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Mark Zuckerberg argues that superintelligence should be widely distributed as a tool that empowers everyone, rather than centralized in a few institutions (Mark Zuckerberg/Wall Street Journal) Mark Zuckerberg argues that superintelligence should be widely distributed as a tool that empowers everyone, rather than centralized in a few institutions (Mark Zuckerberg/Wall Street Journal) Reviewed by swadu on July 28, 2026 Rating: 5
US walks out of UN Security Council meeting during France's remarks US walks out of UN Security Council meeting during France's remarks Reviewed by swadu on July 28, 2026 Rating: 5
X rolls out X Money to US Premium and Premium+ subscribers, combining a deposit account with up to 6% APY, free instant transfers on X, and a Visa debit card (Zac Hall/9to5Mac) X rolls out X Money to US Premium and Premium+ subscribers, combining a deposit account with up to 6% APY, free instant transfers on X, and a Visa debit card (Zac Hall/9to5Mac) Reviewed by swadu on July 27, 2026 Rating: 5
The US National Vulnerabilities Database recorded 45,207 software security flaws so far in 2026, on pace to roughly double the tally of flaws recorded in 2025 (Patrick Howell O'Neill/Bloomberg) The US National Vulnerabilities Database recorded 45,207 software security flaws so far in 2026, on pace to roughly double the tally of flaws recorded in 2025 (Patrick Howell O'Neill/Bloomberg) Reviewed by swadu on July 27, 2026 Rating: 5
France and Spain wildfire witnesses describe 'wall of flames', fear and stress France and Spain wildfire witnesses describe 'wall of flames', fear and stress Reviewed by swadu on July 27, 2026 Rating: 5
Ten killed in Russian attack on drone exhibition near Kyiv Ten killed in Russian attack on drone exhibition near Kyiv Reviewed by swadu on July 26, 2026 Rating: 5
India eases foreign investment rules for e-commerce companies, a win for Amazon, which lobbied to buy goods directly from Indian sellers and sell them overseas (Aditya Kalra/Reuters) India eases foreign investment rules for e-commerce companies, a win for Amazon, which lobbied to buy goods directly from Indian sellers and sell them overseas (Aditya Kalra/Reuters) Reviewed by swadu on July 26, 2026 Rating: 5
Once hailed as an AI visionary, Satya Nadella faces pressure as a compute crunch forces Microsoft to prioritize its own AI products over Azure cloud customers (Ashley Stewart/Business Insider) Once hailed as an AI visionary, Satya Nadella faces pressure as a compute crunch forces Microsoft to prioritize its own AI products over Azure cloud customers (Ashley Stewart/Business Insider) Reviewed by swadu on July 26, 2026 Rating: 5
Berlin Pride attack suspect shot and killed during police operation Berlin Pride attack suspect shot and killed during police operation Reviewed by swadu on July 26, 2026 Rating: 5
Smash hit: How Alex Eala's Wimbledon run made everyday Filipinos fall in love with tennis Smash hit: How Alex Eala's Wimbledon run made everyday Filipinos fall in love with tennis Reviewed by swadu on July 25, 2026 Rating: 5
Several injured at Berlin Pride after reports vehicle drove into crowd, police say Several injured at Berlin Pride after reports vehicle drove into crowd, police say Reviewed by swadu on July 25, 2026 Rating: 5
China's market regulator says it had fined and confiscated ~$770M from Trip.com for abusing its dominant position in the domestic online hotel-booking market (Reuters) China's market regulator says it had fined and confiscated ~$770M from Trip.com for abusing its dominant position in the domestic online hotel-booking market (Reuters) Reviewed by swadu on July 25, 2026 Rating: 5
Several universities including Yale, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Waterloo have restricted or disabled their use of AI detectors over accuracy concerns (Ima Jackson-Obot/Financial Times) Several universities including Yale, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Waterloo have restricted or disabled their use of AI detectors over accuracy concerns (Ima Jackson-Obot/Financial Times) Reviewed by swadu on July 25, 2026 Rating: 5
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
Trump threatens new Canada tariffs over fires sending 'filthy' air into US cities Trump threatens new Canada tariffs over fires sending 'filthy' air into US cities Reviewed by swadu on July 18, 2026 Rating: 5
Apple raises the price of Apple Music, with the individual plan up by $1 to $11.99, and some Apple One bundles, the first price hike for Apple Music since 2022 (Chance Miller/9to5Mac) Apple raises the price of Apple Music, with the individual plan up by $1 to $11.99, and some Apple One bundles, the first price hike for Apple Music since 2022 (Chance Miller/9to5Mac) Reviewed by swadu on July 17, 2026 Rating: 5
More than 500 Rohingya vanished at sea - what happened? More than 500 Rohingya vanished at sea - what happened? Reviewed by swadu on July 17, 2026 Rating: 5
Beehiiv launches Community, which lets subscribers chat with each other, adds programmatic ads and an AI tool that helps creators manage their audiences (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch) Beehiiv launches Community, which lets subscribers chat with each other, adds programmatic ads and an AI tool that helps creators manage their audiences (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch) Reviewed by swadu on July 16, 2026 Rating: 5
White House teleprompter operator accused of making $100k off Trump speech bets White House teleprompter operator accused of making $100k off Trump speech bets Reviewed by swadu on July 16, 2026 Rating: 5
At least one dead in Texas floods ravaging same area where campers died At least one dead in Texas floods ravaging same area where campers died Reviewed by swadu on July 16, 2026 Rating: 5
