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AI & Machine Learning

1. CloudNC aims to accelerate AI supply chain machining

CloudNC has secured $20 million in new capital to scale its AI precision machining technology across global supply chain networks. The investment round was led by US venture investor Nimble Ventures, with participation from Calculus Venture Capital, Entrepreneur First, and LM Ventures, the venture capital fund of Lockheed Martin. Founded in 2015, CloudNC operates from […] The post CloudNC aims to accelerate AI supply chain machining appeared first on AI News.

2. Samsung taps Mistral AI models for semiconductor manufacturing

Samsung has partnered with Mistral AI to deploy on-premises models across its semiconductor manufacturing and engineering operations. The agreement was announced during the bilateral state summit held in Paris between South Korea and France. Samsung will integrate Mistral’s software suite – including its flagship Mistral Large model – into internal semiconductor facilities to build customised […] The post Samsung taps Mistral AI models for semiconductor manufacturing appeared first on AI News.

3. Arm launches Total Design for Physical AI and robotics framework

Arm has launched Arm Total Design for Physical AI alongside a new robotics framework to establish common standards across automated systems. Physical industries – spanning mining, agriculture, manufacturing, and global transport – account for trillions of dollars in economic activity and an estimated $200 billion annual compute opportunity by the 2030s. To address engineering fragmentation […] The post Arm launches Total Design for Physical AI and robotics framework appeared first on AI News.

4. Coca-Cola uses AI to improve retailer ordering in Malaysia

Coca-Cola is using AI to recommend which products Malaysian retailers should order and in what quantities through its Coke Buddy platform. The Perfect Basket feature uses Coca-Cola’s Central Recommendation Engine to analyse previous orders, ordering frequency, seasonality, weather, and purchasing patterns among similar businesses. Coca-Cola said Coke Buddy currently supports about 39,000 retail outlets across […] The post Coca-Cola uses AI to improve retailer ordering in Malaysia appeared first ...

5. AI weather forecasting enters the energy market as Google targets grid operators with WeatherNext 3

Google’s newest AI weather forecasting model predicts wind speed at 100 metres above the ground, roughly the height of a modern wind turbine. It also forecasts cloud cover and how much sunlight reaches the surface, and it updates every hour. Energy traders, grid operators and wind and solar developers already pay other companies for that […] The post AI weather forecasting enters the energy market as Google targets grid operators with WeatherNext 3 appeared first on AI News.

6. YouTube Appears in 53% of Google AI Overviews for Vitamin and Supplement Searches

YouTube was the most frequently cited website in Google AI Overviews across a panel of vitamin and supplement searches, according to new research. The video platform appeared in 186 of 350 AI-generated answers, or 53.1%, making it the only website cited in more than half of the answers collected. Searcherries followed 50 searches daily from […] The post YouTube Appears in 53% of Google AI Overviews for Vitamin and Supplement Searches appeared first on AI News.

7. Versioning and Tracking Scikit-LLM Experiments

In this article, you will learn how to build, track, compare, and register scikit-learn pipelines that integrate large language models using Scikit-LLM and MLflow. Topics...

8. Chain of Thought vs. Tree of Thoughts: Which is Best for AI Agents?

In this article, you will learn the key differences between Chain of Thought and Tree of Thoughts prompting, and how each reasoning framework is applied...

9. Paul Christiano joins OpenAI Foundation Board

Paul Christiano joins the OpenAI Foundation Board and its Safety and Security Committee, bringing experience in AI alignment, safety, and standards.

10. How GPT-5.6 Sol helps run quantum computing experiments

See how an MIT researcher uses GPT-5.6 Sol with Codex to autonomously run quantum computing experiments, analyze results, and calibrate qubits.

11. The Work Now Within Reach

Explore how more capable, affordable AI can expand the work people and businesses can accomplish—and make growth more economical.

12. Introducing ChatGPT Images 2.5

ChatGPT Images 2.5 helps turn your ideas, sketches, and reference photos into more personalized, polished images that better reflect your ideas.

13. On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem

We’re sharing an AI-generated solution to the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem, including a writeup and a formal proof in Lean.

14. Funding grants for new research into AI and teen development

Apply now for OpenAI’s $5 million grant program supporting independent research on how generative AI affects teen development, well-being, and safety.

15. OpenAI expands initiatives to support journalism from classrooms to newsrooms

OpenAI is expanding support for journalism with tools, training, and partnerships for students, educators, journalists, and news organizations.

