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An interview with computing pioneer Doug McIlroy (born 1932) discussing his foundational contributions to Unix and C programming, including writing the first C program 'echo' around 1972 and developin...

Nvidia is reportedly in talks to acquire Hugging Face for $13 billion, joining a wave of major acquisitions targeting open-weight AI companies — following its $6 billion deal with Poolside and Stripe'...

An Anthropic researcher revealed that automated AI systems successfully improved performance across all 10 benchmarks testing specific misaligned behaviors, without any degradation in overall capabili...

Australian authorities arrested two alleged members of TeamPCP, a prolific hacking group responsible for supply-chain attacks that compromised over 1,000 organizations worldwide. The group used a self...

OpenAI has announced its decision regarding Cursor following the AI coding tool's acquisition by SpaceX. The announcement touches on strategic considerations around Cursor's role in the AI development...

Z.ai (formerly Zhipu AI) has released GLM-5.3 as an open-weight model, making it available for the community via Hugging Face. The release follows their earlier blog post and Twitter announcement, gen...

Noah Lev Bartell-Mangel identified and fixed a Rustdoc regression triggered by the recursion_limit attribute, then went on to deliver a series of performance optimizations that reduced Rustdoc wall-ti...

Cloudflare optimized Big Pineapple's DNS cache storage, reducing per-entry footprint by over 50% through five successive changes, freeing ~100TB of memory across their fleet. The optimizations also im...

The German Sovereign Tech Agency has invested €508,640 over two years into Flatpak development through its Sovereign Tech Fund, co-organized by Modal and Para-Real Ltd. The funding aims to close secur...

Zig's std.ArrayList gains pointer stability locks, extending a technique previously available in Hash Map containers since 2024. Users can now call lockPointers() before storing pointers to ArrayList ...

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is launching a $1.1 billion fund called 'Machine Age' focused on investing in the hardware and physical infrastructure behind AI. The move marks a strategic shift for the fi...

A three-judge panel on the 9th Circuit unanimously ruled that Kalshi's sports event contracts constitute gambling under Nevada law and cannot evade state regulation by claiming federal preemption unde...

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration's blacklisting of Anthropic was illegal retaliation violating the First Amendment, after the company refused to remove restrictions on its AI techno...

SpaceX plans to invest up to $100 billion in Louisiana for Starship infrastructure, potentially transforming the state's space industry. Meanwhile, ESA awarded significant contracts to European launch...

Google is automatically expanding AI Overviews at the top of search results for certain queries, pushing organic links significantly lower and requiring more scrolling. The specific criteria triggerin...

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma revealed that Project Helix will be a 'family of devices' rather than a single console, expanding on the March announcement of Microsoft's next-generation hardware. Sharma did not...

Security issues in open-source projects are now being actively exploited within minutes of patches being discussed publicly, driven by AI coding agents that can find vulnerabilities from minimal hints...

Bigme has introduced the B6 Pro, a premium 6-inch color E-Ink tablet featuring a 75 FPS refresh rate, 8GB RAM, and built-in 4G LTE for cellular calling — making it more of an Android phone replacement...

President Trump signed an executive order establishing a US Space Academy under NASA, designed to train future space professionals through a tuition-free program with a service commitment. Spearheaded...

A GitHub project called vphone-cli allows users to boot a virtual iPhone using Apple's Virtualization.framework on Apple Silicon Macs. This open-source tool leverages Apple's native virtualization tec...

htmx 4.0 has been released, marking a major version jump for the lightweight library that brings HTML-driven interactivity to web development without heavy JavaScript frameworks. The release has gener...

The open-source game engine Luanti (formerly Minetest) was removed from Google Play after receiving a baseless AI-generated copyright DMCA claim. The project team fought back and restored the app, hig...

Nitter, a popular alternative front-end for X (formerly Twitter), and the related XCancel redirect service are shutting down following a cease-and-desist order. The open-source privacy-focused service...

Matthew Plant converted his scheme-rs implementation from an AST interpreter to a CPS-based JIT compiler, achieving 25x performance gains. Three key optimizations were implemented after switching to C...

Chinese automakers are increasingly investing in humanoid robots, following Tesla's strategic bet that robots represent the next major profit opportunity. Technical progress has spurred a new wave of ...

Brave browser introduces email alias support, allowing users to register for online services without exposing their personal email addresses. This privacy‑focused feature reduces spam and data‑exposur...

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration illegally designated Anthropic as a supply-chain risk, marking the AI company's first court victory. The ruling comes as Anthropic's second lawsuit ...

