Daily Tuesday, 25 August 2026
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
OpenAI: GPT 5.6 Sol price reduction (until at least Nov 21)
MTIA 300: Meta’s First Training Chip with Built-in NICs and Communication-Offloading Engines
MTIA 300 is the first of Meta’s family of in-house training and inference accelerators optimized for training ranking and recommendation mo…
Fragments: August 24
I was listening to Ezra Klein’s interview with Helen Toner about the recent OpenAI hack of Hugging Face and the subsequent discovery that t…
The Cloudflare Blog – Brought to you by EmDash
We migrated the Cloudflare Blog to EmDash to prove our stack at massive scale. Here is how we stress-tested performance, safely routed prod…
Hugging Face reportedly in talks to be acquired for $13B
Hugging Face has reportedly been fielding acquisition offers that would value the company at around $13B. But with the founders' feeling of…
🎙️ How I AI: Grok Bot + Grok 4.6—what’s great (and what’s still hype) & Lessons from spending $20,000 on Devin in one month
Your weekly listens from How I AI, part of the Lenny’s Podcast Network
Amjad Masad, CEO and co-founder of Replit, joins the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Replit CEO Amjad Masad will share his perspective on the future of programming and Replit's role in developing…
I spent $20,000 on Devin in a month. Here’s what I learned | Ryan Carson (solo founder)
Watch now | 🎙️ Solo founder Ryan Carson runs 15 concurrent Devin agents to handle engineering, customer success, and investor updates, and…
llm-anthropic 0.27
Release: llm-anthropic 0.27 This release of the Anthropic plugin for LLM mainly provides compatibility with the recently released anthropic…
Your executable is a SQLite database
Farid Zakaria describes a neat Linux pattern for creating a SQLite database file that can be directly used as an executable binary. The tri…
Advancing price-performance for developers with GPT‑5.6 in Kiro
GPT‑5.6 is now available in Kiro, helping developers plan, build, review, and test software with better price-performance.
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Coding expertise is going to collapse from AI reliance
OCR It – pull text out of un-copyable documents for your LLM
Executable Is a SQLite Database
MetaRoCE: A New RDMA Transport Built for AI-Scale Ethernet
Training and serving frontier AI models depends on fast, reliable networks that move data between GPUs without wasting compute cycles. To m…
Elastic build machines now use Turborepo cache hits to prevent downgrades
Your alt text passes automated checks. That doesn’t mean it’s any good.
We built a plugin for the GitHub Accessibility Scanner to make sure your alt text is actually accessible. Here's how it works. The post You…
AWS Weekly Roundup: Student Rewards on AWS Builder Center, Local Zone in Las Vegas, and more (August 24, 2026)
During my time at AWS, I have always looked for opportunities to work with students. I have delivered over 50 talks at universities across…
Vercel Sandbox is now globally available
Microsoft Moves AI Governance from Policy to Runtime Enforcement
Microsoft has outlined an AI governance architecture spanning nine governance domains and four functions: policy, control, visibility, and…
Junie Can Now Run Entirely on Your Mac – No Credits, No Cloud
Our first step into on-device coding agents Junie has been able to connect to local model runtimes for a while. Point it at Ollama or LM St…
How We Optimized the Qwen 3.6 Model for Our Junie Agent
A while ago, we launched a long-term project to enable users to run Junie entirely locally, with local inference, across a wide variety of…
Add sign-in to an Android app with the WorkOS Android SDK
Build a complete AuthKit flow in Kotlin, from Gradle dependency to signed-out state, with no client secret in your APK.
Why Code Verification Matters More Than Ever in the Age of AI
In this article, we will look at how code verification works, why the rise of AI-generated code puts more pressure on it, along with the ex…
Monitor Azure Functions across every hosting plan with Datadog
Trace requests, get enhanced CPU metrics, and profile code across Azure Functions hosting plans with Datadog Serverless Monitoring.
