Today so far 2026-09-23 · 06:00 UTC

AI safety and governance dominate today's tech news, with OpenAI and Anthropic preparing to brief the UN Security Council on AI risks, while industry leaders continue grappling with questions about whether AI is really getting dangerously out of control. The AI sector is also experiencing rapid commercial momentum, as Snorkel AI tripled its valuation to $3.5B amid surging demand for training data, and both Anthropic and OpenAI released new models promising better performance at lower costs.

Libre Barcode Project

The Libre Barcode Project provides free fonts that generate scannable barcodes in Code 39, Code 128, and EAN/UPC formats, with optional text labels beneath the codes.

2026-06-26 · 03:12 UTC
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IBM Unveils Sub-1 Nanometer Chip With 100 Billion Transistors, Extending Moore’s Law

2026-06-26 · 02:30

IBM on Thursday unveiled the world’s first sub-1 nanometer chip technology, a research prototype at the 0.7 nanometer…

What happened after 2k people tried to hack my AI assistant

2026-06-26 · 02:29

A developer created hackmyclaw.com to test AI security by inviting over 2,000 people to attempt prompt injection attacks…

A data race that doesn't compile

2026-06-26 · 01:33

The author describes how they leveraged Rust's type system to prevent data races in a parallel Redux implementation for…

AI children's books, body horror edition

2026-06-26 · 01:15

AI-generated children's encyclopedias flooding Amazon are producing grotesque, body-horror imagery despite claims that…

Framework's 10G Ethernet module exposes USB-C's complexity

2026-06-26 · 01:10

WisdPi's new 10G Ethernet Expansion Card for Framework computers promises faster speeds but faces significant…

Om Malik – Silicon Valley Has an Empathy Vacuum (Nov 2016)

2026-06-25 · 23:53

Silicon Valley leaders have failed to demonstrate empathy for those negatively impacted by technological disruption,…

The White House is asking OpenAI to slow roll the release of its new model over safety concerns

2026-06-25 · 23:34

penAI reportedly plans to share its newest model, GPT 5.6, with a select group of partners instead of to the broader…

The Garbage Collection Handbook: The Art of Automatic Memory Management (2nd Ed)

2026-06-25 · 23:10

The second edition of The Garbage Collection Handbook updates the field of automatic memory management, incorporating…

Om Malik taught Silicon Valley to read itself

2026-06-25 · 22:19

Om Malik, the influential technology journalist and GigaOm founder who died on June 24 at age 59, shaped how Silicon…

YouTube Shorts are getting even shorter with an update that lets you double the playback speed

2026-06-25 · 22:02

YouTube Shorts is getting a makeover.

The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate your privacy

2026-06-25 · 21:44

# Summary Australia's social media ban for under-16s, which went into effect in December 2024, is forcing platforms to…

The DATA Foundation Launches to Tackle AI’s Multi-Billion Dollar Training Data Bottleneck

2026-06-25 · 21:37

Palo Alto, United States, 25th June 2026, Chainwire

The DATA Foundation Launches to Tackle AI’s Multi-Billion Dollar Training Data Bottleneck

2026-06-25 · 21:32

Palo Alto, United States, June 25th, 2026, ChainwireStory rebrands as The DATA Foundation, launches DATA Network with…

Migrating from Proxmox to NixOS and Incus

2026-06-25 · 21:22

The author migrated from Proxmox to NixOS with Incus after years of running a homelab, seeking a more reproducible and…

Anthropic Urges Congress to Crack Down on AI Distillation By Chinese Rivals

2026-06-25 · 21:13

Anthropic alleged that Alibaba-affiliated operators used nearly 25,000 fraudulent accounts to generate 28.8 million…

Un-0: Generating Images with Coupled Oscillators

2026-06-25 · 20:50

Unconventional AI has developed Un-0, an image generator powered by simulated coupled oscillators—a physics-based…

OpenAI Leans Toward Waiting Until Next Year for IPO

2026-06-25 · 20:36

The Customer Who Almost Killed Slack, Stripe, and Airbnb

2026-06-25 · 20:30

Early-stage startups face a critical threat from large enterprise customers who offer significant funding but pressure…

Jeremy Grantham Says SpaceX Defines AI Bubble Peak and Dismisses Bitcoin as ‘Unnecessary Nonsense’

2026-06-25 · 20:30

Jeremy Grantham, the billionaire investor who predicted both the dot-com crash and the 2007 housing collapse, says the…

Microsoft adds another year to Windows 10 extended update program

2026-06-25 · 20:24

About a quarter of PCs are still running Microsoft's previous operating system.

Patronus AI lands $50M to build ‘digital worlds’ that stress-test AI agents

2026-06-25 · 20:19

Agent testing startup Patronus AI, founded by former Meta AI researchers, is experienced nearly insatiable demand, its…

An oral history of Bank Python (2021)

2026-06-25 · 20:14

Large investment banks use proprietary Python systems called "Bank Python," which are heavily customized forks of the…

Parallel Parentheses Matching

2026-06-25 · 20:12

FCC may kill $2B program that connects schools and libraries to Internet

2026-06-25 · 20:01

Carr cites screen time concerns, is accused of trying to be "the nation’s parent."

Xbox follows Apple with price increases 

2026-06-25 · 19:39

The price increase comes amid rising components costs.

Notion Mail shuts down amid agent takeover

2026-06-25 · 19:14

The company said it is discontinuing its email inbox in favor of its AI agent offering as users are increasingly handing…

Notion killing Skiff-influenced email app since most users use AI agents instead

2026-06-25 · 19:04

Notion is "going all in on using agents to run your inbox."

Google finally releases a Finance Android app, promises iOS version later in 2026

2026-06-25 · 18:38

It took 20 years, but the Finance app arrives just in time to be packed full of AI.

Anthropic says Alibaba must be punished for largest Claude cloning attack

2026-06-25 · 18:01

Alibaba allegedly used 25,000 accounts to mine Claude over 28.8 million exchanges.

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