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91Ring makes 'Throw Away the Key' encryption the default for cloud video, and it's not end-to-endSecurityAug 26, 2026

Ring makes 'Throw Away the Key' encryption the default for cloud video, and it's not end-to-end

92Google's Gemini 3.5 Transcribe doesn't just transcribe you, it edits youArtificial IntelligenceAug 26, 2026

Google's Gemini 3.5 Transcribe doesn't just transcribe you, it edits you

93Meta settles the teen-safety suits: the caps, curfews, and age checks Congress could not passPolicy & DefenseAug 26, 2026

Meta settles the teen-safety suits: the caps, curfews, and age checks Congress could not pass

94Apple prices the local-AI era: M6 Mac Mini jumps $200, and a 512GB M5 Ultra Mac Studio wants trillion-parameter models on your deskHardware & DevicesAug 25, 2026

Apple prices the local-AI era: M6 Mac Mini jumps $200, and a 512GB M5 Ultra Mac Studio wants trillion-parameter models on your desk

95A Linux binary that is also a SQLite database: the SELF prototype turns strip into a DELETE and patchelf into an UPDATEArtificial IntelligenceAug 25, 2026

A Linux binary that is also a SQLite database: the SELF prototype turns strip into a DELETE and patchelf into an UPDATE

96The subpoena is the small story: 15 state attorneys general want to police how OpenAI tests its own modelsPolicy & DefenseAug 25, 2026

The subpoena is the small story: 15 state attorneys general want to police how OpenAI tests its own models

97The AI Model Lifespan Tracker: We Dated Every API Model Retirement at OpenAI, Google and AnthropicArtificial IntelligenceAug 24, 2026

The AI Model Lifespan Tracker: We Dated Every API Model Retirement at OpenAI, Google and Anthropic

98Claude guesses what you want, Codex does what it's told: a week on the other coding agent has Hacker News picking sidesArtificial IntelligenceAug 23, 2026

Claude guesses what you want, Codex does what it's told: a week on the other coding agent has Hacker News picking sides

99Uber's record €825M GDPR fine was forced by the drivers it suspended, and they're building a company to do it againPolicy & DefenseAug 23, 2026

Uber's record €825M GDPR fine was forced by the drivers it suspended, and they're building a company to do it again

100US formally moves to erase the Roadless Rule: 59 million acres opened to roads, drinking water for 47 million on the linePolicy & DefenseAug 23, 2026

US formally moves to erase the Roadless Rule: 59 million acres opened to roads, drinking water for 47 million on the line

101China's flush-door-handle crackdown: Tesla's near-3-million-car recall is only the headlineHardware & DevicesAug 22, 2026

China's flush-door-handle crackdown: Tesla's near-3-million-car recall is only the headline

102NSA, FBI and CISA warn that AI-written exploits are now targeting the machines that run US infrastructureSecurityAug 22, 2026

NSA, FBI and CISA warn that AI-written exploits are now targeting the machines that run US infrastructure

103One expired 5-euro nameserver made a researcher the phone-routing authority for three territories, and the logs filled with military callsSecurityAug 22, 2026

One expired 5-euro nameserver made a researcher the phone-routing authority for three territories, and the logs filled with military calls

104Nvidia is buying grid capacity, not just chips: minority stake in data-center power middleman Cloverleaf, days after $1.5B into SB EnergyBusiness & IndustryAug 22, 2026

Nvidia is buying grid capacity, not just chips: minority stake in data-center power middleman Cloverleaf, days after $1.5B into SB Energy

105Bun 1.4 buries its Rust rewrite in the release notes and ships the browser inside the runtimeArtificial IntelligenceAug 21, 2026

Bun 1.4 buries its Rust rewrite in the release notes and ships the browser inside the runtime

106Google turns back-to-school into a funnel: free AI Pro year for US students, study tools now baked into Search, Lens and GeminiArtificial IntelligenceAug 20, 2026

