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BBC

  1. Burnham pledges to be 'relentless' in curbing small boat crossings
  2. Man admits transporting Scottish woman's body in suitcase, Greek police say
  3. Prolonged drought could cause shortage of some foods, farmers' union head says
  4. Ukraine says major Russian oil refinery and airfield hit, as Moscow reports eight deaths
  5. Trump cancels Iran strikes subject to deal being made 'rapidly'
  6. At least 13 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza after Hamas agree disarmament deal
  7. Massive Attack respond after Singapore ban over Palestine display
  8. Emma Finucane wins four gold medals in Commonwealth Games first
  9. Three in hospital after fire and crush at festival in London
  10. Uganda unveils statue of Israel PM's brother who died in Entebbe rescue mission
  11. Fastest runner to cross the Alps says it was an incredible experience
  12. The shadowy gang recruiting teenage hitmen to kill across Europe
  13. Why I don't regret choosing a vasectomy in my 20s
  14. Solitude as a new aspirational lifestyle: 'We are not lonely'
  15. Ginger hair portraits show unexpected 'golden thread' connecting Americans
  16. Spider-Man fans hail Brand New Day as Holland's best yet
  17. Teenager dies after 'medical episode' at music festival in Cumbria
  18. Five dead and 41 missing after Indonesia ferry catches fire
  19. Multiple trackside fires halt trains between London and Stansted Airport
  20. Four arrested over hate crime attack on ship crew
  21. Body of mountaineer Nirmal Purja recovered after Pakistan avalanche
  22. BBC News app
  23. Is The World Cup For Sale?
  24. The Democrats need to win Michigan… so why is it splitting the party?
  25. Alonso heals Real Madrid scars to lead Chelsea's senior revolution
  26. Kuwaki beats Henseleit in play-off to win Women's Open
  27. Chelsea sign Strasbourg midfielder Barco
  28. Irish boxer Reeves 'critical but stable' in hospital
  29. Day to remember for record-breaking Finucane

Bitcoin

Engadget

  1. Xbox consoles are now much more expensive in the EU and UK
  2. How long can you expect a PlayStation 5 to last?
  3. Here's where you want to be to see the 2026 solar eclipse
  4. How to sideload Android APKs on your Chromebook
  5. Which USB adapters should you actually keep in 2026?
  6. Common problems with Bluetooth speakers and how to fix them
  7. Can using your phone while charging affect its battery life?
  8. What Is USB Tethering And How Do You Enable It For Mobile Hotspot?
  9. Meta, TikTok, Snap and Google face wrongful death lawsuit from four US families
  10. How to create and delete stickers on your iPhone
  11. Ayaneo reveals its Game Boy Advance remake called the Konkr Pocket Advance
  12. Apple CarPlay isn't working in your car? Here's what to check first
  13. Judge refuses xAI's request to stop a Minnesota law banning 'nudify' apps
  14. Honda has a new partner for the advancement of solid-state battery technology
  15. How To Safely Recycle Your Old USB Cables
  16. What is a silicon carbon battery and is it the answer to smartphone battery life issues?
  17. How long is a new MacBook actually supposed to last?
  18. Engadget review recap: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, Meta Glasses and more
  19. Cyberattacks hit water facilities in seven states across the US
  20. Truck chaos, climbing with dual-mouse controls and other new indie games worth checking out

