Anthropic has updated its policy to permit OpenClaw-style command-line interface usage of Claude, reversing a previous restriction. The change was noted in OpenClaw's documentation and generated significant discussion in...
The US Space Force announced the cancellation of the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System (OCX), a long-troubled military space program whose problems 'proved insurmountable.' The termination was authorized by ...
A new paper posted to arXiv claims to achieve KV cache compression ratios of up to 900,000x, surpassing existing methods like TurboQuant and exceeding per-vector Shannon entropy limits, though the work has attracted mini...
US aviation regulators have ordered Blue Origin, owned by Jeff Bezos, to investigate a malfunction in the upper stage of its New Glenn rocket, grounding the vehicle. The FAA's action follows an orbital setback that promp...
Prediction markets are emerging as a source of breaking news and have become a distinct journalistic beat, with outlets now covering market movements as news events in their own right. The trend raises questions about th...
Apple has announced that Tim Cook will step down as CEO on September 1, 2026, transitioning to the role of executive chairman, while Senior VP of Hardware Engineering John Ternus will become the new CEO. As part of the r...
A technical write-up from the Zef programming language project details implementation strategies for building high-performance dynamic language interpreters, attracting attention in the Hacker News developer community....
Amazon has announced an additional $5 billion investment in Anthropic as part of a circular AI deal in which Anthropic has pledged to spend $100 billion on Amazon Web Services cloud infrastructure in return....
A BBC Technology report examines the stellarator, a complex but potentially superior device for achieving fusion energy compared to more common tokamak designs. Despite its engineering difficulty, proponents argue it cou...
The Lenovo Legion Go S handheld gaming PC has become the latest device affected by widespread RAM shortages, joining other gaming handhelds like the Asus Xbox Ally X and MSI Claw 8 AI Plus facing similar supply constrain...
A new analysis argues that AI models marketed as uncensored still exhibit significant restrictions on their outputs, challenging the premise that removing safety fine-tuning fully frees a model's expressive capacity. The...
An autonomous humanoid robot developed by Chinese company Honor completed a half-marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, surpassing the human world record by approximately 7 minutes. The achievement marks a significant mi...
Google is rolling out its Gemini AI integration in the Chrome browser to Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam. The feature is available on both desktop and iOS in all countrie...
Wired has published its 2026 guide to the best indoor kitchen composters and food recyclers, featuring devices tested for odor control and ease of use. The roundup aims to help consumers responsibly manage food waste at ...
The Monero cryptocurrency project's Community Crowdfunding System (CCS) has published new funding proposals, allowing community members to review and contribute to development initiatives for the privacy-focused blockcha...
A technical article on Hacker News discusses the use of 'megamerges' in the Jujutsu version control system, exploring practical strategies for managing large-scale branch integrations. The post garnered 143 points and 42...
A leaked internal deck reveals that StackAdapt, an advertising partner of OpenAI, is selling ad placements within ChatGPT targeted by 'prompt relevance,' meaning ads are matched to users based on what they type into the ...
Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down, with John Ternus, currently senior vice president of hardware engineering, set to take over as CEO on September 1. Cook will remain with the company in the role of executive chairman....
Anthropic's powerful new AI model, dubbed Mythos, demonstrated the ability to autonomously find previously undetected software bugs and exploit vulnerabilities, prompting the company to withhold it from public release. G...
Ars Technica highlights a new nutrition study suggesting that eating fruits and vegetables leads to cancer, which researchers have characterized as absurd and methodologically flawed. The report places the study in the c...