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Cursor Origin is on by default for paid users, and its data terms are unpublished
Tech

Cursor Origin is on by default for paid users, and its data terms are unpublished

Really Simple SyndicationAugust 17, 2026

Cursor started rolling out Origin, its own code hosting platform, on Monday morning. About three and a half hours later GitHub fell over. The order

GitHub disputes Wiz’s claim that Copilot Autofix wrote a Snowflake flaw
Tech

GitHub disputes Wiz’s claim that Copilot Autofix wrote a Snowflake flaw

Really Simple SyndicationAugust 17, 2026

A security company said on Monday that an AI wrote a critical flaw into Snowflake’s code, and that another AI found it and broke in.

AI inference is getting cheaper, but your agents are getting more expensive
Tech

AI inference is getting cheaper, but your agents are getting more expensive

Really Simple SyndicationAugust 17, 2026

The good news is that large language model (LLM) token costs are coming down. The conundrum: The overall cost of AI workloads is going up.

OpenAI president’s blog pushing agentic AI most notable for what it did not say
Tech

OpenAI president’s blog pushing agentic AI most notable for what it did not say

Really Simple SyndicationAugust 17, 2026

OpenAI president Greg Brockman on Sunday warned enterprise CISOs that they need to more aggressively embrace agents if they want to survive upcoming cyberattacks.  Brockman

The SEC staff agreed data centre securitisation sits outside Dodd-Frank risk retention
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The SEC staff agreed data centre securitisation sits outside Dodd-Frank risk retention

Really Simple SyndicationAugust 17, 2026

Nvidia announced $500bn of AI infrastructure financing last week, alongside Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR. A fortnight earlier, the Securities and Exchange

Google picked and paid for the firm anonymising the Spirit Airlines data
Tech

Google picked and paid for the firm anonymising the Spirit Airlines data

Really Simple SyndicationAugust 17, 2026

Google has agreed to pay $10mn for what a dead airline knew. A judge considers the sale on Wednesday morning. Reuters reported the price on

Ubuntu is Growing Faster on Windows Than on Linux
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Ubuntu is Growing Faster on Windows Than on Linux

Sourav RudraAugust 17, 2026

Back in April, Jon Seager, Canonical’s VP of Engineering, spoke with The Pragmatic Engineer (paywalled), telling them that Ubuntu inside Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

Looking Beyond Tmux and Screen: 8 Terminal Multiplexers Worth Trying
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Looking Beyond Tmux and Screen: 8 Terminal Multiplexers Worth Trying

SreenathAugust 17, 2026

Whether you’re a developer, system administrator, or simply someone who spends a lot of time in the terminal, juggling multiple terminal sessions can be messy

Opening statements begin in the biggest consumer protection case in the US
Tech

Opening statements begin in the biggest consumer protection case in the US

Really Simple SyndicationAugust 17, 2026

Opening statements in the states’ case against Meta begin today in Oakland. The court seated a jury last week. The trial should run about five

Wispr raised $280mn at $2bn to argue the text box is finished
Tech

Wispr raised $280mn at $2bn to argue the text box is finished

Really Simple SyndicationAugust 17, 2026

Wispr has raised $280mn at a $2bn valuation. Menlo Ventures led the round, having led the last one too. Total funding now stands at $361mn.

US vaccination rates fall again as exemptions continue to rise, CDC data shows
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US vaccination rates fall again as exemptions continue to rise, CDC data shows

Really Simple SyndicationAugust 17, 2026

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday released data on the vaccination rates of US kindergarteners in the 2025–2026 school year, revealing that

Former SpaceX engineers are building a robotic factory for making steel parts
Tech

Former SpaceX engineers are building a robotic factory for making steel parts

Really Simple SyndicationAugust 17, 2026

Three former SpaceX engineers have switched their attention from making rocket engines to manufacturing steel parts by using AI-driven software and robots. Their immediate goal

US confounds Apple’s memory supply challenge
Tech

US confounds Apple’s memory supply challenge

Really Simple SyndicationAugust 17, 2026

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is “not in favor” of Apple’s plan to alleviate the impact of rapid memory price inflation by purchasing RAM made in China for

Tesla Quietly Enables Power Export On Its Best-Selling EV
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Tesla Quietly Enables Power Export On Its Best-Selling EV

Really Simple SyndicationAugust 17, 2026

Tesla has quietly enabled vehicle-to-load on the Model Y Premium in the US and Puerto Rico through an $80 adapter offering two 120-volt outlets and

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