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1. Nokia’s AI-RAN platform: a radio comeback that runs on NVIDIA

Nokia’s AI-RAN platform arrived on July 15 with a claim worth examining: that it is the industry’s first. The vendor says the platform, built on its anyRAN software and NVIDIA’s Aerial system, will let operators pull far more capacity from the spectrum they already own, and it has framed the launch as one of the most significant […] The post Nokia’s AI-RAN platform: a radio comeback that runs on NVIDIA appeared first on AI News.

2. AWS and Bluesight build AI for hospital 340B compliance

AWS (Amazon Web Services) has explained how Bluesight developed Prism, an AI layer that connects hospital pharmacy and compliance data across its product suite. Prism Assistant for ControlCheck has reached general availability and operates across 20 health systems, according to AWS vendor statements. Meanwhile, a multi-product agent for 340B Group Purchasing Organisation (GPO) compliance remains […] The post AWS and Bluesight build AI for hospital 340B compliance appeared first on AI News.

3. Scikit-Ollama for Scikit-LLM/Ollama Integration

In this article, you will learn how scikit-ollama bridges the scikit-learn interface with locally running Ollama models to perform zero-shot text classification; no cloud API...

4. LLM Evaluation Frameworks Compared: How to Actually Measure What Your Model Does

In this article, you will learn how to evaluate LLM applications using the three dominant open-source frameworks β€” RAGAS, DeepEval, and Promptfoo β€” and why...

Software Development

1. Kubernetes won the container decade. Google’s Agent Substrate wants the next one.

Google made GKE Agent Sandbox generally available in May 2026 and, in the same post, introduced a second project called The post Kubernetes won the container decade. Google’s Agent Substrate wants the next one. appeared first on The New Stack.

2. Trust, transactions and tokenomics: AI agent infrastructure begins to standardize

As AI agents gain greater autonomy across the internet, a system of governance is emerging around three questions: how much The post Trust, transactions and tokenomics: AI agent infrastructure begins to standardize appeared first on The New Stack.

3. Elon Musk: β€œWe will make the entire codebase of X open source, with no exceptions.”

Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, wants to make the social network one of the most transparent major technology The post Elon Musk: β€œWe will make the entire codebase of X open source, with no exceptions.” appeared first on The New Stack.

4. Atlassian wants developers to finally like Jira

Atlassian wants developers to spend more of their days in Jira. To get them there, Atlassian on Wednesday launched a The post Atlassian wants developers to finally like Jira appeared first on The New Stack.

5. OpenAI’s first gadget is the $230 Codex Micro macropad

OpenAI’s Codex is about to hit 9 million users, and at least some of those users will soon get a The post OpenAI’s first gadget is the $230 Codex Micro macropad appeared first on The New Stack.

6. Anaconda buys Kilo, the open source coding agent that answers to no single model maker

Anaconda, a company that provides governed, open-source packages and environments for enterprises, has acquired popular open-source coding agent Kilo. The The post Anaconda buys Kilo, the open source coding agent that answers to no single model maker appeared first on The New Stack.

7. Meta and the rise of the accidental cloud

In the same quarter, a $1.7 trillion social network and a shoe company both became cloud providers. Nobody’s operating model The post Meta and the rise of the accidental cloud appeared first on The New Stack.

8. OpenAI hits 8 million Codex users β€” what developers need to know

OpenAI launched GPT-5.6 last week and folded Codex into a unified ChatGPT desktop app. Since then, the company has been The post OpenAI hits 8 million Codex users β€” what developers need to know appeared first on The New Stack.

9. β€œThe database is the product”: What breaks when memory devices scale

Imagine you just finished a two-hour meeting. You were wearing a small AI work companion that promised to capture the The post β€œThe database is the product”: What breaks when memory devices scale appeared first on The New Stack.

10. β€œWe did not adapt and move quickly enough”: What IBM’s earnings miss says about enterprise AI spending

IBM’s value has plunged after the company issued a preliminary second-quarter earnings update that fell short of Wall Street’s expectations. The post β€œWe did not adapt and move quickly enough”: What IBM’s earnings miss says about enterprise AI spending appeared first on The New Stack.

