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Verizon touts $1B dark fiber deal for Google data centers as first of many

Telecom expects AI revenue from dark fiber deals and retrofitted data centers.

Self-contained highly-portable Python distributions

Python Standalone Builds creates self-contained, portable Python distributions that include the standard library and…

Securitize Capital becomes SEC-registered investment adviser

The registration expands Securitize’s regulated platform for tokenized assets, adding investment advisory services to…

Show HN: Yap – OSS on-device voice dictation for macOS with no model to download

Yap is a free, open-source voice dictation tool for macOS that uses built-in operating system APIs to transcribe speech…

Microsoft launches its first cybersecurity model, plus a new agentic cybersecurity system

Microsoft bolstered its AI cybersecurity offerings this week with the launch of its first AI security model and a new…

Bytecode-to-Source Mapping

The article explains how to efficiently map bytecode offsets back to source code line numbers in virtual machines.

Your Shared Claude Chats Were Being Quietly Published on Google

A missing line of code meant "share with a link" and "searchable by anyone" were the same thing—and someone already…

Judge Rejects Google's Attempt to DMCA Its Way Out of Being Scraped

A federal judge dismissed Google's DMCA lawsuit against SerpAPI, a company that scrapes Google search results to create…

Amazon’s new satellite network for mobile phones could turn up the heat on SpaceX

Amazon is expanding its plans for providing satellite connectivity to mobile phones.

Nvidia, Microsoft and IBM Launch Open Secure AI Alliance to Strengthen AI Cybersecurity

More than 40 technology companies and organizations have allied to develop open-source AI security tools and standards…

Jensen Huang's first-ever post on X is in defense of open access to AI models

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made his first post on X advocating against premature US restrictions on open-access AI models,…

Antares raises $470M to build nuclear reactors for the U.S. military

Antares has raised $470 million to build small modular reactors — 100 kW to 1 MW — for U.S. Air Force bases.

A Man Gave Border Agents His Phone Passcode. It Wiped Everything. Now He's Facing Federal Charges

Samuel Tunick allegedly triggered a GrapheneOS duress password during a warrantless airport search.

Canceling "Hey"

A Hey email client user of four years canceled their subscription after discovering that the service's creator DHH…

OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach has reignited the debate over alignment and control

OpenAI's Hugging Face breach has reignited debate over AI alignment and control, exposing competing views on whether…

Sam Altman Heads to Washington to Discuss OpenAI’s Next AI Models

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will return to Washington, D.C., this week for a series of meetings with senior Trump…

UpCodes (YC S17) is hiring remote AE's to help make buildings cheaper

Show HN: FeyNoBg – Automatic background removal model and training library

Feyn Labs introduced FeyNoBg, a state-of-the-art model for automatic background removal that achieves the best published…

ChatGPT starts blocking direct requests to copy an author's style

New behavior capturing a writer's "broad qualities" could have legal implications.

MAI-Cyber 1

Microsoft has announced MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, a new AI model integrated into MDASH, its vulnerability identification and…

Decathlon Germany adds Wero payment option to decathlon.de website

Decathlon Germany became the first major retailer in the French group's international operations to offer Wero, a…

Threads users can now chat with Meta AI in their DMs

Meta on Monday said it is rolling out its Meta AI chatbot within Threads' DMs, giving users a way to chat with the AI…

Strategy Executes $25M STRC Buyback as USD Reserve Reaches Record $3.75B

Strategy Inc announced a $25 million STRC repurchase as it strengthens its preferred stock strategy.

Show HN: Infrawrench – a tool to manage cloud and svcs with workflows and chat

Infrawrench is a unified desktop and cloud platform that consolidates infrastructure management across 25+ cloud…

Nvidia's $750B in Deals Reignite Circular AI Fears

Google’s AI search is rapidly becoming the default, new data shows

Google’s AI Overviews now appear in 43% of searches, underscoring how quickly AI-generated answers are becoming the…

Show HN: Let's Seal – Let's Encrypt for document signing, free and self-hosted

Let's Seal is a free, open-source platform that provides document signing and verification services—positioning itself…

Power up your AI infrastructure! A first look at the Smart Systems Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the Smart Systems Stage will be where energy, infrastructure, and technology collide,…

This $9 key physically locks your most addictive apps

This $9 NFC key requires you to physically scan it to unlock distracting apps on your phone.