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Date: 2026-09-02 | Generated: 09:51:09

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AI & Machine Learning

1. AI Agent Memory Design: What Works and What Doesn’t

In this article, you will learn how to design reliable memory systems for AI agents, covering both the patterns that work and the common architectural...

2. 3 Ways to Enhance Your AI Model’s Interpretability

In this article, you will learn three concrete techniques for making machine learning model predictions interpretable, covering both global and local explanations across tree-based and...

3. Combining LLM Embeddings with Tabular Features in a Unified Scikit-learn Pipeline

In this article, you will learn how to build a unified scikit-learn pipeline that combines text embeddings generated by a lightweight open-source language model with...

4. How AI-native companies turn workflows into operating capability

Basis, Clay, and Exa Labs use AI agents to improve onboarding, account management, and developer integrations. See what enterprise leaders can apply.

5. Path to Astra: critical capabilities and frontier safeguards

Astra is the first OpenAI model to meet the Critical cybersecurity capability threshold under the Preparedness Framework, with stronger safeguards for release.

6. Healthcare organizations can now connect EHR and additional industry data to ChatGPT

ChatGPT can now connect to trusted healthcare data, helping clinicians securely access patient context, medical research, and more.

7. How law firm Gilbert + Tobin governs and scales AI with OpenAI

See how Gilbert + Tobin combines CEO-led commitment, rigorous governance, and human accountability to scale ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex across the firm.

Software Development

1. Claude Fable 5.1 watermark: It has a blind spot developers can’t ignore

Anthropic launched Claude Fable 5.1 on Tuesday with a statistical signature embedded in its generated text, but developers shouldn’t expect The post Claude Fable 5.1 watermark: It has a blind spot developers can’t ignore appeared first on The New Stack.

2. Runway wants to generate software as you use it. Solaris is its first step.

Runway introduced Solaris on Monday, the first model of a new class of AI systems it calls Interface World Models, The post Runway wants to generate software as you use it. Solaris is its first step. appeared first on The New Stack.

3. Anthropic’s Fable 5.1 is a bit cheaper, a bit smarter, and refuses a lot less

On Tuesday, Anthropic launched the latest versions of its flagship Fable and Mythos models. Anthropic promises that the updated models The post Anthropic’s Fable 5.1 is a bit cheaper, a bit smarter, and refuses a lot less appeared first on The New Stack.

4. Your Mac is now part of Perplexity’s AI infrastructure

Perplexity wants its AI agents to use more of the computing power already sitting inside a Mac. The company launched The post Your Mac is now part of Perplexity’s AI infrastructure appeared first on The New Stack.

5. GLM-5.3-Flash vs. GLM-5.3: Time and money, not the spec sheet

I always wonder about the end goal when companies launch products so close together and undercut each other by claiming The post GLM-5.3-Flash vs. GLM-5.3: Time and money, not the spec sheet appeared first on The New Stack.

6. Meta just beat OpenAI and Google at real-time transcription

Meta’s Superintelligence Labs on Tuesday launched Muse Voice Transcribe, a new real-time speech recognition model that, on some benchmarks, outperforms The post Meta just beat OpenAI and Google at real-time transcription appeared first on The New Stack.

7. Vibe-coded apps are the new shadow IT

Shadow IT used to be a SaaS problem. Someone on the marketing team signed up for a tool, connected it The post Vibe-coded apps are the new shadow IT appeared first on The New Stack.

8. Meta’s Claude Code rival exits beta with three new subscription tiers — and it’s pushing hard on price

Meta has formally launched Muse Code out of beta, less than a month after first debuting the coding agent. Alongside The post Meta’s Claude Code rival exits beta with three new subscription tiers — and it’s pushing hard on price appeared first on The New Stack.

9. When agents build, deploy, and maintain, persistence becomes the hard problem

Every application has always needed a place to keep its state. That is not new. What is new is who The post When agents build, deploy, and maintain, persistence becomes the hard problem appeared first on The New Stack.

10. SpaceX is in an “enviable position”: why Anthropic is sticking with Cursor as OpenAI cuts access

OpenAI caused something of a stir over the weekend when it announced plans to cut Cursor’s direct access to OpenAI The post SpaceX is in an “enviable position”: why Anthropic is sticking with Cursor as OpenAI cuts access appeared first on The New Stack.