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Recorded at Microsoft Build, Ryan welcomes Sarah Bird, Microsoft’s Chief Product Officer for Responsible AI, about how we can build and use AI responsibly with the NIST approach, why most irresponsible AI comes from experimentation without thought of impact, and how Microsoft is researching thoughtful human/AI workflow design to reduce unnecessary escalation. 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€β€Œβ€β€β€Œβ€Œβ€ο»Ώο»Ώβ€‹β€β€‹β€β€‹β€ο»Ώβ€‹β€‹β€β€‹β€β€Œβ€β€β€‹β€Œο»Ώβ€‹β€β€Œβ€β€Œβ€Œβ€Œβ€β€Œβ€β€‹β€β€‹β€β€‹ο»Ώβ€β€β€‹β€β€‹β€β€Œβ€β€β€‹β€Œο»Ώβ€Œβ€‹β€Œο»Ώβ€Œβ€‹β€Œο»Ώ...

12. 느린 LLM 호좜 쀑 DB connection을 μž‘μ§€ μ•ŠλŠ” 이유

느린 LLM 호좜 쀑 DB connection을 μž‘μ§€ μ•ŠλŠ” 이유 AI κΈ°λŠ₯의 latencyλŠ” λͺ¨λΈ 응닡 μ‹œκ°„μœΌλ‘œλ§Œ λλ‚˜μ§€ μ•ŠμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μš”μ²­μ΄ LLMμ΄λ‚˜ embedding APIλ₯Ό κΈ°λ‹€λ¦¬λŠ” λ™μ•ˆ λ°μ΄ν„°λ² μ΄μŠ€ sessionκΉŒμ§€ κΈ΄ λ²”μœ„λ‘œ μœ μ§€ν•˜λ©΄, 느린 μ™ΈλΆ€ 호좜이 DB connection pool의 μ••λ ₯으둜 μ „νŒŒλ  수 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 이 글은 AI memory OSS인 Honcho의 λ³€κ²½ 이λ ₯κ³Ό pinned sourceλ₯Ό μ½μœΌλ©΄μ„œ, μ™ΈλΆ€ 호좜과 DB transaction/session 경계λ₯Ό μ–΄λ–»κ²Œ λΆ„λ¦¬ν–ˆλŠ”μ§€ μΆ”μ ν•œ κΈ°λ‘μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. Scenario Honcho의 dialectic 경둜(μ €μž₯된 memoryλ₯Ό 근거둜 μ‚¬μš©μž μ§ˆλ¬Έμ— λ‹΅ν•˜λŠ” 질의 경둜)λŠ” λ‹΅ν•˜κΈ° 전에 λ‹€μŒ μž‘μ—…μ„ μˆ˜ν–‰ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. peerΒ·sessionΒ·workspace 확인 -> κ΄€λ ¨ memory 검색 -> embeddingΒ·LLM 호좜 -> ν•„μš”ν•˜λ©΄ tool둜 μΆ”κ°€ 쑰회·기둝 -> λ‹΅λ³€ 생성 μ—¬κΈ°μ—λŠ” 짧은 DB μ‘°νšŒμ™€ μƒλŒ€μ μœΌλ‘œ 느리고 ...

13. I catalogued 32 real AI-agent failures, then marked the ones we cannot stop

Every agent-security vendor tells you what they block. Nobody tells you what they miss. That gap is the whole problem. "We stop prompt injection" is a claim you cannot check. You cannot run it, and you cannot tell it apart from the next company saying the same sentence. So security engineers do the rational thing and discard all of it. I published the opposite. It is called the ARE Incident Database, and it is public: https://aredb.org What is in it 32 agent failures that actually happened, each...

14. Flippermind-lite Release

If you are like me and use AI often to help with complicated tasks and own a Flipper Zero, you might want a Super Tiny Language Model (STLM). Why this is useful Until now, there have been no language models small enough to run on a small device, such as a Flipper Zero. Flippermind relies on lightweight Python3 installs and a local connection to Qwen2.5-0.5B. Although this is configured for Flipper Zero, you can run it on other small machines like a Raspberry Pi. Challenges Throughout development...

15. Stratagems #15: Derek and Alex Shared One Server. ACL's AI Was Listening to Both.

When the enemy occupies favorable terrain, don't attack head-on. Use a decoy to lure the tiger down the mountain. Then take the mountain. β€” The 36 Stratagems, Lure the Tiger Down the Mountain Previously on this series: #2: Derek Shaw Walked Into Another AI Promise. The Pipeline Had a Better Plan. β€” Derek lost the Finova contract at QualiGuard. In the parking lot, Lena turned back before getting in her car: "Next time you put together a proposal β€” make sure your boss knows what you're doing out t...

