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...
Actor and director Ben McKenzie, a vocal crypto critic, spoke at Wired's inaugural WIRED@Night event, claiming that male loneliness is a key psychological driver behind cryptocurrency adoption. McKenzie also read aloud c...
Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down and will be succeeded by John Ternus, currently Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, effective September 1, 2026. Cook will transition to the role of executive chairman of Ap...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta released evidence alleging that Amazon engaged in price-fixing practices that drove up prices across the broader retail market. The state had filed a request to the Supreme Court in ...
Apple has announced that Tim Cook will transition from CEO to Executive Chairman, with hardware engineering chief John Ternus stepping up to become the company's new Chief Executive Officer. The leadership change marks a...
A commentary piece in The Verge argues that Silicon Valley technologists have become disconnected from the needs and desires of everyday people, citing the tech community's tendency to treat narrow insider discoveries as...
Google has added a suite of subtle touch-up tools to Google Photos' image editor, allowing users to enhance faces in photos. The Verge describes the tools as designed for 'subtle enhancements, refinements, or fixes,' whi...
A blog post gaining traction on Hacker News argues that organized and grassroots resistance to artificial intelligence is expanding across multiple sectors and communities. The piece contends that pushback against AI too...
WhatsApp is testing a paid subscription tier, tentatively called 'WhatsApp Plus,' that offers premium features for a few dollars a month. The Verge highlights exclusive sticker packs as a key perk, while TechCrunch chara...
A War on the Rocks essay circulating widely argues that the F-35 fighter jet, despite being a remarkable engineering achievement, was built to fight a type of war that is no longer the most likely scenario facing US and ...
A Japanese court sentenced a man to prison for posting spoilers, ruling that revealing narrative elements of films can constitute copyright infringement. The case highlights an unusually strict legal interpretation of ho...
A developer has implemented a real transformer neural network model on a Commodore 64 running at just 1 MHz, published as an open-source project called Soul Player C64. The project demonstrates the extreme lower bounds o...
A historical piece resurfacing on Hacker News details how NASA officials coached Apollo 11 astronauts to refrain from using profanity during missions, concerned about the effect on public perception and broadcast standar...
TechCrunch highlights that the sentence construction 'It's not just X — it's Y' has become so prevalent in AI-generated writing that its presence is now considered nearly a definitive indicator of synthetic text rather...
Insta360 has announced the Mic Pro, a new wireless microphone kit featuring E Ink color screens on the transmitters that allow users to display logos or custom images. It is the company's follow-up to its first wireless ...
A hot-air balloon from Magical Adventures Balloon Rides made an unplanned landing in a California residential backyard after becoming stranded over a neighborhood. The company's CEO told Wired the pilot executed a safe t...