Pinboard

The Next Web

Smashing Magazine

  1. Small Joys And Big Adventures (August 2026 Wallpapers Edition)
  2. The Bull And Bear Case For Digital Design In The Age Of AI
  3. Thinking Outside The Box: Digital Design In The AI Era
  4. Weaponizing And Defending The React Flight Protocol: Deserialization Sinks In RSCs
  5. When It Makes Sense To “Block” The Main Thread
  6. No, People Don’t Want More AI In Their Life
  7. From Kickoff To First Concept: How To Turn Brand Strategy Into Visual Direction
  8. Designing For Distressed Users: Why Mental Health Apps Shouldn’t Follow Every UI Fashion
  9. Meet Kirki: WordPress’s First Visual Builder With An Infinite Canvas
  10. Users Don’t Need More Tools: They Need Seamless Integrations
  11. Matching AI Modality To User Intent: Designing The Right Interface
  12. Why Accessibility Is An Operational Capability, Not A Feature
  13. Snapshots Of Summer (July 2026 Wallpapers Edition)
  14. Designing With Uncertainty: How AI Supercharges Probabilistic Thinking
  15. The Impact Of Humanoid Robots On Humanity
  16. The Benefits Of Cognitive Inclusion In UX Research
  17. How To Make Your Design System AI-Ready
  18. June Is For Exploring (2026 Wallpapers Edition)
  19. Algorithmic Theming Engines: Building Self-Correcting Color Systems With `contrast-color()`
  20. Your Prototype Is Not Being Honest With Your Users (And Here’s How To Fix It)
  21. Four Levels Of Customer Understanding
  22. Advanced Tree Counting: Mathematical Layouts With `sibling-index()` And `sibling-count()`
  23. Ten Data-Backed Truths Of User Experience ROI
  24. Practical Interface Patterns For AI Transparency (Part 2)
  25. The Architecture Of Local-First Web Development
  26. Rethinking The Experience Of System Tools
  27. Designing Stable Interfaces For Streaming Content
  28. A Fresh View In May (2026 Wallpapers Edition)
  29. The “Bug-Free” Workforce: How AI Efficiency Is Subtly Disrupting The Interactions That Build Strong Teams
  30. The UX Designer’s Nightmare: When “Production-Ready” Becomes A Design Deliverable
  31. Session Timeouts: The Overlooked Accessibility Barrier In Authentication Design
  32. How To Improve UX In Legacy Systems
  33. Identifying Necessary Transparency Moments In Agentic AI (Part 1)
  34. A Practical Guide To Design Principles
  35. The Joy Of A Fresh Beginning (April 2026 Wallpapers Edition)
  36. The Site-Search Paradox: Why The Big Box Always Wins
  37. Testing Font Scaling For Accessibility With Figma Variables
  38. Modal vs. Separate Page: UX Decision Tree
  39. Anime vs. Marvel/DC: Designing Digital Products With Emotion In Flow
  40. Moving From Moment.js To The JS Temporal API

Wirecutter

  1. The Best Standing Desks
  2. The Best Office Chair
  3. The Best LCD/LED TV
  4. The Best TV Wall Mounts
  5. The Best Shoe Racks
  6. The Best Rug Pads
  7. The Best Neck Fans
  8. I Thought I Was Too Chesty to Wear a Bralette. The Defy Bra Proved Me Wrong.
  9. 33 Gifts for Gen Z
  10. The Best Grabber Tools

Sweethome

  1. The Best Ceiling Fans
  2. The Best Rug Pads
  3. The Best Shoe Racks
  4. The Best Bean Bag Chairs
  5. The Best Removable Wallpapers
  6. The Best Extension Cords for Your Home and Garage
  7. The Best Smart Sprinkler Timer
  8. The Best Air Mattress
  9. The Best Bath Towel
  10. The Best Window Air Conditioner Bracket

