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AI & Machine Learning

1. Deploying retail AI to scale personalisation and customer insight

Optimising retail AI infrastructure drives the successful deployment of personalisation systems and real-time customer insight. Leaders are replacing static customer interaction patterns with data pipelines capable of modifying the user environment during a live session. Static layouts and broad segmentation rules fail to satisfy modern conversion targets. Deployments demonstrate that traditional demographic categorisation generates insufficient […] The post Deploying retail AI to scale personal...

2. Japan’s answer to its worker shortage: An AI model for 10 million robots

Japan’s AI robots plan just went from a talking point to a formal national strategy. This week, the government confirmed the numbers everyone’s been quoting: 10 million AI-powered robots deployed across 18 industries by 2040, backed by public funding of up to one trillion yen, or roughly US$6.1 billion, over five years. The headline figure […] The post Japan’s answer to its worker shortage: An AI model for 10 million robots appeared first on AI News.

3. Bank of England reviews AI rules for agentic AI in finance

The Bank of England is reviewing whether existing rules can cover the use of agentic AI in finance, including payments, trading, cybersecurity, and operations. Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden said existing regulatory frameworks were not designed for AI agents that can act without direct human instruction. Speaking at the European Central Bank Forum on central banking […] The post Bank of England reviews AI rules for agentic AI in finance appeared first on AI News.

4. Anthropic deploys Claude Sonnet 5, Fable and Mythos restored

Anthropic has launched Claude Sonnet 5 and restored access to its Fable and Mythos frontier models following a federal export control review. The decision marks the conclusion of an eighteen-day operational pause triggered by a US government export control directive on June 12, which forced the temporary suspension of Anthropic’s highest-capability systems. Government officials enacted […] The post Anthropic deploys Claude Sonnet 5, Fable and Mythos restored appeared first on AI News.

5. Context Window Management for Long-Running Agents: Strategies and Tradeoffs

In this article, you will learn five practical strategies for managing context windows in long-running AI agent applications, along with the key tradeoffs each approach...

6. How ChatGPT adoption has expanded

New OpenAI Signals data shows how ChatGPT adoption is growing globally, with users increasing usage, exploring more capabilities, and driving growth across regions and languages.

7. Inside Genebench-Pro

8. Introducing GeneBench-Pro

Introducing GeneBench-Pro, a new benchmark testing AI performance in genomics, biology, and scientific research using complex, real-world datasets.

9. Core dump epidemiology: fixing an 18-year-old bug

OpenAI engineers used large-scale core dump analysis to debug rare infrastructure crashes, uncovering both a hardware fault and a long-standing software bug.

Software Development

1. OpenClaw’s new app doesn’t run AI on your phone. That’s the whole point.

OpenClaw finally dropped its iOS and Android apps this week, meaning you can now ditch the Telegram and WhatsApp methods The post OpenClaw’s new app doesn’t run AI on your phone. That’s the whole point. appeared first on The New Stack.

2. Cordyceps flaw pattern is more proof CI/CD is part of the attack surface

On June 24, research from Novee Security was released, reporting a CI/CD weakness that could enable anyone with an unauthenticated The post Cordyceps flaw pattern is more proof CI/CD is part of the attack surface appeared first on The New Stack.

3. Cloudflare wants to build the economic layer of the AI web

AI has changed the web right before our eyes. With Google’s AI Overviews doing the heavy lifting, publications that once The post Cloudflare wants to build the economic layer of the AI web appeared first on The New Stack.

4. β€œYou Only Compute Once”: How Clockwork wants to put an end to AI training restarts

On a large enough GPU cluster, something is always breaking. That’s just a fact of life. The standard fix is The post β€œYou Only Compute Once”: How Clockwork wants to put an end to AI training restarts appeared first on The New Stack.

5. The call is coming from inside your pipeline: the anatomy of a Codecov attack

In January 2021, an attacker added a single line of code to a popular bash script. Tens of thousands of The post The call is coming from inside your pipeline: the anatomy of a Codecov attack appeared first on The New Stack.

6. How Anthropic is bringing Fable 5 back β€” and when it’ll cost you

After the U.S. government lifted its export controls for Fable 5 on Tuesday, Anthropic announced that it would bring the The post How Anthropic is bringing Fable 5 back β€” and when it’ll cost you appeared first on The New Stack.

7. Fable is coming back: Federal government lifts export controls on Anthropic AI model

Anthropic can now bring back Fable. The U.S. Commerce Department is lifting the export controls it placed on both AI models, The post Fable is coming back: Federal government lifts export controls on Anthropic AI model appeared first on The New Stack.

8. Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 5 system card says more about the future of AI than its benchmarks do

With the debut of Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 5 on Tuesday came its benchmark charts, showing improvements across coding, reasoning, and The post Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 5 system card says more about the future of AI than its benchmarks do appeared first on The New Stack.

9. The infrastructure lock-in costing AI companies hundreds of millions

Egor Komarov for Unsplash The post The infrastructure lock-in costing AI companies hundreds of millions appeared first on The New Stack.

10. Anthropic Sonnet 5: It closes the gap with Opus 4.8, and is cheap until August

Anthropic on Tuesday launched Sonnet 5, the latest model in its mainstream Sonnet series. The company calls Sonnet 5 its The post Anthropic Sonnet 5: It closes the gap with Opus 4.8, and is cheap until August appeared first on The New Stack.

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Ryan sits down with Frank Portman, CTO at Yobi, to talk about why next-token prediction, though great for language, isn’t the right inductive bias for forecasting human behavior. They discuss how Yobi builds a β€œfoundation model of behavior” using transformers and graph neural networks instead of chat-style LLMs, and what it takes to run millions of personalization decisions per second while keeping consumer data private.β€‹β€‹β€‹β€‹β€Œο»Ώβ€ο»Ώβ€‹β€β€‹β€β€Œβ€ο»Ώο»Ώβ€Œο»Ώβ€‹β€β€Œβ€β€β€Œβ€Œβ€β€Œο»Ώβ€Œβ€β€β€Œβ€Œβ€ο»Ώβ€β€‹β€β€‹β€β€‹ο»Ώβ€β€β€‹β€β€‹β€β€Œο»Ώβ€‹ο»Ώβ€Œβ€β€‹β€Œβ€Œβ€ο»Ώβ€β€Œβ€β€β€Œβ€Œο»Ώβ€Œβ€‹β€Œο»Ώβ€β€Œβ€‹β€ο»Ώβ€...

12. Will AI Replace Developers? Here's What I Think

Every few months, a new AI model is released, and the same question comes up: "Will AI replace software developers?" My answer is simple: No, but it will change what it means to be a developer. AI Is Already Changing the Way We Work Today's AI tools can write code, explain complex functions, generate tests, fix bugs, and even review pull requests. They're incredibly useful, and they've made developers more productive than ever. But writing code is only one part of software engineering. Developer...

13. How I Built an Ultra-Fast Bilingual Dictionary Handling 293,000+ Words on the Edge

Every developer has that one project. The passion build that sits in the back of your mind for monthsβ€”or even yearsβ€”before you finally sit down, crack your knuckles, and make it a reality. For me, that project was building a modern, open-access bilingual digital lexicon bridging English and Assamese: AssameseDictionary.org. While it started as a personal milestone dream, it quickly turned into a massive data engineering and architecture challenge. Here is how I tackled parsing a massive vocabula...

14. CVE-2026-8037: Critical RCE Vulnerability in Progress Kemp LoadMaster Requires Immediate Patching

Introduction: Unveiling the Critical Vulnerability The recently identified CVE-2026-8037 vulnerability in Progress Kemp LoadMaster represents a critical threat to enterprise infrastructure. This remote code execution (RCE) flaw, stemming from an uninitialized heap issue, enables pre-authentication exploitation, allowing attackers to bypass initial security barriers without valid credentials. The root cause lies in the failure to initialize dynamically allocated memory regions, creating an exploi...

15. GraphQL Query & Mutation Architecture, A Production Deep Dive

Author: Erwin Wilson Ceniza Published: July 2, 2026 Tags: GraphQL | HotChocolate | BatchDataLoader | CQRS | Outbox Pattern | Apollo Federation | .NET | Architecture | EMR | API Design GraphQL Query & Mutation Architecture - A Production Deep Dive Code-first GraphQL with HotChocolate, BatchDataLoader, CQRS, and a transactional outbox pattern, with real examples from a production EMR system serving three portals from a single schema. Table of Contents Interactive Data Traversal The Architecture at...

Programming Languages

1. Open source is a thankless job and I think we've lost the plot on how we treat maintainers

I saw an issue today on a fairly popular project (better-auth, see the link to the issue attached). No repro, no context, just a wall of caps and profanity ending in "fuck you". The maintainers ship this for free. People run production businesses on top of it, for free. And the thanks is someone raging into a text box because a minor bump cost them an afternoon. I maintain and contribute to a few projects myself, so this hits a nerve a bit. Something people don't see from the outside: it's not e...

