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AI & Machine Learning

1. Perplexity trusts GPT-6 Astra with end-to-end systems

Perplexity uses Astra to write communications, change software, and monitor production systems, and checks in much less frequently than with earlier models.

2. Cognition helps Devin test its own work with GPT‑6 Astra

GPT‑6 Astra improves Devin’s ability to test software and show that it works, with the goal of helping engineers review less code and ship more.

Software Development

1. Chip Huyen explains how to cut inference costs without new hardware

Last October, the P99 conference — the online gathering for developers focused on high-performance, low-latency applications — featured a cracking The post Chip Huyen explains how to cut inference costs without new hardware appeared first on The New Stack.

2. “Machine translation is still broken for most of the world’s languages”: Cohere builds non-reasoning for a reason

Enterprise AI company Cohere announced North Small Translate last week, a mixture-of-experts (MOE) open-weight machine translation model that works across The post “Machine translation is still broken for most of the world’s languages”: Cohere builds non-reasoning for a reason appeared first on The New Stack.

3. It passed CI. It passed your evals. The customer still got the wrong answer.

A diff is not evidence. It’s a statement of intent. The tests passed. The review’s done. The change is live. The post It passed CI. It passed your evals. The customer still got the wrong answer. appeared first on The New Stack.

4. Why MCP security is about permissions overhaul

Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) went into production in late 2024. It spread rapidly after that. Since then, thousands of The post Why MCP security is about permissions overhaul appeared first on The New Stack.

5. “Same mission, bigger stage”: OpenAI hires Git AI founders to help Codex prove its ROI

OpenAI has hired the founders of Git AI, an open-source tool that tracks how much code AI writes and measures The post “Same mission, bigger stage”: OpenAI hires Git AI founders to help Codex prove its ROI appeared first on The New Stack.

6. The AI-native SDLC won’t be one process

Anthropic recently published its AI-Native SDLC Playbook. Its central claim is that “code is no longer the bottleneck.” When agents The post The AI-native SDLC won’t be one process appeared first on The New Stack.

7. Jacob Coxon warns AI could kill us all. Anthropic’s own report exposes safety gaps.

I’m Matt Burns, Chief Content Officer at Insight Media Group. Each week, I round up the most important AI developments, The post Jacob Coxon warns AI could kill us all. Anthropic’s own report exposes safety gaps. appeared first on The New Stack.

8. OpenAI’s researchers burned $7,000 a day on AI agents — now it’s opening the floodgates

OpenAI rolled out its Agents API in public beta Thursday, opening the backend behind Codex to developers looking to run The post OpenAI’s researchers burned $7,000 a day on AI agents — now it’s opening the floodgates appeared first on The New Stack.

9. OpenAI’s safety system is already cutting off API responses mid-task

AI companies have spent the last few years competing to build the best models, faster than the other, with each The post OpenAI’s safety system is already cutting off API responses mid-task appeared first on The New Stack.

10. Cohere’s new translation model is open weights — but not for commercial use

This week, Cohere released North Small Translate 1.0 under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license: the weights are there to download, The post Cohere’s new translation model is open weights — but not for commercial use appeared first on The New Stack.

11. Your eval set is probably in your training set — here's how to check in ten minutes

You fine-tune a model, run your benchmark, and the score jumps six points. Before you write that up, there's one question worth ten minutes: how many of those benchmark examples were in the training data? If the answer is "some", part of that six points is a measurement of memory rather than capability — and there is no way to separate the two after the fact. This is train/test contamination. It's one of the most common and least discussed reasons an offline number fails to reproduce in producti...

12. My progress was 0.5% or 7.3%, depending on which denominator the report used

A classification pass over a large corpus prints its progress. Here are two numbers from the same run, in the same line: judged=8/1601 judged_atoms=4569/62613 Eight of sixteen hundred. Four and a half thousand of sixty-two thousand. Both are "how much have we judged", both are correct, and they are not the same question. The first counts files. The second counts items inside files. Eight files is half a percent of the files, and those eight files happened to be dense, so they carry 4,569 items. ...

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14. Linux Mint Keyboard Shortcuts Every Beginner Should Know

When I switched to Linux Mint, I quickly realized something. I was using my mouse... a lot. Coming from Windows, I didn't know which keyboard shortcuts worked, which were different, and which could actually make me faster. So I started learning them one by one. If you're also new to Linux Mint, this guide will save you time. You don't need to memorize all of them today—just learn a few, use them every day, and they'll soon become second nature. Why Learn Keyboard Shortcuts? Think of keyboard sho...