A record 90 U.S. cities and counties terminated contracts with Flock Safety in August 2026, marking a fourfold increase from the previous month, according to data from the advocacy group Secure Justic...

The article explores implementing the 'Tagless Initial' variant of the Tagless Final pattern in Rust using GADT-style enums, demonstrating that complex functional programming abstractions like embedde...

The EPA is set to rescind a federal rule requiring public notice and comment opportunities when industrial sites like data centers apply for air permits. Advocates warn this could allow data center de...

Code for Nvidia's DLSS 5 was leaked from an early-access build of NBA 2K27, and modders from the RenoDX Discord channel extracted and applied it to games like Control, Skyrim, Cyberpunk 2077, and GTA ...

The Verge podcast discusses Apple's refreshed Mac Mini, Mac Studio, and new M6/M5 Ultra chips marketed for AI inference, while expressing skepticism about the AI claims. The episode also covers rumors...

An opinion piece arguing that graphical user interfaces should prioritize full keyboard navigation and control as a better alternative to mouse-driven interaction. The author presents philosophical an...

An article advocating that EasyEffects should be pre-installed on all Linux distributions and desktop environments to significantly enhance laptop speaker audio quality. The piece argues that the tool...

Orbify is a browser-based 3D globe navigation tool that uses a curved, Inception-style map projection for turn-by-turn directions. The demo invites users to explore an interactive 3D globe with route ...

The article explores the German word "Verschlimmbesserung" — a well-intentioned improvement that makes things worse — as a fitting concept for poorly designed software updates. It likely discusses how...

lambdock is a Wayland-native desktop dock application built with C, GTK4, and an embedded Guile Scheme REPL, offering deep hackability and runtime inspectability. The author details years of failed pr...

The US government has designated Autistici/Inventati, an Italian hosting provider associated with noblogs.org, as a global terrorist organization, imposing sanctions on the infrastructure that hosts a...

Debian conducted a vote on whether to endorse or prohibit the use of large language models (LLMs) within the project. The resolution concluded with a neutral stance—LLM usage is neither endorsed nor p...

The article critiques smart TV manufacturers, particularly LG, for aggressive data collection and bloatware practices. It argues that companies treat purchased TVs more like leased services, using pri...

A blog post by Alyssa Rosenzweig presenting an efficient algorithm for computing the volume of closed triangulated 3D meshes using the Divergence Theorem, converting a triple integral into a surface i...

XREAL's a01 smart glasses offer a $300 portable display solution for watching movies and gaming, using dual 1080p mini-OLED panels with up to 1,600 nits brightness. Powered via USB-C from an external ...

Neocloud Lambda secured $1 billion in private debt financing to purchase Nvidia AI chips for leasing to Microsoft, continuing a trend of significant debt raises driven by the high costs of expanding A...

An interview-style piece where Cherry Ventures general partner Sophia Bendz discusses the latest developments in Sweden's tech ecosystem. The article explores what has made Sweden one of Europe's lead...

Retro, a friend-focused photo-sharing app founded by former Instagram employees, has raised over $21 million in Series A funding. The investment signals continued investor interest in niche social pla...

Apple TV is increasing its subscription price from $12.99 to $14.99 per month, continuing a trend of periodic price hikes across streaming services.

Sandhya Devanathan, a Meta executive, is departing for OpenAI where she will oversee operations across Southeast Asia and Australia. The move comes as Meta faces increasing regulatory scrutiny in Indi...

US senators are calling for a criminal probe and the ouster of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after documents emerged suggesting he lied during his 2025 confirmation hearings about his anti-va...

Belgian startup Any has launched the LUV1, a modular electric motorcycle featuring 120 liters of cargo space designed for carrying bags, work equipment, or even pets. The vehicle positions itself with...

Apple is raising subscription prices for Apple TV and Apple One by up to 20 percent, with Apple TV's monthly fee increasing from $10 to $15 and annual plans from $99 to $119. Apple One individual plan...

Meta is patching a privacy loophole in its AI glasses that allowed users to cover the recording LED after starting to record, bypassing the consent alert. The new update will stop the camera if the LE...

Apple has raised the price of its Apple TV+ streaming service from $12.99 to $14.99 per month, marking its fourth price increase in four years. The annual subscription has also gone up from $99 to $11...

Onyx is reportedly developing a new mini e-reader called the Boox Picco, first hinted by a YouTube influencer last month. Despite minimal details beyond an alleged screen size, early buzz is already p...