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AI & Machine Learning

1. Gatik raises $200M to scale AI-powered autonomous freight

Autonomous trucking company Gatik has raised $200 million in Series D funding to expand its driverless freight operations across North America. The round was led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies, with participation from Millennium Management, ARK Invest, Intact Private Capital, and other investors. Gatik said it has more than $600 million in […] The post Gatik raises $200M to scale AI-powered autonomous freight appeared first on AI News.

2. NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano 2 brings physical AI to drones and robots

NVIDIA has unveiled the Jetson Orin Nano 2, an edge robotics computer aimed at bringing physical AI to drones, robots, and vision systems. The company is positioning the new board as an entry-level option for developers who want generative AI models running directly on a machine instead of inside a data centre. NVIDIA’s argument for […] The post NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano 2 brings physical AI to drones and robots appeared first on AI News.

3. MIT AI forecasts extreme weather without historical data

MIT engineers have built an AI tool that forecasts extreme weather without training on historical disaster data. Kai Chang, a mechanical engineering graduate student, and Professor Themis Sapsis developed the tool. It produces maps of events that have not appeared in a region’s historical record but remain statistically-possible. Each map also carries estimates of the […] The post MIT AI forecasts extreme weather without historical data appeared first on AI News.

4. XPENG IRON humanoid robot draws record physical AI funding

XPENG’s physical AI unit has secured over $900 million at a $6.3 billion valuation to scale its IRON humanoid robot platform. The Chinese electric vehicle maker announced the funding round for its robotics business through a set of share purchase agreements with multiple investors. XPENG says the deal represents the largest single-round private capital raise […] The post XPENG IRON humanoid robot draws record physical AI funding appeared first on AI News.

5. Learn Vectorized Thinking in Python Through Examples

In this article, you will learn how to think in terms of vectorized operations using NumPy, replacing slow Python loops with efficient array-level computations. Topics...

6. Comparing Local Tool Calling: Gemma 4 vs. Llama 3 vs. Mistral

In this article, you will learn how Gemma 4, Llama 3, and Mistral implement tool calling locally, and what trade-offs each model family presents for...

7. Integrating Agentic AI with Existing Machine Learning Pipelines

In this article, you will learn how to combine a classical machine learning pipeline with an agentic AI system to build a hybrid, autonomous customer...

8. How loveholidays is making everyone a builder with Codex

Discover how loveholidays uses OpenAI Codex to make software development accessible across the business, helping teams turn ideas into products faster.

9. The full stack behind abundant intelligence

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar explains how advances across chips, compute, models, and products compound to deliver more useful intelligence at greater scale and lower cost.

10. Jalapeño’s first results show industry-leading speed and efficiency in AI inference

Jalapeño is a custom inference chip from OpenAI that delivers faster, more power-efficient AI inference, with higher throughput and lower latency for modern models.

11. Disrupting a new covert influence campaign from Russia

OpenAI banned Russia-origin accounts using AI to promote a fake Israel-based think tank and a “sovereignty” index praising Russia and criticizing the West.

12. Introducing the Admin plugin for ChatGPT Work and Codex

Use the Admin plugin for ChatGPT Work and Codex to analyze workspace usage, manage members and permissions, adjust limits, and act on admin requests.

13. Advancing price-performance for developers with GPT‑5.6 in Kiro

GPT‑5.6 is now available in Kiro, helping developers plan, build, review, and test software with better price-performance.

Software Development

1. Microsoft just released Agent Lightning v1.0. Here’s why it matters for platform engineers.

Agentic reinforcement learning has been suffering from a disconnect, an uncoupling, and a misarticulation. The polarity arises from how a The post Microsoft just released Agent Lightning v1.0. Here’s why it matters for platform engineers. appeared first on The New Stack.

2. Shopify’s CEO threatened to ban Claude Code. Anthropic had already closed the feature request.

Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke is considering banning Claude Code at the company, but not because he thinks Anthropic’s coding agent The post Shopify’s CEO threatened to ban Claude Code. Anthropic had already closed the feature request. appeared first on The New Stack.