Programming Languages

1. Cursor 0day: When Full Disclosure Becomes the Only Protection Left

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2. Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail

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3. SQLite should have (Rust-style) editions

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4. We compiled our TypeScript parser to WASM

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5. Dan Smith from OpenJDK -- Identifying JDK value class candidates

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6. End-to-end encrypted secret sharing with the Web Crypto API

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7. How we rebuilt our notification platform to fanout millions of notifications without timing out

Patreon sends billions of notifications each year. As our largest creator audiences grew, a legacy task responsible for generating millions of recipient-specific notifications began consistently timing out. This post explains how our team introduced a two-stage fanout architecture, isolated email, push and in-app processing, improved observability, and migrated more than 200 notification types across a 13-year-old codebase. submitted by /u/patreon-eng [link] [comments]

8. git rebase -i is not that scary

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9. Requisites change while you iterate: Lessons I learned from building a concurrent DevOps tool for automatically triggering GitHub workflows

I learned a lot of things by building a project from scratch: a backend DevOps tool that facilitates managing the fast update cycle in git dependencies. Overall, the system works by running two concurrent tasks: one to check dependencies, and the other to trigger workflows. When a dependency is updated, a workflow of the dependent GitHub repository is triggered. Initially, to pass data between tasks, I used an MPSC channel, but subsequently I transitioned to a database-backed queue because the c...

Game Development

1. Former Epic Games VP appointed Saber Interactive's chief business officer

Steve Allison will oversee publishing, marketing, and revenue opportunities, reporting directly to CEO Matthew Karch.

2. Dead Space co-creator Glen Schofield retires

Schofield had long tenures as manager of Dead Space maker Visceral Games as well as Call of Duty developer Sledgehammer Games.

3. NYU opens incubator applications for New York City-area devs

The NYC Game Design Future Lab offers mentorship, workshop, and investor opportunities for Big Apple-based developers.

4. UK union launches free resource to decode video game writing contracts

The Writers' Guild of Great Britain said it has witnessed an increase in poor practices around writing contracts in recent years.

5. IWGB Game Workers union forms 'redundancy taskforce' to defend workers' rights

'With training, solidarity and support, workers can stand up to bosses who use redundancy to cover for their own mismanagement and greed.'

6. 'The entire thing is going to fall apart:' Inside the latest round of mass layoffs at Xbox

Multiple workers impacted by the latest job cuts at Xbox believe the decision will hamstring some studios.

7. Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced crosses 2 million in sales as studio strikes over proposed layoffs

Ubisoft sold over 2 million copies of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced in 24 hours, all while its Barcelona studio striking over the proposed layoffs of 51 employees.

8. Paramount confirms Mike Zaimont is employed by Avatar Legends dev

Zaimont 'holds a position as an individual developer' at Gameplay Group International. He was previously accused of sexual harassment during his time as CEO of Lab Zero Games.

9. Compulsion Games posts call for business partners after Xbox spinoff

'We invite partners to leverage the talent and creativity of the award-winning team behind South of Midnight.'

10. Studio founded by former Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes GM lays off staff

Azra Games is 'reducing the size of its team' two years after raising $42 million in fundingβ€”and before it's even launched its debut game UnGodly.

Gaming News

1. Your First Chance To Play The Duskbloods Early Is Next Month

From Software's upcoming game The Duskbloods looks be quite the departure from the studio's previous work, and if you want a chance to play it ahead of its official launch, you'll soon have your chance. The game will be running a closed network test in August, with registration for a chance to participate starting very soon. The Duskbloods' closed network test will run from August 21-23, and will feature support for eight-player multiplayer sessions. An application period will run from July 22-2...

2. Sony-Owned Crunchyroll Is Now Kneecapping Physical Anime Sales

If you watch anime regularly, you are certainly aware of Crunchyroll, a subscription streaming service owned by Sony that delivers many new and classic anime series to audiences across the globe. It's the biggest name in that space, regularly beating out Netflix and Amazon for rights to stream the medium's biggest hits. It's also got an online store where you can buy your favorite anime on physical media--which many devoted fans do, since streaming rights to shows can and do frequently expire. H...

3. A Warner Bros. Looney Tunes Game Is Shutting Down Soon

Yet another game is closing up shop. The developers of Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem have confirmed that the mobile game is shutting down, and soon. The game is developed by juggernaut Scopely (Monopoly Go, Pokemon Go). The studio said in a blog post that it made the decision to cease operations for the game and close it down on October 15. The developers also said they arrived at this decision "after a great deal of thought." World of Mayhem will completely close on October 15, 2026, after whic...