The person with the problem is now the person who builds the tool
Internal AI tooling inverted the internal-tools org chart. Domain owners build their own agents, and the platform team now ships substrate…
Bun runtime now supports large functions and extended max duration
Environment variables now use Config and Secret types
Presentation: Prompt to Prod: Engineering an Autonomous SDLC at Scale
Andrew Swerdlow shares how Roblox scales autonomous software development from prompt to production. He discusses building robust security s…
Responsible AI adoption needs developer workflow design
Organizations cannot solve shadow AI with a document employees read once. They need to make responsible use easier than improvised use.
JDK 27 and JDK 28: What We Know So Far
JDK 27, the second non-LTS release since JDK 25, has reached its first release candidate phase featuring a final set of nine new features,…
Help AI Coding Agents Write Up-To-Date Code With Modern Golang Skills
TL;DR Why AI coding agents need modern Go skills AI coding agents can produce working Go code, but they typically rely on outdated patterns…
Build a multi-user Claude Agent SDK app that acts as each of your users
Follow the official Agent SDK examples and every user's agent runs on one shared token, which is usually yours. Here is how to bind each to…
Why regex isn't email validation
Checking that an address looks right and checking that it can receive mail are different problems. Most signup forms only solve the first o…
When code is abundant
I returned from the holiday break in January convinced that something fundamental had changed. Large language models had reached the point…
BigCommerce vs. Shopify: When Second Place Is a Very Tough Place to Be
Six years ago, BigCommerce was the credible number two to Shopify in ecommerce software. Not a niche player. The only standalone, pure-play…
NVIDIA’s AI Server Price Hike Threatens To Inflate India’s Compute Costs
The reported increase in prices of servers containing NVIDIA’s AI chips could add to the cost pressures facing India’s data…
Mobavenue Launches Neural Engine As An AI Intelligence Layer For Marketers
Running an advertising campaign often requires marketers to switch between multiple tools for planning, creative development, execution, an…
Hugging Face in talks for $13bn sale, reports say
Lenskart investors sell over $1 Bn stake in 3 months; SoftBank offloads another $300 Mn
SoftBank has sold another 4.5 crore shares of eyewear retailer Lenskart for around Rs 2,888 crore (over $300 million) through a block deal,…
Y Combinator sells Rs 970 Cr Meesho stake in block deal
Global startup accelerator Y Combinator has sold shares worth around Rs 970 crore in Meesho through a block deal on the stock exchanges, ma…
SoftBank Sells Lenskart Stake Worth ₹2,888 Cr
Adding to its Lenskart windfall, global investment firm SoftBank has now offloaded 4.50 Cr shares in the eyewear retailer to…
Y Combinator Offloads Meesho Shares Worth ₹970 Cr
US-based startup accelerator Y Combinator offloaded 4.85 Cr shares of listed ecommerce platform Meesho, around a 1% stake, via multiple…
LightFury Games Adds Rohit Sharma As Investor Ahead Of eCricket’s September Trial
Former India captain Rohit Sharma has joined gaming studio LightFury Games as an investor and will feature as an officially…
Khosla Ventures-Backed Healthify Merges With US-Based Berry Street
Healthtech startup Healthify (formerly HealthifyMe) has merged with US-based nutrition care company Berry Street to build an “advanced insu…
FDA clears blood test to aid evaluation for Alzheimer's disease
Valor, Point72 back General Intuition at $6B valuation as AI startup pushes into robotics
General Intuition, the startup building a foundation model that trains generalized AI agents how to move through space and time, is in talk…
Startups Are Still Acquiring Startups, Led By Ultra-High-Valuation Unicorns
Amid fierce competition for an edge in the AI race, well-funded startups commonly find it’s simply faster to buy another company than try t…
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US nutrition startup Berry Street merges with India’s Healthify as GLP-1 trends upwards
Berry Street founder Noah Kotlove and Healthify founder Tushar Vashisht will act as co-CEOs of the new entity.