3. IBM’s new Granite 4.2 models add reasoning and stay dense

On Tuesday, IBM launched the latest family of its open-weight Granite large language models (LLMs). Weighing in at 3 billion, The post IBM’s new Granite 4.2 models add reasoning and stay dense appeared first on The New Stack.

4. How telemetry pipelines keep AI agent costs under control

As enterprises move from experimenting with AI to running autonomous agents in production, an infrastructure problem is emerging: rising telemetry The post How telemetry pipelines keep AI agent costs under control appeared first on The New Stack.

5. Anthropic gives chat and Cowork one memory

On Tuesday, Anthropic launched a major update to how Claude remembers things. The new system combines Claude’s memory in Cowork The post Anthropic gives chat and Cowork one memory appeared first on The New Stack.

6. Tokenmaxxing is out. How to minimize AI spend without sacrificing security capability.

Security teams are discovering that the most capable AI models cost too much to run on routine, high-volume work, and The post Tokenmaxxing is out. How to minimize AI spend without sacrificing security capability. appeared first on The New Stack.

7. Perplexity’s Computer agent can now run locally — if you can afford it

Perplexity, in partnership with Nvidia, has taken Computer, its agentic AI assistant, and brought it to the desktop as Portable The post Perplexity’s Computer agent can now run locally — if you can afford it appeared first on The New Stack.

8. OpenAI’s Jalapeño chip tackles a problem AI agents make worse

When OpenAI unveiled Jalapeño, its first custom inference chip, in June, the company made some big promises. The chip, developed The post OpenAI’s Jalapeño chip tackles a problem AI agents make worse appeared first on The New Stack.

9. CLI or IDE? Build in verification first.

The ongoing debate over where AI coding agents belong, in an integrated development environment (IDE) or at the command line The post CLI or IDE? Build in verification first. appeared first on The New Stack.

10. AI agents are spreading fast. Their rules are still catching up.

AI agents are already inside the enterprise, but the rules for controlling them haven’t caught up yet. Some 86% of The post AI agents are spreading fast. Their rules are still catching up. appeared first on The New Stack.

11. Inside LinkedIn's cognitive memory agent for agentic personalization

Ryan is joined by Praveen Bodigutla, Principal AI Researcher at LinkedIn, to chat about the four-layer memory system his team built to give LinkedIn's hiring assistant a persistent, personalized state.

12. Responsible AI adoption needs developer workflow design

Organizations cannot solve shadow AI with a document employees read once. They need to make responsible use easier than improvised use.

13. MEU COMEÇO NA ÁREA DA TECNOLOGIA

Olá, comunidade dev.to! Meu nome é Neto, tenho 17 anos e sou estudante de Ciência da Computação no UNIPÊ, em João Pessoa. Atualmente, estou cursando o segundo semestre da graduação e também estudando design profissional, área que considero importante para a criação de soluções digitais mais úteis, intuitivas e visualmente agradáveis. Minha trajetória na tecnologia ainda está no começo, mas já tem sido marcada por descobertas, aprendizados e desafios. Escolhi Ciência da Computação porque sempre t...

14. Observability Stack: Prometheus, Node Exporter & Grafana

A solid observability setup usually comes down to three pieces working together: something that collects metrics, something that exposes system-level metrics, and something that visualizes it all. Here's what each one does and how to install them. The Theory: How This All Fits Together Before installing anything, it helps to understand the model, because it's a bit different from how logging or alerting tools usually work. Pull, not push. Most people's first instinct is "the app should send its ...

15. A Vote About Bots Is Really a Vote About Trust

Debian is polling its developers on how to handle AI-assisted contributions, with options that range from broadly permitting them to banning them outright. Whatever the outcome, I think this is one of the more consequential governance conversations in open source right now, and not for the reason the headlines suggest. The framing everyone reaches for is philosophical. Is generated code authored? Is it derivative? Does using a model make you less of a contributor? Those are real questions and I ...

Programming Languages

1. Casey Muratori – The Root of The Root of All Evil – BSC 2026

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2. EVE Online: The Move to Python 3 Begins!