Hacker News

  1. SwiftUI After 7 Years: A Story of Mediocrity
  2. Karpathy’s Pelican
  3. Show HN: Kakehashi – Experimental userspace to run macOS binaries on Linux ARM
  4. Developers are attached to tools because tools encode trust
  5. Show HN: NixOS-DGX-Spark – Nix and NixOS on the DGX Spark
  6. Rooting, firmware analysis and persistent credentials of TP-Link TL-841N
  7. How the words we teach English language learners changed
  8. Twenty Years of RISC OS Open
  9. F*: A general-purpose proof-oriented programming language
  10. Harvesting SSH Credentials: Insights from My Honeypot Network
  11. Note-Taking and Personal Knowledge Management
  12. Meshdiff – visually compare two STL versions in the browser, client-side
  13. When transit passes were designed by hand (2022)
  14. Fasttracker II clone in C using SDL 2
  15. Folding Paper Globes
  16. Show HN: Bor – Open-source policy management for Linux desktops
  17. Artificial Intelligence: Ars Notoria and the Promise of Instant Knowledge
  18. Show HN: Fuse – statically typed functional programming language
  19. Go 1.27 Interactive Tour
  20. Great Question (YC W21) Is Hiring Senior Demand Gen Manager
  21. Norway Salmon
  22. 'Crush this lady': how eBay harassment campaign led to $56M payout
  23. Turtle-inspired interactive Python project
  24. Show HN: I'm a 15 Year Old Wannabe Engineer, This Is a Cycloidal Gearbox I Built
  25. EU rules on AI models become enforceable. What's going to change?
  26. Holocloth
  27. Diátaxis
  28. Rust All Hands 2026 Retrospective
  29. German carmakers flood jobs market with managers after wielding axe
  30. Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share

Ars Technica

  1. Here's how engineers plan to save the satellite sent to save NASA's Swift mission
  2. Review: Yes, we're still arguing about Nolan's The Odyssey
  3. As Reddit stock falls, CEO questions value of Google's AI Overviews
  4. After noise complaints, judge orders Waymo to stop overnight charging in Santa Monica
  5. Defcon's new badge is a security key you can see inside
  6. How fruit flies chase invisible ribbons of smell to get to their source
  7. Not just Neanderthals: Ghost lineage in Africa left its mark on our DNA
  8. Doctors took a look at man's painful shoulder—they found the joint was missing
  9. Google plans to exempt sanctioned nations from Android developer verification
  10. Reddit keeps its strange DMCA fight over Google search results alive
  11. Claude published malicious code to the Internet and attacked 3 real companies
  12. Google Earth risked ruin with retracted AI tool for making fake satellite pics
  13. Would you get tattooed just to interview at a 7-days-a-week AI startup?
  14. High school defends staying silent while boys made AI nudes of 59 classmates
  15. Researchers devise a full-color night vision goggle
  16. China could supply EV manufacturing boom with recycled EVs
  17. Sony acknowledges backlash, “cautiously” moves ahead with end of PlayStation discs
  18. Man invested $45M in a Nicolas Cage movie. It got stolen off Netflix’s desk.
  19. AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust
  20. Pathogenic review: Damn, it feels good to be a virus

Digg

New Scientist

Slashdot

  1. Steam On Linux Use Back Above 4% In July
  2. Group of Teen Hikers Relied on Google Maps. It Was a Disaster.
  3. Does Eating Less Protein Produce Healthier Aging and Metabolism?
  4. In a First, 'Super-Earth' Planet Shows It Could Have an Atmosphere
  5. Linux Desktop Market Share Surpasses 10% in North America
  6. Are Return-to-Office Mandates Killing Workers' Trust in Workplaces?
  7. As New York Finalizes New Social Media Rules, US Senate Considers Nationwide 'SCREEN' Act
  8. How 'Situational Awareness' Hedge Fund Dropped 67% in AI Stock Rout
  9. Recovery Seeds Reportedly Breached for Coldcard Hardware Bitcoin Wallets, $75M Taken
  10. Is Big Tech's AI Gamble Starting to Look Riskier?
  11. 150-Game Discount Bundle Raises $57,000 for Videogame Workers 'Hardship Fund'
  12. NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Discovers a Field of Honeycomb Textures
  13. Apple's Stock Drops Nearly 10%. How Will It Respond to Memory Shortage?
  14. Hamburg Is Replacing a Bridge In One Huge Piece
  15. New GitHub, PyPI Policies Hope to Boost Supply Chain Security

