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Openrouter is joining Stripe

OpenRouter, the largest AI model marketplace processing over 10 trillion tokens daily from 400+ models, is joining…

Meet the startup helping Wall Street put a price on AI compute

The AI buildout shows no signs of slowing.

T-Mobile ‘chopped a cable’ to expel Chinese hackers from its network

The U.S. phone provider escaped a large-scale breach of its network after identifying Chinese-backed hackers early on.

Show HN: Frugal Tokens – explore costs and usage across coding agents

I wanted to share a project I’ve been working on called Frugal Tokens.

Coinbase's Base Is Betting Big on AI Agents With $100K Startup Accelerator

Base is narrowing its accelerator to 10 startups as it looks for teams building AI agents, payments, trading, and…

StanChart, HSBC execute first live transaction on Swift blockchain ledger

The transaction connected the banks’ separate tokenized deposit systems through Swift’s ledger, marking a step toward…

Extensible Software in the Age of LLMs

Large language models are enabling a shift toward "extensible software" that allows individual users to customize…

How Kubernetes Probes Work

Kubernetes probes are periodic health checks that come in three types—startup, readiness, and liveness—designed to make…

Chain-of-Thought Reasoning in the Wild Is Not Always Faithful

Researchers found that chain-of-thought reasoning in large language models is often unfaithful, meaning the verbalized…

Google Pixel 11 series review: Is the magic fading?

Google's new Pixels make some compromises but still manage to be good phones.

Civic Hygiene – avoid building technologies that could be used by a police state

# Summary Security expert Bruce Schneier's concept of "civic hygiene" warns against building surveillance technologies…

Meta ran ads for an app promising to nudify female politicians

One ad featured a pornographic video with deepfake closely resembling a US politician.

TerraPower’s nuclear reactor has a secret weapon for powering AI data centers

TerraPower's nuclear power plant possesses a strategic advantage over competitors, especially when chasing after data…

Rivian spinout Also raises another $150 million

The round, led by Prysm Capital, will fund the company's expansion beyond pedal-assist electric bikes and commercial…

Remote workers report the highest well-being in study of 7,700 employees

A study of 7,704 employees at a healthcare organization found that fully remote workers reported the highest levels of…

New Casio F-B100W – Upgrade to the iconic F-91W after 40 years

Mathematics in the Age of AI

Mathematician Terence Tao examines how the mathematical community should respond to AI tools capable of performing…

Sachin Bansal’s fintech Navi raises first outside capital with $100M Prosus investment

The investment comes amid Navi plans to go public.

AI could lower the cost of designing more efficient airplane wings

AI agents devised a way to reduce friction of an airplane wing model even without access to a costly computer simulation

Amazon makes its AI-powered Alexa+ free on Fire TV, no Prime required

Amazon is making its AI-powered Alexa+ assistant free on all compatible Fire TV devices in the U.S., automatically…

Amazon’s Prime Air is taking off in nearly 500 U.S. cities

Amazon is significantly expanding its Prime Air drone delivery service, with plans to reach nearly 500 U.S.

Ornith-1.5: From Self-Scaffolding to Self-Improvement

Ornith-1.5 is a new foundation model series that advances self-improvement by enabling models to autonomously generate…

X262: X264 with MPEG-2 Support

X262 is a fork of the X264 video encoder that adds MPEG-2 encoding support.

Calendly throws its hat into meeting note-taker circus

Calendly is also releasing a meeting scheduling assistant called Callie.

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Home batteries are suddenly cheap and everywhere. Here’s why.

Companies including Tesla and Base Power are vying for a piece of the rapidly growing market for home batteries.

200,000 fake AI ‘victims’ deployed to scam bait online fraudsters

Apate’s 200,000 fake AI ‘victims’ are so good at scam baiting, the company has a monthly KPI for how many F-bombs…

PostgreSQL for Everything

PostgreSQL has proven to be a versatile, rock-solid database solution since the author began using it in 2003, offering…

TikTok Messaging Could Soon Allow Money Transfers

TikTok is exploring a new financial feature that could change the usage of its messaging.