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Can Machines Learn Taste?

By @derzhaiev [ 8 Min read ]Silicon Valley wants to teach AI good taste. But machines may only learn fixed rules, not the context, judgment, and rebellion that move culture forward. Read More.

Qwen3.8-27B-DFlash2: A Guide to Faster Qwen Inference

By @aimodels44 [ 7 Min read ]Explore Qwen3.8-27B-DFlash2, a speculative decoding model that delivers up to 3.43× faster Qwen3.8-27B inference with no quality loss. Read More.

The Great Forgetting: How AI Is Quietly Erasing the Human Archive—and What Comes After

By @technologynews [ 15 Min read ]The scariest AI story of 2026 isn't job loss. It's the "cognitive precariat": employed, productive, and hollowed out. Read More.

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Surfshark bolsters its privacy empire with Optery data removal acquisition

* Surfshark Group acquires a majority stake in data removal service Optery * It joins Incogni, Ironwall, HeyPolo, while running as an independent brand * The acquisition is expected to expand Surfshark's data broker coverage Surfshark, the company behind one of the best VPN services around, is growing its privacy footprint

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Planning a Trip? Save Up to 20% on Away Luggage

Save up to 20%: Labor Day weekend may have wrapped up, but Away luggage is still up to 20% off at Amazon. If you have travel plans for the upcoming fall and holiday season, now is a great time to pick up a new suitcase and save some cash. But

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Arm pushes agentic AI and desktop-quality graphics in next-gen phone platform

New CPU and GPU designs chase lower latency and richer games within a 1 W power budget Arm's latest smartphone platform is optimized for running AI agents on mobile devices and introduces neural graphics that it claims can deliver desktop-class gaming within a smartphone's power constraints.

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Britain reboots its space strategy with £7.8B already on the launchpad

PUBLIC SECTOR Cross-government plan combines civil ambitions with an increasingly military view of orbit The UK government has corralled £7.8 billion of cross-departmental spending into a new space strategy intended to boost growth and national security through to 2030. The package covers orbital collision warnings, low Earth orbit communications,