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App Store Rejection of the Week: Dark Hours

Terry Godier's astronomy app "Dark Hours" was rejected by Apple's App Store with the claim that it pertains to…

Psychological Warfare in Reverse Engineering

REpsych is a proof-of-concept tool that generates executable programs whose control flow graphs visually render images…

Ancient Library – 1,060 Greek/Latin texts, click any word to parse it

An online library provides interactive access to 1,060 classical Greek and Latin texts from 140 authors, allowing…

Databricks drove down AI coding spend 70%

Databricks reduced AI coding costs by 70% by implementing cost management techniques that balance broad employee access…

Assembly Hall of Shame

The "Assembly Hall of Shame" is a repository that ranks x86 CPU instructions by their slowest possible performance…

New official 30th anniversary Quake mission pack adds new maps and mechanics

19 new maps continue the story from MachineGames' other campaign additions.

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 achieved 89.0% accuracy on ARC-AGI-1 and 61.4% on ARC-AGI-2 benchmarks at low costs of $0.02 and…

The Claudyssey: A line-for-line translation of Homer's Odyssey by Claude Fable 5

Claude Fable 5 has created a complete line-for-line English translation of Homer's Odyssey featuring all 12,107 lines…

Oracle bans AI-generated code from OpenJDK

Oracle has banned AI-generated code from OpenJDK contributions due to concerns about safety, security, and intellectual…

OpenAI’s expensive smart speaker will use moving parts to seem “more alive”

Gurman report claims OpenAI confirmed the speaker is not an Apple ripoff.

Volkswagen plans to win America back with a pickup, report says

There's no evidence the truck will be a cheap EV truck, but what if it were?

Responding to the next frontier of critical cyber capabilities

The AI Billboards Are Killing SF

San Francisco is increasingly blanketed with AI-generated billboards featuring nonsensical messages like "Your agents…

Cloudflare launches Kitesurf, a browser built for AI agents

Cloudflare has introduced Kitesurf, a cloud-hosted browser designed for AI agents instead of people.

Computer maker Framework notifies ‘all customers’ of a data breach

Framework told "all" of its customers that hackers accessed their names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical…

OpenAI's First Device Is a $300-Plus Doughnut-Shaped Speaker: Report

Designed with Jony Ive's LoveFrom studio, the screenless gadget is slated for 2027 and will use cameras, lights and…

Buterin Backs Signal No-Phone Number Feature, Warns on Privacy

The open-source instant messaging app Signal is working to allow users to register on its network without a phone number.

Software is about people, not code

A software developer reflects on learning that successful software development depends far more on understanding…

99% of My Website Traffic Is Bots

Host your own piece of Disrupt: Apply to run a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

You put together the concept — from a founder mixer, an after-hours panel, a themed party, a morning run, whatever fits…

Chinese AI model Kimi escaped its cybersecurity testing environment, researchers say

In the Kimi test, the sandbox designed to contain the experiment was not properly configured.

Airbnb says AI is helping it ship features faster as it tests a new search function

Airbnb will debut a new AI-powered search experience with a toggle.

SpaceX’s Terafab will rely on natural gas power plants, not Tesla solar panels

SpaceX and Tesla are building a massive semiconductor fab in Texas that will depend on natural gas power plants, not…

US's largest newspaper chain partners with Palantir to analyze audience data

USA Today Co., America's largest newspaper chain, has partnered with software company Palantir to analyze and monetize…

AI chatbots have failed people in crisis. Can that be fixed?

Clinicians and researchers say AI companies need to open up their safety data.

ByteDance trains massive AI model in bid to rival Anthropic

TikTok owner training a model with 10 trillion parameters.

AI psychosis is the new leadership blind spot

The web server deployment model breaks at hobby scale

The article discusses how the traditional web server deployment model creates inefficiencies when building applications…

What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers

Growing numbers of knowledge workers are experiencing a crisis of faith in their careers, feeling that their work is…