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Plan mode is dead

Score: 382 | Comments: 345

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What About Rails?

Score: 121 | Comments: 68

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Evolving programming languages in the AI era

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Here’s the Tesla Semi… again

Remember the Tesla Semi? The long-gestating, heavy-duty truck first introduced in concept form in 2017 is finally in volume production as of April 2026 - nearly a decade after its initial introduction

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Biology might not be quantum, but its math is quantumlike

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Microsoft is killing off the ‘Copilot Plus PC’ brand

Remember when Microsoft wanted everyone to know that "Copilot Plus PCs" were the ones to get, because those were the PCs that that'd have enough built-in AI muscle to get things done? Two and a half y

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Meta employees ordered ‘attorney/client privilege’ hats while fighting child safety disclosures

Meta's lawyers have argued that certain evidence should be withheld from public view on the grounds of attorney-client privilege in the ongoing lawsuits over alleged harm to teens' safety and mental h

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Qualcomm’s new ‘Elite’ sound chip might finally deliver the Wi-Fi earbud dream

What if your wireless earbuds - or audio glasses - could stream high-quality lossless audio that doesn't cut out when you leave your phone on the bedside charger or buried in the couch? Qualcomm's new

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Waymo is scaling fast: Here’s what the fleet data shows

In the past month, Waymo has expanded its fleet in Texas by 49%. There are other hot spots as well.

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The Murky History of Soviet-Born Tetris

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Microsoft puts Brad Smith in charge of communications

Microsoft is moving its communications group out of marketing and into its Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs (CELA) organization. The surprise change will see Microsoft vice chair and president B

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How I changed teaching after AI managed to do all my homework assignments

Score: 237 | Comments: 209

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Nexterity wants to automate the hard, dangerous part of pipefitting

The startup's robot can tighten or loosen four bolts at a time, and it fits in a Pelican case.

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Opus 5.5 is good at explainer videos

Score: 312 | Comments: 168

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Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar gives Google’s AI a face

Google's new Gemini 3.8 Live update lets users have conversations with the model while watching an animated AI persona respond in real time. The "Live Avatar" will lip-sync and show different facial e

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Bring your co-founder, partner, or colleague and get 50% off a second TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass

Buy one pass to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and get 50% off a second of the same ticket type. Register before event starts on October 13 at 8 a.m. PT.

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Using LLMs to trace alchemical knowledge and decode 17th century letters

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PrismML brings its tiny LLMs to Qualcomm-powered smart glasses

Prism's larger goal is open-weight AI that runs on devices and makes better use of the computing power they already have.

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Meet Feather, the startup building the ‘Android of robotics’ for developers

Feather is betting on a customizable, $30,000 platform built for software developers.

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Sadly, this $1,549 RTX 5070-equipped gaming PC is a very good deal

While PC component prices remain high, you can save a good bit of money on a system by purchasing a prebuilt desktop. Walmart has a well-equipped CyberPowerPC gaming PC on sale for $1,549, almost $600

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