Tech Business/VC TechCrunch

Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved

Anthropic has reached a $1.5 billion copyright settlement, although the core legal debate regarding AI training on copyrighted data remains unresolved.

Software Engineering Phoronix

Cold Reset Recovery Coming Together To Better Help Intel GPUs On Linux

New patch series for Linux DRM drivers are introducing cold reset recovery methods to improve stability for Intel Xe GPUs.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

Secrets Don’t Belong in Config

A community discussion on the best practices for managing secrets and why they should be separated from application configuration.

Software Engineering Hacker News

The Psychology of Software Teams

A discussion on the psychological aspects and dynamics of software development teams.

Tech Business/VC TechCrunch

Colossal Biosciences reportedly in talks to raise new capital at $20B–$30B valuation

Colossal Biosciences is reportedly seeking new capital with a valuation target of $20B to $30B for its de-extinction efforts.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

Just created and opened my server, ¿Am i messing it up?

A user seeks feedback on their home server network configuration, including the use of a Mikrotik router to create a DMZ for a server.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

Discord alternatives again...

A user is looking for a simpler self-hosted alternative to Discord for a small group, finding existing options like Matrix too complex.

Hardware/Chips Hackaday

Sail Virtually Aboard the “Itanic” with IA-64 Emulator

An exploration of an emulator for Intel's Itanium (IA-64) architecture, reviving a historically significant but failed chip experiment.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

An informal tutorial on Joy

An informal tutorial on the Joy programming language, focusing on its functional approach to manipulating sequences.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Reddit SelfHosted

Looking for a few testers for a mobile Dokploy client

A developer is seeking testers for Mobploy, an Android client for managing Dokploy self-hosting instances.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Show HN: OTP Inspired actor supervisor based full stack templates

A developer presents full-stack templates inspired by the Erlang/OTP actor model and supervisor tree patterns for robust architecture.

Other Hacker News

Topological Defect Propagation to Classify Knitted Fabrics

Researchers use topological defect propagation to analyze and classify different types of knitted fabric structures.

Cybersecurity Ars Technica

DA: Cop covered bodycam to snap nude prisoners on his iPhone—but other cams caught him

A Pennsylvania police officer was charged with criminal activities after using a bodycam to photograph prisoners inappropriately.

Other Ars Technica

Firefighting drones in the works as wildfires plague US nearly year-round

The US is exploring the use of firefighting drones to combat the increasing frequency and severity of US wildfires.

Tech Business/VC Ars Technica

Judge halts Paramount's $111B purchase of Warner Bros. in win for US states

A US judge has halted a massive $111B merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. due to antitrust concerns.

Other Ars Technica

The Space Force is now seeking to buy up to $30 billion in rocket launches

The Space Force is requesting significant funding for rocket launches to expand launch capacity and operational readiness.

Cybersecurity Lobste.rs

Opaque, Interoperable Passkey Records

An exploration of discussion regarding opaque, interoperable passkey records and their implications for authentication security.

Tech Business/VC TechCrunch

Trump’s latest AI czar has already resigned

The Director of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) has resigned, continuing a trend of leadership instability in the role.

AI/ML The Verge

Here are the 30,000 songs Sony is suing Udio’s AI music generator over

Sony Music Entertainment is suing AI music generator Udio over the alleged copyright infringement of over 30,000 songs.

Hardware/Chips The Verge

The FCC is planning to retroactively ban disguised DJI gadgets

The FCC is planning to retroactively ban DJI front companies to prevent Chinese drone technology from entering the US market.