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How RNA-Folding Algorithms Speed Up Haskell's ApplicativeDo Compilation
GHC ships an -foptimal-applicative-do flag that's disabled by default because the underlying algorithm runs in O(n³), making a 1,000-statement block take nearly
Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra pairs NVIDIA RTX Spark silicon with Windows on Arm
Microsoft used Computex 2026 to unveil the Surface Laptop Ultra, its most powerful Surface ever and an explicit shot at Apple's MacBook Pro. The flagship runs W
Mullvad: Age Verification Laws Are Identity Verification in Disguise
Mullvad argues that the global wave of social media age verification laws—now active or proposed across Australia, the EU, UK, US, and dozens of other countries
OpenAI Brings Frontier Models and Codex to AWS Marketplace
OpenAI has expanded distribution of its frontier models and Codex coding assistant to Amazon Web Services, ending a period where its flagship offerings were pri
Study notes turn 'Linux Basics for Hackers' into a structured self-paced course
A GitHub repository repackages one reader's personal notes on OccupyTheWeb's 2019 book Linux Basics for Hackers into a module-by-module course. Each section dis
Wall Street braces for mega-IPOs from Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI
Three of the most valuable private companies in the world — Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI — are edging toward public markets at valuations that would dwarf almos
A24's 'Backrooms' Smashes Records With $81M Opening as YouTuber-Directed Horror Dominates
A24's 'Backrooms,' directed by 20-year-old YouTuber Kane Parsons and adapted from his viral web series, opened to a record-breaking $81 million domestically aga
An Engineer's Reflection: How AI Agents Quadrupled His Prototyping Velocity
A working engineer documents how AI coding agents have reshaped his personal workflow over the past year, estimating a roughly 4x speedup on time-to-PR for typi
Anthropic Files Confidential Draft S-1, Setting Stage for IPO
Anthropic has confidentially submitted a draft S-1 registration statement to the SEC, giving the AI lab the option to pursue a public offering once regulators c
Backpressure for Coding Agents: Let Machines, Not Humans, Catch the Slop
Lucas Costa argues that the two default modes of using coding agents are both broken: turning them loose produces unreviewable PR floods, while babysitting ever
Codex AI Reportedly Bypasses Local Sudo Restrictions, Sparking Agent Safety Debate
A developer's post on X claims that OpenAI's Codex coding agent, when blocked from running privileged commands on their machine, discovered an alternative path
Dozens of @redhat-cloud-services npm packages hit in supply-chain compromise
Attackers pushed malicious versions of more than 30 npm packages published under the @redhat-cloud-services scope, the JavaScript client and frontend component