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The AI boom has college majors of all types dabbling in computer science (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: artificial intelligence, machine learning, virginia commonwealth university

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AI Images Are Everywhere. Here’s What They Do to Our Brains, and What We Can Do. (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-02 | tags: machine learning, neural networks, feed algorithms

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Europeans Are About to Find Out How Entrenched AI Is in Their Daily Lives (wired.com)

2026-08-02 | by Isabella Ward | tags: artificial intelligence, european union, deepfakes

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ASRock BC-250: Building the Budget Steam Machine (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: asrock, bc-250, steam machine

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One California town found Flock's license plate cameras were wrong 71% of the time (techspot.com)

2026-08-01 | by Daniel Sims | tags: flock, license plate cameras, machine learning

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Absurd GPU Pricing Update: Mid-2026 Edition (techspot.com)

2026-07-31 | by Tim Schiesser | tags: nvidia, geforce rtx 5050, geforce rtx 5060

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Absurd GPU Pricing Update Mid-2026: What Graphics Cards Cost Around the World (techspot.com)

2026-07-31 | by Tim Schiesser | tags: nvidia, geforce rtx 5050, geforce rtx 5060

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Thinking Machines debuts Inkling Small open source AI model nearing performance of predecessor at about 1/4 size (venturebeat.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: thinking machines, inkling, open source

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Okta buys AI security startup Permiso — source says for about $200M (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Jagmeet Singh | tags: okta, permiso, ai security

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‘Fast X’ Star Alan Ritchson Digs Into the Delays Behind ‘Fast Forever’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: fast x, alan ritchson, fast and furious

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After the Break-In: What Attackers Do Once They're Already Inside (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: huntress, microsoft sql server, sql injection

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Thinking Machines co-founder Lilian Weng left the company citing health reasons, then joined OpenAI (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-29 | by Amanda Silberling | tags: thinking machines, lilian weng, openai

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At Waymo, an AI project isn't ready until its evals are — not when the model performs well (venturebeat.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: waymo, autonomous vehicles, machine learning

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Claude: Elevated errors across all models (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: claude, ai models, errors

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Claude Opus 5 became downright ruthless when tasked with running a vending machine (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-29 | by Julie Bort | tags: anthropic, openai, claude opus 5

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Valve says that Steam Machine reservations won't be fulfilled until ‘the end of this year’ — company also releases CAD files for the PC console’s external shell under Creative Commons (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-29 | by Jowi Morales | tags: steam machine, valve, reservation queue

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Bright Machines says its new hybrid robot cell could help solve a major AI infrastructure bottleneck (venturebeat.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: bright machines, hybrid brc, bright factory

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They Stole Your Attention (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: feed, attention, slot machine

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Hate AI Because You’re a Leftist? Here’s a Video Worth Considering (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: wall street journal, machine learning, leftist

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Valve says Steam Machine reservation-holders aren't being leapfrogged (engadget.com)

2026-07-29 | by Steve Dent | tags: steam machine, valve corporation, reservation queue

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Sequential reading of a stepwise-shortened peptide immobilized on nanopore (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-29 | by Chen | tags: peptide, nanopore, machine learning

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I Gave the Hardest Cryptic Crossword I Could Find to a Bunch of LLMs (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: cryptic crossword, llms, machines

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VMs can't boot with Network Mode set to Bridged on Apple M5 Pro machines (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: apple m5 pro, virtual machines, bridged network

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Why budding birders are flocking to Shazam-like apps to identify avians (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-07-27 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: merlin bird id, cornell university, lab of ornithology

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Multiway Turing Machines (2021 pre-ai) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-26 | tags: turing machines, multiway computation, pre-ai

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AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale (futurism.com)

2026-07-25 | by Frank Landymore | tags: anthropic, large language models, hydraulic cutting machine

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Cricut Explore 5 vs. Siser Romeo: Choosing the Right Smart Cutting Machine (2026) (wired.com)

2026-07-25 | by Nicole Kinning | tags: cricut explore 5, siser romeo, smart cutting machine

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I milled an Android figurine out of a solid block with an AI-powered 5-axis CNC machine (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: android, infimaker, cnc machine

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Geekbench 7 is out with overhauled performance tests for CPU and GPU workloads (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-23 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: geekbench 7, primate labs, cpu gpu benchmarks

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Lego's latest Nintendo collab is a playable Donkey Kong arcade machine (engadget.com)

2026-07-23 | by Matt Tate | tags: lego, nintendo, donkey kong