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CachyOS August 2026 is here with a major Shelly rewrite in Zig, more Rust-powered components, desktop improvements, and an early look at Server Edition support.
OpenAI says its upcoming Astra model may have reached a critical cybersecurity capability level. I am glad the company is focused on safety, but the repeated warnings about its own creations are getting tiring.
Ford has officially named its upcoming affordable midsize electric truck Fathom. The EV will start at $28,350, but its range, final design, and other key details remain unknown.
Creative XF1 desktop speakers combine 72W RMS output, Bluetooth 6.0, LDAC, USB-C audio, and a customizable parametric EQ for $179.99.
ZEUS has taken its Bitcoin Lightning infrastructure offline after a cybersecurity incident, though the company says no customer funds were lost or placed at risk.
Veridenz uses cryptography and Nostr to create a private, verifiable witness for original photos without uploading the images or requiring users to manage a Nostr account.
Google has changed the roles of several major AI leaders at once, raising questions about the future of DeepMind and Gemini
Cloudflare has open-sourced Cloudflare OS, an AI-powered workplace platform that lets businesses create documents, workflows, and custom apps while controlling agent access to company data.
Samsung’s zHBM concept would place high-bandwidth memory directly above AI accelerators, potentially improving bandwidth, efficiency, and cooling.
Cloudflare wants to give AI agents persistent identities and controlled crypto wallets. I tried the reservation process and claimed @fagioli.
IBM and Red Hat are offering Lightwell at no charge to more than 285 U.S. universities, NGOs, and think tanks to help secure open source software.
Plugable’s new UD-MSTH3 USB-C dock supports three displays without drivers, including dual 4K 60Hz output, 100W charging, and 2.5Gb Ethernet.