Other The Verge

Sony is killing discs — and showing us why it’s a terrible idea

Sony announces the end of physical PlayStation discs by 2028 and the shutdown of legacy digital stores, posing a threat to game preservation.

Tech Business/VC Ars Technica

UK likely to intervene in Paramount takeover of Warner Bros Discovery

The UK government is expected to intervene in the Paramount acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery due to competition concerns.

AI/ML VentureBeat

Restaurants can now accept orders placed directly from ChatGPT and Claude thanks to Square's new, low-fee, no setup integration

Square introduces an integration allowing restaurants to accept orders directly from ChatGPT and Claude, bypassing high delivery aggregator fees.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Indi-RomCoM: Code-Mixed Benchmark for Evaluating LLMs on Romanized Indic-English Instructions

Introduction of Indi-RomCoM, a benchmark for evaluating LLMs' ability to handle Romanized Indic-English code-mixed instructions.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Gradient Smoothing: Coupling Layer-wise Updates for Improved Optimization

Proposed 'Gradient Smoothing' technique to improve deep neural network optimization by coupling layer-wise updates across depth.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

When transformers learn "impossible" languages, what do they learn?

Research investigating what transformers learn when trained on 'impossible' languages, suggesting generative deficiency as a key limitation.

Other Hacker News

Your Kids' School Bus Is About to Become a Roaming Surveillance Vehicle

School buses are increasingly being equipped with surveillance technology, raising privacy concerns.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Red Programming Language: Static linking support

The Red programming language has added support for static linking.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Announcing Box3D :: Box2D

Announcing Box3D, an evolution of the widely used Box2D physics engine.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Show HN: Frond – a frontend runtime for your app's dependency graph

Frond is introduced as a frontend runtime designed for an application's dependency graph.

Tech Business/VC TechCrunch

Venice AI becomes a unicorn with $65M Series A as its privacy-first AI platform takes off

Venice AI has reached unicorn status after securing a $65M Series A funding round for its privacy-focused AI platform.

AI/ML TechCrunch

Gemini Spark, Google’s agentic assistant, is now available on Mac

Google's agentic assistant, Gemini Spark, is now available on Mac.

Other TechCrunch

Sony to end physical PlayStation game disc sales in 2028

Sony plans to end the sale of physical PlayStation game discs by 2028 in favor of a fully digital model.

Tech Business/VC TechCrunch

Builders Stage agenda revealed: Practical strategies for scaling startups at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

The Builders Stage agenda for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 has been revealed, focusing on startup scaling strategies.

Cybersecurity arXiv cs.AI

Detecting Audio Deepfakes on the Edge:Lightweight SSL-Based Detection in a Browser Plugin

Researchers propose a lightweight, SSL-based on-device audio deepfake detection model integrated into a browser plugin.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Security--Fidelity Tradeoffs: The Hidden Cost of Prompt Injection Defense

The SecFid benchmark identifies a security-fidelity tradeoff in LLM defenses against indirect prompt injection.

Other Hacker News

Why I Stopped Arguing with People

An article discussing personal reflections on the futility of arguing with people.

Tech Business/VC Hacker News

Manufact (YC S25) Is Hiring a Developer Advocate in SF

Manufact (YC S25) is seeking a Developer Advocate based in San Francisco.

AI/ML Hacker News

Launch HN: Parsewise (YC P25) – Reason Across Documents with an API

Parsewise (YC P25) is an API that allows users to reason across multiple documents.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Compiler-Assisted Floating-Point Error Analysis and Profiling with FPChecker

Introduction of FPChecker, a tool for compiler-assisted floating-point error analysis and profiling.