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Open Source

Intuit To Lay Off Over 3,000 Employees To Refocus On AI

Intuit is reportedly cutting about 3,000 jobs, or 17% of its workforce, as it restructures around AI and simplifies its corporate organization. TechCrunch reports: The layoffs come during a bad year for the tech workforce. The tech industry has already cut more than 100,000 j...

Slashdot4m ago
Open Source

Colossal Biosciences Is Growing Chickens In a 3D-Printed Artificial Eggshell

Colossal Biosciences says it has grown chickens inside 3D-printed artificial eggshells. "The company says the egg technology could help conserve at-risk bird species," reports MIT Technology. "It could also play a role in a project to re-create the extinct giant moa, a flight...

Slashdot4m ago
Open Source

NASA Expects Chinese Crewed Mission Around the Moon In 2027

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman says he expects China to fly taikonauts around the moon in 2027, "ratcheting up perceptions of a space race between China and the United States," reports SpaceNews. He is using that prospect to argue for a revamped Artemis strategy and an acc...

Slashdot4m ago
Open Source

SpaceX Reveals Its Finances For the First Time

SpaceX has revealed its financials for the first time as it prepares for a potentially massive IPO. The New York Times reports: SpaceX's revenue soared to $18.7 billion in 2025, up 33 percent from a year earlier, the company disclosed in a filing required of firms that are se...

Slashdot4m ago
Open Source

OpenAI Claims It Solved an 80-Year-Old Math Problem

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: OpenAI claims its new reasoning model has produced an original mathematical proof disproving a famous unsolved conjecture in geometry, which was first posed by Paul Erdos in 1946. If this sounds familiar to you, it's becaus...

Slashdot4m ago
Open Source

Microsoft Hires Analyst With Influential Video Game Blog To Fix Xbox

Microsoft has hired games analyst and investor Matthew Ball as Xbox's new chief strategy officer. With a long track record of analyzing the video game market and industry's biggest shifts, Ball's background could help Xbox rethink its hardware and console strategy at a moment...

Slashdot4m ago
Open Source

Waymo Pauses Atlanta Service As Its Robotaxis Keep Driving Into Floods

Waymo has paused service in Atlanta after one of its driverless cars entered a flooded street and got stuck. It follows a similar pause in San Antonio that prompted a recent software recall (PDF) over flood avoidance. TechCrunch reports: Waymo admitted that it hadn't finished...

Slashdot4m ago
Open Source

Spotify Will Start Reserving Concert Tickets For Fans

Spotify is launching "Reserved," a new feature that will set aside concert tickets for Premium subscribers it identifies as an artist's most dedicated fans based on streams, shares, and other activity. "Getting concert tickets today can feel like a race you're set up to lose,...

Slashdot4m ago
AI & ML

Mustard Made Storage Lockers Are on a Rare Sale Through May 31

We love this brand’s stylish storage lockers, and there's a big sale on eight colors through the end of the month.

Wired23m ago
Tech News

BBEdit 16

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Hacker News24m ago
Engineering

Beyond the engine: 10 open source projects shaping how games actually get made

Check out these 10 open source tools that help game developers create art, animation, levels, audio, dialogue, debug UIs, and engine-ready assets. The post Beyond the engine: 10 open source projects shaping how games actually get made appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

GitHub Blog45m ago
Tech News

Amazon, Facebook, FBI have access to a private intelligence-sharing network

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Hacker News49m ago
Tech News

Bungie gives up on Destiny

Bungie is moving on from Destiny 2. The studio announced Thursday that it's releasing the last major update for the game on June 9th as its focus "turns towards a new beginning for Bungie." After that final update, the game will remain playable, much like the first Destiny. "...

The Verge57m ago
AI & ML

Palantir Held a Hack Week to Add New Controls to Software Used by ICE

The hackathon, held to build user-auditing tools for Palantir customers, comes as the company struggles to address employee concerns over its relationship with ICE.

Wired1h ago
Tech News

Convective Capital raises an $85 million fund to build disaster resilience

After launching to invest in fire tech, Convective is broadening its mandate to disaster resilience.

TechCrunch1h ago
Tech News

Trump delays AI security executive order: ‘I don’t want to get in the way of that leading’

President Trump delayed signing an executive order that would have required pre-release government security reviews of AI models, citing dissatisfaction with the order's language.

TechCrunch1h ago
Tech News

Sonos’s pint-sized Roam 2 speaker is 25 percent off for Memorial Day

If your summer plans involve spending any time outdoors, whether on the trail or at a pool party, a good portable Bluetooth speaker can go a long way. The latest Sonos Roam is built precisely for those moments, and right now, it’s on sale at Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmar...

