Situational Awareness Commits $400 Million to Source Foundry Chip Startup

Microsoft has stated that a new interface for Planner will reach users in the near term, with the changes intended to increase the tool's practical value.

WorkOS says REST handles human developers while MCP addresses what agents actually need, with the two working as stacked layers rather than alternatives.

Neowin's latest 7 Days post lists three headline shifts: advertising on PlayStation, Microsoft Edge blocking uBlock Origin, and Electronic Arts moving to private ownership.

A hobbyist has compiled the 1993 word processor to run as a native 64-bit application on current Windows releases.

A champion coder has produced a GIF that functions simultaneously as program and output, printing an identical copy of its own data.

A project called Phantom Drive makes an 8GB USB appear ordinary until a text file containing a password is created on it, at which point custom firmware exposes an encrypted volume stored in the same hardware.

AI writing detectors are replacing older plagiarism checks with tools that foster broader distrust rather than simple verification.

Chinese AI chip designer Moore Threads Technology plans a Hong Kong listing after its shares rose more than 420 percent since the Shanghai debut last year.

Microsoft's operating system activates a tracking identifier for ads without explicit user consent, requiring manual intervention to disable it.

A planned Amazon data center in Texas will include an on-site power plant that reports indicate could become the single largest source of climate pollution in the United States.

Shopify replaced its Redis-based inventory reservation system with MySQL and reported that the change met production scale requirements.

A blog post titled "My server is a phone now" reached the front page of Hacker News, drawing 218 points and 84 comments.

A technical write-up on applying dithering to QR codes reached the front page of Hacker News with 115 points and 13 comments.

John Gruber withdraws an entire post on an App Store rejection after determining its core premise was incorrect, and publishes the original text for public review.

OpenAI has bought the presentation startup NextSlide and moved its team into ChatGPT work.

Schools must now require students to explain and defend their written submissions in person as a direct response to AI-generated work.

Leaked audio shows the consulting giant confronting runaway costs from non-technical staff using AI for mundane chores like PDF conversions, undermining claims that elite engineering drives the spending surge.

Neowin's latest roundup pulls together Xbox hardware pricing moves, persistent Windows modernization delays, and fresh GTA VI developments without adding new corporate statements.

OpenAI has locked down its upcoming Astra model following test results that showed advanced autonomous cyber capabilities.

Intel outlines a two-tier satellite network that shifts processing and control functions to higher-orbit platforms, cutting dependence on ground stations for thousands of simple LEO satellites.

Claude Code now lets separate terminal sessions exchange text messages directly on macOS and Linux.