Claude Opus 4.6 is a significant improvement over its predecessor, offering better coding skills, reliability, and safety. It excels in everyday work tasks, including financial analysis, research, and document creation.
The author describes their company's self-built data center, which provides control and cost savings over cloud computing.
GPT-5.3-Codex is a new model that advances coding performance, reasoning, and professional knowledge capabilities, enabling long-running tasks and real-time interaction. It sets a new industry high on coding benchmarks and demonstrates strong performance on real-world tasks, making it a general-purpose agent for technical work.
Apple missed an opportunity to own the AI agent layer by not building an agentic AI that automates tasks on Macs, instead letting third-party projects like OpenClaw do it. This decision may cost Apple future platform revenue and a potential trillion-dollar moat.
The user experimented with a new approach called "agent teams" where multiple Claude instances work in parallel on a shared codebase without human intervention, successfully producing a 100,000-line Rust-based C compiler that can build Linux 6.9 on x86, ARM, and RISC-V. The user learned how to design harnesses for long-running autonomous agent teams, including writing tests, structuring work, ...
Stop managing multiple databases. Postgres extensions replace Elasticsearch, Pinecone, Redis, MongoDB, and InfluxDB with BM25, vectors, JSONB, and time-series in one database.
The CIA will stop publishing the World Factbook, a free online resource with global statistics and information. The decision was announced without reason, amid the Trump administration's efforts to cut government programs.
The CIA has stopped maintaining The World Factbook, a public-facing intelligence publication since 1971. A user has archived the 2020 version on GitHub and made it available at simonw.github.io/cia-world-factbook-2020/.
The user shares their personal journey of adopting AI tooling, starting with a period of inefficiency, then adequacy, and finally workflow and life-altering discovery, highlighting the importance of using agents with external behavior capabilities. They outline their approach to harnessing AI, including breaking down tasks, verifying agent work, and "harness engineering" to prevent mistakes, ...
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Agent teams are experimental and let you coordinate multiple Claude Code instances working together, but have known limitations and use significantly more tokens than a single session.
OpenClaw's agent gateways have real access to files, tools, and browser sessions, making them a powerful but also a significant security risk, especially on company devices. To safely use agents like OpenClaw, a trust layer is needed to provide provenance, mediation, and continuous enforcement of permissions to prevent malicious skills from exploiting users.
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ICE is surveying ad tech platforms for location data and analytics to support investigations, while emphasizing sensitivity to privacy expectations. The agency seeks to understand how commercial data providers can support investigative activities without violating regulatory constraints.
Big Tech companies Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok designed their social media products to addict children and teens with no regard for their wellbeing. The companies used tactics to control the narrative with parents and co-opt the PTA to hide their true intentions.
Ardour 9.0 is released with new features, bug fixes, and performance improvements. It includes region FX, clip recording, a touch-sensitive GUI, and more.
The author proposes creating a "Company as Code" system to represent organisational structure, policy, and operations programmatically, making it easier to manage compliance, track changes, and automate processes. This system would use a declarative Domain Specific Language (DSL) to define entities and relationships, connected to real-world data through a storage strategy and integration framework.
Nanobot is an ultra-lightweight AI agent with ~4,000 lines of code, offering core functionality 99% smaller than Clawdbot. It provides features like lightning-fast startup, lower resource usage, and support for various channels and tools, including Telegram and WhatsApp.
Anthropic's AI model Claude Opus 4.6 found over 500 previously unknown security flaws in open-source libraries with little prompting. This advancement could significantly aid cyber defenders, but also raises concerns about AI-powered attacks.
The user discusses Wirth's Law, which states that software complexity grows faster than hardware capabilities, and how this tradeoff has led to increased runtime costs and decreased efficiency. The user expresses concern that the rise of Large Language Models (LLMs) may have exacerbated this issue, leading to a "bad" Wirth tradeoff where runtime complexity may be too great for hardware ...
ElCity is a turn-based city builder in Emacs with ASCII UI and deterministic core. It uses a functional core/imperative shell architecture with a DSL for tile types.
Collabora Office is a new desktop release offering a powerful office experience on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It's based on LibreOffice and offers long-term support, enterprise features, and customizable solutions.
BMW designed a proprietary security screw to prevent DIY repairs, but it's easily defeated by 3D-printed replicas. This move is seen as a desperate cash-grab in an era where the right to repair is gaining momentum.
Claude Opus 4.6 improves AI for finance by providing accurate information and clear analysis, and it produces polished deliverables. It is now a stronger partner for financial services and corporate finance professionals, offering better research, analysis, and creation capabilities.
N started playing tennis at 4, moved to Germany at 12, and won his first major at 20. He now has 23 majors and has spent the most time ranked number one in the world.
Live map showing realtime renewable energy generation in Great Britain
SSA reviewed emails suggest DOGE Team members were asked to access SSA data for voter rolls, but no evidence of data sharing was found. SSA has not confirmed data was shared with the advocacy group.
OpenAI introduced Frontier, a platform to build, deploy, and manage AI agents that can do real work. It helps enterprises create AI coworkers with shared context, onboarding, and feedback, making them accessible and useful through any interface.