11. The good ol’ days of building Java

Ryan sits down with Tim Lindholm, an early contributor to the Java language at Sun Microsystems, to chat about what it was like building one of the most popular programming languages ever at its inception, why it was strategically important for the Java team to create a cross-platform ABI to compete with Windows NT, and how applets were initially just an interesting demo.

12. What a New Stripe Account Can't Do Yet

I went looking for how to take bank payments in a side project and came back with a list of things Stripe won't let a new account do yet. Stripe's guides are genuinely good at "here are the payment types." They're much quieter about the second list: what your four-month-old account isn't eligible for, and which of today's choices you can't reverse once a customer has agreed to them. That's the list that would have changed how I designed this, so it's the one I wrote down. Everything below is fro...

13. Por qué dejé Duolingo después de una racha de 1.000 días

Cómo la gamificación puede distraer de aquello que construiste. Hoy Duolingo me felicitó por algo que debería haber sido un logro. Una racha de 1.000 días. La pantalla que me hizo abandonar. Durante casi tres años abrí la aplicación todos y cada uno de los días. Mantuve un håbito que la mayoría abandona en cuestión de semanas. Hice exactamente lo que sueña todo sistema de productividad, todo medidor de actividad y toda app de idiomas: volví. Y entonces lo dejé. Lo raro es que no lo dejé porque d...

14. What Does an Industrial AIoT System Actually Need?

AIoT sounds simple on paper: connect devices, collect data, apply AI, and get useful insights. In a real industrial environment, however, there are several layers between a physical device and a useful business decision. Understanding those layers is important when designing an AIoT system that needs to work reliably in the real world. 1. Connected Hardware Everything starts with the physical environment. Sensors, tracking devices, industrial equipment, and other connected hardware generate info...

15. Extraction APIs invented values for 17% of the fields that aren't in the document. Ours included.

Velrim ran this comparison, and we sell one of the six APIs in the table. Every raw output, request ID, and the scoring CLI are in the repo (https://github.com/velrimhq/velrim-eval). Why we ran this It's not news to most of you that AI hallucinates. As of 2026-09-02 we couldn't find any public benchmark that measures the fabrication rate on the fields that aren't in the document (if one exists, tell us and we'll link it). Every extraction benchmark we found evaluates accuracy, while the number f...

Programming Languages

1. Beyond Lambdas: Raising the Abstraction Level of Functional Code

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2. Bazel's UX is really, really, really bad

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3. The Browser's Main Thread Is Expensive

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4. How Do HashMaps Work Under the Hood? (putting together a toy implementation in Rust to understand performance optimization, collisions, and time complexities)

HashMaps are incredibly convenient, but treating them like a magical black box can make it easy to overlook where their performance comes from. In this article, I explain how HashMaps work using a simple implementation in Rust. I go through hash collisions and linear probing, why primary clustering hurts performance, load factors, resizing, and more. The implementation is intentionally simplified, but it gives a good picture of what's actually happening underneath a HashMap. Let me know your tho...

5. Apache Kafka vs Apache Iggy: A Technical Comparison

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6. Rui Ueyama: "We are rewriting the mold linker in Rust"

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7. Wasmi 2.0 - Engineering of the Fastest Wasm Interpreters

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8. Performance of WebAssembly runtimes in 2026

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9. 35 years later, Torvalds' hobby project remains developed worldwide.

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Game Development

1. Report: Savvy Games Group CEO Brian Ward departs company

'As Savvy embarks on its next period of transformational growth, this is the right time for new leadership for that evolution.'

2. The majority of Doom: The Dark Ages' DLC got made 'in three or four months'

The team reportedly worked 60 to 80 hour weeks to get the project out the door.

3. Aggro Crab launches publishing label to splash that Peak cash

The studio wants to support 'intense, stylized games with an attitude' - but isn't interested in 'generative AI slop.'

4. Sega-owned Rovio is shutting down its Copenhagen studio

The closure follows the cancellation of Sonic Blitz and the exact number of redundancies are yet to be confirmed.