4. Beast of Reincarnation Exclusive Gameplay Breakdown

Jake had the chance to play 90 minutes of Beast of Reincarnation, and he clipped out some of his favorite moments to break them down. Game Freak, the team known for Pokemon, is taking a very different approach with their AAA action game.

5. MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls – Official Star-Lord Character Gameplay Guide

Star-Lord brings space outlaw swagger to every match. This Character Guide shows how to use his Element Gun, apply projectile pressure, and use close-range options to stay dangerous from almost anywhere. Master his four elemental modes, take advantage of his aerial movement, and control the pace with his unpredictable toolkit. If you like flashy combos and creative routes, Peter Quill is ready to lead the charge. MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls is coming to PS5 and PC on August 6th, 2026 PT!

6. Overwatch’s Barely-A-Year-Old Stadium Mode Is Going On Life Support

Overwatch's Stadium mode, which transformed Blizzard's hero shooter into something more akin to a third-person MOBA, won't be receiving new heroes or maps moving forward. Game director Aaron Keller announced the news in a blog post discussing the game's various formats, along the way revealing Stadium in both its ranked and unranked versions are Overwatch's least played modes by far. Only 3% of Overwatch's daily players dip into either version of Stadium, according to Keller. By comparison, 54% ...

7. World Of Warcraft’s Haranir Lore Reveal Has Players Scratching Their Heads

World of Warcraft's latest storyline is one of its most lore-heavy quests to date, and the revelations included within have left players scratching their heads trying to make sense of what all it means for Azeroth's ancient history. Spoilers for patch WoW 12.07 below! A story prologue introduced in patch 12.07 meant to lead into the game's major 12.1 content patch sees the haranir, the vaguely troll and elvish-looking playable allied race introduced in Midnight, invite the leaders of all the var...

8. Was Assassin's Creed Origins' Egypt the best open world in the series?

Getting lost in history in Assassin's Creed Origins.

9. The Washington Post selects Doom as one of the 25 'most influential works of American culture'

id Software's seminal 1993 shooter takes its place alongside The Federalist Papers, Moby Dick, Robert Johnson's deal with the devil, and Lemonade.

10. If The Odyssey film is anything like The Odyssey adventure game from 2012, Matt Damon will spend the entire first hour trying to solve a single loom puzzle

I played it for two hours and 53 minutes, same as the running time of Christopher Nolan's new film. Here's how it went.

11. Steam reveals all the sale dates and themed events for the first half of 2027

Grab your wallet, there's spending to be done.

12. Original Witcher dev says remaking it as an open world won't be easy: 'As a player, I might be happy about that, but as a designer, I'm starting to get gray'

There might be a good reason The Witcher 1 remake announced in 2022 is taking so long.

13. Moonlight Peaks review

A vampire farm sim should have had more bite.

14. As Sony prepares to end game disc production, GOG jumps up to remind PC gamers that you can just make your own

GOG never misses a shot.

15. A year after its debut, Blizzard is done adding new heroes and maps to Overwatch's MOBA-inspired Stadium mode

A lack of daily players has prompted a change in development plans.

Robotics

1. Walden Robotics launches at $1.1B valuation for general-purpose robots

Leading technology companies have invested in Walden Robotics, which emerged from stealth as it develops full-stack physical AI. The post Walden Robotics launches at $1.1B valuation for general-purpose robots appeared first on The Robot Report.

2. Agility outlines six recommendations for U.S. humanoid robot policies

Peggy Johnson, CEO of Agility, said the U.S. needs a policy framework that can strengthen what's already working for the humanoid industry. The post Agility outlines six recommendations for U.S. humanoid robot policies appeared first on The Robot Report.

3. Vicarious Surgical board seeks to dissolve company

The board is asking shareholders to approve their plan to dissolve and liquidate the business at a special meeting scheduled for July 21, but said it can not predict how much (if anything) investors would recover or when. The post Vicarious Surgical board seeks to dissolve company appeared first on The Robot Report.

4. Icarus Robotics uses KULR technology to power JOY free-flying space robot

Under the agreement, KULR will supply its KULR ONE Space battery systems to power JOY’s onboard systems on the ISS. The post Icarus Robotics uses KULR technology to power JOY free-flying space robot appeared first on The Robot Report.

5. Key to Humanoid Progress: Managing the Power Behind the Robots

Murata Power Solutions' John Quinlan on how advanced robotics converts, distributes and controls on-board power from battery to actuator. The post Key to Humanoid Progress: Managing the Power Behind the Robots appeared first on The Robot Report.

