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Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will merge into Skydance in a ~$110B deal closing October 6, combining two of Hollywood's biggest studios including Paramount+, HBO Max, CBS, CNN, MTV, and major f...
AI has finally mastered Stratego, a classic board game with hidden information that had long stumped state-of-the-art agents. The breakthrough came from the Nature paper (s41586-026-11036-y), achieved...
The Rust Const Generics Project Group announces a new design called Generic Const Arguments (GCA), intended to replace the long-standing generic_const_exprs feature. GCA introduces a family of feature...
Lyft has agreed to a $272.5 million settlement in California over allegations of misclassifying drivers as independent contractors instead of employees between 2016 and 2020, citing violations of Asse...
The creator of Redis has released ds4, a new open-source tool designed to run large language models locally with high efficiency. The project gained notable attention on Hacker News with 136 points an...
A 12-year time-lapse sequence of telescope images captures a star with four orbiting exoplanets, revealing their orbital motion over more than a decade. The long-baseline imaging provides rare observa...
Frank Wiles discovered a sophisticated phishing attack where a fake project inquiry was used to trick him into cloning a malicious git repository. The repo contained a crafted post-checkout hook that ...
Trail of Bits introduces SequenceHash and SequenceMAC, open-source hash constructions for secure multihashing that work with multiple hash functions beyond Keccak. The tools are available in Rust, Go,...
Microsoft has designated Rust as a Tier-1 language alongside C# and TypeScript, signaling deep integration into Visual Studio, VS Code, Windows, and Azure toolchains. The move underscores Rust’s role ...
California has passed Senate Bill 1246, requiring robotaxi operators like Waymo and Tesla to provide on-the-ground support when their AVs interfere with emergency responders. Companies face fines if a...
The US Department of Justice has arrested Greg Lui, CEO of Earthmade Computer, for allegedly orchestrating a scheme to smuggle over $300 million in export-controlled Nvidia A100 and H100 GPUs into Chi...
SpaceX achieved its first full orbital launch of Starship on its 14th flight, successfully deploying 26 next-generation Starlink V3 satellites. Meanwhile, Rocket Lab secured its largest Electron launc...
Netflix is ending multiyear production deals with acclaimed directors like David Fincher and Shawn Levy, signaling a strategic pivot away from prestige content. The move comes amid intensifying stream...
Rivian reported strong Q3 2026 numbers with 19,751 vehicles produced and 19,248 delivered, marking an 85% YoY production increase and 45% delivery growth, largely driven by its more affordable R2. The...
Apple has updated its Full Disk Access privacy framework in macOS, modifying how apps request and receive access to protected disk areas. The changes aim to refine the balance between user privacy and...
Zig v0.17.0 is a major release of the Zig programming language, marking continued progress on the compiler and language feature set. The release notes detail new capabilities, improvements, and breaki...
Greg Kroah-Hartman, the longtime Linux kernel maintainer, delivers a talk on security considerations in the era of Large Language Models. The video discusses how LLMs are changing the security landsca...
A developer documents the challenges of booting Linux on Apple M4 Mac mini, which introduces SPTM (Secure Page Table Monitor) — a new security feature not present in prior Apple Silicon generations. T...
The author explores the underlying mechanics of Docker image layers, revealing design compromises around tar archives, whiteout files, and filename restrictions in container images. The article was sp...
The Futhark language team addresses a challenge where Elias Smedegaard's BSc thesis required mixing CPU-bound sequential work (graph coloring) with GPU-accelerated parallel work (Jacobian computation ...
GitHub repository landing pages now display an accessibility tab when an ACCESSIBILITY.md file is provided, contributing to the same tab component as README, License, and other standard files. The aut...
Klassik is an open-source project that recreates the classic KDE 3 desktop experience on modern Plasma 6 by rebuilding original components with Qt 6 and Qt Quick rather than merely applying a theme. I...
Go 1.27 extends experimental SIMD support to arm64 and wasm architectures, building on the amd64 support introduced in Go 1.26. The new simd/archsimd package provides a lower-level intrinsics-like API...
Senator Bernie Sanders introduced the Ban Flock Act, which would bar federal agencies from using or accessing automatic license plate reader (ALPR) data collected by local police and private companies...
Meta is releasing Muse Gadgets, an open-source project that lets developers connect custom hardware to its Muse AI agent. The company provides open-source firmware and a Linux SDK, with examples inclu...
Sean Parker is leading a strategic pivot at Stability AI to reorient the company's focus around music-related AI, after previously clashing with the music industry. Major record labels are now backing...
The White House brought together major tech CEOs including Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk, and Anthropic's Dario Amodei to sign a morally binding AI safety pledge under President Trump. Trump also signed an ...
Apple is tightening macOS Full Disk Access permission controls, citing growing risks posed by increasingly capable AI agents that could exploit broad file, message, mail, and browsing history access.
The Slovenian .si domain has experienced a spike in registration interest following President Trump's executive order on super intelligence, playing on the country's internet domain extension. The tre...
Rivian set a new quarterly sales record driven by its R2 model, with deliveries surging approximately 45% year-over-year to over 19,000 electric vehicles.
Lukas Vogel ported Doom to run on CedarDB, using 1,300 lines of SQL across 89 common table expressions to render full-color 640×480 frames at 35 fps. The project leverages the game's BSP tree structur...