5. Paradox Interactive's Afterworld wants to entice new players to grand strategy with tasty RPG hooks

Game director Dan Lind explains the appeal of strategy in grand strategy games, and how to invite new players into a sprawling game.

6. Star Wars Zero Company studio furloughed workers ahead of launch

Bit Reactor has confirmed it temporarily suspended workers without pay due to concerns over how its debut title would perform.

7. Housemarque co-founder Ilari Kuittinen exits from studio

'Strive to be a better professional, and a better human being.'

8. Report: 13TB of Steam data leaked after users access 'publicly accessible endpoint'

The leaked data apparently includes beta builds and screenshots of pre-release Valve titles—and games from other publishers like EA and WB Games.

9. Indie devs and publishers hit in Gamescom equipment thefts

Thieves obtained access to Gamescom's Indie Arena and business area and stole a number of laptops and Steam Decks from smaller exhibitors.

10. The Immersive Edge: August 2026 industry content wrap-up

The Immersive Edge, August 2026: 31 Unity resources from July and August, including BMW Group's Virtual Teardown Assistant and the Ditmara twin architecture.

Gaming News

1. The Witcher Remake Is Waiting On The Witcher 4 To Continue Development

CD Projekt has confirmed to GameSpot that The Witcher Remake from Fool’s Theory is currently on the back burner as the studio works on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s Songs of the Past expansion and assists with the development of The Witcher 4. GameSpot reached out to CD Projekt for comment on the state of The Witcher’s remake and received the following response: "Fool's Theory team is focused mainly on the development of Witcher 3: Songs of the Past, while a relatively small part of their team is s...

2. GTA Has Come A Long LONG Way Since 1997

1997 was an impressive year for music, games, movies, and politics. It also marks the release of the debut Grand Theft Auto game, and despite it paving the way for GTA V— the single most successful piece of media ever made—the first GTA was merely a blip in 1997's broader pop-culture.

3. LOTR Fans Need To “Be Patient,” Kingdom Come Dev Says About New Middle-earth RPG

Kingdom Come developer Warhorse is working on multiple new games, including a The Lord of the Rings role-playing game. We don't know much about it right now, and Warhorse isn't likely to share more details anytime soon. In a post on social media, Warhorse said, "We're excited to tell you guys more, you've just gotta be patient for now." In short, you should be more like an Ent and slow down. Good things come to those who wait, after all. Warhorse announced the game earlier this year, saying it w...

4. Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance – Boosted Action Gameplay Overview Trailer

Ascend to Master Rank with the Boost Bracer, a new hunting action that expands the abilities of each of the 14 weapon types in Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance. Build Boost Bracer energy by staying aggressive with your attacks, then activate Boost with a special Boost Driver attack, or other unique actions per weapon. Boost enables abilities such as new combos and enhanced attacks, allowing you to seize control of the powerful threats that await you. *Footage represents a game still in developme...

5. GTA 6 Has A Point Of No Return For Players Who Take Crime Too Far

Grand Theft Auto 6 is looking to add some extra wrinkles to several of its established gameplay pillars, but the biggest update here might just be the inclusion of an honor system. Taking a page from Red Dead Redemption 2, GTA 6 will remind you that actions have consequences, as your less-than-legal activities will feed into a criminal profile that evolves with you. Not only are there various profiles within this that gauge just how effective you are at crime--or bloodthirsty--but developer Rock...

6. Witcher 4 Dev “Not Worried” About Future Of Consoles Despite Rising Costs

CD Projekt joint-CEO MichaƂ Nowakowski is "not worried" about the future of consoles, despite rising costs that could impact growth in the sector. Speaking to The Game Business, Nowakowski said consoles continue to be "necessary to broaden the audience" for casual and semi-casual players. "It’s important to have easy to plug in and enjoy gaming," he said. He said consoles will "weather the storm" they are currently facing today, including pricing. Nowakowski also said he's heard the rumors that ...

7. Sony Warns PlayStation Customers Against Harassing Support Staff Amid Disc Backlash

Sony's decision to kill off PlayStation game discs has been met with almost universal disdain since it was first announced, and it looks like its employees have been caught in the crossfire. Just about every Sony announcement or social media post is met with calls for it to reverse its decision, and Sony Japan has instituted a new anti-harassment policy to protect the customer service employees who have had to deal with a vocal contingent of dissatisfied consumers. These changes also align with ...

