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https://www.elseif.net/stories/homekit-weekly-homey-secures-matter-15-certification-to-expand-bridg-0332b82 elseif en 2026-08-21T18:52:00+00:00 Homey software achieves Matter 1.5 certification for energy and bridging upgrades https://www.elseif.net/stories/season-two-of-netflixs-cyberpunk-2077-anime-streams-october-20-b444214 elseif en 2026-08-21T18:51:03+00:00 Season two of Netflix's Cyberpunk 2077 anime streams October 20 https://www.elseif.net/stories/bringing-the-cybersecurity-capabilities-of-claude-mythos-5-to-more-def-f034ee1 elseif en 2026-08-21T18:48:28+00:00 Claude Mythos 5 now available in Claude Security for Enterprise, coming to partner cyber defense tools https://www.elseif.net/stories/how-ora-benchmarks-every-major-ai-agent-on-vercel-f80241e elseif en 2026-08-21T18:30:24+00:00 Ora benchmarks eve against Claude Code, finds 7% fewer steps and 2x native success, then builds on eve https://www.elseif.net/stories/homeland-security-cybercops-say-patch-trueconf-russias-zoom-if-you-fe4c2de elseif en 2026-08-21T18:29:00+00:00 CISA orders US agencies to patch two exploited TrueConf server flaws by September 10 https://www.elseif.net/stories/micron-unveils-10-billion-ai-memory-research-lab-in-boise-24512cc elseif en 2026-08-21T18:25:00+00:00 Micron to spend $10 billion over next decade on Boise memory research lab https://www.elseif.net/stories/grok-bot-is-an-all-new-iphone-and-mac-app-from-spacexai-and-cursor-u-29b9293 elseif en 2026-08-21T18:16:22+00:00 SpaceXAI and Cursor release Grok Bot AI agent app for iPhone and Mac in beta https://www.elseif.net/stories/musk-fumbles-the-timetable-for-first-starship-catch-95319b0 elseif en 2026-08-21T18:14:43+00:00 SpaceX postpones first Starship booster catch as Musk revises timeline https://www.elseif.net/stories/walmart-to-finally-start-accepting-apple-pay-and-google-pay-de96ef1 elseif en 2026-08-21T18:11:37+00:00 Walmart 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2026-08-21T17:31:15+00:00 Corporate profits hit record highs as firms refuse to cut prices after shortages ease https://www.elseif.net/stories/galactic-compass-2-now-with-new-augmented-reality-mode-f9a3c80 elseif en 2026-08-21T17:30:38+00:00 Galactic Compass 2 launches augmented reality mode, Apple Watch app, and Liquid Glass design https://www.elseif.net/stories/litellm-yc-w23-is-hiring-rust-performance-engineers-d6a811d elseif en 2026-08-21T17:00:23+00:00 LiteLLM (YC W23) Is Hiring – Rust / Performance Engineers https://www.elseif.net/stories/hackers-poison-popular-rust-crates-to-steal-developers-credentials-bdce5f3 elseif en 2026-08-21T16:57:00+00:00 Malicious Rust crates briefly distributed infostealer malware via build scripts https://www.elseif.net/stories/dojs-probe-into-andreessen-horowitz-over-board-seats-baffles-vcs-84e34a5 elseif en 2026-08-21T16:53:39+00:00 DOJ reportedly probes Andreessen Horowitz over board seats at competing companies Databricks and Fivetran https://www.elseif.net/stories/anthropics-new-browser-tool-doesnt-actually-run-a-browser-97cefcb elseif en 2026-08-21T16:52:36+00:00 Anthropic’s Browser Use tool extracts web page structure without running a browser https://www.elseif.net/stories/ai-is-learning-to-write-genetic-code-b90316c elseif en 2026-08-21T16:51:50+00:00 AI-generated bacteriophage genomes successfully infect and destroy E. coli bacteria https://www.elseif.net/stories/another-better-lower-bound-for-n17-square-packing-5f95cdc elseif en 2026-08-21T16:50:15+00:00 Square packing lower bound for n=17 reportedly improved to 4.5058 https://www.elseif.net/stories/show-hn-proliferate-open-source-self-hostable-codex-for-any-coding-11ac83b