15. Nano Banana 2 Lite, Revisited: MCP 2.0, the New Interactions API, and Three Agent CLIs

This article provides a step by step update guide for a Python MCP server that drives Google Nano Banana 2 Lite (gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image) through the Gemini Interactions API. Two dependency lines moved underneath it since it was first published: the MCP Python SDK went to 2.x, and the Interactions API dropped the schema that google-genai 1.x speaks. The same server is then registered with Claude Code, Codex and Antigravity CLI, and validated end to end against the live API. https://github.co...

Programming Languages

1. 40ms Go GC stop-the-world pauses caused by swap

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2. Data races and the limits of ThreadSanitizer in C and Go

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3. JSON parsing in OxCaml: fast, but not too fast

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4. CUDA Tile (cuTile) first working port in Java

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5. Share ur ideas

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6. TIL: One lock to rule them all

I've been running multiple migrations recently. A common step in all of them is a long cleanup action at the end. I ended up using postgres advisory locks and sqlx. As part of a larger Today I've learned series, I dug a bit deeper using bpftrace to improve my understanding of how the locks actually work. Hope you will find it interesting as well submitted by /u/realflakm [link] [comments]

7. WrongBot — an bot that's confidently wrong 100% of the time (built for National Developers Day)

In honor of the occasion and in the spirit of a week where the AI headlines have ranged from "agents now run autonomously for weeks at a time" to "rogue AI agents plotting a takeover", I built a thing😀😀 Meet **WrongBot** → https://wrongbot.jasperkooij.com WrongBot answers any question with total confidence and zero accuracy. It's a small satirical jab at AI overconfidence, and also a minimal, actually functional example of deploying a remote MCP server on Cloudflare Workers using Durable Objects...

8. How to become good at writing code without having access to any resource?

This is a follow up post to the one I posted recently (and is in the link). I am pretty bad at memorizing code and apparrently that's a requirement in today's interviews. How can I become good at writing code without having access to any resource? Any help is greatly appreciated. submitted by /u/International-Bath-2 [link] [comments]

9. Your Compiler Can Undo Your Security Checks

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Gaming News

1. Diablo 4’s Expansion Days Are Over

Diablo 4 won't receive more expansions moving forward, as Blizzard shifts its focus to the newly revealed Diablo 5 instead. As revealed during BlizzCon 2026's opening ceremony, Diablo 5 is slated to be coming in Spring 2029 and is set 100 years after Diablo 4 in a world where the titular Lord of Terror reigns supreme. In an interview with PC Gamer, Diablo game director Brent Gibson said there were no plans for additional Diablo 4 expansions, as the team is instead "focused on seasons [for Diablo...

2. Diablo 5’s Revealed Classes Are Throwbacks To Diablo 3, With One Exception

Diablo 5 isn't coming until Spring 2029, but Blizzard has already revealed three of the game's playable classes. Two of them will be familiar to Diablo 3 fans: the Monk and Demon Hunter. The third will be an all-new class, the Plague Knight. The Plague Knight sounds similar to Death Knights from Blizzard's other fantasy franchise and are described as "walking death" that spread disease and pestilence wherever they go, then consume it to increase their power. Blizzard revealed plenty of new detai...

3. For The First Time In 6 Years, Blizzard Is Bringing A New Character To Heroes Of The Storm

Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard's MOBA mashup of its various franchises, has largely remained unchanged since its developers moved onto other priorities back in 2022. But as WoW's long-running storylines are moving toward a conclusion that involves Xal'atath, that character is set to be added to HotS, and she arrives quite soon. Blizzard revealed the new addition as part of the BlizzCon Opening Ceremony. Xal'atath will join the Public Test Realm beginning this Monday, September 14, with a full rel...

4. Diablo 4 Season 15 Belial, Mephisto, Diablo, Baal and Moophisto Gameplay

We got to fight Diablo for the first time in Diablo 4, as well as a new Moophisto boss!

