Huawei targets Q1 2027 for next-gen Ascend 960DT AI chip launch

Huawei is moving forward with plans to release its next-generation Ascend 960DT AI chip in the first quarter of 2027. The Chinese tech giant is accelerating the chip's development as part of its broader effort to challenge Nvidia's dominance in the AI hardware market. The move is also aimed at narrowing the artificial intelligence computing gap between China and the United States. The Ascend 960DT represents Huawei's latest push to build competitive domestic AI infrastructure amid ongoing geopolitical tensions over semiconductor access.

Learner Covers Media Queries, Hover Effects and Forms on Day 3 of Web Dev Journey

A web development student shared progress from their third day of self-directed learning. The session focused on CSS and HTML concepts aimed at making webpages more interactive and responsive. Key topics included media queries for adapting layouts across screen sizes and the hover pseudo-class for styling elements on mouse interaction. The learner also explored navigation bar construction and the differences between checkbox and radio button form inputs.

System Prompts Are Not Security Boundaries for AI Agents, Experts Warn

As AI agents become increasingly integrated with business APIs and internal systems, relying solely on system prompts to enforce security rules is proving insufficient. Prompts function as instructions to AI models, not enforcement mechanisms, making them vulnerable to prompt injection attacks hidden in emails, PDFs, or tool results. Security researchers argue that a dedicated runtime security layer must independently verify identity, authorization, and risk at the moment a tool call is executed, rather than trusting the model's interpretation of its instructions. An open-source tool called KeelBase has been released to demonstrate this approach, sitting between AI agents and business systems to re-check permissions before any action runs. The key distinction drawn is that prompts define what an AI should do, while runtime enforcement determines what it is actually allowed to do.

Developer builds SSH Tunnel Manager twice in Rust to compare CLI and GUI trade-offs

A developer built the same SSH tunnel management tool twice in Rust — once as a CLI application and once as a native GUI using the Tauri framework — to evaluate the real-world trade-offs between the two approaches. Both versions share identical backend logic, shelling out to the system SSH binary to manage tunnels as subprocesses, since no production-ready Rust SSH client library exists for arbitrary key and agent authentication. The CLI version offers easy distribution as a static binary, scriptability, and cross-platform support, but lacks visual feedback when a tunnel drops unexpectedly. The Tauri-based GUI provides ambient status indicators via a system tray icon and eliminates the need for daemon management, but introduces complexity around code signing, notarization, and distribution. The comparison was not intended to declare a winner but to document concrete costs in areas like process management, platform integration, and developer experience.

Developer Uses LangChain Hybrid Memory to Manage 2,500 IoT Devices in Kenya

A developer managing over 2,500 IoT devices across Kenya turned to LangChain memory strategies to handle real-time telemetry data sent via MQTT. Short-term memory offered low latency but proved unreliable during frequent connectivity disruptions, causing gaps in data analysis. Long-term memory provided persistence through outages but strained the limited hardware, typically 2GB RAM devices, due to higher storage and processing demands. A hybrid approach was ultimately adopted, storing real-time data in short-term memory while syncing only critical data to long-term storage, balancing speed and reliability within budget. Automated monitoring scripts were also added to track memory usage and sync tasks across the geographically dispersed device fleet.

ALTK-Evolve Teaches AI Agents to Learn from Experience, Not Just Replay Logs

Most AI agents rely on re-reading past transcripts rather than extracting reusable lessons, causing them to repeat mistakes across new tasks. ALTK-Evolve is a long-term memory system that converts raw agent interaction traces into filtered, high-quality guidelines for future use. The system operates in a continuous loop, capturing agent trajectories, refining candidate rules, and injecting only relevant guidance into context at the moment of action. Benchmarks on the AppWorld dataset showed overall task completion improved by 8.9 percentage points, with the largest gain of 14.2 points recorded on the hardest multi-step tasks. A recent MIT study cited in the research found that 95% of AI agent failures stem from an inability to adapt and learn on the job, a gap ALTK-Evolve directly targets.

How to Fix Cloudflare's 'Enable JavaScript and Cookies' Block Error

The 'Enable JavaScript and cookies to continue' error appears when Cloudflare's security system detects that a browser or client fails to meet minimum requirements, such as having JavaScript disabled or cookies blocked. Common triggers include privacy extensions like uBlock Origin, restrictive incognito settings, or HTTP clients like curl and Python's requests library that cannot execute JavaScript. Regular users can resolve the issue by enabling JavaScript and third-party cookies in browser settings and temporarily disabling blocking extensions. Developers using automation tools like Puppeteer or Selenium face stricter challenges, as Cloudflare actively blocks bots by default. Workarounds for developers include using stealth plugins with Puppeteer or browser-rendering libraries like Playwright in Python to simulate a legitimate browsing session.

