Bending Spoons makes first post-IPO acquisition with $1.3B Airtable deal
https://live.euronext.com/en/financial-news/bending-spoons-makes-first-post-ipo-acquisition-13-billion-airtable-deal
https://live.euronext.com/en/financial-news/bending-spoons-makes-first-post-ipo-acquisition-13-billion-airtable-deal
Euronext
Bending Spoons makes first post-IPO acquisition with $1.3 billion Airtable deal | live
MILAN, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Bending Spoons has agreed to buy Airtable in an all-cash deal valuing the U.S. software firm at $1.285 billion, the companies said on Tuesday, marking the Italian technology company's first acquisition since its Nasdaq debut last…
Roame (YC S23) Is Hiring Lead Engineer
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/roame/jobs/mqqfa38-lead-full-stack-engineer
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/roame/jobs/mqqfa38-lead-full-stack-engineer
Y Combinator
Lead Full-Stack Engineer at Roame | Y Combinator
About Roame
Roame is a flight and hotel search engine for points and miles.
Booking business or first class with points instead of cash saves travelers thousands of dollars on a single trip. The hard part is finding the seats. Award space is scattered across…
Roame is a flight and hotel search engine for points and miles.
Booking business or first class with points instead of cash saves travelers thousands of dollars on a single trip. The hard part is finding the seats. Award space is scattered across…
Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc
https://birchtree.me/blog/xbox-goes-down-you-cant-play-games-you-own-on-disc/
https://birchtree.me/blog/xbox-goes-down-you-cant-play-games-you-own-on-disc/
Birchtree
Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc.
Jay Peters: Xbox’s huge outage even blocked games on disc An extended Xbox outage that began Sunday evening hasn’t just caused issues for people trying to play digital games — it blocked people from playing their disc-based games, too. When Sony announced…
Agent skills that bring team coding standards to Claude Code and Codex
https://github.com/tikalk/adlc-team-skills
https://github.com/tikalk/adlc-team-skills
GitHub
GitHub - tikalk/adlc-team-skills: 🐙 ADLC Team Skills — Agentic SDLC for Engineering Teams
🐙 ADLC Team Skills — Agentic SDLC for Engineering Teams - tikalk/adlc-team-skills
Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/04/apple-says-more-ex-employees-may-have-taken-confidential-data-to-openai/
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/04/apple-says-more-ex-employees-may-have-taken-confidential-data-to-openai/
TechCrunch
Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI | TechCrunch
Apple says its trade secrets investigation into OpenAI has widened. In a new court filing, Apple claims additional former staff may have retained or accessed confidential information.
Webb telescope finds signs of ancient disaster for Neptune's moons
https://www.reuters.com/science/webb-telescope-finds-signs-ancient-disaster-neptunes-moons-2026-08-03/
https://www.reuters.com/science/webb-telescope-finds-signs-ancient-disaster-neptunes-moons-2026-08-03/
Truemetrics (YC S23) Is Hiring in Berlin – GTM Lead
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/truemetrics/jobs/bIQQ7tP-founding-gtm-lead
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/truemetrics/jobs/bIQQ7tP-founding-gtm-lead
Y Combinator
Founding GTM Lead at truemetrics | Y Combinator
Join truemetrics - Build technology to navigate the world
truemetrics helps organizations to navigate the world more efficiently. We are solving one of the biggest pain points in last mile delivery: how to get parcels, groceries, and food to the right door…
truemetrics helps organizations to navigate the world more efficiently. We are solving one of the biggest pain points in last mile delivery: how to get parcels, groceries, and food to the right door…
AI Data Centers Are Driving Up Power Bills – This Map Shows Where
https://www.gadgetreview.com/ai-data-centers-are-driving-up-power-bills-this-map-shows-where
https://www.gadgetreview.com/ai-data-centers-are-driving-up-power-bills-this-map-shows-where
Gadget Review
AI Data Centers Are Driving Up Power Bills – This Map Shows Where
AI data centers have added $29B to U.S. grid costs, raising some state electricity bills by up to 28% — and ratepayers are footing the tab.
Show HN: cMCP, deny an AI agent's tool call and get a signed receipt
https://github.com/agentrust-io/cmcp
https://github.com/agentrust-io/cmcp
GitHub
GitHub - agentrust-io/cmcp: cMCP: Confidential MCP Gateway. Hardware-attested policy enforcement for MCP tool calls.
cMCP: Confidential MCP Gateway. Hardware-attested policy enforcement for MCP tool calls. - agentrust-io/cmcp
Stephen Wolfram's Wife Has Died
https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2026/08/in-memory-of-my-wife-elise-cawley-1961-2026-with-thanks-for-36-wonderful-years/
https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2026/08/in-memory-of-my-wife-elise-cawley-1961-2026-with-thanks-for-36-wonderful-years/
Stephenwolfram
In Memory of My Wife, Elise Cawley (1961–2026), with Thanks for 36 Wonderful Years
In remembrance of his beloved and brilliant wife, Elise Cawley, and their 36 years together, Stephen Wolfram shares memories of their family and home and relates Elise's many accomplishments and contributions to mathematics.
Investors in Situational Awareness deserved to lose their shirts
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/08/04/investors-in-situational-awareness-deserved-to-lose-their-shirts
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/08/04/investors-in-situational-awareness-deserved-to-lose-their-shirts
The Economist
Investors in Situational Awareness deserved to lose their shirts
The plight of the hedge fund says more about them than about its 24-year-old founder
Waymo CEO explains why Tesla’s camera-only self-driving falls short
https://electrek.co/2026/08/04/waymo-co-ceo-camera-only-self-driving-tesla/
https://electrek.co/2026/08/04/waymo-co-ceo-camera-only-self-driving-tesla/
Electrek
Waymo CEO explains why Tesla’s camera-only self-driving falls short
Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov explains why camera-only self-driving, the approach Tesla bets on, flattens out before it reaches full autonomy.