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Self-Hosted AI Agent Ships Tested App From Single Prompt
A hobbyist built a fully self-hosted agentic development environment on home hardware that takes a single prompt and ships a tested, deployed web app with no further human intervention, costing just a
$15 million federal grant will fund fishing tech projects
A $15 million U.S. National Science Foundation grant awarded in late July will fund New England fishing technology projects, including a 'third eye' camera to reduce bycatch, autonomous robots to dete
Show HN: A desktop fly drawn to the scent of vibecode
A macOS desktop app renders a 3D fruit fly whose walking, grooming, and escape behaviors emerge from a real 668-neuron circuit (~19,000 synapses) sourced from the published FlyWire Drosophila connecto
Starcloud raises $250M at $2.3B valuation; Nvidia invests $25M
Starcloud, a startup building satellites that run AI inference in orbit, closed a $250 million extension to its March Series A at a $2.3 billion valuation, with Nvidia chipping in $25 million.
DeepSeek unveils an experimental multimodal version of its V4 Flash model, saying it nears the performance of Anthropic's Opus 4.8 on multimodal agentic tests (Bloomberg)
DeepSeek released an experimental multimodal version of its V4 Flash model, claiming it approaches Anthropic's Opus 4.8 on multimodal agentic tests.
Beijing Dumpling Shop Builds AI Agent Skill
A Beijing dumpling shop called Jinguyuan has become an unlikely symbol of China's grassroots AI enthusiasm, with owner Li Bo building an AI skill that lets customers check menus, get recommendations,
New report outlines AI bioweapon safeguards
A new report argues AI-enabled bioweapons are a potentially catastrophic yet manageable risk, and outlines a roadmap requiring coordinated safeguards across government, the scientific community, the p
Wazuh Adds AI Analyst, Llama and Claude Integrations
Wazuh launched an AI Analyst service for its Cloud platform alongside integrations with Anthropic's Claude and Meta's Llama, giving SOCs automated posture reports and AI-assisted threat hunting across
Nvidia in Early Talks With South Korea's Rebellions
Nvidia is in early-stage discussions with South Korean AI chip designer Rebellions about a potential partnership, investment, or acquisition, according to people familiar with the matter.
Cisco Patches 9 Flaws, 5 Scored CVSS 10.0
Cisco released patches for nine security vulnerabilities across its Crosswork platforms and Secure Workload software, five of them carrying the maximum CVSS 10.0 severity rating. The flaws were discov
AI Drug Patents Must Name Human Inventors
AI-designed drugs hit a wall in US patent law: only humans can be named inventors, so companies like Insilico Medicine credit people — not their generative AI systems — when filing.
Source: AI training data startup Micro1's gross annual run rate grew from $100M to $500M in the past eight months, putting net annual run rate at $150M-$200M (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
Micro1, an AI training data startup, grew its gross annual run rate from $100M to $500M over the past eight months as top AI labs and corporations scramble for unique training data.
Nevada approves permits letting Tesla deploy up to 5,000 robotaxis in the Las Vegas area over the next year, while Waymo and Uber are each allowed up to 1,000 (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)
Nevada's Transportation Authority has cleared Tesla to deploy up to 5,000 robotaxis in the Las Vegas area over the next year, while Waymo and Uber each received permits for up to 1,000 vehicles.
Micro1 Hits $500M Run Rate, Still Trails Mercor
AI training-data startup Micro1 has surged from $100 million to $500 million in gross annual run rate over the past eight months, reflecting breakneck demand from frontier AI labs.
Judge Tosses Part of Ex-Google Engineer's AI Conviction
A US federal judge on Thursday partially overturned the conviction of Linwei Ding, a former Google software engineer found guilty of stealing AI trade secrets to benefit two Chinese companies.
'We Don't Need to Aggressively Sell the Console': Sony CEO Says Timing of Memory Crisis Is 'Lucky' for PS5 - Push Square
Sony's CEO said the company no longer needs to aggressively push PS5 hardware sales, calling the timing of the industry-wide memory crisis 'lucky' for the console as it shifts focus toward users and I
Google Discover Adds AI Chatbot Feed Customization
Google is adding an AI chatbot interface to Discover that lets users describe their content preferences in natural language, with the feed automatically adjusting and remembering choices across visits
Broadcom Seeks $60B+ Debt for AI Chip Deal Benefiting Anthropic
Broadcom is negotiating a massive debt raise to fund AI chip development, with the financing expected to support Anthropic and other tech firms in scaling their operations.
Google Adds Publisher ‘Preferred Sources’ Button
Google launched an embeddable “Preferred Sources” button that lets readers steer search, news, and discovery results toward favored publishers as AI search continues eroding website traffic.
xAI's Grok Sends Gibberish Responses to Users
xAI's Grok chatbot served nonsensical text to some users in what the company described as a temporary glitch, drawing coverage across multiple outlets.
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