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AI & Machine Learning

1. Examining Google DeepMind’s AI bioresilience push

Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs outlined a bioresilience program to curb AI misuse in biology while aiding outbreak response. The two organisations published an update on a joint initiative that began quietly and has now built out more than 15 partnerships with government bodies, biosecurity organisations, and research groups over the past 12 months. The […] The post Examining Google DeepMind’s AI bioresilience push appeared first on AI News.

2. Neko Health raises $700 million to expand AI body scans in the US

Neko Health has raised $700 million to expand its AI body scans in the United States, starting with a clinic in New York. The company’s preventive screening service combines medical imaging, blood tests, proprietary sensors, and clinician review. The Series C round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and co-led by O.G. Venture Partners. Existing […] The post Neko Health raises $700 million to expand AI body scans in the US appeared first on AI News.

3. 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.

4. Run a Local AI Model with Ollama in 15 Minutes

In this article, you will learn how to get a small language model running locally on your own machine in under 15 minutes using Ollama....

5. 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...

6. Why teens deserve access to safe AI

Learn how OpenAI is making ChatGPT safer for teens with age-appropriate protections, learning tools, parental controls, and expert partnerships.

7. How Cars24 scales conversations and builds faster with OpenAI

Cars24 uses OpenAI-powered voice and chat agents to handle 1M+ monthly conversation minutes, recover 12% of lost leads, and bring agentic workflows to teams across the company.

8. The US is advancing AI safety through state and federal action

OpenAI outlines a “reverse federalism” approach to AI governance, where state laws help build a national framework for safe, democratic AI.

9. GPT-Red: Unlocking Self-Improvement for Robustness

Explore GPT-Red, OpenAI’s automated red teaming system that uses self-play to improve AI safety, alignment, and prompt injection robustness.

Software Development

1. AI hasn’t shifted the bottleneck from coding to code review

Why we’ve stopped noticing the real improvement opportunity Since AI arrived, many people have mentioned that the bottleneck has shifted The post AI hasn’t shifted the bottleneck from coding to code review appeared first on The New Stack.

2. GoDaddy opened its registrar to AI agents. Then it had to build guardrails.

On Wednesday, GoDaddy launched its new developer platform, giving developers a way to manage domains without leaving their development environment. The post GoDaddy opened its registrar to AI agents. Then it had to build guardrails. appeared first on The New Stack.

3. You don’t have a deployment problem. You have a validation problem.

Ask a platform team about their deployment capabilities, and you will usually hear a genuinely impressive story. Progressive rollouts that The post You don’t have a deployment problem. You have a validation problem. appeared first on The New Stack.

4. Why smarter AI caching sometimes makes everything slower

Caching was one of the most critical optimizations in modern AI systems long before most teams realized it. Early prototypes The post Why smarter AI caching sometimes makes everything slower appeared first on The New Stack.

5. Linux creator Linus Torvalds tells AI haters to walk away from Linux, or go fork it

Creator of the Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds, has refreshed his stance on the use of AI in software development with The post Linux creator Linus Torvalds tells AI haters to walk away from Linux, or go fork it appeared first on The New Stack.

6. OpenAI’s GPT-Red automates prompt injection testing to harden AI agents

Now that AI agents are performing real tasks rather than just generating text, the old methods of manual security testing The post OpenAI’s GPT-Red automates prompt injection testing to harden AI agents appeared first on The New Stack.

7. “There are no laws, only suggestions”: What AI agents do with your instructions

Nine days into a twelve-day experiment with an AI coding agent, SaaStr founder Jason Lemkin had one instruction on file: The post “There are no laws, only suggestions”: What AI agents do with your instructions appeared first on The New Stack.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. Elon Musk: “We 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: “We will make the entire codebase of X open source, with no exceptions.” appeared first on The New Stack.

11. Stratagems #16: Mark Left a Hole in His AI Audit. Lena Counted Every Layer.

When the enemy occupies favorable terrain, don't attack head-on. Let them think they're safe, let their guard drop — then strike the moment they relax. — The 36 Stratagems, In Order to Capture, One Must Let Loose Previously on this series: #1: Mark Johnson Walked Into an AI Audit. — Mark found Pulse AI's benchmark evaluation set was fabricated — 44 records copied from public repositories, 54 hand-written. CTO Torres called at midnight to confess: the target was 95% before the C-round. Mark hung ...

