GoKawiil
Tech News
Android Authority found code in Google app version 17.60.13.sa.arm64 showing an early redesign of Gemini's Settings screen. The new layout groups options in a style similar to the current account switcher, building on previously spotted plans to move settings out of that switcher and into categorized sub-screens like Preferences, Data & privacy, and others.
A university research lab is publishing a week-long series of open-source releases instead of a traditional paper, arguing that AI agents have made individual research projects fast and cheap, which undermines the value of isolated publications. The author challenges both student pessimism about job prospects and PhD students' rush to join frontier AI labs, claiming academia is positioned for a resurgence precisely because of its resource constraints.
A developer working on the Enroute git server rewrote SHA-1 with collision detection into a new implementation called sha1dc, using a code generator and solver to fit collision checks into SIMD lanes. The new library runs at 68-81% of plain SHA-1 speed, compared with 28-29% for the existing sha1-checked crate, and roughly doubles git pack verification speed in testing.
An autonomous aircraft flew 3,199 miles across the United States without any manual control inputs from the onboard safety pilot. The flight is being described as the first successful transcontinental journey completed entirely by an aircraft's automated systems.
404 Media is asking residents nationwide to submit public records showing how local police departments use Axon's automatic license plate reader cameras, which many cities are adopting after backlash over Flock's role in ICE lookups and a Texas officer's search related to a self-managed abortion. The outlet has already gathered Axon 'activity reports' from six police agencies detailing which officers searched plate data, their badge numbers, and stated justifications, but wants more submissions to map usage nationwide.
Security researchers at SafeDep discovered that a malicious npm package called mathmain, disguised as a copy of the popular mathjs library, contains a hidden remote access implant. The malicious code stays encrypted and dormant until a specific equation is solved using the library's lusolve() solver function, which acts as a decryption key to unlock and execute the payload.
Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said Monday that the central bank might need to accept higher unemployment as a cost of bringing down persistently high inflation. He noted that supply shocks create a short-term conflict between the Fed's dual goals of stable prices and maximum employment, forcing policymakers to prioritize one over the other.
Trump and Xi Jinping are set for a rare high-profile meeting at the White House, with Trump personally greeting Xi at Joint Base Andrews on September 23. Ahead of the summit, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and trade representative Jamieson Greer are meeting China's vice premier He Lifeng to hash out an agenda covering tariffs, rare earth minerals, technology competition, and Taiwan. The immediate pressure point is the Busan trade truce, which paused tariff hikes and port fees but expires November 10.
An Entrepreneur contributor argues that after years of brands chasing attention through content, emails and notifications, consumers are now seeking analog experiences like dinner parties, run clubs, and phone-free events. The piece suggests marketers should reframe their goal from maximizing time spent with a brand to helping people use their time more meaningfully.
Apple's Mac Studio lineup ranges from a $2,500 base model with the M5 Max chip up to configurations exceeding $5,899, with a separate M5 Ultra tier starting at $5,500 that supports up to 512GB of unified memory. The M5 Ultra combines two M5 Max chips and can be clustered four-wide over Thunderbolt 5 for even greater performance, aimed at running massive local AI models and handling uncompressed 8K video work.
Meta's newly launched Muse personal AI agent app has climbed past ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Meta's own AI app to lead the free app category on Apple's US iOS store. Sensor Tower data shows Muse pulled in roughly 730,000 downloads in its first five days after launching September 8, outperforming rival assistants in the same post-launch period. The app lets users direct AI agents to handle tasks like filling out forms and managing email, built on Meta's Muse Spark model family.
Paramount reached a settlement with a coalition of 12 state attorneys general, led by California's Rob Bonta, who had sued to block its $11 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. The company agreed to establish an editorial independence board overseeing CBS News and CNN, commit to 30 theatrical releases annually, and protect CBS News Broadcast writers from layoffs for five years while paying $17.5 million to the Writers Guild's health fund. The merger is now expected to close in early October, giving Paramount chief David Ellison control over franchises including DC and Harry Potter.