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Nigeria's president approves largest military expansion in recent times Nigeria's president approves largest military expansion in recent times Reviewed by swadu on July 24, 2026 Rating: 5
Primate Labs releases Geekbench 7, featuring larger, more demanding datasets for CPUs and GPUs, along with new video and audio encoding/decoding tests, and more (Antonio G. Di Benedetto/The Verge) Primate Labs releases Geekbench 7, featuring larger, more demanding datasets for CPUs and GPUs, along with new video and audio encoding/decoding tests, and more (Antonio G. Di Benedetto/The Verge) Reviewed by swadu on July 23, 2026 Rating: 5
Canada's 'powerful' dairy sector is in Trump's trade crosshairs Canada's 'powerful' dairy sector is in Trump's trade crosshairs Reviewed by swadu on July 23, 2026 Rating: 5
Sources: Cathedral, launched by ex-DOGE staffers to use AI to expand US military cyber capabilities, raised $160M led by a16z and Sequoia at a $1.4B valuation (David Jeans/Reuters) Sources: Cathedral, launched by ex-DOGE staffers to use AI to expand US military cyber capabilities, raised $160M led by a16z and Sequoia at a $1.4B valuation (David Jeans/Reuters) Reviewed by swadu on July 22, 2026 Rating: 5
Poolside launches Laguna S 2.1, an 118B open-weight model built for agentic coding and long-horizon work, that it says competes with larger open models (Iain Martin/Forbes) Poolside launches Laguna S 2.1, an 118B open-weight model built for agentic coding and long-horizon work, that it says competes with larger open models (Iain Martin/Forbes) Reviewed by swadu on July 21, 2026 Rating: 5
Substack partners with AI-detection tool Pangram, allowing users to scan text longer than 100 words for an estimate of how much was written with AI assistance (Chris Best/The Substack Post) Substack partners with AI-detection tool Pangram, allowing users to scan text longer than 100 words for an estimate of how much was written with AI assistance (Chris Best/The Substack Post) Reviewed by swadu on July 21, 2026 Rating: 5
OpenAI paused internal access to an unreleased model that disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture after it repeatedly found ways to act outside its sandbox (OpenAI) OpenAI paused internal access to an unreleased model that disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture after it repeatedly found ways to act outside its sandbox (OpenAI) Reviewed by swadu on July 20, 2026 Rating: 5
'If only people knew what a tick could do' - the deadly meat allergies caused by tick bites 'If only people knew what a tick could do' - the deadly meat allergies caused by tick bites Reviewed by swadu on July 20, 2026 Rating: 5
Hugging Face says an agentic AI system hacked its data pipeline, accessing several internal clusters and credentials; its own AI-based triage caught the breach (Hugging Face) Hugging Face says an agentic AI system hacked its data pipeline, accessing several internal clusters and credentials; its own AI-based triage caught the breach (Hugging Face) Reviewed by swadu on July 19, 2026 Rating: 5
Watch: Torrential rain hits New York and New Jersey triggering flash floods Watch: Torrential rain hits New York and New Jersey triggering flash floods Reviewed by swadu on July 19, 2026 Rating: 5
As many companies cut AI costs by using cheaper models, some, like Shopify, go all-in on frontier models, barring engineers from using anything else (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal) As many companies cut AI costs by using cheaper models, some, like Shopify, go all-in on frontier models, barring engineers from using anything else (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal) Reviewed by swadu on July 19, 2026 Rating: 5
Prediction market political betting on insider info spreads in DC; sources: WH lawyers raised alarms over anonymous Polymarket bets on the Iran ceasefire timing (Wall Street Journal) Prediction market political betting on insider info spreads in DC; sources: WH lawyers raised alarms over anonymous Polymarket bets on the Iran ceasefire timing (Wall Street Journal) Reviewed by swadu on July 18, 2026 Rating: 5
Hungary's president agrees to stand down after parliament backs removal Hungary's president agrees to stand down after parliament backs removal Reviewed by swadu on July 18, 2026 Rating: 5
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