How Pre-aggregation and Materialized Tables Can Slash BI Query Costs and Latency

Pre-aggregation and materialized tables are key techniques for converting slow, expensive data warehouse queries into fast, sub-second BI API responses. Engineers are advised to choose between pre-computing and on-demand computation based on query frequency, scan cost, and freshness requirements, using a measurable break-even formula derived from query logs. Materializations should be designed to mirror how API consumers request data, with one rollup table per canonical access pattern rather than per individual dashboard. Multi-level rollups, covering columns, and denormalized joins help eliminate runtime latency spikes and unpredictable billing from repeated large scans. The approach treats materialization as a product capability with defined refresh schedules, security enforcement, and service-level agreements tied to data freshness.

Git Bisect Technique Applied to Database Data Using Neon Branching API

Developers investigating incorrect data in production databases often resort to manual log-scrolling and guesswork, unlike code debugging where tools like git bisect efficiently pinpoint the breaking change. A new approach applies binary search logic to database state by leveraging Neon's ability to instantly branch a Postgres database at any past timestamp via its API. Each probe — creating a branch at a specific moment and running a query — costs roughly 1.7 seconds, making a 24-hour window searchable in about 20 seconds across 13 probes. In a real test, the tool narrowed a problem window from 12.5 minutes down to 47 seconds using just 6 probes in 14.2 seconds. The method is limited by the history retention window, defaulting to 24 hours, and the tool explicitly flags cases where the range is already broken at the start or the data changed multiple times.

Deadline to Exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Falls on September 18

Startups have just two days left to secure an exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, with the booking deadline set for September 18. The event is scheduled to run from October 13 to 15. The conference is expected to draw more than 10,000 attendees, including founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders. Exhibiting offers startups a direct opportunity to gain visibility among a large and influential tech audience.

Microsoft AI CEO Criticizes Anthropic, Outlines Humanist AI Safety Framework

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleiman sat down with The Verge to discuss AI safety, regulation, and his company's newly released 37-page 'Humanist AI Code of Conduct.' The document outlines Microsoft's principles on AI development, including its stance on contentious topics such as AI consciousness. Suleiman also published a companion essay this week directly criticizing Anthropic's approach to model welfare and AI consciousness, arguing it poses risks to the broader alignment debate. He expressed skepticism that alignment alone is sufficient for AI safety, pointing instead to the concept of containment he outlined in his book several years ago. Suleiman warned that rapid capability gains over the next few model generations could produce systems of breathtaking power, underscoring the urgency of getting safety frameworks right.

Global Survey: Majority in 34 of 37 Countries Fear AI Will Destroy Jobs

A Pew Research survey of 42,151 people across 37 countries, conducted between February 8th and May 13th, reveals widespread concern about artificial intelligence and its effects on employment, inequality, and daily life. In 34 of the 37 countries surveyed, respondents were more likely to believe AI would eliminate jobs over the next 20 years rather than create new ones. Anxiety over job losses was especially pronounced in wealthier nations, with 76% of Australians, 76% of South Koreans, and 71% of Americans expressing concern. The findings highlight a broadly shared global unease about AI's long-term economic impact across diverse regions and income levels.

Lunacy Audio Launches Nova, an AI-Powered Platform to Build and Sell Music Plugins

Lunacy Audio, known for creative VST plugins like Cube, has launched Nova, a new platform for building and selling AI-powered music tools. The platform currently offers 10 plugins spanning genres from chiptune to ambient, developed by Lunacy and select partner developers. Nova is designed to eventually allow anyone to create their own plugins or modify existing ones through an upcoming tool called Nova Builder. The platform aims to open up music plugin development to a broader community of creators beyond traditional software developers.

Centre cuts NEET-SS percentile to 30%

Dolphin Named Bubbles Found to Induce Vomiting in Fish to Feed on Them

A dolphin named Bubbles has been observed using an unusual hunting technique that causes other fish to regurgitate their stomach contents. The dolphin then consumes the vomited material as part of its feeding strategy. This behavior highlights the opportunistic and inventive nature of dolphin predation in the wild. Dolphins are active hunters known to exploit various methods to secure food, including stealing prey from other species. The observation adds to growing evidence of complex, learned feeding behaviors among individual dolphins.

I Don't Like LLMs

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India vs Afghanistan 3rd T20I: Afghanistan win toss, elect to bowl in Delhi

Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zadran won the toss and chose to field against India in the third and final T20I at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Thursday. Zadran noted that his side had wanted to bowl first in the earlier two matches as well but were denied by the toss on both occasions. India are led by Shreyas Iyer in the series, with the team making at least one change to their playing eleven for the decider. Young opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi has again been left out of the Indian lineup for this final match. The series decider marks the conclusion of the three-match T20I contest between the two sides.

Melinda French Gates' $5M grant helps Alabama clinic quadruple in size

Akhilesh Yadav and Jayant Choudhary's Alliance Turns Into Open Political Rivalry

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Jayant Choudhary, once political allies, have seen their relationship deteriorate into public hostility. Their exchanges have grown increasingly bitter and personal in recent times. A key flashpoint emerged when Akhilesh tied RLD's seat allocation to the legacy of former PM Chaudhary Charan Singh, drawing a sharp rebuke from Jayant. The RLD leader strongly condemned the remarks, signalling a deepening rift between the two leaders. Political observers are now questioning whether Akhilesh's statements could inadvertently boost Jayant's standing among his support base.