Other The Verge

The funeral for PlayStation discs has begun

Sony announced it will stop producing physical discs for new PlayStation games by January 2028, sparking concerns about game preservation.

Software Engineering Ars Technica

T-Mobile moving tens of thousands of virtual machines off VMware amid lawsuit

T-Mobile is migrating tens of thousands of virtual machines away from VMware due to a legal dispute with Broadcom.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Information-Aided DVL Calibration

A new research paper proposes Information-Aided Calibration (IAC) to improve Doppler velocity log (DVL) calibration for AUV navigation, especially in GNSS-free environments.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Probing Stylistic Appropriation using Large Language Models: An Evaluation Framework for Copyright Infringement under EU Law

The PSALM framework is introduced to evaluate stylistic appropriation and copyright infringement by LLMs under EU law, going beyond simple verbatim memorization.

Other Hacker News

Show HN: Searchable directory of 22k+ products from worker-owned co-ops

A searchable directory featuring over 22,000 products sourced from worker-owned cooperatives.

Tech Business/VC Hacker News

Proliferate (YC S25) Is Hiring

Hiring announcement for Proliferate (YC S25).

Hardware/Chips Hacker News

One KW wind turbine without civil engineering

A project showcasing a one kilowatt wind turbine designed to avoid complex civil engineering requirements.

Software Engineering Hacker News

The Apple Disk II Controller Card

A deep dive into the technical design and operation of the Apple Disk II controller card.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Most rewrites serve the engineer, not the business

An argumentative piece discussing why software rewrites often benefit the developer's desire for novelty rather than the business goals.

Other Hacker News

I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers

A personal narrative about leaving a job at Harry's All-Night Hamburgers.

Hardware/Chips Hacker News

Weave Robotics launches Isaac 1, a $7,999 home robot with Fall 2026 deliveries

Weave Robotics introduces Isaac 1, a home robot priced at $7,999 with deliveries starting in Fall 2026.

Open Source Hacker News

Fable open sourced NanoClaw's agent factory. It cost $800

Fable has open sourced the 'agent factory' for NanoClaw, highlighting the low cost of implementation ($800).

AI/ML Hacker News

Generating Images with a 2025 Android

Technical exploration of generating images using a 2025 Android device.

Tech Business/VC The Verge

Xbox’s ‘reset’: all the news about Microsoft’s looming layoffs and studio closures

Microsoft's Xbox division is undergoing a major 'reset' involving layoffs, studio closures, and shifts in business models due to financial challenges.

Tech Business/VC The Verge

Elon Musk denies a report about SpaceX’s AI phone prototype

Elon Musk denies reports that SpaceX is developing an AI-powered phone prototype, calling the claims utterly false.

Other Ars Technica

NASA chief praises progress Blue Origin is making after launch failure

NASA leadership expresses confidence in Blue Origin's progress despite a previous launch failure, noting they have time until 2027.

Hardware/Chips Ars Technica

US home battery installations hit record high on rising electricity costs

US home battery installations have reached a record high, driven by rising electricity costs and potential utility for AI data centers.

Other Ars Technica

Superworms could replace beetles for cleaning skeletal remains

Research suggests superworms can be used as an efficient alternative to beetles for cleaning skeletal remains without damaging bones.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

MIRTH: Mutual-Information Reasoning with Temporal Hubs for Vision-Language-Action Agents

MIRTH is introduced as a unified framework for VLA agents that uses temporal memory hubs and parallel action decoding to improve robotic control.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

AETDICE: Unified Framework and Offline Optimization for Nonlinear Multi-Objective RL

AETDICE is proposed as a tractable offline RL algorithm that unifies scalarized expected return and expected scalarized return for nonlinear multi-objective RL.