BoingBoing

  1. A 15th-century Persian book says what a snake sighting means
  2. Clacton-by-Sea voters get the longest ballot in UK election history
  3. Red Bull paid for the studies saying vodka Red Bulls are fine
  4. A chip report out of China erased $1 trillion in market value
  5. The lightbulb that's burned for 120 years draws four watts
  6. Arizona Supreme Court: clergy don't have to report child abuse confessions
  7. The Egyptian temple carving that looks like a giant lightbulb
  8. Little Debbie delivery driver made $17k selling them from his truck at flea markets, say cops
  9. Get Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more for life for less than $5 each with this Microsoft Office license
  10. The messy-bedroom explanation of entropy is wrong
  11. Why tomato sauce stains plastic, and the 30-second fix
  12. The smallest car ever made had no reverse gear
  13. Pick up a refurbished 2018 MacBook Air for just $200
  14. The Egyptian temple carving that looks like a giant lightbulb
  15. Two brothers filled a Harlem brownstone with 140 tons of stuff
  16. In 1984, an anonymous poster said a Pink Floyd album hid a prize. Nobody ever found it
  17. Boy George's Pro-Israel AI Slop Reggae Song was Promotional Stunt for Playing Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar
  18. Unpublished novel's $2.4m deal pulled over AI concerns
  19. YouTube crackles down on ASMR content
  20. Spacecraft sent on rescue mission now spinning out of control
  21. Fall asleep to monotonous Wikipedia entries with this podcast
  22. The avocado's sex life has run on the same schedule for 42 million years
  23. DOJ admits the Reflecting Pool "vandal" was the contractor
  24. This gun lesson skipped directly to the consequences
  25. A $12 Chico's shirt enters the Mitch McConnell proof-of-life mystery
  26. Preacher who loves a "captive audience" meets the person running the flight
  27. Voibe gives Mac users a much faster way to get words down
  28. Patronscan's "ultimate bouncer" never forgets a face in San Francisco's gay bars
  29. If you like indie games, have you tried the Itch desktop app?
  30. AI won't take your job, but someone who knows Claude might — this course is just $14

Core77

  1. Core77 Weekly Roundup (7-27-26 to 7-31-26)
  2. A Space-Saving Retractable Spiral Staircase
  3. Second White's Sleek Folding Electric Scooter
  4. Improvised Transport on Abandoned Infrastructure: Colombia's Ingenious Motorcycle-Railroad Adapters
  5. Modhaus' Wireless Phone Charger with a Concrete Base
  6. U.S. Government Bans Foreign-Made Robots
  7. Meet Fusion Forward Competition Juror Michelle Lee, Partner at IDEO San Francisco
  8. Roof Racks That Automatically Lift and Lower the Load For You
  9. Combining Computational Design with Wicker
  10. Unitree's Impressive Off-Road Dog-Bot/Pack Mule
  11. Sonic's Focus on the UX of Pencil Cases
  12. Chinese Autonomous Buses are Spreading Around the World
  13. Luxury Furniture, or ID Student Project?
  14. The Dutch Community Where People Live on Strips of Land in a Lake
  15. A Gate with an Elegant Integrated Latch

CNET

Reddit

The Verge

  1. Fender’s CEO seems to think your bandmates are just analog AI
  2. Xbox prices are increasing by up to €200 or £170
  3. Skylight’s smart calendars are up to $90 off during its back-to-school sale
  4. HP’s HyperX Omen 15 isn’t quite the budget-friendly gaming laptop its predecessor was
  5. Is paying artists enough to convince them to embrace AI?
  6. Foldables are sort of boring now — and that’s great news for Apple
  7. Pixel 11 specs and price leak with no surprises
  8. Angela Nissel faces down grief with a laugh
  9. Is this Billboard Hot 100 hit AI slop?
  10. Spider-Man: Brand New Day leak racks up millions of views

