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AI & ML

16 articles
AI & ML 5m ago

Secrets Management Essentials

Implementing secrets management is crucial for preventing credential leaks in Git repositories and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring security and integrity with robust solutions and tools. Key Takeaways…

AI & ML 6m ago

Weeks 4, 5 & 6: Hackathons, New Projects, and Lessons Learned 🚀

I know I promised in my earlier posts that I would publish a blog every week by Monday at 11:59 PM IST. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to stick to that schedule. But hey, imperfect action is…

AI & ML 41m ago

Industrial Intelligence: The next growth opportunity for manufacturing

Every manufacturer has its own industrial intelligence. Some is documented, and some resides in the knowledge of experienced workers. Consider an experienced operator preparing to restart a line…

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AI & ML 1h ago

‘It feels like you’re wearing a Superman suit’: Why Europe’s fintech founders are starting over with AI

AI & ML 1h ago

Presentation: Serving LLMs at Scale: The Hidden KV Cache Advantage

Khawaja Shams shares a distributed systems perspective on scaling LLM inference stacks efficiently. He discusses practical strategies for optimizing GPU utilization, managing KV cache memory cliffs,…

AI & ML 1h ago

60,000 Microsoft employees offered voluntary buyouts as AI buildout costs bite

Microsoft is offering buyouts to around 60,000 members of its workforce as it looks to balance the books amid a ramp-up in AI data center spending.

AI & ML 2h ago

Apple adds five new languages to Siri AI, but EU users remain left out

Apple's version 27.2 update brings LLM-powered Siri AI to five new languages, but the assistant remains in beta, restricted to those under 13, and blocked on iOS in the EU. Read more...

AI & ML 2h ago

SpaceX closes $40 billion debt financing for GPUs expected in the first half of 2027, Musk says

SpaceX expects fourth-quarter capital expenditure of $35 billion to $40 billion, CFO Bret Johnsen said, as Elon Musk pushes to expand the company’s AI computing infrastructure.

AI & ML 3h ago

How solid-state transformers could help power the AI boom

Transformers are a crucial but nearly invisible part of our grid. The devices help efficiently move power across long distances, but they’re complicated and in short supply. And given that their…

AI & ML 3h ago

AWS Shows Use of AI Agents to Triage Linux Kernel CVEs

Engineers from Amazon Web Services (AWS) have described how the team that maintains the Linux kernel for EC2 infrastructure handles kernel CVEs. The process combines an automated filter, an AI agent…

AI & ML 3h ago

LattePanda Launches LattePanda Sigma 2: The Embeddable AI Single Board Server

The LattePanda Team today launched LattePanda Sigma 2, an x86 single-board server designed to bring high-performance local AI computing directly into intelligent products and systems. Built around…

AI & ML 7h ago

Developers Reporting Double-Digit Weekly Time Savings From AI Fell From 68% to 26%

Atlassian’s State of Developer Experience 2026 finds the share of developers saving ten or more hours a week with AI dropped from 68% to 26% year over year, while only 28% report noticeably less…

AI & ML 8h ago

Gemini Managed Agents: 3 of 5 Sandbox Settings Send Your GitHub Token on Every Call

​Continue reading on Towards AI »

AI & ML 8h ago

LangFuse X: Your Langfuse Traces Are Already Yours. Here Is How You Get Them Out.

Part 10: Langfuse is open only if you can query and export traces without living in the UI; the Public API and a boring nightly job are…Continue reading on Towards AI »

AI & ML 8h ago

From Vanilla Transformers to Modern LLMs: The Evolution of Transformer Architecture — Part 2…

From Vanilla Transformers to Modern LLMs: The Evolution of Transformer Architecture — Part 2: Inference efficiency (KV Cache)Intuition Behind KV CacheIn the previous part, we discussed Query (Q) and…

AI & ML 8h ago

I Trained an AI Agent to Play a Game for 76 Hours (And It Learned From Its Mistakes)

A from-scratch DQN trained for 76 hours on a laptop CPU. In 15 ablation runs, the plainest mechanism mattered most, and two of the clever ones hurt.I wanted an agent that learns from its own…

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AI Leaders

21 articles
AI Leaders 3m ago

Claude Code skills for teams: what to move out of CLAUDE.md

A team's CLAUDE.md tends to grow. Someone adds the release checklist, someone else adds the steps for a database migration, then the rules for writing API endpoints. Each addition makes sense.…

AI Leaders 3m ago

L'informatique quantique constitue-t-elle une menace pour la blockchain ?

