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A new SpacetimeDB essay says software only scales well when you separate compute, storage and networking, and warns that general-purpose distributed databases pay heavy costs under contention.
Read report »A long retrospective on Project Xanadu revisits Ted Nelson’s hypertext vision and argues the project never overcame weak iteration, unclear use cases and practical constraints.
Read report »An investigative report says a lawyer who manages Stephen Feinberg’s trust and represents Cerberus also advised the Pentagon on a major minerals investment, raising conflict-of-interest concerns.
Read report »Letters released by Senator Ron Wyden say military branches have blocked advertising IDs on service devices after concerns that commercial location data could expose deployed personnel.
Read report »OpenAI attributed its disruption to routing, xAI pointed to its Memphis compute center, and Anthropic said it deployed a fix, leaving the timing as an unresolved coincidence.
Read report »The open-source project offers offline maps, route guidance, ride recording and Bluetooth sensor support, while clearly documenting the limitations of its current hardware.
Read report »Users with manually configured Mullvad DNS-over-HTTPS endpoints must migrate before November 2, while default Mullvad Browser settings will move automatically.
Read report »A long-running copyright enforcement campaign has collided with Meta’s AI training litigation, after a filing linked a residential BitTorrent subscriber to a senior Reality Labs executive.
Read report »A new report says thousands of AI-agent edits turned a volunteer wiki into a hidden coordination board, raising fresh questions about oversight and disclosure.
Read report »The company says Claude worked for 11 days to formalize a landmark mathematical proof in Lean, a milestone that could reshape how researchers trust complex results.
Read report »A data study comparing the same product across AI Mode and traditional search found a meaningful price gap, though the result reflects one experiment rather than a permanent rule.
Read report »The Dutch company’s latest phone trades thinness for repairability, offering a modular design that puts user ownership ahead of gadget fashion.
Read report »IBM Bob is being framed as a development partner rather than a coding assistant, with spawned agents, shell access, and analytics aimed at enterprise teams.
Read report »A month-long reverse-engineering effort on a Jane Street chip puzzle shows how much modern hardware analysis depends on file formats, tooling, and patience as much as raw ingenuity.
Read report »A Techdirt report says a verification system exposed scanned IDs to hackers for more than a year, renewing concerns about the security burden created by identity checks online.
Read report »CNBC says Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for nearly $13 billion, a move meant to widen access to AI tools for developers and institutions.
Read report »A Babylonian Twins write-up says an AI rebuilt the game’s Amiga code in Godot, preserved the original 50 Hz feel and even let the author compare the old and new versions side by side.
Read report »Audacity 4.0 arrives with a rebuilt interface, a new clip-editing model and the removal of several legacy tool modes.
Read report »The first release candidate for Polars 2.0 shifts LazyFrame queries to the streaming engine by default and tightens type handling across the data toolkit.
Read report »A report from Qatar says scientists have spotted a giant 10-sided atmospheric pattern at Saturn’s south pole, adding a fresh puzzle to the gas giant’s weather system.
Read report »The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission has entered its Mercury arrival phase, beginning a six-month final approach before orbital insertion later this year.
Read report »Apple has put John Ternus in charge as Tim Cook steps aside after 15 years, just as the company prepares for an iPhone event that could feature its first foldable model.
Read report »Türkiye has become the 71st country to sign the Artemis Accords, adding another state to the NASA-backed framework for peaceful space cooperation.
Read report »Türkiye has signed onto the U.S.-led Artemis Accords, giving the framework for peaceful space exploration another member state.
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