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Anthropic Lets Claude Opus 4 & 4.1 End Conversations
Published on August 16, 2025 5:01 AM GMTCiting model welfare concerns, Anthropic has given Claude Opus 4 & 4.1 the ability to end ongoing conversations with its user.Most of the...
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Bungie announces the next four Destiny 2 expansions, and yes, the second one is literally just Star Wars
The Edge of Fate is out July 15, but it's the expansion in December that's bringing a lightsaber to the game.
Delaying Navy’s F/A-XX Fighter Would Be a ‘Disaster’ vs. China
Key Points – Potential multi-year delays to the US Navy’s F/A-XX sixth-generation carrier fighter program—reportedly due to funding debates, industrial base capacity concerns, and strategic indecision over manned versus unmanned...
The Slow ‘Crash Landing’ of Russia’s Su-57 Felon Stealth Fighter
Summary and Key Points: Russia’s fifth-generation Su-57 Felon fighter remains shrouded in secrecy, particularly regarding advanced computing, sensor integration, and drone-teaming capabilities. While it appears stealthy and boasts Mach 2...
Further Your Knowledge on Pair Programming with These Resources
Dive deeper into the world of pair programming with this list of key academic papers and resources. Explore foundational research on pair programming, from its effectiveness to the social dynamics...
MIT Student Drops Out Because She Says AGI Will Kill Everyone Before She Can Graduate
We're all probably feeling a little anxious about AI. It's horrible for the environment, is used as an excuse to fire workers, floods the internet with misinformation and slop, entrenches...
Here are the Oblivion Remastered system specs: 'More friendly to gamers with modern hardware' and Steam Deck Verified
There's Lumen software and hardware ray tracing, so no RTX actually required.
Forget the SR-71 Darkstar: The SR-91 Aurora ‘Might’ Have Hit Mach 6
Summary and Key Points: Rumors of America’s hypersonic spy plane, the SR-91 Aurora, have intrigued aviation enthusiasts for decades, yet evidence strongly suggests it never existed. -Budget references in the...
Apply for the 2025 Dovetail fellowship
Published on August 17, 2025 7:09 PM GMTThis job is part of an Advanced Research + Invention Agency-funded project.Summary: Dovetail is an agent foundations research group. We've recently received an...
The Navy’s F-14 Tomcat Fighter Was Built For Just 1 Mission
Summary and Key Points: The F-14 Tomcat, a legendary Cold War fighter made famous by Top Gun, was unmatched in power and performance—but plagued by reliability issues and high costs....
XSLT on congress.gov
Today I learned - via a proposal to remove mentions of XSLT from the HTML spec - that congress.gov uses XSLT to serve XML bills as XHTML - here's H....
Trending Tech in 2025: What’s Real (Context Aware AI), What’s Hype (Self Driving Cars) & What’s Next
The challenge is telling the difference between what’s real and hype. Quantum computing could become essential for climate modeling by the early 2030s. By 2030, every major business will be...
The HackerNoon Newsletter: MCP vs A2A - A Complete Deep Dive (8/17/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, August 17, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, NBS Dedicated SWAC...
China’s J-36 6th-Generation Fighter Has a Message for the B-21 Raider
The Chinese military publication “The Shipborne Weapons” magazine has made a bold claim about the new J-36, the sixth-generation fighter. The publication, which is affiliated with the China Ship Building...
Valve only wants to make new Half-Life games if they push the medium forward, but what could it push forward next?
If Half-Life 3 ever happens, what big innovation would justify it in Gabe Newell's eyes?
I'm honestly shocked, but Arc Raiders is a much more exciting extraction shooter than Marathon
After 4 hours with both shooters, Bungie should be worried that Embark will steal its spotlight.
Going Deep on ‘Deep’
Katy Steinmetz, writing for The Washington Post (via Mignon Fogarty): But lately, one meaning has become trendier than the rest. Close ties to artificial intelligence have led to a surge...
The deeply simulated roguelike strangeness of Caves of Qud won this year's Hugo Award for Best Game or Interactive Work
See, we were right to put it in our Top 100.
Starbreeze reclaims Payday 3 publishing rights from Plaion, says it will 'significantly accelerate our content development roadmap'
As Payday 3 continues to struggle, Starbreeze is looking ahead to "broader strategic opportunities for the Payday franchise as a whole."
The mod that aimed to recreate Counter-Strike 1.6 in CS:GO is now officially cancelled following 'abrupt actions by Valve that prevent us from releasing' the project
A last-ditch effort to resurrect Classic Offensive in March has come to naught.
Today's Wordle clues, hints and answer for August 18 (#1521)
Another fresh batch of hints and clues.
If you're getting Oblivion Remastered, save $9 by grabbing a Steam key from Fanatical's day-one sale
A launch day sale to get the Oblivion remaster at a more reasonable price.
From Metrics to Meaning: Why Customer Satisfaction Is the Ultimate Measure of Quality
Traditional QA metrics show product health, but they don’t guarantee customer happiness. By integrating satisfaction metrics like CSAT, NPS, and CES into QA workflows, teams can spot hidden issues, improve...
