I gave Qwen 3.8 27B a reverse-engineering job I assumed needed a frontier model, and it finished in 30 minutes
Qwen 3.8 27B genuinely shocked me with what it achieved here.
Uber hit with a nearly $1 billion fine for automatically deactivating drivers in Europe
A Dutch data regulatory authority said that Uber has to pay 824.9 million euros for violating the GDPR.
Chinese memory firm CXMT relied on leaked Samsung technology to skip years of R&D, court testimony claims
That origin story came directly from a former Samsung Electronics engineer surnamed Jeon, according to Maeil Business. The veteran employee spent almost three decades at Samsung before...
Chinese humanoid robots smash human records in 100m sprint and high jump at Beijing robot games
Chinese humanoid robots have set records including beating Usain Bolt's 100-meter sprint record at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing.
[AIP] WebPrint a self-hosted webUI for your printer
🖨️ A self-hosted printing server webUI with multi-user support
U.S. warns Siemens devices can be hacked amid fears Iran is breaching water plants
The warning comes as cyber incidents target U.S. water systems in attacks cybersecurity experts suspect are linked to Iran.
Hex Tac Toe
Start a quick match, open a private room for a friend, or join a game with a code. No account needed.
America's Largest Grid Operator to Data Centers: Bring Your Own Power or Get Turned Off First…
PJM Interconnection now requires new data centers over 50 MW to supply their own power or face first-priority grid curtailment starting June 2027.
Minnesota passes ban on fake AI nudes; app makers risk $500K fines | More evidence of Grok CSAM seen as Minnesota passes nudifying app ban.
More evidence of Grok CSAM seen as Minnesota passes nudifying app ban.
One In Five Drivers Switches Off The Safety Tech Meant To Save Their Lives
Carmakers keep loading new cars with driver aids, but a surprising share of owners never turn the fanciest ones on
Meta glasses are a workplace menace
“Pervert” glasses are making jobs weird and putting workers on edge.
A Mysterious AI Lab Is Offering 100 Trillion Free Tokens/Day For Its Ox Alpha Model, As Evidence Points To Zhipu’s Unreleased GLM.
Ox Alpha's 1-million-token context window and video inputs hint at a heavily upgraded GLM-class model that's undergoing live testing.
‘They’re thinking about the likes’: deadly TikTok motorway trend horrifies Ireland
Social media platforms face public ire after fatal crash involving teenagers filming themselves driving on wrong side
For those of you who remember funorb: Age of Gods - Turn-Based Strategy Game
An epic turn-based strategy game where you command powerful units in tactical multiplayer battles. Master complex strategies and compete against players worldwide.
VSeeBox: reverse engineered
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
AI is changing the style and substance of human writing, study finds
Teams from Google and leading universities found that large-language models change the voice, tone and intended meaning of human authors.
Texas A&M physics prof writes: In ten years, light diffused by satellites will erase the the stars for the vast majority of humans. Save th…
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The defense revolving-door, Silicon Valley edition
An eye-opening glimpse at the links between two congressional committees and more than 100 defense contractors, consultants, and lobbyists.
Disruption without dividend? - How the digital divide and task differences split GenAI’s global impact
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PwC will say goodbye to staff who aren't convinced about AI
: Professional services giant did not read its own report on lackluster benefits
Tinder Plans to Let AI Scan Your Camera Roll
In a feature the dating app says is set to roll out in the U.S. later this spring, Tinder plans to access users' camera rolls to pick photos and determine what they're into.
The FTC is cracking down on companies that charge you a personalized price; Proposed enforcement policy would force companies to tell consu…
FTC says companies have to disclose personalized pricing and surveillance pricing
New Article - Whole Home Audio with SnapCast
A way to stream audio around your entire house using inexpensive RaspberryPi computers and SnapCast
80% of developers find AI coding more addictive than helpful
A Coddy Developer Survey revealed that AI coding is leading to a new kind of burnout.
The Pulse: token spend breaks budgets – what next?
In the past 2-3 months, spending on AI agents has exploded at many tech companies, Details from 15 of them, including the different ways they are coping with this realization.
Walmart is finally adding Tap to Pay
Beginning Aug. 24, we will be adding Tap to Pay to our payment options at select Walmart stores and Sam’s Club locations, with plans to roll it out to all U.S. stores and clubs by the end of 2026 and to fuel stations by…
AI's Economics Don't Make Sense
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Meta will shut down VR Horizon Worlds access in June
The VR version of Meta's Horizon Worlds platform is shutting down on June 15 as the company focuses its attention on its mobile app.
