Utah charges Kalshi and its CEO with illegally promoting online gambling
AI summary Utah charges Kalshi and its CEO with illegally promoting online gambling, adding to ongoing legal battles with prediction market platforms.
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Archive Of Our Own down for maintenance for 2 to 4 weeks
Organization for Transformative Works's Status Page - AO3 Down for Maintenance.
Show HN: phpClaw – AI agent runtime for PHP with tools, memory and guards
AI summary phpClaw is an AI agent runtime for PHP with tools, memory, and security controls, using a ReAct loop.
I'm building LYNX, an open-source DAW inspired by FL Studio, free,cross-platform
LYNX SHARE — lightweight open-source DAW in C++20/JUCE with the FL Studio workflow: Channel Rack, Piano Roll, Playlist, Mixer and .flp import - Ka1-S/LYNX-SHARE
Show HN: Overtone – Transcribe, correct and cut captions for any screen shape
AI summary Overtone transcribes and cuts captions for different screen shapes, storing each cut in one file.
Alleged Chinese spy had 'close relationship' with Nvidia boss Jensen Huang
AI summary An alleged Chinese spy, Alice Huang, had a close relationship with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, raising US intelligence concerns.
AI Contributions to GHC
AI summary GHC introduced a policy for LLM-assisted contributions, focusing on reviewability and responsibility.
After 28 years walking across the globe, he's almost home
https://archive.ph/NCeML
Duet is the future of chatbot interaction
Look, I really didn’t want to like Duet. I don’t want to be an Anthropic fanboy and it annoys me when they do things better than the competition. But they have done it again. I…
Tomas Mikolov (creator of Word2Vec) receives the Medal of Merit
AI summary Tomas Mikolov, creator of Word2Vec, received the Medal of Merit from the Czech President for his contributions to AI and technology.
For the first time ever, Google Search is less than 50% of Alphabet's revenue
AI summary For the first time, Google Search is less than 50% of Alphabet's revenue, at 49.7% in Q3 2026.
Toxic Experts
AI summary An article discusses the negative behavior of 'toxic experts' who use knowledge to belittle others rather than teach.
16colo.rs – ANSI/ASCII art archive
AI summary Sixteen Colors is an online archive for ANSI and ASCII artpacks, preserving a text-based art form from the BBS era.
Launch HN: Simantic (YC F26) – Firmware Simulation for AI Agents
AI summary Simantic, founded by ex-firmware engineers, offers a simulation layer for AI agents to test firmware without hardware.
H.264 Is Magic (2016)
AI summary H.264 is a widely used video compression standard that reduces bandwidth needs for video transmission.
Grace Blackwell needs a new scheduler: 27% more usable GPUs from the same racks
AI summary NVL72 systems offer 72 GPUs in a rack with NVLink for higher bandwidth, but workload placement is key for performance.
Only 40% of AI-cited statistics trace back to a study
AI summary Only 40% of AI-cited statistics trace back to a study, with many leading to unverified sources.
LLM Voice
AI summary The article discusses concerns about detecting LLM-written prose and warns against relying on LLMs for drafting content.
Finland investigate Google over destruction of 250k trees
AI summary Finland's police investigate Google's data centre for environmental damage after reports of tree destruction and drainage issues.
React.lazy, Suspense and the Hidden 300 ms Delay
AI summary A React 19 app faced a 300 ms delay in displaying lazy-loaded content due to React's suspension behavior.
DoorDash is acquiring Instacart for $17B
Together, DoorDash and Instacart would help stores of every size reach more customers with the kinds of innovative technology that the biggest online retailers and grocers build…
Keplearn: Extract Equations from Data in Seconds
AI summary Keplearn is a symbolic regression tool that finds equations from data, inspired by Kepler's work.
Mistral Large 4 (Le Chonk) is now Open Weight
The weights of Mistral Large 4 (Le Chonk) are now open. A 1T parameter multimodal model, and best open-weight model for coding, trained in Europe.
Why are good developers so wary of agentic development?
AI summary Good developers are cautious about agentic development because they prioritize building reliable, maintainable software over quick code generation.
Read the letter the FBI sent MLK to try to convince him to kill himself (2014)
AI summary The FBI sent a threatening letter to MLK Jr., including sex tapes, to discredit him.
Gemini 4 Carbon is the new #1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5
AI summary Gemini 4 Carbon ranks #1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5 with a score of 59, excelling in reasoning and scientific tasks.
DoorDash to Acquire Instacart
AI summary DoorDash will acquire Instacart for $17 billion, with 75% cash and 25% stock.
Hackers expose the identities of more than 40k DHS employees
AI summary Hackers exposed data of over 40k DHS employees, including addresses and phone numbers.