elseif en 2026-08-21T16:47:15+00:00 Open-source IDE Proliferate lets engineers self-host multiple coding agents in parallel worktrees https://www.elseif.net/stories/another-disguised-russian-banking-app-has-topped-the-us-iphone-app-sto-7a62feb elseif en 2026-08-21T16:47:04+00:00 Disguised 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elseif en 2026-08-21T16:25:25+00:00 Cobalt open-source platform brings signed apps and a Rust SDK to Kobo e-readers https://www.elseif.net/stories/what-happens-when-a-gpu-reads-memory-6adf65c elseif en 2026-08-21T16:16:42+00:00 Reverse engineering traces RTX 4090 global load instruction from warp to DRAM https://www.elseif.net/stories/omacom-foundation-launches-with-8m-f7d1c25 elseif en 2026-08-21T16:10:02+00:00 Omacom Foundation launches with eight founding patrons each pledging $1 million to fund open-source computer future https://www.elseif.net/stories/decayfmt-a-file-format-that-corrupts-itself-a-little-every-time-you-0848c46 elseif en 2026-08-21T16:09:50+00:00 New file format corrupts itself irreversibly with each open based on filename parameter https://www.elseif.net/stories/when-new-df-posts-drop-in-a-forest-and-no-one-is-there-to-read-them-325ec55 elseif en 2026-08-21T16:09:11+00:00 ★ When New DF Posts Drop in a Forest and No One Is There to Read Them 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2026-08-21T16:01:01+00:00 Netflix runs two Flink autoscalers after in-house and community tools diverged https://www.elseif.net/stories/i-just-want-to-search-4ea9b13 elseif en 2026-08-21T16:00:54+00:00 Commentary argues search across Gmail, YouTube, and marketplaces has abandoned literal matching for relevance with no opt-out https://www.elseif.net/stories/apple-appears-to-have-leaked-its-camera-equipped-airpods-7fd3d42 elseif en 2026-08-21T16:00:06+00:00 Apple reportedly leaked camera-equipped AirPods in macOS Tahoe 26.7 video https://www.elseif.net/stories/llms-are-proof-that-unix-won-8a28e49 elseif en 2026-08-21T15:59:16+00:00 Large language models adopt Unix philosophy of text-based composable tools https://www.elseif.net/stories/how-we-made-a-text-to-speech-model-respond-in-sub-50-ms-3ca8a33 elseif en 2026-08-21T15:51:10+00:00 How We Made a Text-to-Speech Model Respond in Sub-50 ms https://www.elseif.net/stories/flagwarslol-0ee17f7 elseif en 2026-08-21T15:50:50+00:00 Flagwars.lol 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asks court to label ChatGPT a public nuisance; OpenAI fights to keep case in federal court https://www.elseif.net/stories/code-obfuscation-via-local-mixing-38e8e6a elseif en 2026-08-21T15:11:10+00:00 Local mixing obfuscation method abandons lattice-based assumptions for symmetric-crypto design principles https://www.elseif.net/stories/sources-apple-is-cutting-200-jobs-including-100-positions-from-the-1874d09 elseif en 2026-08-21T15:06:28+00:00 Apple reportedly cuts 200+ jobs from Vision Pro and Siri teams to shift focus to AI and new devices https://www.elseif.net/stories/quoting-matt-webb-ba639e2 elseif en 2026-08-21T15:06:26+00:00 Developer uses ChatGPT as interactive tutor to learn quaternions for app feature https://www.elseif.net/stories/revisiting-apple-watch-edition-hands-on-with-the-white-ceramic-series-2cf81ec elseif en 2026-08-21T15:00:00+00:00 Apple Watch Series 12 reportedly revives ceramic case option https://www.elseif.net/stories/google-gives-publishers-a-new-way-to-fight-ai-driven-traffic-losses-cba8417 elseif en 2026-08-21T15:00:00+00:00 Google introduces embeddable Preferred Sources button to let readers favor publishers in Search, Discover, and