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Google releases the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model, built on Gemini 2.5 Pro's capabilities to power agents that can interact with UIs, in preview via the API (The Keyword)
2025-10-07 21:11 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Elon Musk has appointed former Morgan Stanley banker Anthony Armstrong as CFO of xAI; he will also take over financial management for X (Financial Times)
2025-10-07 22:11 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Anthropic releases Petri, an open-source tool using AI agents for safety testing, and says it observed multiple cases of models attempting to blow the whistle (Anthropic)
2025-10-07 20:11 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
OpenAI and the race for AI-driven commerce
2025-10-07 15:10 - https://techcrunch.com/feed/
 
Memorizing Phone Numbers
2025-10-08 00:11 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
Mastodon plans to add Bluesky-like starter packs to suggest accounts to follow for new users, but will allow accounts to opt out of being included in Packs (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
2025-10-07 17:10 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
AltStore, one of the first alternative app stores in the EU, raised a $6M Series A led by Pace Capital, aims to launch in Australia, Brazil, and Japan in 2025 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
2025-10-07 17:10 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Michel Devoret, a Google Quantum AI chief scientist, John Martinis, who left Google in 2020, and John Clarke win the Nobel in Physics for quantum computing work (Bloomberg)
2025-10-07 18:10 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Docusign's stock dropped 12% last week after OpenAI revealed an internal DocuGPT demo, highlighting OpenAI's potential sway over the current software market (Wired)
2025-10-07 18:10 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Dario Amodei is in India as Anthropic plans a Bengaluru office and explores a partnership with Reliance, seeking to expand in its second-largest market (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
2025-10-07 19:10 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Meta updates Reels on Facebook to prioritize showing fresher and more-relevant content, and adds AI search suggestions and friend bubbles like on Instagram (Katelyn Chedraoui/CNET)
2025-10-07 17:10 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Is pawn promotion to rook or bishop something that is seen in play? (2012)
2025-10-07 20:11 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
Why do we need MAC addresses?
2025-10-08 03:12 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
Qualcomm acquires Italian open-source electronics platform Arduino for an undisclosed sum and will retain the Arduino brand; Arduino releases a Pi-like board (Emma Roth/The Verge)
2025-10-07 17:10 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: when Trump criticized Lip-Bu Tan in August, Satya Nadella, Jensen Huang, Michael Dell, and others spoke to Trump or his aides to vouch for Tan (Semafor)
2025-10-07 17:10 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
The publishing industry has a gambling problem
2025-10-07 20:11 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
Cache-Friendly B+Tree Nodes with Dynamic Fanout
2025-10-07 17:10 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
Adding Stride Scheduling to Xv6
2025-10-08 02:12 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
Windows 3.1 in a Windows 95 Virtual Machine (2022)
2025-10-07 21:11 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
Banning controversy reveals Bluesky's decentralized aspiration isn't reality
2025-10-07 21:11 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
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