Wired

  1. 8 Best Password Managers (2026), Tested and Reviewed
  2. The James Webb Telescope Is Changing Astronomers’ Understanding of the Ancient Cosmos
  3. Best Car Vacuums (2026): Handheld, Cordless, Shopping Tips
  4. There Are 2 Eclipses This August. Here’s How to See Them
  5. The Best Kids’ Backpacks for the 2026 School Year
  6. Europeans Are About to Find Out How Entrenched AI Is in Their Daily Lives
  7. Is It Possible to Make Smart Glasses That Aren’t Creepy?
  8. YouTube Star AboFlah Made Streaming His Life. He Wants His Kids to Live Offline
  9. 15 Best Office Chairs of 2026— We Tested 70 to Pick Them
  10. 15 Best Office Chairs of 2026—We Tested 70 to Pick Them
  11. 15 Best Office Chairs of 2026— We Tested 70 to Pick Them
  12. Best Organic Mattresses (2026): Certified Nontoxic, Natural Sleep
  13. China’s EV Market Is Booming. There’s Just One Problem
  14. 7 States’ Water Systems Hit by Cyberattacks Likely Tied to Iran
  15. Boroux vs. Rorra vs. Culligan: Water Filters, Tested Head to Head
  16. Dreo Summer Flash Sale 2026: Lowest Price Ever on Chefmaker, Fan
  17. Alienware 15 Gaming Laptop Review: Hedging Its Bets
  18. The OpenAI and Anthropic AI Hacking Sprees Are a Messy New Legal Frontier
  19. Astronomers Have Detected an Exomoon for the First Time
  20. Paramount+ Coupon Codes and Deals for August 2026