Elon Musk Is Hounded by Haters in Path of Exile 2 Chat
‘YOU WILL ALWAYS FEEL INSECURE IT WILL NEVER GO AWAY,’ filled the screen of the richest man in the world.
The Navy’s Big Mistake: Retiring the USS Nimitz Aircraft Carrier
The U.S. military has been surprised at the longevity and ferocity of the Houthi terrorists in Yemen. The militants just do not want to stop shooting missiles and firing drones...
10 growth tactics that never work | Elena Verna (Amplitude, Miro, Dropbox, SurveyMonkey)
Elena Verna is one of Silicon Valley’s most sought-after growth advisors and operators. She previously led growth at companies like Amplitude, Miro, Dropbox, and SurveyMonkey and is currently doing full-time...
Today's Wordle is the 5th toughest ever, ending streaks for 50% of players
It took pretty much everyone at PC Gamer all of our guesses to get it.
Common Sense about Negotiations
For Americans about Ukraine
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Trump’s BLS Pick E.J. Antoni Is — Shocker — a Crackpot Hack
Jason Lalljee, reporting for Axios Tuesday: President Trump’s nomination of Heritage Foundation economist E.J. Antoni to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Monday drew criticism from economists across the...
Threads Now Has DMs, But They’re Not Encrypted and, Contrary to Reports, Not Yet Available on the Web
Emma Roth, reporting for The Verge back on July 1 (emphasis added): Threads’ DMs are currently available to users aged 18 and over on Android, iOS, and the web, but...
ABSOLUTE POWER (A short story)
Published on August 18, 2025 1:10 AM GMTCrossposting this story from my blog since it feels like something this community might enjoy. The professor's voice droned. It was a consistent...
Sebastiaan de With’s iPhone 16e Camera Review: ‘The Essentials’
Sebastiaan de With: You can speculate what the ‘e’ in ‘16e’ stands for, but in my head it stands for ‘essential’. Some things that I consider particularly essential to the...
Astronomers Say They’ve Finally Solved the “Little Red Dots” Mystery
When the James Webb Space Telescope first came online in 2022, it immediately spotted something astronomers had never seen before: "little red dots" peppering deep space, originating from around when...
Scientists Create Ultimate Antiviral Using Rare "Superpower" Genetic Mutation
There are a small group of people in the world who carry a unique feature in their DNA: a genetic mutation called ISG15 that makes them invulnerable to what seems...
Rematch, the soccer game from the maker of Sifu and Absolver, is holding an open beta this weekend
Here's your chance to see what it's all about.
AbramsX: The Army’s New Tank Has Just 1 Mission
General Dynamics’ AbramsX tank features hybrid-electric power, drone-launching capabilities, advanced active protection, and revolutionary tech for the U.S. Army. The post AbramsX: The Army’s New Tank Has Just 1 Mission...
Product Mix Strategy: How to Manage & Optimize Your Product Portfolio
How to structure, optimize, and manage your product mix effectively. Google case study and a Product Mix Strategy Template.
Jason Snell’s M4 MacBook Air Review
Jason Snell, last month: The new M4 MacBook Air is the Mac most people should buy. [...] That’s why perhaps the most important change in the M4 MacBook Air is...
The parable of the underdog
Published on August 17, 2025 10:39 PM GMTImagine a dog-fighting ring. An arena, somewhere in a dark basement; two dogs enter; one dog leaves. Brutal and horrific, of course; but,...
Sketch crew Aunty Donna's latest improv piece turned their set into a giant side-scrolling videogame and it's great
A baby king flying about in a little hot air balloon is the least of their worries.
How excited are we to replay a shinier version of Oblivion 19 years later?
Oblivion is a safe pick for the remaster treatment, sandwiched between the more flavorful Morrowind and more popular Skyrim.
Ford Focus: nikt nie wierzył, że powstanie naprawdę - MotoBieda
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When ‘FAQ’ Stands for ‘Fucking Angry Questions’
From Humane’s “AI Pin Consumers FAQ”, which they link to with one of the best euphemisms of the year thus far — “We understand this transition may be difficult, and...
r/ChatGPTPro: What is the most profitable thing you have done with ChatGPT?
r/ChatGPTPro: What is the most profitable thing you have done with ChatGPT? This Reddit thread - with 279 replies - offers a neat targeted insight into the kinds of things...
Another Young Bodybuilder Just Suddenly Died
At just 44 years old, actor and weightlifting influencer Vittorio Pirbazari has died — the second young bodybuilder to pass away suddenly in a single month. According to People magazine,...
Od kiedy Niemcy wiedzieli, że przegrali II wojnę światową
Zarejestruj się w LetyShops i skorzystaj z gorącego cashbacku na Allegro: https://letyshops.onelink.me/HKO3/o75z6h70 Między 1941 a 1943 rokiem sytuacja Wehrmachtu kompletnie się zmieniła. Porażka pod Moskwą a następnie pod Stalingradem oznaczała...
This Country Wants to Replace Its Corrupt Government With AI
With so much buzzy tech floating around these days, it's only natural for national governments to experiment with the various bits of gadgetry. For the past few years, the country...