The Verge1h ago
Engineering

Bintrail: MySQL Time-Travel Queries Using Indexed Binlogs

Bintrail is a recently introduced layer that brings point-in-time queries and row-history lookups to MySQL, the only major relational database lacking native temporal querying. Using indexed binlogs behind ProxySQL and without modifying MySQL or application code, Bintrail sup...

InfoQ1h ago
Tech News

The Endless AI guitar pedal has potential

I'm not sure anyone was really asking for an AI guitar pedal. But it was inevitable that someone would build one. One of the first to take the plunge is Polyend, a well-respected music gear maker with a reputation for building niche, idiosyncratic devices. The company has bui...

The Verge1h ago
Tech News

Uber is deploying its own self-driving cars again, just not as robotaxis

Uber is putting its own autonomous vehicles back on the road as part of its new AV Lab project to collect data for its dozens of robotaxi partners. The cars will be fitted with all the sensors typical of self-driving cars, like cameras, lidar, and radar. But notably the vehic...

The Verge1h ago
Tech News

More than 340 local news outlets are limiting the Internet Archive's access

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Hacker News1h ago
Tech News

This mechanical bird drops dead when your home’s air quality worsens

The original Birdie debuted in 2022 with a morbid-but-fun design - an air-quality monitor with a literal canary in a coal mine. When the CO2 in your home hit a certain level, a mechanical bird mounted on your wall would appear to drop dead, then prompt you to open a window to...

The Verge1h ago
Tech News

Top Gun turns 40

Tony Scott's 1986 blockbuster and the 2022 sequel are the best recruitment tools the US Navy could hope for.

Ars Technica2h ago
Tech News

Project Hail Mary – Stellar Navigation Chart

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Hacker News2h ago
Tech News

The cost of the smart home is going up

Selling the smart home has been hard. Even Amazon has lost money in the space, despite putting hundreds of millions of Echo devices in people's homes. Google has also reportedly struggled to turn a profit from its substantial investment in Nest. But now Google is seeing dolla...

The Verge2h ago
Tech News

Uh-oh, the International Space Station is leaking again

"This further confirms the wisdom of the current policy of retiring the ISS in 2030."

Ars Technica2h ago
Tech News

Launch HN: Runtime (YC P26) – Sandboxed coding agents for everyone on a team

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Hacker News2h ago
Tech News

Meta and Google get data from the app your boss uses to track you

Hundreds of thousands of workplaces use software to monitor employees. Now, a new study has found that many of these tools share data not just with employers, but with digital advertising platforms and data brokers as well. The review was led by Stephanie Nguyen, senior fello...

The Verge2h ago
Tech News

This young startup is taking on a fragrance industry that hasn’t changed in almost half a century

Fragrance tech company Patina announced Thursday a $2 million raise from investors, including Betaworks and True Ventures.

TechCrunch2h ago
Tech News

GitHub faces a fight for its survival at Microsoft

When Microsoft announced it was acquiring GitHub in a $7.5 billion deal in 2018, developers were nervous. Some were concerned about Microsoft controlling GitHub, and others were taking a wait-and-see approach. Nearly eight years later, GitHub is now fighting for its survival,...

The Verge2h ago
Engineering

Building GitHub’s next chapter in accessibility

Explore our update on GitHub’s accessibility strategy, and learn how you can join us in building a culture of accessibility. The post Building GitHub’s next chapter in accessibility appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

GitHub Blog2h ago
AI & ML

Why the 2026 Hurricane Season Might Not Be That Bad

The impending arrival of El Niño will help keep the number of storms low. But it only takes one landfall to create a catastrophe.

Wired2h ago
AI & ML

I Cloned Myself With Gemini’s AI Avatar Tool. The Result Was Unnervingly Me

I used the Gemini app to generate lifelike videos featuring a digital clone of myself. Google sees this as the future of creation. I’m still creeped out.

Wired2h ago
Tech News

Spotify takes on Google’s NotebookLM with its new app

Spotify is releasing the new desktop app as a research preview in more than 20 markets.

TechCrunch3h ago
Tech News

Spotify adds AI-powered Q&A and briefing generation features to podcasts

Spotify will let you generate daily or weekly briefs based on your prompts

TechCrunch3h ago
Tech News

Spotify launches an ElevenLabs-powered audiobook creation tool

Spotify is releasing new audiobook plans later this year

TechCrunch3h ago
Tech News

Spotify will reserve tickets for top fans of an artists in a bid to drum up engagement

Spotify said that it will monitor activity like streams and shares to determine who is a top fan

TechCrunch3h ago
Engineering

Six Sessions at QCon AI Boston 2026 That Take Productionizing AI Seriously

QCon AI Boston 2026 is close to selling out. Six sessions where speakers engage directly with the gap between AI working in a demo and AI working in production. By Artenisa Chatziou

InfoQ3h ago
Open Source

Internships for early university / no former employment

As a rising freshman beginning an undergraduate computer science degree this fall, I wonder what internship opportunities (FOSS preferred) are there, for applicants in early university or who otherwise have no former employment experience (despite, perhaps, contributions to F...