2. GitHub Stacked PRs

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3. TPP: The Obscure Matrix Multiplication Algorithm That Deserves More Attention

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4. Stroustrup's Rule

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5. Teaching Algorithms in 2026

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6. Designing GPU-Accelerated Query Engines with NVIDIA GPU Query Engine (GQE)

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7. The uphill climb of making diff lines performant

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8. A bug I ran into when using Java Modules (plus some thoughts about their adoption by the larger ecosystem)

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9. Software Security Analysis in 2030 and Beyond: A Research Roadmap

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Game Development

1. Godot to ban (almost all) AI coding contributions

Godot will still allow AI assistance like 'code completion, regex, or find and replace.'

2. Krafton and Unknown Worlds founders settle Subnautica 2 legal dispute

Krafton has agreed to dismiss all pending legal proceedings with Unknown Worlds. CEO Ted Gill will exit the company.

3. OtherSide Entertainment lays off 18 from Thick as Thieves team

OtherSide has now laid off 36 employees in the last month.

4. PS3 and PS Vita digital stores are closing starting August 2026

PlayStation will begin closing stores in select markets this August, and will finalize in July 2027.

5. Ubisoft Barcelona strikes over proposed layoffs

Workers will be striking on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons for the next couple of weeks.

6. PlayStation ending production of physical software in January 2028

The company claims the move comes as 'the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs.'

7. Rockstar accused of ignoring pay inequity, mandating crunch, and weaponizing bonuses

Multiple current Rockstar employees and union members based in the UK claim the Grand Theft Auto maker is failing its workforce.

8. IO Interactive to lay off employees after Xbox pulls support for untitled fantasy game

Xbox's business reset is driving layoffs outside of Microsoft.

9. Memory manufacturers sued in class action suit alleging price and supply fixing

Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron are being sued for allegedly fixing the supply and prices of memory.

10. Report: Xbox considering sale or closure of Arkane, other studios, as layoffs loom

As part of Microsoft's 'reset,' Arkane's Blade may be facing the chopping block, and the studio facing a potential sale or closure

Gaming News

1. Deadpool References You Probably Missed In Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls

Deadpool has always left references for fans to hunt down in every media he's in, but this time it's more geared towards fighting games in his recent announcement in MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls. We get to the bottom of almost all of them.

2. β€œProfoundly Disappointed:” Companies Respond To Sony’s Decision To End Disc Support

A number of companies have responded to the news that Sony will no longer support physical PlayStation discs beginning in 2028. That includes iam8bit, a company known for its physical gaming collectibles, which said it is "profoundly disappointed" by the news. "Physical games are vital to games preservation, ownership, and consumer choice, values that have guided iam8bit since our first physical release in 2016," the company said. The company added that it remains committed to these values. "Lon...

3. Battlefield 6 Almost Made A Great Change, Twice, But Both Were An β€œError”

Battlefield 6's latest update almost introduced a great change to XP boosts, only for developer Battlefield Studios to state it was an "error" and walk it back. Even more confusing--it's actually the second time the exact same mistake has been made in three weeks. As part of Battlefield 6's June 30 update, one that overhauled the game's gunplay and introduced a new mode, a surprising, but welcome, message greeted players who logged in: "XP Boost Update: Now Based On In-Game Time." Since Battlefi...

4. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Just Showed Up In A Very Unexpected Place

Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is expected to be one of 2026's biggest game releases alongside GTA 6, and the company is expected to go all-out with its marketing and promotion campaign for it. That may have already begun, but not in the way anyone might have expected. World Cup fans have spotted a curious detail on the French men's national team bus--luggage that appears to carry the Modern Warfare 4 branding. You can clearly see the branding in the image below. We don't know if th...

5. Existing Unauthorized Steam Machine Companion Cubes Are Being Destroyed After Release Fiasco

The unlicensed Companion Cube engineered, illegally, for Valve's Steam Machine will never go on sale again, with those who preordered already being refunded. But what about the handful that made it out of the door and into the hands of journalists, influencers, and content creators? Instead of becoming collector's items, it seems they're all being destroyed. The fate of the existing Companion Cubes wasn't covered in the lengthy statement describing the entire fiasco, which was published by manuf...