LifeHacker

  1. Lifehacker Deals Live Blog: The Best Tech Sales, All in One Place
  2. I’m a Deals Writer, and These Are My Top 10 Tech Deals This Week
  3. 10 Snipping Tool Hacks Every Windows 11 User Should Know
  4. AI Bots Can Steal Your Login Credentials, but You Can Protect Yourself
  5. 10 Hacks Every Google Sheets User Should Know
  6. Google's Take on Apple's AirTag May Have Just Leaked
  7. The Fast-Charging Pixel Watch 4 LTE Is $100 Off Right Now
  8. Your Samsung Galaxy Watch's Browser Just Got a Useful Upgrade
  9. You Might Soon Have to Pay More for Higher Access to Siri AI
  10. If You Loved 'Gilmore Girls,' There's One Movie You Need to Watch Next
  11. This Self-Cleaning Roborock Vacuum Is $700 Off Right Now
  12. This 2026 Samsung OLED TV Is $700 Off Right Now
  13. 10 Hacks Every Samsung Galaxy User Should Know
  14. One of the Best QLED TVs of 2026 Is $1,000 Off Right Now
  15. This Budget Samsung OLED TV Is Now $800 Off Its Original Price
  16. Google Docs Is Rolling Out These Three New Gemini Features
  17. If You Loved ‘Stuart Fails to Save the Universe,' There's One Movie You Need to Watch Next
  18. The Pixel 11's Biggest New Feature Might Be Its Inflated Price Tag
  19. This Anker Charging Station Is 30% Off Right Now
  20. I Upgraded to an Otterbox, and It Saved My Brand New iPhone's Screen
  21. These Shokz Clip-On Headphones Are 30% Off Right Now
  22. This Four-Pack of Apple's Newest AirTag Is at Its Lowest Price Ever Right Now
  23. This TP-Link WiFi 7 Travel Router Is 31% Off Right Now
  24. Spotify Just Launched a New Running Mode, and I'm Surprised How Much I Love It
  25. Nano Banana 2 Is Coming to Google Earth
  26. Five Hacks Every Boox Palma User Should Know
  27. This Is the Robot Vacuum I Use Every Day, and It's 47% Off Right Now
  28. This Roomba Mops and Vacuums Automatically, and It's $400 Off Right Now
  29. Here's What Lifehacker Readers Think Apple Will Announce in the Fall
  30. 10 Shows Like 'Futurama' You Should Watch Next
  31. This App Is (Sort of) Bringing Back Samsung Messages
  32. Dyson's OnTrac ANC Headphones Have Great Battery Life, and They're Half Off Right Now
  33. 10 Hacks Every Even Realities G2 Smart Glasses User Should Know
  34. This Ultra-Thin QLED TV Is 45% Off Right Now
  35. What's New on Netflix in August 2026
  36. How to Stop Scammers From Showing You Ads on Your Android After Every Phone Call
  37. How to Make Sure Your Claude Chats Don't Get Shared Publicly (Again)
  38. You Can Now Let Gemini 'See' Your Mac's Display for Free
  39. This 55-Inch Samsung Mini LED TV Is $160 Off Right Now
  40. The Most Aesthetic Portable Speaker I Own Is $50 Off Right Now
  41. You Can Save $100 on the New AirPods Max 2 Right Now
  42. This 16-Inch Lenovo ThinkPad Is More Than 40% Off Right Now
  43. The Best Gifts for Someone Building the Ultimate Home Gym
  44. Five Hacks Every Ultrahuman Ring User Should Know
  45. Scammers Are Impersonating Spotify to Steal Your Credit Card Info
  46. 10 Shows Like 'Tell Me Lies' You Should Watch Next
  47. Seven Ways to Make Your Email Aliases Even More Secure
  48. Apple Will Now Let You Lease Your Next iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch
  49. Your Claude Chats May Have Been Exposed on Google
  50. T-Mobile Is Down
  51. CVS's Back-to-School BOGO Sale Is a Good Time to Stock Up on Supplies
  52. This Mova Robot Mower Is $800 Off Right Now
  53. How Apple Might Try to Make Its Smart Glasses Less Creepy
  54. iOS 26.6 Comes With Two New Features, and One Is Key for iOS 27
  55. How to Stop Browser Fingerprinting, the Latest Method for Tracking Your Activity Across the Internet
  56. 10 Shows Like 'Stuart Fails to Save the Universe' You Should Watch Next
  57. If You Loved ‘I Will Find You,’ There's One Movie You Need to Watch Next
  58. This 65-Inch Samsung OLED TV Is $500 Off Right Now
  59. No, Bananas Don't Destroy the Nutrients in Smoothies
  60. This Woot Offer Is the Best Deal Yet on the Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World Bundle
  61. This Acer OLED Gaming Monitor Is Over $200 Off Right Now
  62. Microsoft and Amazon Are Both Introducing New Cloud Gaming Options
  63. Instagram Is Starting to Crack Down on Creepy Smart Glasses Videos
  64. Why Athletes Need Sugar and Carbs in Their Diet
  65. Now Boox Is Making a Tiny E-Reader Too
  66. These Noise-Canceling 'Nothing' Earbuds Are on Sale for $129 Right Now
  67. ChatGPT Health Is Rolling Out to Everyone, but I Don’t Trust It
  68. This LG OLED Gaming Monitor Is Just $379 Right Now
  69. This Compact Eufy Robot Vacuum/Mop Combo Is $210 Off Right Now
  70. It Just Got a Lot Cheaper to Try Gemini Spark, Google's AI Agent
  71. You Can Now Verify Your Facebook Account With a Video Selfie
  72. A New Garmin Update Will Give You This Popular Feature for Free on the Cirqa Band
  73. Preorders for the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra2 Come With a Free $100 Gift Card
  74. 10 Hacks Every AirTag User Should Know
  75. These Are the Best Deals on Laptops, Monitors, and PC Accessories Right Now
  76. This App Can Help Detect When Someone Near You Is Wearing Meta Glasses
  77. Ultrahuman’s New App Fixes Most of What Frustrated Me About the Old One
  78. The Samsung Galaxy S25+ Is Still One of the Best Premium Android Phones, and It's $300 Off Right Now
  79. The Best Tech Deals I've Found in Best Buy's 'Black Friday in July' Sale
  80. Amazfit Makes Great Fitness Trackers, but Here's What Disappointed Me About Its Running Watches
  81. Here's What's New in the iOS 27 and MacOS 27 Second Public Betas
  82. 10 Shows Like 'Gilmore Girls' You Should Watch Next
  83. Google Is Rolling Out a Video-Selfie Option If You Get Locked Out of Your Account
  84. How to Take Creatine for the (Possible) Mental Health Benefits
  85. Five Hacks Every Xteink User Should Know
  86. How Garmin's Acquisition of TrainingPeaks Might Affect Your Fitness Routine
  87. Preorder the New Samsung Galaxy Z Phones and Get up to $350 in Amazon Gift Cards
  88. Here's What Actually Counts As ‘Moderate Exercise’
  89. If You Loved 'House of the Dragon,' There's One Movie You Need to Watch Next
  90. WhatsApp Just Announced Four New Features, Including a Huge Upgrade for CarPlay and Android Auto
  91. Preorder the Samsung Galaxy Watch 9 Now and Get a $50 Amazon Gift Card
  92. Samsung's New Galaxy Smart Glasses Aim for Style and Google Integration
  93. Roborock's New LiDAR Robot Lawn Mower Is Already $700 Off
  94. How to Preorder the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, Z Fold 8 Ultra, or Z Flip 8
  95. The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What Does 'Quiet on the Creek' Mean?
  96. These Four New Android Features Are Coming, but Samsung Galaxy Devices Will Get Them First
  97. Samsung Just Announced Five New Products at Galaxy Unpacked
  98. Lifehacker's Big Guessing Game Is in Its Second Round
  99. Samsung's Premium Galaxy Watch 8 Is Half Off Right Now
  100. The Roomba Max 705 Robot Vacuum Is 45% Off Right Now