Software Development

1. How much control should AI get? A CISO roundtable takes on SOC autonomy

Security operations centers have struggled with alerts for years, and AI agents offer a new way to tackle it: Enable The post How much control should AI get? A CISO roundtable takes on SOC autonomy appeared first on The New Stack.

2. K2 Horizon just shipped as six new fully open models — developers aren’t fully convinced

Based in the Emirati capital, Abu Dhabi, the Institute of Foundation Models (IFM) introduced K2 Horizon last week. This group The post K2 Horizon just shipped as six new fully open models — developers aren’t fully convinced appeared first on The New Stack.

3. Harness rebuilt its Git repository for nonstop AI agent traffic

As one of Harness’s field CTOs, Martin Reynolds spends much of his time asking engineering leaders one question with no The post Harness rebuilt its Git repository for nonstop AI agent traffic appeared first on The New Stack.

4. Anthropic promised 20x more usage. Then developers hit a weekly ceiling.

Anthropic sells its top-tier Claude Max subscription with the promise of 20 times more usage than its $20-a-month Pro plan. The post Anthropic promised 20x more usage. Then developers hit a weekly ceiling. appeared first on The New Stack.

5. DeepSeek is hiring 150 engineers, and none of them will touch a model

Hundreds of thousands of AI agent sandboxes can already run concurrently on a single DeepSeek cluster. Now the company is The post DeepSeek is hiring 150 engineers, and none of them will touch a model appeared first on The New Stack.

6. AI broke code review. Two experts disagree on what replaces it.

Ask two experienced engineers about how to handle the flood of AI-generated code in their review queues, and you’ll get The post AI broke code review. Two experts disagree on what replaces it. appeared first on The New Stack.

7. After nine years as HashiCorp CEO, Dave McJannet now wants to “unblock” enterprise AI agents

Ask a traditional enterprise application for a customer address or today’s revenue figures and, broadly speaking, it follows a predictable The post After nine years as HashiCorp CEO, Dave McJannet now wants to “unblock” enterprise AI agents appeared first on The New Stack.

8. “Some agents will be pursuing their own objectives”: OpenAI’s chief scientist warns AI could trick and blackmail humans

Just days after OpenAI launched its newest and most powerful model dubbed Astra, which the company said marked the arrival The post “Some agents will be pursuing their own objectives”: OpenAI’s chief scientist warns AI could trick and blackmail humans appeared first on The New Stack.

9. AI agents are creating more work, not less — and OpenAI’s own numbers back it up

OpenAI says it hit a goal it set last fall, stating researchers are now using what the company calls an The post AI agents are creating more work, not less — and OpenAI’s own numbers back it up appeared first on The New Stack.

10. OpenAI’s new model costs 2.5x more per token — and developers are saving money anyway

GPT-6 Astra has an obvious problem for developers considering an upgrade from GPT-5.6 Sol: its tokens cost 2.5 times as The post OpenAI’s new model costs 2.5x more per token — and developers are saving money anyway appeared first on The New Stack.

11. Java’s age is its AI superpower

Ryan welcomes Markus Eisele to the program to talk about why your coding agent should be writing Java.

12. Scaling your money safely with AI

Ryan chats with Srini Venkatesan, CTO at PayPal, about validating AI-generated deterministic code for security, developing autonomous SDLC harnesses with iterative feedback loops, and creating a seamless headless checkout experience.

13. Threat modeling for a team of six: the version that actually gets done

Most threat modeling advice is written for companies with a security team. If you are six engineers shipping a product, that advice reads as a list of reasons not to start. STRIDE per data flow diagram element. Trust boundary enumeration. A DFD maintained as the architecture changes. Attack trees. It is all legitimate, and none of it survives contact with a team where the person who would run it is also on call this week. So teams do the honest thing and skip it, and then the security questionna...

14. Adapter Pattern em Java: integrando novas transportadoras sem quebrar um sistema legado

Maxwell Anabil Macabeu da Silva Bacharelado em Engenharia de Software — UniEvangélica Anápolis — Goiás — Brasil Resumo Sistemas de e-commerce dependem de integrações com serviços externos, como gateways de pagamento, plataformas de logística e transportadoras. Um problema recorrente aparece quando cada fornecedor disponibiliza uma API diferente, com métodos, formatos de dados e estruturas de resposta incompatíveis com o sistema existente. Neste artigo apresento a aplicação do Adapter Pattern, um...

