Waymo says it built a better benchmark for comparing robotaxis to humans
Waymo created a new computer model to help it better understand how humans behave in crash scenarios that its robotaxis encounter.
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System Definition Brings Software Engineering to AI Coding
A conceptual companion to Working Code, Wrong Engineering AI can generate code, but engineered software still requires structure: intent, boundaries, scoped generation, contracts, evaluation harnesses, provenance, and accountable architecture. AI’s promise is to remove the complexity of development. When AI starts delivering code, that promise is often understood as a way to skip engineering. The … Read more
WhatsApp ordered to host rival AI assistants for free
Meta has been ordered by the European Commission to restore free WhatsApp access for chatbots made by rival AI providers while the regulator finishes its antitrust investigation. The rare interim measure announced on Tuesday was deemed necessary “to prevent serious and irreparable damage to competition” in the general-purpose AI assistant market. This is only the … Read more
The Postgres Developer’s Guide to Vector Index Tradeoffs
Vector search in Postgres usually starts simply. You add an embedding column, run a nearest-neighbor query, and order by distance. SELECT content FROM documents ORDER BY embedding <=> ‘[0.1, 0.2, …]’ LIMIT 10; For a while, that is enough. That simplicity breaks down as the workload becomes real. The table grows, filters become part of … Read more
10 Best Residential Proxies for Developers in 2026
Residential proxies have become one of the most strategic pieces of infrastructure for modern engineering teams. Workloads have changed and continue to change as you read this. In 2026, developers are feeding AI training pipelines, running compliance and brand-safety monitoring around the clock, automating market intelligence across hundreds of regions, and verifying ads at a … Read more
Burnout Is Also a Software Architecture Problem: Anil Kumar Karumuru on Building Enterprise Systems
Burnout is usually discussed as a management issue, a staffing issue, or a culture issue. In workforce-heavy industries, it can also be a software issue. When enterprise systems are slow, fragmented, confusing, or unreliable, the pressure does not stay inside the technology organization. It moves directly to managers, supervisors, support teams, and frontline employees. People … Read more
Meta signs first AI data center deal in India with Reliance
The 168-megawatt facility will support Meta’s global AI computing needs and can be expanded over time.
Logitech’s new Mobi Fold squeezes a lot of functionality into a tiny folding mouse
The Mobi Fold feels like a full-sized mouse when opened and includes a touch panel for scrolling. Logitech finally announced its new ultraportable travel mouse following leaked marketing images that spoiled the surprise last month. As the name implies, the Mobi Fold is a compact mouse that can fold in half using a hinge that … Read more
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Top Lucid Motors executive departs amid new CEO’s leadership shakeup
The exec, Emad Dlala, has left just a few months after being promoted to SVP of engineering and digital, TechCrunch has learned.
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Google just fired a warning shot in the AI subscription price wars
Google just made it significantly cheaper to enjoy its budget AI subscription tier.
I tried Siri AI, and so far it actually works
Siri, are you there? Parents want one thing, and one thing only, out of AI: to add a list of soccer games or “spirit week” theme days from an email or a poorly formatted flyer onto their calendar in one shot. And I have good news for parents with iPhones – the new Siri can … Read more
How Justin Ernest invested nearly $400M into hot startups without a traditional VC fund
Instead of spending a year raising a formal venture fund, the Sabertooth VC founder used a captive network of LPs to invest startups like Anthropic, Anduril, and SpaceX.
We Replaced 40 Legacy Systems: Here’s What We Got Wrong
Two and a half years. Forty-something legacy systems. One new platform on EKS. By any external measure, the program was a success: it shipped, it absorbed the legacy, the lights stayed on. By any internal measure, the first year was a mess; we’re lucky we recovered from it. This is the postmortem I wish I … Read more
Congress just gave DHS another $70 billion
Congress narrowly voted to fund President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda, giving the Department of Homeland Security $70 billion over the next three years. The house voted 214 to 212 in favor of the reconciliation bill Tuesday, following the Senate’s 52-47 vote last Friday morning. The vote fell largely along party lines. Sen. Lisa Murkowski … Read more
The App Store is going to add subscription bundles soon
Later this year, you will be able to get bundled subscriptions for iPhone apps, as Apple announced it’s expanding App Store bundles so they can include offers from different companies. It’s similar to streaming video bundles that have combined offers for Apple TV and Peacock, but it also could put together subscriptions for completely different … Read more
GM thinks EVs can help offset AI’s energy suck with vehicle-to-grid tech
At an event in San Francisco today, General Motors made a series of announcements around EV batteries, energy storage, and grid resiliency in the face of growing electricity demand from AI data centers. The automaker announced that it would be activating new vehicle-to-grid capabilities for its current EV and home energy customers. It’s releasing a … Read more
GM joins race to build batteries for AI data centers and the grid
GM is developing an entirely new sodium-ion battery chemistry for use in everything from data centers to its own factories.
Alpine Linux 3.24.0 Released
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Hey Siri, here’s what I actually want from AI
I’m desperate for a personal AI assistant, but do I really want to become the kind of person who can’t function without the friendly robot voice in my phone?
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