Rédigé avec l’aide de l’IA Guide pédagogique crypto Comprendre « L'informatique quantique constitue-t-elle une menace pour la blockchain ? » avec des explications précises, des exemples et des…

AI Leaders 4m ago

nginx proxy_buffering Broke My Claude SSE Stream: 0.7s to 3.4s TTFT

On my laptop, the chat app streamed like it should. The first word showed up in under a second and the rest typed itself out. Then I deployed it behind nginx, and the same app sat on a blinking…

AI Leaders 7m ago

[ Video ] Stories From The Vibe Coding Trenches – When the Agent (Claude) Deletes Your Files

In the third installment of the series I’m talking about something that is very likely to happen to you, especially if you’re newer to vibe coding. The app that was vibecoded when this happened is…

AI Leaders 8m ago

Back to the basics - OAuth and its (ab-)use for agentic authorizations

OAuth already distinguishes the application requesting access from the authority under which it acts. Microsoft's own roles diagram puts those responsibilities in separate boxes. The uncomfortable…

AI Leaders 21m ago

OpenAI's partner content arrives in ChatGPT pre-summarized while the rest of the web gets raw scraps

Content from OpenAI's licensing partners appears to flow into ChatGPT through a dedicated pipeline that gives it priority over the rest of the web. The article OpenAI's partner content arrives in…

AI Leaders 36m ago

How Anthropic Redesigned Source Control for AI-Driven Development

Anthropic recently detailed how it migrated its monorepo from Git to Scion. Scion is a source control system that moves repository operations to the server side and uses content-addressed storage…

AI Leaders 40m ago

Anthropic uses its IPO letter to renew its pledge that Claude will never show ads

Anthropic says it will keep ads out of Claude. In a cover letter accompanying its IPO filing, the company argues that the chatbot's sole incentive should be to provide helpful answers. The article…

AI Leaders 1h ago

Nvidia backs Indian startup helping companies run AI models with fewer GPUs

Simplismart says its annualized revenue run rate has grown 14-fold in six months, with the U.S. accounting for more than half its revenue.

AI Leaders 1h ago

Anthropic is printing money, but AI isn’t paying off outside tech

Good morning. Today I’m reading about Netflix’s bloody week, playing with Apple Music’s fun new 404 page, mourning Arc’s untimely demise, and devouring Maggie O’Farrell’s new novel, Land. As a…

AI Leaders 1h ago

Nvidia is bankrolling AI accelerator supply chain buildout to reserve production capacity

Nvidia is committing billions to expand substrate, co-packaged optics, advanced packaging, and chip-testing capacity through 2028, reserving capacity at nearly every stage of its AI accelerator…

AI Leaders 1h ago

OpenAI's Ted Sanders shares a rule of thumb for picking the right GPT-model

OpenAI's Ted Sanders explains where GPT-6.1 Terra fits in the company's GPT lineup. The smaller model outperforms the larger Astra in technical communication and costs far less but trails it in most…

AI Leaders 2h ago

Anthropic prepares for potential $2 trillion IPO valuation after reporting billions in revenue

Anthropic has filed to go public as it pursues a potential multitrillion-dollar valuation, reporting $16.3 billion in revenue for the first half of 2026. The company’s filing also warns that its AI…

AI Leaders 2h ago

Meta gets $3 billion from Nvidia and plans to spend more on Nvidia chips

ia is buying into its customer Meta, which plans to run more of its AI agents on Nvidia hardware. The article Meta gets $3 billion from Nvidia and plans to spend more on Nvidia chips appeared first…

AI Leaders 2h ago

I Tested Every Major AI Agent for a Day. Here’s the Best One

I ranked six AI agents—from Meta’s Muse to Anthropic’s Claude Duet—on how well they completed basic tasks.

AI Leaders 3h ago

OpenAI Compaction Flaw Let Researchers Bypass Hidden Reasoning Protections

OpenAI's compaction feature, which shrinks a long conversation to save space, could be turned into a way to copy a model's hidden reasoning out in plain text, security firm Xint has shown. OpenAI's…

AI Leaders 3h ago

OpenAI announces new discoveries in mathematics, computer science and physics

OpenAI said its models generated proof that the Exponential Time Hypothesis is false. It also released new results for math and physics problems.

