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The White House’s New AI Safety Framework Is None of Your Business

How's that for transparency?

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.

SpaceX doubles revenue on Anthropic and Google compute deals, Starlink growth

SpaceX doubled its revenue compared to last year, according to its first quarterly earnings since going public in June.

Bending Spoons to Buy Airtable for $1.3 Billion

Ivan Mehta, reporting for TechCrunch: In its first acquisition since going public last month, Bending Spoons on Tuesday said that it has agreed to buy spreadsheet and database startup Airtable for $1.28 billion in cash. Founded in 2013, Airtable has so far raised over $1.4 billio…

Apple Seeks Preliminary Injunction Against OpenAI in Trade Secrets Case

Reuters: Apple on Monday asked a U.S. judge for a preliminary injunction barring two former employees and OpenAI from accessing, acquiring, using or disclosing alleged confidential information as it moves ahead with its trade secrets case. [...] The iPhone maker also filed a con…

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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Nykaa’s Q1 Snapshot, Klassroom Wraps Up IPO & More

Nykaa’s Stellar Q1 Nykaa fired on all cylinders in Q1. The quarter saw the beauty ecommerce giant clock a three-fold…

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.

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China's Dexterous Hand New Top 4: From Demo to Mass Production, the First Tier Solidifies

Yinshi Robotics, Lingxin, LinJieDian and BrainCo form the new top tier as Chinas dexterous hand industry crosses the demo-to-mass-production threshold, with H1 2026 funding surpassing 25 billion yuan and shipment forecasts reaching 70,200 units.

TNGlobal Acquires Jumpstart Media, Strengthening Hong Kong’s Bridge to Asia’s Innovation Ecosystem

KUALA LUMPUR and HONG KONG — TNGlobal (formerly TechNode Global), one of Asia’s leading technology and startup media platforms, today announced the acquisition of Jumpstart Media, publisher of Hong Kong’s renowned Jumpstart Magazine. The acquisition marks a significant milestone …

Alibaba Launches Qwen3.8 Foundation Model and Qianwen Office Agent, Reseating Itself in the Enterprise AI Race

Alibaba unveiled the Qwen3.8 flagship with 2.4T total parameters and 95B activation, alongside Qianwen Office for enterprise AI workflows. The base-model-plus-office strategy leverages DingTalk enterprise moat against Tencent WorkBuddy and ByteDance Doubao.

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.

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Lucid’s turnaround plan hinges on $1.4B in cash savings, robotaxis

Lucid's new CEO Silvio Napoli listed four must-win priorities, including the successful launch of its midsize EV, finishing a factory in Saudi Arabia, cutting expenses, and robotaxis.

The Download: US robot restrictions, and ICE’s DNA grab

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Trump’s AI protectionism has come for robotics —James O’Donnell Humanoid robots usually elicit more cringe than awe: They stumble, kick chi…

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‘The X-Files: I Want to Believe – Vrach Frankenshteyn’ Has a Perfectly Creepy Trailer

Chris Carter's R-rated director's cut of the 2008 'X-Files' film hits Disney+ and Hulu August 14.

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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.

A Full Motion Video Codec For the Atari ST

Who says an old dog can’t do new tricks? The Atari ST has got to qualify as an “old dog” 41 years after launch, and if playing Full Motion Video …read more

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

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: 265 # Comments: 70

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.

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

libexpat now funded by the City of Munich for up to 6 months

Article URL: https://blog.hartwork.org/posts/libexpat-city-of-munich-open-source-sabbatical/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49176606 Points: 230 # Comments: 29

Strengthening 3D Prints with a Carbon-Fiber Epidermis

As strong and light as carbon fiber-epoxy composites are, the same can’t always be said of carbon-fiber reinforced 3D printer filaments. Of those that do improve over stock filament, the …read more

Polystyrene Foam can be Gasoline With Some Help

Styrofoam – or closed-cell extruded polystyrene (XPS) foam if you want to be precise – is one of those materials that is both super versatile for packaging and insulation, but …read more