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F3: A Wasm-Powered Columnar File Format Built to Outlast Parquet
F3 (Future-proof File Format) is a research prototype columnar storage format from a team spanning Carnegie Mellon, the University of Wisconsin, and Wes McKinne
Five months and €9,600 to start a German company — and still no invoice sent
A founder chronicles the cost of incorporating his second German business: roughly €7,600 in fees plus €2,000 in share capital locked in an untouchable account,
GLM-5.2 becomes the first open-weight model that holds up as a coding agent
Z.ai's GLM-5.2, released mid-June 2026 under an MIT license, is being framed as the open-weight ecosystem's most significant moment since DeepSeek R1. On paper
Google bakes computer-use agents into Gemini 3.5 Flash, adds prompt-injection guards
Google has folded its computer-use capability directly into Gemini 3.5 Flash, moving it out of the standalone Gemini 2.5 model and into the mainline Flash relea
Half-Life 2 Now Runs Inside a Web Browser
A developer has published a browser-playable build of Half-Life 2, Valve's landmark 2004 first-person shooter, hosted at hl2.slqnt.dev and surfaced on Hacker Ne
Intercept: a $500M philanthropic bet to make colds and flu history
Intercept is a new $500 million philanthropic initiative aiming to drastically cut—and eventually eliminate—common respiratory infections like colds and influen
LuaJIT 3.0 opens the floor on syntax extensions — with guardrails
LuaJIT's maintainer has opened an umbrella GitHub issue to coordinate the syntax extensions planned for the 3.0 release, inviting structured discussion on their
NVIDIA's Rubin Goes 100% Liquid-Cooled at 45°C, Slashing Data Center Water Use
NVIDIA's upcoming Rubin AI infrastructure is the first to drop fans entirely and cool every chip and networking component through a closed liquid loop. The key
Off-topic / no content: UN Gaza inquiry headline (not a tech story)
This submission could not be summarized. The pipeline supplied only a headline and no article body, so there is no source text to condense, and summarizing a co
Qualcomm Buys Modular for ~$3.9B to Crack Nvidia's CUDA Software Moat
Qualcomm has agreed to acquire Modular, the AI infrastructure startup founded by compiler veteran Chris Lattner, in an all-stock deal worth roughly $3.9 billion
The £40 Xteink X4: a pocket e-ink reader that custom firmware makes worth owning
The Xteink X4 is a tiny, ultralight e-ink reader that sells for around £40 and is marketed on the gimmick of magnetically sticking to the back of a phone. In pr
Why "Stating the Obvious" Is Often the Best Reason to Blog
Jim Nielsen picks up on a piece by John Gruber that rails against the now-ubiquitous newsletter and cookie-consent popups that bury the actual content a reader