AI Leaders 3h ago

Nvidia buys $3B Meta stake as pair expand Muse AI agent partnership

Nvidia is making a $3 billion equity investment in Meta as the tech giants deepen their partnership to scale Muse AI agents using next-generation Vera Rubin infrastructure and OpenShell security.…

AI Leaders 5h ago

Someone set up Claude Code to scan the night sky for meteors and log them

Beats staring at a monitor all day.

AI Leaders 8h ago

Your AI Agent Is Paying Generation Prices for Yes or No Questions

How the Azure OpenAI Decisions API in Microsoft Foundry turns routing, triage, and guardrail checks into typed probabilities your code can…Continue reading on Towards AI »

AI Leaders 8h ago

I Wanted a Free Cloud GPU. I Ended Up With a Server That Encrypts 6 GB per Second.

My hands-on Oracle Cloud Free Tier experiment revealed the surprising potential of ARM processors, hardware AES acceleration, and free cloud infrastructure.I signed up for Oracle Cloud with a fairly…

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Cybersecurity

8 articles
Cybersecurity 7m ago

Your Website Can Be Vulnerable Even When Your Code Looks Perfect

Many developers believe that secure code is enough to protect a website. Unfortunately, that is not always true. Your application also depends on its runtime, packages, plugins, server…

Cybersecurity 1h ago

Apple backports CoreGraphics zero-day patches to older iPhones

​Apple has backported security patches released last month to older iPhones and iPads, addressing a zero-day bug exploited in "extremely sophisticated" targeted attacks on iOS devices. [...]

Cybersecurity 2h ago

Data center gear is being hijacked in transit to the tune of hundreds of millions

Data center gear is being stolen in transit to the tune of hundreds of millions — grand-theft-GPU thieves hack accounts, perform hit-and-runs, and spoof GPS signals

Cybersecurity 2h ago

Australia Gets Into Amadey Malware Backend, Cuts Off Access to 180,000 Infected Computers

A criminal using the Amadey malware can no longer access or steal data from 180,000 infected computers around the world, including some in Australia, the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) says.…

Cybersecurity 2h ago

Energy giant ENGIE discloses data breach affecting customers

French energy giant ENGIE, one of the world's largest power and natural gas providers, confirmed that attackers stole customer data after breaching a marketing platform used by business partners.…

Cybersecurity 3h ago

CISA confirms PHP2Shell vulnerabilities now exploited in attacks

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities to its catalog of actively exploited security flaws and ordered federal agencies to patch…

Cybersecurity 5h ago

Attackers Hijack Dahua IP Cameras in Ukraine Using P2P Access and Auth Weaknesses

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has issued an alert warning of unauthorized remote access to video surveillance systems manufactured by Dahua. "Cases of compromising IP…

Cybersecurity 7h ago

CISA Confirms Active Exploitation of Two PHP2Shell Flaws Enabling Remote Code Execution

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday confirmed active exploitation of the recently patched PHP2Shell flaws by adding them to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities…

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Startups

3 articles
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End User

14 articles
End User 0m ago

I thought Pi-hole was blocking everything on my network, but IPv6 was letting half my devices walk straight past it

Your Pi-hole might be blocking less than you think, thanks to IPv6

End User 23m ago

This super cute app turns your iPhone Duo into tiny vintage Macs

It’s kind of ironic that the most fun apps we’ve seen for a brand new iPhone turn it into a decidedly old device. We’ve already seen a 1980s Sony Walkman emulator, and now Tiny Computers turns the…

End User 30m ago

I turned an old laptop into a living room PC, and it does everything my Fire TV did and more

Turning my old laptop into a home theater PC give me more flexibility for media.

End User 31m ago

Intel's APX offers 'better performance' in Windows 11 according to new Insider setting

Microsoft has begun testing the option to enable Intel's Advanced Performance Extensions, or APX, which will bring a performance boost to some apps — although no chips with APX support are available…

End User 39m ago

PowerToys 0.102.3001 is out with fixes for two annoying crashes

PowerToys just got a small hotfix update to clean up the experience for users, and address a few bugs that came with the last update. Read more...

End User 45m ago

Apple knows the iPad mini market, but internet unimpressed by 60Hz

Apple yesterday officially launched what it describes as “the biggest update ever” to the iPad mini, featuring an OLED screen and a thinner, lighter design. However, while there are a significant…

End User 1h ago

6 upgrades that fit in the tiny PCIe x1 slot nobody uses

It might not look like much, but PCIe x1 slots are very capable

End User 1h ago

20 Years of MacBook: How Apple shaped the laptops we use today

Apple has influenced everything from unibody laptop cases to high-res screens.

