It is clear that the state-of-the-art large-scale language model (LLM) has a zero percent chance of solving difficult coding problems in one shot, and is still no match for skilled people such as competitive programmers

Software

I received 5kg of Iris Ohyama's government stockpiled rice, 'Wa no Kagayaki,' so I tried it. What does the smell and taste of this 100% ancient, domestically grown rice look like?

Tasting

Survey finds women 25% less likely to use AI in the workplace than men

Software

What causes LED street lights to turn blue or purple?

Hardware

X sues New York state, arguing that state law requiring social media companies to disclose information about hate speech measures is unconstitutional

Note

Headline news for June 18, 2025

Headline

Adobe releases image generation AI 'Firefly' app for Android and iOS, Google's image generation AI 'Imagen', video generation AI 'Veo', and OpenAI's image generation AI can also be used

Review

If you use the game copy tools 'MIG SWITCH' or 'MIG FLASH' on the Nintendo Switch 2, you will not be able to start the game and will not be able to access Nintendo's online services.

Game

Gemini 2.5 Pro panics when a Pokemon you have is near death

Software

Just one night of sleep deprivation can change the way your brain perceives food, leading to overeating

Science

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says AI will help streamline operations and reduce headcount over the next few years

Note

The AI model 'MiniMax-M1', which can handle the world's longest context window of 1 million token inputs and 80,000 token outputs, was trained for only 78 million yen and is now available as open source and can be downloaded by anyone

Software

Google releases Gemini 2.5 Pro/Flash to the public & newly releases cheap and fastest 'Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite' preview version

Software

President Trump signs executive order extending TikTok ban by 90 days, delaying its implementation for the third time

Note

Honda successfully conducted a takeoff and landing experiment of a reusable rocket, landing safely while maintaining a vertical attitude from an altitude of 271m, taking a step toward an economical rocket business.

Vehicle

Microsoft announces partnership with AMD to develop semiconductors for next-generation Xbox, etc., next-generation Xbox will be 'usable in the living room or at hand' and 'not tied to a specific game store'

Game

A graph showing how many abusive words such as 'fuck,' 'shit,' and 'stupid' are contained in the Linux source code, and the frequency of 'fuck' has dropped dramatically since 2018

Software