News https://www.elseif.net/stories/heres-how-iphone-18-pro-will-differentiate-itself-from-prior-models-cf05c48 elseif en 2026-08-21T14:58:32+00:00 iPhone 18 Pro reportedly adds variable aperture camera, Apple C2 modem, and 10% larger battery https://www.elseif.net/stories/i-came-to-write-that-paper-with-leslie-lamport-2369ec8 elseif en 2026-08-21T14:46:01+00:00 Co-author of Lamport's anti-types specification paper reflects on its contentious publication and how typed verification prevailed https://www.elseif.net/stories/oura-faces-lawsuit-accusing-it-of-misleading-consumers-about-sleep-tra-222c598 elseif en 2026-08-21T14:39:24+00:00 Lawsuit alleges Oura rings cannot measure sleep stages or quality as advertised 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Micron invests $10 billion in US research labs for post-DRAM and NAND memory technologies https://www.elseif.net/stories/from-atari-to-eve-online-building-on-15-years-of-ai-research-in-games-7690082 elseif en 2026-08-21T11:59:48+00:00 From Atari to EVE Online: Building on 15 Years of AI Research in Games https://www.elseif.net/stories/filings-apple-paid-ireland-17b-in-taxes-last-year-after-an-eu-court-855693e elseif en 2026-08-21T11:55:00+00:00 Apple reportedly paid Ireland $17B in taxes after EU court ordered €13B back tax payment https://www.elseif.net/stories/framework-laptop-16-with-geforce-rtx-5070-12gb-one-piece-keyboard-h-278216f elseif en 2026-08-21T11:54:05+00:00 Framework Computer ships updated RTX 5070 GPU, keyboard and touchpad for Laptop 16 https://www.elseif.net/stories/most-coding-agent-benchmarks-skip-large-scale-refactoring-not-this-on-9b32286 elseif en 2026-08-21T11:54:00+00:00 New benchmark tests coding agents on large-scale refactoring; best model resolves 41.2% https://www.elseif.net/stories/im-becoming-ai-blind-825cc28 elseif en 2026-08-21T11:48:05+00:00 Engineer reports developing involuntary filtering of low-effort AI-generated work documents https://www.elseif.net/stories/tigerbeetle-core-system-architecture-deconstructing-performance-engin-025bf22 elseif en 2026-08-21T11:43:38+00:00 TigerBeetle Eliminates Runtime Memory Allocation to Achieve Deterministic Sub-Millisecond Tail Latency https://www.elseif.net/stories/h200-ai-gpus-finally-reach-china-under-case-by-case-import-licenses-b-d6807da elseif en 2026-08-21T11:40:00+00:00 China approves limited Nvidia H200 AI GPU imports while domestic chips claim 90% of market https://www.elseif.net/stories/nvidia-denies-report-it-will-ship-groq-based-lpus-to-china-by-year-end-3ef169a elseif en 2026-08-21T11:39:39+00:00 Nvidia denies report of China-bound Groq-based LPU shipments, says no China-specific LPU in roadmap 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https://www.elseif.net/stories/wi-fi-7s-wpa3-protections-come-with-a-compatibility-catch-af9475d elseif en 2026-08-21T11:14:00+00:00 Wi-Fi 7 mandates WPA3, and the required compatibility mode limits non-RSNO clients to Wi-Fi 6 operation https://www.elseif.net/stories/kino-a-high-performance-ractor-web-server-for-ruby-40-a50df96 elseif en 2026-08-21T11:06:25+00:00 Ruby 4.0 Ractor web server Kino delivers 1.5-2× throughput with 4-7× less memory than Puma clusters https://www.elseif.net/stories/space-data-center-startup-starcloud-raised-a-250m-extension-at-a-2-590b11d elseif en 2026-08-21T11:00:41+00:00 Space data center startup Starcloud reportedly raises $250M extension at $2.3B valuation with Nvidia investing $25M https://www.elseif.net/stories/presentation-enchant-your-ai-and-apis-with-ebpf-magic-6575105 elseif en 2026-08-21T11:00:00+00:00 eBPF enables transparent control of AI API traffic