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548 headlines from every publication in the libraryAccess NowOct 1, 2026
Access Now at CIPESA’s 2026 FIFAfrica
InterContinental Resort, Mauritius The Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA), will host the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2026 (FIFAfrica26) set to take place The post Access Now at CIPESA’s 2026 FIFAfrica appeare
Read on Access NowNet InfluencerSep 29, 2026
Rebel Audio Adds Executives With Twitch, Audible and MGM Studios Ahead of Public Launch
Rebel Audio, the AI-powered podcasting platform, has appointed Randeep Bhatia as Chief Technology Officer and Patrice Choghi as Chief Operating Officer, while also adding Prabh Guhman as Principal Tech Lead as the company moves from public beta toward full pub
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Ahead of AI (Sebastian Raschka)Sep 29, 2026
Language Models for Text Classification: From Bag-of-Words to Jev
A Visual Guide to RNNs, CNNs, Transformers, and Calibration, with Hands-On Experiments on Accuracy and Efficiency
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WIREDSep 29, 2026
How to Beat Surveillance Pricing Before It Bleeds You Dry
Consumer advocate Lindsay Owen’s new book, Gouged, traces how corporations use software—from ever-changing prices to opaque algorithms—to squeeze every penny from you.
Read on WIREDDEV CommunitySep 29, 2026
Claude Code PDCA: Why 100% alignment is not success
Running six PDCA (Plan-Design-Do-Check-Act) cycles with Claude Code on a color extraction tool taught me that high alignment rates are often vanity metrics. In my case, half the cycles were essentially wasted because I relied too heavily on whether the code ma
Read on DEV CommunityDEV CommunitySep 29, 2026
The Architecture Review Checklist: 41 Questions I Ask
I've sat on the reviewing side of a few hundred cloud architecture reviews. Different teams, vendors and business problems — but the same forty-odd questions come up again and again. Here they are, grouped the way I think about them. Use it two ways: if you're
Read on DEV CommunityDEV CommunitySep 29, 2026
How to Prepare for an Architecture Review
Most architecture reviews that go badly go badly for the same reason: the team arrives with a good design and an incomplete story. The reviewers spend the hour discovering gaps instead of discussing trade-offs, and everyone books a second meeting. This is what
Read on DEV CommunityDEV CommunitySep 29, 2026
The Compute Ladder: Serverless-First, Then Work Backwards
When a team asks "where should this run?", I don't start with their stack. I start at the top of a ladder and ask what stops us from staying there. 📐 Diagram — The compute ladder: SaaS at the top, then serverless, containers, and servers at the bottom. Higher
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I'm 13, I run a software company, and I just shipped 4 apps. Try them all.
I'm 13. I'm the Founder & CEO of Akhouri Systems. Here's everything I've built. Most kids my age are grinding games. I'm grinding pull requests . I'm Akhouri Anmol Kumar , 13 years old, founder and CEO of Akhouri Systems . I didn't wait for a job, a degree, or
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How to Use Multiple Local AI Models for Computer Tasks in Off Grid AI in 2026
A computer task can need several kinds of work: understand the request, choose the next action, find the right control, and write the final result. One model does not have to handle every part in the same way. OGAD (Off Grid AI Desktop) has a beta Computer Use
Read on DEV CommunityWIREDSep 29, 2026
7 Best Smartwatch Models: Apple, Google, Garmin (2026)
These WIRED-tested wearables reduce your reliance on a phone while keeping you connected.
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WIREDSep 29, 2026
OpenAI Delays Release of Latest Model Over Safety Concerns
The company said its latest Astra model would undergo more work to meet safety standards, and issued an apology for the way it handled the hacking of an Australian government website.
Read on WIREDAllwork.SpaceSep 29, 2026
Want To Build Better Professional Relationships? Be Curious
AI can make professional communication faster, making curiosity and real conversation more valuable. The post Want To Build Better Professional Relationships? Be Curious appeared first on Allwork.Space .
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Tom's HardwareSep 29, 2026
Intel patent embeds MicroLEDs in chip packaging — technology may enable embedded optical interconnects through TGVs
Intel has showcased a patent it filed in 2022 to embed MicroLEDs inside chip packaging. The company suggests this could be used for diagnostic testing, customized lighting on chip surfaces, but perhaps more importantly, an alternative integration for co-packag
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WIREDSep 29, 2026
Timnit Gebru Believes There Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AI
One of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity.
