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Agriculture is ready for AI, but its data isn’t
Artificial intelligence is transforming what is possible in agriculture, but industry leaders should be wary of investing in AI without first laying the groundwork.  The use cases are promising, especially for an industry navigating volatile fertilizer costs, unpredictable weathe…
MIT Technology Review
Tainted Beef Jerky Caused an Outbreak of Bear Worms
One person was hospitalized with severe symptoms of a Trichinella infection.
gizmodo.com
AI agents need context everywhere they run, even where the cloud can't follow
The competitive edge in enterprise AI is shifting to context: which platform can give an agent the right memory, the right retrieval and the right data at the moment of decision. Couchbase on Tuesday announced its AI Data Plane, combining persistent agent memory, real-time contex…
venturebeat.com
Data Breach at Indian Supplier Tata Electronics Exposes iPhone 18 Pro Details and Photos
Munsif Vengattil, Aditya Kalra, and Stephen Nellis, reporting for Reuters: Sensitive lists of components and suppliers, ​and photos of Apple’s upcoming iPhone 18 Pro models are part of files posted on the dark web by the ransomware group that stole data from the U.S. firm’s India…
reuters.com
Over 30 Years Ago, ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ Accidentally Cut to the Heart of Trans Rights
'The Outcast' is clunky as a whole, but its depiction of trans femininity is powerful.
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The Download: AI “coworkers” and stratospheric internet
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. AI agents are not your “coworkers” Imagine coming in to work to learn that a new underling will report to you. The worker is not a person but …
MIT Technology Review
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Huawei Open-Sources 92B-Parameter openPangu-2.0-Flash Model
Huawei has officially open-sourced its openPangu-2.0-Flash model with 92 billion total parameters, marking a significant milestone in the company's AI ecosystem...
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America’s immigrant tech workers are paying an uncertainty tax
A court struck down Donald Trump’s $100,000 H-1B fee. But many foreign workers say years of shifting immigration rules have already pushed them to consider Canada, the U.K., and the Gulf.
restofworld.org
A Look At PRISM’s Legal Battles
After filing its updated draft red herring prospectus (UDRHP) with the SEBI, OYO-parent PRISM has set its sight to list…
inc42.com
Momenta launches Hong Kong IPO with GIC, Fidelity and BlackRock as cornerstone investors
Chinese autonomous driving company Momenta launched its Hong Kong public offering on June 29, with plans to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s main board under the ticker 6880.HK. The company is offering 19.94 million Class A ordinary shares at HK$295.60 each, aiming to raise…
technode.com
Anthropic launches ‘Claude Science’ to expand enterprise business and pharma revenue ahead of IPO
Anthropic has introduced Claude Science, a specialized AI platform designed for scientists,… Content originally published on The Tech Portal - Global technology news, latest gadget news and breaking tech news.
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After triggering price war, DeepSeek reverses course with surcharge on peak-hour API use
Chinese artificial intelligence unicorn DeepSeek is introducing peak-hour surcharges for its API services, bucking a fierce domestic price war it helped start, in which rivals have been aggressively undercutting each other to capture market share. The Chinese AI champion will dou…
scmp.com
Exclusive: No More Side Hustles: Why AI Startup Omnea Will Give Employees $250K To Openly Plan Their Next Startup
Omnea, a London-based artificial intelligence software company that helps businesses manage their supplier spending, is challenging traditional venture models with the launch of the Omnea Future Founders Fund to give its employees who have completed five years of service a chance…
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The History and Mystery of Fireworks
In the 1970s, American Fireworks, a family-run pyrotechnics company in Hudson, Ohio, used a “home run box” to offer quick and easy fireworks displays for the Cleveland Indians (now the Cleveland Guardians) baseball games. The red wooden crate had metal silos to store the rockets…
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Timothée Chalamet’s Animated Debut Is Rom-Com With a Sci-Fi Twist
Illumination's 'Not Alone' also stars Selena Gomez and is coming in April 2027.
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Microsoft’s Topological Quantum Computing Claims Once Again In Question
A central problem with the arguably overhyped field of quantum computing remains the difficulty in objectively ascertaining performance and new developments, as much here relies on indirect measurements. Such is …read more
hackaday.com
Inside Thinking Machines’ Interaction Models
In this article, we will look at what the research preview covers and the concept of an interaction model proposed by Thinking Machines.
bytebytego.com
European digital ID wallets rely on safety services of Google and Apple
Article URL: https://waag.org/en/article/european-digital-id-wallets-are-gift-google-and-apple/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48730729 Points: 623 # Comments: 271
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Claude Code is steganographically marking requests
Article URL: https://thereallo.dev/blog/claude-code-prompt-steganography Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48734373 Points: 672 # Comments: 202
thereallo.dev
US Supreme Court Just Blew Up EU-US Data Transfers
Article URL: https://noyb.eu/en/us-supreme-court-just-blew-eu-us-data-transfers Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48728740 Points: 225 # Comments: 182
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The labor share of income in the US is at its lowest post-war level
Article URL: https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2026/06/the-post-covid-decline-in-the-labor-share/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48734234 Points: 382 # Comments: 373
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How AI Agents Manage Memory and Avoid Forgetfulness
In this article, we will try to understand how that architecture gets built, from the constraint that forces it to exist all the way to the tradeoffs that follow.
bytebytego.com
Bite Into Strange Sounds With NOISEFERATU
The NOISFERATU is an open source generative textural sound synthesizer, or as creator [Robert Heel] puts it, “a sound designer’s dream and audiophile’s worst nightmare”. NOISEFERATU offers 45 different sound …read more
hackaday.com
How Airspeed Sensors Work
When you’re driving your car, you’re probably regularly looking at the speedometer to make sure you comply with the local speed limits. The method by which it works is simple …read more
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