Google turns back-to-school into a funnel: free AI Pro year for US students, study tools now baked into Search, Lens and Gemini

107Claude Code closes its year-old, 6,145-upvote AGENTS.md feature request as completed: the last big holdout joins the open coding-agent standardArtificial IntelligenceAug 20, 2026

Claude Code closes its year-old, 6,145-upvote AGENTS.md feature request as completed: the last big holdout joins the open coding-agent standard

108The AI Provenance Compliance Tracker: Which AI Providers Actually Mark AI-Generated Content, Modality by ModalityPolicy & DefenseAug 20, 2026

The AI Provenance Compliance Tracker: Which AI Providers Actually Mark AI-Generated Content, Modality by Modality

109Modular finally open-sources Mojo, three years after the promise, and it is no longer trying to be PythonArtificial IntelligenceAug 20, 2026

Modular finally open-sources Mojo, three years after the promise, and it is no longer trying to be Python

110Claude's rough Tuesday: multiple models degraded in a live incident while the Claude Code usage boost expires tomorrow nightArtificial IntelligenceAug 18, 2026

Claude's rough Tuesday: multiple models degraded in a live incident while the Claude Code usage boost expires tomorrow night

111The only GPT-5.6 Sol price cut on earth is being paid for by a middleman: OpenRouter halves OpenAI's flagship days after Stripe's $7B dealBusiness & IndustryAug 18, 2026

The only GPT-5.6 Sol price cut on earth is being paid for by a middleman: OpenRouter halves OpenAI's flagship days after Stripe's $7B deal

112Nvidia walks back the $250 billion OpenAI financing guarantee, and the bill for AI's buildout just got harder to payBusiness & IndustryAug 17, 2026

Nvidia walks back the $250 billion OpenAI financing guarantee, and the bill for AI's buildout just got harder to pay

113A Trinidad engineer's answer to RISC-V's harshest critic: ISA elegance is what you afford after the chip reaches your deskHardware & DevicesAug 17, 2026

A Trinidad engineer's answer to RISC-V's harshest critic: ISA elegance is what you afford after the chip reaches your desk

114The models aren't getting dumber by accident: labs are deliberately trading world knowledge for reasoning skillArtificial IntelligenceAug 17, 2026

The models aren't getting dumber by accident: labs are deliberately trading world knowledge for reasoning skill

115Firefox for iOS finally ships a native ad blocker, but not for search ads or its own sponsored tilesSecurityAug 17, 2026

Firefox for iOS finally ships a native ad blocker, but not for search ads or its own sponsored tiles

116'Kidney disappointment' is spreading through published science, and the oldest case predates ChatGPTScience & FrontierAug 16, 2026

'Kidney disappointment' is spreading through published science, and the oldest case predates ChatGPT

117Ukraine hit the factory that builds Russia's space program: Soyuz production line struck 900 km inside RussiaPolicy & DefenseAug 16, 2026

Ukraine hit the factory that builds Russia's space program: Soyuz production line struck 900 km inside Russia

118'It is taking everyday life and turning it into child sexual abuse': the woman at the center of the Grok CSAM class action speaks for the first timePolicy & DefenseAug 16, 2026

'It is taking everyday life and turning it into child sexual abuse': the woman at the center of the Grok CSAM class action speaks for the first time

119SpaceX's $60B Cursor deal is closed: Musk now owns the models, the GPU fleet, and the coding tool that rivals rent compute fromBusiness & IndustryAug 15, 2026

SpaceX's $60B Cursor deal is closed: Musk now owns the models, the GPU fleet, and the coding tool that rivals rent compute from

120Alibaba's Qwen quietly became the default substrate of open AI: 3 billion downloads in six months, 460 models, 300,000 derivativesArtificial IntelligenceAug 15, 2026

Alibaba's Qwen quietly became the default substrate of open AI: 3 billion downloads in six months, 460 models, 300,000 derivatives