End User 1h ago

You will soon be able to ask Excel to fetch, clean, and load data for you using Copilot

Excel users may soon be able to skip tedious data preparation and let Copilot handle the heavy lifting, but a few questions remain. Read more...

End User 2h ago

5 self-hosting tools that are better than their well-funded competitors

Big budgets don’t guarantee better software.

End User 2h ago

Apple @ Work Podcast: JNUC recap, Golden Gate, Rosetta, and more

Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional-grade platform all the solutions necessary…

End User 2h ago

Data center backlash is uniting America

If there's one issue that seems to activate all kinds of voters in 2026, it's data centers. The rapid buildout of these massive server storage facilities - and the infrastructure construction and…

End User 2h ago

Acer is bringing a Predator gaming handheld to the US for the first time

It's been several months since Acer unveiled its Predator Atlas 8 gaming handheld, but now we finally know that it's coming to the US, and how much it'll cost. The Intel Arc G3 Extreme variant - the…

End User 8h ago

Retailer claims Nintendo blocks physical reprints of Game-Key Card titles, but for "legit reasons"

Fortunately, the company seems it still wants to continue supporting full physical releases.

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Dev & Tools

2 articles
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Cloud

3 articles
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Hardware

13 articles
Hardware 3m ago

NASA plans to launch three massive rockets for the Artemis 3 crewed lunar test mission

NASA has detailed how the next Artemis 3 test will happen, but it doesn't have a concrete date for it yet.

Hardware 10m ago

Acer's Predator Atlas 8 gaming handheld finally launches at Best Buy on November 1 for $1,300

The Predator Atlas 8 gaming handheld PC is coming to the US after all on November 1st for $1,300.

Hardware 49m ago

Grab 32GB of DDR5 RAM for just $151 in this 4-in-1 Newegg bundle with the 9800X3D and a 2TB SSD

Grab the 9800X3D with a matching Gigabyte motherboard, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 2TB SSD, all for just $1,180.99, giving you a $358.98 discount that makes the equivalent RAM price just $151.

Hardware 1h ago

AI Agents Are Media’s New Favorite Audience

As agents go mainstream, some publishers are hoping that people will pay for content tailor-made for AI—not humans.

Hardware 1h ago

Slate teams up with Smarties to add candy colors to its EV trucks

Fancy making your Slate EV look like halloween candy? Now you can.

Hardware 1h ago

NASA’s Oldest Martian Spacecraft Have Been Running for Decades. Here’s How

Two orbiters have long outlasted their expected lifespans and completely reshaped our understanding of the Red Planet, all while operating 140 million miles from Earth.

Hardware 1h ago

(PR) Team Group ACE 8K MicroSDXC Card Delivers Stable Performance for 8K Video Capture

With the rapid growth of high-resolution and high-frame-rate video production, sustained write stability has become just as important as transfer speed for memory cards. Designed for demanding 8K…

Hardware 1h ago

Instagram Is a Streaming Service Now

Instagram’s long-form video update is more than a swipe at YouTube. It’s an attempt to capture the clip economy.

Hardware 1h ago

Massive Groups of Volunteers Are Ready to Face Down ICE at the Polls

From heat maps to Signal chats to war rooms, volunteers across the US are ready to act if federal immigration agents show up on Election Day.

Hardware 2h ago

How to Hide Your Baby From the Government

“Sovereign citizens” think they can live beyond the reach of the state. Now the movement has influencers—and they’re selling all sorts of anarchist courses to expectant families.

Hardware 2h ago

Is an Under-Sink Reverse Osmosis System Worth It? Benefits, Costs, and Drawbacks

The Waterdrop X12 improved the taste of my tap water, but reverse osmosis comes with costs beyond the purchase price.

Hardware 3h ago

(PR) ASUS Announces TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9070 XT Onimusha Special Edition

ASUS today announced the TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9070 XT Onimusha Special Edition graphics card, arriving alongside Onimusha: Way of the Sword, which releases on September 4, 2026. More than a…

Hardware 3h ago

Micron Plans 400-Layer 3D NAND with Wafer-to-Wafer Bonding in 2027

Micron is actively working on bringing its next-generation G11 NAND Flash technology to production, as the company has announced that G11 will be its first 3D NAND Flash. With the current G9…

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