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IEEE Remembers Pioneering Computer Scientist Peter G. Neumann
The computing community recently lost one of its enduring voices: IEEE Fellow Peter G. Neumann. The renowned computer scientist and respected risk analyst died on 17 May at the age of 93. For almost 70 years, Neumann shaped the computing field through his pioneering work on risks…
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StubHub Founder Has Ties to Major Scalpers on the Platform
Security filings reveal that the secondary ticket sale marketplace has close ties to scalpers that use its platform.
gizmodo.com
5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: AI That Dispatches The Plumber, Underground Warfare And Cutting Down Private-Market Paperwork
The five most intriguing startup deals from the past month include one that’s simultaneously developing AI models for biology, a company that wants to prevent modern day private markets from the kind of paperwork crisis that shut down Wall Street in the ‘60s, and AI agents that c…
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Enterprise AI is entering an evaluation gap: Agents are gaining autonomy faster than companies can verify them
Enterprise AI teams are giving agents more freedom at the same moment their confidence in automated testing is collapsing. Half of enterprises have deployed an AI agent or LLM feature that passed internal evaluations and yet still caused a customer-facing failure — one in four mo…
venturebeat.com
Scientists Say Some Black Holes Are Born From Other Black Holes
The universe keeps telling us that black holes exist in an "impossible" mass zone. That's leaving astronomers to find alternative origin stories for black holes.
gizmodo.com
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: A Pair Of Billion-Dollar Deals For Cyber And AI Infrastructure Lead
AI once again dominated venture funding this week, claiming five of the 10 largest announced rounds, including a pair of billion-dollar financings for AI infrastructure and cybersecurity that led the pack.
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AI Scientists Are Already on the Job in Beijing: Mixing Conduction Fluid in 20 Seconds
Beijing AI for Science labs deploy autonomous robotic scientists capable of designing experiments, collecting data, and discovering new materials autonomously, marking a shift in research paradigm.
pandaily.com
India’s contract manufacturing startup ‘Zetwerk’ receives regulator’s approval for IPO
Zetwerk has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India… Content originally published on The Tech Portal - Global technology news, latest gadget news and breaking tech news.
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A generation ago the typical first-time American homebuyer was in their late twenties; today, NAR says the median has hit a record 40, priced out and waiting — and first-time buyers now make up the smallest share of the market ever measured
The obvious reading of a first-time homebuyer reaching a median age of 40 is that young Americans are waiting longer by choice, renting into their late thirties, delaying the whole project of settling down. The data, however, points the other way. The National Association of REAL…
siliconcanals.com
Wisson Unveils Flexible Charge Universal Service Engine: Zero-Lag Adaptive EV Charging Robot
Wisson introduces the Flexible Charge automatic charging service engine with zero-second adaptive tolerance, covering public, dedicated, and home EV charging across 130+ vehicle models.
pandaily.com
Thought of the day, from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden: “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation” — his warning, drawn from two years beside a pond and published in 1854, against a life lived half-asleep
Years ago in Dublin, I was working in finance and I did the thing you are not supposed to do at your desk. I looked up. Not at the ceiling, at the people ten and fifteen years ahead of me on the same ladder I was climbing. The ones who had done everything right. And ... Read more
siliconcanals.com
DJI launches first VTOL fixed-wing cargo drone EV50, says it set Everest altitude record
DJI on Thursday unveiled the DJI EV50, its first vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fixed-wing cargo drone designed for long-range regional transport. The company said the aircraft reached an operating altitude of 8,861 meters during a Mount Everest scientific expedition earlier…
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This Week in Security: Escaping Linux VMs, Vulnerable Solar, Confusing AI (Again), and Confusing NPM Malware
The Januscape vulnerability allows a user in a guest VM managed by the Linux Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) to corrupt memory in the host system and break out of isolation. …read more
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QuadRF can spot drones and see WiFi through my wall
Article URL: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/quadrf-can-spot-drones-and-see-wifi-through-my-wall/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48861717 Points: 287 # Comments: 103
jeffgeerling.com
The Agent Loop: How AI Goes From Answering Questions to Doing Things
In this article, we will walk through that progression. We will also look at how an agent is structured, what choices the model makes on every turn, what scaffolding holds it together, and when an agent is actually the right pattern to reach for.
bytebytego.com
3D Printed Scooter Fits in Your Luggage, Some Assembly Required
Though [Ivan Miranda] calls the 3D printed vehicle in his recent video a motorbike, what he ultimately pulls out of his suitcase is clearly a scooter. Linguistic confusion aside, the …read more
hackaday.com
Write code like a human will maintain it
Article URL: https://unstack.io/write-code-like-a-human-will-maintain-it Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48859701 Points: 288 # Comments: 241
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Hackaday Podcast Episode Ep 377: Parallel Pixels, Wiggly Consoles, and Seven Segments
This week’s podcast sees Elliot joined by Jenny List, as both suffer silently in the European summer heat because the sound of a desk fan would come over on the …read more
hackaday.com
Streaming vs Batch: Two Philosophies of Data Processing
When is the data complete enough to be moved to the compute stage?
bytebytego.com
How To Use Those Cute But Slightly Odd 7-Segment LCDs
If you’re not aware, there is such a thing as adorable little three digit LCD 7-segment displays. They come in a ten-pin DIP package and are just begging to be …read more
hackaday.com
Robot Dog in Browser
You’ve doubtlessly seen the current crop of robot dogs and, if you are like us, thought about getting one to play with. The problem is that the cheap ones are …read more
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