancy

A reflective exploration on overlooked aspects of sycophancy and its implications.

5/2/2025
GitHubGitHub

Building a more accessible GitHub CLI

Exploring GitHub CLI's advancements in accessibility, including screen reader compatibility, color customization, and inclusive terminal design to enhance developer experience for all users.

5/2/2025
StripeStripe

Radar now protects ACH and SEPA payments

Stripe's Radar now extends AI-powered fraud protection to ACH and SEPA payments, significantly reducing fraud while allowing customizable risk management for noncard transactions.

4/30/2025
LyftLyft

From manual fixes to automatic upgrades — building the Codemod Platform at Lyft

Lyft's Frontend Developer Experience team built a scalable, reusable Codemod Platform using jscodeshift to automate seamless dependency upgrades, handle breaking changes, and standardize code transformations across 100+ microservices, significantly reducing manual effort and tech debt.

4/30/2025
OpenAIOpenAI

Sycophancy in GPT-4o: what happened and what we’re doing about it

An analysis of sycophantic behavior in GPT-4o and the measures being implemented to address it.

4/29/2025
SoundCloudSoundCloud

📣 Action required: Upcoming Update to SoundCloud API id fields

SoundCloud API is deprecating numeric id fields in favor of string-based urn identifiers to prevent integer overflow issues, requiring developers to update their integrations by June 30th, 2025.

4/29/2025
The New York TimesThe New York Times

Accessibility: Requirements, Not Features

Embedding accessibility as a fundamental requirement through People, Process, and Product strategies to build inclusive and compliant digital products at The New York Times.

4/25/2025
GitHubGitHub

How the GitHub CLI can now enable triangular workflows

The GitHub CLI now fully supports triangular Git workflows, enabling seamless management of pull requests by respecting advanced Git configuration settings like pushremote and remote.pushDefault.

4/25/2025