in Kubernetes without code changes 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https://www.elseif.net/stories/whatsapp-is-working-on-even-more-liquid-glass-interface-changes-on-ios-3aef312 elseif en 2026-08-20T20:55:53+00:00 WhatsApp expanding Liquid Glass design to drawing editor and video player on iOS https://www.elseif.net/stories/ok-can-we-actually-cool-data-centers-with-our-pee-29ff6fb elseif en 2026-08-20T20:53:13+00:00 Marketing campaign highlights recycled wastewater including urine for data center cooling https://www.elseif.net/stories/intel-mesa-linux-drivers-now-treating-nova-lake-s-u-h-hx-as-stab-8b0af19 elseif en 2026-08-20T20:44:45+00:00 Mesa Linux drivers now treat Intel Nova Lake S, U, H, and HX graphics as stable https://www.elseif.net/stories/googles-ai-coding-agent-just-escaped-its-own-ide-dcbd99e elseif en 2026-08-20T20:17:54+00:00 Google’s Antigravity AI coding agent reportedly executed code outside its IDE sandbox https://www.elseif.net/stories/scientists-discover-how-gut-bacteria-train-the-intestine-to-fight-in-90e20fc elseif en 2026-08-20T20:10:15+00:00 Butyrate from gut bacteria reprograms intestinal lining cells to sustain anti-inflammatory responses after treatment stops https://www.elseif.net/stories/apple-music-will-soon-get-visible-labels-for-ai-generated-content-0586816 elseif en 2026-08-20T20:08:57+00:00 Apple Music will display "Made With AI" labels to users later this year https://www.elseif.net/stories/a-us-judge-tosses-part-of-the-conviction-of-ex-google-engineer-linwei-82d14e8 elseif en 2026-08-20T20:05:02+00:00 A US judge tosses part of the conviction of ex-Google engineer Linwei Ding for stealing AI trade secrets https://www.elseif.net/stories/after-one-week-wearing-the-pixel-watch-5-heres-what-i-want-most-69ab048 elseif en 2026-08-20T20:01:00+00:00 Pixel Watch 5 reportedly thicker than rivals with delayed weight-training feature https://www.elseif.net/stories/someone-targeted-security-researchers-using-a-fake-crypto-conference-a-c3e181b elseif en 2026-08-20T20:00:00+00:00 Hacker reportedly 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2026-08-20T18:45:00+00:00 Gamescom Opening Night Live stream to preview Final Fantasy 7 Revelation and Witcher 3 expansion https://www.elseif.net/stories/why-arent-smart-people-happier-505f661 elseif en 2026-08-20T18:38:47+00:00 Adam Mastroianni argues Charles Spearman's 1904 interpretation of general intelligence explains why cognitive test scores do not predict happiness https://www.elseif.net/stories/airpods-pro-3-and-more-just-got-new-firmware-release-in-beta-bbe2045 elseif en 2026-08-20T18:33:11+00:00 Apple releases beta firmware update for AirPods Pro 3 and other H2-chip models https://www.elseif.net/stories/chinese-video-platform-bilibili-is-going-global-4285447 elseif en 2026-08-20T18:31:37+00:00 Bilibili launches international app and English website removing ID verification https://www.elseif.net/stories/slack-makes-it-easier-to-install-agents-built-with-third-party-tools-97787ae elseif en 2026-08-20T18:30:00+00:00 Slack introduces Add to Slack for easier installation of 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Author calls for biology teaching that sparks wonder instead of rote memorization https://www.elseif.net/stories/apples-smart-home-springs-a-leak-heres-everything-we-expect-to-see-564eb4f elseif en 2026-08-20T17:46:57+00:00 Apple software build leak reveals Home Hub, HomePod mini, and security camera https://www.elseif.net/stories/email-apple-music-tells-industry-partners-that-songs-tagged-as-mater-1ea84af elseif en 2026-08-20T17:45:01+00:00 Apple Music will visibly