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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: A Big Week For Big Checks
Startups raised funding rounds with a lot of zeroes at the end this week, with three companies securing financings of $1 billion or more. Additionally, a robust lineup of companies in sectors including AI, e-commerce, cybersecurity, biotech and even mining also announced sizable …
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Navigating the Pivot From Tech Expert to Organizational Leader
The transition from a purely technical expert or individual contributor position to a broader leadership role is one of the most challenging phases in a STEM career. It requires moving away from relying solely on technical excellence toward mastering systems thinking, adaptive le…
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Google Earth Retracts AI Tool for Making Fake Satellite Images After It Was Immediately Abused Upon Release
Jeremy Hsu, Ars Technica: Google briefly allowed anyone to create AI-modified versions of satellite imagery available in Google Earth — before quickly reversing its decision as people shared examples of AI-generated pictures that illustrated the potential for misinformation and d…
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Data Center Reps Face the Guillotine, Flee Public Hearing
Seems like they got the message.
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OpenAI says it slowed Astra model development over security concerns
OpenAI said this model, which is still in development, reached its "critical cybersecurity threshold," meaning it could independently identify and carry out cyberattacks against traditionally well-protected real-world systems.
techcrunch.com
‘The Odyssey’ Will Soon Be Christopher Nolan’s Highest-Grossing Film
The epic recently crossed $1 billion and has 'The Dark Knight' and 'The Dark Knight Rises' in its sights.
gizmodo.com
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There is no pill that fixes brain fog: it is a symptom, not a diagnosis, often traceable to poor sleep or a treatable medical cause, and the best-known memory supplement, ginkgo, failed to prevent decline in the largest trial ever run
Billions spent yearly on supplements and apps claim to clear the fog, but the evidence suggests a more mundane reality: sleep better, see a doctor, and skip the ginkgo.
siliconcanals.com
Psychology says pushing your chair back in when you leave a table speaks volumes about your character, because it’s a habit built entirely on consideration for a stranger you’ll never meet and will never thank you
The smallest gestures reveal the deepest character traits—especially when no one's keeping score.
siliconcanals.com
Arizona wants Taiwan’s investors to think beyond chips
As Arizona’s economic fortunes have become increasingly tied to TSMC and its chip supply chain, it’s been keen to diversify the roster of investors beyond tech companies.
restofworld.org
Indian Listed New-Age Tech Company Tracker: Market Cap, Revenue & More
For years, we at Inc42 have tracked the Indian tech startup ecosystem and seen it grow from a kid to…
inc42.com
Centre Seeks Technical Changes From Meta To Tackle Deepfakes, Child Abuse Material
The Centre’s discussions with Meta have moved into a technical phase after two days of intensive questioning over deepfakes, child…
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…
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How Big Models Teach Small Models to Be Smart
In this article, we will walk through the idea from the ground up.
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The Nixpkgs core team has disbanded
Article URL: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/the-nixpkgs-core-team-has-disbanded/79413 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49217993 Points: 311 # Comments: 152
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The Read Path versus the Write Path: Strategies and Techniques
In this article, we will look at read path and write path operations and techniques in detail.
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The BBC Tetris Companion
[Leaded Solder] took on an interesting challenge. The BBC, apparently, produced a game console known as the BBC Bridge Companion that connected to your TV and helped you learn to …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.
artoftpm on Substack
NASA figured out how to keep its Voyager 2 probe running for another year
Article URL: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/voyager/nasa-figured-out-how-to-keep-its-48-year-old-voyager-2-probe-running-for-yet-another-year Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49218179 Points: 251 # Comments: 47
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This Filesystem is Born to Fail
Sandboxing a Linux process usually means spending a lot of effort deciding what it isn’t allowed to see. You might put it in a mount namespace, bind-mount a few directories …read more
hackaday.com
Block, shmock — Just Pump Water Over The Chip
If you’re water cooling a PC, it’s generally accepted that you need some interface between the coolant and the chips — a water block of copper or aluminum that carries …read more
hackaday.com
App Store Rejection of the Week: Dark Hours
Article URL: https://daringfireball.net/2026/08/app_store_rejection_of_the_week_dark_hours Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49214863 Points: 323 # Comments: 184
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