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Amazon rebrands Fire TV to Amazon TV. New name reflects unified ecosystem. Big changes include interface revamp and device consolidation. Background and analysis inside.
Paramount+ introduces three documentary series for May 8-10, offering factual content as a counterpoint to the upcoming Yellowstone spin-off 'Dutton Ranch'.
V8 optimized JetStream2's async-fs benchmark by introducing mutable heap numbers, replacing immutable HeapNumber allocations for seed variables, yielding a 2.5x speedup and better real-world performance.
V8's Turbofan compiler is moving away from Sea of Nodes to a new CFG-based IR called Turboshaft, addressing complexity and improving maintainability.
Chrome's V8 now lets developers mark JavaScript files for eager compilation with a magic comment, reducing startup parse and compile times by up to 630ms on average.
V8 Chrome M137 introduces speculative call_indirect inlining and deoptimization for WebAssembly, boosting WasmGC performance by over 50% in microbenchmarks and 1-8% in large apps.
V8 optimized JSON.stringify with a side-effect-free fast path, iterative serialization, and templatized string handling, resulting in over 2x speed improvement for common data objects.
V8 optimized mutable heap numbers to fix a performance cliff in JetStream2's async-fs benchmark, achieving a 2.5x speedup by reducing HeapNumber allocations during Math.random calls.
V8's shift from Sea of Nodes to Turboshaft: 7 reasons including technical debt, assembly code, control flow, try-catch, performance cliffs, deoptimization loops, and maintainability.
Learn 10 key insights about V8's Explicit Compile Hints feature, which lets developers control eager compilation to speed up JavaScript startup by up to 630ms.
V8's new speculative optimizations for WebAssembly, including call_indirect inlining and deoptimization, boost performance up to 50% on WasmGC programs.
V8's JSON.stringify is now more than twice as fast thanks to five key optimizations: a side-effect-free fast path, iterative architecture, templatized string handling, intelligent fallbacks, and real-world performance gains.
Learn how Meta escaped the WebRTC forking trap by building a dual-stack architecture for A/B testing, modularizing proprietary components, and continuously upgrading upstream across 50+ use cases.
Step-by-step guide to migrate to post-quantum cryptography, using Meta's framework: risk assessment, inventory, tiered migration levels, algorithm selection, phased deployment, and testing.
Learn how Meta uses AI agents to automate capacity efficiency, recovering hundreds of megawatts by encoding domain expertise into reusable skills for both offense and defense.
Learn how to modernize Facebook Groups search by addressing friction points, adopting hybrid retrieval, and implementing automated evaluation for better community knowledge discovery.
Learn how Meta uses HSM-based vaults, over-the-air key distribution, and transparency measures to strengthen end-to-end encrypted backups for WhatsApp and Messenger.
Wendy's beat earnings estimates despite a 7.8% US sales drop, closed 174 underperforming stores in Q1 2026, and unveiled a turnaround plan with menu upgrades and a massive China expansion.
Chili's CEO Kevin Hochman reveals the comeback strategy: marketing brings customers in, operations bring them back. Key drivers include the viral Triple Dipper, menu upgrades, and competitive digs.
State Department will revoke passports for child support debts over $2,500, starting with those owing $100k+.