Lights will stay on this winter, grid operator says after concerns
The assurance from the National Energy System Operator comes amid concern from its engineers about their ability to ensure adequate supply.
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Spotify says yes, it is busting people for using Family Plan sharing too widely
Spotify co-CEO Alex Norström confirmed on this week's earnings call that the company is trying to catch Spotify Family plan users who don't actually live together with a new QR code verification method that requires scanning the plan manager's phone. TechCrunch reports that in response to a question about the "crackdown," he called it a […]
Child health in England at risk from sharp rise in NHS waiting times, report says
CQC research finds long delays are making conditions harder to treat and highlights regional disparities in care Thousands of children in England are experiencing some of the sharpest rises in waiting times for healthcare in the history of the NHS, a report has revealed. While some adult waiting times have improved, children and young people are being “hit hardest” amid soaring demand and falling numbers of staff, according to the annual state of care report by the Care Quality Commission. Continue reading...
Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you
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LLMs are making formal software verification feasible at a much larger scale
Article URL: https://www.anthropic.com/research/formal-verification Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50202217 Points: 341 # Comments: 199
v0.40.9
Speech Ollama can now generate speech with Phonon on Apple Silicon. ollama run plays text or a chat model's reply aloud as the audio is generated, and apps can stream audio through the OpenAI-compatible /v1/audio/speech endpoint. ollama run phonon " Hello from Ollama. " d3 decision models d3 brings vLLM Semantic Router's decision models to Ollama. Give a model text, structured state, or an image, and ask it to classify, answer yes or no, or score options with probabilities. The family includes 2B, 4B, 9B, and 27B sizes. ollama run d3 " A customer says their card was charged twice. " --ask " Is this a billing issue? " Flint on Linux and Windows Flint now runs on Linux and Windows as well as macOS. Other improvements Streaming OpenAI Responses and Anthropic Messages requests now report generation failures instead of ending silently after partial output. ollama launch now passes cloud models' context lengths and capabilities to coding tools, fixing incorrect context and compaction settings. Anthropic-compatible web search now uses the model's supported thinking setting in follow-up requests, preventing avoidable failures. Full Changelog : v0.40.8...v0.40.9
Switch 2 security takes a hit as hackers unlock homebrew access
"Userland" exploit relies on integer overflow found in "SmileBasic" interpreter.
Turning Database Grading into RL Rewards: Post-Training Agents with ThinkingBox
Hugging Face Blog published: Turning Database Grading into RL Rewards: Post-Training Agents with ThinkingBox
Custom skills, agents, and MCP servers in usage metrics API
Copilot usage metrics now show the names of the skills, custom agents, Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, slash commands, and plugins that your organization creates, instead of grouping them under… The post Custom skills, agents, and MCP servers in usage metrics API appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
Moderna and Merck say their mRNA cancer vaccine cut death, recurrence by 42%
Markers released top-line results today after previously reporting the trial succeeded.
OpenAI working on new $30B raise at $1.25T valuation ahead of IPO
Should OpenAI command an over $1 trillion valuation with this round, it would break records as the most highly valued private company ever.
Lewis Hamilton aims to extend career till early 2030s so he can race in African Grand Prix
41-year-old set on ‘dream to be able to race in Africa’ Rwanda to host despite criticism of human rights record Lewis Hamilton has said he hopes to remain racing in Formula One until he can take part in the African Grand Prix which is set to take place in Rwanda in the 2030s . The seven-time world champion believes it is right that F1 is to hold a race there despite criticism of the country’s human rights record. Last week F1 confirmed Rwanda was to host the African Grand Prix having concluded a 10-year agreement for the meeting on a purpose-built circuit, with the first race set for the early 2030s. It is lined up to be held on a circuit in Bugesera, 25 miles south of the capital, Kigali, which has yet to be constructed and marks a return to the African continent for the first time since it last held a race at Kyalami, South Africa in 1993. Continue reading...
Ukraine says Starlink still restricted after Trump says limits lifted
Issues remain with the network used by the Ukrainian military, sources say, after repeated denials of a deliberate slowdown.
Jared Kushner Hacked Phone Reveals Secret Negotiations, Millions in Transactions
Article URL: https://www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-kushner-hacked-phone-secret-negotiations Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50201259 Points: 403 # Comments: 172
Designing an AI serving harness built to last
The next competitive advantage in enterprise AI has less to do with which model you choose than with what you build around it. That’s an important shift. For the past several years, much of the AI conversation has centered on model capability: bigger models, better reasoning, larger context windows, higher benchmark scores. Those advances have…
Fall 2026 earnings watch
Every company is suddenly an AI company. Compute is an asset. Cars are flying. We’ve been promised robots — again. It’s time again to dig through earnings reports, listen to investor calls, and call out the latest wins and losses from around the tech sector and what it means for where the companies go next.
Poland: Thousands protest for more abortion rights
Thousands rallied across Poland to demand abortion rights six years after a landmark court ruling tightened restrictions. The country has one of the strictest abortion rules in all of Europe.
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Global default for Copilot features generally available
In September, we announced a global default policy for generally available GitHub Copilot features and supported client capabilities on Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise plans. Starting today, we’re gradually rolling… The post Global default for Copilot features generally available appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
Chrome Beta for Desktop Update
The Beta channel has been updated to 157.0.8103.15 for Windows, Mac and Linux. A partial list of changes is available in the Git log . Interested in switching release channels? Find out how . If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug . The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues. Chrome Release Team Google Chrome
Meta’s deal to keep Zuckerberg in California adds fuel to wealth tax debate ahead of election
With less than two weeks before the midterm elections, Meta made clear that Mark Zuckerberg is staying in California if the wealth tax passes.
Early Stable Update for Desktop
The Stable channel has been updated to 157.0.8103.15/.16 for Windows , Mac will be coming shortly as part of our early stable release to a small percentage of users. A full list of changes in this build is available in the log . You can find more details about early Stable releases here . Interested in switching release channels? Find out how here . If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug . The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues. Srinivas Sista Google Chrome
AWS Continuum for code vulnerabilities is now generally available
AWS Continuum for code vulnerabilities is a new security service that uses AI to automatically find, validate, and prioritize code vulnerabilities in your environment, then delivers ready-to-review fixes as pull requests replacing what previously took hours of manual investigation and days of cross-team coordination.
Albania's student protests are only getting bigger
As police try to suppress anti-corruption protests by young Albanians, Prime Minister Edi Rama is claiming that "antifa" is behind the unrest. Few are buying that explanation.