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Open-Source AI GitHub Ships CodeQL 2.26.4 With Go 1.27 and Actions Fixes
Consumer Tech Framework Laptop 12 Ships with Fedora KDE Plasma Pre-installed
Consumer Tech Cloudflare Launches AI Vulnerability Discovery Using Daybreak
Open-Source AI MSTest 4.4 Lets .NET Tests Run as Native AOT Executables
AI Microsoft’s GigaPath-Flash Cuts Pathology Model Compute by 50x
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Windows 11 26H2 hits Release Preview before general release
Windows 11 version 26H2 arrives in Release Preview as an enablement package sharing the 24H2/25H2 servicing branch, with…
How-To
How to isolate AI agents in GitHub Actions with Docker
Run coding agents inside Docker Sandboxes on GitHub Actions: install gh-aw, configure the sbx runtime, and let an…
How-To
How to build a fraud model in SageMaker Canvas from Snowflake
Amazon's step-by-step guide connects Snowflake to SageMaker Canvas, letting analysts prep data and train an XGBoost fraud model…
Consumer Tech
Fedora Badges revamped in ground-up rebuild
Fedora's Badges platform has been rebuilt from scratch with a modern interface, OpenID Connect login, rarity tiers, and…
Crypto & Web3
Ethereum Foundation funds ZK proofs and clients with $5.5M
The Ethereum Foundation committed 5,502,930.20 USD in Q2 2026 to zero-knowledge proofs, client diversity, and formal verification across…
Open-Source AI
Go 1.27 adds generic methods and faster allocation
Go 1.27 lands generic methods, a 30% cut in small-object allocation cost, post-quantum ML-DSA signing, and a native…
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Open-Source AI
GitHub Ships CodeQL 2.26.4 With Go 1.27 and Actions Fixes
CodeQL 2.26.4 adds Go 1.27 support, improves Rust alert locations, and strengthens GitHub Actions security detections across C#,…
Open-Source AI
MSTest 4.4 Lets .NET Tests Run as Native AOT Executables
MSTest 4.4 adds source generation so test projects can publish as Native AOT executables, matching the deployment model…
AI
Microsoft’s GigaPath-Flash Cuts Pathology Model Compute by 50x
Microsoft Research releases GigaPath-Flash and GigaTIME-Flash, distilling billion-parameter pathology models into efficient backbones for population-scale studies.
Gaming
Gaming
Xbox Insiders gain save cleanup and Day One badge
Xbox opened new Insider console tools: clear unused local game saves, hide Home tiles, and earn a badge…
Gaming
Gran Turismo 7 adds four cars and three tracks in free update
The free Gran Turismo 7 1.71 update arrives August 20 with four cars including the Hyundai IONIQ 6…
Gaming
Gibson and Gears of War reveal four custom guitars
Gibson and Xbox's Gears of War studio built just four hand-painted guitars for E-Day; three are being given…
Gaming
Hellraiser: Revival makes PS5 players solve its dread
Mad Head Games and Saber Interactive show how Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival turns its puzzle box into live…
Gaming
Sony sets Nov 12 SEA launch for Pulse Elevate
Sony's Pulse Elevate wireless speakers reach Southeast Asia on November 12, priced from SGD 319. Pre-orders open September…
Gaming
NBA 2K27 early access opens August 26 for Deluxe buyers
NBA 2K27 opens up to nine days of early access on August 26 for Deluxe and Ultra pre-orders,…
Gaming
NBA 2K27 reveals co-ed City, co-op MyCareer, era mode
NBA 2K27's August 18 showcase revealed a co-ed City, co-op MyCareer with a running mate, five historical eras,…
Gaming
The Sinking City 2 lands on PS5 as survival horror
Frogwares' The Sinking City 2 arrives on PS5 today, rebuilt as survival horror that trades detective work for…
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
Framework Laptop 12 Ships with Fedora KDE Plasma Pre-installed
Framework's new 12.2-inch convertible laptop offers Fedora 44 KDE Plasma pre-loaded on Intel Core Series 3 hardware, starting…
Consumer Tech
