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Thursday, July 16, 202644 min read
the-paper

Mamba changes its state-space model for every token it reads

Making its parameters depend on the input buys content-based reasoning at linear cost, at the price of a fixed-size memory that cannot recall a long context the way attention can.

14 min read7 sources
the-ledger

ASML earns more from the leading edge while shipping fewer machines into it

The sole maker of EUV lithography booked €32.7 billion in 2025 on 91 fewer systems than the year before, as the average price per machine jumped more than 40%, its China share turned down, and the clearest demand tell of all, the order book, went dark.

11 min read13 sources
Current Affairs · Unbiased

Everyone Agrees to Stop Changing the Clocks. The Fight Is Which One to Keep.

The country's sleep scientists want the clock matched to the sun and the industries built on the after-work hour want it pushed forward, and each camp's loudest evidence comes from a source that declines to back it.

10 min read13 sources
the-world

China overtakes the United States in global favorability for the first time

In 22 of the 36 countries Pew surveyed, more people now trust Xi Jinping than Donald Trump.

5 min read15 sources
the-wire

Claude's web_fetch stops following the links inside the pages it reads

The path that could pull your saved chat memory out through Claude's own web_fetch is closed, and the free-roaming browsing step it exploited closed with it.

4 min read9 sources