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Dependabot version updates introduce default package cooldown

Dependabot now implements a three-day default cooldown before opening version update pull requests, allowing time for…

Same model, same Q4_K_M label: 5.02, 5.07 and 5.27 bits per weight

The article describes Picchio, a Python tool that measures local large language model (LLM) performance across three…

Lawsuit claims Meta's layoff decisions were made by AI, not humans

Meta denies using AI to terminate workers with disabilities and medical problems.

DeepMind CEO Says AGI Will Be Bigger Than Electricity or Fire

Demis Hassabis says artificial general intelligence is only a few years away and proposes a new U.S.

How I use HTMX with Go

The author demonstrates how to integrate HTMX with Go to add interactive features to web applications while minimizing…

StubHub's 'marketplace for fans' is run by a mass scalper, SEC filings reveal

Apple opens its new Siri AI to everyone with the iOS 27 public beta

If you’ve been waiting to try Apple’s revamped Siri without installing a developer beta, you now can.

Anthropic’s newest ad is creeping people out

Anthropic's latest advert is stirring up high emotions — which is undoubtedly what it was designed to do.

The founder of Hinge raised $18M to build a new AI dating service, Overtone

Overtone describes itself as "a voice- and audio-forward service, enabled by AI, that provides highly curated…

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Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive

Lucid Motors denies report it’s considering bankruptcy

The company said the "rumors are completely false" after its stock sank more than 50% on a report that it was weighing…

Google faces another AI training lawsuit from major publishers

Hachette, Cengage, Elsevier, and other publishers allege that Google trained its AI on copyrighted works without the…

Cursor 0day: When Full Disclosure Becomes the Only Protection Left

A critical vulnerability in Cursor, a widely-used AI-assisted IDE with 7+ million active users, allows arbitrary code…

Bonsai 27B (1-bit LLM): The First 27B-Class Model to Run on a Phone

PrismML has announced Bonsai 27B, the first 27-billion-parameter language model capable of running on a smartphone,…

DeepMind CEO calls for an independent standards body to regulate frontier AI

DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is proposing an AI "standards body" modeled after FINRA, to test frontier models and develop…

Kontigo (YC S24) Is Hiring (Head of Security)

Kontigo, a Y Combinator-backed neobank for Latinos founded in 2023, is hiring a Head of Security with a salary range of…

The Tower Keeps Rising

Armin Ronacher draws a parallel between the Tower of Babel story and modern software development, arguing that while…

S&P downgrades Oracle to BBB – only one notch above junk level

S&P Global downgraded Oracle's credit rating from BBB to BBB-, the lowest investment-grade level, citing the company's…

DeepSeek reportedly in talks to raise $1.5B, then IPO

DeepSeek, the Chinese large language model developer, is said to be preparing for a 2027 IPO debut as it also looks to…

Measuring Input Latency on Linux: X11 vs. Wayland, VRR, and DXVK

A Linux gamer built a custom hardware device to measure input latency by using a light sensor attached to a monitor that…

Google revamps image search for its 25th anniversary with more images and more AI

The new Google image search will use your "unique interests" to create an always-updated gallery.

Meta’s Adam Mosseri says AI token budgets could soon be capped per engineer

Instagram head Adam Mosseri believes companies will eventually need to manage AI token spending the same way they manage…

Launch HN: Agnost AI (YC S26) – Extract user feedback from agent conversations

Agnost AI, a Y Combinator-backed startup, automatically analyzes production conversations with AI agents to identify…

Google Images gets a Pinterest-like redesign focused on discovery

Now, when users navigate to Google Images, they'll see a "For You" gallery of images tailored to their interests and…

Show HN: Opening lines of famous literary works

This came from an idea that had been knocking around in my head for several years.

I'm a USB-C Maximalist

A traveler describes the benefits of adopting USB-C as a universal charging standard, demonstrating how a single power…

Are we offloading too much of our thinking to AI?

As AI tools become increasingly capable of handling research, reasoning, and decision-making, people are outsourcing…

New York State halts construction of all new data centers

New York has become the first state to temporarily halt approval of large data centers, as Gov.