Rails 8 Guide: Features, Requirements and Upgrade Path (2026)
https://blog.appsignal.com/2024/10/07/whats-new-in-ruby-on-rails-8.html
https://blog.appsignal.com/2024/10/07/whats-new-in-ruby-on-rails-8.html
Appsignal
Rails 8 Guide: Features, Requirements & Upgrade Path (2026) | AppSignal Blog
What Rails 8 ships and requires: built-in authentication, Solid Queue, Kamal 2, and production SQLite, plus support timelines and an upgrade checklist.
Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists
https://prospect.org/2026/09/09/anthropic-artificial-intelligence-surveillance-system-monitor-activists/
https://prospect.org/2026/09/09/anthropic-artificial-intelligence-surveillance-system-monitor-activists/
The American Prospect
Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American Prospect
New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.
Defining AI Psychosis. Part 2: "Prolific AI Psychosis"
https://jeffs.blog/p/defining-ai-psychosis-part-2-prolific
https://jeffs.blog/p/defining-ai-psychosis-part-2-prolific
jeffs.blog
Defining AI Psychosis. Part 2: "Prolific AI Psychosis"
AI tools are one part senior engineer and one part toddler-running-across-white-carpet-with-a-jug-of-red-Kool-Aid. Your job is to determine which is which.
Why Emacs Consult async searches feel slow and how to speed them up
https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-consult-speed-async-searche-grep-ripgrep-fd-find/
https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-consult-speed-async-searche-grep-ripgrep-fd-find/
James Cherti
Why Emacs Consult async searches feel slow and how to speed them up? (consult-fd, consult-find, consult-grep, consult-ripgrep...)
The consult Emacs package provides asynchronous search commands such as consult-fd, consult-find, consult-grep, consult-git-grep, and consult-ripgrep. For th...
Apple debuts iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/09/apple-debuts-iphone-18-pro-and-iphone-18-pro-max/
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/09/apple-debuts-iphone-18-pro-and-iphone-18-pro-max/
Apple Newsroom
Apple debuts iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max
Apple announced iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, delivering an advanced pro camera system and improved battery life and performance.
Show HN: Self-hosted company OS, Claude Code and Codex agents in departments
https://github.com/OtoDock/oto-dock
https://github.com/OtoDock/oto-dock
GitHub
GitHub - OtoDock/oto-dock: Your personal AI agent platform — self-hosted, BYO Claude/Codex subscription
Your personal AI agent platform — self-hosted, BYO Claude/Codex subscription - OtoDock/oto-dock
Amazon refused to give pregnant workers bathroom breaks
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/lawsuit-amazon-refused-to-give-pregnant-workers-bathroom-breaks-and-chairs/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/lawsuit-amazon-refused-to-give-pregnant-workers-bathroom-breaks-and-chairs/
Ars Technica
Lawsuit: Amazon refused to give pregnant workers bathroom breaks and chairs
Four women sue Amazon, say company denied basic accommodations and fired them.
Blizzard Workers Win Historic Union Contract
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/blizzard-workers-win-historic-union-contract-that-could-set-a-new-standard-for-game-developers
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/blizzard-workers-win-historic-union-contract-that-could-set-a-new-standard-for-game-developers
GameSpot
Blizzard Workers Win Historic Union Contract That Could Set A New Standard For Game Developers
Blizzard workers have secured AI guardrails and new protections against layoffs.
Muse, the band, lost its social media handles to Muse, Meta's new AI agent
https://www.engadget.com/2254419/muse-the-band-lost-its-social-media-handles-to-muse-meta-s-new-ai-agent/
https://www.engadget.com/2254419/muse-the-band-lost-its-social-media-handles-to-muse-meta-s-new-ai-agent/
Engadget
Muse, the band, lost its social media handles to Muse, Meta's new AI agent - Engadget
The exact circumstances surrounding the changes aren't clear, but Meta execs have accidentally tagged the band instead of their AI agent.
I'm sorry, you're not going to die from an AI-engineered supervirus
https://blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/im-sorry-youre-not-going-to-die-from
https://blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/im-sorry-youre-not-going-to-die-from
Genesmindsmachines
I'm sorry, you're not going to die from an AI-engineered supervirus
God save us from economists who think they can competently talk about biology
A Stupid Idea for AI Alignment We Came with by Looking at Specification Gaming
https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2026/08/05/a-stupid-idea-for-ai-alignment-we-came-up-with-by-looking-at-the-list-of-specification-gaming-behaviours/
https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2026/08/05/a-stupid-idea-for-ai-alignment-we-came-up-with-by-looking-at-the-list-of-specification-gaming-behaviours/
SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD
A Stupid Idea for AI Alignment We Came up with by Looking at the List of Specification Gaming Behaviours
Creatures bred for speed grow really tall and generate high velocities by falling over. An evolved player makes invalid moves far away in the board, causing opponent players to run out of memory an…
Training a 3.8B LLM to 0.384 CORE for $998 – Hugo Vergnes
https://hugovergnes.github.io/little-lm-3-8b/
https://hugovergnes.github.io/little-lm-3-8b/
Hugo Vergnes
Training a 3.8B LLM to 0.384 CORE for $998
A 3.8B model pretrained from scratch to 0.384 CORE on 65B tokens in 43 hours, for $998.
OpenAI have no mathematicians capable of understanding what they put out
https://mastodon.social/@tristanbuckmaster/117237555794407063
https://mastodon.social/@tristanbuckmaster/117237555794407063
Mastodon
tristanbuckmaster (@tristanbuckmaster@mastodon.social)
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Just to point something out to Open AI since they do not seem to have any mathematicians capable of understanding what they put out. They like to point out that their work was inspired by unforced Euler. As I said in my statement, our hypodissipative…
Just to point something out to Open AI since they do not seem to have any mathematicians capable of understanding what they put out. They like to point out that their work was inspired by unforced Euler. As I said in my statement, our hypodissipative…