Apache Iceberg V3 Spec new features for more efficient and flexible data lakes
https://opensource.googleblog.com/2025/08/whats-new-in-iceberg-v3.html
https://opensource.googleblog.com/2025/08/whats-new-in-iceberg-v3.html
Google Open Source Blog
What's new in Apache Iceberg v3?
The Apache Iceberg project is taking on the challenge of how to bring database-like agility to petabyte-scale datasets stored in open cloud storage.
Bcachefs to be removed from mainline Linux kernel
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/22ib5scviwwa7bqeln22w2xm3dlywc4yuactrddhmsntixnghr@wjmmbpxjvipv/T/#u
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/22ib5scviwwa7bqeln22w2xm3dlywc4yuactrddhmsntixnghr@wjmmbpxjvipv/T/#u
I've seen 12 people hospitalized after losing touch with reality because of AI
https://twitter.com/KeithSakata/status/1954884361695719474
https://twitter.com/KeithSakata/status/1954884361695719474
X (formerly Twitter)
Keith Sakata, MD (@KeithSakata) on X
I’m a psychiatrist.
In 2025, I’ve seen 12 people hospitalized after losing touch with reality because of AI. Online, I’m seeing the same pattern.
Here’s what “AI psychosis” looks like, and why it’s spreading fast: 🧵
In 2025, I’ve seen 12 people hospitalized after losing touch with reality because of AI. Online, I’m seeing the same pattern.
Here’s what “AI psychosis” looks like, and why it’s spreading fast: 🧵
Show HN: I built an offline, open‑source desktop Pixel Art Editor in Python
https://github.com/danterolle/tilf
https://github.com/danterolle/tilf
GitHub
GitHub - danterolle/tilf: Tilf (Tiny Elf) is a simple yet powerful pixel art editor built with PySide6. It’s designed for creating…
Tilf (Tiny Elf) is a simple yet powerful pixel art editor built with PySide6. It’s designed for creating sprites, icons, and small 2D assets with essential drawing tools, live preview, undo/redo, a...
Japan's largest paper, Yomiuri Shimbun, sues Perplexity for copyright violations
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/japans-largest-newspaper-yomiuri-shimbun-sues-perplexity-for-copyright-violations/
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/japans-largest-newspaper-yomiuri-shimbun-sues-perplexity-for-copyright-violations/
Nieman Lab
Japan’s largest newspaper, Yomiuri Shimbun, sues AI startup Perplexity for copyright violations
The Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s largest newspaper by circulation, has sued the generative AI startup Perplexity for copyright infringement. The lawsuit, filed in Tokyo District Court on August 7, marks the first copyright challenge by a major Japanese news publisher…
GLM-4.5: Agentic, Reasoning, and Coding (Arc) Foundation Models [pdf]
https://www.arxiv.org/pdf/2508.06471
https://www.arxiv.org/pdf/2508.06471
Supreme Court formally asked to overturn same-sex marriage ruling
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-formally-asked-overturn-landmark-same-sex/story?id=124465302
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-formally-asked-overturn-landmark-same-sex/story?id=124465302
ABC News
Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling
10 years after the Supreme Court extended marriage rights to all same-sex couples, it will consider whether to take a case asking it to overturn the decision.
LLMs' "simulated reasoning" abilities are a brittle mirage
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/researchers-find-llms-are-bad-at-logical-inference-good-at-fluent-nonsense/
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/researchers-find-llms-are-bad-at-logical-inference-good-at-fluent-nonsense/
Ars Technica
LLMs’ “simulated reasoning” abilities are a “brittle mirage,” researchers find
Chain-of-thought AI “degrades significantly” when asked to generalize beyond training.
Qodo CLI agent scores 71.2% on SWE-bench Verified
https://www.qodo.ai/blog/qodo-command-swe-bench-verified/
https://www.qodo.ai/blog/qodo-command-swe-bench-verified/
Qodo
Qodo Command scores 71.2% on SWE-bench Verified
Read about Qodo Command scores 71.2% on SWE-bench Verified in our blog.
Monero appears to be in the midst of a successful 51% attack
https://twitter.com/p3b7_/status/1955173413992984988
https://twitter.com/p3b7_/status/1955173413992984988
X (formerly Twitter)
Charles Guillemet (@P3b7_) on X
Monero appears to be in the midst of a successful 51% attack.
The privacy-focused blockchain, launched in 2014 and long targeted by governments and 3-letters agencies, is already banned from most major centralized exchanges.
The Qubic mining pool has been…
The privacy-focused blockchain, launched in 2014 and long targeted by governments and 3-letters agencies, is already banned from most major centralized exchanges.
The Qubic mining pool has been…
Depot (YC W23) Is Hiring a Community and Events Manager (Remote)
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/depot/jobs/K1IFotJ-community-events-manager
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/depot/jobs/K1IFotJ-community-events-manager
Y Combinator
Community & Events Manager at Depot
Depot is growing rapidly and reinventing the software build space. We’re looking for a Community & Events Manager to own our real-world developer presence from small scrappy meetups to major trade shows.
This isn’t a polished field marketing role. You’re…
This isn’t a polished field marketing role. You’re…
Sloppy AI defenses take cybersecurity back to the 1990s, researchers say
https://www.scworld.com/news/sloppy-ai-defenses-take-cybersecurity-back-to-the-1990s-researchers-say
https://www.scworld.com/news/sloppy-ai-defenses-take-cybersecurity-back-to-the-1990s-researchers-say
SC Media
Sloppy AI defenses take cybersecurity back to the 1990s, researchers say
The startling lack of good security practices around AI has cybersecurity veterans wondering which decade we're living in.