8. Lego Skylines Is More Than Just A Lego Skin On A Familiar Game

Our hands-on preview of Lego Skylines at Gamescom quickly allayed any fears that Paradox's new city builder would just be Cities Skylines with a fun new skin. It's so much more than a glorified DLC. This is undoubtedly its own game, something shaped from the ground up to be both a solid city-builder from a recognized name and a charming Lego game with all the trademark humor and tactile brick action. You start by choosing your avatar from a selection of Lego mini figures, making you a tangible c...

9. Legacy Of Atlantis’ Beautiful Visuals Can’t Hide Its Weird Changes

At a hands-off preview event at Gamescom, we were looking forward to experiencing Lara Croft's original adventures in a brand new way, but the changes made to Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis had us a little worried.

10. Tomb Raider: Legacy Of Atlantis’ Beautiful Visuals Can’t Quite Hide Its Weird Changes

I know Lara Croft well. At least, I feel like I do. You see, we've grown up together. From the original Tomb Raider games, I was hooked. As a young girl, I had an insatiable sense of wonder following Lara's adventures, and as a teen I was enthused when Crystal Dynamics took over development and rescued Lara from Core Design's clutches back in 2007. I even remained on board for the series reboot in 2013, although my interest in the titular tomb raider had waned slightly. At the time, I was most k...

11. I've been worried Persona is succumbing to saminess, but Persona 4 Revival feels just as good as its predecessor did 16 years ago

Same vibes, different look.

12. Zach Cregger is going to bring the 'resource management aspect of the games' to his Resident Evil movie

He's gonna need a bigger attache case.

13. Was Geralt's voice actor inspired by Henry Cavill's take on him in The Witcher series? 'No, because we were first'

"I still haven't got a call for a cameo," says Dandelion VA John Schwab.

14. After playing a bit of Lego Skylines, it seems like a city builder for people who care less about traffic jams and more about decorating

A short preview revealed a cozy and calm builder with some gorgeous views.

15. Resident Evil 2's director believes Capcom has become 'completely numb to how scary' recent games have been and wants a 'non-horror mode'

Ok, so, the zombies don't want to eat you, they just want a hug—wait, that's still scary.

Robotics

1. Top 10 robotics stories of August 2026

August 2026's top 10 stories included large funding rounds, updates in the humanoid robot industry, and the latest physical AI models. The post Top 10 robotics stories of August 2026 appeared first on The Robot Report.

2. Learn how physical AI is being used to do real work at RoboBusiness

Leaders at Amazon Robotics, Teradyne Robotics, and Cobot will discuss how they're applying physical AI to robots operating in customer environments. The post Learn how physical AI is being used to do real work at RoboBusiness appeared first on The Robot Report.

3. Visko launches Orbis live model and closes pre-seed funding round

Visko says Orbis streams 4K video at 24 frames per second, responds to user intervention, and sustains hour-scale generation without drift. The post Visko launches Orbis live model and closes pre-seed funding round appeared first on The Robot Report.

4. The Missing Layer in Robot Safety Assurance

Why robot safety assurance must account for attacks that can change how a machine sees, decides, and acts. The post The Missing Layer in Robot Safety Assurance appeared first on The Robot Report.

5. HowToRobot and Robotics Australia Group partner on platform to encourage robot adoption

The initiative is intended to help businesses in Australia identify automation opportunities, test them, and connect with local suppliers. The post HowToRobot and Robotics Australia Group partner on platform to encourage robot adoption appeared first on The Robot Report.

6. From spreadsheets to AI: Deere gives farmers new features in Operations Center, JD

John Deere has launched JD, an AI tool that turns historical farm data into actionable insights to boost profitability. The post From spreadsheets to AI: Deere gives farmers new features in Operations Center, JD appeared first on The Robot Report.

7. Skild AI unveils S1 flagship robot foundation model

Skild AI says its S1 robot foundation model enables robots to learn new tasks just by seeing a video of it being performed. The post Skild AI unveils S1 flagship robot foundation model appeared first on The Robot Report.