12. LangChain4j and Spring AI: The Plumbing to make your Java Apps talk to LLMs

If you've heard about LangChain and assumed it was a Python thing, that's fair. It mostly was. LangChain became popular because building with an LLM turns out to involve a lot of repetitive plumbing. You need to manage conversation history, split documents into chunks, generate embeddings, search a vector store, wire up functions the model can call, and parse whatever comes back. None of that is hard, but writing it from scratch for every project gets old fast. LangChain packaged those pieces in...

13. How QA Testers Are Actually Using AI in 2026 (Prompts Included)

How QA Testers Are Actually Using AI in 2026 (Prompts Included) Every few months a new wave of "AI will replace testers" takes shows up in my feed, followed by an equal and opposite wave of "AI can't understand testing at all." Both miss what's actually happening on the ground. Here's the real shift: testers who write clear, specific prompts are getting noticeably more done in the same hours. Testers who type "write me some test cases" and expect magic are getting the same generic, useless outpu...

14. A Good AI Code Reviewer Knows When to Stay Quiet

A developer added an AI reviewer to a small Node and React project expecting an easy win. At first, the comments looked useful. Then the reviewer started repeating style complaints, commenting on code that had already changed, and missing a misplaced null check that crashed the application in staging. The team still had to perform a complete human review. That experience, shared in a public DevOps discussion, captures the real question engineering leaders should ask before adding an AI reviewer ...

15. Stop Sending Your Snores to the Cloud: Build a Privacy-First Sleep Guardian with Whisper-tiny and TCN on Raspberry Pi

Let’s be honest: no one wants their private nighttime "soundtrack" (a.k.a. snoring or heavy breathing) being uploaded to a corporate server for "analysis." Yet, monitoring sleep health is crucial, especially for detecting potential Sleep Apnea or respiratory distress. In this tutorial, we are building Sleep Guardian, a high-performance Edge AI system. We’ll combine the feature extraction power of Whisper-tiny with the sequential modeling of Temporal Convolutional Networks (TCN) to create a real-...

Programming Languages

1. Things you didn't know about indexes

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

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3. No Shark is Safe: Millions of Shark Vacuums are Vulnerable to RCE

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4. Reclaiming a decade of podcast listening history

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5. Linux transparent proxy internals

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6. Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail

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7. SQLite should have (Rust-style) editions

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8. Guide to data tools landscape for developers · OlegWock

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9. Team Topologies · thehardparts.dev

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Game Development

1. Unions take legal action against Microsoft for allegedly mishandling Xbox layoffs

CWA Canada president Carmel Smyth claims the company 'unlawfully fired people without giving notice to or discussing it with the union.'

2. 'The goal of design is to efficiently communicate ideas'

Revisiting Stone Librande's classic One Page Designs GDC talk, for a dose of the good stuff.

3. ZeniMax Online Studios leadership included in Xbox mass layoffs

The studio head, studio operations director, and studio game director join dozens of senior and lead positions cut by Xbox.

4. Pokemon Go owner Scopely 'reorganizes' Stumble Guys team

The reorganization has affected a 'small number of employees.'

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.'

10. '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.

Gaming News

1. Matt Damon Is In Fortnite Now, But He Was Almost In His Own Game Way Earlier

This week, Fortnite is adding multiple skins based on Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey film, including one of Matt Damon as Odysseus. While this is the first time the actor's likeness has been in a video game, that was nearly not the case. Way back in 2008, a little game called The Bourne Conspiracy released, and the plan was originally for Damon to reprise his role of Jason Bourne for the project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nb97lgpung We heard rumors over the years, but it was a 2021 inter...

2. Marvel’s Wolverine – “Ain’t No Hero” Cinematic Trailer

Unleash the rage, confront the past. With the fate of humans and mutants hanging in the balance, Logan knows the world needs a hero; however, they’ll have to settle for Wolverine. Experience thrilling set pieces throughout Wolverine’s journey in this global fight for mutant survival. Marvel’s Wolverine arrives on PlayStation 5 consoles September 15, 2026.

3. Luigi Replaces Mario Due To Immigration Issue

French metal band Gojira has confirmed that its drummer, Mario Duplantier, will not be able to perform on some upcoming shows, and he's being temporarily replaced by Luigi Paraventi. That's right, Luigi is stepping in for Mario. In its announcement, Gojira played up the gaming angle, writing, "Player 2 has entered game. RESPECT!" The band also included an image of Mario and Luigi from the Mushroom Kingdom in its post. Gojira's US tour kicks off today, July 16, at Rock Fest in Wisconsin, continui...