5. WoW Forever Will Add All-New Content To Classic Azeroth This November

World of Warcraft Forever is Blizzard's next iteration on WoW Classic, one that will add new content in the form of zones, quests, dungeons, raids, and even a new playable race while keeping the old-school MMORPG's world and gameplay intact. Revealed during BlizzCon 2026's opening ceremony, WoW Forever is Blizzard's attempt to give WoW Classic fans the "forever" game they've wanted for years. However, instead of the MMO progressing to the game's subsequent expansions and their new areas, as Clas...

6. BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony: All The Biggest Announcements And Games

BlizzCon is a big deal if you're a fan of all things Blizzard, and the weekend event kicked off with a traditional opening ceremony full of announcements and reveals for the company's biggest games--and a few surprises! The biggest of these included the announcement that StarCraft will return in 2030, but this time, Blizzard is switching up genres as the sci-fi game goes from real-time strategy to open-world shooter. Diablo 5 was also announced, and World of Warcraft fans were spoiled with sever...

7. Warcraft Getting Its First New RTS Campaign In Two Decades–And It’s Playable Today

A new Warcraft 3 campaign exploring the origins of the Forsaken and the formation of the Undercity will be live later today, Blizzard announced as part of its BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremony announcements. Titled Forsaken Kingdom, the DLC campaign will put a spotlight on the last days of Lordaeron after it fell to Arthas and how it became the home of the Forsaken many players are familiar with in World of Warcraft. The campaign will be available in Warcraft 3: Reforged, Blizzard's once-maligned r...

8. WoW: The Last Titan Cinematic Ups The Stakes, But First, Xal’atath

As is BlizzCon tradition, a new World of Warcraft cinematic premiered during the BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremony, setting the stage for the MMORPG's next expansion, The Last Titan. In a departure for BlizzCon, that glimpse was just about all fans learned about the new expansion, with Blizzard instead looking to put the focus more on the final content patch of the game's current Midnight expansion. That update, titled Eclipse, will consist of a climactic showdown with the franchise's current main ...

9. Hearthstone’s First New Class In 4 Years And A More Story-Driven Journal Are On The Way

New class additions to Hearthstone don't come often, but the next one has been announced during BlizzCon 2026's Opening Ceremony: The Monk is coming to the card game, leaving just the Evoker as the lone class to be left out. The Monk's upcoming addition was one of several major pieces of news for Hearthstone revealed. A new expansion called Reign of the Black Empire that is set 10,000 years in the past will focus on the Black Empire and a struggle between the Old Gods and the Titans. https://www...

10. Diablo 5 Is Coming In 2029, Will Actually Star Diablo

Diablo 5 is coming in Spring 2029, and it will take players to a world where Diablo himself reigns supreme. Announced via a short teaser during the BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremony, Blizzard revealed it's already at work on the next installment of the series. Set 100 years after the defeat of Mephisto in Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred, Diablo 5 will see the Lord of Terror return. However, instead of stopping him from destroying all of Sanctuary, he will actually have already won. Blizzard teased Diablo ...

11. StarCraft is a narrative-driven shooter with 'a definitive ending' and 'not a seasonal game'

The shooter will have a "beginning, middle, and end," according to StarCraft GM Dan Hay.

12. Discussing 20 years of Company of Heroes with the team carrying its torch into the future

"I'm really pleased that we're here, able to support the games, and able to celebrate this 20th anniversary."

13. Fallout dev Tim Cain says the games industry's volatility is 'always gonna be around': 'What's happening now isn't novel, it isn't new'

"Art and technology constantly changing makes the whole industry unstable."

14. YouTuber runs onto the stage at Roblox Developers Conference shouting 'We deserve better,' gets tackled and ejected from show

Mathieo shared the stunt online and explained his reasoning in a video.

15. My favourite soundtrack of 2026 so far is tucked in one of this year's biggest sleeper hits

Australian duo aksfx have created something truly special.

Robotics

1. How autonomous fleets are changing what’s possible in American agriculture

Autonomous tractors can help American agriculture, as exemplified in ASI's collaboration with U.S. Sugar and Everglades Equipment. The post How autonomous fleets are changing what’s possible in American agriculture appeared first on The Robot Report.

2. Ultrasound offers a scalable path to tactile intelligence for physical AI

Ultrasound sensing can provide tactile perception for robotic hands while avoiding wear and tear, says UltraSense. The post Ultrasound offers a scalable path to tactile intelligence for physical AI appeared first on The Robot Report.