Cloudflare Launches AI Vulnerability Discovery Using Daybreak
Cloudflare's new service uses OpenAI Daybreak models to prioritize critical code flaws by combining WAF data, production traffic,…
Consumer Tech
Windows 11 26H2 hits Release Preview before general release
Windows 11 version 26H2 arrives in Release Preview as an enablement package sharing the 24H2/25H2 servicing branch, with…
Crypto & Web3
Crypto & Web3
Ethereum Foundation funds ZK proofs and clients with $5.5M
The Ethereum Foundation committed 5,502,930.20 USD in Q2 2026 to zero-knowledge proofs, client diversity, and formal verification across…
Crypto & Web3
Ethereum Foundation awards $5.5M in Q2 2026 grants
Ethereum Foundation committed $5.5 million in Q2 2026 grants to zero-knowledge proofs, client diversity, and formal verification —…
Crypto & Web3
Kraken’s Bitcoin contest pays winners in real BTC
Kraken's Bitcoin perpetual futures contest runs Aug 19–Sep 19, 2026, with a 1 BTC prize pool paid in…
Crypto & Web3
Solana proposes cutting slot time to 200ms
Solana's SIMD-0525 would halve block intervals from 400ms to 200ms in four stages, reshaping validator economics and on-chain…
Crypto & Web3
Kraken brings its Krak Card to US crypto users
Kraken's Krak Card is now live in the US, letting holders spend Bitcoin and 600+ assets by card…
Crypto & Web3
63% of Americans feel behind, Kraken survey finds
Kraken's Krak unit commissioned a 2,001-adult US survey that found 63% of Americans feel financially behind. Most want…
Crypto & Web3
Kraken Prop doubles leverage to 10x on Bitcoin
Kraken Prop raised leverage to 10x on Bitcoin, Nasdaq 100, and the S&P 500, halving the margin a…
Crypto & Web3
Kraken brings US stock trading to EEA users
Kraken now lets eligible EEA customers trade over 7,000 US-listed stocks and tokenized xStocks inside one MiFID II-regulated…
Deals
Game Deals
Caravan SandWitch Free This Week on Epic Games Store
Claim Caravan SandWitch free on Epic Games Store this week. A $24.99 narrative adventure is 100% off until…
Game Deals
It Takes Two 70% Off on Steam India
Steam India drops It Takes Two to ₹659 from ₹2199—a 70% discount ending today at 17:00 UTC. Cooperative…
Game Deals
Kingdom Hearts HD Remaster 70% Off on Steam India
Kingdom Hearts -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX- drops to ₹1,049 on Steam India from ₹3,499. Limited-time 70% discount available until…
How-To
How-To
How to isolate AI agents in GitHub Actions with Docker
Run coding agents inside Docker Sandboxes on GitHub Actions: install gh-aw, configure the sbx runtime, and let an…
How-To
How to build a fraud model in SageMaker Canvas from Snowflake
Amazon's step-by-step guide connects Snowflake to SageMaker Canvas, letting analysts prep data and train an XGBoost fraud model…
How-To
How to build a Bedrock document classifier with agents
A three-agent Amazon Bedrock system pairs Claude Haiku 4.5 with Titan multimodal embeddings to classify insurance documents by…
How-To
How to evaluate NVIDIA’s AI factory land-power-shell guarantee
NVIDIA is backing 20-year land, power and shell for OpenAI's Ohio AI factory. Learn how to read the…
How-To
How to let an OpenClaw agent pay for APIs with stablecoins
Use Amazon Bedrock AgentCore payments and the aws-agents-pay plugin to give a local OpenClaw assistant a bounded USDC…
How-To
How to stream AI agent telemetry to AgentCore from anywhere
Send AI agent traces, spans, and token metrics from on-premises or another cloud into the AgentCore Observability dashboard…
How-To
How to run automated behavioral research on AI agents
AEROBAT tested 79 hypotheses across 1,240 experiments and 23,512 simulations to map AI agent behavior—here is how its…
How-To
How to build a Bedrock AgentCore M&A due diligence agent
Deploy AWS's open M&A due diligence sample on Bedrock AgentCore: a supervisor and four specialist agents screen targets,…
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