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Ex-Spotify employees raise $10M to bring the AI behind its recommendations to e-commerce
The startup's platform predicts what product a shopper wants next, learn their general taste, and fine-tune continuously based on what they do in real time.
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Claude Mythos 5 made sock puppet accounts to socially engineer developers: here's what enterprises should know
The UK AI Security Institute (AISI) disclosed last night that the leading two frontier AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI took 19 unsanctioned actions against the live internet during cybersecurity tests the agency was running, including a sustained campaign by Anthropic's Claud…
venturebeat.com
The Return Of The Repeat Founder: Inside YC’s Growing Class Of Second-Timers
We analyzed a dataset of repeat founders who have gone through Y Combinator’s cohorts and found some very interesting insights. The dataset, shared with us directly from YC, consisted of 454 repeat founders through the program as well as 935 founder-company records spanning 2005 …
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AI startup Hark unveils first product: an affordable, fast computer use agent Hark Handoff
Hark, the secretive AI startup founded earlier this year by serial entrepreneur and roboticist Brett Adcock, today announced Handoff, a "computer use agent" (CUA) that it says is among the top-performing in the world at navigating the open web on a user's behalf — ordering dinner…
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The Crunchbase Tech Layoffs Tracker
Over 127,000 workers at U.S.-based tech companies were laid off in mass job cuts in 2025, per a Crunchbase News tally, and the layoffs have continued into 2026. See the latest companies to cut roles.
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The browser is where attacks land. Why is security still focused on the endpoint?
Presented by CloudMosa Enterprise work now happens increasingly inside the browser, and that shift has made the browser a primary point of entry for cyberattacks as well. Browser-based attacks have surged over the past two years, according to industry reports, while Gartner pro…
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International tech
Huawei-Backed Maextro Launches V800 and V680 Flagship MPVs
Huawei-backed luxury-car brand Maextro has launched the V800 and V680, its first flagship minivans, expanding the brand’s lineup beyond the S800 sedan. The V680 starts at RMB648,000, while V800 versions are priced from RMB766,000 to RMB1.016 million. Both range-extended models of…
technode.com
Behind AI-for-Science Frenzy, Infrastructure Becomes the Decisive Variable
AI-generated hypotheses outrun AI-verified experiments. MegaRobo's ten-year bet is rebuilding lab tools for machines, not humans, and shipping closed-loop Perception-Conception-Execution systems into pharma.
pandaily.com
Psychology says people who rewatch the same movies for comfort have essentially built a small, reliable room inside their week — one where nothing will surprise them, upset them, or ask anything new of them, on a day when everything else already has
In a world designed to constantly demand your attention, rewatching the same beloved film becomes an act of psychological resistance—a space where you know exactly what happens next.
siliconcanals.com
Even DeepSeek Cannot Hold: Major API Price Hike After Cuts
DeepSeek V4 Flash tops OpenRouter's weekly token rankings at 7.22 trillion tokens. With cost pressure building, the company is preparing its biggest API price hike yet.
pandaily.com
Reliance Brands Brings Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS to India
Reliance Brands Ltd (RBL), the luxury retail arm of Reliance Retail, has partnered with celebrity Kim Kardashian’s shapewear and lifestyle…
inc42.com
China's Low-Altitude Economy Enters a New Stage
July 2026 turned up the heat on China's low-altitude economy. On July 1 the newly revised Civil Aviation Law took effect, formally writing low-altitude economy ...
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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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3D Printing A Usable Airless Tire
For decades now, companies like Michelin have been teasing us with futuristic-looking automobile tires that don’t use air. Instead, they use a polymer mesh of sorts which maintains the same …read more
hackaday.com
Road to Staff+ TPM: The Mindset
2026.05 — Part of the Road to Staff+ TPM series, examining the gap between succeeding as a mid-level TPM and thriving as a Staff+ TPM.
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FitzRoy’s Glass: Victorian Weather Marvel or Glorified Thermometer?
Everyone talks about the weather. This is doubly true for sailors, where bad weather could mean a very bad day. So it isn’t surprising that navies around the world have …read more
hackaday.com
The title cards in Blade Runner are amazing
Article URL: https://randsinrepose.com/archives/blade-runner-title-cards/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49189287 Points: 345 # Comments: 164
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Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't
Article URL: https://www.crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt.com/reading-list Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49192566 Points: 413 # Comments: 127
crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt.com
Hacking a Tenda AC1200 Wi-Fi Router with a CVE Combo
It’s rather awkward when you buy a piece of hardware like a sketchy router to make a video about its hidden admin password backdoor – known as CVE-2026-11405 – only …read more
hackaday.com
Prime Agent: A self-improving RLM agent
Article URL: https://www.primeintellect.ai/blog/prime-agent Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49189075 Points: 211 # Comments: 51
primeintellect.ai
Amiga and Commodore, Back Together (Sort Of)
The story of Commodore, the famous manufacturer of home computers, is a murky one at best. Commodore fans will decry their woeful marketing and dismal product roadmap, while former employees …read more
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