This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The AI industry has taken a doomer turn. What now? AI chiefs Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Demis Hassabis are suddenly all in agreement: the latest ...
Ars previewed Mozilla’s report on how cheap open models caught up on capability.
Last year Ruxandra Teslo, a policy analyst who focuses on clinical trials, posted an idea for supercharging medical AI systems: Use data from failed biotech companies. By bidding at their bankruptcy proceedings, she proposed, it might be possible to obtain detailed regulatory filings, manufacturi...
Mutually Assured Kessler Syndrome, anyone?
Salesforce Koa is built on Nvidia's open-weight Nemotron model and is trained to do sales, marketing, and customer-support tasks.
404 Media reports that OpenAI has hired hundreds of contractors to evaluate ChatGPT responses manually.
IR35 rules not getting easier for government departments
A high-profile analyst has said that demand for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max appears “lukewarm” based on pre-order wait times. Jeff Pu notes that most iPhone 18 Pro configurations are available for immediate delivery and that the longest wait for the most popular iPhone 18 Pro Max extends only t...
Article URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/25-years-of-mass-surveillance-is-enough.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49710883 Points: 560 # Comments: 178
HTC's pricey Vive Eagle smart glasses are a credible alternative to Meta, but you'll still struggle to find a reason to buy a pair.
Windows September 2026 update brings many long-requested features, but also surfaces fresh bugs — new code crashing AMD, HP, and Lenovo systems and surfaces audio, Explorer, and Remote Desktop problems
Following mass layoffs in 2022 and 2023, many tech workers turned against their employers. When liberal politicians also rallied against Silicon Valley, their backers turned to Donald Trump.
General Motors is polishing up the software experience in its bestselling trucks in an effort to reduce the amount of dangerous tapping and swiping that's required to access the most-used controls. It's also giving Apple CarPlay and Android Auto spiffy new picture-in-picture displays - which is n...
As anxieties over surveillance tech grow, unsuspecting singles are sharing stories of being covertly filmed on dates by Meta smart glasses.
Save nearly $600 on this CyberPowerPC gaming PC with a 9800X3D, RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, 32GB DDR5, and a 2TB SSD.
The national scheme may be dead, but digital IDs can now prove you're old enough to buy booze
Games optimization specialist OptiProjects (AKA OptiJeugos) has released a new port of Minecraft Legacy for the Sony PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii consoles.
WIRED tested samples of four types of peptides. The results show how lightly regulated the industry is, even as popularity surges.
Apple is bundling in more services, including TV, with its cheaper iCloud+ subscriptions in certain regions.
Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8ly49w9g1edo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49710253 Points: 146 # Comments: 116