Hardware/Chips The Verge

Schlage’s UWB-enabled smart lock launches this month

Schlage launches a UWB-enabled smart lock that allows hands-free unlocking using ultra-wideband technology.

Homelab/Self-Hosting The Verge

Apple’s smart home camera service is starting to impress me

Apple updates HomeKit Secure Video with AI-powered descriptive alerts and natural language search for camera footage.

Tech Business/VC The Verge

SpaceX is officially buying Cursor for $60 billion

SpaceX is acquiring the AI programming platform Cursor for $60 billion to expand its enterprise AI capabilities.

Other The Verge

Apple’s weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness

Apple's Vehicle Motion Cues feature uses device sensors to reduce motion sickness for users in moving vehicles.

Cybersecurity Ars Technica

Critical Copilot vulnerability allowed hackers to seal 2FA code from users

A critical vulnerability in Microsoft Copilot, known as SearchLeak, allows attackers to steal 2FA codes from users.

Other Hacker News

Mechanical Watch

A discussion about mechanical watches.

Tech Business/VC Hacker News

SpaceX Is Buying Cursor

News regarding SpaceX acquiring the AI coding assistant Cursor.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Correlated randomness in Slay the Spire 2

An analysis of how randomness is correlated in the game Slay the Spire 2.

Other Hacker News

Color Photos of Stalin-Era Soviet Union Taken by a US Diplomat

Historical color photographs of the Soviet Union during the Stalin era taken by a US diplomat.

Tech Business/VC Hacker News

SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere for $60B

SpaceX is reportedly buying Anysphere, the company behind the Cursor AI coding agent, for $60 billion.

Other Hacker News

Russian artist and Putin critic shot dead in Poland

A report on the death of a Russian artist and Putin critic in Poland.

Cybersecurity TechCrunch

India orders temporary ban on Telegram over exam fraud concerns

India has imposed a temporary ban on Telegram due to concerns over exam fraud.

Hardware/Chips TechCrunch

This startup’s super metals could soon be in military drones, luxury watches, and chef’s knives

Foundation Alloy is scaling production of super metals using a cold-working process for various high-end applications.

Tech Business/VC TechCrunch

SpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60B in stock, days after blockbuster IPO

SpaceX is acquiring Cursor for $60 billion in stock to bolster its AI division following its IPO.

Hardware/Chips The Verge

These mechanical keyboards are two very different sides of the same beautifully made coin

A review of two high-end mechanical keyboards: the Evoworks Evo75 and the Dry Studio ATM98.

Other TechCrunch

Threads adds new personalization and community features as it reaches 500M monthly users

Threads is introducing new personalization tools, including 'Your Algo', as it reaches 500 million monthly active users.

Hardware/Chips The Verge

Lenovo’s next tablet has a thick speaker bump and an upgraded kickstand

Lenovo announces the Tab Plus Gen 2, featuring an upgraded nine-speaker system and a 360-degree rotating kickstand.

Hardware/Chips The Verge

Kodak’s collectible Charmera camera is getting new Y2K-inspired designs

Kodak and Reto are releasing new Y2K-inspired designs for the Charmera digital camera.

Other The Verge

Half a billion people are using Threads every month

Meta reports that Threads has reached 500 million monthly active users, driven largely by its new community features.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

CoffeeBench: Benchmarking Long-Horizon LLM Agents in Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Economies

Researchers introduce CoffeeBench, a benchmark for evaluating LLM agents' ability to operate and negotiate within a multi-agent economy.