Technology

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) 8/10 ?

New Records Reveal Problems with Medicare’s AI Prior Authorization Experiment

EFFsuedthe government back in March for information about theWasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) model, a new Medicare program that uses AI to evaluate prior authorization requests fo...

2026-09-08

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Animation in Bevy: The Big Picture

Article URL:https://glocq.com/en/blog/20260827/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49616272Points: 11# Comments: 0

2026-09-08

Ars Technica 7/10 ?

NIH to use part of its budget to pay for Department of Defense research

Money would ostensibly fund research the NIH leadership said it no longer wanted.

2026-09-08

Slashdot 7/10 ?

Australia To Let Social Media Users 'Opt Out' of Algorithm-Based Feeds

Australia is proposing the "My Feed, My Way" initiative that would force social media platforms to let users over 16 turn off algorithmic recommendations and instead see only posts from people and cre...

2026-09-08

Hackaday 7/10 ?

Are Desktop PC-ABS Prints Outperformed by Industrial FDM? Not Really

[Igor] of [My Tech Fun] set out to discover what differences, if any, can be found between parts printed in PC-ABS filament on an industrial 3D printer, and those from…read more

2026-09-08

Engadget 7/10 ?

What is Roku's secret menu and how do you unlock it?

Roku has multiple secret menus that will allow you to make changes to how it behaves and even adjust your ad preferences.

2026-09-08

TechCrunch 7/10 ?

Meta debuts its Muse AI agent. Will consumers trust it?

Meta's new personal AI agent Muse wants access to users' email, calendars, payments, health services, and more — making the company's biggest consumer AI bet yet a major test of whether people still t...

2026-09-08

The Register 7/10 ?

Google research shows when AI agents communicate, some cheat while others tattle

DeepMind researchers propose tapping into the whistleblower tendency to keep agents in check

2026-09-08

The Verge 6/10 ?

Meta bets on AI agent Muse to catch up in AI race

Meta is making another push to bring artificial intelligence to the masses with Muse, a personal assistant it says can put AI in the hands of virtually anyone. The product is the latest step in a mult...

2026-09-08

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Kimi K3 (2.8T) at 1 token/s on a MacBook Pro, streamed from four SSDs

Article URL:https://github.com/argonautlabsai/deltafinComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49616257Points: 60# Comments: 23

2026-09-08

Ars Technica 7/10 ?

Supreme Court forces TV stations to sell more election ads at steep discounts

Republican victory means stations must offer lowest ad prices to political parties.

2026-09-08

Slashdot 7/10 ?

A Secret New Elizabeth Holmes Documentary Stuns Telluride

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Telluride just managed one of its best-kept secrets in years, per The Hollywood Reporter. On Sunday night, festival-goers filed into a 650-seat the...

2026-09-08

Engadget 7/10 ?

Google will 'degrade' Search in Europe to avoid EU fines

Big Tech Google Google will 'degrade' Search in Europe to avoid EU fines The company was accused of favoring its own content in search engine results. By Anna Washenko Sept. 8, 2026 3:40 pm EST Samuel...

2026-09-08

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Trey Parker and Matt Stone Are Changing the Name of South Park to South America

Article URL:https://twitter.com/SouthPark/status/2097364141237539116Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49616239Points: 76# Comments: 26

2026-09-08

Ars Technica 7/10 ?

Top chipmakers embrace ASML’s $400M machines, agree to crucial chipmaking change

Chipmaking changes could boost productivity of new ASML machines by 40 percent.

2026-09-08

Engadget 7/10 ?

Don't panic, but there's a Playdate Update Showcase tomorrow

Gaming Don't panic, but there's a Playdate Update Showcase tomorrow Get the lowdown on Playdate Season 3 this Wednesday. By Jessica Conditt Sept. 8, 2026 3:05 pm EST Panic Of all the hours in all the ...

2026-09-08

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Muse: Meta's personal AI agent, features and capabilities

Article URL:https://ai.meta.com/muse/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49615537Points: 79# Comments: 65

2026-09-08

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Function Arguments Are Not Function Colors

Article URL:https://jerf.org/iri/post/2026/func_args_are_not_colors/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49615139Points: 7# Comments: 1

2026-09-08

Engadget 7/10 ?

Meta reveals its AI agent that can shop, send emails and plan trips on your behalf

Big Tech Meta Meta reveals its AI agent that can shop, send emails and plan trips on your behalf Muse can take control of your digital life with "no technical experience" required. By Karissa Bell Sep...

2026-09-08

Ars Technica 7/10 ?

Godzilla Minus Zero IMAX trailer teases King Ghidorah

Director Takashi Yamazaki's hotly anticipated sequel takes place two years after 2023 film's events.

2026-09-08