6. Best Teams For Dynasty Rebuild In College Football 27

College Football 27 offers players a variety of game modes, but the most popular is Dynasty Mode. Dynasty allows players to completely take over a university's program, becoming the head coach and gaining access to all of the school's resources. While some players might opt to select their favorite college team or one that's set up to dominate the country for years to come, other players like to take on a total rebuild. Usually, these types of Dynasty playthroughs consist of picking a low-rated ...

7. Diablo 4’s Worst Grind Just Got A Lot Easier In Season 14

Diablo 4's worst endgame grind just became a lot less painful in Season 14, thanks to a batch of impactful changes to gems and conversion recipes. In Diablo's latest expansion, Lord of Hatred, Blizzard introduced two new tiers of gems to its ARPG: Horadric and Flawless Horadric Gems. These gems are far more powerful than their lower-tier counterparts, but there is a catch--they can't be found as drops. Instead, they can only be crafted using the Horadric Cube's Amalgamation recipe. The recipe tu...

8. This Week In Games Was Bad, But Next Week May Be Worse

While it can seem like every week feels bad in the games industry, this past week felt especially awful. You're not wrong for thinking so, too, and the start of this week wasn't that great either. But what if I told you that it could get even worse? It doesn't sound possible, but trust me, it appears it definitely could. Let's look at what happened last week. A week to forget On June 22, news broke that Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot died in a plane crash on June 19. His brother, Yves Guill...

9. Next-Gen Xbox May Not Have Disc Drive, Disc-To-Digital Feature Coming, Reports Say

Following Sony's announcement that it will not support PlayStation discs starting in 2028 and conjecture that the PS6 won't have a disc drive, it's now been reported that Microsoft's next-gen Xbox, Project Helix, won't have a disc drive either. Jez Corden of Windows Central reported today that Project Helix will not have a disc drive. The report did not include any further details, but this would not be a surprising development given the increasing percentage of games sold digitally compared to ...

10. PlayStation Plus Free Games For July 2026 Revealed

This month's batch of free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers has been revealed. All PS Plus members will be able to claim a trio of freebies starting July 7--Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, For the King 2, and CrossCode. If you haven't claimed June's PlayStation Plus free games yet, make sure to do so before next Tuesday. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 isn't exactly a high point for the franchise, but at the very least, the 2023 game was a comfortably familiar experience. Set directly after...

11. July is a little light on the big new game releases, but your co-op horror Discord gang will be feastin'

If you've ever wanted to run a haunted business into the ground with your friends, I have good news.

12. 'They refuse to offer a meaningful alternative': Game preservation leader agrees that piracy is the only preservation option for a discless future

The future of preservation is, as usual, on the PC.

13. Consoles continue their trend of just becoming worse PCs

As prices go up and exclusives dry up, the old "plug-and-play" argument has never been flimsier.

14. Windrose might get wind

No word on roses, though.

15. 'There’s something we’ve been dying to tell you': The best city builder of 2023 is getting a survival game set in the same world

And it looks like it'll be co-op.

Robotics

1. In Robotics, Ruggedization Is No Longer Optional

As autonomy moves beyond controlled environments, ruggedized design is becoming a prerequisite for reliable robotic operations. The post In Robotics, Ruggedization Is No Longer Optional appeared first on The Robot Report.

2. Top 10 robotics developments of June 2026

Humanoid robots made many headlines in June 2026, whether it be for companies going public, new deployments, or hitting production milestones. The post Top 10 robotics developments of June 2026 appeared first on The Robot Report.

3. Apptronik unveils Apollo 2 and a flagship data collection and training facility

Built as a data collection and training platform, Apollo 2 enables continuous learning through deployment, Apptronik said. The post Apptronik unveils Apollo 2 and a flagship data collection and training facility appeared first on The Robot Report.

4. X Square Robot brings its valuation to $2.8B with four consecutive funding rounds

X Square Robots' system combines foundation models, robotics hardware, a data pipeline system, and real-world deployments. The post X Square Robot brings its valuation to $2.8B with four consecutive funding rounds appeared first on The Robot Report.

5. Queue raises funding to build fully autonomous pharmacy

Queue is developing automated pharmacies to expand access to prescriptions in hospitals, retail sites, and underserved communities. The post Queue raises funding to build fully autonomous pharmacy appeared first on The Robot Report.

6. Soft, robotic cells from morph embed physical AI into hardware

morph launched a physically intelligent soft robotics platform that designs and manufactures what it calls β€œsoft robotic cells.” The post Soft, robotic cells from morph embed physical AI into hardware appeared first on The Robot Report.

