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
Why does Opus 5 feel worse to work with? https://mun-logadan.github.io/why-does-opus-5-feel-worse/
mun-logadan.github.io
Why does Opus 5 feel worse to work with?
A blog
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Google is making private AI practical with homomorphic encryption https://blog.google/security/how-google-is-making-private-ai-practical-with-homomorphic-encryption/
Google
How Google is Making Private AI Practical with Homomorphic Encryption
Today we're excited to showcase HEIR, the latest powerful tool added to our Private Computing Toolkit. HEIR is an open source compiler that unlocks cryptographically-sec…
RustDesk now supports true unattended remote access on Wayland https://rustdesk.com/blog/unattended-remote-access-wayland/
RustDesk
Unattended Remote Access on Wayland with RustDesk
RustDesk brings true unattended remote access to Wayland, with multi-monitor support. A preview build for x86_64 Debian/Ubuntu-based systems is available now.
Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin https://www.pcworld.com/article/3212428/firefox-is-now-the-last-major-browser-that-still-supports-ublock-origin.html
Going Dark, and the era of law enforcement hacking https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/08/14/everything-is-about-to-go-dark/
A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering
Everything is about to “go dark”
I’m coming down from spending a few days at Usenix Security, right here in my hometown of Baltimore. This means that my days have been taken up with two kinds of conversation: first, explaini…
In 1962, Egypt's Missile Program Lost Its Key Scientist Without a Trace https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a73358518/nazi-rocket-scientist-disappearance/
Popular Mechanics
He Was the Key to a Top-Secret Missile Program. Then He Walked Out of His Office—and Vanished.
Some accounts suggest that a brutal assassination is to blame.
Show HN: ThoughtDAG – An editable context graph for LLM conversations https://chenxiachan.github.io/thoughtdag/
chenxiachan.github.io
ThoughtDAG — Make LLM context visible and editable
A local-first, open-source canvas where the graph determines what the model sees.
Auto-research with codex: How I achieved a 232x Faster Kernel https://sankalp.bearblog.dev/autoresearch/
sankalp's blog
Auto-research with codex: How I achieved a 232x Faster Kernel over baseline with Codex in GPU Mode's qr_v2 problem
Table of Contents
Intro
Contest in short
Problem intro
Why this problem is auto-research-able
Learning Enough to Ask Better Questions
(Optional) Math f...
Intro
Contest in short
Problem intro
Why this problem is auto-research-able
Learning Enough to Ask Better Questions
(Optional) Math f...
The mathematical beauty of hyperbezier curves https://linebender.org/blog/hyperbezier/
Show HN: Eigendrum - Draw any shape and hear what it sounds like as a drum https://baselashraf81.github.io/eigendrum/
Eigendrum
Eigendrum - draw a shape and hear it as a real drum
Draw any shape and hear it as a drum. Every frequency is solved from your outline with finite elements, never sampled.
Working with AI feels more like leadership than coding https://allen.bargi.org/notes/working-with-ai-feels-like-leadership/
allen.bargi.org
Working With AI Feels More Like Leadership Than Coding
Working with AI is less predictable than traditional software. That makes leadership skills such as context, clarity, and feedback more valuable.
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Using GCC's Nested Functions with Wide Pointers and No Trampolines II https://uecker.codeberg.page/2026-07-14.html