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Recruiters are using AI avatars to run interviews. Now candidates are sending avatars to attend them.
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Recruiters are using AI avatars to run interviews. Now candidates are sending avatars to attend them.

Really Simple SyndicationAugust 9, 2026

Job recruiters are meeting an uncanny new kind of candidate: the AI avatar. These digital humans mirror an applicant’s voice and likeness while being something

China just closed a gap in chipmaking that nobody talks about. The wafer size tells you how far it has to go.
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China just closed a gap in chipmaking that nobody talks about. The wafer size tells you how far it has to go.

Really Simple SyndicationAugust 9, 2026

Hwatsing Technology, China’s leading producer of chemical mechanical polishing equipment, announced a metrology system for six-inch wafers on Thursday that can be built directly into the polishing

Armenia just opened the region’s biggest AI factory. It exists because Washington signed a licence.
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Armenia just opened the region’s biggest AI factory. It exists because Washington signed a licence.

Really Simple SyndicationAugust 9, 2026

Firebird, a US-based AI cloud company, opened what NVIDIA calls the CIS region’s largest AI factory in Hrazdan, Armenia on Saturday. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attended

Hong Kong educators want a social media ban for under-16s. The government says it has no plans to legislate.
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Hong Kong educators want a social media ban for under-16s. The government says it has no plans to legislate.

Really Simple SyndicationAugust 9, 2026

Hong Kong educators and a lawmaker are urging the city to ban children under 16 from social media, calling addiction “the biggest problem facing education.”

OpenAI’s expensive smart speaker will use moving parts to seem “more alive”
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OpenAI’s expensive smart speaker will use moving parts to seem “more alive”

Really Simple SyndicationAugust 9, 2026

OpenAI’s upcoming smart speaker will probably cost over $300, “people familiar with the matter” have told Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The generative AI company has “discussed”

How snails engineer their slime
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How snails engineer their slime

Really Simple SyndicationAugust 9, 2026

Snails are well-known for their mucus. The slime is highly valued as an anti-inflammatory and anti-aging ingredient in certain skin care products, and snails can

OpenSearch Is Done Being Called “the Elasticsearch Fork”
Tech

OpenSearch Is Done Being Called “the Elasticsearch Fork”

Abhishek PrakashAugust 8, 2026

I sat down with Bianca Lewis of OpenSearch at Open Source Summit India, right after the project’s second OpenSearch Con in the country. Bianca Lewis

Nobody Touched This Linux Driver for Years, Until AI Started Poking Around and It Got Removed
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Nobody Touched This Linux Driver for Years, Until AI Started Poking Around and It Got Removed

Sourav RudraAugust 8, 2026

Greg Kroah-Hartman just deleted a Linux driver that hasn’t mattered to anyone in years. The reason for removal wasn’t a bug report or a user

New official 30th anniversary Quake mission pack adds new maps and mechanics
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New official 30th anniversary Quake mission pack adds new maps and mechanics

Really Simple SyndicationAugust 8, 2026

This year is the 30th anniversary of the launch of the original Quake by id Software, if you could believe it. To commemorate that, publisher

DOGE’s wild, unverifiable savings claims discredited in US government report
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DOGE’s wild, unverifiable savings claims discredited in US government report

Really Simple SyndicationAugust 8, 2026

It won’t come as a surprise that Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) didn’t save taxpayers nearly as much as it claimed. Analysis from outside

OpenAI is slowing down its next model over ‘critical’ cyber risk
Tech

OpenAI is slowing down its next model over ‘critical’ cyber risk

Really Simple SyndicationAugust 8, 2026

OpenAI tested Astra, one of its upcoming models, over the past few days. In a post on Friday, it said the results were strong enough

Harvey is raising at $15.5bn, up 40% in five months
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Harvey is raising at $15.5bn, up 40% in five months

Really Simple SyndicationAugust 8, 2026

The legal-AI startup is in talks to raise at least $500m at a $15.5bn valuation, including the new money, The Information reported. That is a

Malicious AI ‘skills’ turned agents into credential thieves, at scale
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Malicious AI ‘skills’ turned agents into credential thieves, at scale

Really Simple SyndicationAugust 8, 2026

Security researchers at Zenity Labs uncovered a credential-stealing campaign on skills.sh, a public registry of add-ons for AI agents run by Vercel. They unveiled the

AI boom forces companies to rethink how they measure business value
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AI boom forces companies to rethink how they measure business value

Really Simple SyndicationAugust 8, 2026

Artificial intelligence has quickly become a boardroom priority, inspiring significant investment across industries. Yet conversations about return on investment often remain tied to familiar software

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