A New York drill simulating a potential pandemic patient with H5 bird flu symptoms revealed that 40% of healthcare facilities failed basic preparedness protocols. Issues included slow response times a...
Amazon has pledged over $1 billion over five years to communities near its data centers, funding priorities like education, job training, energy affordability, and water preservation, while also commi...
The 2008 financial crisis reshaped America's energy landscape, forcing a reevaluation of fossil fuel dependency. The article explores the 'opening scissors' metaphor—decoupling GDP growth from carbon ...
The US military has terminated its long-standing nuclear missile launch detection program, transitioning to newer systems already in operation since 2011. A next-generation replacement is expected to ...
Tesla reported a 2.1% year-over-year decline in Q3 2026 EV deliveries with 486,532 vehicles sold, though it still beat analyst expectations of 456,600. Cybertruck and other niche models saw a steep 48...
Meta has open-sourced code allowing users to build their own DIY devices powered by its Muse AI agent. The SDK supports ESP32 boards and Raspberry Pi, enabling users to connect Muse to displays, senso...
TCL has filed a lawsuit in US federal court accusing Samsung of falsely marketing its budget M-series TVs (M70H, M80H, M90H) as 'Mini LED,' when they are essentially rebranded Crystal UHD models lacki...
Apple is introducing stricter controls for 'full disk access' on Mac to limit what AI agent apps can access without explicit user consent. The move follows incidents like Meta's Muse AI reportedly acc...
OpenAI has launched Dots, an enterprise-focused AI agent platform featuring customizable blobby avatars that can handle both workplace tasks and personal requests like food ordering. Currently limited...
Nacon unveiled the Revolution 5 Unlimited, the world's first officially licensed PS5 controller featuring a built-in screen for adjusting settings like joystick sensitivity and button remapping. The c...
OpenAI has launched Dots, a business-focused AI agent competing with Anthropic's Muse. Priced at $100/month minimum, Dots emphasizes productivity tasks like building slide decks and rescheduling calls...
Audible has launched three new AI-powered features: a Character Guide to help listeners track who is speaking, Interactive Stories that let users converse with characters, and Visual Explore to help a...
Apple has released the Apple Pass Designer, a tool on their developer site for creating and customizing Apple Wallet passes. The platform enables designers and developers to build passes without writi...
Wagtail publishes a one-month reflection on using GLM 5.3 Flash as a coding assistant in their development workflow. The post evaluates the model's performance, limitations, and practical impact on pr...
Waterfox 6.7.5 introduces a built-in feed reader with a dedicated feed manager for organizing Live Bookmarks, browser-based article reading via Reader View, and feed previews for supported RSS sources...
Christie’s is auctioning an original RFC1149 packet—a printed IP ping datagram physically transmitted by carrier pigeon during a 2001 experiment by the Bergen Linux User Group. The framed scroll, insc...
The author describes rewriting the ESP32-based Watchy open-source watch firmware from C++/Arduino to Rust, citing poor library documentation, lack of modern language features like tagged unions, and t...
The author shares a TypeScript/JavaScript DSL for writing readable regular expressions, directly inspired by Emacs' rx macro. It aims to solve the common pain point of maintaining complex, unreadable ...
A home user replaced their Cisco dual WAN router with a low-power Intel N100 mini PC running Debian 13, utilizing six gigabit ports to handle both Ziggo (DHCP) and KPN (VLAN 6 + PPPoE) connections. Th...
The sixteenth RacketCon will take place on October 3-4, 2026, in Oakland, California at Oakstop. The conference features keynote speaker Pat Hanrahan (2019 ACM Turing Award winner) and technical talks...
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is offering discounted Expo+ Passes for $75 to up to 100 people affected by recent layoffs. The limited-time offer aims to help those navigating career transitions connect with...
Pope Leo XIV has expressed concerns about AI-generated art, arguing there is an ontological difference between art and machine-generated content based on statistical calculations from millions of othe...
Tesla delivered over 486,000 electric vehicles in Q3 2026, down from last year's record but still showing positive momentum despite challenges in the US market.
Health tech giant Epic has paused its product development cycle to focus exclusively on fixing security bugs that could put patient data at risk. The company, known for its widely used MyChart platfor...
Ars Technica presents a roundup of six notable science stories that flew under the radar, ranging from quantum entanglement experiments at the Large Hadron Collider to historical insights into psychoa...
Every Electric, a NYC-based startup, offers households free batteries that power window AC units during peak demand periods, allowing residents to stay comfortable while earning money through Con Edis...
Nvidia has raised the price of its 7-year-old Shield TV Pro from $199.99 to $299.99, citing substantially increased component and memory costs driven by AI demand. Nvidia itself is a major beneficiary...
Sling TV is discontinuing its Sling Pass feature, which allowed users to purchase single-day, weekend, or weekly cable TV passes without a full subscription. The feature faced legal challenges from Di...
Beehiiv is raising prices on its paid plans, with the midrange Scale plan rebranded as Lite seeing an increase of at least $10/month. The Pro plan (formerly Max) also sees a price hike, drawing unhapp...
E Ink has partnered with a Japanese fashion house to create color e-paper dresses, with plans to sell them to the public starting in 2027. This marks an expansion of E Ink's technology beyond traditio...