Qwen3.8 Max now ranked as the best overall model by agentic index
New language model evaluation · 6 Aug Ling 3.0 Tiny New article published · 5 Aug Muse Spark 1.2 New language model evaluation · 5 Aug Qwen3.8 Max New language model evaluation · 5 Aug Ling-3.0-flash New language model evaluation · 5 Aug Muse Spark 1.2 (xhigh) New article published · 4 Aug Launching the […]
Federal Communications Commission scraps limit on broadcast TV ownership
The Federal Communications Commission, the government agency that regulates the broadcast airwaves, voted Thursday to eliminate a cap on the share of U.S. television households a single company can reach, a major move that could pave the way for more corporate consolidation in the media industry. In a 2-1 vote, the FCC repealed a 22-year-old […]
Cities Are Ditching Flock, Replacing It with Axon License Plate Readers
A handful of cities across the U.S. have ditched Flock’s automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras and immediately replaced them with equivalent systems from law enforcement contracting giant Axon, according to local media reports and government documents from around the country. Axon, for example, advertises AI-powered cameras that attach to an existing streetlamp and are […]
GitHub Is Experiencing Difficulties
Resolved – On July 24th at 16:04 UTC, a loss of connectivity occurred in network paths in one of our three physical data center availability zones (AZs). This resulted in packet loss due to the remaining active paths becoming saturated. Our data centers use a leaf-spine switch fabric in each compute cage, and an aggregation […]
Zapscape (CVE-2026-64561)
The KVM Escape Trilogy ITScape (CVE‑2026‑46316) Januscape (CVE‑2026‑53359) Zapscape (CVE‑2026‑64561) This document describes the Zapscape (CVE-2026-64561) vulnerability discovered and reported by Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel). It is a KVM escape vulnerability that lets a guest escape to the host in a KVM/x86 environment and run commands on the host with kernel (root) privilege. Zapscape is a […]
Show HN: The Channels SDK – Bring Any Agent to Any Channel (Slack, MS Teams)
channels-sdk-demo.mp4 Your agent keeps its tools, model, and business logic. Channels gives it a native place to work with people. Your agent belongs where work happens Channels connects an AG-UI-compatible agent to the communication platforms your team already uses. The agent can understand the conversation, stream a response, call tools, work with files, render interactive […]
Almost no skill required to cook a steak
Cooking a steak requires almost no skill. Put it in a hot pan, wait a little, flip it, and eventually you’ll have something technically edible. But a genuinely good steak, medium-rare from edge to edge, browned properly, seasoned right, consistently delicious, is a different matter entirely. Software development with AI is starting to feel much […]
Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard
Height 4.75mm Width 299mm Depth 116.5mm Firmware ZMK, Zephyr-based Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) Switches Dual steel arm scissor switch w/ retention spring, 40gf actuation force Materials Regen polymer, 6061 aluminium, TPU footpad, silicone membrane, FR4 logic board Battery Life Up to 30-day battery life with normal use Connectivity 2x Bluetooth 5.0 Low Energy (LE) channels […]
I added a real-time chat to my blog, people used it to attack me
Sometimes the most irrelevant piece of a project becomes its absolute protagonist. My blog has a small social widget floating on one side. You can see it on the right on desktop, on the left on mobile. It tells you how many people are reading the site in real time, and it lets you drop […]
Four simple rules behind Japan’s most liveable cities
In Osaka, Lydon found himself changed by the way Japan operates with awareness and consideration for others. ”Whether it’s lining up for trains, speaking quietly in public, not littering, separating recycling or saying ’itadakimasu’ (”I humbly receive”) before a meal, many daily habits remind you that you’re part of something larger than yourself,” he said. […]