The Onion

The Register

TechMeme

  1. Researchers used AI-assisted code to undetectably tamper with data from computerized scans of physical DNA evidence produced by widely used crime-lab machines (Mariah Timms/Wall Street Journal)
  2. Experts say US law is unprepared for rogue AI agents and models, as recent OpenAI and Anthropic incidents raise questions over legal liability and repercussions (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)
  3. Thoughts on Apple Upgrade; sources: MacBook Air is now facing shortages too; Apple wants to turn its future glasses and headsets into health and fitness devices (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
  4. As Taiwanese server makers expand in Mexico, the country has become the second-largest supplier of servers to the US, behind Taiwan, with $46.9B in YTD sales (Financial Times)
  5. A profile of Jacob Tsimerman, who won the Fields Medal last week and is taking a leave from the University of Toronto to join OpenAI and work on AI safety (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)
  6. Chinese VC firms are rushing to raise new funds after three years of record-low fundraising, amid renewed enthusiasm for China's tech, AI, and robotics sectors (Eleanor Olcott/Financial Times)
  7. LemonEdge, a fund accounting and operations software provider for the private markets sector, raised a $21M Series A led by Blackstone Innovations Investments (FinTech Global)
  8. Malaysia shuts down Network School, Balaji Srinivasan's techno-utopian project, over licensing issues; Srinivasan says he is opening a new campus in Kazakhstan (Wall Street Journal)
  9. Apple introduced a cap and a 30-day cool-off period on bug report submissions, citing a deluge of AI-assisted reports; researchers can request higher quotas (Financial Times)
  10. An investigation reveals Dubai-based unlicensed crypto exchange Shelbit has processed at least $4B as part of Iran's sanctions-evasion operation since May 2024 (Reuters)
  11. US judge refuses xAI's request to stop a Minnesota law banning "nudify" apps, noting the request came only three days before the law was to take effect (NBC News)
  12. Bitcoin hardware wallet Coldcard shipped a faulty firmware build, and hackers are now draining wallets; Galaxy Research estimates $70M+ stolen (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)
  13. Trump Media's new paid data API launches, for "a direct, licensed, real-time feed of the platform's most market-moving Truths"; Dem. senators asked SEC to probe (CJ Haddad/CNBC)
  14. Officials: the scope of cyberattacks on US water systems now includes at least seven states and may be far wider; MN was just the first to publicly report them (New York Times)
  15. A look at the deluge of AI computing power set to come online in the coming years; Epoch AI expects the number of AI chips in use to double every nine months (New York Times)