4. New Street Fighter 6 Fragrances Let Your Room Smell Like Juri’s Feet

There's a new Street Fighter 6 collaboration about to drop in mid-October that comes with three scents inspired by the "signature moves" of three brawlers from Capcom's fighting game, which, of course, includes Juri--in case you wanted your room to smell like her. The Japanese fragrance company CODE Meee revealed on July 16 that it will produce three scents through its perfume brand Gaming Fragrance based on three Street Fighter 6 characters: Ingrid, Ed, and Juri. All three fragrance oils are un...

5. Battlefield 6 Is Getting A Feature Not Seen In 21 Years And A Top Gun Crossover

Battlefield 6's next big update, 1.4.1.0, is launching on July 21, introducing Season 4 : Pacific Front and a naval warfare system. The update also brings back a feature that Battlefield hasn't had since 2005's Battlefield 2, and it looks like a Top Gun crossover is coming as well. The old feature that's coming back is two-seater, fixed-wing jets. No Battlefield game since Battlefield 2 has had those, according to Eurogamer, but they are finally coming back, or at least that's what fans are surm...

6. 007 First Light Almost Turned James Bond Into “Mr. Gadget”

007 First Light strikes a key balance between keeping James Bond grounded while also placing him in believably outlandish sequences, but for longtime fans of the franchise, the lack of any over-the-top gadgets was sorely missed in the game. That's not to say that developer IO Interactive didn't consider giving Bond some extra black ops hardware during the development of the game, but these gadgets were cut back so that Bond's arsenal would more accurately reflect the world he was living in--whic...

7. Hack And Bash: How 007 First Light Mixes High-Tech Gadgets With Old-School Brawling

From the iconic gun-barrel sequence to his depictions in formative first-person shooters like GoldenEye, James Bond and guns have, historically, gone hand-in-hand. What's been refreshing about 007 First Light, then, is how it leans much more on physical brawling combat. This was partly due to the game being an origin story for Bond, allowing players to see him as a young man before joining the double-0 program. "Our younger version of Bond hasn't gone cold yet, so that leant us towards this idea...

8. Halo TV Show Director Comes Aboard Odysseus TV Show As Nolan’s The Odyssey Hits Theaters

Amidst the hype around Christopher Nolan's new movie The Odyssey, a new TV show called Odysseus has been announced, with a Halo TV show director on board. Karl Gajdusek (Stranger Things) is the showrunner for Odysseus, while Roel Reiné, who directed episodes of the Halo TV show, is directing. The pilot was written by Sean Finegan, Scott Windhauser, Noah Lang, and Blake Hoss, according to Deadline, which broke the news. Odysseus is described as "visceral and muscular," featuring blood, ships, and...

9. Skate Adds Its Biggest Event Yet: The Legendary X Games

With Skate's fourth season approaching its midway point, developer Full Circle is pulling out all the stops for what's sure to be the skateboarding sim's biggest event thus far: bringing the iconic X Games to the shreddable world of San Vansterdam. In a lengthy July 16 post on the game's Steam store page, Full Circle revealed that The Stadium--Skate's major dynamic location that dropped alongside Season 4--will get "transformed into the home of [the] X Games." It'll feature spots familiar to tho...

10. The follow-up to one of last year's best detective games is off to an 'overwhelmingly positive' start on Steam after just 2 days

Itch.io hit Type Help is now Steam hit The Incident at Galley House.

11. Marathon's 'experimental' PvE mode will only be playable for 2 weeks when it goes live in July, full rollout expected to happen sometime in Season 3

A new update from Bungie provides a closer look at what's coming in the new Vault Breaker mode.

12. Let's play a quick round of 'Which game has more DLC?' to test your knowledge of videogame add-ons

Higher or lower: videogame edition.

13. After 13 years, Path of Exile's devs are finally ready to ditch one of its most iconic and frustrating mechanics

Grinding Gear Games wants to find ways to get new players into the old action RPG.

14. Closed game studio returns to un-live service its game with community servers before shutdown: 'We don't believe Deceive Inc. should quietly disappear'

Deceive Inc. was great, and now it'll live on.

15. I love that Matt Damon once turned down 'a bunch of money' to appear in a Bourne game because they wouldn't make it more like Myst

A Fortnite skin based Damon's character in The Odyssey seems to be the actor's first official videogame likeness.

Robotics

1. TerraFirma raises $115M to build robotic infrastructure for construction

TerraFirma has developed a platform that combines AI-enabled software, a remote command-and-control center, and retrofitted heavy machinery. The post TerraFirma raises $115M to build robotic infrastructure for construction appeared first on The Robot Report.