Qualcomm Offloads Shadowfax Shares Worth ₹184 Cr In Bulk Deal
Shadowfax’s early investor Qualcomm Ventures sold 75 Lakh shares in a block deal worth ₹183.85 Cr in Shadowfax on Friday…
Healthify merges with US-based Berry Street
Bengaluru-based healthtech startup Healthify has merged with US-based nutrition care company Berry Street in an all-stock deal. The merger…
slice Adds Former SBI, ICICI Bank Executives To Its Board
slice Small Finance Bank (SFB) has appointed former SBI chief general manager Samir Sawhney as executive director and former ICICI…
Dear SaaStr: How Long is a Venture Round Supposed to Last?
I think like many venture axioms, founders get often get bad advice here out of good solid rules. The classic rule was “18-24 months”. In b…
Morgan Stanley-backed Sterling Accuris reports Rs 231 Cr revenue in FY26; losses widen 38%
Diagnostic and pathology services chain Sterling Accuris’ revenue growth slowed to 16% year-on-year during the fiscal year ending Mar…
WATER Robotics Raises $2.5 Mn To Build India’s First Robotic Bed
AI startup WATER Robotics has secured $2.5 Mn (about ₹24 Cr) in a fresh funding round led by Endiya Partners,…
How founders are using AI to own their IP strategy
slice appoints Samir Sawhney as executive director, Ramesh Kumar as independent director
Digital and AI-native bank slice has appointed Samir Sawhney as Executive Director and Ramesh Kumar as Independent Director to its board. B…
D2C Skincare Brand Asaya Bags ₹88 Cr, Eyes Offline Retail Entry
D2C skincare brand Asaya has raised ₹88 Cr (about $9.1 Mn) in a Series A funding round led by existing…
Endiya Partners leads $2.5 Mn seed round in bio physical AI startup WATER
Bio physical AI company WATER has raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round led by early-stage venture capital firm Endiya Partners, with…
Third Wave Coffee Raises ₹408 Cr To Expand Cafe Network, Dessert Business
Coffee QSR chain Third Wave Coffee has raised ₹408 Cr (around $43 Mn) in a fresh funding round led by…
Urban Company Sues Kent RO Over Allegedly Disparaging Native Ads
Consumer services company platform Urban Company has filed a defamation and disparagement suit against Kent RO Systems over advertisements…
VCs pick out 19 startups to watch making AI more efficient
Do you bet on the startup jockey or horse? Try the third option
15 startup hotspots in Copenhagen
D2C skincare brand Asaya raises Rs 88 Cr from RPSG Capital, OTP Ventures, others
Direct-to-consumer (D2C) skincare brand Asaya has raised Rs 88 crore ($9.2 million) in a funding round from RPSG Capital, OTP Ventures, Hud…
Third Wave Coffee raises Rs 408 Cr led by WestBridge
Bengaluru-based coffee chain Third Wave Coffee has raised Rs 408 crore (43 million) in a funding round led by existing investor WestBridge…
Flipkart’s Food Delivery Era, Weekly Funding Rundown & More
Flipkart’s Foodtech Foray Flipkart is all set to debut its food delivery service later this month. Backed by millions of…
Inc42 CTO Summit 2026 | 175+ Tech Leaders & The Playbooks Shaping How India Builds In The AI Era
India’s technology ecosystem is entering another major transition. Over the past decade, technology leaders have navigated the shift to mob…
Andreessen Horowitz is investing billions into a bleak future
How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs
MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally generated output with GUID
Nearly 3M Teslas recalled in China over hidden door handles
Oceans hit highest temperature on record
Show HN: A techno machine in one HTML file, with verifiable renders
The entire city of San Francisco as a video game
IPFS Maintainers Winding Down
iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses will remain on icloud.com
Anna's Archive Owes $340 Million, Lost Several Domains, but It's Still Online
Lenovo confirms Legion Go issues after gamers report bricked devices
When a company's software update turns your computer into a useless brick, should fixes be free? Framework, the modular computer startup, a…
Zillow and Redfin settle FTC antitrust case over their rental listings partnership
The FTC and Zillow have announced a settlement that ends the case alleging that a 2025 "partnership" between Zillow and Redfin violated ant…
Nvidia senior manager tied to ex-Supermicro staff's AI smuggling scheme
Nvidia worker indicted after Jensen Huang scolded Supermicro for AI server smuggling.
