GitHub Actions and Pages are experiencing degraded availability https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/qcvjkzcs7j74
Githubstatus
Incident with Actions
GitHub's Status Page - Incident with Actions.
Launch HN: ProvenMetal (YC S26) delivers circuit boards in days instead of weeks https://provenmetal.com
ProvenMetal
ProvenMetal. Fast circuit boards. Built in America.
ProvenMetal runs the entire PCB build in the US for drone and defense teams. Fast turns, made in America. Ordering now open.
AMD acquires Taalas to boost inference performance by etching models in silicon https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/08/06/amd-acquires-ai-chip-startup-taalas-to-boost-inference-performance-by-etching-models-into-silicon/5284344
theregister
AMD acquires AI chip startup Taalas to boost inference performance by etching models into silicon
Early tech demos show model-specific integrated circuits churning out up to 17,000 tokens a second
New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567m over harms to children’s mental health https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/06/new-mexico-court-meta
the Guardian
New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567m over harms to children’s mental health
Ruling comes as part of second phase of landmark trial that found social media company enabled harm against users
2027 memory capacity is reportedly sold out https://www.ign.com/articles/ramageddon-continues-another-year-as-2027-memory-capacity-is-reportedly-sold-out
IGN
Now That 2027 RAM Manufacturing Capacity Has Reportedly Been Sold Through, It's Hard To Imagine the RAMageddon Ending Any Time…
A new report suggests that all three memory manufacturers — Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron — have collectively sold through their 2027 memory manufacturing capacity to AI companies.
What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers https://www.noemamag.com/why-is-everyone-in-tech-so-sad/
NOEMA
Why Is Everyone In Tech So Sad?
A lot of people seem to be realizing that knowledge work is mostly pointless. AI might give us the pleasure of finding out what happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers.
U.S. Department of Energy Launches the Genesis Open Models Initiative https://genesisopenmodels.anl.gov/
Muse Glimmer: 30B-parameter model optimized for always-on local agent workflows https://research.meta.ai/blog/introducing-muse-glimmer-open-agentic-model
Meta AI Research
Introducing Muse Glimmer: An Open Agentic Model That Runs on Your Device
Muse Glimmer is a 30-billion-parameter open agentic model from Meta Superintelligence Labs, optimized for always-on local workflows on consumer hardware.
Tail-call optimization in C is relatively recent (2025) https://lwn.net/Articles/1034703/
Squeak 6.1 https://squeak.org/release_notes/6.1/
Squeak/Smalltalk
Squeak 6.1 Release Notes
These release notes are optimized for viewing inside Squeak, as they contain a lot of interactive examples. On this page, interactive links open in SqueakJS, which is a browser-based Smalltalk VM with some limitations. For the best experience, download Squeak…
Mark Zuckerberg attacks 'closed' AI rivals as Meta returns to open models https://www.ft.com/content/4e3957f8-ea7c-4c46-a3de-cdce8e526878
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London Underground begins scanning passengers' faces https://www.btp.police.uk/news/btp/news/england/btp-expands-live-facial-recognition-lfr-trial-into-london-underground-stations/
www.btp.police.uk
BTP expands Live Facial Recognition (LFR) trial into London Underground stations
British Transport Police (BTP) is to expand its trial of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology by deploying it in Transport for London (TfL) Underground stations.
DeepSeek Harness developer preview https://deepseek.com/harness/en/
Deepseek
DeepSeek Harness developer preview: Everything is a plugin
DeepSeek Harness is now available in developer preview to developers building agent harnesses worldwide, with the source code released at the same time. Every agent capability is implemented as a plugin that can be swapped or recomposed.
GLM-5.3: Frontier coding with emergent cyber capabilities https://z.ai/blog/glm-5.3