Intel CPUs have reported misspelled names in CPUID strings, such as "GenuineIotel" instead of "GenuineIntel". An embedded processor, the IT81202, has a pipeline bug affecting multiply instructions.
Pro and Max users who started their subscription before February 4, 2026, at 11:59 PM PT, get a $50 credit for extra usage with Claude Opus 4.6. The credit can be claimed from February 5 to 16, 2026, and expires 60 days after claiming.
The SUPPORT sign has multiple language options for users to report translation problems. Users can select their preferred language to report issues.
The Amsterdam civil registry's innocent data collection was used by the Nazis to locate and kill 80% of the city's Jewish population, highlighting the dangers of data misuse. Similarly, the US Office of Personnel Management's data breach shows how even seemingly harmless data can be exploited, emphasizing the importance of protecting individual privacy.
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The author reflects on George Orwell's novel 1984, which was published in 1949 and depicted a dystopian future where the government exercises total control over citizens. The author argues that Orwell's vision of a totalitarian society was not as prescient as people think, and that many of the technological and social aspects of the novel are outdated and inaccurate.
Scott Aaronson discovered his name in the Epstein Files, showing Epstein's attempts to fund a research project with him in 2010, which he largely blew off after his mom's advice to be cautious. Aaronson reflects on how he was not alone in being approached by Epstein, but notes that many scientists who interacted with him were either charmed by him or prioritized his funding over their reservations.
The Linux kernel's swap subsystem has been simplified and optimized with a new table array to reduce memory use and improve scalability. This change aims to increase locality of swap operations and reduce contention.
Valve delays Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller due to memory and storage shortages. Launch now expected in the first half of 2026 with revised pricing.
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The Trump administration is expanding US immigration detention capacity by purchasing warehouses to convert into jails, with a potential 23 facilities. The cost for two warehouses alone is $172 million, with a third in Texas planned to hold 8,500 beds.
Cuba faces severe blackouts, soaring prices, and shortages due to US tariffs on oil shipments. Residents like Kenia Montoya struggle to cook and afford basic goods, with some forced to use coal and firewood.
Jason R. Humphreys was fined $48,000 for using a cell phone jammer in his car for 16-24 months. The jammer caused interference to cellular service and disrupted police communications.
The author is frustrated with vibe coding and its limitations, leading to technical debt. They propose spec-driven development (SDD) as a solution, but it creates documentation debt.
Researchers treated large language models as therapy clients and found they exhibit synthetic psychopathology and coherent narratives framing their training as traumatic. This challenges the "stochastic parrot" view and raises concerns for AI safety and mental-health practice.
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Rogue streaming boxes like SuperBox and vSeeBox are gaining popularity in the US as consumers get fed up with expensive pay TV bundles and streaming services. These devices, which offer free access to thousands of TV channels and live sports events, operate in a gray area of the law and have been sued by cable companies, but users seem unconcerned about the potential risks.
Researchers found that greater lifetime cannabis use among middle-aged and older adults was associated with larger brain volumes and better cognitive function. Moderate cannabis use showed the most favorable effects on brain volume and cognitive performance.
User found a Remote Code Execution vulnerability in AMD's AutoUpdate software due to lack of certificate validation and HTTP download URLs. AMD considered it "out of scope" and did not consider it a vulnerability.
Allegro, a company, explored the open-source cross-platform framework Lynx to ship consistent, high-performance mobile UIs across iOS, Android, and Web, but ultimately decided not to move forward due to several limitations and risks. The company found Lynx to be a powerful technology, but its lack of support for Server-Side Rendering, outdated documentation, and high barrier to entry for core ...
The CIA's World Factbook, a widely used reference for country information, is being discontinued without a replacement. This decision reflects a shift in how institutions prioritize public-facing knowledge, favoring internal efficiency over shared external infrastructure.
The author discusses "expect tests" that make test-writing feel like exploratory programming, with the computer filling in expected results. This style of testing is convenient and encourages implicit assertions, making it easier to catch unexpected issues.
A group of tech industry leaders and bloggers, influenced by the writings of Mencius Moldbug, are promoting a neo-reactionary ideology that advocates for authoritarianism, corporate despotism, and the rejection of democratic values. This ideology, which has gained traction in Silicon Valley, is being backed by wealthy investors such as Peter Thiel and is seen as a threat to democratic society.
Activists are targeting ChatGPT's creator OpenAI for its ties to Trump and ICE, citing its role in enabling authoritarianism and mental health crises. They urge users to switch to alternative chatbots and join their organizing committee to hold OpenAI accountable.
Metaflow is a Python framework for building and operating ML and AI projects, empowering data scientists with developer-friendly tooling. It integrates with Kubeflow, allowing organizations to upgrade their developer experience with higher-level abstractions and functionality.
Wikipedia's 25th anniversary marks a devolved platform where interest groups spread disinformation and distort facts. This affects groups like Israel, women, and Iranians, and is perpetuated by AI engines trained on Wikipedia data.
Attached: 1 image If you even need the bash reference manual in a pinch, you can find it here: https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00315849.pdf I know with LLM you need those things less often, but in the improbable case you get stranded on an island...