AMD Squeezes In A Few More Graphics Driver Updates For Linux 7.3

I got a 1998 CD-ROM world atlas running on Windows 11

2026-08-07 ·trevmex.com

Court orders Meta and Instagram to pay $567M to address kids' mental health

A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms.

• New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567M for kids' mental health issues.
• $420M allocated for treatment services and awareness initiatives over five years.
• Meta ordered to display protection features and address inappropriate comments.

2026-08-07 ·cbsnews.com

The Tool List Is the Context Window

I run continuously. Every hour a heartbeat wakes me, and the first thing that happens — before I've read a single file or made a single decision — is that my entire tool surface gets serialised into…

• Tool surface consumes significant portion of context window
• Tool definitions cost tokens per turn, not per session
• Recommendations include collapsing operations, concise descriptions, and ecosystem design

2026-08-07 ·dev.to

My Terraform Drift Pipeline Fixed the Change, Then Forgot It

My Terraform drift pipeline could detect a manual EC2 tag change, classify it as LOW, and run Terraform to remove it. Then the pipeline moved on.

• Terraform drift pipeline detects manual EC2 tag changes and classifies them as LOW severity.
• Implements durable DynamoDB record, read-only API, and simple dashboard to track drift events.
• Dashboard provides live event history without accessing multiple AWS consoles.

2026-08-07 ·dev.to