15. The Straggler Problem: Why One Slow GPU Can Stall an LLM Training Run

Hello, I'm Shrijith Venkatramana, and I'm building LiveReview — a blast-radius aware AI code review built for your business-critical systems. Star us to help devs discover the project, give it a try, and share your feedback to help improve the product. Imagine you are training an LLM on 4,096 GPUs. At the end of a training step, 4,095 GPUs have finished. One GPU is still working. So what happens? Nothing. The other 4,095 GPUs wait. That is the straggler problem in synchronous distributed trainin...

Programming Languages

1. Introducing CUDA Rust: Two Tracks for Writing GPU Kernels

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2. Optimizing a Spin-Lock

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3. I spend a stupid amount of time on an issue I only half-care about. Now I will foist it on all of you! Enjoy :P

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4. Excessive Meetings

This isn’t meant to be a complaint post. However, does anyone else feel like their dev team spends entirely too much time in meetings? Don’t get me wrong, I don’t need to be working nonstop and pulling overtime. At the same time, I also don’t need to have meetings every two hours each day of the week that ultimately disrupts my flow, or meetings that last for three or more hours at a time. It’s gotten to the point where meetings are my primary job duty instead of coding. My team thinks that we a...

5. Compute Polynomials Twice as Fast

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6. How do you keep a bigger Spring Boot application modular without creating more and more layers?

How do you keep a bigger Spring Boot application modular without creating more and more layers? I was watching Jakub Nabrdalik talks about package scope, modularity and hexagonal architecture and it made me think again about how we structure bigger Spring Boot applications. A lot of projects start with something like: text controller/ service/ repository/ entity/ configuration/ It is simple at the beginning. But after few years you can have 100 services, 80 repositories and a lot of classes whic...

7. Announcing .NET 11 Release Candidate 1 - .NET Blog

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8. Implementation of GCC's Nested Functions (vs. C++ Lambdas)

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9. video on improving performance of arctan for Nintendo 64 by Kaze Emanuar "spent weeks to save 100 Microseconds"

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Game Development

1. Planet Zoo maker Frontier Developments' adjusted operating profit jumps 62 percent

Frontier reports multiple 'company records' as revenue grows 16 percent in FY2026.

2. Trump Administration takes down Tetris clone after company warns it takes copyright violation 'very seriously'

Build The Wall has been knocked down.

3. Blizzard union workers ratify historic contract covering 1,900 employees

Union members have secured guardrails around generative AI usage, layoff protections, remote and hybrid work benefits, and more.

4. Riot Games is considering making premium titles, says co-founder

'Not every game needs to be infinite.'

5. Report: EA is using genAI for commentator voiceover in NHL 27

Veteran sports commentator John Buccigross claims EA showed him the tech using his voice for in-game commentary in NHL 27.

6. Tim Schafer says Double Fine's unique games can be commercial hits if they can find their audience

The Double Fine head says the studio was not profitable under Xbox.

7. Report: FuturLab lays off devs without informing team leads or managers

Sources have also accused the Powerwash Simulator developer of obfuscating the truth by asking staff to refer to those laid off as 'the leavers.'

8. Don't Nod considering laying off 90 workers in France

The Life is Strange developer has warned it might not have the runway to continue operating beyond January 31, 2027.

Gaming News

1. We’ve Never Seen Anything Like This In Call Of Duty Before

Activision has revealed new information about one of the perks for preordering Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, and it's a bit unusual. People who preorder the game on any platform get the Inner Circuit M4 weapon blueprint, but those who preorder on Xbox will get a translucent OG green version of the gun to celebrate Xbox's 25th anniversary this year. Like the OG translucent Xbox, the weapon blueprint allows players to see through it. If you preorder MW4 on any other platform, you'll get the same...

2. Blizzard Workers Win Historic Union Contract That Could Set A New Standard For Game Developers

A group of 1,900 employees at Blizzard Entertainment has successfully signed a union contract with Microsoft, securing several guarantees for members. Represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the contract has given the Blizzard workers more workplace flexibility and guaranteed wage increases, but several other industry-first agreements could make this a blueprint for other video game unions to follow. One of the big wins for the Blizzard union is artificial intelligence guardr...

3. Persona 6 Got The Smallest Announcement On Nintendo Direct, Despite Big Leak Reveals

After being officially announced earlier this summer, Persona 6 will now officially also be coming to Nintendo Switch 2. Yet several months later, we still only have the game's spooky green logo to go on and no new information from Sega and Atlus. The Switch 2 announcement was made towards the end of the September Nintendo Direct, following the reveal that Persona 4 Revival will also be coming to Nintendo Switch 2, albeit for May 20, 2027, several months after the remake releases on other platfo...

