GOAI Monthly Conference Monitor — Current and Upcoming Agenda
GOAI Monthly Conference Monitor — Current and Upcoming Agenda Go to Source AI conferences are now key geopolitical "control surfaces" influencing compute disclosure.
RAG vs. Fine-Tuning vs. Retraining: Choosing the Right AI Customization Strategy
RAG vs. Fine-Tuning vs. Retraining: Choosing the Right AI Customization Strategy Go to Source Most enterprise AI conversations start with the wrong question. Teams ask which technique is more advanced rather than which one fits the...
Building an AI Operations Engine for Large Engineering Organizations
Building an AI Operations Engine for Large Engineering Organizations Go to Source In hyper-scale technology ecosystems, cross-functional engineering organizations often outpace their own infrastructure for tracking operational...
What If You Had an AI That Could Legally Act on Your Behalf?
What If You Had an AI That Could Legally Act on Your Behalf? Go to Source Imagine waking up to find that the boring half of your digital life is already handled. The refund you've been meaning to chase? Filed. The three insurance...
Most AI Agents Fail Because They Are Built Like Chatbots
Most AI Agents Fail Because They Are Built Like Chatbots Go to Source Building AI agents as conversational chatbots with tools works for a demo, but shatters in production when a process spans multiple sessions. Relying on chat logs...
Our interest in AI slop is hitting a ceiling
The web is increasingly submerged in AI slop, the cheap, disposable material created with generative AI tools. But while would-be digital opportunists are tipping trashy content onto platforms by the bucketload, early signs suggest audiences are not buying much of it....
Secure Unix ancestor KSOS did type safety before Rust made it cool
For the first time, the source code of KSOS, backed by the US Department of Defense in the late 1970s and 1980s, is available to the public in the archives of The Unix Heritage Society (TUHS). TUHS volunteers preserve the historical source code and documentation of...
We built a billion-dollar company with no network, no VC, and no road map. Here’s what actually worked
Whatever my brother and I built, we built on a foundation generations of Americans had laid long before we arrived. When people hear that we built a company that eventually went public on Nasdaq and surpassed a billion dollars in value, they often focus on the...
New Java-Based QuimaRAT MaaS Built to Run on Windows, Linux, and macOS
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a novel Java-based remote access trojan (RAT) called QuimaRAT that's capable of targeting Windows, Linux, and macOS environments. According to LevelBlue, the cross-platform malware is advertised under a malware-as-a-service...
Smart glasses maker Even Realities hits $1B valuation with $150M funding led by Meituan, Tencent
Even Realities, an ex-Apple team building camera-free smart glasses, raised $150M from Meituan and Tencent at a $1B valuation.
New TrojPix Attack Leaks Data From Air-Gapped Systems via Video Cable Emissions
Researchers at Shandong University have shown a fast new way to pull data off computers that are cut off from every network. The technique, called TrojPix, tweaks on-screen pixels in ways the eye cannot see, so that the video cable carrying them radiates a faint radio...
Insert token to continue, says AI. Yeah, about that…
OPINION It is too early to call peak 2026, but if we allow midterms, it's hard to beat Caveman. Caveman is a Claude Code skill that strips away non-essential linguistic components of the AI's output, making it communicate in a parody of a coding Neanderthal. Yes, this...
Want to be a better leader? Start by listening
According to the CEO of Synchrony Financial, great leadership comes from listening to your team, learning quickly from mistakes, and moving forward without fearing failure.
Leaders need to communicate clearly. Here are 3 core principles that will help you do that
One of the most frustrating things I hear from leaders is, “We had a great strategy, but just couldn’t execute it.” Clearly, if it was a great strategy, you would be able to execute it. If you couldn’t, you made bad assumptions about your capabilities, the...
The power of saying “I don’t know”
You won’t always have the answer—and that’s okay. Jamie Wood discusses why honesty, humility, and trust in your team are essential leadership strengths.
Apple’s foldable iPhone may be in short supply after it launches
Many people who want Apple's rumored folding iPhone 'Ultra' may not be able to get it at first
When AI Costs More Than the Engineer
Article URL: https://tomtunguz.com/ai-spend-breakeven-2029/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48801493 Points: 8 # Comments: 0
Generate parametric, manufacturable 3D models in seconds
Article URL: https://kyrall.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48801488 Points: 3 # Comments: 1
He Comes to Bury Segmented Memory, Not to Praise It
[BillPg] has been designing a fantasy 1980s-era home computer. As part of the exercise, he’s reevaluating all the assumptions that have grown organically over time in the small computer landscape. Hindsight is, so they say, 20/20, but sometimes hindsight can also be...
Opera GX Flaw Let Malicious Sites Auto-Install Mods to Steal Data From Visited Pages
Researchers found a flaw in Opera GX, the gaming-focused version of the Opera browser, that let a malicious website silently install a browser add-on and use it to lift specific data from the pages a victim visits. In a proof of concept, they reconstructed a signed-in...
Apprentice developer defied orders – then got a job supporting her weird code
WHO, ME? Welcome to another installment of "Who, Me?" – The Register's Monday column that celebrates mistakes readers make at work and reveals their escape routes. This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Kara" who told us that in 1999 she scored an apprenticeship...
Japan’s asteroid sample retriever rapidly buzzes remote space rock
Japan’s Hayabusa2 craft has just buzzed an asteroid, successfully completing the first objective of its extended mission. Hayabusa2 launched in 2014, and four years later arrived at Asteroid Ryugu. In 2019 the craft sent a pair of landers onto Ryugu’s surface and...
Zombie ‘who owns Unix?’ lawsuit comes alive again
The ancient dispute over ownership of UNIX, and perhaps Linux too, has returned to court. Again. As The Register has explained many, many, times since this matter first went to court in 2003, the roots of the case are the 1998 alliance between IBM and a company called...
SkillCloak Lets Malicious AI Agent Skills Evade Static Scanners with Self-Extracting Packing
Scanners meant to catch malicious add-on "skills" for AI coding agents can be fooled by a few simple changes that leave the malware working, according to a new study from researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Their strongest trick slipped...
This humanoid robotics company is going public, but its CEO isn’t promising a robot in your home anytime soon
While other humanoid startups chase sky-high valuations, Agility Robotics is betting its future on execution — and a SPAC.
Why AI is burning women out
Women spend twice as many hours per week as men on childcare and household work combined, and it starts before the alarm stops buzzing. A typical morning for me looks like waking the kids, discovering my son’s Spirit Week shirt still in the hamper, starting laundry,...
Extract Fumes in Midcentury Style With Nixie Tubes and Military Surplus
Nobody wants to breathe solder fumes; that’s a given. For most of us, an industrial-looking fan-and-filter made in China and picked up cheap feels like more than enough to keep our lungs clear. Other people, people like [George Conneely], have more refined tastes. Why...
EY sacks staff for allegedly accessing Australian Prime Minister’s bank account
ASIA IN BRIEF The Down Under outpost of consultancy EY has fired two staff after they allegedly accessed details about bank accounts held by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Local media report that the pair were employees of the artist formerly known as...
Shrimple – A Simpler, Nicer Markdown
Article URL: https://qount25.dev/Shrimple/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48800026 Points: 3 # Comments: 1
Building relationships with customers through support didn’t turn out as hoped
Article URL: https://www.uncommonapps.nyc/p/castro-podcasts-things-i-got-wrong-support Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48799929 Points: 7 # Comments: 0