8. How better grippers can unlock physical AI

Physical AI depends on smarter grippers to give robots the dexterity, sensing and adaptability needed to handle real-world tasks. The post How better grippers can unlock physical AI appeared first on The Robot Report.

9. Reframe Systems raises $40M to scale its robotic microfactories for home building

Reframe Systems aims to build a network of automated microfactories near communities where homes are needed. The post Reframe Systems raises $40M to scale its robotic microfactories for home building appeared first on The Robot Report.

10. 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.

Tech General

1. Adobe acquires Indian market intelligence startup Rilo

This is Adobe's second acquisition out of India after Rephrase.ai in 2023

2. Norway considers ban on camera-enabled wearable ‘pervert glasses’

The Nordic country says wearable camera headsets need to be regulated given their privacy risks.

3. Adobe is making its tools available in Slack

Users will be able to access Express, Premiere, and Acrobat in Slack

4. Uber is laying off 10% of staff, or 3,300 people

Uber is laying off about 3,300 people, or about 10% of its global headcount, in a bid to reduce management layers and invest more in its ride-sharing, delivery, and robotaxi divisions.

5. OpenAI faces 30 more lawsuits tied to Tumbler Ridge shooting

Edelson PC is filing 30 new lawsuits against OpenAI over the Tumbler Ridge shooting, escalating claims to aiding and abetting and naming Chris Lehane, though evidence remains unconfirmed.

6. Larry Page’s flying car company Pivotal loses its CEO

The company told TechCrunch he is "pursuing new endeavors." Karklin will be replaced on an interim basis by Mike Ross, an aviation executive who joined Pivotal's board of directors in November 2025.

7. Reliance’s JioHotstar takes its streaming empire global — without sports

JioHotstar will only have entertainment content when it launches in the UK, Canada, and Singapore.

8. Apple follows Google in adopting Trump’s ‘Lake America’ name

Apple Maps is following President Trump's executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.

9. AfterQuery reportedly becomes Y Combinator’s fastest-ever unicorn, now valued at $3.2B

AI model-training startup AfterQuery has reportedly raised a round that valued it at $3.2 billion, just five months after announcing its $30 million Series A at a $300 million valuation in April.

10. OpenAI’s Astra model is on the way — and very good at breaking into computer systems

OpenAI previewed the precautions it is taking as it prepares to release Astra, its newest, cyber-critical LLM.

11. OpenAI accused of ‘aiding and abetting’ Tumbler Ridge mass shooting in dozens of new lawsuits

OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman are facing 30 new lawsuits that accuse them of providing "substantial assistance and encouragement" to the suspect in Canada's Tumbler Ridge school shooting, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. The new wave of lawsuits was filed in a California federal court on Wednesday by the students, teachers, and the principal [
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12. NYC bans AI use for students until they reach high school

New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced a new policy today that will ban younger schoolchildren from using AI in classrooms. The one-year moratorium, effective in the 2026-2027 school year, will impact about 600,000 public school students in 2-K through eighth grade and is being introduced alongside additional limits on digital devices and a [
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13. Tado’s new thermostat is designed as a Nest killer

When Google ignominiously exited the European thermostat market last year, it pointed its customers to Tado. This week, the German-based smart home company is launching its Smart Thermostat X (2nd gen), and aiming to attract European Nest users who haven't already jumped ship. Google shutting down the servers for its 1st- and 2nd-gen thermostats drove [
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14. ‘Wordle in 1’ is the NYT’s new puzzle just for subscribers

The New York Times has prepared some exclusive goodies for its subscribers: a weekly drop of bonus puzzles based on the publication's popular games. Five to six new puzzles will be released every Wednesday, each featuring "a twist" on games like Wordle, Strands, Connections, and Crossword that are designed to keep puzzleheads playing with fresh [
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15. Elon Musk’s heterodox robotaxi philosophy gets put to the test

Believe it or not, the Tesla Cybercab is coming. Nearly two years after Elon Musk first unveiled the gold-tinted, gull-wing-door sporting, steering-wheel-free, two-seaters as the future of Tesla's autonomy efforts, the company is finally putting them into operation as part of its robotaxi service in Austin, Texas. Public rides are here, and as Musk fans [
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