7. Sonair ADAR One 3D ultrasonic sensor is now safety-certified

Sonair says ADAR One was assessed as a human detection sensor according to the IEC 61496 standard for electrosensitive protection devices. The post Sonair ADAR One 3D ultrasonic sensor is now safety-certified appeared first on The Robot Report.

8. Insights behind Kinisi’s acquisition by Bear Robotics

Brennand Pierce, founder and CEO of Kinisi Robotics, discusses the company's approach to physical AI and its acquisition by Bear Robotics. The post Insights behind Kinisi’s acquisition by Bear Robotics appeared first on The Robot Report.

Tech General

1. Apple is reportedly planning new iPad Pro and MacBook Pro releases early next year

Apple is readying several new iPad Pro tablets, and a budget-friendly MacBook Pro, reports suggest.

2. Bending Spoons defies SaaS slump, surges 40% on first day of trading

The company has grown rapidly by acquiring and revamping last-generation tech brands like AOL, Eventbrite, Evernote, Meetup, and Vimeo.

3. After $18B IPO, Bending Spoons founder says success comes from minimizing luck

The co-founders of Bending Spoons, the Italian company quietly buying beloved, ailing Internet brands, learned big lessons from their own startup's failure.

4. WhatsApp usernames are already raising impersonation red flags

Meta says usernames improve privacy, but critics question whether its safeguards can prevent impersonation.

5. Apple’s Hide My Email feature has a bug that’s been exposing real email addresses, researcher claims

Research appears to reveal a bug that could render the feature effectively useless.

6. SpaceX has an AI device prototype, and it sure sounds phone-ish

SpaceX reportedly showed investors a "handset-like" AI device before going public. It could be another signal SpaceX wants to expand into wireless.

7. Ashton Kutcher leaving Sound Ventures to launch new VC firm with Morgan Beller

Sound built its reputation on concentrated, high-conviction bets in category-leading AI labs, while Kutcher's new fund appears to be chasing the layer underneath those companies β€” the infrastructure and energy that power them.

8. Neocloud Together AI raises $800M, leaps to $8.3B valuation

The AI neocloud provider, which specializes in hosting open source models, last raised at a $3.3 billion valuation in early 2025.

9. Lime begins life as a public company after years of uncertainty

The nine-year-old scooter and bike-share company has said it needs the funds to help pay down around $1 billion in liabilities.

10. Cloudflare’s new policy pushes AI companies to pay for publishers’ content

Cloudflare is giving AI companies until September 15 to separate web crawlers used for search from those used for AI training and agents, or risk being blocked by default on many publisher sites.

11. Apple’s entry-level MacBook Pro could be up for a redesign

Apple is working on a "revamped" version of its entry-level MacBook Pro that it could launch as soon as the first half of 2027, Bloomberg reports. The company is also testing four new iPad Pros that are set to launch in the spring with a focus on "internal improvements." The updated MacBook Pro, which will […]

12. The funeral for PlayStation discs has begun

Cody Spencer, the co-owner of the small games retail chain Pink Gorilla Games, put it well when I asked about the impact of Sony's recent announcement that it will stop making discs for new games starting January 2028. "It's sad to see. This decision is only a negative for gamers. We're losing the ability to […]

13. Xbox’s β€˜reset’: all the news about Microsoft’s looming layoffs and studio closures

Xbox is making some big changes β€” again. On June 10th, a few months after Asha Sharma took over as CEO, she and newly-promoted chief content officer Matt Booty sent a memo to staff warning of an β€œXbox reset.” The business, they said, is facing significant challenges, including a 3 percent β€œaccountability margin,” massively higher […]

14. Elon Musk denies a report about SpaceX’s AI phone prototype

Elon Musk says a report about a SpaceX AI phone prototype is "utterly false." The report, published on Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal, says SpaceX showed off a "handset-like prototype" to some investors before launching its record-breaking initial public offering in June. The device was "slimmer than an iPhone," and they were told it […]

15. Krafton settles with Subnautica 2 developer after drawn-out dispute over $250 million

After a lengthy legal dispute, Krafton has settled with its subsidiary Unknown Worlds Entertainment, which is developing Subnautica 2, and will pay bonuses to the studio's staff, Bloomberg reports. The dispute began last year after Krafton pushed out Unknown Worlds' cofounders, Charlie Cleveland and Max McGuire, and its CEO, Ted Gill, ahead of a potential […]

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