Google introduces Gemini Spark, a 24/7 agentic assistant with Gmail integration | TechCrunch — At the Google I/O developer conference, the company announced a new agentic personal assistant called Gemini Spark, built from Gemini's base models and an agentic harness from Google An
GitHub - c0deJedi/nbd-vram: Use your NVIDIA GPU's VRAM as swap space on Linux. Built for laptops with soldered memory and no upgrade path. If you have an RTX card sitting there with 8GB of VRAM and you're getting swapped to SSD, this puts that VRAM to work
Meta mercifully spun out VR fitness game Supernatural instead of just killing it | TechCrunch — Meta appears to have listened to the Supernatural users who protested the app's sad fate after sweeping layoffs.
How Fast Does Claude, Acting as a User Space IP Stack, Respond to Pings? — Here is a fun thought: if we ask Claude Code to act as a user space IP stack, how quickly will it be able to respond to a ping?
LuaJIT 3.0 Syntax Extensions · Issue #1475 · LuaJIT/LuaJIT — This is an umbrella issue for the LuaJIT 3.0 syntax extensions. The documentation will be evolved and updated in the first comment below. 1 Please feel free to discuss the choice, design and semant...
The SpaceX IPO filing has arrived | TechCrunch — SpaceX has finally made the contents of its IPO filing public, weeks ahead of what is expected to be the largest IPO ever.
The US says ASML's top chip tool may be in China. ASML says it isn't | TechCrunch — There's a commercial logic that cuts against the idea that ASML would risk its export license to arm a Chinese customer.
Burnham to promise devolution in first major speech since launching No 10 bid — The favourite to be the next prime minister will set out his economic vision in a speech in Manchester.
Kevin Hartz’s A* just closed its third fund with $450 million | TechCrunch — Early-stage venture firm A* Capital just took the wraps off its $450 million Fund III.
Five people found alive after week trapped in flooded Laos cave — The search is continuing for a further two villagers who are still missing, rescuers say.
This young startup is taking on a fragrance industry that hasn't changed in a almost half century | TechCrunch — Fragrance tech company Patina announced Thursday a $2 million raise from investors, including Betaworks and True Ventures.
built a postgres client in the browser that actually works offline. no backend needed. the move from 'works locally' to 'ships to production' is way shorter than people think.
Google's Gemini Omni Flash hits the API, turning enterprise video production into a conversation — <p>For most enterprises, a 90-second training video or a product explainer has never been an easy ask. It means a well planned brief, an internal film crew or an outside vendor, a…
Khosla Ventures is betting $10M on Ian Crosby, whose last startup, Bench, imploded | TechCrunch — Crosby is building Synthetic, a fully autonomous AI bookkeeping service for other startups.
Blue Origin cleared to fly New Glenn mega-rocket after April mishap | TechCrunch — Jeff Bezos' rocket company confirmed an engine failure led to the loss of an AST SpaceMobile satellite last month, but offered little detail.
Superhuman acquires AI detection startup GPTZero | TechCrunch — Superhuman, which also has an AI detection tool as part of Grammarly, has snapped up GPTZero.
GitHub - denoland/clawpatrol: Security firewall for agents — Security firewall for agents. Contribute to denoland/clawpatrol development by creating an account on GitHub.
Waymo's spent robotaxi batteries will be used as grid storage | TechCrunch — The company announced a deal with B2U Storage Solutions to repurpose the battery packs as Waymo pulls them off the road.
Airbnb gets into hotels, expands AI for host onboarding and customer support | TechCrunch — Airbnb will soon let you book luggage storage and car rental services on its app
[FEATURE] Official Claude Desktop build for Linux (Ubuntu LTS / Debian) · Issue #65697 · anthropics/claude-code — Preflight Checklist I have searched existing requests and this feature hasn't been requested yet This is a single feature request (not multiple features) Problem Stat
In memory of the man who put red and green squiggles under words - The Old New Thing — Starting in Word and expanding to nearly every other word processor, and even things that aren't word processors.
GitHub - baidu/Unlimited-OCR: Unlimited OCR Works: Welcome the Era of One-shot Long-horizon Parsing. — Unlimited OCR Works: Welcome the Era of One-shot Long-horizon Parsing. - baidu/Unlimited-OCR
Podman 6: machine usability improvements — I wanted to introduce a significant change we are making in Podman 6 for our machine function. To understand the problem and change, we first need to establish that Podman machine is based on a con…
I'm Doing a Little Consulting — overreacted — Personal update post.
Adaption aims big with AutoScientist, an AI tool that helps models train themselves | TechCrunch — Adaption's new AutoScientist tool is designed to let models adapt to specific capabilities quickly through an automated approach to conventional fine-tuning.
Lebanon Latest: Peace talks between Lebanon and Israel, people return south — Al Jazeera’s Robert McBride brings you the latest from Beirut as people return to the south of Lebanon.
Trump administration renews pressure on International Criminal Court — The US says it will reject any effort by court to assert authority over citizens, days after judges sue over sanctions.
Only 16 percent of Americans think AI will have a positive impact on society, a new study shows | TechCrunch — Although Wall Street loves AI, every day Americans are significantly less optimistic about the industry, a new report from Pew Research shows.
Meta reportedly moves to unwind $2B Manus deal after Beijing's demand | TechCrunch — Meta starts dismantling its $2 billion Manus acquisition after Beijing ordered the deal reversed.
What happens when AI starts building itself? | TechCrunch — Richard Socher's new $650 million startup wants to build an AI that can research and improve itself indefinitely — and he insists it will actually ship products.
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My Prime Day picks are mostly boring, but that's also why they're worth buying — No one really enjoys Prime Day anymore. The days of finding a needle-in-a-haystack deal are long over, and now it’s...
Truecaller gets into the eSIM business to diversify its revenue streams | TechCrunch — Truecaller's eSIM product will initially launch in 29 countries
Gemini Nano in Chrome 137: notes for AI Engineers — at long last, Gemini Nano is almost here for all Chrome users (i was originally misinformed that it was in Chrome 138 - but i checked my own facts and since Chrome 137+ it is starting to be shipped unflagged (https://www.lifewi
Spotify's launches a Wrapped-style recap of your entire listening history | TechCrunch — Spotify's new feature will show you the number of unique songs that you listened to until now