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Zhipu launches ZCode 3.0, an agentic coding harness tuned for GLM-5.2
ZCode is z.ai's agentic coding environment, now at version 3.0 and optimized for the GLM-5.2 model. It positions itself as a full plan-code-review-deploy loop t
AI Sands Off the Friction That Once Made Us Truly Know Our Machines
The essay draws a distinction between two kinds of technical knowledge. In the 1990s, using a computer meant fighting it: editing autoexec.bat, building single-
Anthropic post claims US lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5, Mythos 5
A social media post attributed to Anthropic states that the U.S. Department of Commerce has removed export controls on two Claude models, Fable 5 and "Mythos 5.
arXiv Splits from Cornell to Become an Independent Nonprofit
After 25 years housed at Cornell University, arXiv formally becomes a standalone nonprofit on July 1, 2026. The preprint server frames the spinout as a long-con
Asahi Linux 7.1: macOS 27 beta breaks booting, M3 support advances
Apple's macOS 27 developer beta broke Asahi Linux on affected Macs, making the Linux boot entry vanish from both the Startup Disk app and the power-button boot
CERN switches off the LHC, begins six-year rebuild for High-Luminosity era
CERN has powered down the Large Hadron Collider after its final physics run, opening Long Shutdown 3 (LS3) — the most extensive overhaul of the accelerator comp
Engineer builds mmWave radar that classifies materials to detect asbestos
A recent engineering graduate spent six months building an FMCW millimeter-wave radar capable of classifying materials by their electromagnetic signature, aimed
EU digital ID wallets are quietly handing Google and Apple the keys
European member states building EUDI identity wallets are wiring in remote-attestation services from Google (Play Integrity API) and Apple (Managed Device Attes
From zero hardware experience to a fault-tolerant RL octocopter in 2.5 weeks
A first-time hardware builder documents going from an idea to a flying eight-rotor drone in under three weeks, designing the frame in Fusion 360, CNC-milling it
Godot bans AI-authored code, citing reviewer burnout from 'slop' PRs
The Godot game engine is amending its contribution guidelines to prohibit AI-authored code, pull requests filed by AI agents, and AI-generated text in human-to-
Google open-sources Copybara, its internal tool for syncing code across repos
Copybara is a Google-built utility for transforming and relocating source code between repositories, now available as an open-source project. Its core use case
Inside one of Tokyo's last two barley tea factories, where mugicha gets its flavor
Ogawa Sangyo, one of only two barley tea (mugicha) producers with a plant in Tokyo, opened its Edogawa Ward factory to explain how the summer staple is actually