Reddit Almost Disappears from ChatGPT Answers as Search Citations Drop 86%
ChatGPT is citing Reddit far less: reddit.com's share of ChatGPT Search citations collapsed from about 4% to about 0.5% on August 14, 2026. Daily data for ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, and Google AI Mode from July 7 to …
'Hoard and Destroy'? Advocates Demand Federal Probe of Book-Burning by AI Giants
"AI companies are engineering a future where only the wealthiest incumbents can build high-quality AI models and operate as the sole holders of humanity's written works."
Uber Fined Nearly €825 Million Euros($966M Dollars) for Automated Driver Blocking
Uber fined nearly €825 million by Dutch data protection authority for automated driver blocking.
Meta Sheds Influencer Andrew Tate's Lawsuit Over Instagram Ban
Meta convinced a federal court to quash a lawsuit challenging its termination of six Instagram accounts run by self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan.
Nintendo Wipes Out 400+ Switch Emulator Repos in Single-Day GitHub Sweep * TorrentFreak
Nintendo has filed seven DMCA anti-circumvention notices at GitHub in a single day, wiping out more than 400 Switch emulator repos.
TikTok reaches $400 million settlement with US Justice Department over children’s privacy
TikTok has reached a $400 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, ending a 2024 lawsuit alleging the company violated federal children’s privacy laws.
Whistleblower Says Mark Zuckerberg Is Only Pretending to Care About Child Safety
Former Meta safety engineer Arturo Béjar testified that his concerns about child safety fell on deaf ears.
After Xbox and Windows, now GITHUB is in crisis, "failing me, every single day, and it is personal"
One of GitHub's most staple contributors announced they are abandoning ship due to constant outages. GitHub's COO responds, promising change, but is it all too little too late?
Dutch regulator fines Uber $966m for automating driver suspensions
European regulators have imposed billions in penalties on US technology companies due to privacy, competition and digital market rules
Nvidia just showed that the harness, not the AI model, is now the real hero: researchers got Claude Opus 5 to achieve a 100% score on the i…
Nvidia research shows that AI agents can perform well, and not go off the deep end, through fine-tuning, even if the AI model isn't that great at the task.
Tesla’s Robotaxi gets caught crashing through bollards, just as it readies the purpose-built Cybercab for public roads
'Impeccable safety record'? Tesla Robotaxi filmed driving straight through traffic posts
Microsoft built a dedicated app that forces Bing everywhere on Windows 11, including Chrome, Firefox, and Brave
Microsoft built MicrosoftSettings.exe, an app that installs a Bing extension across Chrome and Edge, then redirects you to Microsoft Rewards.
Flock Is Quietly Selling Powerful Drones That Scan License Plates From the Sky
Flock is selling "Drone as First Responder" tech, in the form of drones that are equipped with cameras that can read license plates.
China joins Europe in scrapping Windows for Linux
The specialized Chinese version of Windows was already scheduled for retirement in February 2027, but now its end-of-life date has been moved up.
Remotely unlocking electric scooters
How subdomain recon, WordPress user enumeration, and a brute force led to admin access and remotely unlocking scooters.
Grand Jury Declines to Indict Man Caught on Camera Destroying Flock Pole
A grand jury made the exceedingly rare decision to decline federal charges against an Ohio man accused of tearing down a Flock ALPR.
What it looks like to live next to a sprawling data center
See how towering data centers transform neighborhoods and landscapes.
I accidentally logged hundreds of thousands of phone calls to military bases
How an expired nameserver let me take over e164.arpa zones for multiple territories, and why I probably should have checked my logs sooner.
GEN-1.5: Embodied Foundation Models are One-Shot Learners - Generalist AI
GEN-1.5 can in-context learn a new task from as little as 3 to 12 seconds of demonstration data — or adapt with 1 to 10 gradient steps on minutes of data. These capabilities emerge from pretraining on large-scale physic…
Apple macOS Screen Sharing Flaw Exploited on Internet-Exposed Macs to Install Monero Miner
Apple's CVE-2026-65400 Screen Sharing flaw is under active exploitation on internet-exposed Macs to install a Monero miner.
Fooling Flock: The Car Wrap That Blinds Plate Cameras
Flock cameras have earned their moment in the crosshairs, and it isn't hard to see why. License plate-reading cameras were sold on the premise of sharper law enforcement, but the rollout has produced misuse, false flags…
Delta Will Use AI To Cut Costs And Set A Different Ticket Price For Every Passenger—CEO Says Profits Could Rise 50%
Delta CEO Ed Bastian says artificial intelligence could increase profits 50%. The airline’s plans point toward fewer office jobs, automated decisions and different fares for individual passengers.