The Witcher 4 developers target a 2028 release
CD Projekt Red is aiming to launch The Witcher 4 sometime in 2028, joint CEO Michał Nowakowski says in a new video. CD Projekt Red has been…
Apple’s four-pack of second-gen AirTags is $20 off
Apple’s four-pack of second-generation AirTags is down to $79 (originally $99) at Amazon and at Target, which is the bundle’s lowest price…
Netflix reportedly considers opening its app to other streamers
Netflix executives have considered making third-party streaming services available within its app, according to a report from The New York…
New EU-wide product repair rules come into force
Jabber/XMPP: 25 Years of Digital Independence
Where did all the public bathrooms go?
One corner of China’s internet is insisting that the Tang Dynasty never existed
SeL4 security proofs now complete on AArch64
Woman stranded in Spain after UK's eVisa system mistakes her for twin sister
A Blackstone real estate company exposed SSN digits, DOBs, addresses and more
Fast drilldown dashboards from a single Parquet file
Ask HN: Why do corporate failures always seem to punish the wrong people?
My partner was let go after 15 years working tirelessly for one of the big five. She's probably the most resilient, rewarded and liked pers…
The treasury bond mess: is this the demise of the US as a safe haven?
Over 5,200 Ebola cases recorded in Congo
AI is hitting entry-level jobs hardest, Stanford study finds
Young employment in AI-impacted fields down 19% compared to more AI-resistant occupations.
Data centers become "killer application" for new power transformer tech
Solid-state transformers could also benefit EV charging and, someday, households.
RFK Jr. may upend how vaccine recommendations are categorized
There are currently 3 categories. Without reason, RFK Jr. is considering changes.
Ads and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they're coming for monitors.
The cat-and-mouse game over 3D-printed guns has begun
The creator of the world's first 3D-printed gun claims he's developed a way to thwart government-mandated software meant to block 3D printe…
GM vehicles under federal scrutiny after hundreds of reports
The eBoost brake-by-wire system is responsible for at least 22 crashes now.
Inaudible sounds used to fingerprint browsers catch AliExpress red-handed
Is the technique outdated? Yes. Is it still creepy? Also yes.
Buyer beware: Those mummified remains might carry toxic spores
"Mummified remains sold online exhibit signs of biodeterioration, yet sellers provide no safety guidance."
Robotaxis are real now — so is the pushback
Robotaxis are expanding. So is the fight over the rules governing them. In New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul withdrew a proposal earlier this yea…
F1 in the Netherlands: The driver you most want to beat is your teammate
Formula 1 returned from its summer break with this weekend's Dutch Grand Prix.
ESPN streaming plans are getting more expensive
ESPN is hiking the price of its subscription on September 17th, a change that will also impact its bundles with Disney Plus. In a support p…
Raspberry Pi shares its official tutorial for making a cyberdeck
Raspberry Pi's head of social, Ashley Whittaker, acknowledged the cyberdeck trend today, saying "we haven't been able to get away from cybe…
Trump tried to curb clean energy. It’s booming anyway.
Capacity will rise by a record 45GW this year, according to S&P Global Energy.
How GoFundMe became America’s backup plan
Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Tim Cadogan, the CEO of GoFundMe. You know GoFundMe — it’s a major fundraising platform where you can do…
Review: Chuwi's $449 Unibook laptop is a funhouse-mirror MacBook Neo
The Unibook is a weird entry-level laptop for people with patience.
The UAE is fighting AI hackers with AI of its own
Attacks on the country’s banks, aviation, and energy systems have climbed since the war with Iran began. Its answer is a homegrown AI secur…