6. NVIDIA shares how to evaluate general-purpose robot policies for real-world deployment

RoboLab research powers NVIDIA Isaac Lab-Arena, an open-source simulation framework for large-scale policy setup and evaluation. The post NVIDIA shares how to evaluate general-purpose robot policies for real-world deployment appeared first on The Robot Report.

7. Ondas acquires DZYNE for $875.8M, expanding its defense capabilities

DZYNE Technologies specializes in long-endurance autonomous aircraft, counter-drone systems, and autonomous effects. The post Ondas acquires DZYNE for $875.8M, expanding its defense capabilities appeared first on The Robot Report.

Tech General

1. Why Greylock capped its new fund at $1.5B when it says it could have raised more

By keeping the number of investments to about 25 per fund, Greylock aims to remain what it calls "the most important partner" to its founders.

2. Microsoft is reportedly training salespeople to talk down OpenAI and Anthropic

Microsoft is looking to sell its in-house AI models as more efficient and cost-effective than its competitors' models.

3. Tesla driver in fatal Texas crash pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB confirms

The safety board confirmed Tesla's account of the crash, which the company shared days after it happened last month.

4. Daniel Ek’s body-scanning startup Neko Health raises another $700M

Neko Health has developed proprietary body-scanning technology, which it couples with bloodwork, to assess a person's health.

5. Amid hardware legal battle, OpenAI releases a $230 keyboard for Codex

OpenAI, which is in the middle of a legal battle with Apple over hardware trade theft allegations, just released a light-up keyboard designed to be paired with its agentic coding app.

6. Microsoft patches bug in video game Age of Empires II

The vulnerability in the decades-old game could have allowed hackers to take over victims’ computers with a malicious game invite.

7. Apple bans home services from its upcoming Maps ads

Apple has published the policies governing its upcoming Maps advertising business, revealing a strategy that differs from Google’s. The new rules prohibit home services businesses like plumbers, electricians, locksmiths, and roofers from advertising on Apple Maps, along with several other sensitive categories, suggesting Apple is taking a more curated approach to these ads.

8. SpaceX falls to $135 IPO price ahead of Starship launch

The stock has steadily fallen from the euphoric post-IPO high, showing that markets may be sobering up to the promises CEO Elon Musk made before and after SpaceX went public.

9. Thinking Machines amps up its bet against one-size-fits-all AI with its first open model, Inkling

It's the company's first public proof point after a year and a half spent building AI infrastructure largely out of public view.

10. Phone maker OnePlus reportedly plans to wind down US and Europe operations

OnePlus could also wind down its operations in India by 2027.

11. Skullcandy’s bass-boosting Crusher headphones now come with Bose’s ANC

Skullcandy announced a new version of its Crusher wireless headphones today featuring a few of Bose's audio technologies including its QuietControl ANC and head-tracking spatial audio. The Crusher headphone line differentiates itself from the competition through the use of both full-range and dedicated bass drivers in each ear cup to boost deeper frequencies. Skullcandy admits […]

12. HP’s OLED-equipped 2-in-1 laptop is a solid back-to-school deal

With storage and memory prices still at an all-time high, we’re happy to tell you about a solid deal on a good laptop when we find one, rare as they are. Best Buy is selling the HP OmniBook X Flip 2 in 1 for $999.99 (usually $1,649.99) with an Intel Core 7 Ultra CPU, 16GB […]

13. Apple’s reportedly raising the price for AppleCare Plus on Macs and iPads

An AppleCare Plus subscription for a Mac or iPad will cost more soon, with prices going up by $0.50 per month or $5 per year for new sign-ups while remaining the same for existing subscribers, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Gurman says that under the new AppleCare Plus pricing, "a plan for a new 13-inch […]

14. Valve says iFixit will keep selling Steam Deck batteries after all

Valve has been incredibly friendly to customers who need repairs - which is why it was so surprising to hear that Valve was already discontinuing the battery for the Steam Deck LCD handheld. It would have meant you could no longer just buy a battery from iFixit and install it yourself. Why would Valve stop […]

15. xAI sues a man for using Grok to generate CSAM ‘deepfakes’

The Elon Musk-owned xAI is suing a South Carolina man who allegedly used the company's Grok AI chatbot to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM). In a lawsuit reported earlier by Reuters, xAI claims Terry Wayne Harwood "knowingly and intentionally used Grok to circumvent safeguards, alter nonconsensual images, and generate and distribute CSAM," breaching the […]

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