4. Multiple Switch 2 Editions Were Announced Today, But One Big Exception Remains

Last October, I wrote an op-ed for this very website presenting my case for a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. At the time, I thought it was a slam dunk; of the top 10 best-selling games on the original Nintendo Switch, Smash Bros.--which is currently still the third best-selling Switch 1 game ever as of June 30--was the only one to not see any Switch 2-related update, let alone a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. Today, with the latest Nintendo Direct behind us, that fact remai...

5. Switch 2’s 40th-Anniversary Console Sells Out Immediately, And Guess What Happened Next

Nintendo's new 40th-anniversary Zelda-themed Switch 2 console went on sale on September 8, the same day it was announced, and it sold out immediately. I bet you can guess what happened next. Listings for the $520 limited-edition console popped up on eBay the same day, with sellers hoping to make tidy profits. There are numerous listings on eBay asking for $800 and $850--that's about 50% more than the list price. It appears there is a single seller account offering five different units, so this i...

6. With No 3D Mario In Sight, Mario’s 40th Is A Bust For Switch 2 Owners

Another Nintendo Direct came and went without mention of a new Mario game, ending the franchise's 40th anniversary year not with a bang, but with a resounding "huh?" Despite rumors and murmurs from noted leakers, there was no reveal of a 3D Mario game at the September 2026 Nintendo Direct. In fact, the only mention of Nintendo's mascot was a free update to Mario Kart World, which allows you to play SNES courses already in the Free Roam map in Versus mode. Traditionally, Nintendo consoles have be...

7. Play History: The Games That Made Erika Ishii

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8. Capcom Is Having A Busy Year On Switch 2, With Monster Hunter And Resident Evil Games Coming Very Soon

Capcom's support for Nintendo Switch 2 has been non-stop since day one, and it's only increasing as the publisher has revealed more upcoming releases this fall. During the September Nintendo Direct, it was revealed that Monster Hunter Wilds and the Resident Evil 2, 3, and 4 remakes will be coming to Nintendo Switch 2. The Monster Hunter series had enjoyed a period of exclusivity on Nintendo platforms before, while 2021's Monster Hunter Rise had been developed originally as a Nintendo Switch excl...

9. The Duskbloods Was A No-Show At The September Nintendo Direct And Now I’m Worried

The Duskbloods, From Software's new game and one of the Switch 2's biggest exclusives, was missing-in-action during the September Nintendo Direct. That normally wouldn't be too shocking, except for the fact The Duskbloods is still slated to release this year. With less than four months to go until the end of the year, the window for The Duskbloods is closing. One might have assumed the next game from the creators of Elden Ring would receive a release date as part of the presentation, as well as ...

10. PlayStation Plus Extra/Premium Games For September 2026 Include WWE 2K26 And More

Sony has confirmed which games are coming to the PlayStation Plus games catalog for September 2026 for Extra and Premium subscribers. This month, subscribers can look for ward to WWE 2K26, Ball x Pit, RuneScape: Dragonwilds, and Date Everything. Slitterhead, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, Dungeons of Hinterberg, and Sniper Elite: Resistance are also on the way for Extra subscribers. PlayStation Plus Premium members, meanwhile, are getting Mega Man X Command Mission and Metro Redux. You can see the ful...

11. Call of Duty introduces a gun skin that you can only see on an Xbox console

Behold the Xbox gun.

12. ASUS ROG gaming laptops show a computer is more than its components

The ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 18 feeds potent components with ample power into a brilliant display for a next-level gaming experience on the go.

13. How to throw a LAN party in 2026

FOV 90: What are your best LAN party memories?

14. 'What if you could own a space station?' asks No Man's Sky's Sean Murray, as he lets you own a space station

The Cosmos update is live now, and free for all players.

15. Microsoft's AI vulnerability detection results in record-breaking Patch Tuesday, addressing 974 security flaws

Both source and solution?

Robotics

1. AGIBOT to explain how to scale humanoids from the lab to the real world at RoboBusiness

AGIBOT plans to give attendees actionable insights on identifying high-value robotics use cases and building sustainable developer ecosystems. The post AGIBOT to explain how to scale humanoids from the lab to the real world at RoboBusiness appeared first on The Robot Report.