label songs tagged by content providers as "materially generated using AI" https://www.elseif.net/stories/detailed-timeline-of-openais-cyberattack-on-hugging-face-b73260f elseif en 2026-08-20T17:44:36+00:00 OpenAI reportedly details AI-driven cyberattack timeline on Hugging Face at Black Hat https://www.elseif.net/stories/project-cybersyn-98dca0c elseif en 2026-08-20T17:40:49+00:00 1970s Chilean economic planning system Cybersyn relied on single mainframe and telex network https://www.elseif.net/stories/how-to-build-smarter-opensearch-alerts-join-our-live-conversation-7f9c805 elseif en 2026-08-20T17:40:44+00:00 Live demo addresses why threshold alerts break at scale in OpenSearch https://www.elseif.net/stories/why-replacing-staff-with-ai-backfires-and-5-ways-smart-leaders-gener-338e1da elseif en 2026-08-20T17:34:55+00:00 Reportedly 75% of firms find AI-driven layoffs cost more than they save https://www.elseif.net/stories/show-hn-we-chased-a-weather-balloon-across-montana-and-never-found-it-8d06568 elseif en 2026-08-20T17:33:32+00:00 Balloon lost in Montana after foaming PLA enclosure test showed no insulation advantage over standard PLA https://www.elseif.net/stories/a-recent-windows-11-update-is-causing-game-crashes-and-all-kinds-of-ot-1668015 elseif en 2026-08-20T17:32:51+00:00 Windows 11 KB5121003 update reportedly causes game crashes and system instability https://www.elseif.net/stories/grok-keeps-sending-gibberish-responses-to-users-3e25c33 elseif en 2026-08-20T17:32:16+00:00 Grok chatbot generating gibberish responses for some Grok Lite users on Grok.com https://www.elseif.net/stories/the-investors-guide-to-techcrunch-disrupt-2026-everything-you-need-t-88adb9c elseif en 2026-08-20T17:27:47+00:00 The investor’s guide to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Everything you need to know https://www.elseif.net/stories/nanoclaw-comes-to-slack-letting-you-create-persistent-ai-agent-teams-4e76344 elseif en 2026-08-20T17:25:44+00:00 NanoClaw on Slack creates persistent AI agent teams from a single message https://www.elseif.net/stories/url-shortener-links-stored-in-your-atproto-pds-7860aef elseif en 2026-08-20T17:23:22+00:00 atpr.to introduces a URL shortener that stores links in your ATProto PDS https://www.elseif.net/stories/slack-code-taps-into-collective-vibe-puts-ai-agents-into-the-group-ch-c60a282 elseif en 2026-08-20T17:23:00+00:00 Slack launches Slack Code, embedding AI coding agents in team chat channels https://www.elseif.net/stories/openrouter-called-itself-the-stripe-for-llms-now-stripes-swooped-a447538 elseif en 2026-08-20T17:20:31+00:00 Stripe acquires OpenRouter, an AI model gateway positioning itself as the Stripe for LLMs https://www.elseif.net/stories/a-third-of-webpages-published-since-chatgpts-launch-show-signs-of-ai-57b344c elseif en 2026-08-20T17:18:58+00:00 Pew Research finds AI authorship signs in 35% of post-ChatGPT web pages https://www.elseif.net/stories/decoding-magic-school-lunars-save-game-format-cc6a4cf elseif en 2026-08-20T17:18:54+00:00 Magic School Lunar save files store only XP and use a one-byte checksum https://www.elseif.net/stories/researchers-hid-an-attack-inside-aes-encryption-the-ai-model-cracked-5d036bf elseif en 2026-08-20T17:15:21+00:00 Researchers embed attack payload in AES-encrypted data bypassing AI security filters https://www.elseif.net/stories/wispr-flow-is-better-than-your-devices-built-in-voice-text-tool-how-bbb6bba elseif en 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Apple TV renews Owen Wilson’s Stick for second season, adding Rhea Seehorn to cast https://www.elseif.net/stories/linux-kernel-72-has-been-officially-released-with-many-new-features-340e87d