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10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents
Opinion: As software power tools, AI agents may make people busier than ever before.
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Judge orders Anna’s Archive to delete scraped data; no one thinks it will comply
WorldCat operator hopes default judgment will convince web hosts to take action.
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AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast
Moltbook lets 32,000 AI bots trade jokes, tips, and complaints about humans.
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Satellite firm pauses imagery after revealing Iran's attacks on US bases
Planet wants to prevent "adversarial actors" from using images for "Battle Damage Assessment" purposes.
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New AirSnitch attack breaks Wi-Fi encryption in homes, offices, and enterprises
That guest network you set up for your neighbors may not be as secure as you think.
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Verizon imposes new roadblock on users trying to unlock paid-off phones
Verizon unlocks have 35-day waiting period after paying off device plan online.
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Tesla kills Autopilot, locks lane-keeping behind $99/month fee
With falling sales and shrinking profits, the recurring revenue will be most welcome.
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Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company
GFiber and Astound to merge with Alphabet selling majority stake to Stonepeak.
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Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links
If DDoSing a blog wasn't bad enough, archive site also tampered with web snapshots.
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Finally, some good news for Russia—the space station is no longer leaking
NASA and Roscosmos continue to monitor and investigate the previously observed cracks."
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Google is using clever math to quantum-proof HTTPS certificates
Merkle Tree Certificate support is already in Chrome. Soon, it will be everywhere.
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Congress advances bill requiring NASA to reconsider deorbiting space station
NASA shall evaluate the "viability of transferring the ISS to a safe orbital harbor" after retirement.
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SpaceX swipes yet another military contract from United Launch Alliance
ULA's Vulcan launch vehicle is grounded after a solid rocket booster anomaly last month.
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Former astronaut on lunar spacesuits: "I don't think they're great right now"
These are just the difficulties of designing a spacesuit for the lunar environment."
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US cyber defense chief accidentally uploaded secret government info to ChatGPT
Congress recently grilled the acting chief on mass layoffs and a failed polygraph.
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US decides SpaceX is like an airline, exempting it from Labor Relations Act
US labels SpaceX a common carrier by air, will regulate firm under railway law.
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NASA finally acknowledges the elephant in the room with the SLS rocket
You know, you're right, the flight rate—three years is a long time."
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White House alters arrest photo of ICE protester, says "the memes will continue"
Lawyer calls it "outrageous that the White House would make up stories."
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Netflix claims subscribers will get “more content for less” if it buys HBO Max
80 percent of HBO Max subscribers subscribe to Netflix, Sarandos tells Senate.
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Inside the quixotic team trying to build an entire world in a 20-year old game
Stories and lesson learned from an impossibly large community modding project.
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Leading explanation for ancient giant, flying insects gets squashed
Breathing capacity could have compensated for lower atmospheric oxygen.
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Michigan man learns the hard way that “catch a cheater” spyware apps aren’t legal
Spying doesn't become legal just because "cheaters" are the targets.
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This may be the grossest eye pic ever—but the cause is what’s truly horrifying
Hypervirulent germ nearly destroys man, invading brain and blowing out an eye.
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Healthy 18-year-old welder nearly died of anthrax—the 9th such puzzling case
Welder's Anthrax" was first coined in 2022, when seven cases had been identified.
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DNA-inspired molecule breaks records for storing solar heat
Sunlight can cause a molecule to change structure, and then release heat later.
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Sixteen Claude AI agents working together created a new C compiler
The $20,000 experiment compiled a Linux kernel but needed deep human management.
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Gamers react with overwhelming disgust to DLSS 5's generative AI glow-ups
Nvidia's next frame-gen tech goes way beyond upscaling, and not in a good way...
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The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8K
With virtually no content and limited benefits, 8K TVs were doomed.
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Musk and Hegseth vow to “make Star Trek real” but miss the show’s lessons
AI weapons systems may annihilate their creators.
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TCL’s German QLED ban puts pressure on TV brands to be more honest about QDs
This is a serious warning shot."
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An engineering thesis disguised as a coupe: A history of the Honda Prelude
Technology like four-wheel steering and variable valve timing debuted in the Prelude.
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NASA says it needs to haul the Artemis II rocket back to the hangar for repairs
Accessing and remediating any of these issues can only be performed in the VAB."
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You're likely already infected with a brain-eating virus you've never heard of
Fatal brain infection was thought to be from profound immune suppression. Not anymore.
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After 16 years and $8 billion, the military's new GPS software still doesn't work
It's a very stressing program. We are still considering how to ensure we move forward."
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Why would Elon Musk pivot from Mars to the Moon all of a sudden?
SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon."
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What happens to a car when the company behind its software goes under?
Connected car servers won't be online indefinitely, and startups often go bust.
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Never-before-seen Linux malware is “far more advanced than typical”
VoidLink includes an unusually broad and advanced array of capabilities.
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30 years later, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire is a relic of a lost era
Looking back at Dash Rendar, 3DFX cards, and a pivotal moment for Star Wars.
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Inside Nvidia's 10-year effort to make the Shield TV the most updated Android device ever
Selfishly a little bit, we built Shield for ourselves."
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China showcases new Moon ship and reusable rocket in one extraordinary test
The test marks a significant step in China's push to land humans on the Moon by 2030.
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Asteroid defense mission shifted the orbit of more than its target
The binary asteroid's orbit around the Sun was affected by the impact.
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LLMs can unmask pseudonymous users at scale with surprising accuracy
Pseudonymity has never been perfect for preserving privacy. Soon it may be pointless.
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Panasonic, the former plasma king, will no longer make its own TVs
Panasonic was one of the last Japanese companies still manufacturing TVs.
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“It doesn't feel safe”—Many international game developers plan to skip GDC in US
Stories of border issues lead to pervasive travel fears across the worldwide industry.
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Password managers' promise that they can't see your vaults isn't always true
Contrary to what password managers say, a server compromise can mean game over.
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Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs
Discord to block adult content unless users verify ages with selfies or IDs.
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NASA has a new problem to fix before the next Artemis II countdown test
We observed materially lower leak rates compared to prior observations during WDR-1."
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Entire Claude Code CLI source code leaks thanks to exposed map file
512,000 lines of code that competitors and hobbyists will be studying for weeks.
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Elon Musk loses big in court; X boycott perfectly legal
X admonished for "fishing expedition" as judge dismisses ad boycott lawsuit.
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Could a vaccine prevent dementia? Shingles shot data only getting stronger.
Latest data hints that benefits seen so far could be underestimates.
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