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3. The Depths of JavaScript: Minesweeper in 247 Bytes

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4. Problem with concurrent linter fixes

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5. Latency optimizations on the system level

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6. Why you can't parallelize tshark, and what I did instead

Follow-up to my post a couple of weeks ago about a 2.5 GB PCAP that took 6-7 hours to process. Streaming tshark's output into Go got it to 70 minutes, but it was still single-threaded. The most common response here was: why not just add goroutines? Turns out you can't, and the reason is that tshark's dissection is linear state. What it reads in one packet determines how it decodes the next — TCP reassembly, connection tracking, anything under tcp.analysis.* reads and updates shared conversation ...

7. Solving the 1+N Query Problem

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8. How to test if your numerical code is Mathematically correct?

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9. Memory ordering in CPUs

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10. Postgres at PlanetScale (Changelog Interviews #684)

Sam Lambert is back after 4 years and he does not hold back! We cover $5 PlanetScale Postgres, the Neki "do-over" of Vitess, agents shipping schema changes through deploy requests, rolling back a 500TB table in seconds, and the very real question of whether to open source any of it. Plus: why he thinks the sleeping, lazy giants should be broken up.

Game Development

1. Riot Games is winding down 2XKO active development in December

Riot says it hasn't seen 'enough players stick with the game to get to a path toward sustainability.'

2. Report: Among Us 3D co-dev Schell Games lays off staff

Schell Games has provided multiple interviews over the years on avoiding layoffs.

3. Irish browser games start-up Entity raises $5M in funding for 'console-quality games for the 'new web' era'

The 'next-generation gaming platform' will launch in 2027.

4. Journey maker thatgamecompany announces thatgamepublisher

Profit from Sky: Children of the Light will support the initiative.

5. W4 Games raises $18M to expand its international team

W4 Games has also signed a multi-year strategic partnership with Tencent to scale its business and the Godot ecosystem in Asia.

6. Creative Artists Agency spins up indie funding venture Frame1Games

'We want to support emerging, often under-resourced teams that don't necessarily have the financing, relationships or marketing resources that other titles do.'

7. Mutter and Blue Prince among winners at Gamescom Dev Awards 2026

Six winners were crowned in Cologne.

8. 'Each event has to feel local and relevant to its market:' Gamescom wants responsible expansion after record-breaking year

Gamescom 2026 is about to deliver its biggest show in history, so where does the industry expo head next?

Gaming News

1. GTA 6 Leaks: A Timeline Of The Events So Far

It's been a busy few weeks for Rockstar and Take-Two following a series of leaked GTA 6 gameplay videos and images. Beginning in mid-August 2026, an anonymous individual or group calling itself CyberLeek began publishing unreleased Grand Theft Auto 6 material. The first wave included gameplay videos and apparent images of the GTA 6 map. The situation is still unfolding, so we've got a roundup of all of the events of the most recent GTA 6 leak in chronological order, along with what the footage a...

2. Persona 4 Revival Shows That Some RPG Classics Don’t Need Much Fixing

Persona 4 is no stranger to the remaster scene, but next year, it's getting a glow-up that fans of the series have been patiently waiting for. Similar to Persona 3: Reload, Persona 4: Revival updates the original game with slick graphics, new combat features, and adjustments to the story to filter out some of its more unsavory elements. And based on what we've played so far? It's looking like a pretty good and faithful return to the not-so-sleepy town of Inaba. Visually, Atlus is once again firi...

3. Even GTA 6 Is Poking Fun At Naughty Dog’s Lack Of New Games

While Naughty Dog is working on its next title, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, that hasn't stopped people from taking a jab at the studio for having spent almost the entire PlayStation 5 generation without releasing a brand-new game--and it looks like even GTA 6 is having a little bit of fun at Naughty Dog's expense. The recent GTA 6 leaks from Cyberleek have been a treasure trove of information about the game, especially the amount of detail that can be found in virtually every corner of i...

4. Rockstar Finally Comments On All Those GTA 6 Leaks — “Heartbreaking For Our Team”

Rockstar Games has broken its silence on the GTA 6 leak situation, releasing a statement today, August 26, saying the leaks have been "heartbreaking for our team." The latest wave of GTA 6 gameplay leaks began earlier this month, with lots and lots of footage and details, along with spoilers, emerging in the process. GTA 6 also suffered a massive leak in 2022, and Rockstar and Take-Two found the person responsible, but that hasn't happened yet with this latest leak. https://twitter.com/RockstarG...

5. Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Gameplay – See The New Region and Artifacts

Capcom has expanded Dragon's Dogma 2 with a new region to explore, as well as quests, dungeons, items, and more with Dark Arisen.

6. Mega Man Dual Override Gameplay Shows Off Cool New Systems

Capcom is going back to the classic look and feel for Mega Man, but also working in some fun new ideas.

7. I’m Obsessed With Stranger Than Heaven’s Combat – Preview

Stranger Than Heaven's combat is shaping up to be the start of the show. Not only is it slow, methodical, and (at times) brutal, it also reminds me a lot of Punch-Out which rules.

8. Persona 4 Revival is Shaping Up To Be Another Quality Remake For the Series

Jean-Luc got hands-on time with 2 hours of Persona 4 Revival.

9. Almost 1 Hour of Persona 4 Revival Gameplay

Persona 4 Revival aims to be the definitive remake of the Persona 4 Golden, featuring updated visuals, mechanics, and voices. Speaking of voices, check out Teddie's new voice! The game is a work-in-progress and that game footage and event access was provided by SEGA.

10. The Biggest Gaming Stories That Happened Since GTA 5 Came Out 13 Years Ago

The long, long wait for GTA 6 is coming to an end, as the game's November 19 release date approaches. Yes, there have been many leaks, but the genuine article arrives soon. It's been 13 years since GTA 5 launched in September 2013, and a lot has happened in the world of video games since then. When GTA 5 came out, Fortnite was not a thing. The live-service boom (and subsequent crash) hadn't happened yet. E3 was still a thriving, can't-miss annual summer event. Nintendo had just launched the ill-...

11. Apex Legends is getting 'fatal error' crashes with RX 9070 XT GPUs, but there is a workaround

Just paste a few commands into the Steam launch options.

12. Crimson Desert's 2.0 update's most surprising change is an effort to make Kliff a fully realised character with thoughts and opinions

Kliff climbing.

13. OLED gaming monitors have finally gotten so good that a Counter-Strike 2 tournament is using one

The Asus ROG Swift OLED PG259QWS Ace is the first OLED to make it into a CS2 Major.

14. We saw The Witcher 3 – Songs of the Past in action, and the full-game remaster that's coming this year too

Just when he thought he was out, Songs of the Past pulls Geralt back in.

15. Metro 2039 takes us back to Moscow, but it's still got some delicious bits of Exodus in there

Delicious up until you realise you've wasted all your gas mask juice trying to open a closet door.

Robotics

1. Early bird pricing for RoboBusiness 2026 ends August 31

Early bird pricing for RoboBusiness 2026, which saves attendees $200 on full conference passes, will end Aug. 31. The post Early bird pricing for RoboBusiness 2026 ends August 31 appeared first on The Robot Report.

2. Humans in the loop are still needed for robotaxi fleet safety, says Guident

As fleets of autonomous vehicles scale, AI and human oversight remain critical for safety, explains Guident's CEO. The post Humans in the loop are still needed for robotaxi fleet safety, says Guident appeared first on The Robot Report.

3. Jetson Orin Nano 2 doubles inference performance for robotics on the edge, says NVIDIA

With Jetson Orin Nano 2, NVIDIA says that frontier intelligence has reached the edge and can now run in real time. The post Jetson Orin Nano 2 doubles inference performance for robotics on the edge, says NVIDIA appeared first on The Robot Report.

4. The next big AI play isn’t apps or humanoids; it’s machines with brains and brawn

For agricultural and construction equipment makers to stay relevant as workforces dwindle, they need to add AI, says Agtonomy's founder. The post The next big AI play isn’t apps or humanoids; it’s machines with brains and brawn appeared first on The Robot Report.

5. XPeng Motors humanoid robot unit Dogotix raises $900M

Dogotix, the humanoid unit of XPeng Motors, has attained a valuation of $6.3 billion as it plans to produce robots at scale. The post XPeng Motors humanoid robot unit Dogotix raises $900M appeared first on The Robot Report.