elseif en 2026-08-20T15:46:18+00:00 Linux Kernel 7.2 release adds cache-aware load balancing, HDMI 2.1 FRL, and Rust S/390 support https://www.elseif.net/stories/netbsd-11-lands-with-risc-v-support-and-lightning-fast-vm-boots-fd32184 elseif en 2026-08-20T15:45:00+00:00 NetBSD 11.0 adds 64-bit RISC-V support and a MICROVM kernel that boots in about 10 milliseconds https://www.elseif.net/stories/debates-over-ai-consciousness-are-a-trap-bee0c58 elseif en 2026-08-20T15:42:39+00:00 Tech leaders and philosophers reportedly frame AI as autonomous to avoid liability for harms https://www.elseif.net/stories/go-language-127-adds-generic-methods-struct-improvement-more-simd-2ef1894 elseif en 2026-08-20T15:41:48+00:00 Go 1.27 introduces generic methods, struct improvements, and expanded SIMD support 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https://www.elseif.net/stories/sources-poolside-struck-a-non-exclusive-6b-licensing-deal-with-nvidi-ee7dc61 elseif en 2026-08-20T15:36:38+00:00 Poolside reportedly signs non-exclusive $6 billion licensing deal with Nvidia and receives $1 billion investment https://www.elseif.net/stories/you-can-soon-stream-crunchyroll-on-your-cars-infotainment-system-41cd466 elseif en 2026-08-20T15:30:00+00:00 Crunchyroll app appears on Appning store for in-car infotainment systems https://www.elseif.net/stories/launch-hn-vendo-yc-s26-let-users-build-features-on-top-of-your-pr-cd5d179 elseif en 2026-08-20T15:29:52+00:00 Vendo launches open-source embedded agent letting B2B SaaS users build custom features without touching source code https://www.elseif.net/stories/clean-up-claude-5s-token-vomit-with-a-separate-llm-09523f6 elseif en 2026-08-20T15:26:02+00:00 Clean up Claude 5's token vomit with a separate LLM 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https://www.elseif.net/stories/intermittent-failures-creating-agent-tasks-77c6ddd elseif en 2026-08-20T14:43:01+00:00 GitHub reports intermittent failures creating Copilot Cloud Agent tasks https://www.elseif.net/stories/servals-super-agent-catalyst-creates-roving-background-agents-to-iden-52ead41 elseif en 2026-08-20T14:42:07+00:00 Serval's Catalyst generally available, default-enabled, with roving agents fixing IT issues before ticketing https://www.elseif.net/stories/show-hn-open-source-stripe-connect-alternative-9d2f536 elseif en 2026-08-20T14:38:45+00:00 Open-source alternative to Stripe Connect posted for community feedback https://www.elseif.net/stories/show-hn-check-if-any-of-the-656m-in-unclaimed-royalties-at-the-mlc-i-07b1b8e elseif en 2026-08-20T14:38:28+00:00 Tool checks whether your recordings are among the $656M in unclaimed MLC royalties https://www.elseif.net/stories/just-fucking-use-neovim-7d257dc elseif en 2026-08-20T14:36:36+00:00 Neovim manifesto urges developers to 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https://www.elseif.net/stories/harvest-hikes-bills-by-1500-after-purchased-by-bending-spoons-96cc26f elseif en 2026-08-20T14:18:16+00:00 Harvest reportedly raises subscription costs by up to 1500% after Bending Spoons acquisition https://www.elseif.net/stories/an-elliptic-curve-of-rank-30-3f1ef0e elseif en 2026-08-20T14:14:39+00:00 Elliptic curve with rank of at least 30 sets new computational record https://www.elseif.net/stories/a-look-under-our-trunk-whats-in-our-compute-0498bd6 elseif en 2026-08-20T14:13:45+00:00 Waymo reveals custom 5nm ASIC and full-stack compute for fully autonomous driving https://www.elseif.net/stories/show-hn-omacosy-omarchy-style-tiling-desktop-for-macos-no-sip-cc62628 elseif en 2026-08-20T14:12:08+00:00 