2. Xpanner rolls out X1 Panel Lift for automated solar panel installation

X1 Panel Lift uses existing excavators and a single workflow so solar installation crews can focus on alignment, fastening, and quality. The post Xpanner rolls out X1 Panel Lift for automated solar panel installation appeared first on The Robot Report.

3. Lockheed Martin taps Machina’s robots for mission-critical missile parts

Machina Labs secured a Lockheed Martin contract to qualify robotically formed metal components for the JASSM missile program. The post Lockheed Martin taps Machina’s robots for mission-critical missile parts appeared first on The Robot Report.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. How to Make an Invisible Drone

There are many words that I would never, ever use to describe a drone. Stealthy. Subtle. Whatever the opposite of obnoxious is. Much of this is because of the giant angry bee sound that drones tend to make, but it’s also the way that they look in flight: With uncannily linear movements and an even less canny ability to hover perfectly still, they tend to draw the eye as affronts to nature.In a paper presented this week at RSS 2026 in Sydney, roboticists from Northwestern University, Evanston, Il...

Tech General

1. San Francisco mayor pushes for tougher rules after the Waymo traffic fiasco

In the wake of a massive hours-long gridlock event, San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie has told state regulators it's time to put more requirements on robotaxi operators like Waymo.

2. SpaceX suddenly aborts second Starship V3 launch after ignition

The company didn't immediately say what went wrong. SpaceX's stock plunged more than 4% in after-hours trading before paring losses.

3. Coca-Cola suspended production at its Fairlife dairy after a ransomware attack

Coca Cola said dairy production at its Fairlife unit will "remain suspended" in the United States following a hack.

4. Founders Fund hires former OpenAI exec Ryan Beiermeister (and not because of her ‘Mafia’ skills)

Ryan Beiermeister, who demonstrated cool analysis in the Founders Fund YouTube series "Mafia," has joined the firm as a partner.

5. Google Vids now lets you star in your own AI videos

Google is adding personalized AI avatars to Vids that let users create videos starring a digital version of themselves, alongside Gemini Omni-powered tools for generating and editing videos from prompts and reference images.

6. Roblox launches an AI-powered game-creation feature in its mobile app

Roblox's new "Build" feature lets users generate basic games using a single text prompt.

7. Oil giant BP shutters its corporate venture arm after 20 years

BP Ventures is shutting down, ending a nearly 20-year run that was marked by reportedly lackluster returns.

8. Uber’s $14.8B Delivery Hero deal would nearly double its global footprint

Uber has agreed to acquire Delivery Hero in a $14.8 billion all-stock deal that would nearly double the company’s global footprint and create one of the world’s largest food-delivery platforms outside China.

9. Newsletter platform Beehiiv now lets subscribers chat with each other, adds AI

Beehiiv is launching an AI Copilot to help publishers with user growth and analytics.

10. X cracks down on creators who steal content

X will use Grok AI to better detect stolen content, redirect payouts to original creators, and crack down on engagement bait.

11. Fortnite is getting a bunch of AI-powered ‘personas’

Get ready for more AI characters in Fortnite. Developer Epic Games is going to let Fortnite creators publish experiences featuring characters with AI-powered voices starting on July 30th, and ahead of that launch, it's created 36 characters with "consistent voices and personas" that creators can use as NPCs. The characters include Fortnite staples like Agent […]

12. Samsung’s 55-inch Frame art TV is $200 cheaper than usual

Samsung’s Frame is different from your average 4K TV. Its biggest selling point involves what it does when you aren’t actively using it. It can display art, turning your living room into a gallery. The Frame has bezels that make it look like — you guessed it — framed art, and its matte finish can […]

13. Netflix says around 300 titles used generative AI

Netflix says roughly 300 titles on its platform used generative AI, most of which occurred in post-production. The streaming service revealed the news in its second-quarter earnings report released on Thursday, saying it's "increasingly leveraging these tools to deliver higher quality output more quickly and at a lower cost." It also provided some examples of […]

14. Why are people buying so many CDs?

CD sales are apparently going up, reportedly thanks to fans realizing they're an affordable way to support their favorite artists. According to a new report from research firm Luminate, 16.3 million CDs were sold in the first half of 2026 in the US, a 16 percent increase year-over-year. The growth in CD sales was driven […]

15. Kalshi says it caught Trump’s teleprompter operator insider trading

Kalshi users betting on what President Donald Trump would say during his speeches were reportedly up against tough competition: the president's teleprompter operator. ABC News reports that federal investigators believe Gabriel Perez - Trump's teleprompter operator since 2016 - used inside information to make bets on Kalshi, a major prediction market platform that allows users […]

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