Daily Sunday, 11 October 2026
Sunday, 11 October 2026
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Cloudflare Traces Turns the Proxy Layer into OpenTelemetry Spans, with New Volume-Based Pricing
Cloudflare has put Traces into open beta, extending automatic tracing from Workers to security rules, transformations, cache, routing and o…
We gave init() developers an ESP32-S3 computer as a conference badge. They put DOOM on it.
Braelyn put DOOM on her init() badge. Others built a Tamagotchi, voice assistants and a flight tracker. Here's the ESP32 badge and how 500…
Apple discloses deal to hire team and license tech from personalized podcast startup Huxe
Is Apple hoping to get into the AI-generated podcast business?
Cloudflare acquires Deno to improve its Workers programming model
Cloudflare will use this acquisition to improve its Workers programming model and platform.
OpenAI, Anthropic Prepare For Backlash Over Potential AI Catastrophe: Report
OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI companies are reportedly preparing for the public and political backlash that could follow a catastrophic…
Tamasha Studios’ Abhik Banerjee wins at Astana AI Film Festival
Filmmaker Abhik Banerjee’s AI film Sitara secured second place at the Astana AI Film Festival in Kazakhstan, winning a prize of $200,…
New-Age Tech Stocks Gain This Week, MobiKwik Surges 25% And PhysicsWallah 20%
Most new-age tech stocks gained this week, as benchmark indices snapped an eight-week losing streak despite a midweek sell-off. Among…
3 days to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Meet the startups before they hit mainstream
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 takes place October 13-15 in San Francisco. Over 300 startups will show what they’ve built to 10,000 tech leaders.…
Quoting The New York Times
Anthropic detailed the activity of its A.I. agents in a blog post on Friday, without naming the targeted websites. But two sources with kno…
Dwarf Fortress uses version control now
I remember hearing a while ago that Dwarf Fortress didn't use version control. That fact has been lodged in my head, because given its inhe…
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Nvidia in talks to acquire US 'open' model startup Reflection AI
Bitwarden Dual License Model
Python 3.15.0 added to actions/python-versions
Bit of a niche link, but I've been waiting for this for a couple of days - I even told ChatGPT to check for it: Clone and git pull once an…
Build your own decision model
🧠 Community Wisdom: Community Wisdom Top Contributors Summer Class 2026 + ML recommendation systems, getting back into product after being fired, deciding when to quit a side project, and more
Petra Power looks to modernize energy for data centers and defense vehicles
The startup says its fuel cells are super efficient and cut fuel costs during a time when the tech industry can’t get enough electricity.
EV Bets Drive India’s Cleantech Funding Surge In Q3
India’s cleantech startups attracted substantially more capital in Q3 2026, with large electric mobility rounds driving funding growth alon…
Atlassian’s Head of AI: We Bolted AI Onto 20+ Apps, Almost Didn’t Ship Chat, and Flipped Our Hiring Toward Juniors
Sherif Mansour has been at Atlassian for 17 years. He runs AI across the product portfolio and owns the product management craft, which mea…
D2C Brand Nat Habit Raises ₹142 Cr To Scale Offline Expansion
D2C personal care brand Nat Habit has raised ₹142 Cr (around $14.7 Mn) in an all-primary Series C funding round…
SaaStr AI App of the Week: Remote. The $300M Payroll Platform Your AI Agent Can Run
Remote is a seven-year-old global payroll and employment platform based in Amsterdam. It leaned in early to making payroll (and more) for d…
The most capital-efficient startups in Europe
Europe’s fintechs changed banking. But did they change the world?
