Google fixed more Chrome bugs in June than over the past two years, thanks to AI https://blog.google/security/chrome-stronger-with-every-update/
Google
Stronger with every update: How we’re making Chrome and the web safer in the AI Era
Chrome uses Gemini AI to automate vulnerability discovery, triage, and patching, accelerating updates to match modern security risks.
Run Kimi K3 using 29 GB of RAM at 0.50 tok/s https://github.com/sqliteai/waste
GitHub
GitHub - sqliteai/waste: Run the full 2.78-trillion-parameter Kimi K3 model beyond available RAM by streaming activated weights…
Run the full 2.78-trillion-parameter Kimi K3 model beyond available RAM by streaming activated weights directly from NVMe. A dependency-free, embeddable C inference engine. - sqliteai/waste
Prevent cognitive debt by manually retyping LLM-generated code https://ankursethi.com/blog/prevent-cognitive-debt-by-manually-retyping-llm-generated-code/
Ankur Sethi's Lab Notebook
Prevent cognitive debt by manually retyping LLM-generated code — Ankur Sethi's Lab Notebook
Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science https://openai.com/index/ten-advances-in-mathematics/
OpenAI
Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science
OpenAI shares new results on long-standing open problems in mathematics and theoretical computer science, including advances in geometry, cryptography, and complexity.
There Will Come Soft Rains (1950) [pdf] https://users.wpi.edu/~zrbutzke/Docs/BradburyStories(1).pdf
Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc https://birchtree.me/blog/xbox-goes-down-you-cant-play-games-you-own-on-disc/
Birchtree
Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc.
Jay Peters: Xbox’s huge outage even blocked games on disc An extended Xbox outage that began Sunday evening hasn’t just caused issues for people trying to play digital games — it blocked people from playing their disc-based games, too. When Sony announced…
Keyv and friends compromised in active Shai-Hulud supply chain attack https://www.aikido.dev/blog/keyv-and-friends-compromised-in-npm-supply-chain-attack
www.aikido.dev
Keyv and friends compromised in npm supply chain attack
Mini Shai-Hulud malware was injected into keyv and eight related npm packages on August 4, 2026 after an attacker compromised the maintainer's GitHub account
Show HN: Simple algorithm and color space to generate diverse skin tones https://toneyalexander.github.io/inclusive-color-space/
toneyalexander.github.io
What Colors Are We? Constructing A Color Space For Skin Tones
Simple equations and a color picker to inclusively select simplified skin tones in a custom color space for digital art or game development.
Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/04/apple-says-more-ex-employees-may-have-taken-confidential-data-to-openai/
TechCrunch
Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI | TechCrunch
Apple says its trade secrets investigation into OpenAI has widened. In a new court filing, Apple claims additional former staff may have retained or accessed confidential information.
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Mistral's Shieldstral: 3B open-weights model for multimodal moderation https://mistral.ai/news/shieldstral/
Mistral AI
Introducing Shieldstral. | Mistral AI
Shieldstral introduces a 3B open-weights multimodal safety classifier that outperforms models up to 7x its size.
Why some people mow a lawn better than others https://pudding.cool/2026/06/mow/
The Pudding
Why some people mow a lawn better than others
We analyzed 132,003 attempts to mow a virtual lawn efficiently.
In Memory of My Wife, Elise Cawley, with Thanks for 36 Wonderful Years https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2026/08/in-memory-of-my-wife-elise-cawley-1961-2026-with-thanks-for-36-wonderful-years/
Stephenwolfram
In Memory of My Wife, Elise Cawley (1961–2026), with Thanks for 36 Wonderful Years
In remembrance of his beloved and brilliant wife, Elise Cawley, and their 36 years together, Stephen Wolfram shares memories of their family and home and relates Elise's many accomplishments and contributions to mathematics.
When AI Benchmarks Plateau: A Systematic Study of Benchmark Saturation https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.16763
arXiv.org
When AI Benchmarks Plateau: A Systematic Study of Benchmark Saturation
Artificial intelligence benchmarks are an important mechanism for measuring model progress and guiding deployment decisions. However, benchmarks quickly "saturate", making it difficult to...
Hop.earth – OpenStreetMap based car racing game https://hop.earth/?server=lkhr7&route=fQ5nuu9R