Night update, generated 2026-08-05.
21 new stories since Lunch.
Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters
HN: 68 points, 26 comments (discussion)
Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters
HN: 65 points, 10 comments (discussion)
Sources: Bubbles (Information Camouflage), Lobsters
Sources: Hacker News
HN: 399 points, 196 comments (discussion)
I run GPSJAM.org, have been studying and tracking the effects of GPS interference on aviation for the past 5 years, and I was a source for this article. I'm not a pilot and I don't work for any aviation agency. I'm very curious to see what the final NTSB report says, but their preliminary report alo...
Sources: Slashdot
Sources: The Register
Sources: Hackaday
Sources: Hacker News
HN: 357 points, 200 comments (discussion)
I liked Kenton's take on this: https://x.com/KentonVarda/status/2084990137180590572?s=20 Text from tweet: Today we are releasing Cloudflare OS, a chatbot with connectors, just like every other tech company is doing. Except actually, it's different. This is a remake of Sandstorm[.]io, my startup from...
Sources: Lobsters
Sources: Slashdot
Sources: The Register
Sources: Hackaday
Sources: Hacker News
HN: 330 points, 193 comments (discussion)
From Jeff's twitter post: > Our general approach is to automate the experimental loop. We think this approach is broadly applicable across many different fields of science and engineering. We’ll initially focus on ML research and engineering, but believe the approach can help with important subprobl...
Sources: Slashdot
Sources: The Register
Sources: Hackaday
Sources: Hacker News
HN: 206 points, 139 comments (discussion)
Sources: Slashdot
Sources: The Register
Sources: Hackaday
Sources: Hacker News
HN: 173 points, 353 comments (discussion)
gemma-4 is an incredibly good model, beating several others five time its' size. Hope Jeff's departure won't impact their next-gen products! And best of success for their new ventures!