The Download: AI hacking beyond Mythos, and chatbots’ impact on our brains
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The Meta...
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Is Microsoft's $69 billion Activision Blizzard deal paying off? Xbox boss Asha Sharma says it's "hard to say how to think about those decisions"
Just under 1000 days ago, or about two and a half years ago if you measure time like a normal person, Microsoft completed their acquisition of...
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How Netflix Maps Thousands of Microservices in Real-Time
Netflix has shared details about Service Topology. This internal system creates and updates a live dependency graph for thousands of microservices. It helps engineers see how...
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Dropbox Introduces Nova, an Internal Platform for Running AI Coding Agents at Scale
Dropbox has unveiled Nova, an internal platform designed to orchestrate and operationalize AI coding agents across the company's engineering workflows. By Craig Risi
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Elegoo announces bizarre 3D printer collab with Emoji brand — special edition Centauri Carbon 2 Combo is priced at $489 USD
Elegoo announced the new machine as a fun and creative collab with the emoji® brand, a German company that has trademarked the commercial use of emojis...
Read moreThe Real Python Podcast – Episode #298: Reducing the Size of Python Docker Containers
How can you easily reduce the size of a Python Docker container? What are the exceptions you should catch in your code? Christopher Trudeau is back...
Read moreIs Janitor AI Down
Janitor AI is a platform for creating and chatting with AI characters, each designed with a unique personality and set of traits. Launched by Jan Zoltkowski...
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Anthropic warns Claude AI is building itself faster than expected, calls for option to halt frontier development —'recursive self improvement' increases risk humans lose control of AI
Anthropic has published a report warning that the development path it’s on could eventually leave humans unable to control AI systems.
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Only 10% of SOCs Say They’re Getting Excellent Value From AI. Here’s What the Second Wave Has to Deliver
Eighteen months ago, the AI SOC was a marketing line. Today it's a budget item. The category has crossed over from interesting to inevitable, with billions...
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Save $550 on this 4K-ready gaming PC with a 9800X3D and RX 9070 XT, now just $1,749 — huge discount makes this the cheapest PC with these specs on sale right now, shipping with 32GB DDR5 and a 1TB SSD
This $1,749 Skytech gaming PC is an elite-level rig for 1440p and 4K gaming, fitted with a 9800X3D, RX 9070 XT, 32GB DDR5, and a 1TB...
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