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Trump Executive Order Sets Deadlines for Federal Shift to Quantum-Resistant Encryption

Federal agencies must transition high-value and high-impact systems to post-quantum cryptography by 2031 under Trump’s…

The running list: major tech layoffs in 2026 where employers cited AI

A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs…

In Praise of Memcached

The author argues that memcached is a better choice than Redis for most caching needs due to its simpler architecture…

OpenAI launches new initiative to help find and patch open-source bugs

OpenAI is attempting to tackle the security issues of the open source software community.

How 100 hospitals switched to pen and paper to defeat a national cyber-attack

For four days, dozens of Romanian hospitals went offline, as cyber-experts sought to defeat the hackers.

How 100 Romanian hospitals switched to pen and paper to defeat a national cyber-attack

For four days, dozens of Romanian hospitals went offline, as cyber-experts sought to defeat the hackers.

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Tesla pushes back on Autopilot narrative after fatal Texas crash

Whether the Autopilot system was truly active, overridden, or malfunctioning likely won't be resolved until…

Tesla crash that killed a woman under US federal investigation

A Tesla driver on Friday said he was using ‘self-driving’ technology after his vehicle sped into a Texas home.

GM installs robots at flagship EV factory after laying off 1,300 workers

US autoworkers union warns of robot automation as dark factory future looms.

ytr: YouTube Radio for Emacs

A developer has created ytr, a new Emacs package that enables YouTube audio streaming directly within the text editor,…

Unsloth GLM-5.2 – How to Run Locally

Unsloth has released GLM-5.2, Z.ai's new 744-billion-parameter open model, which can now run locally through dynamic…

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Kyber (YC W23) Is Hiring a Head of Engineering

Kyber, a Y Combinator-backed AI document platform startup, is hiring a Head of Engineering with a salary range of…

Tacky men with ridiculous glasses want you to wear them too

# Summary Meta and other tech companies are aggressively pushing camera-equipped and AI-powered "smart glasses" as the…

The AI world is getting ‘loopy’

The loop takes agentic AI a step further, by authorizing a swarm of agents to work continuously in the background,…

Nearly Half of LG Smart TV Apps Contain Residential Proxy SDKs

Microsoft and Chevron plan one of the largest gas-powered data center projects in US

Microsoft inked a 20-year power purchase agreement with Chevron, locking in decades of carbon emissions from a new…

AI chipmaker Groq confirms $650M raise, re-staffs after Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire deal

What does an AI company do after one of those not-acqui-hire deals?

Walt Disney Company is the most successful at monetizing human nostalgia [audio]

Walt Disney Company has demonstrated exceptional profitability compared to other Hollywood studios by successfully…

Nvidia wants to cut data center water use, but that’s not the same as fixing AI’s water problem

Nvidia announced a new cooling system that cuts water use inside the data center.

Trump Orders Acceleration of Quantum Readiness as Bitcoin Faces Coming Risk

President Donald Trump signed two executive orders aimed at expanding U.S.

Jobs and Software Is Fucked

A software engineer with 10 years of experience describes a deteriorating job market following their 2025 layoff from…

AI has already killed academia as we know it?

Google Warns AI Consciousness Debate Could Become a Political Battleground

A new paper from Google DeepMind argues that disagreements over whether AI is conscious could spill into politics, law,…

Tata Electronics, a major tech supplier to Apple and Tesla, confirms data breach

The incident comes as Tata Electronics expands its role in global technology supply chains.

British Columbia, Time Zones, and Postgres

British Columbia's 2026 move to permanent Pacific Daylight Saving Time (UTC-7 year-round) creates a significant risk for…

Optocam Zero: a Pi Zero based digital camera made using off the shelf components

Optocam Zero is a compact digital camera built around a Raspberry Pi Zero using readily available off-the-shelf…

Following user outcry, AMD reinstates memory encryption in consumer CPUs

Critics saw the move as an underhanded way to steer them toward more costly chips.