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ChatGPT Work

OpenAI has launched 'ChatGPT Work,' a dedicated enterprise tier designed specifically for business use cases, featuring enhanced security, compliance, and data privacy controls. This release marks a s...

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OpenAI launches its new family of models with GPT-5.6

OpenAI has officially launched its newest family of models, headlined by the release of GPT-5.6. The update promises significant improvements across various domains, with a specific emphasis on enhanc...

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Can AI answer the $3 trillion question?

Sequoia's David Cahn projects that AI infrastructure spending has reached $1.5 trillion by 2026, requiring $3 trillion in industry revenue to justify the investment. While top players like Anthropic a...

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New York Times says OpenAI hid evidence in ChatGPT copyright trial

The New York Times alleges that OpenAI concealed tools and datasets capable of identifying copyrighted journalism within ChatGPT's outputs, significantly escalating their ongoing copyright lawsuit. Th...

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Patch for Windows Defender 0-day could allow attackers to fill hard disk

A security patch released by Microsoft to fix the Windows Defender zero-day vulnerability CVE-2026-50656 contains a new bug that can cause hard drives to fill up with massive amounts of data. Research...

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The new GPT-5.6 family: Luna, Terra, Sol

OpenAI has released the GPT-5.6 family, consisting of Luna, Terra, and Sol models, featuring a million-token context window and optimized for agentic workflows. The models demonstrate significant cost...

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Rewriting Bun in Rust

Bun creator Jarred Sumner details the successful rewrite of the runtime from Zig to Rust, driven by the desire to eliminate complex memory management bugs like use-after-free errors. The project lever...

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Introducing GPT‑Live

OpenAI has launched GPT-Live, upgrading ChatGPT's voice mode from a GPT-4o era model to one capable of delegating complex tasks to the newer GPT-5.5 model in the background. This update significantly ...

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EU Parliament greenlights Chat Control 1.0

The EU Parliament has approved the interim 'Chat Control' regulation, allowing for suspicionless mass scanning of private communications until 2028, despite a majority of voting MEPs opposing the meas...

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Muse Spark 1.1

Meta has released Muse Spark 1.1, a multimodal reasoning model designed for agentic tasks, featuring significant improvements in tool use, coding, and computer interaction. The update introduces advan...

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Lobsters Interview with mitchellh

Mitchell Hashimoto, creator of major DevOps tools like Terraform and Vagrant, discusses his new open-source terminal emulator, Ghostty, built with Zig. He explains that Ghostty was created to address ...

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Announcing Rust 1.97.0

Rust 1.97.0 enables the new Rust-specific symbol mangling scheme (v0) by default on stable, resolving inconsistencies of the legacy Itanium ABI and improving generic parameter tracking. The release al...

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An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100 million fundraise

AI agent startup Lyzr successfully utilized its own enterprise-grade AI agent to manage and execute its $100 million fundraising round. This move serves as a practical demonstration of the product's c...

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Mercor is in talks for a $20B valuation

Mercor is currently in discussions regarding a potential $20 billion valuation, which would represent a significant doubling from its previous $10 billion assessment in October. This development highl...

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Meta’s new AI chips will begin production in September

Meta is set to begin production of its new custom AI chips in September, adopting a modular design strategy to accommodate rapid advancements in artificial intelligence. This approach allows the compa...

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Nvidia is a victim of the compute marketplace it created

Nvidia faces an ironic challenge where its own successful creation of a high-demand compute marketplace has led to competitors and simpler technologies capturing significant value. The company is now ...

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Flores Hobbits' eating habits offer clues about their evolutionary past

New analysis suggests Homo floresiensis scavenged pygmy elephant kills made by Komodo dragons rather than hunting them directly, challenging previous assumptions about their capabilities. This finding...

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OpenAI wants its new tool to do your work for you and with you

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Work, a tool designed to handle long-running, complex workflows autonomously while allowing users to approve key actions. The update introduces Scheduled Tasks for recurrin...

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Microsoft’s patch Tuesdays are about to get bigger

Microsoft is leveraging AI to identify security vulnerabilities earlier, resulting in a higher volume of patches being released during its monthly Patch Tuesday updates. This shift aims to counteract ...

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Schlage’s Sense Pro unlocks the door so I don’t have to

Schlage has released the Sense Pro, its first smart lock featuring ultra-wideband (UWB) for reliable hands-free unlocking via Apple Home Key and Matter-over-Thread connectivity. Priced at $399, this m...

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Show HN: Getting GLM 5.2 running on my slow computer

A developer has created 'Colibri,' a lightweight pure C engine that runs the massive 744B-parameter GLM-5.2 MoE model on consumer hardware with only 25GB of RAM. By streaming sparse expert weights fro...

