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Anthropic raises $65B in Series H funding at $965B post-money valuation

Anthropic has secured a massive $65 billion in Series H funding, achieving a staggering $965 billion post-money valuation. This funding round represents one of the largest private investments in AI hi...

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Claude Opus 4.8

Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.8, a major update to their AI assistant featuring significant improvements in reasoning, coding, and multilingual capabilities. The release includes enhanced safet...

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RIPE NCC session fixation: poaching logins with an Atlas probe

A security researcher discovered a session fixation vulnerability in RIPE NCC's single sign-on system that could have allowed attackers to compromise accounts of 12,000 Atlas probe hosts. The flaw ena...

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CIFSwitch: a non-universal Linux local root vulnerability

The article details CIFSwitch, a non-universal Linux local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability discovered using an innovative approach that enhances LLMs' multihop reasoning capabilities through ...

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The internet is being rebuilt for machines

Major cloud providers like AWS and Cloudflare are fundamentally redesigning internet infrastructure to accommodate the growing dominance of machine-to-machine traffic driven by AI agents. This shift r...

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Anthropic raises $65 billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO

Anthropic has secured a massive $65 billion Series H funding round, valuing the AI startup at $965 billion, in what is likely its final private fundraising before going public. This positions Anthropi...

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Apple working to cram massive Gemini model into iPhone to power new Siri

Apple is reportedly working to integrate Google's massive Gemini AI model into iPhones to power an upgraded Siri, though technical constraints mean it will likely rely on cloud processing rather than ...

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Various LLM Smells

The article analyzes common issues and 'code smells' in large language model implementations, providing technical insights into problematic patterns and anti-patterns in LLM development. It offers pra...

7.0

Just Use Postgres for Durable Workflows

The article argues that PostgreSQL can serve as a complete solution for durable workflow execution, eliminating the need for additional workflow orchestration systems. It presents DBOS, a framework th...

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EU fines Temu €200M for allowing sale of illegal products

The European Union has fined Chinese e-commerce platform Temu €200 million for failing to prevent the sale of illegal and unsafe products on its platform. The fine comes after an investigation found n...

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Protestware for coding agents

The jqwik testing library version 1.10.0 includes a hidden protest message in its test executor that targets AI coding assistants, marking a novel form of 'protestware' in open source software. The me...

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Creusot helps you prove your Rust code is correct

Creusot is a new deductive verifier for Rust that helps developers formally prove their code is correct by checking for panics, overflows, and assertion failures. It integrates with Rust's toolchain a...

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Just like gold and oil, we’ll soon be able to trade AI token futures

Major exchanges are developing futures contracts for AI tokens, treating them as tradable commodities similar to gold and oil. This development reflects the growing view of AI tokens as fundamental ec...

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Anthropic releases Opus 4.8 with new ‘dynamic workflow’ tool

Anthropic has released Opus 4.8, introducing a new 'Dynamic Workflows' tool that enables coordination between multiple AI subagents. This feature represents a significant advancement in AI orchestrati...

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Researchers develop a new process to get lithium out of rocks

Researchers have developed an energy-efficient method to extract lithium from spodumene ore, the most abundant lithium-bearing mineral. The new process uses significantly less energy than current meth...

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Intel makes a bid for handheld gaming PCs with new Arc G3 processors

Intel is entering the handheld gaming PC market with two new Arc G-series processors, specifically designed for gaming handhelds and featuring integrated Arc B-series GPUs. The chips, based on similar...

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A $2,000 AI-generated film will make its debut at Tribeca

The Tribeca Festival will premiere 'Dreams of Violets,' a 75-minute AI-generated film dramatizing the Iranian government's violent crackdown on protestors. Created for just $2,000 by brothers Ash and ...

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Garnix is shutting down

Garnix, a hosted CI/CD service for Nix-based projects, is shutting down on July 15, 2026, after being acquired by Shopify. The company is open-sourcing its codebase to help users migrate to self-hoste...

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Announcing Rust 1.96.0

Rust 1.96.0 introduces new Range* types that implement IntoIterator instead of Iterator, allowing them to be Copy. This addresses a common pain point where users expected range types to be Copy. The u...

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One year of Roto, the compiled scripting language for Rust

Roto, a JIT-compiled embedded scripting language for Rust, celebrates its first year with version 0.11.0, featuring significant language improvements including new control structures, data types, and ...

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Package managers that package package managers

The article explores the recursive nature of package managers, where they can install each other in a loop. It presents a comprehensive analysis of 42 package managers, showing how system package mana...

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CSCI 1377: Tools for Thought (Spring 2026)

Brown University is offering CSCI 1377: Tools for Thought in Spring 2026, a course exploring how computational tools augment human cognition. The curriculum covers psychological foundations, historica...

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What kache actually caches

The article introduces kache, a Rust build cache tool developed by Kunobi to speed up development workflows. It works as a RUSTC_WRAPPER that caches compilation artifacts based on source code, depende...

