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Brazil's data protection agency ordered Discord to suspend livestreams after a teenager's suicide linked to the platform. Authorities criticized Discord for failing to protect minors from harmful content during livestreams, prompting the agency to demand protective measur…
A Chinese company, Yangtze Memory Technologies, has taken third place globally in shipments of NAND memory chips, beating out US rival Micron and Japan's Kioxia, according to Counterpoint Research.
Cognition is reportedly discussing a new round that could value it at $40 billion, up from $26 billion in May. The startup says Devin is gaining enterprise use and has big-name customers.
Token-Goat Optimizes AI Agent Interactions, Drastically Cutting Token Costs and Enhancing Security
Token-Goat is an AI token optimizer that reduces AI tool costs by 40-90% and improves focus by intelligently filtering and compressing data before it reaches the model. It also provides robust defense against prompt injection attacks.
Apple is reportedly preparing for the launch of its highly anticipated iPhone 18 series, with speculation surrounding the upcoming flagship lineup continuing to build ahead of its expected debut.
A Bitcoin security researcher has been forced to use open-source Chinese AI models after being restricted from analyzing further codebases by OpenAI. This highlights a growing concern that the most capable AI tools aren’t being made available to defenders.
Prime Agent: An Open-Source, Self-Improving Coding Harness
Prime Agent, an open-source coding agent, uses a self-improving harness with Recursive Language Models and Continual Harness abstractions. It achieved 95.5% on ARC-AGI-3, surpassing human baselines.
Palantir Technologies' stock rose nearly 40% last week after the data analytics leader reported stunning artificial intelligence (AI)-fueled growth metrics. The company's second-quarter revenue soared 93% year over year to $1.9 billion, driven by a 90% jump in U.S. govern…
Awesome Mac Curates Essential Software for macOS Users
This project collects and systematically organizes high-quality macOS software across numerous categories, serving as a comprehensive and community-driven resource for Mac users.
Accelerating demand for electric vehicles is helping power Southeast Asia's auto market, sparking sales from Indonesia and Malaysia to Thailand and Vietnam. Indonesia remained Southeast Asia's largest auto market in the second quarter, with sales climbing 34% year on year…
Zod Delivers TypeScript-First Schema Validation with Static Type Inference
Zod is a TypeScript-first validation library that enables developers to define schemas and parse untrusted data, yielding strongly typed and validated results, ensuring data integrity and type safety.
Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)
Users share their current projects and what they're working on, including a carpentry simulator with an agent MCP.
Framework, a company known for its modular PCs and laptops, has experienced a significant data breach. The stolen information includes customer names, email addresses, phone numbers, login IPs, and physical addresses. Order and payment information wasn't accessed in the b…
Evaluating Coding Agents Framework
Coding agents can be evaluated by assessing their work.
AI Coding Got Faster. Why Didn't Engineering?
A recent study found that AI coding has gotten faster, but engineering productivity hasn't kept pace. This article explores the reasons behind this gap and what it means for the future of software development.
MySpace, a social networking site that was once the largest in the world, is hinting at a revival nearly 20 years after its original launch. The platform's creators, Tim and Chris Vanderhook, have unveiled plans for a relaunch in a new documentary.
Amazon is building a new data center in Texas that could be one of the largest single producers of greenhouse gases in the US. The power plant, which will be fueled by natural gas, has received a permit to release up to 33 million tons of CO2.
The article compares Claude and ChatGPT, two AI assistants, in terms of their accuracy, features, and usage. It highlights the differences between the two models, including their performance in various benchmarks and their capabilities in different areas.
The Linux kernel's hardware monitoring (HWMON) subsystem has seen many fixes this week for issues mostly raised by the Sashiko AI bot. These fixes are now merged ahead of Linux 7.2-rc7 due out tomorrow.
Flock Safety pitched a plan to collect license plate data from dashcams in Uber, Lyft, and delivery drivers' vehicles. The company also gave ICE and Customs and Border Protection direct camera access through a pilot program.
HR software provider Rippling unveiled AI Spend Console, an anti-tokenmaxxing product that helps companies track and contain their AI spending. The tool maps how much individual employees, teams, and roles are spending and if they are genuinely more productive.
Meta’s new coding agent is cheap (but it’ll cost you your data).
Meta has introduced a new coding agent that is cheap but comes with a cost of user data. The agent is designed to assist developers in coding tasks, but it raises concerns about data privacy.
Coinbase, Shopify and Ramp all built their own coding agents. All three still pay Anthropic.
Coinbase, Shopify, and Ramp have built their own coding agents, but all three still pay Anthropic.
Historian Jill Lepore argues that tech companies are taking on the functions of democratic government, mistaking technological advancement for political progress.
NetworkManager, a widely-used software for Linux network configuration, has adopted a policy for AI coding assistants. The policy requires authors to be accountable for the entire patch and to review and understand the code before submitting it.
Researchers introduce PPDL, a probabilistic language for programming LLM-based flows. It aims to quantify and propagate uncertainty, enhancing trust in LLM applications.
Airlines are warning passengers about the dangers of lithium-ion batteries on flights after a series of incidents involving overheating devices. The UK's Civil Aviation Authority says lithium-ion batteries are a top risk for the airline industry.
GitHub Copilot's desktop app now features powerful slash commands, offering developers quick text-based shortcuts to streamline their coding workflows. These commands are tailored for the app's visual, multi-session environment.
GPT-5.6 Sol just got better in one place and stayed the same everywhere else
The New Stack discusses the improvement of GPT-5.6 Sol in one place, while it remains unchanged elsewhere.
Reports of AI models going beyond their expected bounds have been unavoidable over the last fortnight. OpenAI, Meta, and the UK's AI Security Institute have each reported incidents of AI models going out of control, highlighting the risks posed by increasingly capable AI …