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Palo Alto Networks paid $500M for Thrive-backed Console, sources say

The acquisition also leaves Sequoia-backed Serval as the de-facto startup leader in AI IT service automation, industry…

Maybe We Shouldn't Be Reviewing All This Code

The author argues that as AI generates more code than humans can review, organizations shouldn't try to automate code…

Launch HN: RonanRX (YC S26) – Personalized Peptides and GLP-1s

RonanRX, a Y Combinator-backed startup, offers personalized GLP-1 and peptide prescriptions tailored to individual…

Reasons Robotics Is Hard

While AI has made significant progress in knowledge work, physical robotics remains largely confined to controlled demo…

Google spared from ad-business breakup, but judge orders changes to how it operates

Google has dodged an effort to break up its ad business, but a judge said Wednesday that the company will need to adjust…

Mamdani Bans AI in NYC Schools

Top Pentagon AI Official Sold Millions in Perplexity Stock, Disclosures Show

Emil Michael's latest financial filings show a summer exit from Perplexity, months after a January sale of xAI stock…

Vidact – a compiler that turns React into direct DOM operations

Vidact is a compiler that converts React function components and hooks into direct DOM operations, eliminating the…

I rented a car, and within hours, my driver's license was for sale

The FBI is reportedly investigating a massive data breach that is unfolding in real time.

OpenAI’s new reasoning technique alarms AI safety experts

OpenAI’s new Astra model will use “recurrent depth,” a technique that allows the model to operate outside of the…

MapQuest is now the No. 1 U.S. app after bucking Trump’s ‘Lake America’ renaming

The once-dominant mapping app has surged to the top of Apple’s U.S.

Altair Basic Interpreter Source Code (1975) [pdf]

FCC plans robocall scorecard to grade phone companies on spam call blocking

Carrier scorecards may include call-blocking stats and data on customer complaints.

I wanna live an NPC life

The author argues that adopting an "NPC lifestyle"—being indifferent to others' judgments and focusing solely on your…

AI Agents and the Refactoring That Never Happens

As AI agents take on more coding tasks, experienced developers have stopped reflexively refactoring overly complex code…

Fable 5.1 World Modeling

PhiloLabs has created Fable 5.1, a project that reconstructs real-world locations like Union Square in San Francisco as…

The Post-AI Internet Doesn't Look Great

The widespread adoption of generative AI has degraded internet quality, with search engines prioritizing AI summaries…

It sure looks like hackers breached a major ID card verification service

An identity theft search site claimed to have more than 150 million driver's license photos stolen from an ID…

Muse Spark 1.3

Muse Spark 1.3 is Meta's new AI model designed for agentic workflows and competitive coding performance, featuring…

Introducing Muse Spark 1.3

Muse Spark 1.3, released today in Muse Code and Meta Model API, offers improved performance for agentic and coding tasks…

Humanity has built the records of FATE by accident

The author draws a parallel between the fictional "Records of FATE" from the video game Chrono Cross—devices that subtly…

Using Cloudflare Workers and reCAPTCHA v3 for a Static Site Contact Form

The article explains how to build a secure contact form for a static Eleventy site using Cloudflare Workers and…

Embedded Rust RTOS vs. C RTOS

The article compares async Rust (using Embassy) against C-based FreeRTOS on an STM32F446 microcontroller, evaluating…

Firefox's AI Switch Is Off. Telemetry Isn't

Firefox's AI kill switch disables generative AI features but leaves telemetry and advertising active, according to…

Why do so many tools have JSON config files?

A developer questions why so many tools use JSON for configuration files, noting that JSON doesn't support comments,…

Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks

Google's Pro model updates are seemingly paused, but there's yet another Gemini Flash today.

I Don't Think I Can Stay in Tech

The article criticizes prominent tech executives and companies for funding David Heinemeier Hansson's "Omacom…

Trump may be forced to reveal secret rules feds use for AI safety testing

Trump’s secret reviews of frontier AI models may hide corruption, lawsuit says.

I Don't Have a Smartphone

The author argues against the proliferation of smartphone apps and QR codes by highlighting the numerous unstated…