ZuckOff app uses Bluetooth signals to flag nearby camera glasses
The mobile app detects signals associated with several smart-glasses models, but cannot determine whether a device is recording or identify its wearer.
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H-2B visa lottery study finds losing firms shrink without adding US workers
A randomized federal processing system gave economists a rare test of how access to seasonal foreign workers affects American businesses and employees.
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Merz vows to remain German chancellor after CDU setbacks in two state elections
Exit-poll projections put the CDU outside Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s parliament and behind The Left in Berlin, intensifying pressure on Friedrich Merz.
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Takumi Hojo delivers first gold of 2026 Asian Games for host Japan
The Japanese triathlete completed the sprint-distance race in 52 minutes 56 seconds, finishing nine seconds ahead of China’s Zhang Xirui.
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Essay warns that AI-assisted writing is converging on a uniform internet voice
Startup veteran Sagiv Ofek argues that polished transitions, formulaic contrasts and corporate phrasing are making online writing increasingly interchangeable.
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Developer argues layered checks can keep AI-generated code from lowering quality
A practitioner’s account says specifications, tests, reviews and production monitoring matter more than the raw volume produced by coding agents.
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Nvidia GPUs quietly rely on fleets of internal RISC-V controllers
Nvidia has embedded numerous RISC-V management processors inside modern GPUs, using specialized cores for firmware, security, power and graphics-control tasks rather than user applications.
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KDE anniversary conference weighs an AI-native Plasma proposal
KDE’s Akademy conference in Graz is marking the open-source project’s 30th year while considering a proposal for a personalized, vendor-independent AI layer in Plasma.
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Microsoft ports Copilot runtime from TypeScript to Rust with AI agents
An agent-assisted rewrite converted the Copilot runtime to Rust over 14.5 weeks, improving selected performance and memory benchmarks while still producing dozens of functional regressions.
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Startup veteran Sagiv Ofek argues that polished transitions, formulaic contrasts and corporate phrasing are making online writing increasingly interchangeable.
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Indonesia seeks return of five baby orangutans found in India
The young apes, believed to have been trafficked and possibly originating in Sumatra, are being cared for in Odisha while officials arrange DNA tests and repatriation.
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Dangote Refinery Opens $1.6 Billion Share Sale to Fund Capacity Expansion
The Nigerian refinery is offering 4.1 billion shares as it seeks capital to double output and broaden ownership across Africa.
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Sony fires Wheel of Fortune announcer Jim Thornton after an internal investigation
Sony says the longtime Wheel of Fortune announcer was terminated effective immediately after a probe into unspecified allegations, following an earlier suspension from the show.
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