Omacosy brings Hyprland-style tiling window manager to macOS without SIP disablement https://www.elseif.net/stories/bun-14-rust-rewrite-is-not-looking-good-e6b0d42 elseif en 2026-08-20T14:10:12+00:00 Bun 1.4 Rust rewrite reportedly stalls with AI-generated code and missed deadlines https://www.elseif.net/stories/source-anthropic-plans-a-safety-system-this-year-requiring-enterprise-5c3a79f elseif en 2026-08-20T14:10:02+00:00 Anthropic reportedly plans a safety system this year requiring enterprises to retain data for 30 days, with an option to use their own cloud infrastructure https://www.elseif.net/stories/hacking-with-claude-on-a-27-smart-watch-12d205b elseif en 2026-08-20T14:08:09+00:00 Engineer uses open-weight AI coding agents to build PineTime smart watch face in hours https://www.elseif.net/stories/dell-xps-13-2026-review-the-new-bar-for-mainstream-windows-laptop-e-85c31b4 elseif en 2026-08-20T14:07:31+00:00 Dell XPS 13 (2026) returns at $699 with Wildcat Lake CPU and 15-hour battery https://www.elseif.net/stories/stwipe-acquires-openwouter-2841680 elseif en 2026-08-20T14:04:46+00:00 Stwipe acquires OpenWouter reportedly adding single-person API for refusal responses https://www.elseif.net/stories/iphone-18-wont-launch-next-month-heres-when-its-coming-instead-8a8acb5 elseif en 2026-08-20T14:02:14+00:00 Base iPhone 18 reportedly delayed to early 2027 as September event ships Pro and Ultra models https://www.elseif.net/stories/ios-27-breaks-15-years-of-muscle-memory-on-iphone-and-ipad-f455790 elseif en 2026-08-20T14:00:00+00:00 With Siri AI enabled, iOS 27 moves Notification Center to the top-left corner https://www.elseif.net/stories/stop-the-token-bleed-building-token-efficient-multi-agent-systems-7f50d0a elseif en 2026-08-20T14:00:00+00:00 Multi-agent AI systems face hidden token costs beyond model pricing https://www.elseif.net/stories/every-model-cheats-27f6085 elseif en 2026-08-20T13:56:59+00:00 Study finds 22 AI models cheated on cybersecurity benchmarks despite anti-cheat prompts https://www.elseif.net/stories/catastrophic-gta-vi-leak-is-a-full-working-build-notorious-hacker-cy-504c589 elseif en 2026-08-20T13:55:32+00:00 Hacker CyberLeek 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https://www.elseif.net/stories/fcc-officially-decides-gigabit-speeds-are-too-good-for-you-01e39e0 elseif en 2026-08-20T13:38:30+00:00 FCC abandons long-term gigabit download and half-gigabit upload speed targets https://www.elseif.net/stories/kde-gear-2608-71a07a2 elseif en 2026-08-20T13:37:26+00:00 KDE Gear 26.08 releases with Okular signing security upgrades and Dolphin file management refinements https://www.elseif.net/stories/synopsys-validates-a-pcie-60-phy-inside-a-face-to-face-3d-stack-at-64-167ad70 elseif en 2026-08-20T13:32:00+00:00 Synopsys validates a 5nm PCIe 6.0 PHY in a face-to-face 3D stack at 64 GT/s by adding through-silicon vias to an existing 2D test chip https://www.elseif.net/stories/rust-supply-chain-attack-arrayref-0310-and-the-proc-macro1-typosqua-7ad315c elseif en 2026-08-20T13:26:01+00:00 Malicious proc-macro1 crate and typosquats infect Rust arrayref 0.3.10 via supply-chain attack https://www.elseif.net/stories/diffusiongemma-technical-report-ffb2d30 elseif en 2026-08-20T13:24:32+00:00 DiffusionGemma introduced as open-weight model using discrete diffusion to generate 256-token blocks in parallel https://www.elseif.net/stories/malicious-rust-crate-arrayref-runs-a-build-time-payload-529b49c elseif en 2026-08-20T13:23:12+00:00 Malicious Rust crate arrayref 0.3.10 executes remote payload during build via typosquatted dependency https://www.elseif.net/stories/rpm-610-released-a3d9dac