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Data Center Reps Face the Guillotine, Flee Public Hearing
Seems like they got the message.
gizmodo.com
The Download: a censorship conspiracy theory and the first virus created by AI
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. How ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the online fringe to Trump policy For years, narratives about a “censorship-industrial compl…
MIT Technology Review
This Super El Niño Could Trigger the Highest Sea Levels Ever Recorded on the California Coast
California is likely looking at a winter of storm surge and coastal flooding.
gizmodo.com
Cloudflare launches Kitesurf, a browser built for AI agents
Cloudflare has introduced Kitesurf, a cloud-hosted browser designed for AI agents instead of people. The company says the browser uses less computing power than Chromium for common automation tasks, helping developers build browser-based AI agents more efficiently.
techcrunch.com
Simon Willison on Blogging
Simon Willison, with Cynthia Dunlop for her tech blogger interview series (from back in January, but he just got around to linking to it so I just got around to seeing it): Any lessons learned that you want to share with the community? My number one tip for blogging is to lower y…
writethatsubstack.com
After Rippling blew millions on AI in months, it built an employee ROI tool
After its own AI usage wake-up call, Rippling this week unveiled AI Spend Console, a product that tracks individual and team employee AI spending.
techcrunch.com
International tech
Research suggests that the most warm and generous people are sometimes the loneliest, and the explanation isn’t that kindness pushes people away, but that a particular way of being kind quietly does.
You will probably know someone like this. Possibly you are someone like this. They are the friend everyone calls when something has gone wrong. They remember your birthday, ask after your parents, notice when you seem off, and turn up with soup when you have a cold. They are, on …
siliconcanals.com
Off the grid: explorer Ed Stafford & JETOUR test off-road boundaries in Harbin
Editor’s note: sponsored post In an event blending intelligent automotive engineering with the ethos of wilderness exploration, JETOUR hosted some of the brand friends for an interesting conversation with world-renowned explorer Ed Stafford, off-road demonstration, and official v…
technode.com
After Boycott Calls, Swiggy To Refund Alleged Unauthorised Charges To Restaurants
After restaurateurs threatened to boycott Swiggy, the foodtech giant has reportedly agreed to refund promotional charges, which were allegedly levied…
inc42.com
Knya FY26: Revenue Crosses ₹100 Cr Mark, PAT Jumps 3X YoY
Omnichannel medical apparel brand Knya saw its profit after tax (PAT) more than triple to ₹10 Cr in the fiscal…
inc42.com
Cambricon posts 108% surge in first-half revenue amid China’s massive AI chip drive
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) chip giant Cambricon Technologies reported a 108 per cent surge in first-half revenue on Friday, as the firm capitalises on a massive domestic push to replace foreign AI hardware. The chipmaker’s revenue for the first six months of the year re…
scmp.com
Meet The 14 D2C Brands From The Inaugural D2CX Runway Cohort
After growing into a $65 Bn market, India’s D2C ecosystem is entering its next phase of evolution. While new brands…
inc42.com

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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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Hackaday Podcast Episode 381: Airless Tires, Full-color Prints, and 28 MW of LEDs
This week’s Hackaday podcast is a European affair again, as Elliot Williams is joined by Jenny List on a summer evening to review the week. And we have a feast …read more
hackaday.com
What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers
Article URL: https://www.noemamag.com/why-is-everyone-in-tech-so-sad/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49209539 Points: 216 # Comments: 352
noemamag.com
Oracle bans AI-generated code from OpenJDK
Article URL: https://app.dealroom.co/news/feed/oracle-bans-ai-generated-code-from-openjdk-despite-ellison-s-claim-oracle-isn-t-writing-its-own-code Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49213754 Points: 291 # Comments: 209
app.dealroom.co
This Week in Security: Claude Gets Hacking, Hotel WiFi, and NPM Compromised Again
kMaybe feeling left out from the questionable hype train of “Our AI models can’t be trusted”, Anthropic has released reports that their Claude model has “reached the Internet” and accessed …read more
hackaday.com
U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, a sudden reversal
Article URL: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/july-2026-jobs-report-rcna591138 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49209546 Points: 332 # Comments: 334
nbcnews.com
Music is Back on Optical Disk in This Plex Server
Given that the no doubt totally sustainable build-out of data centers has sent both solid state and magnetic hard drive prices soaring, though, [WNY Over The Air] decided to take …read more
hackaday.com
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
Article URL: https://arcprize.org/results/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49214008 Points: 281 # Comments: 176
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Chernobyl’s Robots, or the Hackathon From Hell
When the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant’s #4 reactor experienced an extreme criticality event on that infamous day in 1986, the resulting steam explosion and lack of any kind of containment …read more
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