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‘The Mummy 4’ Cast Unwraps a Few More Old and New Faces
Numan Acar, Kevin J. O'Connor, and Oded Fehr have joined Radio Silence's as-yet untitled new entry in the Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz franchise.
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AI coding agents are blowing through budgets — Replit, Kilo Code, and Symbotic explain how they're managing it
At Kilo Code, engineers are reading or writing code themselves only about 1% of the time now, according to co-founder Emilie Schario — the rest is agents. That shift is forcing new questions onto dev teams: which systems are safe to hand over, who cleans up when models goof up, h…
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SpaceX has bought $329M worth of Tesla Megapacks so far this year
The purchase illustrates just how interconnected Elon Musk's universe of companies are.
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SpaceX Stock Drops After First Earnings Call as Musk Fails to Woo Investors With AI Goals
Musk promised robots on the Moon to justify directing the bulk of SpaceX's $18.4 billion capex on AI.
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Commerce AI has a measurement problem no one is talking about
Presented by Rezolve Ai Most brands know something is shifting in how consumers find and choose products. What most don't know is how much of that shift has already taken place, where it's happening, or whether they're on the right side of it. That uncertainty is the problem. An…
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Why R&D Waste Persists Despite Widespread AI Adoption
This report examines R&D waste and how AI adoption has outpaced the intelligence needed to make consequential decisions well. What Attendees will Learn Where R&D budget is lost. More than a third of organizations spend 25 to 40 percent of their R&D budget on projects that never …
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A meta-analysis of 136 samples and more than 23,000 workers found that adapting behaviour to the social situation, not acting the same way in every room, predicted better leadership and performance ratings, complicating advice to just be yourself.
The most effective leaders aren't the most authentic—they're the most adaptable, reading each room and shifting their style accordingly.
siliconcanals.com
Meet The 20 Startups Selected For Google Play Accelerator India
Alphabet-owned Google has picked 20 homegrown startups for the 2026 cohort of its “Google Play Accelerator India” programme. This is…
inc42.com
A 2015 systematic review of workplace resilience training found strong evidence the programmes improve wellbeing and mental health, but weak and inconsistent evidence they improve job performance, complicating the claim that resilience is a competitive advantage.
Companies are selling resilience as a path to outperform competitors, but the science suggests it's better at making workers feel better than making them work better.
siliconcanals.com
[Update] Klassroom IPO Closes With 1.46X Oversubscription
Update | August 04, 20:10 IST The public issue of edtech company Klassroom ended the final day of bidding with…
inc42.com
ET Now Acquires OpiGo To Expand Its Investment Platform
Media giant Times Network has acquired fintech startup OpiGo for an undisclosed amount as part of ET NOW’s expansion into…
inc42.com
The global grassroots gatherings trying to humanize the AI boom
Local tech groups in Kenya, India, and the U.S. are building communities and conversations around AI, but also face questions about privilege and reach.
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All of Winona Police Department's Flock cameras cut down and stolen
Article URL: https://www.valleynewslive.com/2026/08/04/every-flock-camera-winona-minnesota-cut-down-stolen-coordinated-theft/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49171656 Points: 347 # Comments: 214
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Why An LLM’s Memory Gets Expensive and How to Fix It
In this article, we will learn how LLMs use memory, how it gets expensive, and how to fix it.
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BornHack Radio 102.8 FM, Playing Radio At A Hacker Camp
Over the years I have been to many hacker camps and done a lot of very cool things, but BornHack 2026 brought me something entirely new: Radio. By which I …read more
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In Memory of My Wife, Elise Cawley, with Thanks for 36 Wonderful Years
Article URL: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2026/08/in-memory-of-my-wife-elise-cawley-1961-2026-with-thanks-for-36-wonderful-years/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49173165 Points: 937 # Comments: 51
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Thanks FedEx, This Is Why We Keep Getting Phished (2024)
Article URL: https://www.troyhunt.com/thanks-fedex-this-is-why-we-keep-getting-phished/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49175192 Points: 228 # Comments: 62
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Tearing Down Aircraft Weather Radar Avionics
If you’re flying high in the sky, it’s useful to know if there’s turbulence, heavy rain, or other nasty weather ahead. Onboard weather radar is a useful tool that pilots …read more
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At Last! CP/M for Protected Mode
If you used a serious computer pre-IBM PC, there was a fair chance its operating system was CP/M. CP/M was a staple among 8080 and Z80 computers and while there …read more
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LLM Security Basics: The Full Threat Model
In this article, we try to build a map of the full attack surface that threatens an LLM’s security.
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Waymo in Dallas
Article URL: https://waymo.com/blog/shorts/dallas-open-to-all/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49172836 Points: 249 # Comments: 373
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