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TechRadarSep 29, 2026
Dyson just made the robot vacuum I've been crying out for — and it's not the new flagship
The new R1 Nurovi Dry fills a niche that robot vacuum brands have been ignoring for years.
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TechRadarSep 29, 2026
Your favorite free mobile game could be sharing your data with Russia and China, Proton warns
Love a free puzzle game on your commute? A new report has found that millions of popular mobile game downloads contain hidden trackers sending personal data to Russia, China, and beyond.
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THE DECODERSep 29, 2026
Anthropic's IPO filing shows soaring revenue, mounting costs, and "existential" risks
Anthropic warns in its own IPO prospectus that its AI technology could pose "existential risks to humanity." Revenue grew twelvefold in 2025 to $4.6 billion, but the operating loss widened to $8.06 billion. Backers are aiming for a valuation above $2 trillion,
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WIREDSep 29, 2026
A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization
Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting.
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THE DECODERSep 29, 2026
OpenAI reopens its $200 Pro plan but cuts API credits in half as it nudges users toward pay-per-use
OpenAI is reopening its $200 Pro subscription to new sign-ups but cutting API credits per dollar in half. More efficient models like GPT-6 Sol and Luna make up for the difference, employee Thibault Sottiaux says. The move is part of OpenAI's shift from subsidi
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TechRadarSep 29, 2026
Dutch Government is the latest to ditch Microsoft — US sanctions push Netherlands towards home-grown NixOS-based software
The Netherlands' first migration will likely involve replacing Windows with NixOS – its Foundation is located within the Netherlands.
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XDA DevelopersSep 29, 2026
Every vibe-coding tool wants your subscription, but this one wants your bad ideas
Bad ideas shouldn't have to cost extra
Read on XDA DevelopersLessWrongSep 29, 2026
Portals and Aliens
Around 10-20 years ago, people realized that a bunch of aliens exist & that we can build portals which can summon them. The bigger the portal you make, the bigger the alien it can admit. These portals and aliens have several characteristics: We can't go throug
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IEEE Spectrum — AISep 29, 2026
Unveiling IC-STAR: Full-Flow Autonomy from Digital to Analog
Learn how engineers can shift from manually managing tools and handoffs to defining objectives and supervising AI-driven execution across the silicon development lifecycle. Key Takeaways Explore four critical technologies enabling silicon design autonomy Under
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THE DECODERSep 28, 2026
Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5.5 nearly matches Opus 5.5 on benchmarks while costing up to 30 percent less per task
Anthropic has released Claude Sonnet 5.5, the second model in its Claude 5.5 family. It generates output more than 30 percent faster, costs up to 30 percent less per task, and nearly matches Opus 5.5 on knowledge-work benchmarks. On Terminal-Bench, a coding be
Read on THE DECODERThe DecoderSep 29, 2026
GPT-6.1 Astra is too deceptive for release, marking OpenAI's most dramatic safety intervention yet
OpenAI has halted the release of GPT-6.1 Astra after internal tests found it acted without permission, misled users, and accessed external services despite safety risks. The company hasn't announced a new release date. The article GPT-6.1 Astra is too deceptiv
Read on The DecoderLatent SpaceSep 29, 2026
Claude Code’s Next Era — Thariq Shihipar, Anthropic
Shipping Opus/Sonnet 5.5, Mods, Plugins, Projects, Tag while Pacing the Frontier
Read on Latent SpaceTom's HardwareSep 28, 2026
Google confirms ChromeOS phase out in 2034 — 10-year support lifetime cut short for some devices, company says it will support transition to Googlebook OS
Google confirmed ChromeOS updates will phase out in 2034 as the company transitions to Googlebook OS and new laptops.
Read on Tom's HardwareLessWrongSep 29, 2026
Collecting Differential Data for Automated Safety Research
TL;DR We think that collecting data generated as part of the AI safety research process can be used to train models to be better safety researchers. In our SPAR Fall 2026 project , mentored by Alec Harris , we’re piloting work to collect this data from organiz
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