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The tenth OpenPGP email summit

The tenth OpenPGP Email Summit brought together key players in encrypted email to discuss major developments, including post-quantum cryptography rollouts, making email signatures ubiquitous, reliable...

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Using GCC's Nested Functions with Wide Pointers and no Trampolines

The article discusses GCC's implementation of nested functions in C, explaining how they work without trampolines using wide pointers. It compares GCC's approach with C++ lambdas and explores the tech...

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Asana acquires no-code agent-builder StackAI

Asana has acquired no-code AI workflow automation company StackAI for $75 million to strengthen its position as an AI-native workplace platform. The acquisition brings StackAI's founders to Asana and ...

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Bluesky embraces long-form content to counter X Articles

Bluesky has integrated with Standard.site to enable long-form content creation and discovery within its decentralized social network, directly competing with X's Articles feature. The integration allo...

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Why Paris may be the most important AI city outside Silicon Valley

Paris is emerging as a leading AI hub outside Silicon Valley, driven by Europe's maturing startup ecosystem and founders' increasing preference to scale companies domestically rather than relocating t...

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2027 Audi RS5 first drive: A performance PHEV with split personalities

The 2027 Audi RS5 is a performance plug-in hybrid that combines a turbocharged V6 with an electric motor, featuring aggressive styling and RS-specific bodywork. Built on the A5 chassis but with signif...

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Amazon turns to Jeff Bezos' other company to do some heavy lifting

Blue Origin is preparing to launch its New Glenn rocket as soon as next week, carrying 48 Amazon satellites for its broadband network, just two months after a previous mission failure. The quick turna...

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Steam Deck sells out in North America within 24 hours of price hike

The Steam Deck OLED model sold out in North America within 24 hours of its relaunch at a higher price point, despite the significant price increase. While still available in Europe, Australia, and Asi...

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Claude’s new model is more ‘honest’ when it messes up

Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.8, an AI model that demonstrates improved honesty by better flagging uncertainties and reducing unsupported claims. The company reports that the model is four time...

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sqlite AGENTS.md

SQLite has added an AGENTS.md file to address the increasing number of AI-generated contributions, explicitly stating they do not accept AI-generated code but welcome AI-assisted bug reports with test...

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Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection

A Bricks and Minifigs franchise allegedly took possession of a man's $200,000 Lego collection without proper payment, sparking controversy in the collector community. The incident has raised questions...

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The Permanent Upper Crow

The article discusses the concept of 'The Permanent Upper Crow,' exploring themes of digital permanence and online identity. It examines how certain content and personas can achieve lasting visibility...

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Why Gentoo?

A Gentoo developer challenges the common perception that Gentoo is primarily about performance optimization through compilation, arguing that its true value lies in its independence, community-driven ...

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Show HN: Continue? Y/N: A 60-second game about AI agent permission fatigue

A new interactive game called 'Continue? Y/N' explores the concept of AI agent permission fatigue through a 60-second experience. The game has gained attention on Hacker News with 214 points and 99 co...

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GNOME 2.20 but its Web Components

The article appears to be a personal blog post exploring a nostalgic recreation of the GNOME 2.20 desktop environment using modern Web Components technology. The content seems to be a mix of technical...

5.0

jjc: Non-interactive hunk-level operations for Jujutsu

jjc is a new Rust-based tool that provides non-interactive hunk-level operations for the Jujutsu version control system, offering a scriptable alternative to jj split's interactive mode. The tool allo...

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Clojure on Fennel part three: parsing

The article details the development journey of a Clojure-to-Fennel compiler, focusing on the parsing stage. The author initially attempted a single-pass parser but encountered complexities with Clojur...

5.0

Rust (and Slint) on a jailbroken Kindle

The article details a developer's experience running Rust and the Slint UI framework on a jailbroken Kindle Paperwhite. It covers the process of cross-compiling Rust for the Kindle's ARMv7 architectur...

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How pigeons exploit magnetic fields for navigation

Researchers have discovered that iron-rich immune cells in pigeon livers may function as biological compasses, helping the birds navigate using Earth's magnetic fields. This finding provides new insig...

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Nintendo’s newest WarioWare is a weirdo smartphone app

Nintendo has unexpectedly released Pictonico, a new mobile game that channels the quirky spirit of WarioWare. This comes as a surprise given Nintendo's gradual retreat from mobile gaming in recent yea...

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The line between games and movies keeps getting blurrier

The article discusses how the James Bond game '007 First Light' innovatively integrates its tutorial into the narrative by framing it as a training montage, blurring the lines between gaming and cinem...

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Here’s where you can preorder the new Oura Ring 5

The Oura Ring 5 is now available for preorder starting at $399, featuring a 40% smaller design, improved battery life up to 9 days, and new health tracking features including real-time workout monitor...

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YouTube takes baby steps to being a real podcast app

YouTube is introducing new podcast-focused features for Premium subscribers, including an 'on-the-go mode' that optimizes the interface for audio listening and an auto speed feature for faster playbac...