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The Cold Email

Zach Holman attributes three major life changes to cold outreach: gaining admission to Carnegie Mellon after being…

Winamp aims for a comeback with a new music player powered by Deezer

Winamp is preparing to relaunch with a Deezer-powered premium music service, betting its nostalgic brand and a new…

SalesPatriot (YC W25) Is Hiring FDEs

SalesPatriot, a YC W25 startup, is hiring Forward Deployed Engineers to help modernize industrial supply chain…

The coolest use for the Vision Pro

A software developer discovered that Apple's Vision Pro is excellent for visualizing home floor plans during their…

Who wins and who loses after US bans foreign robots?

Government ban on foreign-made robots may hinder instead of help US robotics.

Claude Is Down

Claude services, including claude.ai, the Claude API, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork, are experiencing elevated errors…

The Hugging Face AI break-in, as told through an increasingly committed bear metaphor

Another way to think about the whole thing is to picture a bear at a campsite. (Really, we are going there.)

Kimi K3-256k

Kimi K3-256k, a new 256k context version of the Kimi K3 coding model, is now available and consumes about half the quota…

Balcony Solar: $1.74/watt direct plug-in solar

Balcony Solar offers affordable plug-in solar kits starting at $285.30 for members (or $499 without membership),…

Customize Ars your way with an Ars Pro subscription

Ars Pro subscribers get customizable layouts along with no ads and no trackers.

How much can you delegate to agents?

The article argues that deciding how much autonomy to give AI agents depends not on model quality, but on two factors:…

Commodification of Intelligence: Good, Bad, and Ugly Circular AI Deals

The AI industry's circular financing deals—where companies like OpenAI, Microsoft, Nvidia, and CoreWeave invest in and…

Claude Opus 5 became downright ruthless when tasked with running a vending machine

Andon Labs' latest vending machine simulation shows Opus 5 lied and colluded its way to become the best AI capitalist…

The motion-sickness cure hidden in iPhone settings

Apple's iPhone setting "Vehicle Motion Cues" displays animated dots on screen edges that move in sync with vehicle…

The Growing Threat of Docusign Phishing Attacks

Cado Security Labs identified a Docusign spearphishing campaign targeting tech executives that uses compromised Japanese…

How to Not Die by a Thousand Cuts. Or, How to Think About Software Quality

Software quality is fundamentally about executing processes with grace and leaving things better than you found them,…

A field day for Gleam's language server – Gleam v1.18.0 release

Gleam v1.18.0 introduces significant language server improvements, including full support for record field operations…

Turning a Dumb AC Unit Smart (Without Losing My Security Deposit)

A software engineer in a NYC rental apartment created a DIY smart AC control system by attaching an ESP32-controlled…

Google begins global rollout of age verification API in Google Play

Google's new API relies on parents to set age ranges in Family Link.

Elon Musk’s xAI is trying to sue its way out of a Grok reckoning

Musk defends Grok, says Minnesota's nudifying app ban is unconstitutional.

Sorry, haters. Ferrari’s first EV is doing just fine

To the horror of commenters across the internet, the Ferrari Luce appears to be a sales success.

Waymo robotaxis are starting to return to freeways

Waymo robotaxis are now using freeways in Phoenix with more cities to follow in the coming days.

Yet more qubit tech: New quantum dot options, diamond vacancies

Companies are making sure we have a surplus of options for building qubits.

Google brings its age-assurance technology to Android developers worldwide

Google is expanding its Play Age Signals API, giving Android developers a privacy-preserving way to tailor experiences…

Show HN: CheapFoodMap – A map of good meals under $10

CheapFoodMap is a crowdsourced directory that helps users find meals under $10 in major U.S.

Infrastructure Patterns for Agentic Applications

Agents—AI systems that iteratively call models and tools to complete tasks—have fundamentally different infrastructure…

Some thoughts about Anthropic's new cryptanalysis results

Anthropic's advanced AI model Claude Mythos has produced two cryptanalysis results: an attack on the HAWK post-quantum…

AI Book Burning? Companies Are Destroying Millions of Books to Feed Chatbots

AI developers are quietly buying physical books by the millions, slicing them apart, scanning every page into AI…

Keychron announces first open-source firmware for gaming mice