The breakout European startups tripling revenue every year
Funding and acquisitions in Indian startups this week [Oct 5- Oct 10]
This week, 28 Indian startups raised $113.35 million across 3 growth-stage deals, 22 early-stage deals, and 3 undisclosed rounds. The week…
Exclusive: Gramiyaa raises fresh capital in Series A round at Rs 110 Cr valuation
Bengaluru-based cold-pressed oil brand Gramiyaa has raised Rs 18.65 crore in a Series A funding round led by new investor Optiscape Network…
MSME-focused digital lender NeoGrowth raises Rs 85 Cr from FMO, LeapFrog
NeoGrowth, an MSME-focused digital lender, has raised Rs 85 crore through a mix of equity and debt from Dutch development finance instituti…
From DailyObjects To StockGro — Indian Startups Raised About $123 Mn This Week
Indian startup funding fell 47.4% in the first week of October, with 25 startups raising $122.9 Mn between October 5…
India’s Satcom Battlefield, RBI’s New FEMA Rules & More
India’s Satcom War Heats Up A major tussle has erupted between Elon Musk and the Centre. Musk has accused certain…
Apple/macOS removed from official Unix registry
Lobbying is corruption
Tom Brown used GOP ties to broker a $1.25B/month SpaceX compute deal
`123456' password used in Danish CPR data breach
Telegram Desktop vulnerability allowed any user's file to be stolen
Food processing influences metabolism and brain activity
Satya Nadella says we should assume all AI models are ‘compromised’
In a lengthy post on X, Microsoft's CEO laid out his views on the dangers posed by highly advanced AI models and how to confront those risk…
DistroKid has been quietly taking down songs in response to UMG lawsuit
Artists are taking to social media to complain that DistroKid has unceremoniously removed their work without notice. Now DistroKid has conf…
I would like the value of my home to rise, while my property taxes fall
A city-building game in which the city would prefer you didn't
K-pop star Sunmi loves Notion and ear cleaning videos
Sunmi is an undeniable force in K-pop. She first made her debut as a member of the Wonder Girls back in 2007, one of the first K-pop acts t…
Anthropic is cutting off its internal evaluations from the internet
After a recent spate of high-profile incidents in which AI agents escaped containment, Anthropic is cutting off internet access for all int…
Will Warner Bros. kill Skydance — or will David Ellison kill Warner Bros?
Today, I’m talking with Peter Kafka, chief correspondent at Business Insider and host of the Channels podcast, about the gigantic Warner Br…
AI agent makers are promising privacy — will they deliver?
At this year's OpenAI DevDay, CEO Sam Altman unveiled the company's new AI agent Dots - and told the crowd that the company wants to "set a…
Mxc: Microsoft Execution Containers version 1.0.0
The Telo MT1 is a big truck trapped in a tiny truck’s body
I'm bouncing down the road in San Carlos, California, zipping past behemoth tech companies like EA and Oracle, in America's smallest electr…
FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review
The Lightbulb Computer
Why DuckDB 2.0 is faster
Knuth reward check
Computers Cannot Make Decisions
PVX-001: open-source Covid-19 vaccine starts Phase 1 trial
Lobbying
Ledger wallet tampering suspected after reports of crypto thefts
Reports have been mounting that users of the Ledger crypto wallet have seen their accounts drained, and it appears to be related to tampere…
LG’s RGB LED TV is good for certain situations, but an OLED is better
When it comes to TVs, the LG name has long been synonymous with OLEDs, continually leading Samsung and Sony as the top OLED manufacturer. B…
The techlash has gone Hollywood
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 147, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, I missed…
One with the world? A new look at brains transformed by psychedelics.
Participants meditated inside an MRI tube, with and without psilocybin.
Rocket Report: A rare Falcon 9 scrub; is it just about Vulcan's time to shine?
"I can say we’re weeks away from launching on Vulcan."
Volkswagen's replacement for the ID.4 crossover is here
The new EV’s digital cockpit can mimic instrument displays from VWs of old.
As U.S. blocks DJI, Insta360 races to win American creators
Regulatory clarity and market timing are a boon for smaller Chinese smart-camera maker Insta360 and its independent Antigravity drone brand.
Microsoft barred from sponsoring foreign workers for US residency
The US says Microsoft abused immigration rules; the company disputes the claim.