Theban tomb reveals how Egyptian burial trends evolved in time
Egypt’s Theban necropolis holds over 400 tombs, a rich resource for archaeologists eager to learn more about that region’s ancient history. A new paper published
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The Moon’s shadow raced across the heart of Spain, and I was there to see it
DURATÓN, Spain—I’ll say it: I’m hooked. Standing in the shadow of the Moon is one of the rarest opportunities to directly sense the mechanics of
Cursor Origin is on by default for paid users, and its data terms are unpublished
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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