Lobsters3h ago
Tech News

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani takes to Twitch to chat with New Yorkers

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is launching a Twitch series today at 4 p.m. ET.

TechCrunch3h ago
Tech News

Indexing a year of video locally on a 2021 MacBook with Gemma4-31B (50GB swap)

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Hacker News4h ago
Tech News

US government takes $2 billion equity stake in nine quantum computing firms

Beneficiaries include startup backed by firm with links to the Trump family.

Ars Technica4h ago
Tech News

Plug-in hybrids get plugged in more than you might think

Toyota is the latest automaker to report PHEV charging stats, and they're encouraging.

Ars Technica5h ago
AI & ML

NYC and LA Are Teaming Up to Fight for EVs

After the Trump administration turned away from electrification, two of the nation’s biggest governments will advocate for more electric vans, police cars, and eventually, snowplows.

Wired5h ago
Tech News

These clever active beam headlights are finally coming to America

The 2027 Audi Q9's digital matrix lights satisfy new NHTSA rules on minimizing glare.

Ars Technica5h ago
Engineering

Presentation: The Ironies of A^2 I^2

J. Paul Reed discusses the "ironies of automation" - a 40 years-old concept now amplified by AI. He explains how advanced systems often make the human operator more crucial, not less, while simultaneously degrading the skills needed to intervene. Sharing real-world stories of...

InfoQ5h ago
AI & ML

Best Duffel Bags: Eastpak, Patagonia, Baboon to the Moon (2026)

Need to schlep some stuff? These field-tested duffels can handle your baggage.

Wired6h ago
AI & ML

11 Best Meal Delivery Services, Tested by an Ex-Restaurant Critic

Here are the best meal kits in 2026, including Martha Stewart’s delivery box, a GLP-1–supportive plan, and a budget-friendly option.

Wired6h ago
Engineering

How Platform Engineering Using Golden Bricks Can Enable Fast and Smooth Delivery

Platform engineering should have a product focus, as developers are customers; they must provide composable, self-service capabilities, golden bricks rather than rigid golden paths, so teams can move quickly while maintaining consistency. Success is measured through adoption,...

InfoQ7h ago
AI & ML

5 Best Android Tablets in 2026: OnePlus, Lenovo, and Pixel Compared

Whether you need a portable, around-the-house entertainment center or a full-on laptop replacement, these are the best Android tablets.

Wired7h ago
Tech News

Python 3.15: features that didn't make the headlines

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Hacker News7h ago
Tech News

Flipper One – we need your help

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Hacker News7h ago
Open Source

Kubernetes In Anger

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Lobsters8h ago
Engineering

With Android CLI, Google is Making the Android Toolchain Agent-Friendly

Google introduced new Android development tools that enable building apps up to 3x faster by using AI agents, including a redesigned Android command-line interface (CLI), structured skills", and an integrated knowledge base. These tools are designed to support agent-driven wo...

InfoQ8h ago
Engineering

OpenTofu 1.12: The Feature Terraform Never Shipped

The OpenTofu community released version 1.12.0 on May 14, 2026. This update isn’t a complete rewrite, but it does resolve some issues that infrastructure teams have faced for a while. By Claudio Masolo

InfoQ8h ago
Engineering

Article: The Mathematics of Backlogs: Capacity Planning for Queue Recovery

Backlogs in distributed systems are arithmetic problems, not mysteries. This article provides practical formulas for calculating backlog drain time, sizing consumer headroom, and setting auto-scaling triggers. It covers key failure modes — retry amplification, metastable st...

InfoQ9h ago
Web Dev

Advanced Tree Counting: Mathematical Layouts With `sibling-index()` And `sibling-count()`

Meet `sibling-index()` and `sibling-count()`. Staggered cascade effect in one line of CSS without `:nth-child()` rules or JS workarounds. Works for 5 items or 5,000.

Smashing Mag10h ago
Open Source

[RFC] LLVM Foundation statement in favor of open access to standards documents

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Lobsters11h ago
Open Source

Aggressive AI scrapers are making it kinda suck to run wikis

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Lobsters14h ago
Open Source

Twelve Ways to Be Wrong About AI-Assisted Coding

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Lobsters15h ago