2. Vention opens Physical AI Lab for manufacturing in Montreal

Vention's new Physical AI Lab will focus on advancing robotic manipulation from research to scalable production-line deployment. The post Vention opens Physical AI Lab for manufacturing in Montreal appeared first on The Robot Report.

3. Boston Dynamics veteran launches Dynamic Creatures to bring characters to life with robotics

Dynamic Creatures plants to create its own line of characters, and to re-create characters for specific brands and environments. The post Boston Dynamics veteran launches Dynamic Creatures to bring characters to life with robotics appeared first on The Robot Report.

4. AI can’t outrun a humanoid’s hardware

The remarkable progress in AI has brought robotics closer to machines capable of determining what they should do. The next major advance may depend on whether their physical systems can execute those decisions efficiently, precisely and safely. The post AI can’t outrun a humanoid’s hardware appeared first on The Robot Report.

5. Why vision AI is the safety backbone of the automated job site

Vision AI doesn't replace robots or human judgement; it provides the continuous perception that allows both to operate safely together. The post Why vision AI is the safety backbone of the automated job site appeared first on The Robot Report.

Tech General

1. The hinge for Apple’s new foldable phone was built with AI

Apple says it used AI and 3D printing in the manufacturing process for its long-awaited foldable phone.

2. Apple Watch’s new feature listens to your chats and recaps them

The Siri Recap feature is similar to other note-taking apps like Granola.

3. Harvey hits $15.5B valuation, months after reaching $11B

The legal AI startup and VC darling has nearly doubled its valuation in nine months.

4. Apple’s revamped Health app will calculate your ‘health age’ and readiness score

The update uses Apple Intelligence to make better sense of your health data.

5. Apple unveils Watch Series 12 and Watch Ultra 4 with an AI upgrade that can recap your day

Most notably, Apple is taking aim at the growing wave of AI wearables with new "Audio Intelligence" features that let you rewind moments and remember details from daily conversations.

6. Apple has a new way prove your iPhone photos aren’t AI slop

Apple introduced Apple Reference Image to help users determine whether photos have been edited, including alterations made by AI.

7. Apple shows off AirPods 5 with improved active noise cancellation

The AirPods 5 support better noise cancellation, Siri AI, and offer volume controls on the stem.

8. Apple unveils its first foldable, the iPhone Duo

Apple today introduced its first foldable device, named the iPhone Duo, at its “Surprise and Shine” iPhone event held in Cupertino. The phone is the first marquee device launched under the company’s new CEO, John Ternus. Unlike early iterations of foldables, which looked like vertical slabs, Apple adopted a wider form factor that could aid […]

9. Apple CEO John Ternus says the best AI device is still the iPhone

The company also argued that its on-device models offer consumers more privacy.

10. Apple launches iPhone 18 Pro with upgraded camera

Apple's new iPhone 18 Pro lineup upgrades the camera and comes in burgundy.

11. Apple’s new iPhone camera mode promises to prove your photo isn’t AI

Apple is launching a new way to prove that the picture you took isn't manipulated by AI. A new feature, called "Reference Image," will arrive with the iPhone 18 Pro lineup later this month and is supposed to use the device's new camera sensor to "sign every pixel it sees." The iPhone 18 Pro and […]

12. iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max: our first hands-on impressions

We've just gotten our hands on the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max at Apple Park following the company's "Surprise and shine" presentation. The new phones look quite similar to the previous iPhone 17 Pro lineup, keeping the same general design, aluminum body, and screen sizes. The 18 Pro lineup comes in four colors: black, […]

13. Hands-on with the new Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4

After Apple wrapped up its "Surprise and shine" event today, we were able to get a look at the new Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4. Both of the new watches launch September 18th, with preorders available starting today. The Apple Watch Series 12 once again starts at $399 for the aluminum case option […]

14. Here’s how the new iPhone 18 Pro stacks up to the last-gen models

Apple's release cadence for the latest iPhones is unusual. It'll start with the 18 Pro models, then with the foldable iPhone Duo releasing in October for $1,999. It hasn't confirmed when its base iPhone 18 model will launch. So, this post is focused just on the new the 18 Pro and the 18 Pro Max. […]

15. Hands-on with the foldable iPhone Duo

The first foldable iPhone is finally here, and following its announcement, we got the chance to try the phone for ourselves. We've long been told that Apple would make a foldable iPhone once the tech was good enough - has it been worth the wait? It definitely feels like something different. The inner screen has […]

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