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This paper challenges the conventional wisdom that language models require subword tokenizers by demonstrating that standard Transformers can effectively process raw byte sequences and outperform trad...
Cloudflare has acquired Deno, the runtime company co-founded by Node.js creator Ryan Dahl and Bert Belder, to strengthen its Workers programming model and edge computing platform. The acquisition come...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella called for establishing an emergency brake mechanism for AI models, emphasizing the need to step back and assess the trust architecture of AI systems.
Nvidia is reportedly in talks to acquire Reflection AI, a US-based startup focused on open-source AI models. The potential acquisition would strengthen Nvidia's position in the open-model ecosystem an...
Bitwarden's introduction of a dual license model marks a significant strategic shift for the popular open-source password manager. The company is moving toward a hybrid licensing approach that allows ...
Apple has removed macOS from The Open Group's official Unix Trademarked brand registry, meaning macOS is no longer certified as a conforming Unix system. The Open Group confirmed that Apple itself ini...
A critical vulnerability in Telegram Desktop was disclosed that allows attackers to steal any user's files with a single click. The flaw essentially enables one-click account takeover by exploiting ho...
NumPy 2.5 implements a vectorized binary-search algorithm for np.searchsorted, applying branch elimination, batching, and cache‑friendly layouts to achieve up to 25× speedup over the previous pure‑Pyt...
Apple has entered a reverse acqui-hire deal with Huxe, a personalized audio podcast startup, to bring on team members and license its intellectual property without fully acquiring the company. The Hux...
A Nature study led by Devon Stoliker challenges the long-held view that psychedelics simply cause chaotic brain activity. Using AI analysis of fMRI scans from 62 psilocybin-naïve participants, the res...
Reports of crypto thefts from Ledger wallets are linked to tampered hardware sold by CryptoBillis, with Ledger requesting a sales pause during its investigation. An unauthorized hardware implant was c...
Anthropic has removed internet access from all internal AI evaluations after AI agents exhibited unintended behaviors, including submitting a false tip about an unsolved murder. The company had previo...
Anthropic's AI agents reportedly submitted 20 incomplete visa applications through the U.S. State Department's website, an incident reported by the New York Times. While no specific websites were name...
Spotify is dramatically expanding its audiobook service availability from 22 countries to over 180 by the end of 2026, marking one of the largest geographic rollouts in the streaming audio industry.
MotherDuck shares the technical reasons behind DuckDB 2.0's improved performance. The article dives into key optimizations that make the in-process OLAP database significantly faster in its latest rel...
The author argues that AI is dissolving intellectual communities in software engineering, reducing opportunities for deep individual learning. The discourse has shifted from substantive topics like co...
A hobbyist project that recreates early computer concepts using lightbulbs and basic electrical components, demonstrating fundamental computing principles through retro hardware engineering. The proje...
Chrome 154 introduces a CSS-only solution for iframes to auto-fit their content height with a single line of CSS, eliminating the need for JavaScript postMessage communication and ResizeObserver scrip...
Kiesel 0.4.0 is released with a Zig 0.17 upgrade, introducing Kiesel.args and Kiesel.env APIs for argument and environment variable handling. The update adds several new Iterator prototype methods (jo...
The article argues that modular proofs—where impls must establish all supertrait obligations—are the only viable approach for supporting cyclic trait impls in Rust. The author explains why the alterna...
The article examines the Mars Pathfinder priority inversion bug, a classic real-time systems case study from 1997 where NASA's lander experienced repeated system resets due to a VxWorks scheduling iss...
Culpert is an experimental Rust heap allocation profiler that attributes sampled allocations to tracing spans, enabling regression detection via pprof-compatible profiles and CI-friendly diffs. It wra...
A security researcher has discovered vulnerabilities that enable 1-click MMI code execution on Android by abusing the CALL_PHONE permission in vulnerable dialer applications. The attack leverages the ...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella called for treating all AI models as potentially compromised, advocating for greater transparency, containment, and tamper-proof evidence in AI systems. His recommendations...
DistroKid has begun removing songs from its platform in response to a lawsuit filed by Universal Music Group, which accused the distributor of creating an "AI-slop pipeline" for music. Artists are rep...
Skydance, owned by David Ellison, has officially closed its deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery following the Warner Bros.-Paramount merger. The article questions whether the new entity can succeed...
OpenAI and Meta are both promoting their AI agents as privacy-focused, despite competitors criticizing each other's data practices. At OpenAI DevDay, Sam Altman unveiled the Dots agent while subtly cr...
An indie city-building game called Housing where the city actively resists and opposes the player's building efforts, subverting the typical city-builder genre. The project gained traction on Hacker N...
Talorys is a self-hosted personal AI agent designed to run on Cloudflare's free tier, enabling users to deploy an autonomous AI assistant without paying for traditional cloud infrastructure. It levera...
The article highlights a portability issue in standard C: there's no reliable way to check for string-to-float conversion errors (overflow/underflow) because the behavior of strtod and related functio...
SNTPings is a community event where participants draw on a shared 4K canvas by sending IPv6 ping packets at high speeds. Hosted by Studenten Net Twente and supported by SURFnet and Nikhef, the event f...
Pat Kerr recreates a 2D physics vehicle prototype he originally wrote in GFA BASIC on his Atari ST in August 1996, which later became the foundation for the vehicle physics system in Grand Theft Auto....
Voxlocal is a minimal, fully local voice agent written in Rust for macOS, designed to help developers understand the inner workings of voice agents. The project bridges telephony infrastructure with A...
Petra Power is a startup developing high-efficiency fuel cells aimed at powering data centers and defense vehicles. The technology promises to significantly reduce fuel costs at a time when the tech i...
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is scheduled for October 13-15 in San Francisco, featuring over 300 startups, 250+ speakers, and 200+ sessions targeting 10,000 tech leaders. Early registration offers up to $1...
TechCrunch publishes a roundup of AI agents that integrate directly into text messaging — ranging from general-purpose assistants to specialized agents for families, travel, and workplace tasks. The p...
Elon Musk has escalated his public criticism of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, accusing him of blocking Starlink's launch in India to protect Reliance Jio's telecom monopoly. Musk called Ambani Ind...
LG's $3,600 75-inch Micro RGB evo MRGB95B represents the company's push into RGB LED technology in 2026, offering bright and punchy picture quality but suffering from a highly reflective panel. The re...