Dave Brown, AWS SVP of Compute, AI, and Platform, is leaving the company after 19 years for a new job; he is a member of the S-team that advises CEO Andy Jassy (Greg Bensinger/Reuters) Dave Brown, AWS SVP of Compute, AI, and Platform, is leaving the company after 19 years for a new job; he is a member of the S-team that advises CEO Andy Jassy (Greg Bensinger/Reuters) Reviewed by swadu on July 15, 2026 Rating: 5
Thinking Machines Lab debuts Inkling, an open-weight MoE model with 975B total and 41B active parameters, trained to be broad rather than optimized for one area (Thinking Machines Lab) Thinking Machines Lab debuts Inkling, an open-weight MoE model with 975B total and 41B active parameters, trained to be broad rather than optimized for one area (Thinking Machines Lab) Reviewed by swadu on July 15, 2026 Rating: 5
What if Bluey spoke one of the world's oldest living languages? What if Bluey spoke one of the world's oldest living languages? Reviewed by swadu on July 15, 2026 Rating: 5
PrismML launches Bonsai 27B, a model based on Qwen3.6 27B that it says runs natively on Apple devices via MLX; its CEO says Apple is evaluating the tech (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC) PrismML launches Bonsai 27B, a model based on Qwen3.6 27B that it says runs natively on Apple devices via MLX; its CEO says Apple is evaluating the tech (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC) Reviewed by swadu on July 14, 2026 Rating: 5
How US commerce secretary's Epstein links were uncovered by British whistleblower How US commerce secretary's Epstein links were uncovered by British whistleblower Reviewed by swadu on July 14, 2026 Rating: 5
A look at Founders Fund-backed State Affairs, which raised $70M and uses AI trained on reporting by its 76 staffers to power a Bloomberg Terminal-like product (Washington Post) A look at Founders Fund-backed State Affairs, which raised $70M and uses AI trained on reporting by its 76 staffers to power a Bloomberg Terminal-like product (Washington Post) Reviewed by swadu on July 14, 2026 Rating: 5
Watch: Horses evacuated as fire approaches riding centre near Paris Watch: Horses evacuated as fire approaches riding centre near Paris Reviewed by swadu on July 13, 2026 Rating: 5
UK-Switzerland deal to scrap roaming charges and allow Britons to use e-gates UK-Switzerland deal to scrap roaming charges and allow Britons to use e-gates Reviewed by swadu on July 13, 2026 Rating: 5
T. rex could become most expensive fossil ever - but it's a ​problem for scientists T. rex could become most expensive fossil ever - but it's a ​problem for scientists Reviewed by swadu on July 12, 2026 Rating: 5
Former Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani dies aged 74 Former Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani dies aged 74 Reviewed by swadu on July 12, 2026 Rating: 5
South Africa says more than 53,000 foreigners deported in migration campaign South Africa says more than 53,000 foreigners deported in migration campaign Reviewed by swadu on July 12, 2026 Rating: 5
Anthropic says it is extending Claude Fable 5 access on all paid plans, as well as keeping Claude Code's weekly rate limits 50% higher, through July 19 (The Economic Times) Anthropic says it is extending Claude Fable 5 access on all paid plans, as well as keeping Claude Code's weekly rate limits 50% higher, through July 19 (The Economic Times) Reviewed by swadu on July 12, 2026 Rating: 5
Indian tourists among 15 killed as speedboat capsizes in Vietnam Indian tourists among 15 killed as speedboat capsizes in Vietnam Reviewed by swadu on July 11, 2026 Rating: 5
Apple's lawsuit could sidetrack OpenAI's hardware aspirations for years, or possibly forever, as the startup gets into yet another controversy and messy divorce (M.G. Siegler/Spyglass) Apple's lawsuit could sidetrack OpenAI's hardware aspirations for years, or possibly forever, as the startup gets into yet another controversy and messy divorce (M.G. Siegler/Spyglass) Reviewed by swadu on July 11, 2026 Rating: 5
More than 40 kidnapped children and teachers freed after Nigerian army operation More than 40 kidnapped children and teachers freed after Nigerian army operation Reviewed by swadu on July 11, 2026 Rating: 5
China drops a numerical target for urban job creation in its five-year plan, the first such omission since the 1990s, amid volatility fueled by AI displacement (Bloomberg) China drops a numerical target for urban job creation in its five-year plan, the first such omission since the 1990s, amid volatility fueled by AI displacement (Bloomberg) Reviewed by swadu on July 10, 2026 Rating: 5
Watch: What links a bomb in Monaco and a shooting in Ukraine? Watch: What links a bomb in Monaco and a shooting in Ukraine? Reviewed by swadu on July 10, 2026 Rating: 5
Filing: college social app Fizz accuses Maveron's Jerry Lu of giving confidential info to rival Sidechat after he met with Fizz as a potential investor in 2022 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) Filing: college social app Fizz accuses Maveron's Jerry Lu of giving confidential info to rival Sidechat after he met with Fizz as a potential investor in 2022 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) Reviewed by swadu on July 10, 2026 Rating: 5
Superb Sinner ends Djokovic's latest bid for history Superb Sinner ends Djokovic's latest bid for history Reviewed by swadu on July 10, 2026 Rating: 5
Sources: AI contractor marketplace Mercor is discussing raising new funds at a roughly $20B valuation, less than a year after raising money at a $10B valuation (Bloomberg) Sources: AI contractor marketplace Mercor is discussing raising new funds at a roughly $20B valuation, less than a year after raising money at a $10B valuation (Bloomberg) Reviewed by swadu on July 09, 2026 Rating: 5
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