Other The Verge

Twitch will let parents stop their teens going live

Twitch is introducing parental controls to allow guardians to manage their teens' activity and restrict livestreaming.

Tech Business/VC Ars Technica

Steam Deck sales are losing steam since May's price hike

Steam Deck sales have significantly declined following a price increase in May.

AI/ML Ars Technica

Google announces Gemini 3.6 Flash and cybersecurity AI, teases 3.5 Pro and Gemini 4

Google announces Gemini 3.6 Flash and a new cybersecurity AI model, while teasing Gemini 4.

Software Engineering Ars Technica

TreeSize won't renew perpetual-license support unless users subscribe

TreeSize is shifting its business model to require subscriptions for perpetual-license support renewals.

Tech Business/VC Hacker News

Bloomy (YC S26) is hiring a founding engineer

Bloomy, a Y Combinator S26 company, is seeking to hire a founding engineer.

Other Hacker News

Why Are There No Empires in Age of Empires? (2019)

An analytical piece discussing the conceptual absence of empires in the Age of Empires game series.

Tech Business/VC The Verge

Anthropic’s $1.5 billion book piracy settlement approved by judge

A federal judge has approved a $1.5 billion settlement between Anthropic and authors regarding the use of copyrighted books for AI training.

Other The Verge

Instagram will let users endlessly swap the audio on old posts

Instagram is updating its platform to allow creators to easily swap audio on their old posts.

Other The Verge

Tesla Robotaxis go to Florida

Tesla is launching its Robotaxi service in Orlando and Tampa, Florida.

AI/ML VentureBeat

Atlassian: Research shows organizations should approach AI at the team level, not the individual level, to achieve true ROI

Atlassian research suggests that AI adoption should be approached at the team level rather than the individual level to achieve ROI.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Identity-Consistent Expression Fields: A Disentangled Neural Radiance Field Framework for Few-Shot Facial Expression Synthesis

Researchers propose Identity-Consistent Expression Fields (ICEF), a NeRF framework for high-fidelity few-shot facial expression synthesis that preserves identity.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

It Depends on the Dataset: When a Brain-Encoding Model's Predicted Responses Beat Their Visual Backbone for Video Memorability

A study examines whether brain-encoding foundation models' predicted responses are more effective than their visual backbones for forecasting video memorability.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

A${}^2$BM: Alignment-Aware Bridge Matching for Image-to-Image Translation

A${}^2$BM introduces Alignment-Aware Bridge Matching, a framework for image-to-image translation that handles weakly aligned training pairs.

Other Hacker News

Long Presumed Dead, a Thriving Coral Reef Is Discovered in West Africa

A previously unknown coral reef has been discovered in West Africa.

Other Hacker News

The World's 2,400 Castles

An exploration or list of 2,400 castles around the world.

Cybersecurity Hacker News

France's Anssi Will Block PQC-Free Products from Certification Starting 2027

France's national cybersecurity agency, Anssi, will require post-quantum cryptography (PQC) for product certification starting in 2027.

Software Engineering Hacker News

NPM's release cooldown is security theater

A critical look at NPM's release cooldown feature, arguing that it is ineffective for security purposes.

Cybersecurity Hacker News

Apple Fixes Hide My Email Vulnerability After 404 Media Coverage

Apple has patched a vulnerability in its Hide My Email service following media reports of the issue.

Other Hacker News

Amid nurse shortage, a university rolls out the welcome mat for men

A university is actively recruiting men to enter the nursing profession to address a nursing shortage.

AI/ML Hacker News

The unreasonable difficulty of time series forecasting

A discussion on the inherent difficulties and complexities involved in time series forecasting.