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Encryption, spyware, and now Mythos: History shows why cyber export control doesn’t work

For the last 30 years, stopping the flow of cybersecurity-related software has proven to be ineffective.

Go eyes robotaxis and acquisitions after Japan’s biggest IPO of 2026. Here’s why it matters

Go’s IPO — Japan’s biggest so far this year — has done more than provide a much-needed boost to the country’s…

Charles Schwab to enter prediction markets with S&P 500 wagers: WSJ

The offering from the financial services company will reportedly only include yes-or-no bets on whether the S 500 closes…

Aura’s impressive e-ink photo frame doesn’t even look digital

What’s the most cliche possible gift you can give a relative?

Surprising Economics of Load-Balanced Systems

# Summary In load-balanced systems modeled as M/M/c queuing systems, mean request latency decreases asymptotically…

Hide Secrets from AI Agents and NPM install using Airgap

Airgap is a Linux security tool that protects sensitive credentials from AI agents and malicious npm packages by running…

Think of the Children: How to Force Real ID for All Internet Traffic (2023)

Amazon drops Sam Altman movie after announcing OpenAI partnership

Amazon MGM has dropped its partnership on director Luca Guadagnino's Sam Altman biopic "Artificial," starring Andrew…

Charles Schwab Planning to Roll Out S&P 500 Prediction Markets With Cboe: WSJ

Global financial institution Charles Schwab is the latest firm hoping to steal a piece of the growing prediction market…

'We created a monster': companies rein in AI usage as costs strain budgets

Bobby Prince, composer for Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, and Duke Nukem 3D, has died

GPT-5.6 Rumors Heat Up as Users Swear ChatGPT Suddenly Got Smarter

Many AI users are convinced that OpenAI is quietly running GPT-5.6 inside ChatGPT. OpenAI isn't confirming anything.

Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in – and they're not good

Research indicates that professionals increasingly relying on AI tools in their work may experience skill atrophy as…

Windows 11 update broke the Recycle Bin, OneDrive, and your PC's stability

Microsoft has confirmed a bug in the June 2026 Windows 11 update (KB5095051) that displays cryptic internal filenames…

John Jumper to join Anthropic

A New Bill Takes Aim at Government Pressure to Silence Lawful Online Speech

Senators Ted Cruz and Ron Wyden introduced the JAWBONE Act, bipartisan legislation that creates a federal cause of…

Agentic Coding Is a Trap

# Summary The article argues that relying too heavily on AI-assisted coding tools can cause developers to atrophy…

AURpocalypse now: a look at the recent AUR attacks

The Arch User Repository (AUR) recently suffered a sustained attack in which malicious actors created fake accounts to…

Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M

Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies. 

Google workspace threatening to block Firefox access

Google Workspace is warning Firefox users that they must use Chrome to access the service, though Firefox access…

Hyundai buys Boston Dynamics, Atlas humanoid to be used at vehicle plant by 2028

Hyundai has acquired full ownership of Boston Dynamics for $325 million by purchasing SoftBank's remaining stake, giving…

Proportional-Integral-Derivative Controllers

Spotify Killed the Thrill of the Hunt

A musician reflects on how Spotify and streaming services have diminished the thrill of discovering music by making it…

GPT-5.5 hallucinates 3x more than MIT-licensed GLM-5.2

Recent AI benchmarks reveal that larger models don't necessarily perform better in real-world accuracy, with…

Most portable air conditioners suck – but there's an easy fix

Efficiency ratings on portable air conditioners don’t give consumers the full picture, and one type of aircon unit is so…

Is the US government’s Anthropic ban accidentally helping the brand?

Just as last week was ending, the US government forced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5,…

Norway imposes near ban on AI in elementary school

Billionaire Ambani wants AI in every call, app, and home

Reliance is weaving AI into telecom services used by more than 500 million people.

I restarted a 10 year old Xeon 174 times to delete 12 flags and gain 4 tps

A developer performed 174 restarts of a 10-year-old Xeon processor to systematically test which of 25 configuration…