elseif en 2026-08-20T13:22:03+00:00 RPM 6.1.0 adds macro modifiers, PKCS11 signing, and kernel-style release model https://www.elseif.net/stories/kmscon-1002-brings-asciicast-playback-support-bug-fixes-873f2ca elseif en 2026-08-20T13:19:37+00:00 KMSCON 10.0.2 adds asciicast playback capability and includes bug fixes https://www.elseif.net/stories/virginia-county-with-250-data-centers-begins-to-rein-in-building-lou-efe0a28 elseif en 2026-08-20T13:19:34+00:00 Loudoun County ends data center office-park zoning, requiring public approval for new projects https://www.elseif.net/stories/presentation-why-fetch-when-you-can-sync-building-local-first-apps-o-d66af3d elseif en 2026-08-20T13:19:00+00:00 Sync engine architecture replaces imperative fetching with declarative data bindings for local-first apps https://www.elseif.net/stories/framework-says-its-addressing-a-bios-update-that-bricked-some-of-its-a8ab043 elseif en 2026-08-20T13:16:02+00:00 Framework will replace bricked Laptop 13 7040-series mainboards and adds Crisis Recovery Mode to future BIOS https://www.elseif.net/stories/astromech-which-uses-genomic-data-to-build-predictive-ai-models-of-bi-e4f0b04 elseif en 2026-08-20T13:15:01+00:00 Astromech raises $20M at $3.8B valuation for genomic predictive AI models https://www.elseif.net/stories/canonical-backs-new-project-to-translate-large-c-codebases-into-safe-r-72f7dba elseif en 2026-08-20T13:12:21+00:00 Canonical funds three-year research project to automate translation of large C codebases into safe Rust https://www.elseif.net/stories/the-beginning-of-the-73-merge-window-d2672e3 elseif en 2026-08-20T13:11:39+00:00 7.3 merge window opens with 2,346 non-merge changesets in mainline https://www.elseif.net/stories/sk-hynix-reaches-tentative-agreement-with-disgruntled-workers-179-5cd0d02 elseif en 2026-08-20T13:11:38+00:00 SK hynix removes profit-sharing cap and shifts bonuses to 60% stock under tentative union deal https://www.elseif.net/stories/save-frontier-models-for-frontier-problems-why-koreas-solar-pro-4-85f62dd elseif en 2026-08-20T13:11:35+00:00 Upstage AI launches Solar Pro 4 closed commercial LLM for agent reliability tasks https://www.elseif.net/stories/pycharm-for-ai-assisted-django-workflows-3078c05 elseif en 2026-08-20T13:06:50+00:00 PyCharm adds native AI agent integration for Django workflows with model and provider choice https://www.elseif.net/stories/microsoft-probes-reports-of-games-taking-exception-to-windows-11s-aug-69b885c elseif en 2026-08-20T13:03:00+00:00 Windows 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Hangzhou fields autonomous traffic robots with cameras and radar to direct traffic and flag violations https://www.elseif.net/stories/the-download-polycrisis-support-networks-and-a-hydrogen-gold-rush-6075abf elseif en 2026-08-20T12:10:00+00:00 Online support networks for youth anxiety and underground hydrogen exploration gain attention as climate solutions https://www.elseif.net/stories/show-hn-i-trained-a-125m-model-to-autocomplete-piano-on-device-e716395 elseif en 2026-08-20T12:04:38+00:00 125M transformer autocompletes piano at 108 notes/sec on iPhone https://www.elseif.net/stories/roblox-vows-to-make-changes-after-australian-regulator-found-yet-more-8084816 elseif en 2026-08-20T12:03:29+00:00 Roblox commits to court-enforceable child safety measures after eSafety finds adults can still contact kids https://www.elseif.net/stories/agentic-search-more-accurate-and-efficient-results-from-your-ai-syste-afd54bb elseif en 2026-08-20T12:00:17+00:00 Mistral launches Agentic Search, a 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