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Bringing predictive analytics to the agentic AI era 
In 2026, the question for enterprise AI is no longer whether predictive models can outperform statistical forecasts—that argument is settled. The big question now is how to enable predictive systems to act on their own conclusions without drifting from business intent. The fronti…
MIT Technology Review
Crunchbase Data: Q3 2026 Posted A Record Count Of Billion-Dollar Rounds As The Global AI Race Heats Up
Global venture funding totaled $159 billion in Q3 2026 with close to 6,000 startups funded, Crunchbase data shows. And while the third quarter was the lowest for startup investment so far this year, it still exceeded every other quarter since Q2 2022. We take a look at where the …
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EmTech Future 2026: When AI Meets Everything
Yossi Matias, Vice President & Head of Google Research, explores how AI is beginning to reshape biology, infrastructure, manufacturing, and science, and why its greatest impact may come when it intersects with other fields.  Step inside the newsroom with our MIT Technology Review…
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People really hate AI, so why can’t they get enough?
Over the summer I talked to the CEO of Springboards, a startup building an LLM that’s designed to come up with a wider variety of responses than its mainstream rivals do. At the start of the call, he said something that’s been stuck in my head since: “We often say that we’re a se…
MIT Technology Review
Connecting AI agents to enterprise knowledge
For all the data that AI systems continually amass and analyze, enterprise AI agents often suffer from a curious shortcoming: a lack of knowledge. More than data, knowledge is the understanding of what the data means in the context of individual organizations. AI agents need this…
MIT Technology Review
Scientists Uncover Surprising Link Between Cannabis and Violence
A large review ties cannabis use to an increased risk of committing violent acts.
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Dalian University of Technology's VA-Bench: Top Multimodal Models Finish Only Half of Robot Tasks
VA-Bench from Dalian University of Technology tests 12 multimodal model setups on robot-arm tasks; Qwen3.8-max leads at 53.93%, and none finishes a strict long-horizon task.
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Meet The Most Active Startup Investors Of Q3 2026
India’s startup funding market remained selective in the third quarter of 2026, with investors backing fewer startups even as the…
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[Update] Snapdeal Parent AceVector Ends Market Debut 18.5% Below Issue Price
Update | October 5, 2026 16:40 IST  Snapdeal parent AceVector’s shares closed their maiden trading session at ₹26.10 on the…
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Cloud Gaming Firm haimacloud Launches GEAR Hybrid Handheld With Snapdragon 865 and Cloud RTX GPUs
The haimacloud GEAR pairs a local Snapdragon 865 with cloud servers running Core i7-12700KF and RTX 70-class GPUs at 1080p/144 FPS; hardware starts at 3,149 yuan.
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CosMX Details 40% Silicon-Anode Cell Behind Honor Magic9 Pro Max's 8,800mAh Battery
Zhuhai CosMX Battery is launch supplier of the 40% silicon-anode cell and pack in the Honor Magic9 Pro Max, using a new anode binder and low-expansion formula to curb swelling.
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China Huadian Connects First 100-MW-Class Compressed CO2 Energy Storage Project in Xinjiang to Grid
China Huadian's Mulei project in Xinjiang, the country's first 100-MW-class compressed CO2 energy storage plant, is on the grid, storing about 290 GWh a year with 6+ hours of output.
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Building a Cheap, Dexterous Robot Hand
Most of the time, assuming nothing’s gone wrong with them, we take our hands so much for granted that it’s easy to forget what remarkable pieces of engineering they are: …read more
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Denmark Data Breach Exposes 8.8M People's Personal Data
Article URL: https://www.cpr.dk/cpr-nyt/nyhedsarkiv/2026/okt/omfattende-uautoriseret-adgang-til-borgeres-cpr-oplysninger Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49962012 Points: 377 # Comments: 271
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Germany’s RobCo hits $1B valuation
Article URL: https://techfundingnews.com/europes-new-robotics-unicorn-germanys-robco-hits-1b-valuation/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49963366 Points: 304 # Comments: 284
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Web Search API
Article URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-10-02-introducing-web-search-api/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49963171 Points: 297 # Comments: 150
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Nearly 200 people under observation after Irkutsk lab worker dies from plague
Article URL: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/02/nearly-200-people-under-observation-after-irkutsk-lab-worker-dies-from-plague-a93857 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49960084 Points: 276 # Comments: 262
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How A British Engineer Homebrewed The Quietest Carbine
Hollywood has a lot to answer for when it comes to “silencers” on firearms. On screen, a suppressed pistol makes a pinging thud, and the bad guy in the next …read more
hackaday.com
The LLM Blindspot: Why Models Forget What’s in the Middle of Your Prompt
In this article, we’ll look at why LLMs have this bias against middle information.
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Pixel 11 doesn't yet meet the GrapheneOS security standards and may be skipped
Article URL: https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/41564-pixel-11-doesnt-yet-meet-the-grapheneos-security-standards-and-may-be-skipped Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49964303 Points: 300 # Comments: 164
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Last 3 days: AI Evals, October cohort
Secure your spot in AI Evals in Practice. Enrollment closes in just 3 days! If you’ve been thinking about joining, now’s the time.
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