6. AI Companion Robots Are Closing the Human Connection in Modern Homes

This article is brought to you by Ollobot.From about 2017, individuals began to truly connect with the initial wave of companion robots. These devices had personality, moved around, joked, and answered when you spoke to them. Most early companion robots, however, were still limited by simple voice-command interactions and narrow functionality. Once the novelty wore off, many ended up sitting unused on shelves. As some of those companies went out of business and turned off their servers, many own...

Tech General

1. QueryStory wants you to believe what AI is telling you

The startup came out of stealth with $6 million in seed funding and a plan to use LLMs and cybersecurity know-how to make AI queries coherent.

2. Arga is building a better way to train enterprise AI agents

Arga has raised $10 million in a seed funding round that was led by General Catalyst, with participation from Box Group, Emergence, Gradient and SV Angel.

3. Hearing tech startup Legato emerges from stealth with $12M and a peek at its AI hearing glasses

The glasses, called Legato Frames, integrate the company’s patented hearing-assistance technology into the arms of eyewear frames.

4. Runable hits $21M to bet AI agents can go from building businesses to growing them

Runable says 60%–70% of its 1 trillion-plus token usage in the last 90 days came from paying customers.

5. Ventures Platform goes bigger — and broader — with its second Africa fund

The Pan-African venture firm has raised $84 million and plans to invest in startups beyond its home market of Nigeria.

6. India’s Ringg gets backing from Peak XV as it pushes voice AI past the phone call

Ringg has raised $10 million from Peak XV as a part of its Series A extension.

7. Robotics startup Generalist reaches $3B valuation, sources say

The $200 million extension comes just months after the physical AI startup reached a $2 billion valuation.

8. OpenAI loses a top data center exec as stream of high-profile departures continues

In a statement to TechCrunch about Malone's departure, OpenAI said it had "recently reorganized" its "infrastructure organization to support the scale and pace of our work."

9. X sends cease-and-desist to open source project Nitter over alleged scraping

X has sent cease-and-desist letters to Nitter, the open source project behind privacy-friendly X front ends, demanding its instances and code repository be taken down over alleged scraping.

10. Instagram’s ‘First Draft’ feature aims to make editing Reels less tedious

Instagram says the process can produce a first pass in under 10 seconds, potentially saving creators significant editing time while making video creation more approachable for people who don't have much experience with editing software.

11. Ring says its new encryption limits what it can give police

Ring has a new way to protect your videos. It's developed an encryption method called TAKE, short for Throw Away the Key Encryption, that the Amazon-owned company says will protect your videos without traditional end-to-end encryption. TAKE limits when and why Amazon's cloud can access those videos, while still providing features like smart alerts for […]

12. Rockstar finally responds to ‘heartbreaking’ GTA 6 leaks

Rockstar Games has released its first official statement following days of sustained leaks of footage from Grand Theft Auto VI, calling the period "heartbreaking for our team." Not long after Rockstar posted, the source of the leaks posted another video clip of the game, this time showing the Jason character pulling off the series' trademark […]

13. The second-generation Bose QuietComfort Headphones are good, but don’t stand out

Bose QuietComfort headphones used to be innovative. Bose's noise-canceling research is the reason the technology is where it is today, and its headphones set the standard. They were the ubiquitous traveler's accessory. But over the past few years, it's felt like Bose has rested on that reputation, as other companies have caught up. Sony and […]

14. Bill Gates is deeply worried about AI, and he’s no longer staying quiet

Bill Gates has been reflecting a lot on AI lately, and the process has triggered a stark awakening. Once a staunch AI optimist, the Microsoft cofounder is now deeply pessimistic about what AI means for our collective future. Having been conspicuously quiet on AI issues recently, Gates is back with a nearly 6,000-word essay seeking […]

15. Ikea’s Xbox collection includes a giant thumbstick stool

Ikea has teamed up with Microsoft to launch a new assortment of gaming-inspired furniture and home accessories, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the first Xbox console. The nine-piece Yxstaby collection (good luck pronouncing that) includes a TV stand, laptop stand, side table, lounge chair, and multi-functional toolbox, with standout products like a stool, cushion, […]

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