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Hey Hackers, Welcome to another HackerNoon Company of the Week feature. Every week, we highlight a standout company from our Tech Company Database that's making waves in the global tech ecosystem and the lives of its users. Our database features everything from S&P giants to rising
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Every rule you never delete outlives the reason you added it. TL;DR: Audit your AGENTS.md and skills on a schedule, or you keep paying context rent on rules the model has outgrown. Common Mistake ❌ Every time the AI does something wrong, you add a rule to stop it.
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Six years ago Sony and Bose were in the middle of a noise-canceling battle, with each new model of headphones better than the last. In the fall of 2020, Sony released the WH-1000XM4 headphones to wide acclaim. They sat atop best headphones lists for years, thanks to their great sound,
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PC buyers already had enough of helping to fund the AI revolution, only essential refreshes happening now The relentless rise in memory prices may finally be losing steam, as PC and smartphone buyers reach the limits of what their budgets will allow them to pay. Taiwanese market watcher Trend Force
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Wheels turning on the road and in government Tesla's Cybercab's wheels have only just hit the asphalt for its commercial launch and the autonomous vehicle has already attracted the attention of the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The body announced an investigation into Tesla&
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public sector MPs welcome move but still want answers over how the conflict of interest was allowed to arise Matt Clifford is stepping down as chair of the UK's taxpayer-funded Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), just days after saying he intended to keep the job while working
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TL;DR Reco’s State of Agent Security 2026 report found that 80% of AI tools in its telemetry operated without IT oversight, with SMBs averaging 414 unsanctioned AI tools per 1,000 employees. IBM found shadow AI added $670K to breach costs. The article explains how companies should triage:
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France and Germany spent the summer agreeing that Europe needs its own battlefield AI. They have not agreed on whose it should be. Internal German government notes seen by Politico Europe show Berlin is wary of Arcadia, the French-built Palantir rival. The worry is that adopting it would trade reliance
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For two years the AI story in banking has been a headcount story. How many graduates a bank takes, and how many it quietly stops taking. UBS has changed the question. It is no longer asking how many juniors it needs. It is asking what a junior has to be.
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The rogue-agent stories of the past two months have arrived somewhere nobody planned for. They are on the agenda for a meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. The United States will raise AI safety with China when Xi visits the White House on 24 September. Nikkei Asia reported that
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American buyers are leaving electric cars for hybrids and petrol after the $7,500 federal credit ended, with 42.6% of second-quarter EV trade-ins going to a combustion car. Hybrids are already the biggest-selling powertrain in the EU at 37.3%, and the Commission has proposed keeping them legal after
