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Access 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

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• policy
• 2026

Net 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

• technology

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

• language
• models

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.

• software
• pricing
• how-to

DEV 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

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• claude
• design

DEV 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

• architecture
• reviews
• cloud

DEV 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

• architecture
• reviews
• design
• how-to

DEV 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

DEV CommunitySep 29, 2026

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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• founder

DEV CommunitySep 29, 2026

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

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• how-to
• local
• 2026

WIREDSep 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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• models
• 2026

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.

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• standards
• openai

Allwork.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 .

• communication

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

• technology

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.

• founders

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.

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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• report
• data

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.

• women

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

• models
• openai

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.

• government
• microsoft
• software

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

• coding

LessWrongSep 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

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

• design