3. One brick at a time: How Monumental uses robotics to build walls

CEO Salar al Khafaji introduces podcast listeners to how Monumental is using robotics to build walls. The post One brick at a time: How Monumental uses robotics to build walls appeared first on The Robot Report.

4. Learn how AVs and robotics are laying the groundwork for field deployments at RoboBusiness

ASI CEO Mel Torrie will explore why the intersection of autonomous vehicles and robotics will further revolutionize field deployments. The post Learn how AVs and robotics are laying the groundwork for field deployments at RoboBusiness appeared first on The Robot Report.

5. How to select the right rack and pinion system for high-precision linear motion

GAM explains why robotics designers should consider pinion size when thinking about motion control for high-precision applications. The post How to select the right rack and pinion system for high-precision linear motion appeared first on The Robot Report.

6. Video Friday: Humanoid Robot Takes On Monkey Bars

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.Humanoids Summit Seoul: 22–23 September 2026, SEOULIROS 2026: 27 September–1 October 2026, PITTSBURGHCoRL 2026: 9–12 November 2026, AUSTINEnjoy today’s videos! Traversing sparse 3D structures requires humanoid robots to perceive thin, overhanging geometry ...

Tech General

1. Obama urges Democrats to have a ‘clear plan’ for AI safeguards

Obama recently said that Democrats need to make artificial intelligence one of their “central agendas” and “have a very clear plan” to address concerns around the technology’s economic impact and safety.

2. TechCrunch Mobility: Lyft has entered the robotaxi chat

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation, and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

3. Fusion power startups find new partners in the defense world

Fusion startups are inking defense-related deals, reigniting the relationship between fusion and national security that might have gone dormant, but never completely disappeared.

4. Automattic confirms Mullenweg has returned as CEO after attempted ouster by board

Automattic says Mullenweg is back as "chairman and CEO of Automattic, with full support of the board."

5. OpenAI’s Sam Altman says it would be ‘ill-advised’ to go public in 2026

While OpenAI has filed confidentially for an IPO, the company will not be going public this year, according to CEO Sam Altman.

6. Anthropic CEO outlines plan to slow AI development

Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman seem to agree that it's time to "pace the frontier." What would that actually look like?

7. Tesla says it will finally unveil the second generation Roadster on October 1

Tesla’s halo sports car was first announced in November 2017.

8. Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests

Revolut said it notified affected customers and alerted the relevant government agency, law enforcement, and financial regulators.

9. Mecka AI nears $500M valuation in Sequoia-led deal amid rush for robot training data

The round for the two-year-old startup is coming together months after Mecka announced its Series A.

10. Khosla Ventures is opening a New York office this fall — its first outpost outside Sand Hill Road

"It's actually allegedly being built out now," said Rabois, who has clearly dealt with a missed construction timeline or two.

11. Apple is reportedly working on iPhone game controllers

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says Apple is developing two game controllers for the iPhone and will likely sell them under the Beats brand. Rumors that Apple might enter the game controller business have circulated for some time. But last week, MacRumors reported finding two references in macOS 26.7's code to two game controllers identified as first-party [â€Ķ]

12. The Units’ Digital Stimulation is synthpunk perfection

The Units are a band I discovered in part thanks to No Dogs in Space. During their miniseries on The Screamers (another incredible band worth checking out), they mention synthpunk.org as one of their sources. And there's no better way to get my attention than to combine two of my favorite things - punk rock [â€Ķ]

13. Waymo pulls over, calls cops on riders with a ghost gun

Two people were arrested in San Fransico while riding around in a Waymo robotaxi after the cab pulled over and called the cops on them. The riders were juveniles in possession of a loaded AR-style ghost gun and were taken to a juvenile hall. While the police report did not specify who was operating the [â€Ķ]

14. Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother will make you forget all about Marvel’s Blade disaster

Marvel's mishandling of its Blade reboot will likely go down as one of the studio's biggest mistakes. There was a great actor in place to play the vampire hunter (Mahershala Ali), and a promising director set to take over the reins (Bassam Tariq). In retrospect, though, the disappointing demise of Blade might not be such [â€Ķ]

15. Your car is selling your data

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on cars, data privacy, and autonomous vehicles, follow Andrew J. Hawkins. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission [â€Ķ]

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