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Sep 15, 2026

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·bcantrill.dtrace.org

Essay recounts a fake computer-virus prank to show how fear spreads faster than facts in technical crises

The author recalls a university prank in which computer science students falsely warned a lab that a computer virus was spreading, triggering panic and lost work. The episode becam...

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·TechCrunch

Insight Partners’ Deven Parekh on why the firm is diversifying while everyone else bets the farm on OpenAI and Anthropic

Insight Partners’ Deven Parekh discussed the firm’s AI investment strategy, including losing Legora to General Catalyst and holding stakes in competing AI labs. He said Insight is...

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·vals.ai

Claude Fable 5.1 reportedly cracks Sir Thomas Urquhart’s 370-year-old Cyphral Distich after spotting overlooked 32-line clue

The article says Claude Fable 5.1 solved Sir Thomas Urquhart’s Cyphral Distich, a 64-number cipher that had resisted researchers for centuries. The model reportedly found the key b...

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·TechCrunch

Larry Ellison cancels $7.5 billion sale of Oracle stock

Larry Ellison has canceled a previously disclosed plan to sell 50 million Oracle shares worth about $7.5 billion. The company had earlier indicated the sale was planned, but the tr...

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·TechCrunch

The 9 buzziest startups from Y Combinator’s latest Demo Day, according to VCs

TechCrunch asked early-stage investors to identify the buzziest startups from Y Combinator’s newest Demo Day, which skewed more toward deep tech than recent batches. Investors high...

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·The Verge

Trump and Mike Johnson think the AI industry is overreacting

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged the industry to “pace the frontier” by slowing advanced AI development, drawing public support from Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and tentative backing fr...

Trump and Mike Johnson think the AI industry is overreacting
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·TechCrunch

What’s behind the AI industry’s latest warnings of doom?

Equity discussed the AI industry’s renewed debate over whether advanced AI could pose an existential threat to humanity. The episode focuses on what is driving the latest wave of A...

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