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Hy3

Tencent has released Hy3, an open-source large language model that achieves state-of-the-art performance on multiple benchmarks while significantly reducing computational costs through advanced archit...

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Chatto is now Open Source

Chatto, a self-hosted group and team chat application, has been released as open source software. It emphasizes privacy with end-to-end encryption, low resource usage, and a snappy interface, supporti...

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A batch job, in The Elm Architecture

The author details implementing a complex batch job within a large application using 'elm-run', contrasting it with simpler pipeline-based approaches like elm-pages Script. While acknowledging that cu...

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Experimenting with random() in CSS

The article explores the experimental CSS random() function, demonstrating its potential for generating dynamic visual effects like bokeh, falling petals, and shuffled layouts. It highlights current b...

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Review: iodéOS offers a frictionless de-Googled Android experience

The article reviews iodéOS as a viable 'de-Googled' Android alternative, addressing growing concerns in Europe about reliance on US tech giants for national security and privacy. It highlights the pra...

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Allstate accuses Broadcom of auditing it because it quit VMware, CA

Allstate has accused Broadcom of retaliatory licensing audits after deciding not to renew contracts with VMware and CA Technologies, following Broadcom's acquisition of VMware. This legal dispute high...

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Conspiracies and regrets abound in Dune: Part Three trailer

Ars Technica reviews the new trailer for Denis Villeneuve's 'Dune: Part Three,' which adapts 'Dune: Messiah' and is set 17 years after the events of Part Two. The trailer highlights Paul Atreides' str...

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Free Waymo rides in California? You can thank a regulatory quirk.

A regulatory delay in California has prevented Waymo from charging fares for its new Ojai vehicles, effectively offering free rides until at least late September. While this benefits consumers, the ho...

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The ChatGPT browser is already dead

OpenAI is sunsetting its autonomous browsing agent, ChatGPT Atlas, less than a year after its launch, with deprecation targeted for August 9th. This move aligns with the company's strategy to consolid...

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Google will now tell you if an ad was made with AI

Google has introduced a new labeling feature in its 'My Ad Center' to identify ads created or edited using AI on platforms like Search, Discover, and YouTube. While ads generated by Google's own tools...

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Amazon increases the royalty rate for Kindle Direct Publishing

Amazon has expanded the price range for the 70% royalty rate on Kindle Direct Publishing from $2.99-$9.99 to $2.99-$12.99. This change allows authors to earn higher royalties on mid-priced eBooks that...

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GLM 5.2 is nearly as accurate as a human book keeper

The article benchmarks GLM 5.2 on preparing UK SME quarterly VAT returns, demonstrating near-human accuracy with a mere 7-pence discrepancy while costing less than 1% of traditional accounting fees. T...

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AI content is everywhere on social media, especially LinkedIn

A Pangram research report reveals that AI-generated content is prevalent on social media, with LinkedIn being the most affected platform where two-thirds of flagged AI posts originated. The data indic...

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Page weight matters

The author critiques the significant increase in web page sizes over the last three decades, attributing bloat to heavy JavaScript frameworks, ads, and AI-generated content rather than genuine value. ...

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two case studies of NaN

The article examines how IEEE-754 NaN values expose implicit assumptions in programming language designs, specifically regarding reflexivity and loop termination. It details two case studies: Python's...

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From a Luddite to a Vibe-Coder

The author reflects on the initial fear and resistance many developers feel toward AI, comparing it to historical Luddite movements. They argue that ignoring AI tools is a risky strategy that could le...

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Anthropic’s new Claude feature is quietly selling you on AI

Anthropic has introduced a new 'Reflect' dashboard for Claude that visualizes user interaction patterns with the AI. The feature subtly highlights the extent to which users rely on the chatbot for the...

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Netflix reportedly considers adding always-on channels

Netflix is reportedly exploring the addition of always-on linear channels and bundled packages with other streaming services to compete with platforms like Pluto TV and Apple TV. While these features ...

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The PocketMage resurrects the PDA with an e-paper screen

Talisman Design is crowdfunding the PocketMage, a modern clamshell PDA featuring both e-paper and OLED screens along with a tactile keyboard. Available in two preorder tiers starting at $185, the devi...

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llm-meta-ai 0.1

Simon Willison has released version 0.1 of llm-meta-ai, a plugin for his LLM tool that enables users to run prompts against Meta's new muse-spark-1.1 model. This update facilitates integration with Me...

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TLS certificates for internal services done right

The article argues against using self-signed certificates for internal services by advocating for 'split-horizon DNS' combined with public Certificate Authorities like Let's Encrypt. It suggests that ...